A University of Tampa chapel planned for decades and made possible by local philanthropists is scheduled to open next year at the heart of the private school's downtown campus. ...more

December 2, 2009

Patricia Lorenz has attitude. And I mean that in a good way. When her book "The 5 Things We Need to be Happy" (Guideposts, $15) showed up on my desk, it caught my attention. I don't know about you, but things seem pretty grim these days. If she had the key to happiness, I wanted to know her secret. ...more

June 13, 2009

Some stuff I'd like to know: Has anyone ever seen proof that all those well done TV commercials that succeeded in getting rid of Diane Rowden and Chris Kingsley were really paid for by Blaise Ingoglia's personal funds? ...more

February 19, 2009

Will he or won't he walk the white carpet? That was the question on everyone's mind at The Good Life Experience. Sean Combs, aka P. Diddy, is known for sneaking in the back way to his parties. ...more

February 1, 2009

Did Robert De Niro just walk into the restaurant? And is that Paris Hilton there drinking champagne with Tiger Woods? And did six Playboy Playmates just saunter to the private lounge? ...more

January 29, 2009

If those A-list celebrities really are in Tampa, it's likely at a Super Bowl party, and it probably was months in the making, with dozens of managers, promoters and staff all toiling in anonymity to create a temporary atmosphere of sheer luxury and celebrity glitz. ...more

January 28, 2009

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

Politicians don't normally encourage opponents to run against them. But in the case of state Rep. Kevin Ambler, encouraging a young family friend of his to run against him as a write-in candidate could end up helping him. ...more

July 31, 2008

Bring Back The Trains James Howard Kunstler's commentary "Driving Toward Disaster" (Other Views, May 28) struck a chord with me. When I read it, I had just returned from a weekend visit in Venice with my 85-year-old mother, whose wisdom, intellect and insight often surprise the entire college-educated family. ...more

June 14, 2008