After the lack of Christmas at the International Mall in Tampa, Swampy went looking for Christmas at Melbourne Square Mall. What a big difference! More than half the store and kiosks are decorated. Though many are not. Unlike Santa sitting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Swampy’s Florida Travels
The chairs marking seating for the Ocala Christmas Parade start coming out along Silver Springs Boulevard and 25th Street a week before the parade. Amazing that chairs aren’t stolen each year!
Swampy Live: Sulpher Springs
At one time Sulphur Springs, now engulfed by the City of Tampa, was an individual community in the early years of the 20th century. Now the community is mostly residential. Though, there are still remnants of, what was a bustling[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy Live: at The Press Box in Tampa.
This sports bar on south Dale Mabry has been a favorite in Tampa Bay since 1978. Known for their wings and burgers, they have a full menu and bar. The decor is pure sports, including this Press Box seating in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy Live: A stop in Tampa requires a stop at the Housewife Bake Shop. Besides great breads and pastries, did you know they make very tasty sandwiches, too? They have Cuban, ham & cheese, egg salad, etc. Swampy has a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s Toys ‘R Us in Ocala at 7:30 pm Thanksgiving night. The parking lot full and people parking everywhere else. The building itself is set back almost a block back from the sidewalk full of people. Closer examination found that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy in Orlando Sunday morning as the Downtown Orlando Christmas star goes up. Swampy’s dear friend Jack Kazanzas got the City of Orlando to renovate and to continue to put the star up above Orange Avenue each year. Friends of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy has been on the road for the past week and couldn’t post on Twitter. I’ll make up for it here by reposting posts from Facebook. You’ve been posted. 🙂 By the way, you can follow Swampy on Facebook by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Alamanda Motel in Sarasota has one of the last neon signs along that part of US 41. At one time motels lined US 41, most all with neon letters, musical signs, flamingos, etc. This is the last motel with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visited his friends as Parker Books in Downtown Sarasota. Parker Books carries an amazing amount of books. It also has a grewat supply of Florida books. Here Dan Christian has copies of Susan McManus’ ‘Citrus, Sawmills & Critters, Jeff[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy along Falling Creek in Falling Creek Falls Park. The park is in Columbia County in North Florida. The park is 204 acres and includes one of Florida’s few waterfalls. Click here for more information about Falling Creek Falls[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s been some chat today on Facebook about Housewife Bakery in Tampa. So here is an interior shot of the bakery. LOTS of goodies! Below is an exterior shot.