… 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 [...]
Michelle Sampson wrote: I’d like to Ask a Tampan:”Where are the best places to eat in the East Tampa / Orient Park areas? We like vegetarian, organic, fresh, local, healthy fare and haven’t found much. There is a REAL need for this type of place in the area, and a local grocery too! This [...]
Imagine not being able to log on any time of the day or night. Not being able to do research online at will, send e-mails, visit Sticks of Fire, start a blog of your own, a Web site, print out a homework project, a letter, a resume. It’s hard for many of us [...]
Local historian and community activist Fred Hearns is releasing his first book, Getting It Done – Rebuilding Black America Brick by Brick. Hearns is the Director of the Department of Community Affairs with the City of Tampa. He graduated from Middleton High School in 1966, and founded the school’s alumni association. The school closed [...]
65 years ago… November 9, 1941 – Police arrest the managers of The Big Orange and Valencia Gardens in Hyde Park and charge them with liquor sales in dry districts on Sundays. The managers were the first arrests in the enforcement of the Sunday liquor closing ordinance adopted by voters of five of the city’s 12 [...]
On Saturday we checked out the Quincy Restaurant after watching a glowing video review of the soul food restaurant on Bright House’s Tampa Bay On Demand channel. Quincy is located on N. 40th St. in east Tampa by the Hillsborough River and down the road from Big John’s Alabama BBQ. When we showed up at Quincy around [...]
