June 2009

Crape Myrtle

June 27, 2009

Crape Myrtles…few things speak “southern living” more than crape myrtles to my eye. Well…gardenias and magnolias, do, of course! But, we’ll get to them in a later post. Right now, the streets of St. Pete are a riot of magenta, pink, and white with these trees almost everywhere. Because the shape of a crape [...]

Tagged as: Florida, flowers, NATURE, St. Petersburg, trees

Father’s Day

June 20, 2009

Long-time readers of this blog know that my sister, Lucy, writes Lava to Lilikoi, a blog about gardening in Hawaii. Occasionally, she and I do a guest post for each other. Last year, when I was busy with preparations for an approaching hurricane here in Florida she did a couple for me. More recently, while [...]

Tagged as: HOLIDAYS

Ybor Evening — Acropolis, Silver Meteor Gallery, and Poor, Dirty Girl

June 13, 2009

Acropolis Greek Taverna A couple weekends ago, a friend and I went to Ybor City to hear an original play produced by my friend’s former students. Ybor City is an historical section of Tampa. As long-time Tampa residents, my teacher friend and I both had, in our youth, spent many an evening (probably too [...]

Tagged as: ACTIVITIES, fine arts, Florida, Greek food, Tampa

St. Petersburg Mirror Lake Library

June 6, 2009

St. Petersburg is divided by a major street, Central Avenue, that runs East to West from the bay side all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. “Avenues” in St. Pete run East and West. “Streets,” North and South. Any street or avenue north of Central Avenue is North; any street or avenue south of [...]

Tagged as: BOOKS, buildings, Florida, HISTORIC, St. Petersburg

Marketplace Express

June 3, 2009

entrance to Marketplace Express In the Cafe Hey post on Inkwatu on 2008/08/30, I mentioned that “I lived for a short while in New Orleans and have always visited there whenever I can. There may be a few Starbucks in New Orleans, but almost no one goes. Instead, they go to locally owned CC’s, [...]

Tagged as: coffee shops, Florida, FOOD, St. Petersburg