Gardening for butterflies is one of the easiest ways to bring nature right into your own backyard. Any good butterfly garden must provide both nectar plants for the adult butterflies, as well as host plants for the larval caterpillars. The great thing about milkweed is that it takes care of both of these needs, all [...]
Editor’s note: As hoped, we found someone who graciously volunteered to review Jobsite Theater’s The History of the Devil. Say hello to Adonna, and we promise to give her a proper welcome soon. In the meantime, here is her review. Forget Georgia; the Devil is down in Florida this month in The History of the Devil, [...]
It’s hard to write a post about Choxotica, a new chocolate store on Dale Mabry and Ehrlich, without it turning into a love letter. The small store sells exotic chocolate bars from all over the world and offers a small cafe setting to enjoy the above mentioned bars with chocolate drinks so strong they should [...]
The Red Bull Flugtag was presented here on Saturday, for the first time in Tampa Bay, and I attended with a group of friends along with another 110,000 people or so. The arrow in the photo indicates roughly where I was. See me? I’m jumping up and down and waving! Hello! In case you’re not familiar [...]
A caveat first. Mary Jordan, who co-stars in the New Tampa Players production of Same Time Next Year for the next couple of weekends at the Carrollwood Cultural Center is my niece. So I’m biased. That said, the two-act play, which also stars Marc Sanders, is a hoot. Sander and Jordan reprise the rolls played by Ellen [...]
Based on the comments left on Friday’s post about Tom Petty tickets, we’re going to draw a winner for a pair at the Benefit for Danny Roberts on Sunday. One lucky winner will get a pair of tickets. Remember, if you can’t get to the benefit at Skipper’s Smokehouse on Sunday, you can still buy [...]
You know the JGLB is performing at the Danny Roberts benefit (for the love of Dan-Bob!) this Sunday. You may also have heard that his former bandmate, Tom Petty (along with the Heartbreakers), will be playing at the St. Pete Times Forum just three days later. So, this guy emails me, and says he’ll give [...]
I’d heard rumors that a restaurant was going to occupy the abandon gas station at the corner of Platt and S Boulevard. Then, while attending a City Council hearing, I heard of a new restaurant going by the name Smoke. I thought it was very clever, the name, Smoke. The lawyer, representing the owner’s of [...]
Wifey’s first advice of the trip: don’t drink a twelve pack the night plus two whiskey & diet cokes before you are flying first thing in the morning. Oh boy!
