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By Kyla Fields Back for its 11th year, Morean Art Center embarks on an arduous journey to find the best cupcake in all of The Burg’, when its annual Great St. Pete Cupcake Contest returns this weekend. First and second place winners from each category—including novice, profes sional, speciality (which include vegan and gluten-free), youth/teen and “people’s choice”— receive awards based on their flavor, texture, presentation and creativity. Early admission gets you into the event an hour earlier, but both ticketing tiers have the option to take a 12-pack or 24-pack of to-go cupcakes home. Attendees can sample an unlimited amount of cupcakes throughout the event in order to submit their votes for best cupcake. Morean Art Center’s Great St. Pete Cupcake Contest. Sat., Aug. 27. 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. $10-$25. 420 22nd St. S, St. Petersburg. moreanartscenter.org
The following events are selected directly from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s user-submitted online event calendar. Visit cltampa.com to get your happening online for free. Jesse Murry: Rising Curated by Jarrett Earnest and Lisa Yuskavage and first staged at David Zwirner gallery in New York in September of 2021, Jesse Murry: Rising serves as an impor tant introduction to the art, poetry, and criticism of a unique and polymathic American talent. The exhibition brings together paintings from the last five years of the artist’s life as well as recordings of influential voices attesting to Murry’s enduring legacy. Open MondaySaturday through Dec. 3. University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum Free.3821 USF Holly Dr., Tampa. usfcamp.usf.edu Behind-the-Scenes Tour of American Stage Want to get a peek behind the American Stage curtain? Theater staff invites theatre buffs to see the magic backstage before opening night of “Green Day’s American Idiot.” Check out the set, meet the creative team, and get an inside look at this year’s season and what it means. Sunday, Aug. 28, 1 p.m. $10. American Stage Theater Company, 163 3rd St. N, St. Petersburg. americanstage.org
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Tenant’s right-to-counsel takes another step forward in St. Pete.
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REALITY CHECK: Council member Richie Floyd brought the issue to the committee back in April
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Council member Richie Floyd brought the issue to the committee back in April. Thursday was the second meeting on right-to-counsel or RTC, a program that has shown eviction reductions as high as 84% in New York City.
“Floyd doesn’t want to means test,” Foster said. “The administration doesn’t support assist ing high-income individuals.” Figgs-Sanders agreed. But Floyd, Gerdes, and WheelerBowman don’t think folks facing eviction should have to prove income guidelines to get help.“I’m not wanting to burden people with paperwork to get into the system to provide income levels when the entire [eviction process] is five days long,” Floyd said. “I don’t want us being scared of some hypothetical rich person deciding they want to use some community law program, it’s not gonna happen...I’m not going to support some cumbersome verification process.” Income guidelines aside, the program also needs to be funded, and that revenue source remains to be seen. Floyd, city administration, and legal will go back and find possible revenue streams, and wording for the possible resolu tion. Based on Thursday’s meeting, Foster is applying for the city’s participation in a process called an RTC sprint, where different community leaders are brought together to figure out how to implement RTC. A new city position track ing those facing evictions is in the works, and data is being collected to determine who isn’t able to access existing services due to income or other barriers.“We can’t fund the whole uni verse,” Foster said. “We need data to establish that gap.”
In addition to pursuing RTC, the committee asked about the city’s including available services in the Tenant Bill of Rights, either at the time of lease signing or eviction (or both). And Floyd asked about possibly advertising those rights visually via posters (think Workers Compensation in the breakroom). Eventually, the plan is to bring the program and resolution in front of the city council to vote on. But all of the above will take at least a couple of months, according to the administration.
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Floyd estimates that a pro gram in St. Pete could cover 382 to 954 cases in its first year alone, depending on how many people can be reached.
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n Thursday, Aug. 18, St. Pete’s Youth and Family Services Committee (YFS) heard from the city’s legal department about creat ing a citywide tenant’s right-to-counsel program (RTC).“This is something we can do as far as funding eviction aid services,” Bradley Tennant, assistant city attorney said, adding that the pro gram would have to be funded year-to-year and is best done via a council resolution.
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“The financial burden isn’t that high upfront,” Floyd said. “And there are huge pay offs down the line in terms of cost of services saved.”Amy Foster, former city council member for District 8 (Floyd’s predecessor), is now the community and neighborhood affairs admin istrator for Mayor Ken Welch. She spoke for the administration and cited support for the initiative, pending funding and data are all in order.“The administration certainly supports the idea of reducing evictions that lead to home lessness,” Foster said. Foster currently serves as CEO of the Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas. During her final city council meet ing last year, Foster notably passed a motion referring the issue of rent control to the new city council in 2022.
It’s been a long few weeks for housing justice advocates in Florida. There were two weeks of sleep-ins outside St. Pete City Hall demanding a vote for rent control. Locals spent hours plead ing with and telling their elected officials about the many ways the housing crisis is hurting their lives, only to see St. Pete’s recent bid for rent control fall flat. Tampa failed to advance its own ballot initiative for rent control recently, too. Orange County passed its rent stabilization ballot initiative last week, only to be sued this week by the Florida Apartment Association. Later, during Thursday’s city council meet ing with St. Pete Police Chief Anthony Holloway, council member Ed Montanari wanted answers on how residents were able to protest two weeks in a row by camping outside city hall.“There were multiple tents in front of City Hall and one person was cited for that,” Montanari said. “Was there a permit request to put those tents there?” “Through my department, no sir,” Holloway said. Allendale United Methodist Rev. Andy Oliver was the one citation. “Tell me about the law, if sidewalks are being blocked and there’s no permit and the police come and see that, are the tents supposed to be removed?” Montanari said. “Yes sir, when I was here the sidewalk was not blocked,” Holloway said. “We could only cite one person because he said the tents belonged to him. I made the decision to have tents removed first thing in the morning.” “So the sidewalks weren’t blocked?” Montanari asked. “Are they allowed to have a tent on the sidewalk?” “No sir,” Holloway said. “That was my discretion.” “We had a lot of speak ers the next day that said they stayed in their tent all night,” Montanari said. “We can guaran tee that won’t happen again,” Holloway said.
“The high estimate right now [here] is a 70% default rate,” Floyd said. “That’s around what I’ve heard from legal aid organizations.” The default rate is when a judge hears the eviction case and votes in favor of the landlord seeking the order, often because the tenant can’t afford legal representation.
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Movement on RTC comes after a failed motion to refer rent control to the YFS commit tee last week. All those on the YFS committee initially voted in favor of putting rent control on the ballot via a resolution two weeks ago. Council member Copley Gerdes didn’t support the amended motion last week; the rest of the YFS (Figgs-Sanders, Wheeler-Bowman, and Floyd) voted in favor .“The more questions we get answered, the closer we are to yes,” Committee chair Deborah Figgs-Sanders said. Discussion on income requirements for those accessing future services remains under debate.
“Eventually, the plan is to bring the program and resolution in front of the city council to vote on.”
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“This is what was added by the attorneys, ‘except as may be required by state or federal law’ which, in my opinion basically negates the whole point of this,” Hurtak told council. In June, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, which protected the right to abortion on a federal level. Two months before SCOTUS’ decision, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a heavily contested 15-week abortion ban into law. Last month, Hurtak presented the idea for an act similar to the GRACE Act in Austin, Texas, intended to prevent any city department, including the police, from any action impinging on the rights of residents to make reproductive health decisions for their own bodies.
Gudes, the only council member who voted with Hurtak against the city’s resolution, said that the resolution should have been passed as the councilwoman wrote it.
Hurtak’s first step was to present her non-legally bind ing resolution to council, symbolically declaring council’s support for those seeking reproductive healthcare, with her ultimate aim being the pas sage of a legally binding resolution—an option that’s still on the table, Hurtak says. But Hurtak said city legal’s change to the resolution caters to bad laws, and pointed out that historically, state laws are often found to be unjust after they face legal scrutiny.
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Hurtak’s version of the resolution also said that abortions would be considered the lowest level priority for local law enforcement to pur sue, and called for the city to not be involved in funding so called “pregnancy centers” that work to oppose legal abortion. These provisions were also removed by the city’s legal staff. Before the vote, several people from the community—including members of the Tampa Democratic Socialists of America, which helped Hurtak craft her res olution— agreed with Hurtak’s outlook by a large majority. Public comment went on for nearly an hour as the community told council that pass ing Hurtak’s version of the resolution was important for their safety and livelihoods. The councilwoman thanked people for speaking up, and made an emotional plea as the only woman on council.
RESOLUTE: Tampa City Councilwoman Lynn Hurtak says she’ll bring a reproductive rights ordinance to the dais next.
Tampa passes abortion resolution, but councilwoman says it doesn’t go far enough.
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“I am so much less safe than any of my fellow members.”council
Still, the city legal team argued against Hurtak’s resolution, saying that the laws are currently complicated and change frequently.
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Councilman Carlson said he was against Hurtak’s resolution because it is symbolic and not legally binding, but still voted for the city’s version. Before the vote, Carlson and others tried to get Hurtak to change her resolution so they could pass it with different language, which she refused to do. “I agree that we need to protect people,” Carlson said. But he added that he’d “rather pass something that actually is going to protect people.”
“Florida has passed laws that weren’t declared unconstitutional until after years of effort, they found a friendly court,” Hurtak said. “To this day, Florida Statutes Chapter 256 bans the burning of the Confederate flag.”
“I am so much less safe than any of my fel low council members,” Hurtak said. “I can go out tonight, I can be raped, I can be forced to carry a child against my will. I could be pregnant, and not be able to protect myself.”
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“The reason why we put in ‘except as may be required by state or federal law’ is that cur rent state law could conflict and does conflict with some of the specifics that are written into this resolution,” said Megan Newcomb, Chief Assistant City Attorney, who drafted the city’s version of the resolution.Acting City Attorney Andrea Zelman—who took her position after former City Attorney Gina Grimes suddenly resigned this month—backed Newcomb during the meeting and recommended to council that the body adopt city legal’s version.
Hurtak mentioned that an ordinance would be the next step after the resolu tion, but that she wanted to pass the resolution first and craft an ordinance after wards with community input.
L ast week, Tampa City Council voted to pass a resolution that claims to support reproductive rights, but the language was crafted by the city’s legal team to cater to recent federal and state attacks on abor tion. In a 5-2 vote, city council voted to approve the resolution, with Orlando Gudes and Lynn Hurtak voting against it. Guido Maniscalco, Luis Viera, Charlie Miranda, Bill Carlson and Joe Citro all voted in favor of the city’sHurtakresolution.hadinitially presented the idea of the resolution, but the city legal team’s amended version had key differences from what she origi nally suggested. The most glaring difference is that Hurtak’s version called for the local decrim inalization of people and providers pursuing reproductive rights, regardless of what state or federal law might say. City legal removed that, basically making the resolution worthless, according to Hurtak.
The vote on the resolution came a day after Tampa Mayor Jane Castor publicly said that the Tampa Police Department would not pursue people seeking abortions, saying that arrests are “100% not going to happen.”
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“I don’t have any issue symbolically passing a resolution, we make plenty of resolutions,” Gudes said. He agreed that the city could work on the ordinance via a workshop after Hurtak’s resolution was passed. Other council members shared their views on both resolutions, includ ing Charlie Miranda, who said his wife lost two children due to a miscarriage.
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“I don’t think this goes far enough. I think that saying that we’re not going to appropriate funding and making it the lowest priority [for law enforcement] is pretty simple. And I believe that the mayor said that she agrees with us. To me, this takes the entire point out and if that’s the pleasure of council that’s fine, but I will not be voting for it.” she said Hurtak told CL that the struggle for repro ductive rights is not over, and that a legally binding ordinance is still on the table. “I will absolutely still be doing an ordinance but I think it will be more specific to Tampa. Some of my colleagues said they wanted an ordinance, so I'm happy to bring one back and look forward to their support."
Similar statements from former state attorney Andrew Warren of the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County prompted a suspension by Gov. Ron DeSantis two weeks ago. “I would believe that the mayor has the people’s back,” Maniscalco said. But Carlson said there needs to be more than a statement to the media from the mayor. “If we approve something, then she should put her signature to this piece of paper also,” he said. Just before the vote took place, Hurtak let her feelings on the city’s resolution be known.
“So I understand what you’re saying.”
“In today’s modern time, maybe they could have done something, some surgical procedure where one would have been taken out and the other child, you know, would have lived, but that wasn’t the case,” Miranda said while looking at the crowd of people who had shown up to speak for reproductive rights.
“The Tampa Police Department is here to work with the community on the issues that they deem important, to keep the community safe [and] to ensure that people aren’t victims of crime, not to go out and prosecute individuals for personal choices that they’ve made,” Castor said.
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“There were great stores of this money, and what I mean by that is yes, we did have $9,000, but [SPPD] went out there and they formed part nerships,” Holloway told council. “And when I tell you they formed partnerships instead of using your money, I’m just gonna give you some examples [of what] they did.”
“There were great stores of this money, and what I mean by that is yes, we did have $9,000...”
MAKING THE CONNECTION: St. Pete Police Chief Anthony Holloway explained what happened to donations meant for the homeless.
According to numbers sent to CL by SPPD on July 20, in FY22, zero dollars went to the homeless community from the donation sta tions. Meanwhile, about $9,842 of donors’ change has been stockpiled by the department, as of June. In FY21, only $515.28 was spent on the homeless community, while the dona tion stations gained nearly $3,000 in revenue. The police program that the money for merly went to—Police Assisting the Homeless (PATH)—received the donations after they went into the police department’s general fund. But after CL reported on the non-use of the funds, that’s changing. SPPD’s numbers say that since 2019, just $1,716 was spent on the homeless community out of about $11,497 in rev enue raised. A few minutes after Holloway’s statements about the lack of use of donations, city council member Gina Driscoll asked the chief a question about increased calls to the police about homeless issues. “I think it is that we’re starting to see more homeless people out there and again we’re also making those contacts every day,” Holloway said. “We’re making contact every day to help those people that need help.”
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ast week at a St. Petersburg City Council meeting, St. Pete Police Chief Anthony Holloway said that funds hoarded by SPPD, which were meant for the homeless, are being transferred to a different city department. He also claimed that his department hoarded the money because police officers “formed partnerships.”
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On July 22, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay first reported that SPPD had stockpiled over $9,000 from “Power of Change” donation stations, which said that the money was going to the homeless.Nowhere on the stations was it men tioned that the money actually went to the St. Petersburg Police Department’s budget, nor was it clear that very little of the dona tions were actually going to the homeless community.
Holloway was referring to Teresa Jones, Community Affairs Director for the City of St. Petersburg. When CL first exposed the lack of use of the donations in July, SPPD did say they would transfer the money to a different cityCouncilmandepartment.
Change is coming Donations hoarded by cops will go to new department.
Richie Floyd asked specifi cally where the “Power of Change” money would be going to. “I’m just wondering if there were any plans,” Floyd said. “I know that money has been trans ferred out, I just wonder what the plans were for it going forward, if that’s been set up yet.” SPPD claimed that in the future, the money would be added to the city’s Veterans Social Services Division to help the unit address additional outreach opportunities.
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He explained that through part nerships with local nonprofit groups that actually help the homeless, SPPD was able to help get people food, winter clothing, temporary shelter and travel fare for people in need. But none of that came from the money that people were giving to the change stations, in hopes that their con tributions would go to the homeless.
“So when you think about that $9,000 that we didn’t use, and we didn’t use it, but it’s gonna go back down to Teresa’s department, so they can use it for other partnerships,” Holloway said.
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BON APPETIT: Dr. Oz is running one of the most dogshit Senate campaigns in history.
Not coincidentally, Democrats have regained the (very narrow) lead on the generic ballot for the first time since November. Due to gerrymandering, that lead proba bly isn’t strong enough to keep the House in Democratic hands, and it might prove ephem eral anyway. Biden remains less popular than Trump was at this point in his presidency, and Republicans got smashed in 2018. And the axiom that the general public doesn’t tune in until after Labor Day isn’t wrong. But think about what regular people will see when they start paying attention: a crop of can didates so infected by Fox News Brain that they won’t pivot to the general elec tion. They denied the 2020 election results, committed to banning abortion, and backed Trump like drones prostrating before a cult leader during the pri mary; now they wonder why that strategy doesn’t have mass appeal.
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“The more extreme and idiotic the candidate, the more votes they lose.”
The GOP propaganda machine is eating its own.
“I don’t think him being behind bars would stop him from winning the Republican nomina tion,” a Republican consultant told NBC News, quite accurately. But winning a nomination and winning an election are different things. Even in a polar ized era, in which most voters care more about the party than the candidate, extremists and idiots lose votes. The more extreme and idiotic the candidate, the more votes they lose. The farright positions and jackass bellicosity required for a candidate to win a Republican nomination are going to cost the party seats this year. I can’t help but wonder if Ron DeSantis and Doug Mastriano will be 2034’s Pat Toomey—can didates who redefined extremism, only to have someone else redefine it later. A party on this trajectory should have trouble competing outside of the reddest districts in the reddest states. Of course, I said the same thing in 2010.
By Jeffrey C. Billman L iving in Philadelphia during the Tea Party wave of 2010, I had a close-up view of where the Republican Party was headed. After Sen. Arlen Specter, the icon Pennsylvania moderates, provided one of three Republican votes for President Barack Obama’s $787 bil lion stimulus, the GOP’s right-wing labeled him a RINO and put a target on his back.
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When Specter realized that he would lose the Republican primary to Pat Toomey, the head of Club for Growth, he switched parties, hoping to find succor among Democrats. Though the party establishment lined up behind him, Specter lost the Democratic primary to Joe Sestak, who lost the general election to Toomey, who took office on the vanguard of the conservative right. Twelve years later, Toomey isn’t seeking a third Senate term. If he did, he almost certainly would have lost in the Republican primary. He, too, was labeled a RINO for not wholeheartedly embracing President Donald Trump. And that was before he voted to convict Trump following the second impeachment. The state GOP publicly rebuked him. Instead, Pennsylvania Republicans have backed the Trump-selected Dr. Oz, who is running one of the most dogshit Senate campaigns in history. They also supported Doug Mastriano, another Trump-backed, far-right election denier who pals around with antisemites and appears likely to lose a winnable election for governor in November. That’s become a com mon refrain this year: Trump’s preferred can didates have dominated Republican primaries but struggled to build mass appeal. Oz looks hap less. In Georgia, Herschel Walker can’t string together a coherent sentence. JD Vance’s snide populism is turning a safe bet in Ohio into an actual horserace. Blake Masters, a subsidiary of right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, is the Democrats’ best friend in Arizona. Even Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who’s been huffing the MAGA glue like a fiend, is behind. Republicans are starting to recognize their vulnerability. “Having amateur candidates who’ve never run for office before carrying the banner for the Republican Party in critical Senate races is a risky maneuver,” a Republican pollster told The Washington Post. Last week, Mitch McConnell came close to admitting that the Senate was slipping from his grasp. “I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,” he said. “Senate races are just different—they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.”
And Republicans can no longer bank on President Joe Biden’s unpopularity tanking his party this fall. The Supreme Court’s abor tion decision rattled not just the Democratic base but also suburban and young voters. In addition, gas prices are falling, and Biden has racked up a series of legislative wins, over blanket Republican oppo sition, on issues like veteran health care and Medicare drug pricing that poll in the stratosphere. (Meanwhile, under Sen. Rick Scott, who ran one of the largest Medicare fraud schemes in American history, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is lighting money on fire.)
As Trump and his acolytes celebrate Rep. Liz Cheney’s 37-point loss in the Wyoming primary last week, they fail to imagine what everyone else sees: a party rejecting a conservative apos tate whose only crime was prizing democracy over Donald Trump. As they attack the FBI— one congressional candidate called for Attorney General Merrick Garland’s execution—for recov ering stolen classified documents from Trump’s house, they fail to realize that beyond their base, the public believes the Mar-a-Lago search wasThejustified.Republican propaganda machine is eating its own. Candidates who only consume right-wing media and only sit for friendly, softball interviews—a trend among Republicans this year—are mistaking the passions of a few for the beliefs of the many. Trump, for example, believes the Mar-aLago search helps him politically. In a way, it does. By playing martyr-in-chief, he raised a ton of money that might have otherwise gone to Jim Baker’s apocalypse buckets. He also got a huge bump in the polls against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—who was just in Pennsylvania campaigning for the antisemitecurious Mastriano.
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MONDAY 22 Florida researchers attached transmitters to Burmese pythons, and now they’re showing up inside native snakes. So cottonmouths are con suming bad boas—nice.
WEDNESDAY 17 Videos of waterspouts around Tampa Bay hit the local TV news stations. While the clips are cool to look at, why the hell aren’t these people running away?
The Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County lifts the health alert issued back in July connected to a harmful blue-green algal toxin found in Maximo Park. You’re safe to get icky in that water again. More shit, wondering if invasive snakes taste good, via cltampa.com/news.
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THURSDAY 18 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new ‘election police’ arrested 20 fel ons on allegations that they voted illegally dur ing the 2020 elections. This is just the begin ning, too.
TUESDAY 23 Tampa International Airport creates a committee to prepare for the arrival of ‘air taxis’ in Tampa Bay as soon as 2025. Turns out “The Jetsons” predictions for 2022 weren’t that far off.
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A first generation Italian-American born and raised in Brooklyn, Chef Tony Macaroni’s fresh, hand-pulled moz zarella, decadent pastas and larger than life personality will soon have a brand new home in North Tampa, when his first official restau rant opens soon. Up until a month ago, Macaroni operated a fast casual Italian eatery out of Seminole Heights’ American Legion—not the most com mon place for a scratch kitchen. After slinging cannolis and gnocchi out of its tiny kitchen for almost two years, the husband and wife duo opted to leave that location to avoid a sizable rent increase.Both Tony and his wife and busi ness partner, Tabitha, state that their business was growing at a rate the small veteran’s lounge couldn’t handle. Their last day operating out of the American Legion was July 22, almost a full two years after they first started.“At the American Legion, our identity was lost. People never really knew we were there, since most locations aren’t open to the public,” Tabitha tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Tony and Tabitha describe their restaurant as a “modern, quick service Italian-American with a fine dining twist,” and they’re currently working tirelessly to get their brick and mortar up and running. Although it will boast all of the same dishes (and more), the new eatery will have a completely different atmosphere than that of any American Legion. Get ready to see an Italian flag flying next to the Puerto Rican and Dominican Republic flag, because Chef Tony Macaroni & Co.’s first restau rant will open at Tampa Food Park, Carrollwood’s eclectic collection of food trucks at 5226 Gunn Hwy. Macaroni’s restaurant will act as the park’s anchor restaurant, as all of its other concepts are either food trucks or trailers. The building will be accompanied by a large bistro-like outdoor patio, a beer and wine bar, a stage for entertainment, and ample parking (something that’s a little harder to come by in Seminole Heights.)
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The entire menu Tony and Tabitha offered at the American Legion will be available at the new restaurant, in addition to a few “fine dining” dishes like branzino, octopus salad, calamari and more. Chef Tony Macaroni’s new Carrollwood restaurant will also offer made-to-order personal pizzas and calzones, an aspect that their previous kitchen simply couldn’t handle.“I went with the open kitchen concept because I want people to know that we make everything from scratch,” Chef Macaroni states. He goes on to explain his ultra-traditional practices he learned from both his parents and while working over seas in Europe—from hand-pulling mozzarella to spending hours on homemade pasta sauces. When the new restaurant celebrates its grand opening at the end of this year or in early 2023, its hours will be roughly 11 a.m.-9 p.m. through out the week and 11 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, as late night entertainment will happen on the outdoor stage every weekend. Initially, the duo tried looking for a restaurant continued on page 26
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Holy macaroni Chef Tony Macaroni previews his new Tampa restaurant, plus more local foodie news. By Kyla Fields There’s no deficit of Italian restaurants in Tampa Bay, and that number is only grow ing with new spots like Bonu Taverna and Ash opening soon on both sides of the bridge. But Chef Tony Macaroni claims that he makes the best Italian fare in Tampa—and that his customers can back him up.
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The owner of Tampa Food Park is also an investor in Macaroni’s enterprise, as the site is currently under construction in preparation of its flagship brick and mortar. The fast casual restaurant will have a ‘90s NYC feel, with graffitied walls, an open kitchen and maybe even a celebrity autograph wall. And to keep its northeastern vibe as bona fide as possible, Macaroni has several cousins from New York and New Jersey moving down to Tampa to help him run the restaurant. Like the American Legion, customers will receive a beeper after their order is placed and pick up their own food, as there will be no waitresses to tend to tables. And even with a brand new restaurant and slightly upgraded menu and atmosphere, Macaroni is adamant that his prices will still remain affordable to all walks of life.“Some things might increase from 50 cents to $1, but we really want things to be affordable for everyone. We don’t want to alienate our current cus tomer base just because we moved,” Chef Tony Macaroni says. “We want people to come dressed up, dressed down, dirty and dusty from the construction site—that’s fine with us.”
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All Salty Donut locations also offer various vegan and gluten-free flavors as well. And in addition to its constantly-changing doughnuts, The Salty Donut also offers a full coffee and espresso menu of specialty lattes, maple brown sugar cold brews, cortados, cappuccinos and more.
“Being Florida-founded and based, Amanda and I have been traveling all over the state since we were little kids! As we made our way to expand throughout the state, we knew as soon as we went further north, we had to do Orlando and Tampa/St. Pete,” Andy Rodriguez, CEO of The Salty Donut, states in a press release. For the latest updates on The Salty Donut and its two upcoming Tampa storefronts, follow @the saltydonut on Instagram.
26 | AUGUST 25 - 31, 2022 | cltampa.com space in Seminole Heights to cater to its loyal patrons, but found it difficult to find an afford able location.“After we chose Carrollwood for our new location, we found out that a large number of our customer base actually lived out there any ways, so it really worked out,” Tabitha tells CL. Chef Tony Macaroni & Co. debuted at the Seminole Heights American Legion in the fall of 2020. At first, its 320-square-foot kitchen was supposed to be used for prep and storage for the duo’s new food truck—a plan that quickly came to an unfortunate end. After being scammed out of $9,000 from the person who was supposed to sell them the food truck, Chef Tony and Tabitha didn’t know where to turn next. Instead of using the American Legion as an auxiliary kitchen like originally planned, they dove head first into operating a full, from scratch restaurant out of the tiny space. For the first year, it was only Tony and Tabitha in the kitchen doing every aspect of prep and service, with Tony’s mom helping for a few hours here or there. The duo were in an undesirable financial situation after losing their startup money, shopping almost every morning just to get through a few days of service. Loyal customers and their word of mouth—in addi tion to social media bolstering from local foodie Jennifer Xie—helped Chef Tony Macaroni & Co. become incredibly popular, even with its “hid den gem” status. It wasn’t uncommon to wait up to an hour for their fresh Mediterranean mussels, stacked Italian sandwiches, eggplant parmigiana and macaroni bolognese. Chef Tony and his wife—self-acclaimed Disney fanatics that actually met on mousemin gle.com—moved to Florida in 2007 to be closer to their favorite place. He’s bounced back and forth between the Sunshine State and the Garden State for the last few years, but the opening of his debut restaurant will surely cement his posi tion in the Tampa Bay food scene. In fact, his sheer love and respect for all-things Disney actu ally inspired him to trademark the entire Chef Tony Macaroni brand like it was a Disney character—the little cartoon macaroni man and all. When you’re speaking with him in person, your eyes naturally draw to the large “Chef Tony Macaroni” tattoo on his upper arm. Tony and Tabitha are also up for their inau gural Best of the Bay award for “Best Italian Restaurant,” so make sure to vote for your favor ite Tampa Bay folks, businesses, places, services and more. “Bar Rescued” The Loft closes its Ybor City restaurant The closure of Ybor City’s The Loft, previously known as Cerealholic Cafe and Bar, comes just a few short months after host Jon Taffer “shut it down.” “Our time in this community has been the most honored feeling for all of us....this is a very difficult decision, which we have contemplated and reviewed for some time now. With a very heavy heart, we have decided to move on from our won derful, amazing business,” a post from The Loft wrote on Facebook. Owners Lisa and Darrell Lawson go on to explain that they need to focus on family issues that require their full attention.
The Loft’s final event was a nod to a program that’s been around since its pre-Taffer days–an extravagant Sunday drag brunch. Its final “Born This Way” brunch took place on Sunday, Aug. 21 and featured a slew of popular Tampa Bay drag queens like the “First Lady of Ybor City” Joey Brooks, by Hazel E. Genevieve, Kory Stevens, Crystal Chambers, Kylie Augusta and manyWhenmore.Jon Taffer shut the Ybor City bar down and changed it into The Loft, he dialed back the colorful decor and “aimed to elevate” its menu— although a few remainders of its inner child-friendly atmosphere, like its collection of board games, survived the transformation. In their farewell post, The Loft owners also state that another business will soon take over their historic Ybor City space at 1909 N 15th St., although details of the new spot are still cur rently unknown. “We took painstaking measures to ensure we find a business to take over our place in this community and honor the rich his tory and community we have become a part of, “ The Loft’s social media reads.
According to a representative for The Salty Donut, its Seminole Heights location will serve as the production space for both of its Tampa storefronts, even giving customers a chance to see the production process and artistry behind their popular doughnuts. The Salty Donut is known for its rotating menu of both sweet and savory doughnuts, with popular flavors like chocolate cookie crunch, traditional glazed, strawberry milk cake and caramel toffee crumb. Exclusive Florida flavors (that we can probably expect in Tampa, too) include doughnuts like guava and cheese, toasted coquito and Key lime meringue.
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Chef of Tampa Italian hotspot Cena will soon open a new casual pizzeria One of Tampa’s top-rated chefs has more to offer. Michael Buttacavoli, chef of upscale Italian eat ery, Cena, will open a casual pizzeria concept next door, according to Tampa Bay Business Journal (TBBJ). The pizzeria, Butta’s second restaurant, has not yet been named but is expected to open its doors to hungry eaters within coming months. The casual eatery’s menu will feature classics such as “all-encompassing” pizzas, subs, pasta, salad, beer, liquor and wine, but will also take on a modern, Cena-esque flair and “won’t be just a pizza joint,” says Buttacavoli. Cena’s outdoor pizza bar and eight TVs became a popular spot for locals dur ing Bucs and Lightning playoff runs, popularizing Cena’s outdoor-dining-only menu, such as its tra ditional Italian pizza and the meatball parmesan subs that beat celebrity chef Bobby Flay—both of which will be found on the new concept’s menu. The top-rated chef says the pizzeria will have its own identity and shouldn’t be considered a sister restaurant to the modern Cena, but its dishes will be made with similar high-quality ingredients and flavors.
—Max Steele Good Fortune opens out of St. Pete’s Station House Hunger and Thirst’s newest concept Good Fortune is now open out of the basement space at Station House that Ichicoro Ane most recently occupied. It boasts an Asian-inspired fusion
SALTY HEIGHTS: Salty Donuts' second Tampa location will serve as the main bakery.
The Salty Donut heads to Seminole Heights and Hyde Park Village Tampeños can now anticipate the grand open ing of not one—but two—Salty Donut locations, heading to both Seminole Heights and Hyde Park Village early next year. Salty Donut’s Hyde Park Village location will reside at 1519 W Swann Ave., adjacent to popular eateries like On Swann, Timpaño Hyde Park and bartaco, while the Seminole Heights brick and mortar will open at 5808 N Florida Ave. near restau rants such as 3 Dot Dash, Ichicoro Ramen and King of the SeminoleCoop.Heights’ location is a cozy, historic bungalow painted light pink, while its sibling location a few miles south will be a sleek and modern storefront, fitting with the surrounding retail area of Hyde Park Village.
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GOODBYE GRACE: St. Pete restaurant Two Graces quietly shut its doors.
Upscale St. Pete restaurant Two Graces has closed Known for its upscale twist on American cuisine and luscious outdoor garden, upscale St. Pete eat ery Two Graces has quietly shut its doors. While its exact closure date cannot be confirmed, con fused customers took to various local Facebook groups to find out if the restaurant was perma nently closed or not. A Two Graces customer posted to the popular group I Love St. Pete last week, saying that she had spoken with previ ous employees who told her that the business had been sold to new owners.Representatives from Two Graces also confirmed the sale of the restaurant in a Facebook message. Two Graces’ website, twogracesrestaurant.com, is no longer functioning and seems to have been taken down. There have been no announcements or updates on the restaurant’s Instagram or Facebook either.
“Yeah, some of those arcade games just didn’t belong to us,” Iglesias told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “But we’ve already bought a couple and plan to get more. Plus, I wired the old cash register to open when we complete a transaction on our new POS.”
Cappy’s Seminole Heights has new owners On April Fool’s Day, nearly 16 years after he opened Cappy’s, Scooter Gabel signed owner ship of his Seminole Heights pizza spot over to new owners. But regulars will probably rec ognize their faces. Together, Marty Iglesias, Frank Cinerar and Kevin Coss have nearly 30 years of experience tossing pies at the rocketshipadorned restaurant at the corner of N Florida Avenue and W South Ave.Noel Cruz—founder of Ichicoro, Gangchu and Corners Pizza—is their fourth business partner and will help run operations at 4910 N FloridaIglesiasAve.thought Seminole Heights’ Cappy’s, which is one of five independently-owned Bay area locations for the local chain, might have to move, so they scouted a few locations, but it turned out that they could stay at the 88-yearold former grocery store. While Gabel took a few of the things that belonged to him like arcade games, pinball machines, those scooters on the wall, Iglesias and his partners made immediate changes of their own. Most notably, customers can now pay with credit cards, order online and even get pizza delivered via UberEats. That means no more handwritten tickets, either.
cltampa.com | AUGUST 25 - 31, 2022 | 29 menu of dishes like Korean disco fries, drunken noodles, signature sushi rolls, bao buns and Dan Dan noodles—in addition to an exclusive selec tion of sake, Japanese whiskey and signature cocktails. Good Fortune also operates a private karaoke room that runs for $150 to $225 per two-hour session. St. Pete’s newest fusion res taurant and late-night lounge is now open every day starting at 5 p.m., with reservations avail able on goodfortunestpete.com. Good Fortune joins other popular Hunger Thirst concepts in downtown St. Pete, like The Avenue, Parks and Rec, Dirty Laundry and No Vacancy.
The eatery at 6001 Central Ave. in west St. Petersburg had a strong focus on outdoor din ing with three different patios, offering their guests a view of the lush gardens where its fresh herbs, vegetables and fruits were grown. The largest patio could seat 48 patrons, while the smallest one sat 12 people and was rented for private dinner parties. Its brunch and din ner menu changed every few months, always incorporating seasonal ingredients from its own garden and beyond. Some of its farm-totable dishes included elegant spreads like short rib tortellini, black garlic pork shank, spinach falafel, beet and burrata salad and charred octopus. Two Graces also offered a sizable selection of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options, in addition to a variety of seasonal cocktails.
The new owners also built a bar top at the window facing Florida Avenue—and yes, you can still grab your own beer out of the reachin cooler in the corner of the restaurant.“Right now, you’re going to be watching some con struction out there on the road,” Iglesias said, referring to a three-week Florida Avenue clo sure between E Osborne and Hillsborough Avenues.“The neighborhood folks know how to get here, there are other avenues, and we’ve got online ordering for takeout now, too,” he said.
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Grace is still open 6 days a week at 120 8th Ave. on St. Pete Beach, as well as their fresh pasta store Gracie Pasta & Provisions, which resides on Pass-a-Grille Beach. Keep your eyes peeled on the west St. Pete building for any new signage, as another concept will soon open out of the former Two Graces space.
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s food critic Jon Palmer Claridge sang praises of its elegant decor and ambiance when he visited Two Graces earlier this year. “The entire experience is most lovely; the servers are perfectly friendly and attentive, and the magi cal atmosphere matches the splendid cuisine,” his review Openedreads.byowners Chef Marlin Kaplan and his longtime partner Lisa Masterson in January 2021, Two Graces was open for a lit tle under two years. Before Two Graces, the Central Avenue-facing building was home to the Reading Room, a nationally-recognized restaurant that closed in the summer of 2019. Kaplan and Masterson’s flagship restaurant
Iglesias says the record cover menus are coming back shortly, along with a few menu tweaks and specials, but in the meantime, the new owners emphasize that the Cappy’s that the neighborhood has come to know and love is still the same.—Ray Roa Tampa Bay Marco’s Pizza location fined $8K for violating child labor laws After violating child labor laws, a Marco’s Pizza franchise in Riverview will have to fork over some cheese. Investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division found that American Pizza Empire LLC of the Riverview location (5918 Providence Rd.) violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by allowing three 15-year-olds to work past 7 p.m. or more than three hours during a school day between Labor Day and June 1. The business again violated the FLSA after allowing a 15-year-old to operate a powerdriven bakery machine to stretch and flatten pizza dough. The same worker accounted for an additional violation after sustaining a burn to their hand during baking activities. As a result, the business was fined nearly $7,950 in civil money penalties. The Riverview franchise’s case only adds to the fines the Marco’s chain has collected in the past.In December 2021, a Charleston-area Marco’s Pizza faced over $101K in civil money penalties after DOL investigators found they endangered minor-aged workers by making them perform hazardous or prohibited duties. A Charleston franchise also faced $5,425 in back wages for 26 workers.
—Molly Ryan ICYMI Free cake across Tampa Bay On Sept. 1, Nothing Bundt Cakes bakeries in Clearwater, Carrollwood, Riverview, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Wesley Chapel are giving away free Confetti Bundtlets (mini bundt cakes) to the first 250 guests at each location to celebrate its birth day. nothingbundtcakes.com/find-a-bakery
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Ippolito’s Italian Deli and Market Arguably Largo’s favorite Italian market, Ippolito’s serves a variety of hot and cold deli subs, including its “Beef Supreme.” Served on freshly baked bread, the sub is packed with authentic Italian roast beef, melted mozzarella cheese and plenty of peppers and onions—and it only costs $8, along with all the other sand wiches on the menu. 14100 Walsingham Rd., Largo, 727-593-1037. ippolitositaliandeli.com
Delco’s Original Steaks Home to classic steaks and hoa gies and located right on Main Street, Delco’s is Dunedin’s go-to spot if you’re looking for an original and affordable sandwich. The sub shop offers a hot-sliced roast beef sand wich topped with gooey sharp provolone cheese for just $8. 1701 Main St., Dunedin, 727-7384700. delcosdunedin.com
Mel’s Hot Dogs Since 1973, Mel’s has been serving its locally-loved Chicago beef sandwiches and the people can’t get enough. The $10.50 specialty sandwich consists of thinly sliced roast beef served on a steamed hoagie with sautéed red bell peppers and topped with traditional Chicago spicy au-jus. 4136 E Busch Blvd., Tampa, 813-985-8000. melshotdogs.com
Here’s where to find a hot Italian beef sandwich in Tampa Bay.
WINDY CITY SHANTY: Chicago Paulie’s is Tampa’s hidden gem of Italian beef. ROARAY Thanks to the new hit FX television show, “The Bear,” there’s been a recent boom in demand for hot Italian beef sandwiches. And while we don’t live in the origin city of the iconic Chicago speciality, Tampa Bay has plenty of great spots to grab the thinly-sliced roast beef sandwich topped with grilled onions and peppers, and sometimes melted cheese, and famously served au jus. Whether it’s Paul’s, Mike’s, Bruce’s or Ippolito’s, there’s a thick, juicy Italian beefer somewhere near you and it’s call ing your name. Beanie’s Sports Grill This family-run tav ern serves an Italian beef sandwich that will make you “swear you’re back in Chicago.” The beefy, baguette sandwich can be found under “White Sox” specials on the menu, a tribute to Chicago’s favorite baseball team—well, unless you’re a Cubs fan. 2002 U.S.-Hwy. 41, Ruskin, 813-649-1700. beaniesruskin.com Brocato’s Sandwich Shop Originally opened in 1948, Brocato’s has transitioned from a grocery store to a meat market to the sand wich shop that it stands as today. The reason it has had success for so long? It makes tasty food, including its 15’’ inch Italian roast beef sandwich for $13.95. 5021 E Columbus Dr., Tampa, 813248-9977. brocatossandwich.com Bruce’s Chicago Grill & Dog House Bruce’s has “The Mother of All Beef Sandwiches,” and you can try the half-pound giant for $12.79. There’s also many ways you can order it, including gravy-dunked, sweet, cheesy and “burn-your-throat” hot. The four ounce sandwich runs $8.79 and six ounce for $10.79. You’ll also get a cup of homemade coleslaw and Italian gravy with your order. 7733 Ulmerton Rd., Largo, 727-408-5525. @ chicagogrilldoghouse on Facebook Cesarina’s Italian Deli When it comes to absolutely loading its sandwiches, Cesarina’s is amongst the leader board—so much so that you can’t even close the bun. The authentic deli serves hot Italian beef sandwiches with extra servings of cheese, onions and peppers. A fullsize ‘wich runs $10.99, or get half the size for half the price at $5.99. 2575 E Bay Dr., Largo, 727-535-5630. cesarinasitaliandeli.com Chicago Deli & Coney Dogs It’s got every thing Chicago, but right in our backyard. Since 1982, this deli takes pride in serving its authen tic Italian beef sandwiches, simmered in au jus and served with your choice of mild or hot pepper giardinera on a toasted roll. Try it out yourself for $8.79. 6585 126th Ave. N, Largo, 727-536-4685. chicagodeli.co Chicago Paulie’s If you’re in Tampa and looking for a cheap, yet tasty, classic Italian beef sandwich, Chicago Paulie’s is the place for you. Located next to a gas station, these Best of the Bay-winning sandwiches cost $5.79 for a small, $7.99 for a medium and $10.29 for a large. You can also try the $10.29 “Italian Combo” sand wich, which is a mixture of Italian beef and Italian sausage. 1031 N Howard Ave., Tampa, 813-494-4275
The Hot Tomato According to the giant let ters plastered on the storefront, The Hot Tomato has the best sandwiches in all of Ruskin and is loved by the locals. Among these ‘wiches comes the Italian beef, which comes on a toasted sub roll and a side of au jus dipping sauce. Make it a combo and get it with a side of fries, onion rings or cup of soup. 2702 E College Ave., Ruskin, 813938-1888. thehottomato.com
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Mike’s Pizza and Deli Station Looks like there’s more than just one Mike’s Pizza in Tampa Bay with a tasty Chicago-style Italian beef sand wich. This thinly-sliced, au jus roast beef hoagie is topped with sweet bell and hot peppers and will have you coming back for more. Don’t believe me? Go get your own for $9.99. 13560 49th St. N, Clearwater, 727-572-4888. mikespizzadeli.com
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Mike’s Pizza and Pub After spending the day at Indian Rocks Beach, you’ll have worked up quite the appetite. Swing by Mike’s to try its version of a Chicago-style Italian beef
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Mike’s Italian beef tabs $10, the same as its steak and cheese, chicken Philly, corned beef and reuben sandwiches. 14477 Walsingham Rd., Largo, 727-724-4100. mikespizzaandpub.com
CHAIN REACTION: Locals love the Portillo’s Italian beef.
Pajano’s Pizza & Subs What’s better than chowing down an Italian beef while watching the sunset with your toes in the sand? Opened in 1971, Pajano’s has been serving its freshlymade $8.95 Chicago-style beef subs for over 50 years and is located right across the street from the beach. But beware, the $8.95 Italian beef sandwiches are only available on the weekend. 1305 Gulf Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach, 727-5958446. pajanospizzaandsubs.com
Mity Nice Before hopping on your plane at Tampa International Airport, stop by Mity Nice to grab a quality, $7.99 Italian beef sand wich. If you don’t have a flight soon or just want to eat it in the comfort of your home, simply order it for delivery on DoorDash. 5944 Benjamin Rd., Tampa, 813-886-4766
Olde Town Pizzeria & Pasta Co. This old-fashioned parlor has pizza, calzones, pasta and most importantly, a juicy Italian beef sandwich. The cozy restaurant also has plenty of TVs, which makes a great spot to catch all your favorite sports games. 115 W Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon, 813-684-4200 oldetownpizzeria.com
Portillo’s Ever since Portillo’s opened its new St. Pete location earlier this year, its Italian beef sandwiches and Chicago-style hot dogs have been the talk of the town—even though there has been a Portillos on Tampa’s Fowler Avenue for a few years now. Regardless, it’s the leading Italian beef sandwichserving chain in the Bay right now for a reason. Multiple locations. portillos.com Rosati’s Pizza With over 200 restaurants across the nation, Rosati’s Italian Beef filled the guts of many pleased customers. With over a third of those locations in its origin state of Illinois, Tampa Bay is lucky to call two their own with Rosati’s in both Oldsmar and Valrico. Multiple locations. rosatispizza.com Second City Eats With its meats directly imported from Chicago, Second City can truly call their Italian beef sandwiches authentic. The pizza restaurant also hosts car shows and plans to open a second location in Hudson later this year. 5446 Grand Blvd.,New Port Richey, 727-807-6542. chgodog.com
Paul’s Chicago Pizza Forget the ‘za, Paul’s has Italian beef, and it’s the #1 selling sandwich on its menu. If you’re extra hungry, ask for it “really stuffed.” Paul’s also offers a beef and sausage combo Italian sandwich and a cheesy, provolone-covered beef sandwich. Paul’s has locations in St. Pete and Clearwater. Multiple locations. paulschicagopizza.com
BULLFROG CREEK BREWING CO. 3632 Lithia Pinecrest Rd., Valrico. 813-703-8835, bull frogcreekbrewing.com
PESKY PELICAN BREW PUB 923 72nd. St. N., St. Petersburg. 727-302-9600, peskypelicanbrewpub.com PINELLAS ALE WORKS 1962 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-235-0970, pawbeer.com
IN THE LOOP BREWING 3338 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-997-9189, intheloopbrewingcompany.com INFUSION BREWING CO. 6345 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. 7272-484-4757 KEEL FARMS AGRARIAN ALE + CIDER 5210 W. Thonotosassa Rd., Plant City. 813-7529100, keelandcurleywinery.com KING STATE 520 E Floribraska Ave., Tampa. 813-221-2100, king-state.com
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SOGGY BOTTOM BREWING 660 Main St., Dunedin. 727-601-1698, soggybottombrew ing.com SOUTHERN BREWING & WINEMAKING 4500 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. southernbrewingwinemaking.com813-238-7800, SOUTHERN LIGHTS BREWING CO. 2075 Sunnydale Blvd., Clearwater. 727-648-4314, southernlightsbrewing.com ST. PETE BREWING COMPANY 544 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-692-8809, stpetebrewingcompany.com
unrefinedbrew ing.com WELTON BREWING
COPP WINERY & BREWERY 7855 W Gulf Lake Highway, Crystal River. 352-228-8103, cop pbrewery.com COPPERTAIL BREWING CO. 2601 E. 2nd Ave., Tampa. 813-247-1500, coppertailbrewing.com
BAY CANNON BEER CO. 2106 W Main St., Tampa. 813-442-5615, baycannon.com
CYCLE BREWING 534 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-320-7954. cyclebrewing.com
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LAGERHAUS BREWERY & GRILL 3438 East Lake Business, Palm Harbor. 727-216-9682, lagerhausbrewery.com
RAPP BREWING COMPANY 10930 Endeavor Way, Seminole. 727-544-1752, rappbrewing.com
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POUR HOUSE 1208 E Kennedy Blvd., Tampa. 813-402-2923, pourhousetampa.com
CLEARWATER BREWING CO. 1700 N. Fort Harrison Ave., Clearwater. clearwaterbrewing company.com
ARKANE ALEWORKS 2480 E. Bay Dr., #23, Largo. 727-270-7117, arkanebeer.com
SCOTTY’S BIERWORKS 901 East Industrial Circle, Cape Coral. 239-888-5482, scottysbierworks.net SEA DOG BREWING 9610 Gulf Blvd., Treasure Island/ 26200 US Highway 19 N, Clearwater. 727-954-7805, seadogbrewing.com
IF I BREWED THE WORLD 2200 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-201-4484, ifibrewedtheworld.com
craftery.com THE WILD ROVER BREWERY 13921
LATE START BREWING 1018 E Cass St., Tampa, latestartbrewing.com
OLDE FLORIDA BREWING 1158 7th St. NW, Largo. 727-2298010, facebook.com/oldefloridabrew
CROOKED THUMB BREWERY 555 10th Ave. S., Safety Harbor. crookedthumbbrew.com727-724-5953, CUENI BREWING CO. 945 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. 727-266-4102, cuenibrewing.com
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER 2244 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-360-0766, stpetearcadebar.com
UNREFINED BREWING 312
DADE CITY BREW HOUSE 14323 7th St., Dade City. 352-218-3122, dadecitybrewhouse.com
5 BRANCHES BREWING 531 Athens St., Tarpon Springs. fivebranchesbrewing.com
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BARRIEHAUS BEER CO. 1403 E 5th Ave., Ybor City. barriehaus.com
COMMERCE BREWING 521 Commerce Drive S, Largo. commercebrewing@gmail.com
BASTET 1951 E Adamo Dr. Suite B, Tampa. bastetbrewing.com
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ANGRY CHAIR 6401 N. Florida Ave., Seminole Heights. 813-238-1122, angrychairbrewing.com
PYE ROAD MEADWORKS 8533 Gunn Hwy., Odessa. 813-510-3500, pyeroad.com
DENTED KEG ALE WORKS 5500 Main St., New Port Richey. 727-232-2582, dentedkegaleworks.com
AVID BREWING 1745 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-388-6756, avidbrew.com
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3 CAR GARAGE 8405 Heritage Green Way, Bradenton. 941-741-8877, 3cargaragebrew ing.com
TWO LIONS WINERY
CAGE BREWING 2001 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-201-4278
GULFPORT BREWERY + EATERY 3007 Beach Blvd., Tampa. facebook.com/GulfportBrewery HIDDEN SPRINGS ALE WORKS 1631 N. Franklin St., Tampa, hiddenspringsaleworks.com813-226-2739, HOB BREWING CO. 931 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. hob.beer
CIGAR CITY BREWING 3924 W. Spruce St., Tampa. 813-348-6363, cigarcitybrewing.com
BREW LIFE BREWING 5765 S. Beneva Rd., Sarasota. 941-952-3831, brewlifebrewing.com
COTEE RIVER BREWING 5760 Main St., New Port Richey. 727-807-6806, coteeriver brewing.com
SWAN BREWING 15 W Pine St., Lakeland. 863-703-0472, swanbrewing.com
MOTORWORKSBREWING 1014 9th Street worksbrewing.com941-567-6218,Bradenton.West,motor MR. DUNDERBAK’S 14929 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa. 813-9774104, dunderbaks.com
OVERFLOW BREWING 70 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-914-0665, facebook.com/ overflowbrewingco OZONA BREWING COMPANY 315 Orange St., Palm Harbor. 920-392-9390, ozonabrewing.com
CARROLLWOOD BREWING CO. 10047 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Suite 23, Tampa. 813-969-2337
STILT HOUSE BREWERY 625 U.S. Hwy Alt. 19, Palm Harbor. 727-270-7373, stilthousebrewery.com
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BEACH ISLAND BREWERY 2058 Bayshore Blvd. Suite 5, Dunedin. 352-541-0616 BIG STORM BREWING CO. Multiple loca tions, bigstormbrewery.com
BAYBORO BREWING CO. 2390 5th Ave. S, St. Petersburg. 727-767-9666, bayborobrewing.com
7VENTH SUN BREWING 1012 Broadway, Dunedin. 727-733-3013/6809 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-231-5900, 7venthsun.com
ULELE SPRING BREWERY 1810
81BAY BREWING CO. 4465 W. Gandy Blvd., Tampa. 813-837-BREW, 81baybrewco.com
GRINDHAUS BREW LAB 1650 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater. 727-240-0804, grindhausbrewlab.com
DEVIANT LIBATION 3800 N Nebraska Ave., 727-379-4677, deviantlibation.com
SARASOTA BREWING COMPANY 6607 Gateway Ave., Sarasota. 941-925-2337, sarasotabrewing.com
BOOTLEGGERS BREWING CO. 652 Oakfield Dr., Brandon. 813-643-9463, bootleggers brewco.com
LIQUID GARAGE CO. 1306 Seven Springs Blvd., New Port Richey. 727-645-5885. theliquidgarage.com
PEPPER BREWING 9366 Oakhurst Rd., Seminole. 727-596-5766, angrypeppertap house.com
CALEDONIA BREWING 587 Main St., Dunedin. 727-351-5105, caledoniabrewing.com CALUSA BREWING 5701 Derek Ave., Sarasota. 941-922-8150, calusabrewing.com
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BRIGHTER DAYS BREW CO. 311 N Safford Ave., Tarpon Springs. 7272-940-2350
CRAFT LIFE BREWING 4624 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-575-8440. facebook. com/CraftLifeBrewing
OFF THE BREWERYWAGON 2107 S Tamiami Trail, Venice. 941-497-2048, otwbar.com
thewildroverbrew ery.com WOODWRIGHT BREWING COMPANY 985 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-238-8717, facebook.com/woodwrightbrewing WOVEN WATER BREWING CO. 456 W Columbus Drive, Tampa. 813-443-9463, woven waterbrew.com YUENGLING BREWING CO. 11111 N 30th St., Tampa. 813-972-8529, yuengling.com ZEPHYRHILLS BREWING COMPANY 38530 5th Ave., Zephyrhills. 813-715-2683, zbcbeer.com ZYDECO BREW WERKS 902 E. 7th Ave., Ybor City. 813-252-4541, facebook.com/ zydecobrewwerks
DARWIN BREWING CO. 803 17th Ave. W., Bradenton. 941-747-1970, darwinbrewingco.com DE BINE BREWING CO. 933 Florida Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-233-7964.
3 DAUGHTERS BREWING 222 22nd St. S., St. Petersburg. 727-495-6002, 3dbrewing.com
CORPORATE LADDER BREWING COMPANY 4935 96th St. E, Palmetto. 941-4794799, corporateladderbrewing.square.site
LEAVEN BREWING 11238 Boyette Rd., Riverview. 813-677-7023, leavenbrewing.com
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BREW HUB 3900 Frontage Rd. S., Lakeland. 863-698-7600, brewhub.com
BIG TOP BREWING 6111 Porter Way, Sarasota. 941-371-2939, bigtopbrewing.com
DISSENT CRAFT BREWING CO. 5518 Haines Rd. N., St. Petersburg. 727-3420255. dissentcraftbrewingfacebook.com/ DUNEDIN BREWERY 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. dunedinbrewery.com727-736-0606, DUNEDIN HOUSE OF BEER 927 Broadway, Dunedin. 727 dunedinhob.com216-6318, EIGHT-FOOT BREWING 4417 SE 16th Place, Cape Coral. eightfootbrewing.com239-984-2655, ESCAPE BREWING CO. 9945 Trinity Blvd., Suite 108, brewingcompany.com727-807-6092,Trinity.escape FLORIDA BREWINGAVENUECO.2029 Arrowgrass Dr., Wesley Chapel. 813-452-6333, flori daavebrewing.com FLORIDA BREWERY 202 Gandy Rd., 863-965-1825Auburndale. STACKS BREWING 5469 N. US HWY 41, Apollo Beach. 813-641-2036, fourstacks brewing.com PAGE BREWING CO. 190 S Florida Ave., Bartow. 863-537-7249, frontpagebrew ing.com CENTRAL BREWHOUSE 2340 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-202-6071, grandcentral brew.com BENCH BREWING COMPANY 1133 Baum Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-800-9836, greenbenchbrewing.com LIQUID BREWING CO. 4824 14th St. W., Bradenton. 941-896-6381, thegoodliquid brewing.com
ROCK BROTHERS BREWING 1901 N. 15th St., Ybor City. 813-241-0110, rockbrothersbrewing.com
SILVERKING BREWING CO. 325 E Lemon St., Tarpon Springs. 727-422-7598, silverking brewing.com SIX TEN BREWING 7052 Benjamin Rd., Tampa. 813-886-0610, sixtenbrewing.com
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ANECDOTE BREWING CO. 321 Gulf Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach. anecdotebrewing.com
MAD BEACH CRAFT BREWING 12945 Village Boulevard, Madeira Beach. 727-362-0008, beachbrewing.commad BREWINGMAGNANIMOUS 1410 Florida Ave., imousbrewing.com813-415-3671,Tampa.magnan MARKER 48 12147 Cortez Blvd, Weeki Wachee. marker48.com352-606-2509, MASTRY’S BREWING CO. 7701 Blind Pass Rd., St. Pete 727-202-8045,Beach.mastrysbrewingco.com
TAP THIS! BAR AND BREWING CO. 10730 US-19, Port Richey. 727-378-4358, tapthisbar.com 1600 E 8th Ave., Ybor City/13933 Monroe’s Business Park, Westchase. 813-2471422, tbbc.beer TEMPLE OF BEER 1776 11th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-350-3055, templeofbeer.com BULLS TAVERN & BREWERY 4330 Bell Shoals Road, Valrico. 813-381-3853, threebullstavern.com BREWING COMPANY Spring Hill Dr., Spring Hill. 352-701-1602, tidalbrewingfl.com WATERS BREWING 670 Main St., Safety Harbor. 727-221-9973, troubledwatersbeer.com BREWING COMPANY E. Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. facebook.com/twofrogsbrewing727-940-6077, & PALM HARBOR BREWERY 1022 Georgia Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-786-8039, twolionswinery.com N. Highland Ave., Tampa. 813-999-4952, ulele.com E Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-940-4822, CO. 2624 O’ Lakes Blvd., O’Lakes. 813-820-0050, thebrew Lynmar Blvd., Tampa. 813-475-5995,
3 KEYS BREWING 2505 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton. 951-218-0396, 3keysbrewing.com
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Tampa Museum of Art 120 W Gasparilla Plaza., Tampa. tampamuseum.org Ybor City Museum State Park 1818 E 9th Ave., Ybor City. floridastateparks.org
Hillsborough
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts 400 North Ashley Dr., Tampa. fmopa.org Glazer Children’s Museum 110 W Gasparilla Plaza., Tampa. glazermuseum.org
Pinellas
The Dalí 1 Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg. thedali.org Dunedin Fine Art Center 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin. dfac.org Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum 2240 9th Ave S, St. Petersburg. woodsonmuseum.org Fairgrounds 800 28th St. S, St. Petersburg. fairgrounds.art Florida Holocaust Museum 55 5th St S, St. Petersburg. thefhm.org
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Great Explorations Children’s Museum 1925 4th St N, St. Petersburg. greatex.org Imagine Museum 1901 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. imaginemuseum.com
The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art 150 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. thejamesmuseum.org Morean Arts Center 719 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. moreanartscenter.org Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement 355 4th Street N, St. Petersburg. museumaacm.org Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr. NE, St. Petersburg. mfastpete.org St. Petersburg Museum of History 335 2nd Ave NE, St. Petersburg. spmoh.com Tarpon Springs Heritage Museum 100 Beekman Ln., Tarpon Springs. tarponarts.org
Tampa Bay is home to more museums than we can list. But whether you’re new to the area or just looking to reconnect with the gallery scene, here are some of the big’uns. Make sure to contact each museum to get the most updated health and safety protocols.
Henry B. Plant Museum 401 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa. plantmuseum.com J.C. Newman Cigar Company 2701 N 16th St., Ybor City. jcnewman.com Museum of Science & Industry 4801 E Fowler Ave., Tampa. mosi.org Tampa Bay History Center 801 Water St., Tampa. tampabayhistorycenter.org
Beyond Polk Museum of Art 800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland. polkmuseumofart.org Ringling Museum 5401 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota. ringling.org
Rollins Museum of Art 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. rollins.edu/rma
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Tampa arts hub Labyrinth Studios could still use your help after fire-related damage
A recent fire at Seminole Heights’ Blind Tiger cafe has left its neighbor, Labyrinth Studios, in need of some help. Labyrinth, located at 4306 N Florida Ave., has become a hub for Tampa’s creative community over the last two years and most notably hosts the monthly Heightened Senses party. Inside, founder Ali Norman houses vintage printing presses alongside work by a slew from local artists who’ve come to know the studio as a safe place for seasoned, emerging and even brand-new artists to explore theirAscraft.aresult of the fight to put out the fire, Labyrinth became flooded and suffered extensive water damage. Norman was able to salvage a lot of the art, but needs at least $10,000 to help recoup and repair the dam age. A GoFundMe hit that goal in less than 24 hours, but will remain open until Friday, Aug. 27. “I am so touched by the outpouring of love and support from the community! As always I am full of GRATITUDE!!!! it’s been a scary and emotional time at @labyrinth.tampa, but you all have filled my heart with joy,” Norman wrote on social media. Another Heightened Senses party on Thursday, Aug. 25 to help advance the recovery.—Ray Roa Kevin Smith heads to Tampa Theatre this fall for special ‘Clerks III’ screening The newest chapter of the 1994 cult classic indie film “Clerks” is coming to Tampa Theatre this October. “Clerks III: The Convenience Tour” will happen at the theater Oct. 23 and feature a live post-show Q&A session with writer and director Kevin Smith who also stars as Silent Bob in the film. Smith’s 1994 low-budget black-and-white comedy follows store clerks Dante Hicks and Randal Graves through a day in their lives dealing with customers and friends. “Clerks III” revisits Randal and Dante as the pair set out to make a film about the convenience store following Randal’s life-threatening heart attack. Like many of Smith’s films, “Clerks III” is somewhat autobiographical, mirroring the aftermath of his own heart attack in 2018. “Clerks” launched Smith’s career, winning the Award of the Youth and the Mercedes-Benz Award at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and the Filmmakers Trophy at Sundance Film Festival. In 2019, it was selected for preser vation in the National Film Registry as being culturallyTicketssignificant.fortheshow and Q&A session are on sale now starting at $35 from Tampa Theatre. More information and tickets can be found via tampatheatre.org.—Chloe Greenberg
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The aquarium’s first-ever expansion proj ect will consist of three phases, beginning in January of 2023 and scheduled to finish in 2025. Phase I, expected to be complete in 2023, will transform the Mosaic Center’s existing ballroom into a 3,700-square-foot rotating and dynamic special exhibit hall. Phase II, slated for 2024, will add a rocky coast, kelp forest and 45,000-gallon deep dive pool habitat featuring puffins, Atlantic salmon and other large fish species. Phase III, expected to cap off the expansion plan in 2025, will bring a 200,000-gallon, three-space interconnected habitat to the outdoor plaza that will house sea lions and feature underwater viewing and overlook seating, as well as 39,500-gallon habi tat for a colony of up to 30 African penguins.
“We are reinvigorating The Florida Aquarium by creating innovative and immersive habitats and exhibits, providing capti vating guest experiences, and expanding our dynamic animal collection that advances our com mitment to saving wildlife and wild places,” said Roger Germann, president and CEO. “Today we take a major step forward in building the world-class aquarium that Tampa BayThedeserves.”creative design for the expansion proj ect will be led by esteemed architectural design firm Space Haus, who also helped design The Shedd Aquarium, National Aquarium of New Zealand, and the Dallas and Kansas City Zoos. The expansion project is The Florida Aquarium’s first since its opening in 1995 and is a result of historic visitor attendance and growing marketplace in recent years.
Florida Aquarium to embark on $40-million expansion. By Max Steele T ampa is about to get some new residents and luckily, they already have their hous ing situation figured out. Last week, The Florida Aquarium announced a $40-milliondollar expansion plan that will bring several new exhibits to the aquatic center, including the west coast of Florida’s first-ever Californian sea lions, African penguins and puffins.
Last year, seven penguins mysteriously died at The Florida Aquarium. The aquarium says this project will continue to help its commit ment to preserving endangered species and conservation efforts.
SEA LIONS, PENGUINS AND PUFFINS—OH MY! Renovations at Florida Aquarium will begin in early 2023 and are expected to finish by 2025. C/O SPACE HAUS
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Jameis Winston Look, if you’re going first overall, there are going to be a certain number of expectations. And Winston failed to meet them, plain and simple. Did the Bucs help matters at all by following up his 2015 draft with that aforementioned 2016 draft where their first three picks ended up being absolute duds who are no longer in the league, and a 2017 draft where both of their first two picks didn’t work out? No, but Winston still did not perform up to the billing of a number one pick.
OJ Howard OJ seemed like a slam dunk of a pick at the time. The Bucs were coming off a 9-7 season, they had a young, talented roster, and OJ was certainly a really interesting tight end in that year’s draft class. Unfortunately he just never could stay healthy, and he’s now a Buffalo Bill follow ing the expiration of his rookie deal. People seem to forget that OJ was a first rounder, and was drafted ahead of some supremely talented guys (TJ Watt, Tre’Davious White, Buddy Baker, just to make a few).
NO. 1: If you’re going first overall, there are going to be a certain number of expectations
Roberto Aguayo This was a no-brainer. Aguayo was not only a kicker picked in the second round who the Bucs traded up to draft, he was also cut after one very lousy sea son. If there was ever an example of getting too cute with a pick, this is it. The Bucs had their own awful experiences with kickers due to the Matt Bryant curse, but spending a second round pick on the position was never going to solve that prob lem. Dark times, dark times indeed.
Vernon Hargreaves III Yeah, that 2016 draft was atrocious. The former Gator ended up spending three-and-a-half seasons in a Bucs uniform, never quite figuring out how to be a corner in the NFL despite having an incredibly successful college career. It was a tough thing to see for a local guy, as Hargreaves attended Wharton High in New Tampa before attend ing the University of Florida. Both Aguayo and Hargreaves are currently not on any NFL rosters, although the latter was on the AFC Champion Bengals last season.
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The worst draft picks by Bucs GM Jason Licht. By Carter Brantley There are too many awful picks to count in Bucs history. We recently discussed the best draft picks in Bucs history. So, it’s only appropriate that we also consider the other end of the spectrum; the worst draft picks. Unfortunately, Bucs history is filled with so many awful decisions in the draft that it’s tough to sort through them all. So we’ll focus on the current GM, Jason Licht, and his own misfor tunes when it comes to draft decisions.
Noah Spence Despite having a rookie year where he racked up 5.5 sacks, Spence recorded only a single sack for the rest of his short-lived Bucs career. It certainly does not help that Derrick Henry and Michael Thomas were selected behind him in the second round of that now-infamous-inBucs-lore 2016 draft, but even without that, Spence was a bust. He just never quite put all the pieces together to become even a serviceable edge rusher, and he left the Bucs for Washington in 2019.
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By Ray Roa A t this point, anyone driving on the stretch of Interstate-275 near Cypress Avenue that hasn’t seen the billboard featuring Sam E Hues is probably looking down at their phone.
“I started a lot of songs but didn’t finish too many of them. But then I met Guy Average,” Hues explained, referencing a producer who was at Five 5 working on other projects. “I would overhear him working. We linked up and it clicked, today I would say he’s one of my closest friends.”
It’s hard to miss thanks to the 33-year-old’s per fectly bald head and meticulously-manicured, fiery red beard. If you’ve paid attention to the gruff-voiced Tampa Bay rapper over the last four years, it should come as no surprise that he’s going big for another album release. Three years ago Hues took to Skipper’s Smokehouse and staged the storied blues ven ue’s first-ever rap show where he also turned the stage into the mouth of a tiger. The scene underneath the Skipperdome was unprece dented, complete with live podcast tapings and a cadre of Hues’ favorite emcees warming up the 40-year-old stage before a full band, com plete with horns, helped Hues show Easy Tiger to his fans for the very first time. This weekend, Hues is set to do it again in a different venue, Ybor City’s Centro Asturiano, where just he and scene favorite DJ Qeys will take to the 120-year-old venue’s stage and pres ent the rapper’s most fully-realized album to date, When Tigers Used To Smoke “I chose Centro for a few reasons. For one, the halls smell of tobacco and cigars, the smell adds to the experience,” Hues told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “I knew I wanted a theater the moment I started the album.” To be clear, Hues’ brain seems to always think about nearly all the ancillary elements of his art, and how the details complement each other at every turn of a project, all at the same time. For this show, he even played carpenter and literally helped build the stage elements. Ahead of the video shoot for lead sin gle “Outside,” Hues and his team painted his St. Petersburg home hot pink, replanted flower beds, installed thicker grass then painted it green, and even hand-dyed overalls the guest artist wore—all to get the color palette just right. The day after shooting, he painted his house back to its normal color.
SLOW DOWN: The pace of Sam E Hues’ latest mirrors his artistic evolution.
cltampa.com | AUGUST 25 - 31, 2022 | 43 REVIEWS PROFILES MUSIC WEEK CAJINAIVANA INTERVIEW Sam E Hues ‘When Tigers Used To Smoke’ album release w/Barely Legal/Jay Browne/Junkyrd/Scxtt Aye/ Nico Sweet/more. Saturday, Aug. 27. 7 p.m. $15$50. Centro Asturiano de Tampa 1913 N Nebraska Ave., Ybor City samehues.com
When Tigers Used To Smoke is the spark of a journey. Hues and his business partners have started an LLC and hope to roll out fashion ele ments, along with home goods, large scale art, experiences and maybe even culinary projects (Flan Factory across the street from Centro Asturiano is selling a signature When Tigers Used To Smoke dessert). A lot more music in on the horizon, too. In the meantime, Hues invites the com munity to watch him peel back all the layers of who he is as part of an immersive experi ence complete with a curated menu by Filipino pop-up kitchen Lucky Tigre, photobooth run by downtown Tampa studio WTRcooler, and other surprise elements. And while When Tigers Used To Smoke is very much about the transformation of Sam E Hues, the rapper’s community will very much drive the action. Openers are, again, all his current favorites and represent the different energy on the album. And under his direction, Hues’ collaborators will be the ones holding him up the whole time.
“It takes a team to execute a large vision, I just believe I’m more open about it. I’m proud of the people I work with, most of them are like family,” he said. “I think the biggest miscon ception is that there is such a thing as a solo artist. No one can do it all on their own.”
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It took a village to help peel back all the layers of Sam E Hues.
“The neighbors were driving by all week just watching me do it,” he laughed. Hues also joked about how his mom’s voice— which appeared on past records to give advice or just crack one liners—didn’t make it to the tape this time. “I’m giving her a break for this one, but you she’s always close by,” he said. Mom being on the sideline isn’t the only thing different about this outing. Unlike pas work, the 30-minute effort is also devoid of any unambiguous love songs directed at his muse and longtime partner (instead, the album’s title is a nod to Korean folklore and storytelling, an homage to her culture and background). Hues’ move to forgo backup singers, guitars and horns in his live setup is also no accident. More than any of his past work, When Tigers Used To Smoke is the most accurate representation of who Hues, the individual, is at the moment of the Afterrelease. his Cruise Control Radio EP—a 2020 release built around the concept of a trip to the cor ner store, and timed exactly to the length of the car ride—Hues shuffled his cards, spending the last three years working on other projects includ ing Ybor’s since-shuttered Dojo Sounds and now-thriving Five 5 Studios, which he co-owns. He also co-wrote for and helped manage “The Voice” country star Kenzie Wheeler. Inevitably, Hues started making music for himself again before finding himself stuck.
Average produced the entirety of When Tigers Used To Smoke. Together, he and Hues started 20 songs, finished 14 and settled on 11 tracks that Maxx Forman mastered to seamlessly weave in an out of each other in a slow-building release that culminates in a three-song suite of party-ready, quintes sentially Southern, hip-hop (“Same Thing” even features local Jagjaguwar signees They Hate“TheChange).slow burn was intentional. It’s me burning one version of myself and revealing another,” Hues said. The layers and different chapters, mistakes, dues paid, good and bad times, are all there. “It also took me a lifetime to be me, so slow felt right.”
But don’t mistake slow for insubstantial.
“No one can do it all on their own.”
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FRI 26 Damien Escobar On the surface, this looks like a violin concert, but Escobar’s been through a lot on his road to Tampa. After find ing success on “America’s Got Talent” and with his Nuttin’ but Stringz duo, he lost all momentum and looked like a forgotten star.
The Black Keys w/Band Of Horses/ Early James After skipping big arenas on a “world tour” that stopped at Jannus Live, The Black Keys are back in big rooms for a summer stop at the ol’ Gary amp. The band, support ing a new album Dropout Boogie, will be joined by Alabama songwriter Fredrick James Mullis Jr.—aka Early James—who’s signed to Easy Eye Sound, the studio-label of Keys guitarist Dan Auerbach. Also opening for the Keys is Band of Horses, which absolutely slayed at this year’s Gasparilla Music Festival. (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
C Joe Buck Yourself w/Twisty Chris and the Puddin’ Packs/Jack Sprouse If you ever caught Hank Williams III with the Damn Band, Jim Finklea—a.k.a. Joe Buck—might have been slapping the double bass in the corner. Now that the group is three quarters of a decade gone, the Jacksonville coun try punk is playing a few southeast gigs this summer, including this one that’s a border line homecoming concert. Two of Finklea’s albums, Who Dat and Piss And Vinegar were recently issued on vinyl, so keep an eye on the merch tables if wax is your bag. (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
The Final Blue House Show feat. Access Granted/Ortrotasce/Tetanus Charlie/SpoiledChaunces/Chlorinefields/SportsJunior/Mode/Rat/Sangin/AlexHoman
St. Petersburg has a strong history with house shows (R.I.P. Shangri-La), and another one says farewell this weekend. Some of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s favorite indieadjacent new finds of the year (Sports Mode, plus Ortrotasce and Chlorinefields) are on the bill for this one where, yes, you’ll have to DM somebody to get the deets. (Blue House, St. Petersburg)
Planet Booty w/Swell Rell/Symphonic Pheenix Force Oakland quartet Planet Booty has yet to bring the sexy lyrics and party-hard sounds of its latest record Yes to Florida, but it’s taking a little extra time for the boys to prepare for a stop here. “We’ve been wrestling gators, humping oranges, and saying the word GAY as loud and proud as we can in preparation for our first stop to the Sunshine State in over 3 years,” the band said in a Twitter post ahead of what appears to be the group’s Tampa debut. Nerdcore rapper Swell Rell and local punny hip-hop group Symphonic Pheenix Force open. (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Whamo Night feat. Nate Lundy/Pilot Waves/Bisganye/King Bee St. Pete’s Blue House says goodbye to the house show scene this weekend, but if you can’t get over the bridge, a Tampa DIY venue is hosting a rock and blues-centric gig that kicks off at 8 p.m. DM someone playing the show for the address. (Sligh Station, Tampa) SAT 27
Groovefest 2022 feat. Road To Nowhere/The Snozzberries/The Battered Chicken Band With the recent announcement that Tropical Heatwave is coming back next year, community radio station WMNF 88.5-FM is reviving an event that lines up with its Tuesday night Trip Strip programming which features rock groups that go back 60 years, as well as jam bands, and bops to get high to in general. Road To Nowhere—a local, well-loved Talking Heads tribute band—headlines Groovefest, along with modern psychedelic after-party legends The Snozzberries, and The Battered Chicken Band, which plays classic rock songs that By Josh Bradley & Ray Roa C
In the time since, however, the Jamaicanborn instrumentalist found a second wind, earned a NAACP Image Award nomination and saw his first album gain a loyal audience that’s fallen in love with his story of persever ance and Sensual Melodies. (Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) Hotel Fiction w/Rohna/MAK When two of Tampa’s best new indie-pop bands come together on a support bill, you take a listen to the headliner. That’s what’s happening when Athens, Georgia duo Hotel Fiction arrives with feel good pop for fans of Vanessa Carlton, Haim, First Aid Kid and even Harry Styles. (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
The O’Jays w/Gerald Alston and the Manhattans/Shirley Murdock While we’re not sure if the original O’Jays—and newish kid Eric Grant—regret giving permission for “For The Love Of Money” to serve as the theme song to “The Apprentice,” the classic soul group is ready to call it a day. Joined by ‘70s R&B star Gerald Alston and Lionel Richie collaborator Shirley Murdock, the boys from Ohio only have a few dates left on this farewell tour, which wraps up in Memphis next month. Who knows? Maybe you’ll see Donald Trump in the front row. (Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
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C Lauren Flax w/Brian Busto/Mayan Cxllective EDM fans who don’t have time for looking out for one another might want to tune out (those don’t exist do they?). Flax considers herself an activist before a pro ducer, thanks to her work with the Last Night A Deejay Saved My Life harm reduction organization which literally saves clubbers’ lives by offering training on opioid over dose response. And while her clean, usually hard-charging acid techno breaks from formulaic dance music labels shove down the throats of listeners, what you hear on record will be significantly different from what Flax gives you on the dance floor. Don’t expect drops and buildups, but work informed by her travels through dance music strongholds— Flax was born in Detroit and has worked and lived in both Chicago and Brooklyn—and bolstered by classic drum sounds and patterns from the foundations of house and electro. It’s cerebral stuff that's satisfying spin after spin, and this show a chance to see a DJ Mag cover star within the walls of what’s perhaps Tampa’s most legendary club. (The Castle, Ybor City)
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$uicideboy$ w/Ski Mask The Slump God/$not/Maxo Kream/DJ Scheme If Trick Daddy’s weekend 25th anniversary is a throwback to a golden era in Southern hip-hop, then this one from New Orleans duo $uicideboy$ is a look at the genre’s Post Malone-loving, Soundcloud-trolling emohorrorcore future. Funny thing about the haters who won’t tune into the underground group gone big is that they’re missing out on some serious allusions to groups like Three 6 Mafia, which is a touchstone of the $uicideboy$ sound. (Yuengling Center, Tampa)
Over the last few weeks, Floridian Social Club has staged what it’s calling State Theatre-style throwback shows showcasing local musi cians who might’ve graced the stage at the venue which last occupied 687 Central Ave. This week, it’s indie-pop songwriter Jordan Esker who promises that his band will sound “the best we ever have.” That’s bold considering the fact that Esker almost always sound pristine whenever his mouth hits the mic. (Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg)
C Lil Blue Room: NDO w/Tilde/Coach Tev/Jordan Patrick/DeCarlo Tatum Jr./ more Georgia collective Creatives After Dark is in town this weekend and staging a show featuring a pair of beloved locals (R&B song writer NDO, producer Jordan Patrick) joined by two of Atlanta’s bright underground stars—experimental afro pop producer Tilde and rapper DeCarlo Tatum Jr.—plus smooth Dallas emcee Coach Tev and others. Between this and the Sam E Hues album release on the same night (read more on p. 43), Tampa’s hip-hop scene is alive and well. (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
C Santana w/Earth, Wind, and Fire Carlos Santana recently collapsed onstage due to heat exhaustion and dehydration, leav ing fans in a worrisome state. Good news is that the 75-year-old guitar legend seems to have healed up, and after a two-year delay, will finally fulfill plans to close his Miraculous Supernatural 2022 tour with Earth, Wind & Fire at the ol’ Gary. After this gig, it’s off to Vegas for Santana, who is set to hold down residen cies at the House of Blues this fall. Mr. “Oye Como Va” better drink a lot of water at this one. (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
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46 | AUGUST 25 - 31, 2022 | cltampa.com aren’t played live by other local cover bands. So, if you want to dance to “Don’t Stop Believin’” or “Livin’ On A Prayer,” this gig ain’t for you. (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
Environmentalists say the Sunshine State’s swamps are the key to saving ourselves from annihilation. Listen to the music of coastal cow boy Staska and you’ll be get closer to becoming a believer. The songwriter crawled out from the wetlands of Loxahatchee and arrives at this brunch get down with a full band to help him play a one-of-a-kind brand of “sunburnt folk-rock.” Zack Hoag of fellow sunkissed, but noir-ish, Florida surf-rock band Fayroy, opens. (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
C Trick Daddy w/CeeLo Green/Juvenile/ Trina/Plies Trick Daddy’s 2021 Tampa gig ahead of the Super Bowl was at a strip club, but one from the Miami rapper’s is more accessible. It’s a good thing, too, since it's celebrating the 25th anniversary for his debut full-length Based on a True Story. To help him eat cake, the 47-year-old has assembled a bonafide all-star lineup with more surprises in store. (Yuengling Center, Tampa)
UB40 w/The Original Wailers featuring Al Anderson/Maxi Priest/Big Mountain We’ve lost track of how many versions of The Wailers there are, and which Marley plays with which lineup. The one with Bob-era guitarist Al Anderson hasn’t partied down to Tampa Bay in a hot minute, but to make up for lost time, Al and company will coheadline with an Ali Campbell-free version of UB40, high off the release of last year’s Bigga Baggariddim album. Here’s hoping that in the wake of longtime member Astro’s death, Campbell will whip together some kind of trib ute concert that reunites him with his band. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
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WED 31 Oliver Tree w/Jawny and Huddy If you thought wardrobe changes and wigs were for divas only, then let Oliver Tree change your mind. The 29-year-old comedian-musician swears his hair is real, which I’ll only believe if I get to pull it, but his appeal to festival goers and tweens is undeniable. His latest, February’s Cowboy Tears , puts a Stetsonn on more of the meme-powered schtick that’s made Tree popular, and you need not go to this show if you take yourself too seriously. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
C Michael Franti and Spearhead Despite lyrics full of positivity and hope, Franti has been to hell and back in his adult life. In 2018, the barefoot musician told CL Tampa about his mother’s stroke, and his son’s need for a kidney transplant. Thankfully, both survived each health-related adversity, and while Franti still keeps close, his latest record Follow Your Heart focuses on needing each other and not taking anything for granted. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
TUE 30 C Health w/Perturbator/Secret Sects Before “Stranger Things” brought synth pop back, Frenchman James Kent—aka Perturbator—helped move the genre forward by blending the sounds of Pet Shop Boys and Tears For Fears with modern day heavy metal and screamo. His latest, Final Light , is an hom age to primarily the latter, which makes him the perfect addition to the “Heaven and Hell” tour headlined by Health. The L.A. noise rock pioneer’s new album Disco 4 :: Part II is the kind of record you lose yourself to in the club. With cameos from Lamb of God and early tourmates Nine Inch Nails, the band simultaneously nods at its legendary status in the scene and looks forward with noise-rap tracks featuring Backxwash and Ho99o9. (The Ritz, Ybor City)
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Ybor City is turning into Babetown for a day this Lovefall.Your Rebellion’s annual femmeforward celebration of rock and roll and activism comes back to Tampa on Nov. 19 when Babefest 2022 takes over Crowbar in Ybor City. Garage-rock favorite L.A. Witch plays its first Bay area show in five years as part of the festivities, and tickets go on sale Friday, Aug. 26 at 10 a.m. for $20. Additional acts will be announced in the weeks leading up to the festival.
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Babefest last landed at Crowbar when it brought Chastity Belt to Tampa for its only Florida tour. Founded by Angela Page in 2016, Babefest expanded out of Ft. Myers by staging shows in St. Petersburg and Tampa Heights over the last seven years. The festival’s parent organization, Love Your Rebellion, has a mission “to empower mar ginalized groups through the arts, including women, immigrants, people of color, people from queer and trans communities, people from low-income communities, and people with disabilities.” It achieves the goals by employing musicians and artists from marginalized groups in the arts and assisting people from marginalized groups via low-cost or free access to music, art, writing, and therapeutic arts.
See Josh Bradley’s weekly roundup of new concert announcements below.—Ray Roa Lil Blue Room feat. NDO/Tilde/Jordan Patrick/Osiris Wolf/Coach Tev/The Greenhouse/Champ Santiago/DeCarlo Tatum Jr and Damain OG/more Saturday, Aug. 27. 8 p.m. $15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa Johanna Warren w/JuliaPowell/Laverty Wednesday, Sept. 21. 7 p.m. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa Maylene and the Sons Of Disaster w/ Gideon Thursday, Sept. 22. 7 p.m. $25. Orpheum, Tampa TL Jentgens Friday, Sept. 30. 8 p.m. $15. Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg The Knocks w/Cannons/Juliana Madrid Wednesday, Oct. 5. 8 p.m. $30 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City Priest w/Cold Medicine/TBA Friday, Oct. 14. 7 p.m. $20. Crowbar, Ybor City In Flames w/Born of Osiris/Darkest Hour/Hammerhedd Monday, Oct. 17. 7 p.m. $35-$129. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Anees Tuesday, Oct. 18. 8 p.m. $25-$125. Crowbar, Ybor City Max and Iggor Cavalera Thursday, Oct. 21. 7 p.m. $29.50. Orpheum, Tampa Me First And The Gimme Gimmes w/ Surfbort/The Black Tones Friday, Oct. 21. 6:30 p.m. $21.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Frankie and the Witch Fingers w/Kairos Creature Club/Liquid Pennies Saturday, Oct. 22. 8 p.m. $15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa John Petrucci w/Meanstreak Saturday, Oct. 22. 8 p.m. $34.50-$99.50. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Signals Midwest w/Bob Nanna Thursday, Oct. 27. 7 p.m. $15. Microgroove, Tampa Jeffrey Martin Friday, Oct. 28. 8 p.m. $15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa Four Year Strong w/Knuckle Puck/ Microwave/Youth Fountain Friday, Nov. 4. 6 p.m. $25. Orpheum, Tampa Copeland w/TBA Saturday, Nov. 12. 7 p.m. $22.50. Orpheum, Tampa The Plot In You w/Silent Planet/Avoid/ Cane Hill Tuesday, Nov. 15. 6 p.m. $15. Orpheum, Tampa The Millennium Tour: Turned Up! feat. Bow Wow/Mario/Keri Hilson/Lloyd/ Pleasure P/Bobby V/Sammie/Ying Yang Twins/Dem Franchize Boyz/more Friday, Nov. 18. 8 p.m. $59.50 & up. Amalie Arena, Tampa Rising Appalachia w/Jungle Man Sam Saturday, Nov. 19. 7 p.m. $35. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Five Finger Death Punch w/Brantley Gilbert Tuesday, Nov. 22. 6:30 p.m. $25.75 & up. Amalie Arena, Tampa Soen Saturday, Dec. 3. 7 p.m. Prices TBA. Crowbar, Ybor City Tesla Thursday, Jan. 19. 8 p.m. $70 & up. Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa Cancellations/reschedules: The Bombpops at Orpheum, Aug. 31 Canceled L.A. Witch
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The first card was the Page of Pentacles. Page energy is always very youthful and pure, and in the workhorse suit of the Pentacles, a Page is someone eager to show what they’ve learned. This could mean your niece needs validation. It might be for her hard work at school or for her efforts in a creative pursuit, or it might just be her feel ings. Whatever it is, she needs validation right now because I think she’s feeling overwhelmed. Adolescence is generally an overwhelming time, even for the most well-adjusted child. Raging hormones have you crying or picking at your face, your classmates can say the absolute cruelest shit to you unprovoked, and you’re made to feel like you have to have your entire life figured out before you graduate high school. (If any teens are reading this: YOU DON’T!) That’s the feeling of the Eight of Wands, com ing in hot. Your niece needs validation, someone to talk to when she’s overwhelmed, and the empathy and trust that comes with the Strength card. You mention in your letter that her mother is “unrea sonably strict,” and you’re worried that she’ll get kicked out of the house for doing teenage things. She probably doesn’t feel like her mother trusts her, nor does she trust her mother. That’s a hard place to be in as a teen. So what can you do about it? Unfortunately, not a lot. For you, we have two Major Arcana cards, the Wheel of Fortune reversed and the Tower. The Wheel of Fortune is a card that has to do with both fate and karma, and in this situation, you might feel like it’s your duty to take care of your niece. And I get it—she’s your family now, she’s young, she’s struggling, and you want the best for her. But The Tower is here to show us that some times, shit is just out of our control. For this case, you just have to surrender to the facts. Yes, things are going bad with her mom. Things might be rocky with dad, too. I don’t know. Yes, your niece is “acting out.” No, you can’t just move her into your house. Even if her mother allowed her to live with you, you would still need to be granted guardianship in order to make any big deci sions—like signing her up for therapy. And even if she did and you had guardianship for your niece, and you set up a wonderful room in your home for her and got her new clothes and makeup and a therapist, she still might run away to go live with her dad. You don’t know and don’t have much power here. But what we do have here in the Queen of Pentacles, the generous mother. You can absolutely give your niece validation for her feelings. You can recognize her hard work. You can take her out to lunch, listen to her, and give her the gifts of time and attention. Having an adult who gives a shit about you and takes you seriously is an incredible thing to have as a teenager, and I’m a firm believer that the more healthy adults in a kid’s life, the It’sbetter.worth noting that the Queen and Page are of the same suit. There’s a connection between you and your niece, and your niece might admire you. You’re in a unique position because your niece might listen to you and take what you say to heart in a way she wouldn’t with just any adult. You have the power to show her compassion, empathy and trust in a way that lets her feel seen. That’s tremendous. So be VERY thoughtful with what you say to her and how you interact with her because you can make a difference that way. Now, will your niece possibly say some thing smug and piss you off enough that you don’t want to talk to her that much? Of course. Teenagers can be monsters. But you’re the adult here, and even if you think she’s not “grateful” for the compassionate attention, you still need to do it. Because if you can keep an open line of communication with her where she feels loved and validated and doesn’t feel judged, you can really help her.
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—Anxious Auntie Cards for what the niece needs right now: Page of Pentacles, Eight of Wands, Strength (reversed) Cards for what you can do as her aunt: Wheel of Fortune (reversed), The Tower, Queen of Pentacles Dear Auntie, thank you for writing in, and I’m sorry that your niece isn’t doing well right now. As we enter the two-and-a-half year mark of the pandemic, it’s important to remember that we’re also in a shadow pandemic for mental health, and this crisis is particularly affecting adolescents. The kids aren’t alright, on the whole, making it espe cially hard for a teen struggling with other issues. I took the liberty to add a question to your question because I’m not sure I could give you advice on how to help if I didn’t know what your niece needed. (And I might be wrong! Directly ask!)
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Dear Oracle, through marriage, I have a teen age niece who’s having a hard time. She lives with her mom, and that relationship is rocky. (I know all teens fight with their parents, but this one is particularly rocky, and her mom is unreasonably strict, IMO.) She recently told me that she wants to move out to live with her dad. Her dad doesn’t have any parental rights/custody due to being a terrible dude so I don’t think any court would allow that to happen. However, she is starting to “act out” in ways that teens do, and I’m worried that her mom will either kick her out of the house or run away to her dad’s. Short of having her move in with us (not feasible), what is the best way to help my teenage niece?
You’ve either had a terrible run of bad luck—assuming you’ve dated more than ten men—or you’ve set your standards impossibly high. Some food for thought: perhaps you think you want a long-term relationship because you were told that’s what you’re supposed to want—you were told that’s what all good people want—but you actually don’t want a long-term relationship. They don’t make you happy. But instead of telling yourself that you’re a good person who prefers short-term relationships and/or being alone, you’ve set your standards so high—you’ve dialed them up to sabotage— because you want to be alone. And instead of owning that about yourself, you find fault in the men you date. P.S. There’s no settling down without settling for. Is there any way to enjoy anal while having a hemorrhoid? Nope, sorry. You need to wait for it to heal. I’m a 36-year-old man. If I get too psyched out to stay hard for (extremely rare) anal with my wife, should I just get some Viagra? Well, that depends. Does your wife like long anal sex sessions? If the answer to that ques tion is yes, then Viagra could help. Because in addition to helping you get and stay hard, Viagra and other ED meds can delay orgasm. But if your wife doesn’t like long anal sex ses sions—if she generally wants you to hurry the fuck up and get the assfucking over with—last ing longer could make those already rare anal sex sessions rarer still. Maybe try a cockring instead?
Cockrings are great; I recommended them to another reader five second ago. But while a snug-but-not-too-tight cockring can help keep a penis-haver’s penis hard by gently restrict ing blood flow out of the penis-haver’s penis, cockrings don’t make penis-havers “last longer,” e.g., they don’t delay ejaculation. (Cockring 101: Gentle restriction is good; trapping blood in the penis is not. Cockrings should be snug, not tight.)
For those that like to fuck outside on hikes and while camping… should we be wary of trail cams or GoPros people are hiding in trees for whatever reason? How to spot them?
I met a guy that is very gifted at giving me multiple orgasms, but I have a hard time get ting him to come at all. Any advice?
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If you’ve already tried all the standardissue advice to treat premature ejaculation (which I’ve covered before and don’t have the space to re-re-re-rehearse in a Quickies col umn), an ED med like Viagra might help (for the reasons mentioned above); a low-dose SSRI is also an effective treatment for premature ejaculation.P.S.Whenever someone writes “penis-haver” my slightly dyslexic brain reads “penis-halver,” as in, someone who cuts a penis in half—which some people in the body modification commu nity have done, and bon(e) appetit to anyone brave enough to do a Google image search.
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If people are doing that—if people are hid ing cameras on popular hiking trails—well, then you should indeed be wary. Hike the beaten path, don’t fuck on it. An ex-boyfriend is see ing trans prostitutes. Do I tell his current wife IF an opportunity to do so should arise? And it will, as we live on a small island. I would’ve wanted to know if we were still together. Should she not be offered the same? If you truly live on a small island—small enough that everyone knows everyone else’s business but large enough to have more than one trans sex worker—then your ex-boyfriend’s wife is gonna find out sooner or later. But even if it means she finds out a little later, it would be better if she found out from someone other than you. Assuming your ex’s wife doesn’t already know and approve, if the bearer of bad news is a bitter ex—or someone who can easily be cast as one—your ex-boyfriend will have a much easier time convincing his wife that it isn’t true. Better she should hear it from the vicar.
I’m a gay boy in the big city and I want to start doing sex work as a side gig. But I have no idea how to start. First steps?
First steps: get vaccinated against monkey pox, Hep A and B, and HPV, and get on PrEP. Then talk with other people who are doing or have done sex work. There are a lot of sex workers on Twitter; most aren’t there to solicit
If he doesn’t want to come, don’t make him. No problem. But if he’s not coming because you want to make him come with your own hand, pussy, or mouth and he can’t come that way, then there is a problem here, and it’s you. Give him permission to enjoy oral and PIV and whatever else you both enjoy before finishing himself off with the same skilled hands he’s using to get you off. Problem solved. What is the best lube for anal sex with sen sitive skin?
Tips for helping a penis-haver last lon ger when penetrating other than cockrings? (Cockrings are great, but they don’t help with longevity.)
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I’m a 40-year-old female, cis-het. I have very discerning tastes in men, and always end up alone. Any way to be more open without sacri ficing my standards?
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