DONE DRAWING AND DOGGING DUNEDIN

An artist sculpted wire into tree leaves and another beat a drum as I walked from tent to tent and avoided stepping on pooches while  the smell of kettle corn followed me. Excellent weather and excellent location led to healthy traffic flow during the 16th Annual Downtown Dunedin Art Festival last weekend. Dunedin’s art show…

WHEN PIRATES TOOK OVER JOHN’S PASS

One of Tampa’s many, lots of, frequent, obsessive compulsive behavior involving pirates. I thought John’s Pass found its place on Madeira Beach because of its long, soft sandy beaches, a good sweet shops per child ratio, and enough Northerners shopping in khaki shorts and straw hats. Not according to legend which has pirates discovering the…

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…