The devastating storm has really not allowed me to concentrate on anything else, so with that in mind, I’ll try to highlight more connections to our area. You already knew that Katrina will cause gas prices to rise nationwide, and Tampa Bay is no different. In addition, the natural gas pipelines coming from the northern [...]
Quick hits in the news recently… If you want to participate in the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts next year, go apply now. The Festival is scheduled for March 4 & 5, 2006. The Tampa Bay Lightning is accepting applications for National Anthem singers. Tampa Digital continues to pursue a TV drama about Tampa Mafia. The [...]
Jennifer Porter entered a guilty plea today. She was the teacher who hit and killed those kids crossing 22nd St. and fled the scene.
There are a million ways to measure the size of a city. Density, land area, and the number of pro sports teams are a few of the most common. When determining the nation’s biggest cities, though, I tend to lean on Neilsen as the best barometer. When looking up info on other [...]
Leave it to me to find a link between New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, and Tampa. Saturday, Tampa-based company Odyssey Marine Exploration hosted the grand opening of a new tourist attraction. Shipwreck & Treasure Adventure opened in the Jax Brewery in the French Quarter, right in the path of Katrina. Odyssey Shipwreck and Treasure Adventure [...]
Thanks to the St. Pete Times for thrusting Sticks of Fire into the limelight. We appreciate the notice, as did Side Salad last week. According to the blurb, Sticks is One of the pioneering blogs in the Tampa Bay area, with a focus on nightlife and local politics. Written by [...]
It’s difficult to whine about inept local politicians when our brothers and sisters in New Orleans are dealing with a major hurricane. Wifey and I were making our way home yesterday evening discussing the constant construction and overcrowded roads. Then we noticed four or five trucks heading north on I-275 bearing the FEMA [...]
The Memorial Causeway Bridge has finally opened. With as many problems as the Ocean Jewel and the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, it seemed actually being able to use it was a pipe dream. But in spite of all that, you can now see cars heading in either direction. So, now that it’s receiving [...]
Just this month, the Weather Channel started a The Weather Channel Blog. Yeah. They write about the weather (surpise!), forecasting, and other meteorological minutiae. It’s not very interesting, but I did learn that someone has come up with another way to rank cities. Forecast Watch decided to compile cities in order of “most [...]
