Just announced. Hamburger May’s will be opening a new restaurant in Clearwater. Mary’s will be holding a job fair in approx. 2 weeks and will be looking for kitchen, front of house and bartending staff! If you want to get a leg up, feel free to send your resume to Mary’s  owners at Brian.dechane@msn.com and kurttmp@aol.com.

The World famous Artist Clayton Hood just finished a painting about Ybor City. For many years Clayton lived in the Tampa Bay Area. He gained national attention when Clay painted and entire building in Downtown Tampa, across from the former downtown city jail.  Today Clayton lives in Panana City, Florida

The New HRC Shirts have arrived in an assortment of colors. Summer is here with a full line of fashion tops & swimwear from UNICO, Pistol Pete, Andrew Christian, Aussie Bum, Wang, Kurt’s Fashions and GO Softwear lines.  New Surf Punk necklaces and accessories.

Restocked on your favorites, 747 & Vintage Cologne! New colognes also arriving.

Stop in and pick up GLBT, Foreign, Classic & Indy movie  DVDs all on Clearance!

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Guess who was eating at Hamburger Mary’s in Ybor? Hint; Who just had a concert at Tropicana Field after the Ray’s Baseball game this past weekend?  Vanessa Carlton enjoyed her burger lunch and signed autographs  to surprised & well wishing fans. Vanessa’s new mega music hit, “A Thousand Miles.” is on a national singing tour and on the top music charts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwkej79U3ek

 New excitement as Green Iguana legendary bartender Karen showed off the newly installed beer taps at the Iguana’s main bar. With the new decorative beer spouts newly installed, Karen and staff may hold an impromptu bar party. One never knows what will happen. Maybe a spontaneous 7th Ave parade again! The new 7-11 Store proposed in the old jewelry store on 7th Ave. in Ybor City is in motion at the city’s downtown construction & permitting services. What a time to go north. Scott W. & Mike Olds headed north to Chicago to cool off from the hot Tampa summer weather. That they did, as temps were in the cool upper 40’s at night and this is the middle of summer!

The unofficial antquaited “Ruins of Ybor” on North 15th St. are being looked into as the Old Yellow building (old Impulse Bar)  has 2 new standing cement brick walls and metal poles supporting partially collapsed burned out old brick walls. It has been 30 years since the buildings fire and the old burned out ruins have just been a sore sight to Ybor! Let’s move on!!!

The newly painted frontage to cigar and coffee shop King Corona and the next door art studio looks marvelous Mr. Don Barco!

Internationally Pope Francis said in a news conference on board his jet flying back from Rio to the Vatican, that, “gay people should not be marginalized and that he has no right to judge them if they have goodwill.” Boy, that is sure a change from the past pontiffs. The religious professors will have a lot to ponder and learn.