Ah, a nice calming walk through Tampa’s Lettuce Lake park. Ah, a tiny picnic while catching the free entertainment of inspiring ROTC youth playing football. Until… a fish got stabbed! I stumbled upon a lucky (or unlucky) long-necked bird that had stabbed a poor, poor fish with its beak, but the fish would not slip…
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THOSE DARN GASPARILLA PIRATES
It had taken almost an hour, but my friends and I had somehow graduated from stepping in rotting sandwiches, to pressed up against the action! Over the weekend, it was Gasparilla time! The zany, Tampa tradition where “pirates” invade the Bay, dance around on parade floats, and throw more away more beads than rice bowls I’ve…
HELLO DALI
Visiting the new Salvador Dali museum rounds out the ultimate Tampa Bay tourist. Despite looking at his paintings up close… then five steps back… then at one corner… then on my head… I think it’s better not to try and understand Salvador Dali. Yet, with the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg being only days old, I…
HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS VS HOWL-O-SCREAM
Finally (and not too late) the great debate… which theme park event is better? Howl-O-Scream (Busch Gardens Tampa) or Halloween Horror Nights (Universal Studios Orlando) My credentials: I’m a theme park connoisseur, not your typical college-aged giggler who only wants “ahhh thrill me” stuff who reads theme park news and blogs of others like me…
