During last year’s St. Petersburg Mayoral Campaign, when I published blog post after blog post about that election, I took note of a subtle trend in how visitors were arriving on my site. As much as I would have liked otherwise, many of my readers were not coming directly to Saint Petersblog, rather they were coming to the site after searching for a particular term in Google, Yahoo, etc. Yes, there was a base of regular readers who arrived on…
The Rays will wear a new light blue alternate jersey for Sunday home games during the 2010 season. Officially released Wednesday morning, it will debut on April 11, when the Yankees visit Tropicana Field. Starting Wednesday, fans may order the Rays’ new alternate jersey via raysbaseball.com and raysbeisbol.com, at the Rays Pro Shop and Ticket Outlet located at 400 N. Tampa Street, the Rays Team Store at Tropicana Field and at Champs Sports stores. Fans may also purchase the new…
Fresh from a ride on Air Force One, two-term U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor pays her first visit to the Tiger’s Den. We just heard from Bill Young, and Kathy Castor is Pinellas’ other representative in Congress, with a district that includes most of south St. Petersburg as well as all of Tampa and a slice of Manatee County. With control of the presidency and big majorities in both houses of Congress, Democrats figured to be running up the score in…
As any reader of this blog knows, my favorite chef in Tampa Bay is also your favorite chef. By that I mean my favorite Chef is Domenica Macchia, winner of Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay award. If I had to name a second favorite chef, the answer undoubtedly would be Zach Gross at Z Grille. A Beard Award nominee, Zach is about as good as it gets in Tampa Bay. Yet, what’s cool about Zach is how non-plussed he…
One of the dominant themes that can be extracted from the recent polling is that those who know Charlie Crist best don’t like him or won’t vote for him. Marco Rubio leads Crist 68-18 among Republican primary voters who have an opinion of both candidates. As the memo attached to the FMA poll states: Among those GOP voters who have an opinion (positive or negative) of BOTH Crist and Rubio, Crist trails Rubio by a 50-point margin. While these results…
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Tampa Bay area Thursday, Jan. 28, the day after his first State of the Union address, the White House has announced. Update – Monday, 2:33 p.m.: The town hall President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will hold in Tampa on Thursday is open to the public. But act quick, if you want to go. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis on Wednesday from 12 p.m.…
From my good friend Tommy Duncan over at Sticks of Fire: Tampa welcomes several groups of folks coming to town over the next week, some you may have heard of before, and some I guarantee you that you never knew existed. From small to large, you’ll see them throughout the area enjoying the best Tampa treasures around. Here’s just a taste of some of the groups who this week will see what Tampa Bay has to offer. The Association of…