Category: Living

Brother (Joey) Goes Global

The biggest news this month for my close family and friends has been my brother’s departure to Africa to start an indefinite vagabond/migration/exploration of the world. His lose itinerary has him making stops in Ethiopia, Somliland, Dubai, and parts of the the Middle East and finally onto Thailand in April to get his TEFL Certification to teach English. Upon …

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Knight vs. Day Parade

As a long time supporter of Ybor City and big believer the district will continue to grow and thrive as Tampa evolves, I was please to see how smoothly this year’s Knights of Sant’ Yago Illuminated Knight Parade went. The Tribune reported there were only three arrests. As for those hauled off to jail, Tampa …

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Outsourcing is our choice

Two pieces in the Times this week; Sunday’s How Oldsmar got global influence and today’s editorial Questions for Obama, McCain have prompted me to comment on what I think of outsourcing. Having an IT background and designing websites for the past decade has given me some personal experience with this topic. I have bid against offshore companies, …

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Ralph Hughes and cell phone advice

I met Mr. Hughes on only a couple of occasions and wish that I had more opportunities before his passing this month. I am most appreciative of one bit of advice he gave during my first meeting with him in 2004. Someone during the meeting answered a cell phone call. Mr. Hughes was not upset …

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Pirates… of Silicon Valley

Found the Pirates of Silicon Valley on Google Video and wanted to share it. Its the whole movie in one shot if you want to check it out. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1552555273778978142

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Ybor City restaurants fail to market

The Citytimes article Ybor’s fresh approach yesterday stirred some previous thoughts I’ve discussed individually with people but have never fully vetted in a written forum. The above article announces the opening of Raw Sushi and Sake Lounge in Ybor City; in the same location as the two previous failed sushi restaurants, Sushi on 7th and …

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2008 ADDY Awards and After Party

The annual ADDY Awards Gala was held Saturday, February 9, 2008 at the Cuban Club in Ybor City under a crescent moon, a perfect venue for announcing the best advertising produced in 2007. Entries in the local competition, sponsored by the Tampa Bay Advertising Federation, have grown nearly every year since 2002, and this year …

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Hooperpalooza 2008

I attended Hooperpalooza 2008 last night, the 44th birthday party of the wildly popular St Pete Times columnist Ernest Hooper. I met Ernest through a friend about a month ago and gave him a website for his birthday, http://www.hooperpalooza.com/. The party was at Four Green Fields in South Tampa and had a mix of Tampa …

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