I'll never forget my first. She was a petite, green-eyed beauty with a heart-shaped face and hair the color of a summer storm. She was a bit aloof, maybe even a tad stand-offish, but no more so than you would expect after being the repeated target of a suction-cup-tipped projectile fired from a plastic gun. ...more

March 27, 2009

Mike Slive hears the outside world constantly debate NCAA tournament selections. Slive, the ultimate insider, ignores the noise. As this year's committee chairman, his job is separating those minute slivers and producing a 65-team bracket that reflects the best of the best. ...more

March 13, 2009

Chef Grant Achatz won acclaim as a culinary maverick at the country's best restaurant. Then came a devastating diagnosis. ...more

June 25, 2008

Hillsborough County should finish the design for the first phase of an eight-lane Bruce B. Downs Boulevard next month and expects to put the $104 million project out to bid by October. ...more

January 14, 2008

NEW TAMPA Hillsborough County should finish the design for the first phase of an eight-lane Bruce B. Downs Boulevard next month and expects to put the $104 million project out to bid by October. "Construction is scheduled to start in December or January," Hillsborough County Commission Chairman Ken Hagan said. "They told me it might even be earlier." ...more

January 11, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Find a bowl. Throw in a few shrimp, a couple of scallops imported from Peru, cooked calamari, octopus and chunks of halibut. Add buttermilk, a lot of cilantro and squeeze in some lime juice. ...more

November 14, 2007