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…

HOMECOMING FOR PEEP

Yellow and alone. The tiny duckling was lost. Everything he had come to recognize had been ripped from him: a demanding master, the constant walls of a denim pocket, the humiliation of being summoned for the sole purpose of entertainment. A slave. Life suddenly changed when the plush Peep’s owner, Brother Bamboo, accidently left “his…

LEGOLAND REBUILT

Forget the t-rex, now you can watch the prince slay the dragon. It’s almost magnetic, everybody who passes the Legoland store in Orlando’s Downtown Disney Marketplace has to whip out their cameras and grin tooth buckets. Besides reliving childhood memories at the creation stations, the many models and tall replicas beg to be photographed. Now there’s more…

I WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR HOWL-O-SCREAM

“This is the story of boy meets girl… he broke her heart then she ROCKED HIS WORLD!” I swear this year, Busch Garden’s Howl-O-Scream designed its theme specifically for me. (Sigh… I’m a cute rocker who chops the fingers off my exes) Rather than waste your exciting life (Hey, I don’t MAKE you read this blog)…