When journalists start working on their multi-media stuff, sometimes they expose the work to an adoring public before it is actually published. Case in point – rhythmnation2004, a contributor at SkyScraper City, found this very interesting collage of the History of the Floridan building created by TBO online producer Kathy Moore. Kathy had previously done the [...]
On the afternoon of Aug. 18, Pinellas officials ordered mandatory evacuation of the county’s most flood-prone areas for 6am the next day. Tropical Storm Fay was heading our way. Over at the TradeWinds Island Resorts in St. Pete Beach, visitors checked out and took off. They say they missed out on over $150,000 in canceled rooms [...]
Back in the early ’80s, civic leaders branded Tampa “America’s Next Great City”. Since then, we’ve been on a quest to gather as many sports franchises, high profile events, aquariums and streetcars as possible in an effort to legitimize that claim. Another brick in that wall was added this week when it was announced a [...]
Besides the (very) loud music, here’s your introduction to Criss Angel > The Official Website: Don’t miss the first LIVE episode in MINDFREAK history as Criss attempts to escape from an imploding building! Watch it LIVE on Wednesday, July 30 at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST on A&E, or watch it LIVE here on [...]
I passed by a Days Inn the other day, and noticed their new brightly colored sign. I hadn’t seen it until recently, but the new look is an effort by Days Inn owners Wyndham Worldwide to reinvigorate the brand. They changed from the old black and yellow to a new bright yellow with deep blue [...]
… or is it “Stay Home and Sulk”? For her 18th birthday, Wifey and I took the High School Senior to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casin o. She had gotten some birthday spending money from friends and family, and I thought it would be a good idea to teach her how to effectively [...]
It’s been a busy couple weeks around here, what with my roommate Jennifer getting engaged, other friends getting married, Devil Rays news, and what have you. This past weekend alone was a fine vignette of episodes that make you kind of appreciate how nice it can be to live here sometimes. It all started with the [...]
Fresh off having drinks with Jimmy Wales and the Wikimedians last month, I headed Saturday to the Howard Johnson on 50th street for the annual Tampa Fark Party. I’ve written about Fark.com before. The Tribune recently took a look at Fark’s obsession with Florida, too, and Fark was name-dropped by the St. Pete Times back in [...]
The LA Dodgers think that St. Pete’s Renaissance Vinoy Resort is haunted. Sports blog With Leather says the ghosts “ineffectively haunt marginal, forgettable major leaguers,” so they must be Ghosts of Devil Rays.
