Author: abundantjoy

• GPS READY: Find of the Day

  Greetings ! I love hearing good music — I am particularly fond of Classical, Folk, Christian, and oldies among other pieces…so Sacred Grounds delivers again with its music scene with a couple of artists well worth hearing! Jonny Jenero, Cameron Willinger, Matthew Walker, Meredith Marsh, Dani Schmier and Tyler’s Group. You can see all these artists at [...]

• GPS Ready’s Find of the Day

  If you are on henderson, in South Tampa, look for the Outback Steak house…Why? Dishtopia and the Anytime Tea Bar are in the same Plaza! They have over one hundred teas to choose from, from mint chocolate to carrot rooibos tea, bread pudding, to desserts like cheesecake and dessert cups and dipped preztal sticks-The ambiance is [...]

• GPS Ready Find of the Day !

  Remington College has just opened a fabulous Spa covering all manner of hair care, facials, spa mani/pedicures as well as bridal and event packages. The Spa is run by the teachers of the beauty school and you are given the best treatment for mere pennies! I got my hair shampooed/Conditioned, Styled /cut while being attended to by [...]

• GPS READY-Upcoming Events

  I have been very busy with all manner of adventure and fun–I hosted a table at Etsy’s 5-year party at Tempus Projects. We had a really good turnout, with many locals includingSweet Whimsy, Crystal (yarn queen) and Tampa Art Emporium. Joy Engdahl was promoting help for Cambodia (see bindingthebroken.blogspot.com) and I sold some [...]

• GPS Ready: Chalk Walk

  May 8-9th
  Chalk Walk is a public art display covering the sidewalks in Hyde Park Village. In 2009, Chalk Walk appeared in television reports and newspaper and online articles. Chalk Walk’s television exposure alone reached over 330,000 television viewers.
  CSS has a booth at Chalk Walk this year. Help is needed with set up and clean up, [...]

• GPS Ready:Hyde Park Art Show

  The Hyde Park Village’s Art show is always enjoyable with its glass blown pieces, fine pearl and precious stone necklaces, funky art, nature photography, fine music and Sculpture. I bought a cd of classical music and some ceramic beads and wished I would buy more of the wonderful art pieces there. The Cd was Vladimir Gorodkin playing [...]

• GPS READY: ART POOL 2nd Anniversary Party

       Cue the lights, the cameras, and set this art show in motion! Here comes Marina, our Ringleader, dressed in a wedding dress covered with Pabst beer cans and ribbons–you can hear her jingling a mile away. She has her professional camera and she is snapping picture after picture of the models as they are [...]

• GPS Ready:Art Pool Party 2

  After the models were photographed, the ravenous public was let in and they poured though the door like water gushing out of dam to see what surprises Marina had for them.
  They gazed upon the art work on the walls, pointing out different pieces that they liked. We tried on the necklaces and rings in glass cases, picked though the vintage [...]

• GPS Ready: Art shows, Perfume, and Music

  There is a song by Duke Ellington called “I don’t get around much any more”, that laments lost love and loneliness. Well, I may have sung that song in the past, but my life of recent has the opposite problem: I am getting around too much!
  Perfume Party: I drove to Roco Traders and [...]

• GPS Ready : Art pool 2nd Anniversary Party

  Be sure to check out Artpool’s celebration of two years in business at the 2nd anniversary party/art show!
  http://www.artpoolrules.com/
  April 10 from 6 pm to Midnight!