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Bradley’s on 7th
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Dishing with Mark n Carrie. Holiday Parties
BREAKING NEWS
Sunday, December 30th Tequila’s in Ybor City will be starting “Drag Queen Brunch!!!” The Host will be the 1st lady of Ybor City Miss Joey Brooks. At the patriot bar will be Tea Cup!!!! SUNday FUNday!!!
YBOR PROUD
We have always said that there are only 3 kinds of people in Ybor City. 1st are our “FRIENDS and GUESTS” who we all truly treat like family and love. 2nd there are “THE MALL EMPOLYEES.” These people come to Ybor. Then right after their job is over they run to their cars and leave ASAP. 3rd are the “Yborista’s” These are people who truly understand and get what Ybor City is all about. Many of us live here, work here eat & party here. The True Yborista’s call Ybor the Island of Ybor. When we are out of Ybor we are off the island and cannot wait to return.
This week Yborista Tom DeGeorge, co-owner of the Crowbar, posted a Yborista Post. We totally agree with everything he wrote. Here it is….
For the record. I love my community. I love my neighborhood. Ybor is a beautiful thing to me. I’ve never asked it to be anything more than a quirky special place where I opened my business, bought my home, fell in love with my wife, and all because I had already fallen in love with Ybor City. I love it here and I love what it stands for. I love the chickens and the roosters. I love the different artists. I love that we’re not hip.
I love that we know that the people that think we aren’t hip are the ones that are actually the ones who just “don’t get it”. This town is special. It’s history and pedigree is rich. We will be forever and I’m happy to be a part of it.
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Thanks for Great Holiday Concert
TAMPA PRIDE
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You Just Can Not Make This Up
When GaYbor was founded in 2007, several of us had always been calling Ybor City, GaYbor. (Read the historical marker on 7th & 15th in front of the new hotel. Ybor has always been Gay since the 1800’s.) So it was just natural to call our group GaYbor. We even had the name registered so no one else could use it. The then some community leaders thru a “HUGE HISSY FIT” over the name. How dare you try to change our name!!!! We said NO we did not and had always called it “The GaYbor District Collation in Historic Ybor City.” We never tried to change the name, but embraced the diversity of Ybor City. Now fast forward to 2018. The straight community came up with the so very original name of “RaYbor City.” There was no mention of Historic Ybor City. Hummmm….. Many in the LGBTA community notice the similar name. Some laughed, some questioned where was Ybor City going? Maybe, Just Maybe if they had included “in Historic Ybor City” the outcome would have been different. They could have been a group inside Historic Ybor City. Instead of trying to change our community’s name. Just Say N
Caught @ Bradley’s on 7th
Caught @ Steam Fridays
Busch Gardens Christmas Town
For the past 38 years we have been going to Busch gardens. Every time there is something new. This is our 5th time going to Christmas Town. There are more lights and decorations this year. They moved the big tree from the back to the Swiss House. Here is one of our favorite things. A light show called “Carol of the Bells.” The other must thing is the Ice Show called “Christmas on Ice.” Over the years we have known many ice performers wink wink!!!
The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman
At Bradley’s on 7th the cast performed a salute to “The Greatest Showman ”. It could easy have been called The Greatest Show at Bradley’s” it was one of the best shows we have ever seen in a club!!! Congratulations to the Cast of Stars!!!
Photos of the Week
Photos of the Week
 NY NY Pizza
 Carne’s
 Ybor Ambassador Bob
 Snow on 7th Parade Organizers
 Karen @ Reservoir
 Kelly Knaggs
 HotWax Glass Ybor
  Bradley’s on 7th
   Steam @ The Honey Pot
 Tea Cup
   Tequila’s Ybor City
  Ybor Wine Bar
      GaYBOR-Ybor City
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Dishing with Mark n Carrie, Snow on 7th
Snow on 7th
THE GREATEST SHOW
USF digitally maps Ybor City tunnel before it’s filled in.
Are we the only people who believe the Ybor Tunnels should be saved and not filled in?
Read More Here from ABC Action News
Read More HERE from Tampa Bay Times
From Tampa Bay History Center
In 1969, singer Janis Joplin was arrested following her concert at Tampa’s Curtis Hixon Hall for screaming obscenities at a policeman. She was allowed to finish her performance before being cuffed. Charges were later dropped.
Rockefeller Center Christmas tree donated by lesbian Latina couple
Lissette Gutierrez, left, and Shirley Figueroa hug the trunk of the Norway Spruce they donated to serve as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in Wallkill, New York.
MERRY & GAY! Christmas pop-up bar! WTR at the Godfrey Hotel
A movie about my cocktail SHAZAM LMAO
