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Spreading around the love

February 11, 2009

click here for larger image PASTRIES AT MAZZARO’S If you have a significant other, you probably already have thought through what you’ll get as a Valentine’s Day gift. Sometimes, though, it’s fun to spread the love around on Valentine’s Day to folks you care about beyond that special someone. Remember getting all those little paper [...]

Schakolad Chocolate Factory

September 24, 2008

Schakolad It doesn’t take much, but sometimes you just need a treat, something as a reward for a job well done, or as consolation for something that goes awry. We have a solution at hand in downtown St. Pete: the Schakolad Chocolate Factory (401 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; Tel: 727-892-2400, Fax: 727-898-1960), open [...]

SPIFFS — St. Petersburg International Folk Fair Society

April 5, 2008
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(Image credits for above posters: SPIFFS; left — right) SPIFFS, or the St. Petersburg International Folk Fair Society, just concluded its highly successful International Folk Fair (poster above on left). Earlier this year, I attended the Asia Pacific rim Festival (poster above on right), which is under the aegis of SPIFFS. That was such a [...]

Thai-rific

March 31, 2008
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Thai-rific has grown from a tiny shop offering only tropical plants and a few Thai gifts to a full-service florist and gift shop covering several buildings and greenhouses. They now offer non-tropical as well as tropical floral selections in arrangements created by their highly experienced designers. They still fill individual requests such as my lei [...]

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