Category Archives: Just For Fun

Pops in the Park Saturday Night

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Bob Horn

  The Florida Orchestra’s Annual Free Pops in the Park concert takes place tomorrow, October 16th, at 7:00 PM in Vinoy Park in downtown St. Petersburg.  Once again this year, it looks as though the concert timing coincides perfectly with our new cool … Continue reading →

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Presentation is Everything

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Bob Horn

I’ve driven past this little apartment unit on 8th Street North hundreds of times, and it never fails to catch my eye.  What could be a very unremarkable 1939 four-plex is, instead, a little gem in an area of otherwise ordinary … Continue reading →

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St. Petersburg Vodka

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Bob Horn

 I was working with some friends recently to find a house for them.  We found a great place in the Euclid Park neighborhood – an old bungalow in a peaceful neighborhood with a nice detached garage apartment.  Their friend, a … Continue reading →

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Gimme A Head With Hair!

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Bob Horn

Long, Beautiful Hair –  Shining, Gleaming, Streaming Flaxen Waxen… I can’t begin to tell you how much I love this play!  It would surely reveal my age if I were to tell you that I first saw the play during its … Continue reading →

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The Awesome Original Second Time Arounders

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Bob Horn

St. Petersburg has a lot of great things going for it.  Of course, if I didn’t think so, I wouldn’t have created this blog.  Most of what I talk about and show here in my blog are things that I … Continue reading →

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The Sunshine City

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Bob Horn

 We don’t hear it so much these days, but St. Petersburg has been known as “The Sunshine City” since the early 1900′s.  There was a great desire to grow the city back in those days, to add both residents and … Continue reading →

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Mainsail Arts Festival This Weekend!

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Bob Horn

The west coast of Florida has a number of great outdoor art shows throughout the fall, winter, and spring seasons.  For St. Petersburg, our premier outdoor art event is, unquestionably, the Mainsail Arts Festival. Held on the waterfront in downtown … Continue reading →

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Canoeing at Weedon Island Preserve

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Bob Horn

One of the huge attractions of St. Petersburg is the abundance of water for sport and for play.  Within 30 minutes of us, people can get to the Gulf, the Bay, Hillsborough River, or any number of lakes.  And once they … Continue reading →

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Saturday Morning Market

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Bob Horn

I’ve been wanting to get down to the Saturday Morning Market for weeks, but each weekend, there has been something getting in my way.  This past weekend, I finally made it down there, and what a treat it was!  Beautiful … Continue reading →

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HDR Photos at Museum of History

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Bob Horn

 There is a relatively new technique available in the world of photography called High Dynamic Range, or HDR.  There have been entire books written about HDR photography but, simply put, it allows a much broader range of light to be … Continue reading →

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