Ahoy, me Hearties! With Gasparilla only three days away, we have little time to prepare. Lucky for you lads, I have sailed the seven seas (went shopping all over Tampa Bay) this past week to help ye find the very best buried treasure. Today, tomorrow, and the next I’ll
It’s Spring Training – The Grapefruit League From Tampa To Sarasota
Get Your Motors Revving: The Track Is Being Built For The Honda Grand Prix
No Rain Woes: The Chill Lounge With Jon Secada Is Now Covered Up
Rhonda Shear’s Comedy PJ Party at the Mahaffey This Weekend
Experiencing Jaguar ALIVE
5 Good Bets For This Weekend (That Aren’t the Super Bowl)
Notes From the Local Concert Scene
Q&A: Tony Rifugiato, Concert Promoter
Skypoint to Get New Restaurant
A new restaurant called Anise Global Gastrobar is slated to open in downtown Tampa by the end of February. Situated at the bottom floor of the Skypoint Condos, it’s a positive new development for Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s vision of the downtown waterfront as the city’s epicenter. Anise will
Jill Kelley Speaks, Gives Her Side
Jill Kelley—you remember her—has broken her silence. She sat for an interview with the Daily Beast, published yesterday. Surprise!—she claimed complete and total victimhood. There may be some people out there who have sympathy, or want to have sympathy, for Jill Kelley. I’m not one of them. I have
Ugh: Two More Weeks of Ray Lewis
Anyone else already tired of Ray Lewis? To be sure, the Baltimore Ravens linebacker has provided me with my share of eye-rolling moments, especially during the NFL playoffs. But he crossed the tipping point during the National Anthem at the NFC Championship Game on Sunday when he stood
MLK Day: After the Parade
I’m not big on parades, but I am an avid urban explorer. Yesterday, I wondered: What happens on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street (its official name) in St. Petersburg on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day? As it turns out, a lot. I drove south from Central Avenue
The not-so Carrie Diaries
Prequel n. [pree-kwuh l] – a literary, dramatic, or filmic work that prefigures a later work, as by portraying the same characters at a younger age Maybe the CW network didn’t get the memo before airing their “prequel” of Sex and the City. But to be a
Wanee Music Fest Lineup Announced
Gas up the RV, drag the sleeping bags out of the closet—organizers just announced the lineup for the 2013 Wanee Music Festival, Thursday through Saturday, April 18-20 (and isn’t it just dandy that that fest ends on 4/20?) at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak.
A Surprising Twist on Local Foods
I’m a big fan of the local foods movement—fruits and vegetables and the like—but there’s at least one restaurant around here that’s found a little niche that surprised me. Not long ago I was talking to Carl Parker—the raconteur-ish restaurateur who is Managing Partner at Charley’s Steakhouse—asking him
Josh Groban Captivates HSN
Talk about working a room. Singer Josh Groban held court at HSN last night, answering questions from show hosts, talking to fans via Skype, sitting for an online interview, posing for pictures with fans, chatting with HSN CEO Mindy Grossman. Oh, and he sang, too—several numbers from his
“Prosecuting Casey Anthony” Premieres Tonight on Lifetime
It’s been a year-and-a-half since Casey Anthony was found not guilty of killing her daughter Caylee, and if the trial and its blanket media coverage has left a gaping hole in your life, Lifetime has stepped up to offer a life line. At 8 tonight, the network premieres
