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BOOKS

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

Lighthouse Books

December 6, 2008

If you’re reading this blog, the chances are pretty good that you’re reading lots of other blogs, and if you’re doing that, the chances are even better that you’re a Reader (upper case “R” in case you missed it) and you read real books, too, and reading books has been an important part of your [...]

Tagged as: BOOKS, bookstores, Florida, Floridiana, St. Petersburg

Escape to Tahiti

October 22, 2008

Have you ever wanted to run away from home? Join the circus? Run a hot dog stand (we’ve talked about this before)? Sail away to Tahiti (you know: Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti,” going native like Gauguin, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Bali Hai“)? Of course; me too. Usually, my escapades are limited to day dreaming over a [...]

Tagged as: BOOKS, international

Wilson’s Bookworld

August 27, 2008

TS Fay is past and, as it turned out, Tampabay survived without being touched at all. Others weren’t so fortunate: there was much flooding on the east coast and at least 6 died as of the writing of this post. There really is no such thing as an insignificant tropical storm. Many thanks to Lucy [...]

Tagged as: BOOKS, bookstores, Florida, St. Petersburg

Haslam’s Bookstore

July 2, 2008

I mentioned in an earlier post that too many Tampans—and I was one like this—think of St. Pete as simply what you have to drive across to get to the beach. Early in my days as a person like that, there was one exception for me: Haslam’s Book Store (2025 Central Ave., St Petersburg, FL [...]

Tagged as: ACTIVITIES, BOOKS, Florida, St. Petersburg