I want to like Asia Fest… I really do… but after spending a few hours braving the chaos, the elbow-to-nose crowds compacted within an area the size of my apartment, and cooking myself alive in the scalding heat, I’m tempted to skip Tampa’s next attempt at being Asian and cross I-4 to the Orlando version….
Tag: celebration
FESTIVE FIESTA… AND FLAN
There’s nothing better than my nose getting slapped by the delicious smells of food. Except eating it perhaps. After fighting the cobblestone corners of the tiny Ybor City in search of a parking space for less than $5… I stumbled onto 7th Avenue victoriously- “I made it!”… and was promptly rewarded when my nose…
SINULOG: TAMPA FILIPINOS RIVER OF HONOR
Here an Asian fan. There a statue of the Virgin Mary. Here a barong. There a cross. Ah– the blend of religion and culture. Ah– the blend of the Catholic religion and the Philippine culture. Tampa Bay Filipinos gathered to celebrate the Sinulog (aka Feast of the Santo Nino) at St. Paul’s Catholic Church by…
