CEMETERY AND ORPHANAGE SCARES—IN A NEIGHBORHOOD!

My eyes are opened (or shut in fear) to the crazy, scary Halloween fun I can find… in my neighborhood! I’m not talking about crazy and scary as in that neighbor who can’t drive or even true haunted houses involving grudges of deceased residents. I’ve only read about the “homemade” haunted houses in St. Petersburg,…

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…

THE HOPE LIVES ON

This is my time as a volunteer at the ground-breaking Pinellas Hope– the “Tent City” in Pinellas County where the homeless can find a way to get back on their feet. Besides providing food, the grounds of the Hope is scattered with many camping tents where some homeless can sleep for the night.

This wasn’t an eye-opening experience for me since my father dragged me to help the poor since I was little… but it has definitely made me thankful for every bit of comfort I own.