The Big Guava - so much to see. In fact, sometimes it's even the things you don't see. How many of you in town this week drove in from the airport and didn't catch that sign after you go over the big overpass, the one that says "Tampa," then switches to "St. Petersburg," so that if you weren't fast enough you found yourself on the Howard Frankland Bridge going to St. Petersburg? ...more

January 29, 2009

By now you might be getting the idea that Tampa is as much a state of mind as a place. ...more

January 28, 2009

Visit this year's RV SuperShow at the Florida State Fairgrounds and you might find it hard to believe the nation is in a recession. ...more

January 17, 2009

Under the gloom of plunging motor-home sales and with travel trailers stacking up on lots, recreational vehicle makers and dealers tried to lift their spirits by joining in song at their national trade show this week. ...more

December 6, 2008

The downturn in the economy continues to take a toll on the recreational vehicle market. ...more

September 4, 2008

Lazy Days RV Center Inc. will lay off 46 full-time employees from its Tampa operations as part of an across-the-board cost-cutting program, executives said. ...more

September 3, 2008

It used to be we would pull out of Tampa with a full tank and try to make it just across the Georgia border, where gas would be 20 or 30 cents cheaper. ...more

July 7, 2008

A prominent Tampa businessman and philanthropist, with red, teary eyes, sat at his attorney's conference table Wednesday morning and told how his sister, brother-in-law and niece betrayed him through a plot to extort $1.2 million. ...more

June 12, 2008

TAMPA - South Carolina and Florida authorities have arrested the sister, brother-in-law and niece of Tampa businessman and philanthropist Don Wallace, on charges that they conspired to extort money from him. ...more

June 11, 2008