Editors update: A Tampapalooza coordinator reached out to me saying this “first day was far less than ideal.” However “we have made some changes” for Sunday’s event to go “more smoothly” and “enjoyably.” I’m adding this hopeful comment to the top of this post– it’s always a good thing when organizers realize mistakes and work…
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CAMPTOWN YELPERS SING THIS SONG
Dear Yelp, for one evening I stepped off my writer’s morality box, placed my love/hate relationship with you aside, and attended your invitation-only, free event. I’m not going to talk about reviewer’s morality today… just the online review site Yelp’s Yelptucky Derby event. Upon grounds entry, my costumed self (have Kentucky Derby garb on head,…
PAIRING FOOD WITH… CARS
How do cars and food relate? My Flameboi drives me to grocery stores and restaurants. Sometimes I eat while sitting in the driver’s seat. Slave and master relationship. Will the Buick Discovery Tour (pairing food, wine, and CARS) change that perception? After being released into the lobby, my group nibbled hor d’oeuvres, sipped coffee, chatted…
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…
