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Restaurant Review: Pizza Uno

Restaurant Review: Pizza Uno On Saturday, September 26th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

It’s not often that I’m frustrated with a name I know and trust in the restaurant business. I found a perfect example of that frustration in Largo’s own Pizza Uno (12561 Ulmerton Rd, Largo, FL 33774-3629, (727) 517-0111), a mockery of the name made famous in Chicago for awesome pizza and otherwise amazing food. For [...]

Restaurant Review: Athenian Garden Restaurant

Restaurant Review: Athenian Garden Restaurant On Saturday, September 26th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

In my never end quest for high quality Greek food, I decided to try a place that is both famous and infamous throughout Pinellas County. Some people love it because of it’s reasonable prices and throwback to traditional Greek Cuisine. Others hate it because they claim sanitary issues and bad taste. My experience with Athenian [...]

Restaurant Review: Pop N Sons Diner

Restaurant Review: Pop N Sons Diner On Saturday, September 26th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

If you’re looking for old fashioned cooking in a fun 50s car themed environment Pop N Sons (4812 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33614-6510, (813) 875-9005) may be the perfect mix of nostalgia and home cooking. The food is your typical greasy spoon menu, complete with a robust breakfast, burgers, sandwiches and home cooked [...]

Restaurant Review: Cheddar’s

Restaurant Review: Cheddar’s On Sunday, August 30th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

I had been to the Cheddars in Clearwater, but never been to the one in Brandon (11135 Causeway Blvd,  Brandon, FL 33511, (813) 653-7770) until recently. The one in Clearwater was acceptable, but I’d never call it “good food”. The one in Brandon managed to change my mind about that.

Dustan and I decided to go [...]

Restaurant Review: La Isla Bonita

Restaurant Review: La Isla Bonita On Sunday, August 30th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

Sandwiched between a tattoo shop and the unforgiving speed and lack of attention of Ulmerton Road, La Isla Bonita (9033 Ulmerton Rd, Largo, FL 33771-5312, (727) 588-0338) is a promising taste of latin flavors at reasonable prices that may soon be gone. Their location, both too expensive and hard to find, keeps the foot traffic [...]

Restaurant Review: Kathy’s Industrial Mart Sandwich Shop

Restaurant Review: Kathy’s Industrial Mart Sandwich Shop On Saturday, August 29th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

At Kathy’s Industrial Mart Sandwich Shop (9218 Ulmerton RD Largo, FL 33771. (727) 518-6201), their name is just as much a mouth full as their portions.

Kathy’s is all classic diner, filled with old booths of various colors, pictures all over the walls, random bobbleheads and news clippings throughout. Many of the clippings and powers have [...]

Restaurant Review: Dakota’s Grill & Bar

Restaurant Review: Dakota’s Grill & Bar On Saturday, August 29th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

Dakota’s Grill and Bar (7924 Ulmerton Road, Largo FL 33771, (727) 536-7380) is far more bar than grill, but the sign claims they do both.

If you’re there to watch a game on one of their many televisions, see one of the live bands that play there almost every night or enjoy some beers with [...]


Entertainment & Arts

Bridezilla Attacks Florida, NOVA535 Hosts

Bridezilla Attacks Florida, NOVA535 Hosts On Saturday, September 26th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin  

From “American Princess” to “Bridezilla,” native Floridian and local star Kirsten Stiff brings national attention to the Tampa Bay and Sarasota areas with her second WE TV hit reality show.
When: Sunday, September 27th from 7:30-11 pm
Where: NOVA 535 at 535 Dr. Martin Luther King Street North, St. Petersburg FL 33701
Cost: Admission is free. NOVA 535 [...]

Transitions Art Gallery: Art Deck Yo!

Transitions Art Gallery: Art Deck Yo! On Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 by shannonadams  

Transitions Art Gallery is a hip little spot for local artists to showcase their works. Located inside the back area of The Skatepark of Tampa, it’s definitely something worth checking out. Saturday night’s “Art Deck Yo!” show was a display of the local talent turning simple skateboard decks into amazing pieces of art. From Tampa [...]

Interview: Erica Sutherlin

Interview: Erica Sutherlin On Saturday, July 18th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin  

Tonight, July 18th, Tampa Bay is in for a performance treat. Local actress, playright, poet and director Erica Sutherlin is presenting her one-woman showcase “Manifesting Soul” at the Historic Royal Theater in Midtown St. Petersburg.
The debut showcase and album is a compilation of life inspired material reflecting the experiences, observations and call to self awareness [...]

Size Matters Fashion Show featuring Wear To The Tear Fashion

Size Matters Fashion Show featuring Wear To The Tear Fashion On Saturday, July 11th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin  

Along with the Size Matters Art Exhibit, a fashion show took to the stage at NOVA535 last night. Bringing models and fashion together with an art showing makes for an enticing evening. Seeing the girls showing off the Wear to the Tear line featured some ready-to-wear looks as well as a few extremes. Here are [...]


Music

Homemade Music Symposium Photo Post

Homemade Music Symposium Photo Post On Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

This year’s Homemade Music Symposium played out over the weekend at the Ybor HCC campus, bringing together musicians, singer-songwriters, music industry professionals, entertainers, writers, photographers and most every other aspect of the music industry to discuss the state of music, the nature of creating and marketing musicians and give a taste of things to come.

Overall, [...]

Homemade Music Symposium this weekend!

Homemade Music Symposium this weekend! On Thursday, June 11th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

HOMEMADE MUSIC SYMPOSIUM releases its MASTER SCHEDULE for the event on Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14 in Ybor City. The second annual symposium is offered free of charge to all Tampa Bay area musicians and the general public. The numerous seminars and workshops are focused on the business of music making and will [...]

Review of the Tampa Bay Music Conference

Review of the Tampa Bay Music Conference On Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

I recently attended the 6th annual Tampa Bay Music Conference, held at the Ritz Theatre (503 7th Ave. Tampa, FL. 33605)in Ybor City.

The event was not what I expected. Being billed as a top class event ($40 tickets), I figured it would be a lot of fun with a lot of people and plenty to [...]


Events

Transitions Art Gallery: Art Deck Yo!

Transitions Art Gallery: Art Deck Yo! On Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 by shannonadams

Transitions Art Gallery is a hip little spot for local artists to showcase their works. Located inside the back area of The Skatepark of Tampa, it’s definitely something worth checking out. Saturday night’s “Art Deck Yo!” show was a display of the local talent turning simple skateboard decks into amazing pieces of art. From Tampa [...]

Free Latin Rhythms dance class at Patel Conservatory

Free Latin Rhythms dance class at Patel Conservatory On Saturday, August 1st, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

For those interested in learning Latin Dance, there’s a free class for adults opening up at the Patel Conservatory (Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Pl. 33602). This class is free to the public and will be taught by Debra Loran, who will teach the new Latin Rhythms: Introduction class in the [...]

Ice Cream Social at Datz Deli

Ice Cream Social at Datz Deli On Monday, July 20th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

Datz Deli, home to awesome homemade sandwiches and a ridiculous amount of custom beers, played host to the Blue Bell Ice Cream Social on July 18th. The social featured several kinds of Ice Creams brought to you by the Blue Bell creamery, including classics like chocolate and vanilla and favorites like Cookies and Cream.

No Ice [...]


Social Activism

Save the Tortillas

Save the Tortillas On Thursday, July 9th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

In these tough times, it seems to a lot of local businesses are falling apart. Tampa’s own tortilla favorite La Bonita Olé (La Bonita Ole, Inc. 5804 E. Columbus Drive Tampa, FL 33619, 1-800-522-6648), is about to become one of those casualties.
In 1992, Tammy Young started making Tam-X-ico’s tortillas in the traditional Mexican way. After [...]

Tampa Job Fair Coming up this weekend

Tampa Job Fair Coming up this weekend On Thursday, June 25th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

Some of you may remember a post I made a few weeks back that caused quite a commotion. I want to clear the air on behalf of the company putting this together, Tavern Media. I have spoken to the organizers of the event at Tavern Media who ensure me that this is a legitimate job [...]

St. Petersburg Tweetup

St. Petersburg Tweetup On Friday, June 19th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

Last night, Dereck and I went to the St. Petersburg Tweetup, held at Savannah’s Cafe (1113 Central Ave, St Petersburg, FL 33705-1650, (727) 388-4371). This was a much different crowd and vibe than any Tweetup I’d been too before. The crowd was more mature, more segmented and a bit frazzled. That said, I did shake [...]


Retail Review

Anthem Games: Card and Board Game Fun on a Budget

Anthem Games: Card and Board Game Fun on a Budget On Saturday, August 1st, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

I recently had a chance to interview James Caudill, owner of Anthem Games (5305 Ehrlich Road, Suite 13, Tampa, FL 33625, (813) 333-5386) to discuss his boardgame and card game store and how he’s bringing a bit of low-cost fun to Tampa. He puts together programs and organized events that give local enthusiasts something to [...]

LocalShops1: Hyperlocal shopping for the Tampa Bay Area

LocalShops1: Hyperlocal shopping for the Tampa Bay Area On Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

One of the things I’ve always found interesting about the web is how easy it is to get to powerful databases of information. What I’ve always found annoying is trying to find that information specific to a region.

For us Tampa Bay residents (and those in the surrounding counties of Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota), you may find some help in the hyper local shopping site, LocalShops1.com. They are committed to promoting locally owned, independent shops. The mission of this site is to be a place where shoppers and business owners can come to network, on social and business levels to exchange ideas, post sales, become involved in the community. Out in the “real world,” they plan lots of fun community events, charity fundraisers and store parties.


News & History

Existing Verizon customers get FREE HotSpot access

Existing Verizon customers get FREE HotSpot access On Saturday, August 1st, 2009 by Denis Baldwin

Verizon FiOS customers in the Tampa area now have yet another perk. Any customers who has Up-to-25/15 Mbps or faster connection or HSI customers with a 3MBps or 7.1MBps connection can connect to any of the new Verizon Wi-Fi hot spots at no additional charge.
The new WiFi service is not limited to new customers, but [...]


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