So there I was, enjoying the parade with my family. Marching bands from schools all over the great State of Florida were dancing and playing their tunes. Officials and other dignitaries were waving, and throwing trinkets way off the mark. Krewes of all different names, shapes, and colors were passing by, throwing beads, coins, and [...]
Cramped capacity concerns cluless cops. Command compromises, consequently cancelling cumbersome cooler canon. Community chronicle clarifies cooler complication: TAMPA – The cooler problem had police momentarily flummoxed as the Gasparilla Parade got under way Saturday. Earlier in the week, police put out the word that ice chests would be prohibited from the parade route for safety reasons. At 10:20 [...]
From the Tampa Police website (Note: The mispelling of “fundraising” is not my error, that is how the Tampa police spell it ) DON’T bring any glass containers. There is a City of Tampa ordinance prohibiting open glass containers on city streets, sidewalks, alleys and other outdoor public property.DON’T bring alcoholic beverages to this event. [...]
Pirates have been spotted in the bay. It seems they are in a mood to party. If you happen to be on Bayshore between Newport & Willow during the parade, feel free to say hello. I’ll be wearing a Sticks shirt.
So, about this Gasparilla thing… Is it good for Tampa or just a big, useless, pain in the ass? That’s a subject I was asked to discuss at a round table with past president of the Krewe of Sant’Yago Randy Conte, South Tampa resident and author Wendy Boucher, former assistant to Mayors Sandy Freedman and Bob Martinez [...]
Exactly 50 years ago today… January 27, 1956 – The rotting hulk of the old ship Jose Gaspar catches fire in the Hillsborough River near the Hillsborough Avenue Bridge, apparently from flames spread from the torch of a welder who had been cutting metal from the ship’s superstructure. Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center
There will be no beer at Gasparilla this year. You can still make and bring your own Buccaneer Punch.
Moments ago, a band of roving pirates came downtown to pillage. They stormed into the Mayor’s office, and forced her to hand over the keys to the city. Rumor has it there are hundreds more pirates offshore, and they plan to take over the city on Saturday morning. The Gasparilla invasion will be just after noon, [...]
