According to the print edition of this week’s Creative Loafing, they received over 3,000 ballots for the 2008 Best of the Bay readers’ poll. We are proud to announce that Sticks of Fire has been named a finalist for Best Local Blog, along with two other great blogs, Seminole Heights and Creative Loafing. We also want to [...]
You could spend your money at Four Green Fields, Leroy’s Four Wheel Drive, Four Paws Sake Pet Care, Four Corners Custom Framing, Studio Four Photography in Bradenton, and the Four Stars Star Mart. You can also get a great cafe con leche at the Fourth of July Cafe, watch the game at the Fourth & Inches [...]
Got a minute? Actually, it will take about 10 minutes. Would you take this Blog Reader Project Survey? Yes – even you lurkers, and those that stumbled here by accident. Thanks. Update: Feel free to quit after the 2nd page – it goes on and on (see comments here).
Around lunchtime yesterday, Sticks of Fire registered its 500,000th visitor. That includes all visitors since inception from the old blogspot days. Thanks to all you who keep coming back here to read what we have to say, and thanks to all of the wonderful contributors who keep this site interesting. Speaking of contributors, we’ve finally finished [...]
Congratulations to April May, who knew the photograph included part of the sign at Tampa Theater, and correctly identified John Eberson as the architect who designed the building. So now April gets two tickets to the State Fair – have fun April! We’ll be giving away another pair of tickets to the fair later this morning. [...]
Congratulations our most recent Sticks of Fire ticket winners! Karen Lee won tickets to VodkaFest by correctly locating the turtle hanging around at the Marion St. bus station. Lee Nelson correctly identified Tampa’s first mayor as Joseph B. Lancaster, winning tickets to a Lightning game. Bob Ross had read that Ferman built the first gas-powered vehicle in Tampa, [...]
Almost a year ago, we asked you to leave some basic information about yourself – just to get a better idea of what sort of people stumble upon Sticks of Fire. We learned just a bit about the average visitor here, and were surprised at some of the results. We think we picked up three or four [...]
