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Gulfport

Front yard garden

March 29, 2010
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We had a cold winter down here and many plants have died from it. Home owners and landscapers are busy, now that it is spring, tending to their gardens and lawns, clearing out the dead plants and pruning others. This is a beautiful little garden in the front yard of a Gulfport home. Such beautiful, [...]

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Organic produce and fresh fish shopping in St. Pete.

March 8, 2010
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Comments are often where the most interesting content is in a blog. I especially enjoy comments which are questions such as a recent one that asked how to find good produce locally. It prompted me to create an answer, which I posted as an answering comment, that summed up my favorite places for local produce. [...]

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Stella’s Deli & Gelato

February 4, 2010
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The Tampa Bay area has a large number of first class restaurants, but not as many New York style delis as I would like. (Admittedly, I’d like one on every block.) There’s Jo-El’s Delicatessen & Marketplace (Jewish), European Goodies (Polish), and Mazzaro’s Market (Italian) plus a number of ethnic markets (Bosnian Bakery, Cafe Mozart, Dong [...]

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Gulfport Trolley Day

January 17, 2010
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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 [...]

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Geckofest and other festivals

October 10, 2009
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It’s that time of the year in Florida. The hot, humid days of late summer are just beginning to pass away. There’s the occasional cool front that comes through (we never seem to have real cold fronts). And the festivals begin. A couple weeks ago I went to the Geckofest (geckofest.com) in one of my [...]

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Gulfport Fresh Market

November 26, 2008

cornucopia Happy Thanksgiving! The above photo of a cornucopia of produce from the Gulfport (Florida) Fresh Market is my holiday visual greeting for this celebration. The whole horn of plenty was less than $7.00. I got them at the Tuesday morning incarnation of the Gulfport Fresh Market (they used to be only a Saturday morning [...]

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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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Before TV

July 18, 2008

By the light of stone-age campfires, our ancestors dramatized stories that spoke directly to the heart of their listeners about society’s deepest myths. Always, from those primeval origins, through the earliest recorded histories in China, India, and Greece, right up to the present day, live drama has always been more than entertainment (although it has [...]

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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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Gulfport, Florida

March 4, 2008

Not Gulfport, Mississippi, but Gulfport, Florida! This Gulfport is a separate village contiguous with St. Petersburg. It’s right on the bay and home to the Casino, an old, 30s/40s style dance hall with polished wood dancing floor, large bars, and jalousie windows overlooking the water. It’s constantly booked with wedding receptions, bingo nights, t-dances, and [...]

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