Ever want to swim with sharks? If you were in on Saturday’s Tampa Tweetup you might have gotten the chance.
Mommy Musings and David Risley tell the story. So does Fox 13 news.
UPDATE: Forgot to link to my pictures, on Flickr.
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From the category archives:
The Ever-Expanding Greater Tampa Area
It’s the biggest, roundest screen in the state of Florida, and one of the most advanced sound systems as well.
And it all runs on a Palm Pilot.
As part of MOSI’s Virtual Ambassador program, a group of Tampa-area Twitter users got a behind-the-scenes tour of the IMAX theater and projection room. I was [...]
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From the “mailbag” that is my comments feed:
Hey there!
My website includes a link to yours within my list of Tampa Blogs:
http://sticksoffire.com/about/tampa/blogs-more/
Would you be so kind as to return the favor?
You can cut & paste, if you like:
Sticks of Fire: a Tampa website
Thanks for your consideration.
tommy
Sorry to post this request in your comments but i could [...]
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Spring baseball is a significant perk to living in Florida. We have more teams training here than I could name, but every spring Tampa is home to the New York Yankees. Alex has asked more than once to go to a baseball game, so when Dineen had a chance to get tickets for [...]
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In light of this past weekend’s Gasparilla festivities, some folks might think Tampa has an an unhealthy cult-like obession with pirates. But it’s all in good fun. (Especially when Peter Sarsgaard hosts SNL!
Sticks of Fire has just the shirt for you!
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Growing up in Florida, we never had white Christmases, so we had to find or make our beauty elsewhere. Our neighborhood found it in the luminaria, a tradition from the Southwest that founds its warm to other warm climates.
Every Christmas Eve, we would get a bucketful of sand, a stack of paper bags, and [...]
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St. Pete Times columnist Sue Carlton writes about Redner and drops this juicy tidbit:
But here’s an ugly fact: We live in a place where being openly gay can be a political liability. That may be in part why some of our local public officials keep that information private when it’s an everyday fact to those [...]
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If your butcher told you he was vegan, would you doubt him? If your gun shop owner told you he was religiously opposed to killing? How about your rabbi with a deep faith in the messiah Jesus Chirst?
You’d wonder what kind of axe they had to grind.
Now, via Sticks of Fire, [...]
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Well, not dead, but badly in need of resuscitation from the Northern cold. If you’re planning a trip to Tampa from the wintry climes, here are some ways to make your time more enjoyable.
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