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Rod & Reel Pier

August 2, 2010

Rod & Reel Pier Anna Maria Island, Florida That’s from Inkwatu: fishing piers. There’s a couple other pier related posts on here, too: Dubai Long Pier and St. Petersburg Pier. There are so many piers here in Tampa Bay that deserved to be photographed. This one is one of my favorites (as is the Dubai [...]

fishing piers

May 6, 2009

Rod & Reel Pier, Anna Maria Island weathered wood This post was almost titled “weathered wood.” While modern concrete piers, such as the local St. Pete Pier (pictured below), Fort Desoto Pier, Skyway Bridge Pier, and Williams Fishing Pier, are wonderful and probably 100 times safer than wooden piers, and capable of extending farther out [...]

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Dubai Long Pier

January 21, 2009

click here for larger image LONG PIER TACKLE SHACK I’ve got a love affair with piers. Ever since I was a child visiting my father’s family down in southern Mississippi and fishing off the long pier in Biloxi (a pier destroyed many hurricanes ago), I’m always thrilled by the sensation of walking way out above [...]

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O’Maddy’s Bar and Grille Waterfront Dining

September 17, 2008

Just writing about O’Maddy’s Bar and Grille, thinking about sitting looking at the water while sipping a beer and munching on their Caesar salad topped with a double order of Vegas Hot fried chicken tenders raises the probability, considerably, that that’s where I’ll wind up eating supper tonight! O’Maddy’s, and similar places, are why [...]

Tagged as: bars, beaches, Florida, FOOD, Gulfport, piers, restaurants, St. Petersburg