Due for a Revival

A trio of block patterns, throughout the bay area--an architectural use I'd like to see make a comeback.

Head Start for Horror

Hmmm...looks like the zombies are getting an early start this year.

TBay Around The Net

Flickr tags: "tampa" and "redneck":

• DIY Gone Bad? (yankeepez/photo)
• They Hate Us For Our Freedom Fries (shutterblog/photo)
• They Call It Getting "Tampa'd" (temporarySPASTIC/photo)

Afternoon Tea

At the Gas Plant Antique Arcade on Central Avenue in St. Pete.

Globe O' Booze

I needed a drink when I got home from TIA, so it's only fitting to start back up with the World Liquors sign on Central Avenue in St. Pete.

Going Out of Town

A brief interruption in posting -- gotta go out of town until Thursday.
Image courtesy of: Spell with flickr

Temporary Skyline

A cruise liner looms over the Bennigan's on the second floor of Channelside. In front, giving some scale, is the covered escalator to the second level.

TBay Around the Net

Tampa Bay in Orange:

• Nice photo, including setup details (jeremyallen35/photo)
• Polluted-looking (katiew/photo)
• Beach wedding in Anna Maria Island (thecharmedgirl/photo)

Ybor Collective

Among the images: details from Ybor City lamposts; the statue of writer, poet and Cuban independence leader Jose Marti; a cigar factory lector taken from a detail on an outdoor mural; and the Centro Ybor sign.

TBay Around the Net

Flickr tags: "tampa" and "photobooth":

• Facial Gyrations (photo/unaesthetic)
• Fully Loaded [I mean the booth!](photo/unaesthetic)
• Al (photo/NuckleheadEd)

Everything Changes

I never would have gone to something like the Home & Remodelling Show that was at the Trop last weekend before. But before buying a condo, I never would have spent three days painting indoor walls, either. I wish there had been more cool stuff, such that you might see on HGTV, but at any rate, here's a series of (relative) highlights.

Here is the Trop all luau-ed out at the Exotic Plumeria booth, followed by...

The Weekender

The Weekender outdoor grill, just under $9200, including deep fryer.

Hoffman Spa Collection

...and my favorite, the Rock Salt Crystal Lamps, made from 100% crystallized Himalayan salt.

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The midday sun illuminates the glass-ceilinged entryway to Tropicana Field.