Channelside 4th of July Photo Post
Channelside put on a great photo show on July 4th, though it was surprisingly short. The whole thing, from first blast to grand finale probably only went on for 20 minutes. I remember the previous shows I've seen in Detroit and New Orleans going on for at least 30-40 minutes. That said, I got a few decent shots. The rest of the photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/denisbaldwin/sets/72157620833560687/ Related posts:St. Pete Pride Festival Photo and Video PostL’Olivier Cabaret Photo PostSupernova Sunday Photo PostHomemade Music Symposium Photo PostSize Matters Fashion Show featuring Wear To The Tear FashionGasparilla Children’s ParadeIKEA Tampa Photo PreviewSPRING ANTIQUE CLASSIC AUTO EXPO ...
Size Matters Fashion Show featuring Wear To The Tear Fashion
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 some shots from the show, as well as some followup shots in the dressing room. The rest of the photos can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/denisbaldwin/sets/72157621260618712/ Related posts:Size Matters Art ShowUpcoming Vitale Brothers “Size Matters” show at NOVA535Strawberry Classic Car ShowIrregular Artbeat Show at the Skatepark of TampaChannelside 4th ...
Big Bang Thursdays at Nova535
Nova535's Supernova Sundays show may be gone, but the monthly rendition Big Bang Thursdays lives on. Judging continues to be done by the same four judges who seem to have fallen into their respective judges roles with grace and humility. There's a good deal of comedians in this new format. The Got Jokes guys continue to host and emcee while local comedians take to the stage for crass and mostly-funny comedy. A dance troop also hit the stage, doing a pop-n-lock rendition that was always fast paced, something synchronized and leading in a give and take that was both skillful and fun. The crowd ...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
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!
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
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
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 [...]
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!
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
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 [...]
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
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
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 [...]
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
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
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 [...]
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
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.
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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