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Dishing with Mark & Carrie 7-15-21

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Cuba Protest in Ybor City

Queen of the Night

Calling All Bears

City of Tampa Archives Awareness Week

USF Library has salvaged a promotional video about Ybor City created in the 1950s. Join us for this online viewing, as a part of Tampa’s Archives Awareness Week, and explore promotional films and Florida boosterism in the 1950s and 60s. This Teams Live Event will kick off TONIGHT at 6:00 PM and the link can be found here: https://qoo.ly/3d54zv

For more Archive Awareness Week events: https://www.tampa.gov/aaw

New Farmers Market

From Facebook…. Years ago our patriarch and matriarch, Judge and Mildred Williams, built an auto mechanic’s shop in East Ybor – “The Bottom”.  This thriving business was one of this community’s meeting centers supporting youth and giving back to the community every way possible.  Today, 4 generations later, their great-grandson, Walter L. Smith, III, is continuing the business and civic tradition with The Historic East Ybor Farmer’s Market on July 24th.  If you want fresh fruits and vegetables, come on out and buy from our vendors!  If you want to sell your fruits and vegetables, reserve a station for $50 call 813.531.1845.

Ybor City Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies

https://members.ybor.org/events/details/ribbon-cutting-ceremony-for-foundation-coffee-co-2979

https://members.ybor.org/events/details/ribbon-cutting-ceremony-for-the-gimmick-2971

Boil Spot & BBQ

Our friends were telling us about Boil & BBQ Korean restaurant on Fowler Ave, near USF. If you were ever “That Kid” who would eat everything out of your soup but not the broth this is the place to you. There are built-in hot plates on the tables here. They bring you your choice of hot soup broth. Then you pick out what you would like in your soup. There is a buffet table with cold items on it. Around the restaurant is a moving conveyor belt with more options.  We will be back here and soon. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boil%20Spot%20&%20BBQ/109456457171350/

Metro Inclusive Health

SUNday FUNdays

PFLAG National

Netflix’s new “We the People” Teaches Civics Through Song (with More Than a Little Help from Some Queer Moms) 🧡🌈 via Mombian

https://mombian.com/2021/07/04/listen-we-the-people-teaches-civics-through-song-with-more-than-a-little-help-from-some-queer-moms/?fbclid=IwAR2uKKKVH_BJFM8tbpPYQXEe4_Mtu_MJKHizBqpl-4yfkdIdYBrlIy3V1a8

You Just Can Not Make This Up

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WTF Tampa

We are very lucky and can live almost anywhere we choose.  In Ybor City. there is a true sense of community that embraces and celebrates diversity here. That is why we picked to live in Ybor City. For the past 15+ years a small group, in the Ybor City Community, have come together to watch the 4th of July Fireworks. It is a very fun tradition to meet on the roof top of the parking garage to view the fireworks. This year there were a couple families with pickup truck that had their kid playing in the back. Senior Citizens had set up lawn chairs and neighbors were catching up on the latest news. Everything was quite and peaceful. There was No alcohol (red cups, beer cans etc.)  No loud Music. Just “O’s” and “WOW’s” as the Temple Terrace and Busch Gardens fireworks went off. Then the City of Tampa parking garage security came and told us we were loitering and need to “GET OUT NOW!!!!” Several people said that we were not loitering just watching firework.  The security said very rudely and loud GET OUT NOW OR YOU ALL ARE GOING TO JAIL!!!! In true Ybor fashion, we all showed respect and left. WTF TAMPA!!!!

While I am on this soap box. I would like to bring up that the City of Tampa are now charging $10 Special Event Parking every Friday & Saturday Night (as they did on Sunday, July 4th) in Ybor City. They are saying that it gets people out faster. Hum… but the gates are all down and everyone still has to stop and put the ticket in. This looks more like a way to drive business out of Ybor City.