ARG! Once a year executives trade neck ties for eye patches, throw beads instead of business cards, and Tampa falls into the hands of pirates (and beer cans, port-o-potties, and plastic wrappers). It was Gasparilla time! For you non-Tampa natives, Gasparilla is a Tampa-made holiday where the city celebrates fictional Jose Gaspar, a pirate. Did…
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KITES INVADE TREASURE ISLAND
BAM! I turned at the noise to see a small teddy bear fall from the sky. A little girl laughed and placed the plush toy upright in the sand. Almost immediately, a giant green and black kite swooped down and picked the toy up by the hook around the bear’s neck. The teddy bear was…
MANATEES LOVE TAMPA ELECTRIC
In my attempt to escape the northern air that was trying to take control of Florida, I came face-to-face with dozens of sumos playing in the water. I wasn’t in a Las Vegas buffet… or waiting in line for the monorail at Disney. I was watching the equivalent of me jumping into jacuzzi– except in the form…
GLORY AT THE GARDENS- New BGT Venture
Youth groups, punk rockers, and the Pyras of Tampa celebrate! Busch Gardens Tampa introduced a new event to its list of annual celebrations in the form of “Glory at the Gardens.” Following the steps of Walt Disney World’s “Night of Joy” and Universal Studios’s “Rock the Universe,” BGT’s event has Christian artists and radio personalities….
