Archives: November2009

• GPS Ready: Trans-siberian Orchestra

  When their big christmas cd came out, my friends and I were in college and we played cd over and over and over -especially when cooking or talking or anything else !
  Concert: Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO)
  Sunday, December 06, 2009 – Sunday, December 06, 2009
  Time: 3:00 p.m.
  7:00 p.m.
  Location: St. Pete Times Forum
  Location Address:St. Petersburg Times Forum
  401 Channelside [...]

• GPS Ready: MUSIC

  My friend Ken Spivey created a new word press blog for his music. I was laughing as he is posting about singing at the Fair in Sarasota he is working at and the Banner is just so Cheesetastic I had to post it here. I have known him for many years and he sings very [...]

• Gps Ready: Life

  So, I have been going to one art show after another-they keep piling up like cars on the interstate at five o’clock and we just started the holiday scene! If you didn’t know, both large retailers and our beloved indie shops are putting in the H in a Happy Handmade Holiday! ( see Ester, studio [...]

• Getting back to basics

  Remember last year, how that guy got trampled to death at a Wal-Mart in New York? And just last night, just about an hour south of Tampa, two masked gunmen help shoppers hostage at a TJ Maxx in Venice … Lots of messed-out people out there, and it seems the craziness gets intensified around the [...]

• City Produce

  SLICED FRESH FIG
  Almost everyone has enjoyed a Fig Newton. Perhaps, fewer folks have had dried figs, and fewer still fresh, ripe, juicy, sweet figs like those (pictured here) which were for sale last week at my favorite local produce stand here in St. Pete, City Produce Fruit Market (2701 4th St. N., St Petersburg, FL [...]

• Banyan Coffee & Tea Co.

  BANYAN COFFEE & TEA CO.
  When a friend asked me more than once if I’d “been to Banyan yet,” I should have known I was missing out by not going. I finally went and discovered the charm that had my friend so enthused.
  Banyan Coffee & Tea is another one of those recession startups that I’ve seen [...]

• Shopping festivals

  This year, we don’t need to get trampled at Wal-Mart …

• Wilson’s Bookworld

  The personality of a place
  The two cities—St. Petersburg and Tampa–facing each other across Tampa Bay have always had very different personalities. It’s not an exaggeration to say that a city has a personality. Exactly “how” it happens, I haven’t a clue. I’m not even sure what branch of study concerns itself with such things…sociology maybe? [...]

• GPS Ready: Kalesia Tea Open Mic

  Kaleisia Tea is having a Open Mic night on nov 7 at 7 pm–Go there and sing and eat some yummy soup or hummus if that is your thing!

• Historic Shed Blog: Get Your Discount 1 Card from LocalShops1

  Historic Shed writes about the importance of shopping locally. And how LocalShops1.com can help.