Eggs Over Easy
…my fever intensifies. I have had a large breakfast. My server reminds me it is free pie Wednesday. I can’t see straight. I order the cherry. “Would you like that in … Continue reading
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade
I walk north in Ybor City towards the parade. Get a bun at El Segundo Bakery. The day dawned cold but now at noon it is warm and windless. Fifteenth … Continue reading
Tampa Theatre
The Tampa Theatre is downtown on North Franklin Street; going there is a like going to the movies a really long time ago. So easy to expect Queen Victoria is going to sweep in … Continue reading
(Travel Tangent: Texas)
For reasons, I am thinking about a different trip a few years back. I never listen to radio except when I am driving alone in some big sky country and … Continue reading
Pool Time
I left YHZ very very early in the morning. The temperature the day before had been -21ºC (-5.8ºF) with the windchill. When I got to TPA it was 35ºC (98ºF) … Continue reading
Unfinished Business
Year Two of snowbirding in Tampa begins tomorrow. There’s a bit of unfinished business from last year: carpet samples. Last time my vacation from my vacation was an out-of-character experience: … Continue reading
Geckos, Ladybugs & the connection of the shin bone to the knee bone
The geckos here are not like the green gaudy Geico Gecko. First, they are not green, and second, they do not talk. They are shy fast little devils who skitter … Continue reading
Day 6 Cozumel Mexico
This is a surprise: Cozumel, the quintessential cruise port/tour package destination, gets to me in a good way. I have $200 in shipboard credit as part of my passage. I … Continue reading
Day 5 Costa Maya Mexico
Unless you are going to the Mayan ruins, don’t go there.
Day 4 Belize City
Belize City does not have piers for the big ass boats so five of them are parked a ways out and we take small boats – tenders – in to … Continue reading
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