“The police surrounded the St. Paul house where they were meeting even though they had no warrant, told them that anyone who exited the house would be arrested, and then — even though they finally, after several hours, obtained a warrant only for the house next door — basically broke into the house, pointed weapons [...]
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Enjoy the Weekend
Instead of sitting around staring at the internet I think I’m going to go have some drinks, go see a movie, and go eat some grilled meats.
See you on Tuesday when we’ll be kicking off Eating Tampa’s 2008 Best of Tampa search.
Happy Labor Day!
Haute Cousteau
A Guide to All Things Tacky Fabulous in Orlando finds these heel flippers for all the scuba hotties absurd beach fashionistas out there.
Entertain Us
Uh. Paul Anka. Smells like teen spirit. Deeply, deeply wrong.
(H/T gneri)
Local Tiki Carver
The Green Wahine is a local tiki carver. Her work is teh awesome.
(H/T Rhonda K)
Splitsville Update
Wow. I must admit to being surprised at the response to the post about some crappy service at Splitsville (Splitsville, You Suck) but it seems like the attention might have helped sway Splitsville policy.
From Monkey Love, the original author of the post, comes this update -
“I just talked to Mr. Knox VIA TELEPHONE and he [...]
Political Corruption
In July I wrote about House Democrats from Florida that changed their minds on the FISA bill, and pointed to records of donations from telecommunications companies. While taking money from an industry, and then changing your opinion about legislation affecting that industry, is not evidence of a crime, it tends to make you look a [...]
Neighborhood Coordination
The Official Unofficial Seminole Heights Blog recently asked about local neighborhood associations “What does it take to get more to volunteer and make a difference? … Can we organize and unite to be a more productive group?”
While SH was writing specifically about Seminole Heights neighborhood associations, this morning an idea occurred to me about a [...]
1962 Tiburon Roadster
Lucy Jones at My Florida History stumbles across a great find.
“The 1962 Tiburon Roadster, designed by Henry Covington in St. Petersburg, Florida. According to the exhibit sign, this roadster (and its convertible version) are the only cars designed, built, marketed, and sold in the Tampa / St. Petersburg area.”
That is one fancy car.
Music Monday
I’m a tremendous Brian Eno fan. Not only has he been one of the most creative musical minds of the twentieth century, but his work with the Long Now Foundation transformed the way I think about history and the future, and I’m still trying to work his concept of “the big here” into how I [...]
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- Lights On Tampa To Illuminate Downtown - Biennial public art project takes center stage as spectacle of light January 5, 2009City of TampaLights On Tampa will make its highly anticipated return to Tampa, January 10 through February 1, 2009 with a public kick-off event on January 10, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. at the Ft. Brooke Parking Garage located at 107 North Franklin Street. In addition to the five main installations and the 11 Satellites projects in Channelside, the kick off will feat […]
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