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…

YELPING AROUND TAMPA BAY

Divide and conquer? Buddy system? Facing a crowd armed with cups and plates I gripped BF Shoes’s hand as we surged through. We were going to face this together. At Yelps Around Tampa Bay hosted by Yelp, businesses from all over the Bay showcased their goods to an eager crowd. Entering the TPepin  Hospitality Centre…

COORDINATED LIGHTSABERS

This isn’t about my geocaching experience—I’ll save my failure as a geocacher for another time. This is my attempt to be like the “cool kids” of geocaching– I attended my first local event (They exist!) Let me sum it up: Geocaching event in the form of a Star Wars 15-minute flash mob. In honor of…

FEELING JAGUAR ALIVE

What was Jaguar thinking? I didn’t seem like a good Return on their Investment. I’m a newbie professional who shops at Aldi and drives a Ford Focus… and my “plus one” was a broke medical student named Shoes. But the random invitation stirred my curiosity—so inside St. Petersburg’s Derby Lanes parking lot, Socs and I…