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ACTIVITIES

Tampa’s Phap Vien Minh Dang Quang and the Jade Buddha

March 10, 2010

Every week/weekend in Tampa Bay has a lot of activities, but this weekend has more than most that fit my tastes. One you don’t want to miss is the enormous Jade Buddha for Universal Peace at the Vietnamese Buddhist temple in Town and Country (that area of Tampa on the west end of Hillsborough Avenue).

All [...]

Tagged as: attractions, Buddhist, churches & temples, favorite articles, Florida, SPIRITUAL, Tampa

Mount Dora, Florida

February 25, 2010

OVERLOOKING LAKE DORA FROM LAKESIDE INN
Mount Dora is a small town in central Florida on the edge of Lake Dora. As you can see in the map below, Lake Dora is just one of dozens of lakes, large and small, scattered throughout this area adjoining the Ocala National Forest.

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This past weekend was my [...]

Tagged as: antiques, attractions, birds, boats, crafts, events, favorite articles, fishing, Florida, galleries, HISTORIC, lakes, Mount Dora, NATURE

Vietnamese New Years at St. Petersburg’s Phat Phap Buddhist Temple

February 16, 2010

Two of the most popular posts at Inkwatu over the few years of its existence are Wat Mongkolratanaram — Palm River Thai Temple and Songkran at Tampa’s Wat Mongkolratanaram and memories of Thailand. Wat Mongkolratanaram is a Thai Buddhist temple, but there are many other Buddhist traditions represented in the Tampa Bay area, many distinguished [...]

Tagged as: attractions, Buddhist, favorite articles, Florida, HOLIDAYS

The New St. Pete Dali Museum and politics

February 9, 2010

New Dali museum under construction
The new Dali Museum
The new Dali Museum being constructed right next to Mahaffey Theater looks exciting. I hadn’t driven down that way until just recently and what I saw took me by surprise. I’m not sure if this is the front or the back of the new museum–that fits with the [...]

Tagged as: attractions, favorite articles, fine arts, Florida, museums, St. Petersburg

Behind the scenes at the Arbors Records Invitational Jazz Party

January 24, 2010

Gary Baldassari, Incorporated Magi audio engineer, instructing Full Sail interns on microphones
Teachers and students

The tagline for Inkwatu is “Delights, near and far.” Less poetically put, that simply means that this blog is about things that I find delightful: people, places, things, food…and also the good I see some people do. One such instance is the [...]

Tagged as: ACTIVITIES, Clearwater, favorite articles, fine arts, Florida, jazz, MUSIC

Gulfport Trolley Day

January 17, 2010

Gulfport Hideaway Apartments

A good friend recently bought a home in Gulfport, Florida. Attached to this home, in which she will be resident, are four apartments. She calls her complex the Gulfport Hideaway Apartments.

Her target clientele are seasonal visitors from abroad. She wanted to confirm that her visitors would not need a rental car, even to [...]

Tagged as: attractions, favorite articles, Florida, Gulfport, Indian Rocks Beach, Pass-a-grille, Redington Shores, restaurants, St. Pete Beach, St. Petersburg

Antiques Show at St. Pete Coliseum

January 7, 2010

Tomorrow, the Sunshine City Antiques and Collectibles Show opens at the St. Pete Coliseum. Here’s the details from the City of St. Petersburg Events page.
January 8-10
Sunshine City Antiques and Collectibles Show, Friday 5pm to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 5pm, $6 adults, 12 and under are free. This nationally recognized show features nearly [...]

Tagged as: ACTIVITIES, attractions, events, Florida, Floridiana, HISTORIC, postcards, vintage