DIMLY LIT- THE ST. PETE LANTERN FESTIVAL

A crowded event does not indicate a good one, and the inaugural St. Pete Asian Lantern Fest is a prime example of this. It obviously was one of those ideas that went like this: “Everyone loves food truck food, but what if each one delivered an Asian twist?” “The crowd will love that more! What…

KEEPING SANE AFTER A HURRICANE

We interrupt my already lacking blog posts of experiences to report live from Tampa Bay. Hurricane Irma passed six days ago and life has mostly returned to normal. In fact, once more the Indian mound blessings have prevented Tampa Bay from natural disaster. Hurricane? We got this. Sewage problems or over-controlled Republican conferences? The Indian…

GIVING BACK TO TALLAHASSEE

We’d eaten, we’d drunk, we’d skipped like tree elves flitting through the trees. Alas, all vacations must come to an end; even vacations relatively close to home. Remember, a big storm had overturned Tallahassee a day before our arrival. Even as we raided multiple Tallahassee hot spots, the storm’s destruction was present at every turn….

150 MORE DAYS: DIY SAVE-THE-DATES

New experiences and eczema aren’t the only things dominating my cranium these days. I’m getting married and planning for this affair has become another full-time job (except it’s the opposite of making money) I want to share my ‘homemade’ Save-The-Date postcard. With so many wedding expenses, we wanted to cut wherever possible. Thankfully, we did…