In Tampa, a small group of neighbors have created a single blog to convince the city to react quickly on a specific allegedly problematic property.
People love rankings. Even those who say they hate these sort of lists really like them, since it gives them something to talk about. Thanks to our sponsors at (hey, do you wanna sponsor this series?), we’re going to attempt to find out how Tampa Bay Ranks on a regular basis. This Old House went [...]
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. It is my intention to highlight something that qualifies as worth the wait in Tampa Bay each week… It seems like every town, regardless of size, has at least a [...]
As mentioned recently, there are lots of blogs and websites about the Seminole Heights area. Here are some I have found: The Official Unoffical Blog of Seminole Heights – An anonymous writer updates this one almost daily. Life in Seminole Heights – RLF updates this blog a few times a week. Hot Topics – Updated a couple times [...]
Neighborhood politics seem to be the most contentious, huh? For ten years or so, the Old Seminole Heights Neighborhood Association wanted to form a separate (but related) not-for-profit group in order to solicit donations for neighborhood improvements. But they never took the necessary steps to do so. Another group came along, jumped through those necessary hoops, and [...]
In 2003, the City of Tampa along with the Mayor’s Beautification Program (MBP) and the F.E. Lykes Foundation launched a “greenprinting initiative.” The plan was to upgrade 10 parks in 10 years. The Seminole Heights blog first took notice of delays back in 2006. Fast forward to 2008 – five years into the program – and [...]
The Three Coins restaurant in Seminole Heights recently went to a 24 hour a day format. With few other late-night options in Central Tampa, third shift cops are taking their coffee breaks at the Three Coins. Of course, the pros and johns don’t want to be seen by any cops, so they are [...]
In spite of having lived in the Tampa Bay area for over 20 years now, there are still bars and restaurants I’ve passed hundreds of times that I’ve always wanted to visit but have just never gotten around to actually doing so. That list got a little shorter recently when I stopped for lunch at [...]
This post is a bit overdue, due to limited Net access until just days ago, but I thought some of you would still be interested in how our last two weeks of dining in Tampa went before our move up to Gainesville. The weekend before last, we decided to stop into Castellano & Pizzo Italian Gourmet [...]
