As many of you loyal Florida Blogger readers, I love to travel to Key West. And I also love going to the Front Porch, a quaint microbrew bar in Key West. However, the Front Porch to which I refer to in this post is located in the Seminole Heights area of Tampa. I’ve been meaning [...]
I had a friend tell me months ago that someone was renovating the old Floridan Hotel in downtown Tampa. I got excited. The Floridan Hotel, now known as the Floridan Palace Hotel, is located in an almost residential part of downtown Tampa. So I knew that its renovated presence would make downtown Tampa even better. [...]
I’m not for posting recipes but since this is simple and manly, I got you covered. Pairing food and drink is as old as time. Pairing the right drink with the right food is heavenly. So, my wife and I paired Cigar City Tocobaga red ale and hot Italian sausage this past weekend. We wanted [...]
This past weekend some friends and I went out biking around downtown Tampa in what we like to call a Wobbly Wheeler (basically drinking a riding bicycles). We went to the Hub, Sea Dog Cantina, Sail Pavilion, Hattricks, and finally ending up at The Fly Bar. When our route stopped at Sea Dog Cantina, which [...]
A few months ago when my wife was involved in a car accident, she was med evacuated to Tampa General Hospital on Davis Island. Davis Island was one of the first islands populated around Tampa. There are two main islands in the Tampa area: Davis and Harbour Island. I’ve talked with many Tampa natives who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Living in Tampa, arguably the craft beer mecca of Florida, I rarely have the need to go outside of Tampa for local beer. There are more breweries in Tampa than you can shake a stick at. However, Swamp Head Brewery has been on my list of must hits for a while. The only problem was [...]
My day job as a counselor (I only moonlight as a outdoorsmen/traveler) places me in the middle of the ghetto. Sorry, if that word offends some of ya’ll, but as my papa always says, “Son, call a spade a spade.” But just on the fringe of the ghetto, lies Seminole Heights and Tampa Heights. These [...]
Here’s a little clip of Tyson on ABC News. It was a great experience for Tyson and Florida Boxer Rescue.
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