Dishing with Mark & Carrie 4-15-15

Happy IRS Tax Day
Italiana Festival
    Another great weekend in historic Ybor City with this past weekends Annual Festa Italiano celebration. The Annual benefit charity for the Italian Club Foundation offers the Best tasting entrees offered from over 150 favorite area restaurants. Everyone is Italian this weekend! Centennial Park was packed in the hot Florida Sunday sun.
    The famous Italia Festival Bocce Ball tournament brings in over 60 teams from around the Tampa Bay area. Also the Italian Wine Festival, Italian Movie Night,and a stage full of entertainers pleased the 20,000 attendees.
Miami Beach Pride Goes International
    The 6th Annual Miami Beach Gay Pride Festival this past weekend again shined bright in the big Intl city. Grand Marshal was TV host and star, Mario Lopez. Many said that Mario felt the Pride!
Hundreds from Tampa Bay went traveling south for the huge Rainbow Carnival!
    “It definitely was a very Gay Pride Parade.” commented Michael Wilson, Manager of Cristino’s. Michael ventured to Miami with traveling partner, Frankie Cerna. Both are on the board of the new Tampa Pride.
    They were met up with locals including, Ybor City Bar owner, Jayme Kossar and Stephen Moss of Honey Pot & G. Bar and   Nick & Tyler of Oxford Exchange.
New Happy Hour
            New Thursday’s, Pasta & Paws Happy Hour
 New stating this week at Cristino’s Coal Oven Pizza in Ybor City. 2 for 1 Happy Hour, Discounts off Pasta and treats for the 4 legged fuzzy friends!
     The bartender will be smilin’ Mark Eary too! See you all there.
Shuu… Secret Happy Hour For Everybody
    Every Wednesday … but some times on Monday and sometimes on Tuesday…LOL Miss Bonnie opens her club, The Crowbar for a Friends Happy Hour. The fun meeting a new friend social goes from 4-8 pm. If there is a big band performing on Wednesday she moves the party to a different night. This is a fun group of 40 -60 people. Become a friend of Bonnie on facebook to get an invite.
Congratulations La Segunda
 
In Case You Missed it
GaYBOR Meeting
This Thursday April 16th at Cristino’s 6PM
FMI @
Carl Delong, Jr, Hillsb. Cty’s Oldest Cold Case..And Gay
    It is the oldest Cold Case on the Hillsborough County’s Sheriff’s Dept books. Carl E. DeLong, Jr was murdered in 1956 maybe in Tampa or Hillsborough County. His body was found bludgeoned in Hillsborough County. A young St. Petersburg Army man who was last scene in downtown Tampa’s gay bar area.
    We were part of a major Tampa Tribune feature story 9 years ago that was over 8 months of research. We are still investigating for a final closure with help from Hillsborough County Sheriffs Dept cold case personnel.
    More details will be forth coming.
Going Out of Business SALE
The MC Film Located on the corner of 8th & 15th Street in GaYBOR/Ybor City
70% OFF
Almost EVERTHING
Huge $1.00 Table
Books, CD’s, Stickers, Cards $1.00
$3.00 Designer Sunglasses.
Fixtures For SALE too.