Hurricane Dorian

As of right now, Thursday, 8-29-19,  5PMish, It looks like Hurricane Dorian will be in Tampa Bay sometime late Sunday/Monday/Tuesday.  If you have not already, NOW is the time to prepare. Here are some tips from us.

1. Keep your sense of Humor while taking everything serious. BUT Be Safe!
2. Check on your family & relatives. Know where they will be. And same for you.
3. Top off the gas tank in your car NOW. Power goes out, Sorry NO gas! If you have a grill do the same thing, get supplied up!
4. Buy extra water. Remember you can always give it away later. Our lawn guys think we are the best. LOL
5. Pick up some extra food items that can be stored and do not need to be cooked.
6. Have a First Aid kit handy even if you travel away from the water.
7. We are BIG FANS of Ryobi products. The battery packs run everything. In our Ryobi kit we have a flashlight, lantern, fan, radio and the best part is many of then also charge cellphones.
8. Before the electricity goes off make several pots of strong coffee. Trust us, cold coffee is better than no coffee.

Hurricane Katrina – Labor Day Weekend

Aug, 31, 2005 Katrina made landfall in New Orleans.  We will never forget this day. There was a big T-Dance going on in the courtyard at The Suncoast Resort. People were glued to the TV with tears running down their faces. No one could believe what we were seeing.

Labor Day Weekend 9-31-1997

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – APRIL 21: Diana, Princess Of Wales, Arriving At The British Lung Foundation In Hatton Garden To Be Presented With The First Rose Named After Her. She Is Wearing A Suit Designed By Chanel (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

We were at Southern Decadence in New Orleans. Suddenly people were running in the street, the clubs, everywhere shouting. SHE IS DEAD!!! SHE IS DEAD!!! The world changed on that day.  Good Bye Diana, Princess of Wales

Hurricane Elena  –  Labor Day Hurricane Flashback: 1985.

We were in college at USF and living at La Plaz Apts. on 15^th street and Fletcher Ave.  For many of us it was our 1^st major hurricane.  She went around in circles, 90 miles off the coast of Tampa Bay for several days and finally left us. Meanwhile we spent the weekend watching something new called MTV. Carrie had cooked a turkey on our grill and our 15 friends/ nite guests all brought something over. The photo is of flood waters onto Bayshore Blvd. 9/1/1985

For more fun Tampa History visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/310153813673/  It’s amazing how much we remember.

HUGE HURRICANE DORIAN PARTY

This Sunday 1:30PM at Tequila’s in Ybor will be a HUGE HURRICANE PARTY.  If all your preparations are done… Don’t sit at home watching all the depressing TV reports. Come out and be with friends. It is also MS Anjila Cavalier’s Farwell Party. She will be leaving us to live in Iowa soon. Performing with Miss Joey Brooks will be the Legendary Miss Esme Russell and Tampa Bays #1 DJ Mike Sklarz. Behind the bar will be Tea Cup & April.  THIS WILL BE A HURRICANE PARTY TO TALK ABOUT FOR YEARS TO COME!!!

Who Remembers “The Blue Ribbon Grocery”?

You know, the store across from the Famous El Goya!

https://youtu.be/oU8DXhBcE2I

https://youtu.be/l3VbbEFeJ28

TAMPA PRIDE 2020 DIRECTOR’S and COMMUNITY PLANNING MEETING

The monthly TAMPA PRIDE 2020 Director’s & Community Planning Meeting is Tuesday, Sept 3^rd at Hampton Inn Ybor Conference Room starting at 6pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. Be a part of the “Best Fun Pride Event” in America. Unless the hurricane holds off in Tampa!

TAMPA PRIDE is set for March 28-29^th in historic Ybor City.

The Kick Off Party event is PRIDE ZOO LA, An Evening in the Wild, at ZooTampa in Lowery Park Saturday, November 2^nd. Last year was a sellout with a Silent Auction, Live Entertainment, Animal Feedings, Interactive with some of the Zoo Animals, Tampa Bay Pride Band, Cash Bar and Lite Fare. A Costume Party is also set for the Private Nite Charity Benefit.

Starting at 6:30pm – 10pm,  Get your tickets now. www.TAMPAPRIDE.org

METRO INCLUSIVE HEALTH, GROUNDBREAKING For Tampa Bay

Ground breaking ceremonies were held for the addition to the Ybor City’s historic German Club by the new ownership group Capitano Family, Metro Inclusive Health & CAN Community Health. The relocation will a major addition to the Ybor City development plan. The new location is at North Nebraska Ave still in the historic Ybor City boundaries. The plans that were shown to a group of over 200 people present. This is a major landmark that has been sitting vacant on Nebraska Ave for years since the Tampa City water dept and other depts. moved out.

At the podium cheering up the large enthusiastic crowd was new Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, Florida State Senator Darryl Rouson, Metro CEO Lorraine Langlois, Metro Director of Development James Keane, CAN CEO Rick Carlisle, Tampa City Councilman Guido Maniscalco and Frank & Joe Capitano from the Capitano Family.

The new facility will facilitate new examination rooms, doctors offices, case workers, administration personnel, pharmacy and new added medical facilities.Metro Inclusive have outgrown their facilities on 7th Ave.

“The large community room had to be converted into offices and hallways added desks for services. It was that tight. We had to do something.” stated Metro CEO Lorraine Langlois.

“The Metro facility takes HIV/AIDS patients but also now do  primary care services that help both the insured community and uninsured medical clients.” remarked Metro Director of Development James Keane.

The multi million dollar model healthcare project should be ready for new patients by est. Fall 2021. But now the 1315 facility is still open for clients as is the other 3 quality health care locations in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and on U.S.19 in New Port Richey.

We along with the Tampa Bay Community proudly salute METRO INCLUSIVE HEALTH & CAN COMMUNITY HEALTH’s future healthcare vision.

SEE PHOTOS BELOW

GBAR St. Pete Closing

Mark & Carrie salute Steve, Steven & Erin for you continually do for the LGBTQ+ Community. See you at Honey Pot Ybor City.

Tampa PRIDE BINGO

A Stranger in the Barrio: Memoir of a Tampa Sicilian

The diaspora of immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century brought Spaniards, Cubans and Sicilians to Tampa’s Ybor City, then the cigar capital of the world. These Latinos lived in a cigar-manufacturing district bordering “colored town.” Anglos, making no distinction, called them “Latin “N”.”It was the Sicilian constituency the author joined-a culture steeped in ancient customs and traditions. In the shade of cigar factories, the child of cigarmakers resurrects a vanished time and place. It is the story of cigarmaker lives, and a boy rolling with the punches while his family rolls cigars.Learn about casitas and shotgun homes. Experience austerity and illiteracy inside. Hear conversations that clench Franchito’s fists against the omnipresent Cubans. Sicilians are outnumbered-a minority among minorities. Walk into a cigar factory and see what cigar aficionados never see.”A masterful memoir-earthy and emotional-never a dull word in this fascinating story.”-Leland Hawes, The Tampa Tribune”Raw and unvarnished an autobiography that adds to our understanding of that remarkable place called Ybor City. A tale of urban decline, ethnic friction, and hope, it is a must read.”-Gary R. Mormino, Professor of History, University of South Florida

Meet the Real McCoy

Rumrunner Bill McCoy was born 1877 in Syracuse, NY. The most famous rumrunner during the early years of Prohibition, McCoy smuggled liquor from the Bahamas to the East Coast of the United States. The phrase “the real McCoy” is often attributed to him, because of his insistence on selling unadulterated alcohol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCoy_(bootlegger)

NEW No Hate Chicken Sandwich #nohatechickensandwich #popeyes

Dylan Breese

This week Dylan, a Ybor Hero,  was featured in VogageMIA.

Website: www.yborchickens.org

Email: yborchickenssociety@gmail.com

Instagram: instagram.com/yborchickens

Facebook: facebook.com/yborchickens

Twitter: twitter.com/yborchickens

Read the full story here.

http://voyagemia.com/interview/meet-dylan-breese-ybor-chickens-society-tampa-fl/?fbclid=IwAR0qNWQK8QW5aHhCqnWW-mHnM5BmAgHM6VysWPZPRPp15nHM4RIEGBdyqiQ

Tampa Mafia Tours

https://www.facebook.com/events/1250927031733515/

Coppertail 5 year Anniversary

https://www.facebook.com/events/380213736177918/

Spilling theTru Tea

https://youtu.be/7UhE2MhSnoA