Say What???

Restaurants 10, a renowned food review website, has officially included “Cocktails with Tea Cup” Facebook Page in the top 10 restaurants in Ybor City??? This recognition is a testament to the quality of content that “Dishing with Mark  Carrie” and “Tru T” offers to its thousands of weekly readers. Although not owning a restaurant or club, “Cocktails with Tea Cup” has managed to stand out among the numerous news/blogs in the area. Join the readers of “Dishing with Mark & Carrie” and viewers of “Tru T” discover why Cocktails with Tea Cup is a must-visit Facebook destination for enthusiasts in Ybor City & Tampa Bay.

THANK YOU our 1,000’s of weekly readers of Dishing with Mark & Carrie.   To read more of our “You Can Not Make This Up” click here https://www.mcfilm.co/category/you-just-cant-make-this-sht-up/

THIS FRIDAY

Equality Florida Tampa Gala!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1214509415848887?active_tab=about

iHeartMedia & Tampa PRIDE

We are excited to announce that Carrie West, President of Tampa Pride, has recently been appointed to the iHeartMedia advisory board. The board works collaboratively with other agencies in the Tampa Bay area to promote diversity and inclusivity in our communities. West’s extensive experience in advocating for LGBTQ rights and his leadership in organizing the annual Tampa Pride celebration make him a valuable addition to the board. We look forward to the positive impact that he and the board will have on creating a more diverse and welcoming community for all.

Tampa mayor discusses proposed Brightline station

Saturday, 11-18-23 @ American Legion – Seminole Post 111

The Celebrated Diversity in Tampa is AMAZING!!!! Where else can the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence PARTY with the American Legion Veterans and have a FABOULOUS time????   See you all there!!!! PS Great reasonable drinks too!!!

Good Bye to Old 97 and Co building.

Making room for affordable housing in Ybor City. YAAAAAA

Annual Holiday Food Drive in Ybor City

Southern Nights Ybor City

World InterPride

TAMPA PRIDE 2024 was proud to be a part of InterPride Worldwide Conference in San Diego with over 70 countries and 142 Pride Leaders attending. The conference brings the problems, likes and directions that the LBBAQ+ Community is taking and headed. Though globally, there are differences in the challenges we all face, so many similarities exist amongst us all.

The changes were made while we were at the conference. The former Swaziland, Africa now Eswatini banned LGBTAQ+ rights this past Thursday prior to the conference. A small member group came from Eswatini under human rights protest, though they were permitted 2 months prior. A high school senior from Thailand represented Thailand and proposed an InterPride Conference to be held in Bangkok, 2027 and all the while communicating with their PM. A lot of discussions centered around the dismantling of the LGBTAQ+ Communities in their respective countries. The new changes in the modern PRIDE Parades and Demonstrations globally. Twelve breakout sessions per-day on many topics. Tampa Pride members broke out into different groups to take in as much information and subject matter as possible. All this for making a better TAMPA PRIDE Celebration coming up March 23, 2024. Our First TAMPA PRIDE 5K RUN will be March 9 th in Al Lopez Park, 7AM- Noon with a variety of races and events. Festival, Fun Run, Doggie Jogs, DJ, Sponsorships Available, Vendors needed. www.TampaPride.org for more Info.

This Saturday The Judy B Goode & Paul Thomas Show

National Bearded Empress

Why won’t Tampa Italian Club say if 1,200 graves are in its parking lot?

Read about it in the Tampa Bay Times

https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/history/2023/11/03/italian-club-college-hill-tampa-erased-cemetery/

Ybor City home may hold backyard clues to 30-year-old cold case

Ybor City Yard Sale

Join your friends and neighbors at the great, big Community Yard Sale, Sunday, November 5th from 8am – 2pm at the corner of Columbus Drive and 13th Street! 

Historic East Ybor and Gary Neighborhood Association Meeting Nov 7^th

https://www.facebook.com/groups/HEYGNA/events

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Bradley’s on 7^th

St Partick’s Day Parade moved out of Ybor City???

Under things that make you say Hummmm. In 1898 Theodore Roosevelt lead the 1^st US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, know as “The Rough Riders” to Cuban. The group, with horses, was on a train coming from the east to Tampa. In Gary (now East Ybor) the train took a turn to the north. Teddy asks if they had arrived in Tampa. The conductor said no. The trains turn north here, then back in the last mile into the Tampa train Station.  Teddy proclaimed… Lets get off the train here and have a parade into Tampa. Later in his diary Teddy wrote… The good people of Gary fed and watered the horses. Here he saw the most unusual tree where the roots were growing from the sky.  That Banyan tree and one of the hand water pumps are in our front yard today.  That day there was a parade down 7^th Ave in Ybor City. Later they would sail to Cuba with the soldiers and horses.  When finished in Cuba he gave the horses to the people of Cuba.

Fast forward to 1978.  https://www.tamparoughriders.org/

Tampa Rough Riders, Inc.. The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment – Rough Riders, Inc was founded in 1978 to create and perpetuate a living memorial to the unique accomplishments of President Theodore Roosevelt and the members of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, known as the Rough Riders.

In the years to come the Tampa Pough Riders, Inc hosted the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Ybor City. We can just imagine the smile this would bring to Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. That is why, for us, it is sad to see the traditional parade move out of Ybor City.  

“Don’t Say Gay ” author sent to prison

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced to prison a former Florida state legislator who catapulted to national attention for being the sponsor of a bill barring classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity that was called by its critics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. (from msn.com)

Former Rep. Joe Harding (R-Williston), who plead guilty in March to one count each of wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements as part of a scheme to fraudulently obtain a $150,000 federal Covid-19 relief loan, was sentenced to four months in prison.

U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor, who was appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, also sentenced Harding to two years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Court records show that Harding is scheduled to surrender to authorities on Jan. 29.

Tru T

This week Grandma Pearl and Cha Cha were the special guests on Tru T. Check out the show at https://www.facebook.com/trutea1

This Saturday

The Largest Private Annual Halloween Party in Florda is this Saturday.

Halloween Movie

The perfect Halloween Scary film series on Netflix is “The Fall of the House of Usher” It’s based on the books of Edgar Allan Poe.Has a 2023 twist with current updates.  We give it 5 popcorns up!!!!!

Happy Birthday

Halloween Events

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Bradley’s on 7^th