Wifey & I love to head across the bay in our little boat. At a distance, The Pier beckons us from the water, inviting us to visit downtown St. Petersburg for shopping, a bite to eat, or just a nice walk. But the docks at the pier are in terrible shape. Not [...]
Those of you in St. Petersburg, Largo, and St. Pete Beach should make sure to let your voice be heard today. You have until 7pm to get to the polls. St. Pete Beach residents have four referendums to pass or fail. Largonians need to choose a single seat on city commission as well as [...]
The St. Pete City Council changed a ridiculous ordinance denying late night street vendor sales. Thanks to Joy McGhee, we can now buy a hot dog from a cart until 1am.
You are right. There are a million other things much more important than this. But when I was looking up the info for the 75th birthday of the ‘Courtney Campbell’ Causeway, we found out that Ben Davis built it with his own money. Courtney later convinced the state to pony up the dough for improvements, leading [...]
The Clearwater Jazz Holiday has become Clearwater's biggest annual event. And it's FREE!
It ain't exactly as thrilling as a roller coaster ride, but there are lots of people doing great things to help lead us to a more sustainable (and profitable) existence. In our bay area schools, no less.
New Music by Tampa Bay Artists on Music Tampa Bay - Music Tampa Bay is adding new music to the on-line playlist all the time, and this week 4 songs make their debut.
In a mystical survey of 100 cities by Children’s Health, Tampa ranks 94th in the “Best (and Worst) Places to Raise a Family.” Burlington, VT is ranked number 1. VT is short for “Vermont,” which is somewhere past Canada, I think. If it exists at all – I’ve never heard anyone claim to be from [...]
With two candidates left on the ballot for St. Petersburg’s November election (Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford), we ask Sticks of Fire readers just which of these two candidates they’d vote for. Of course, unlike St. Pete residents ballots, we added the “None of the above” option and left a space for the undecideds… [poll id="35"] Vote, and [...]
