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February 2009

St. Pete Shuffle India Night

February 28, 2009

(Note: all the pictures in this post, including the individual small ones, link to larger images in Flickr; just click on the smaller images you see here.) Recently, in a post on the The St. Pete Shuffle, I mentioned that I’d missed their India Night last year. Fortunately they gave another one last night. It [...]

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Arbors Records

February 25, 2009

click here for larger image FIRST ANNUAL ARBORS RECORDS INVITATIONAL JAZZ PARTY   Recently, I had the opportunity to photograph backstage at the Arbors Records First Annual Arbors Records Invitational Piano Jazz Party at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort on Clearwater Beach. There’s a lot of jazz in Florida and a lot here in the [...]

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Green Chili Indian Bistro

February 21, 2009

click here for larger image COMBO #3 (CHICKEN CURRY, SAG PANEER, RICE, NAN) and a side of VEGETABLE SAMOSA, plus a TAJ IMPORTED BEER   Newly opened downtown is the Green Chili Indian Bistro (310 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33701; 727-898-2873). This is the second restaurant of this new breed I’ve covered. The first was [...]

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Sunken Gardens

February 18, 2009
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(Note: all the individual pictures in this post link to larger images in Flickr; just click on the smaller images you see here.) CHILEAN FLAMINGOS A BOTANICAL EXPERIENCE That’s the “tag line” for the St. Petersburg Sunken Gardens. It’s well chosen. The afternoon I first visited the St. Petersburg Sunken gardens, was following a particularly [...]

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The Year of the Ox

February 14, 2009
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(Note: all the individual pictures in this post link to larger images in Flickr; just click on the smaller images you see here.) “Chinese New Year” was this past January 26th. It falls on a different day every year in our calendar system (the Gregorian calendar) because the “Chinese New Year” is based on the [...]

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Spreading around the love

February 11, 2009

click here for larger image PASTRIES AT MAZZARO’S If you have a significant other, you probably already have thought through what you’ll get as a Valentine’s Day gift. Sometimes, though, it’s fun to spread the love around on Valentine’s Day to folks you care about beyond that special someone. Remember getting all those little paper [...]

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Cappy’s Pizzeria

February 7, 2009

click here for larger image TRIVIAL PURSUITS AT CAPPY’S Cappy’s is an independent pizzeria on 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg, Florida. Its Greek salad is my favorite in town. That’s not to diminish their deep dish pizza in any way. I’ll get to the main attraction soon, but their Greek salad with its homemade oregano [...]

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Arts and Crafts

February 4, 2009

click here for larger image FRAN SIMS BEADED HANGING (SHOWN HORIZONTALLY) Arts & Crafts Whenever I’ve felt like “running away from home” (from responsibilities, from humdrum, grinding routine) I’ve fantasized about quitting all jobs and surviving by selling homemade art (water colors, photos, prints, whatever) along the side of the road. So far, I’ve not [...]

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