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Remembering where we are

March 28, 2009

click here for larger image There are times when the sound of the gulls echoes just right; when the humidity, temperature, and strength of the breeze is just right; or when perhaps you see some little visual reminder; and, you remember just where you are, living on a peninsula between a huge bay and an [...]

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Spinners Rooftop Revolving Restaurant

January 17, 2009

click here for larger image GRAND PLAZA HOTEL Most locals have their favorite beach hotels and/or beach cottages they like to escape to occasionally for a few nights’ stay, even if they live within just a few minutes of the beach. One such place, for me, is the Grand Plaza Hotel (5250 Gulf Blvd., St. [...]

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Low Tide

December 31, 2008
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seashell exposed by the low tide After all the holidays there’s an emotional let-down. The money is a little tighter due to special expenses. There’s physical and mental exhaustion. We are depleted in almost every way. We are experiencing “low tide.” The human mind seem hard-wired to notice patterns, to have creative interpretations of the [...]

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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 [...]

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John’s Pass Village & Boardwalk (the Friendly Fisherman & Hubbard’s Marina)

May 14, 2008
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Old on top of new Once, when visiting the Roman Catholic cathedral in Mainz, Germany, I learned—and could easily see—that it was a place of worship in continuous use from the 800s right up to the present. Renovation upon renovation over the centuries juxtaposed vastly different styles of architecture: Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque, and 19th and [...]

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Caddy’s on the Beach

May 5, 2008

Back before there were lots of high-rise condos littering the beach, there were mainly just little cottages to stay in and mom-and-pop snack shacks where you would eat. In both instances, you could literally walk from the back door onto the beach. Those places are a rarity now; when you find one, it’s precious. Caddy’s [...]

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Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary

May 4, 2008
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Surprising people visit the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary. It’s been some time since I last visited there and many new condos have been built. After two drives of the entire length of barrier islands off St. Pete and failing to find the sanctuary, I stopped for a late breakfast. On the doubtful off-chance he may have [...]

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Pass-a-Grille Beach

April 16, 2008

Everyone here has a favorite get-away-and-think beach spot. For one friend, it’s an isolated dog-beach where owners and pets can run and mingle. For another, it’s a sandbar off Fort Desoto where, at low tide, one can walk out to an island and, at high tide, swim back. For me, it’s down at Pass-a-Grille Beach, [...]

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