From Wall Street to Main Street, the economy is reeling. Yet as Circuit City and other mammoth retailers collapse and chains such as Bennigan's shutter restaurants coast to coast, in historic downtown Plant City there is some evidence of economic optimism. ...more

February 4, 2009

HOME AWAY FROM HOME Chike Okeafor loves the Bucs' digs. ...more

January 30, 2009

My cousin booked an amazing wedding at the adventure resort Costa Azul, in the tiny Mexican village of San Francisco about a half-hour north of Puerto Vallarta. ...more

January 18, 2009

Travel guru Tom Parsons shares similar interests with other frequent visitors to the Tampa Bay area - including a quest for bargain airline fares. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA -- Travel guru Tom Parsons shares similar interests with other frequent visitors to the Tampa Bay area – including a quest for bargain airline fares. The founder and chief executive of Texas-based BestFares.com watches Bay area airfare trends "like a hawk" and has found that some holiday season airfares have declined since October, an unusual departure from customary increases as the holidays draw closer. Better yet will be the sales that Parsons expects will abound in January. ...more

December 17, 2008

Teresa Batts, who describes New Orleans as her home away from home, in Tampa, saw snow for the first time Wednesday morning in the Crescent City. ...more

December 12, 2008

JoAnn Hauser doesn't pull any punches. The certified athletic trainer used to work with the Kentucky men's basketball team, so Plant quarterback Aaron Murray doesn't stand a chance. ...more

December 10, 2008

Alex Guerra discovered a surprising fact of student life this month at what has been one of the region's fastest-growing colleges. ...more

September 23, 2008

The University of Tampa has a student housing deficit, a good-news, bad-news situation it says it can handle. ...more

September 22, 2008

Russia contained the speedsters. Controlled the backboards. Everything a team needs to do to beat the United States. ...more

August 3, 2008