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2005 Weekly Planet Best of the Bay - Best Local Website

The above-pictured plaque was acquired at the Weekly Planet BOB award ceremony last night. You may recall that WP annointed Sticks of Fire best local website. The Planet invited all BOB winners out to Yuengling Brewery for some beer and the Best Jamaican Food from Jerk Hut.

Awards were presented to many winners. Paul Wilborn (Best Job) – showed up to accept, as did rachel* (best blog per readers) from Midnight Culmination and Dave (best blog per WP writers) from Tampa Rail. I got the added pleasure of speaking with Chris Vela of YARD-OPSBest Architecture Activists (Kiley Park Division)

The ceremony was capped by a $15,000 donation from WP to support animal causes. Everyone enjoyed the ceremony, and Wifey and I met many other wonderful people from our community. Thanks to the Weekly Planet for a really great time!!

11 comments - add to the conversation! → “awarded”


  1. Joel

    4 years ago

    Sounds like a great time for a lot of deserving people. Congrats to everyone who was recognized!


  2. Ben

    4 years ago

    Congrats!


  3. JamesZ

    4 years ago

    That is really impressive. Keep up the great content everyone!


  4. Jeff

    4 years ago

    Congrats. Totally deserved.


  5. Meredith

    4 years ago

    Well done, Tommy and crew!


  6. Sarah

    4 years ago

    Awesome! Congratulations! You totally deserve it!


  7. surrealmuse

    4 years ago

    Congrats on the award. Is this the first time for them to give out awards on websites? Can’t recall if they have done that in prior years.


  8. tommy

    4 years ago

    Thanks everybody for the kind words. They are truly appreciated.

    Surreal, I am not 100% sure, but i believe this is the first year that they included websites.


  9. Laura at VitaminSea

    4 years ago

    Awesome Tommy! Sticks has always been my “go to” source for everything Tampa Bay. Congrats on a well deserved award!


  10. Maureen

    4 years ago

    Congratulations. Being a St. Pete native in Tampa for school, I find that your site offers a wealth of information pertaining to the Tampa Bay area. I am greatful to you and your contributors for that.


  11. joel19801

    4 years ago

    Too bad Midnight Culmination had to win by passing out flyers at USF’s library among other locations to garner the award. So it wasn’t like rachel* earned it… or maybe she did.


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