One of the cooler aspects of living in the Tampa area are the number of Cubans living here. What Puerto Ricans are to Orlando, Cubans are to Tampa. The cultural vibes they bring to Tampa area palpable every where you turn from Ybor City to murals on various buildings to Cuban sandwiches. And this is [...]
Just like football and tailgating, there are few constant things that happen in Florida. This time of year means its hurricane season. Although we haven’t had any hurricanes hit Florida yet in this year, we’ve already had two tropical storms give us some much needed rain. I was recently watching a video about the 20 year [...]
Disclaimber: My assiness might come out in this blog posting but so be it. This past weekend I was hanging out with Randy, aka the brewer and owner of Three Palms Brewing, the newest brewery to come to the Tampa area. I was helping him out with a little painting in hopes of getting his [...]
We just were handed down property that has been in our family since the 1980s. It is located just outside of the town of Suwannee in a little subdivision (lofty name for a trailer park) called Munden Creek, named after the creek which empties into the Suwannee River. I have been coming to this property [...]
Social media has invaded our lives. And there’s not much we can do about it. Yes, we have opened the door and most of us don’t even mind. Generally speaking, we are either use Facebook or Twitter. I imagine Myspace or Facebook was our gateway social media app. I was one such person who began [...]
I began looking back at some of last posts before the “silent period.” It has been a little over two months since I wrote a blog, so I thought I’d catch ya’ll up on some of the happenings in the life of Suwannee Refugee (me) and SR’s wife. March 14–My last post was about dining [...]
Hey all you Floridians and wanna be Floridians, The Florida Blogger is up and running again. The problem began about the first of the year when I was working long hours. Add to that, I was on the computer all day long and the last thing I wanted to do was play on the computer [...]
I’ve always been a lover of Cajun food. Etouffee. Jambalya. Crawfish. Mmmmmm. There are few chain restaurants around that tempt me, but I could never go in one of those stores, especially since something like Cajun Cafe on the Bayou exists. I would have gotten over to this gem sooner, but its in Pinellas Park, [...]
My dad has been doing genealogy since the late 80s. He got into it as a hobby and it has blossomed into a lucrative career. In fact, bragging on him, he is well regarded as probably the best in the Southeast at what he does. I don’t think I could fully do what he does [...]
I was listening to a podcast recently, Planet Money, and they were talking about how certain situations dictate the cost of an item. In particular, they were talking about wedding dresses. Wedding dresses range from $500 to $100,000 depending on where you go and how much you want to spend. But in reality, the cost [...]
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