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counting on you – census 2010

March 2, 2010Leave your thoughts!

Hillsborough County is encouraging all of us to participate in the Census coming out this month. It is important for all of us to be counted to ensure we get our fair share from the federal government.

tanya sharkey, photographer

December 17, 2009Leave your thoughts!

Tanya Sharkey’s passions have always been animals and photography. For most of her life, she has worked with animals - and took photos as a hobby.  Last March, she decided to combine the two loves and opened Tanya Sharkey Photography, a studio in St. Petersburg that specializes on pet photography. We caught up with Sharkey, 37, [...]

parnes, humes, kroegel, and the treble hooks

September 29, 20092 comments - add to the conversation!

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.

all tampa bay music all the time

September 21, 2009Leave your thoughts!

Wouldn't it be cool if you could easily listen to local music at a time convenient for YOU? Wouldn't it be cool if there was a way to hear TAMPA BAY MUSIC when YOU wanted to hear it? Yes. Yes it would. We tell you where to find it.

wait for it: land & sea

We spend a lot of our lives waiting for stuff. Usually, it’s a lot of aggravation for little reward. But sometimes, the wait is worth it. Thanks to our sponsors at (your business here), it is my intention to highlight something that qualifies as worth the wait in Tampa Bay each week… Back in [...]

top five tampa bay world records

You may have heard of the latest local attempt at a world record.  Lt. Col. Kristine Gould and retired Lt. Col. Harold “Chip” Bowlin are Tampa residents who serve on the parachute team of the Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base.  They  completed 103 tandem skydives within 20 hours over at Skydive City [...]

the culture of tampa

Sarah’s client is planning a move to Tampa, and they will be bringing in a big bunch of employees from various parts of the world to help run things.   Sarah has been charged with letting those employees know what to expect once they get here.  The problem is that Sarah has never been to Tampa. She [...]

change

Quite the historic night last night. Four years ago, I commented on the fact that Dallas County, Texas had elected a gay Hispanic female Democrat for Sheriff: … change is measured in very small increments. Changes so small, you don’t even notice. But once in a while, something happens that makes you clearly see that progress being [...]

more help for the bloomingdale victim

October 31, 2008One comment so far, add yours!

Soon, the 18-year-old woman who was raped and beaten in April at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library is expected to leave the rehabilitation center where she has been receiving treatment. The house where her family lives and where she will reside needs extensive renovations to accommodate her medical needs when she returns home. Thankfully, people have been [...]

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