When Ybor City's nightclubs empty out on the weekends, the party moves to dozens of dimly lit surface parking lots scattered across the historical neighborhood. ...more

December 12, 2009

Celebrities lounging in nightclubs and beaches crowded with bikini-clad models: a given in Miami. Traffic jams and Latin-American bakeries: sure. Cows? Not exactly what the city's known for. ...more

March 21, 2009

Sprawling toward the horizon, Andersen Air Force Base is surprisingly quiet, leaving the impression of a big, empty parking lot. ...more

January 26, 2009

Civic leaders in Ybor City are drawing a line in the asphalt on Seventh Avenue. They've had enough of the nightclubs and are gearing up to fight the most recent request from a property owner to open up a new hot spot along the entertainment thoroughfare. ...more

November 17, 2008

Walt Disney World is scheduled to open a dinosaur-themed restaurant today at its Downtown Disney resort area in Lake Buena Vista. T-Rex is the first project in Disney's pursuit of more family-oriented dining and shopping in an area that until recently had a strong focus on its Pleasure Island nightclubs. ...more

October 14, 2008

From her bungalow on Sixth Avenue, Sandra Jackson watches the spectacle of partygoers drinking and playing loud music and fighting every weekend. ...more

September 17, 2008

People are nervous that parking lots in Ybor City that were supposed to have been a temporary solution to parking woes now will become a permanent source of trouble and noise. Tampa hopes to keep that from happening. ...more

September 16, 2008

It's a reunion 12 years in the making. Since hosting the 1996 Super Bowl, Phoenix and its suburbs have been preening and preparing for the return of football's biggest game. ...more

January 20, 2008

Walt Disney World, home of Mickey Mouse, Tigger and Tinker Bell, has banned young children from its fanciest restaurant. ...more

January 6, 2008

Where: 1502 E. Seventh Ave., Tampa; (813) 248-3499 ...more

October 26, 2007