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You Can Not Make This Up
Every holiday season we think about this. Our next-door neighbor, in Hyde Park, Tampa was a retired Gay guy. He was taking care of a 40+ year old Gay guy name Charlie, who had mental health issues. This was kind a like a foster child situation for adults. Charlie was very nice and would mow our yard and bring our trash cans in. Would stop and ask how us our day was. One day he was sitting on our porch. I asked him what he was doing. Charlie said the view from our porch was much nicer than his. (LMAO we booth looked at the same townhomes across the street.) We told him he could sit there all he liked. Over the years he would have more issues but was always polite & nice. One time he said that he couldn’t mow our yards because of the big snakes. His medication was changed and then was back mowing. LOL Then he started to wander too much. Sometimes was gone over night. The whole neighborhood would look for him. Then Charlie though the government was spying on us thru the TV Cable. So Charlie went and cut all the cable lines in the neighborhood. The social workers said it was time for Charlie to be closer supervised and was moved to a group home in downtown St. Pete. Then 2 years went by. One day there on our front porch sitting was Charlie. He looked very bad and was very dirty. Charlie smiled and asked “how are you guy doing?”. Then said he was thinking that our yard needed to be mowed and decided to walk over. We asked where he was living now. Charlie said the same place in Downtown St. Pete. Who gave you a ride? Nobody I walked. We called the police and they came out. There was a missing person report filed on him 3 days ago. In 3 days Charlie had walked 40+ miles…. When we see a homeless person now we think “Maybe that’s a Charlie”
Caught @ Bradley’s on 7th
The Steam Party @ The Honey Pot
Photos of the Week
Photos of the Week
Tampa Mayor Candidates
at PRIDE Zoo La
Look who is at Centro Cantina
NY NY PIZZA
Carne’s
Island Flowers
Bradley’s on 7th
Steam @ The Honey Pot
Tea Cup
Ybor Wine Bar
GaYBOR-Ybor City
Dishing with Mark n Carrie. Let the Holidays begin
Saturday & Sunday
This Sunday in Ybor City
Masonite breaks ground on new HQ in Ybor City
The new headquarters will be located on 6th Ave behind the Hampton Inn & Suites Ybor.
World AIDS Day
The Italian Club of Tampa
Check out this great article in Tampa Bay Times by Paul Guzzo
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Tampa Bay Pride Band And Tampa Bay Symphonic Winds
Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 4 PM – 6 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/224986135085229/
ABOUT THE CONCERT
The Tampa Bay Symphonic Winds personally invites you to the 2nd concert of our 5th season. Our Christmas concert is entitled “Under the Mistletoe” – As humans, we sometimes seek to recreate those rare moments when we feel transported when time seems to stand still. There are few things in this world as life-affirming as the experience in listening to transformative music. One moment it can be entertaining and fun, and the next, cathartic and revitalizing.
We will also be having a 50-50 raffle (cash only)! PLUS! Paying online is much cheaper! Be sure to check that out!
This concert will include all-time holiday favorites such as Sleigh Ride, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas with narration, White Christmas with soloist Rob Mosier, Gabriel’s Oboe with soloist Kate Chambers, O’ Holy Night with Kyla Bailey, Christmas “Pop” Sing-along – an arrangement of Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas, and other Christmas Favorites.
The concert is Sunday, December 9th at 4:00pm at the Middleton High School Auditorium: Click the link below to purchase tickets on line.
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/tampa-bay-pride-band-13428132523
PROGRAM:
Sleigh Ride
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas with Narration
White Christmas
Gabriel’s Oboe
O’ Holy Night
Minor Alterations 1 and 2
Christmas “Pop” Sing-along
All I Want for Christmas – an arrangement of Mariah Carey –
A Very Merry Heart and Soul
Fun Facebook Group
There is a fun Facebook group called “Our Old House” Anyone who has worked on a old house or likes old homes will like this group. There are 100,000+ followers. We are surprised how many of our Tampa friends members are already.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1706748102970911/
The Paper Seahorse
Welcome to Ybor City