Behind the boarded-up doors of the old Floridan Hotel, Lisa Shasteen tiptoes over scraps of plywood and up the white marble staircase into the grand lobby. ...more

October 19, 2008

Someone's putting the "grand" back in Tampa's grand old Floridan Hotel, and it's costly. ...more

October 17, 2008

Are you experiencing disturbing, election-related thoughts? When you close your eyes at night, do the colors of CNN's "magic" electoral map dance in your head like red and blue sugarplums? When you get in your car and hear the same talk-radio personalities saying the same things they said the last time you got in the car, do you wonder what day it is? ...more

September 18, 2008

TRINITY - The Fox Hollow Golf Club will look to crown its new men's and women's top golfers next month as the Club Championship gets underway July 19 and 20. The members-only tournament costs $25 to participate and is open to all handicaps. Gross and net winners will be recognized - gross being an individual's actual total shots played, net referring to one's post-handicap score. ...more

June 25, 2008

These days little children are brought along to places that would have been considered inappropriate a generation ago: four-star restaurants, cocktail parties, rock concerts. But for all the sniping from adults who resent this territorial invasion, the onslaught shows no sign of letting up. ...more

February 12, 2008

D.A. Mlynek's double-sided business cards are busy with facts about himself, his military outfitting and equipment company, and his Web site. When turned at an angle, the cards even show a sequence of images of a man in camouflage climbing a boulder. ...more

September 3, 2007