Sticks of Fire has added another writer! Lisa has two blogs already, Tampa Film Fan and Tampa Book Buzz. Lisa has agreed to share her Tampa-related findings in both the Film and Book worlds with us here at Sticks of Fire. By day I’m a productive member of society, hard at work for a [...]
On October 7, Federal ICE Agent Frank Figueroa bragged about his concern for children. After busting a head shop selling cartoon character bongs, he said: “There’s no doubt that these items were made to make drug use attractive to kids and we simply will not tolerate this type of activity in our community.” [...]
Tampa’s first Hall of Fame baseball player, Al Lopez passed away Sunday morning. He suffered a heart attack, and at 97 years old, it was a fatal blow. El Señor helped to put Tampa on the map – at least in the sports pages. Many other great baseball players [...]
Perhaps it should be renamed Odeatha?.
If you’re not too hung over from Guavaween and would enjoy learning a bit of Tampa history, you have an excellent opportunity this Sunday to join a Gothic Graveyard Walk. On October 30 at 4pm you can walk with a guided one hour tour through the historic Oaklawn Cemetary in downtown Tampa. Oaklawn is Tampa’s [...]
Let’s say you are a manager at a call center. You are in charge of seven people. They were all hired on the same day, and all do the same job. In fact, they each do a great job, no one better than the other, and no slackers. Each of the [...]
Check the byline on the current Weekly Planet cover story. You may have heard of her. Congrats, you! Great job on the article too.
to my beautiful, loving, perfect wifey: Hey there, sweetie. I sure do love ya! ahem. A lot!
As mentioned in my intro, I am all about giving back to my community. So when good times are to be had for a worthy cause, I love to spread the word. Tomorrow, Friday, October 28th at 7:30pm, the doors will open at Gaspar’s Grotto in Ybor City to celebrate the “Feast of the [...]
