Dishing 3-19-14 part 2

YCDC Community Meeting.
New Hotels, Restaurants & Shopping coming soon to Ybor City. Like to be a part of the solution? Check out The Ybor City Development Corp at www.yboronline.com
 
MCC Tampa
 Interim Pastor Pressley Sutherland hosted a church yard sale this past weekend. This huge sale was one you didn’t want to miss.  Check out all the event at MCC Tampa at http://www.mcctampa.com/
 
Mayor’s River O’Green
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn lead the River O’Green celebrations this year. The river banks were packed as the river turned GREEN on a beautiful Tampa day.
 
Cast  Your Vote for this Years St. Pete Grand Marshals
Film Festival this weekend in GaYBOR/Ybor City

The 8th Annual Gasparilla International Film Festival will take place this week, March 18-23, 2014 with film screenings, special events and educational panels in Ybor City this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The festival will take place at various venues including Centro Ybor Muvico Theater, Ritz Ybor and Hillsborough Community College-Ybor campus. For more information about the festival and a complete schedule, visit www.GasparillaFilmFestival.com.

Like to Help Produce a Film?

As many of you know, I was Executive Producer on director Lucas Omar’s award winning short film “Show And Tell”  I have now teamed up with him again to produce his next project, and invite you to check out the official launch of “THREE”, a hilarious all new web series. 

Three deals with gender identification and sexuality in a humorous way, but all the while raising awareness to many very serious issues facing the LGBTQIA community.

Three follows the lives of 3 twenty-somethings of different sexual orientations. In attempts to balance friendships with sexual relationships, an orgy of secrets, spankings, and brulèe turns a competition into a sexual nightmare.

For full details, visit: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/three–2

We want to produce this not only for your viewing pleasure but also to help us make a difference in the lives of LGBTQIA youth here in south Florida… That is why we are contributing 10% of all the funds we raise to the TAMPA WELLNESS CENTER FORLGBT YOUTH, a non profit dedicated to giving gay teens and young adults an outlet for expression and community.

Please be sure to check out our Influencer Thank You Program on the page above to get exclusive Three merchandise, downloads, and more for FREE, just by sharing with your friends.

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George 

You Can Not make this Up.

Straight People Do the Strangest Tings!!!
First we would like to give you a quick lesson about beads. In American New York City is #1 for bead tossing, Tampa is #2 and New Orleans is a distant 3rd for bead tossing. For the serious bead collector there are 2 categories of beads the “Hey Mister Beads”. They are 95% of the beads  tossed and are the 33″ plain beads. The name come from kids yelling at the floats, “Hay Mister Toss me Something!” LOL LOL Then there are the rest of the beads which are much more collectable. On a recent parade in Ybor City I was working the balcony bar. It was packed with party people. The parade started. There were beads flying thru the air, people screaming, music rocking the festive night air. Then an amateur drunk thru up in the middle of the group. LOL I called my back up helper. He quickly mopped the mess up. Unfortunately he couldn’t get back thru the crowd. I told him to leave the mop bucket next to the garbage can on the back wall. Back to slinging drinks and ducking beads as there were 100’s of them coming in. Just then some “Hey Mister” beads hit the back wall and feel into the mop bucket. A guys headed towards the beads. I tried to stop him but got the F U LOOK! He snatched the beads from the bucket and gave them a shake. Then put the beads around his drunken girlfriend’s neck. I started to say something when she turn pointing to the 100’s of  “Hey Mister” beads around her neck & said “Isn’t my boyfriend wonderful!?!? Look at all the beads he caught for me!” I just smiled and in my head said “Classy, Very Classy!” LOL

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The Odd Couple

Neil Simon’s timeless comedy about the original “Bromance” between the neat freak and the slob plays live this weekend at the Metro St. Pete Center:

 

Saturday March 22 – 8:00pm

Sunday, March 23 – 2:00pm

 

Tickets can be purchased here

 

$15 in advance (discount applied at checkout)

$25 VIP – Front row seats to Saturday’s show. VIP reception at 6:30pm with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Limited to 30 guests.

$20 at the door

 

Tickets are general admission within sections and can be printed. There will be an Official Cast Party at Georgie’s Alibi after each show. All tickets include one free drink ticket at the cast party

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Photos of the Week

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Family Visiting Tea Cup

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Duck Dynasty? 

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Connecticut in the House @ Bradley’s on 7th

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PNC in Ybor

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Ana Cruz @ Carne’s 
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@ Carne’s  

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Click for More Photos at Ybor City Wine Bar
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Click for More Photos at Steam Fridays

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Click for More Photos @ Bradley’s on 7th

Click for More Photos at Hamburger Mary’s
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Too many Gelato choices!!! OK I’l have one of each! 
Click for more Photos @ Cristinos
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Click for More Photos at The Social

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Click for More Photos atJJ’s Cafe & Bar 
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Click for More Photos at Centro Cantina
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Click for More Photos at MC Film
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Click for More Photos in GaYBOR