hyde park

This post is sponsored by Hyde Park Village If you’ve driven West Swann Avenue, you know it’s undergoing a major facelift at the intersection with Dakota Avenue: wider sidewalks, traffic-calming, and…

Duh. Why hasn’t someone done this sooner? For a self-righteous, militantly-fit community like South Tampa, you wonder sometimes about the business opportunities people jump on (juice bars), and the ones…

To me, the “north of Gandy, south of Kennedy, between the two bays” bubble of urban Tampa has long been a point in local vernacular to roll my eyes and sigh. How…

My friend Clark replied to our e-mail string: “have you heard about this place?” —with a link to a Tampa Bay Business Journal article. 10 minutes later, I’m thrilled, because (apparently)…

It’s only thanks to my copious flex spending account that I have purchased so many pairs of glasses in the past three years (and written about eyewear quite a bit…