Fish House

Messages posted on the walls of this fish house in Cortez testify that it is not as abandoned as it looks.

More from Cortez

Tampa, Port City

Ship anchor and the downtown Tampa skyline in the background.

Real Estate 2007

The Citi Penthouse in the Victory Lofts at Channelside, 2585 sq. ft., was listed at $1.145 million in July 2007.

El Toro Negro

El Toro Negro - one of my go-to faves for authentic Mexican.
5780 54th Ave., in Kenneth City.

Port View

Channelside, from the parking garage.

Port Authority

The Florida Aquarium with a Carnival cruise liner docked behind.

Detective agency ad card found at the Gas Plant Arcade in St. Pete.

Plant Park, Tampa

Perch

Two egrets perched on the boardwalk rail at Weedon Island.

Found Photo, No. 12

A postcard of Sam Leto, atop "Thunder." Leto, who died in July 2001, was described by the St. Petersburg Times as "one of the Italian patriarchs of Ybor City." Leto, one of Ybor's alcaldes (Spanish for "mayor" -- in Ybor's case, think of a goodwill ambassador), was an unceasing promoter of the historic Latin quarter.

A former stuntman on locally filmed movies during the 1950s, Leto moved to Citrus Park when it was populated by citrus groves and raised palaminos. The postcard was produced for Ybor's Centennial in 1986.

Also:

• Found Photo, No. 11
  

• Found Photo, No. 10

• Found Photo, No. 9

• Found Photo, No. 8

UT

University of Tampa, color-saturated.

Also, more UT-related posts:

• Pre-UT
• Lights on Tampa
  

Holga Four

A saxman keeps in the shade in Ybor during a Sunday afternoon performance.

More Holgas:

• Three
• Two
• One
  

X Styles

Gulfport storefront along Beach Boulevard.

More Gulfport:

• Pagodas
• Sidewalk Geckos
  

It's The Heat

Screenshot, St. Pete Times web site, July 13, 2009.

Staring Match

Development and Old Florida:

Condos and a marina's rusty boat shelter, on opposite sides of Gandy Boulevard.

St. Pete Commemorative Menu #2

Another commemorative menu, this time from the Wild Shrimp Company.
One time, too eager to haul away some shrimp po' boys, gumbo, and cornbread, I left my Blackberry at the order window. The good folks there found it, and called my father from my address book, not realizing they were calling all the way to Pennsylvania. Anyway, I got my phone back, and Dad got an unexpected chuckle. It's sad about the closing.

Also:

• Memorial Menu for The Kitchen
• Gumbo Republic
  

Eyes

(Garage door, Gulfport)

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Saw Palmetto

A saw palmetto tree along one of the walking trails at Weedon Island Preserve.

Retro Buccaneer Advertisement

Here's the last of the mid-fifties ads I've been running. It's a pre-Football Bucs image of the Buccaneer. Has the appearance of the buccaneer image dropped off in local advertising since the arrival of the Bucs? And "Sleepy Lagoon Yacht Harbor"? What a name!

Grove Stand

Continuing with the series of mid-1950s ads, is this ad for a citrus grove. I am guessing that this gentleman, who owns a residential citrus tree care business, belongs to the family mentioned in the ad above. The link contains some early photos and is worth a click.

Resorts on the Gulf

Mid-1950s advertisement for beach resorts in Sarasota
and Longboat Key.

Holga Three

A Holga image of the Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum in St. Petersburg.

Also:

• Holga Two
  

• Holga One
  

Florida Real Estate Past

This ad for Bayshore Gardens, located on the Tamiami Trail, is scanned from a playbill, circa 1956. The community appears to still be going strong and remains comparatively affordable.

Damn...

...I sure miss being above the middle of Tampa Bay with a soft sunset light like this bouncing off the Gandy/Friendship Trail Bridges.

Font Circus

Wall poster, Ybor City

Pastry Goodness

Counter-clockwise, from top:
Raspberry Chocolate Ganache Truffle, Apple Turnover, Peach Cherry Cobbler.

Cafe Mozart, on 4th Street in St. Pete

Looking skyward by way of the Robert L. Timberlake, Jr. Federal Building in downtown Tampa.

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Trash Bin

At one of those furtive, illicit-looking meeting spots in between the shoreline trees, next to the Shrimp Docks

(Shuffleboard Court, Pass-a-Grille)

Not the Harbour Island Side of the Channel

Near Sparkman Channel, next to the CSX tracks, by the dislodged crossing sign.


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Another one for the Stick Figures in Peril photo pool, this one in downtown Tampa.

Previously:

• Spanish Point SFiP (last in post).
  

Dunedin Causeway

Friday

But, not good when the bottle opener almost drops into the garbage disposal!

On the Streets of Downtown Tampa

Street art around downtown...

Demo & the Gleaming Skytowers

Downtown Tampa (behind Hattricks)

Craft

The Craftsman House in St. Pete (not pictured: gazpacho, hummus wrap, and strawberry spinach salad).

Main Street

At the intersection of Main Street and the Pinellas Trail in Dunedin.

AmSouth West

Looking west toward the AmSouth building in downtown Tampa at sunset.

Some From 2008 That Didn't Make It

A no-flash shot of the old MFA in St. Pete, before the museum's new wing debuted.

Stairway to Foreclosure at Baywalk.

Someone in downtown Tampa evidently didn't like the fact that they were ticketed, and made their displeasure known by depositing the offending item in this planter.

On this day last summer, I only had a phone camera available to shoot the three-story Hurricane Restaurant draped under this yellow-and-blue-striped termite tent.

Lights on Tampa 2009

The Fort Brooke Garage.

http://www.lightsontampa.org/

Cargo Load

Luggage loading on a cruise ship, docked at Channelside.

And a good illustration of why that purple luggage set was purchased in the first place.