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Dishing with Mark & Carrie 11-6-20
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor likes the plans for Tampa PRIDE 2020+1
Congratulations
Welcome to the 5-2 Blue Hillsborough County Commission. The BIG WINNERS is the LGBTQ Community!!!
Patricia Kemp
Harry Cohen
Gwen Myers
Congratulation John & Nancy Desmond.
Winners of Rainbow Oreo
St Petersburg Transgender Day Of Remembrance Vigil
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 AT 7 PM EST – 8 PM EST
https://www.facebook.com/events/2805529093099376
Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (TIGLFF) are hosting their first Trans Film Fest in honor of #TransDayofRemembrance.
10th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
https://www.facebook.com/events/801106944058904
The Rainbow Sports League
Looking for something FUN? Check out this group.
https://www.facebook.com/rainbowsportsleague
Sunday FUNday in Ybor City
Sundays FUNdays in Ybor City
Caught @ Bradley’s on 7th
Dishing with Mark & Carrie 10-30-20 Halloween 2020
Halloween 2020
A Little Hocus Pocus to *Drag* Out the Vote
https://www.facebook.com/events/739911433256628/
VOTE
https://www.facebook.com/groups/16796581625/
Parliament House Orlando CLOSING
Many people do not know that the original owners of The Parliament House Orlando were from Ybor City. The 2 Gay Lovers were once the owners of The World Famous El Goya Bar complex. https://www.facebook.com/elgoya The building was original the La Novedades http://www.tampapix.com/lasnovedades.htm Today this is the new Hotel Haya Ybor. Parliament House Icon Miss Vicky also worked here. It is a sad good bye to the P-House.
Catherine’s Grove 1998
The perfect Campy LGBT Halloween Movie! Filmed in Tampa, Central Florida and Miami Beach. How many of the local Drag Queens can you recognize?
Joey’s Show Will Go On Trailer
Staring Miss Joey Brooks and a special cameo by yours truly Tea Cup!!
The Ybor City Saturday Market
https://www.facebook.com/ybormarket
Smart Ride
https://www.facebook.com/events/475474279733128/?active_tab=discussion
Metro Inclusive Health
https://www.facebook.com/events/1273878739639793/?active_tab=discussion
You Just Can Not Make This Up
In the early 1980’s we took our 1st trip to the Parliament House Orlando https://www.facebook.com/ParliamentHouseOrlando/ . We went with 2 older Gay friends. It was CRAZY FUN!!! Part Hotel, Part Bathhouse, Part Gay Bar Complex. Our friends pointed out that in the curtains there were cigarette holes burned in. These holds were used to peek out into the courtyard and not be seen. Let your imagination fill in the rest of the story. LOL P-House was where we also learned about “Balcony BINGO”. In 1998 The Suncoast Resort https://www.facebook.com/suncoast.resortmemories opened in St. Petersburg. Hum….. Many of the P-House traditions were also here. We owned the MC Film Fest Store at the Suncoast Resort. For all 9+ years. The Suncoast Resort closed in 2007 and The Parliament House in 2020. Years from now you will hear many stories about both resort hotels. The wilder and crazier the stores, the more likely truer they are! You Just Can Not Make This UP
Caught @ The Honey Pot
Caught @ Bradley’s on 7th
Dishing with Mark n Carrie 10-20-20, Honey Pot Re-Opens
The Honey Pot Re Opens This Friday
Celebrate Halloween @ Bradleys on 7th
Halloween in Ybor City This Saturday
https://www.facebook.com/events/3518527954880759/
Silver Airways
Dishing with Mark and Carrie is PROUD to announce our newest Silver Airways!!!
https://www.silverairways.com/
4th Annual Trans Fashion & Health Expo
CONGRATULATIONS Ybor Wine Bar BEST OF THE BAY Award!!!
Opening Very Soon
Casa Santo Stefano in Ybor City. The sneak previews have been FANTASTIC. FMI https://www.facebook.com/SantoStefanoTPA/
WELCOME to Ybor
The Foundation Coffee Company is moving into the former Bunker in Ybor City’
Ruben Sun Construction
This week Ruben Sun Construction installed a new floor in our Florida room. We have used Ruben many times before and highly recommend him and his staff. Give him a chance to bid on your next project. 813 357 4342 lopezruben313@gmail.com
https://ruben-sun-construction.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=referral
Did You Know???
Cesar Romero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Romero was the Grandson of Jose Marti? Here are photos of him socializing with Ybor City Retirees during a Visit in 1977. Photos from Historic Images.
Flash back to 2014
Remembering Angelo and Baxters
Tiger King’s Carole Baskin Comes Out as Bisexual
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Caught @ Bradley’s on 7th
Dishing with Mark n Carrie 9-23-20 Opening up Ybor
FUN, FUN, FUN
Every Wednesday the Ybor Wine Bar holds a wine tasting class. A group of 6 of us decided to give it a try and show some LOVE to the Wine bar. What a Fantastic night we had! We all sampled several wines and had food that goes with each. Michael explained what we should be tasting and where the wines were from. We were outside and lots of social distancing. On your next Double or Triple Date Night give this a try! Reservations are suggested (813) 999-4966. CHEERS
Tampa PRIDE
It is now even easier to donated to your community. Every time you show on Amazon do so thru Amazon Smile. Here are the easy steps.
To find an AmazonSmile Charity to donate 0.5% of your purchase to, go to:
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- Select the option to Change your Charity.
Congratulations The Giunta Farm and Home.
It is official, the Giunta Farm and Homestead historic marker is up! We are so lucky to have not only the Farm designated a historic Local Landmark but also to count Vicki and Tessie Giunta as our neighbors. They are wonderful, warm and always willing to tell histories of growing up in Ybor City.
The Italian Cemetery in Ybor City
Remembering Sammy Campisi One Ybor Character that’s for sure. Nobody could tell a story like Sammy. One day Sammy gave us a tour of the cemetery. A few years later in 2009, we asked him to do it again, this time on film. Then a year later he passed away. Sammy is buried right in this Cemetery here that he was narrating as he joined the history at this place and his family. R.I.P. Our Good Friend.
Parts 2 & 3 can be found here
https://www.youtube.com/user/MCFilmFest/videos
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Opening SOON in Ybor City
Obituary
Dreux Macabenta
Dreux describe himself as a Trans Bear. We all called him a Nice Guy. His family and friends came together at Centennial Park, in Ybor City for his celebration of life. With social distancing we all spread out and remembered the good times. Lucas Wehle performed several great songs on his guitar. It was one of the nicest celebrations of life that we had ever been to. Dreux died death by suicide.