Hyde Park was home
Driving down South Howard on an early weekday afternoon, really taking in the area for the first time in maybe a decade and a half — the proliferation of hip restaurants, shiny condos and chic office...
View ArticleHistoric houses of Hyde Park: A walking tour
Get a closer look at Tampa history with this walking tour through Historic Hyde Park. Start in the northeast corner of the district at Plant Avenue and stroll down to Bayshore and the tony residential...
View ArticleHyde Park Cafe keeps the underground house music scene alive in SoHo
Peel away SoHo’s protective outer layer of partying and posturing, and you’ll find an entire underground house-music scene that has existed for two decades, and took root with the opening of Hyde Park...
View ArticleHyde Park's beginnings
As we mourn the loss of America’s middle class, we can look back to Tampa in the early 20th-century, when the now upscale Hyde Park was a model community of middle-income living. Hyde Park is Tampa’s...
View ArticleSoHo after dark
Last Friday night, a gang of good friends and I set out for SoHo to experience its illustrious nightlife firsthand. Our adventure began with pre-gaming at Cheap, a swanky restaurant and bar bathed in...
View ArticleThe Laugh Tract — who's bringing the funny
Comedy clubs and other venues have a lot of talent on tap this weekend, and some will have different performers headlining different shows. You might see one comedian at the early show, and another at...
View ArticleThe sweeping vision of USF's the road weeps, the well runs dry
Marcus Gardley’s the road weeps, the well runs dry is a remarkable play about a free community of African-Americans, Seminole Indians, and mixed-race men and women living in an Indian territory in...
View ArticleThis week in Tampa Bay area live music: Local Natives, Tech N9ne, Bob...
THURSDAY, APRIL 1097X Freebie Weebie: New Politics Listener-controlled rock station 97X delivers free all-ages concerts by fast-rising national talent throughout the year. ‘Course, you have to snag...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report 4.10.14 - The truth about how many people lost their...
Let's be real - the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, if you will, has never been popular, based on the polls..And it may never be. But that doesn't give Rick Scott, Barack Obama or anyone else carte...
View ArticleSt. Pete Brewing Co. is Tampa Bay's newest craft brewery
The long wait is over. St. Pete Brewing Co. opens today with its first five beers on tap in a cozy tasting room steps away from the brew house, where the sixth beer, an ESB, sits in a fermenter almost...
View ArticleA Mad Men wish list for the final (sort of) season
Last season's Mad Men gave us some of the messiest, most embarrassing and tragic — and humorous — moments of SC&P history. Smooth-talking Don Draper's knack for discretion backfired in the worst...
View ArticleStudy: women are losing their virginity at the same age but having children...
Women typically first have sex at 17.8 while men generally lose their virginity at 18.1. This is similar to the average rates of first sex 35 years ago according to “Trends in Ages at Key Reproductive...
View ArticleStudy: men and women in more satisfying relationships have lower testosterone
Many people assume that the more testosterone, the better, but a new University of Michigan study finds that might not always be the case in romantic relationships. Low testosterone levels may be a...
View ArticleHyde Park happenings
From South Howard Avenue to Hyde Park Village to those little venues dotting Platt Street, Hyde Park offers a slew of activities geared to everyone — from stay-at-home parents to twentysomething...
View ArticleHyde Park/SoHo: Food & Drink
717 South Everything from Italian fare to seafood and steaks, with cocktails and more than 400 bottles of wine from across the globe. In CL’s Ask the Locals insiders’ guide, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe...
View ArticleStephen Colbert to replace Letterman
Stephen! Stephen! ... It's a no-brainer that the man with the chant has paid his dues. Stephen Colbert's time has come. He's poised to hit for the big leagues, aka network TV (if you can even call it...
View ArticlePreston Rudie leaving Channel 10 to work for David Jolly
WTSP-TV/10 News Reporter Preston Rudie is leaving the station to work as director for Communications for newly elected Pinellas County Congressman David Jolly. The Emmy Award winning reporter will be...
View ArticleDo This: Sneak peek of Tampa Discovery Moments
See Tampa in a striking, fresh way through the eyes of Tampa Bay artist Amy Martz. Le Meridien Hotel commissioned Martz to create a series of photographs, Tampa Discovery Moments, capturing Tampa’s...
View ArticleSparks fly at Greenlight Pinellas debate at Tiger Bay Club
The raw feelings between supporters and critics of the Greenlight Pinellas initiative that Pinellas County voters will decide on this November burst out into the open just moments into today's debate...
View ArticleRumFish Grill & Bar to open at Guy Harvey Outpost after May 16
In a blue Guy Harvey long sleeve, Keith Overton faced a sea of hard hats at the Guy Harvey Outpost on Wednesday, April 9. The TradeWinds Island Resort president stood on what will become an outside...
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