Caught @ Steam Fridays
Caught @ The Social
You Can Not make this Up.
In the early 2000’s we had our store at the Suncoast Resort. Mark was a bartender at “The Grand Central Station” on Central Ave in St. Pete. The owners of the club were very creative an fun!!! One day…. one of the owner came in with a large bowl vase that he had just found at a junk store. He was sooo very excited about this. Then in an burst of excitement he proclaimed “This will make the world’s most perfect fish bowl!!” Off he went and purchased gravel and a gold fish. He put the fish bowl on the bar top and was so very proud of what he had created. Several hours later the same day in walks this drunken bartender from a different Gay bar. He was always very drunk and obnoxious. This night he was already over the top. Finishing his beer he sidles it down the bar and hits the new fish bowl. Smashing it and water went everywhere. Of course he was tossed out of the club. Mad and out of control this guy stands in the middle of Central Ave….. whips out his dick and starts to take a pee!!! All the time scream “F U, Piss on you all!! ##@&%$#!!” But wait that is not the strange part of this….About 5 years go by and we receive a phone call at our then new store in Ybor City. It was a bail bondsman calling. He said that our good friend was in jail for a DUI. He didn’t want to bother us so he has been there for 5 days. We asked him to repeat the name several times. Then the bondsman said he was the bartend at ____ in St. Pete. It was the same guy. We politely said no thank you, all the time thinking in our head “Piss on You Too!!!”
Mark & Carrie Nephieu/Niece of the Week
Paul Sams
This former US Navy guy is now working hard at a local hospital. He still sneaks time in for wild fun in GaYBOR!!!
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Photos of the Week
Photos of the Week
 Family Outing @ Carne’s
The Ritz
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Caught @ Steam Fridays
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Dishing with Mark & Carrie 7-3-14
Happy 4th of July
GaYBOR 4th of July Bar Crawl
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St. Pete Pride… SUPER
Congratulations to a very successful St. Pete PRIDE Weekend. Eric Skain, St. Pete Pride executive board director, St Pete Pride’s Board of Directors and all the hundred of PRIDE volunteers get a high community foot stomping, “SUPER Kudos.”
The NEW additions and changes to this years PRIDE event worked out well. First the Saturday afternoon Pre PRIDE Parade Party was contagiously strong and super fun. Entertainment in the fenced in area around Georgie’s Alibi had thousands revving up for the forth coming night parade with high libatious energy.
The total parade was a gracious change with another PRIDE first
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman led the parade, another St. Pete PRIDE first. Also 2 St Petersburg City Council GLBT members were also in the parade. Councilwomen Amy Foster and Darden Rice. Past St. Pete mayors- Rick Baker & Bill Foster, both refused to be in the very profitable city event in the past 10 years. Last year in 2013, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn walked in the rainy PRIDE parade.
The 2014 Grand Marshals Jay Aller, Councilwoman Darden Rice and Organization PFLAG directors John & Nancy Desmond started the parade right after the 100’s of Dykes on Bikes.
A very special guest in the PRIDE parade was Grandma Ruth, 97 years old owner of the Pro Shop in Clearwater. She has been in the past St. Pete Pride parades. There were over 300 parade entries from political candidates, organizations, walking drill teams- STP & ROTC, businesses, bank & life insurance call centers and of course Wells Fargo’s team of horse and stagecoach in this years PRIDE parade.
The estimated crowd was over 185,00 for the beautiful night parade and the new Sunday PRIDE Vender Show on Central Ave. attracted another 50,000 commented St Pete Pride officials.
That estimated to an bottom line profit for St Petersburg of $12 – $14 million dollars positive impact dollars for the city from this PRIDE weekend.
All in all the long Gay PRIDE weekend went without a hitch. Great rain free skies, plenty of cooler night air and a ‘Proudness’ from old to young GLBTA revelers and the many diversities in and around our GLBT community.
GaYBOR District Coalition Float
The new GaYBOR President Michael “Sheriff” Wilson and GaYBOR members put on a great show for the St Pete Pride Parade. The float was covered in Rainbow boas, Rainbow flags and 60 Rainbow PRIDE decorated floatees. Being the first night parade for St. Pete Pride was not a deterrent for the GaYBOR partiers. The group has participated in the past 6 years Roughrider’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ybor CIty. Night parades are different but the lights were on and the glitter flew.
Metro LGBT Welcome Center
The Grand Showing of the new Metro LGBT Center in St Petersburg on Central Ave. The new center will house GLBT young room, Grand Central Board and an welcome center in St. Pete.
This is the third GLBT Welcome Center in the United States.
The rooms need to be repaired with donations already giving air condition to the new facility. Hundreds of donors, sponsors and area community leaders came to see the progress of the new future Welcome Center.
Metro Wellness & Community Center CEO, Lorraine commentesd they are in need of donations and people or businesses can have a room plaquered with the company or people’s name for each of the rooms to be finished.
“The air conditioning just was finished installed and turned on for the open house today.” said Lorraine. “We have tenants that are moving in next month so we really need to act and get the needed donations for finishing this Welcome Center.”
Another great undertaking by Metro Wellness.
To donate or to help and volunteer services contact Metro Wellness & Community Centers in St. Pete.
