Blogs from St Petersburg, Florida, United States, North America - page 5

Finally the time has come.. there has been enough talk about me finally meeting Scott's family.. and now I have. Scott and I spend almost a week with his mom in St Petersburg, right outside Tampa, Fl. We spent the mornings going to the beach or pool and the afternoon with his sisters, doing homework, playing board games, going swimming, and giving Scott a day of beauty. Yup you heard right, he got his hair done, nails painted, and even a mini facial..including cucumber slices!!! Hahahaha.. what he won't say is that he actually enjoyed it? ;-) Didn't you Scott? We also were able to take the girls out of school on friday and with them and his mom we went to Busch Gardens! We spent the day riding rollercoasters, going on "safari", spending way too ... read more

A quiet morning by the pool reading an F1 magazine... doesn't get much better for me. Lazed around in the sun, then went for a walk along the beach in the afternoon, spotting a Karmhan Ghia for sale. Bargain at $5200 - less than £3000, and only 33,000 miles. I'd already set up my car import export company. I'll source the cars over here and ship them back to Scotland for Ryan to sell. A perefect plan ruined by the fact I am skint and have no job to earn money. Wonder if they would take Mastercard?. After walking back the few miles I'd traipsed along the beach I could hear tonights entertainment kick off. He had the looks of Mr T and the musical ability to match, I pity the fool. So avoiding Mr T, ... read more

Hello friends While in Saint Petersburg, one of the beach towns on the Florida Golf coast, I had an incredible time getting to know the work of the great Spanish artist Salvador Dali. The Dali museum displays the most comprehensive private collection of his work in the world. Hundreds of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and writings of one of the most important painters of the 20th century. Why Dali in Florida? An american couple, very good friend's of Dali, spent 40 years collecting hundreds of his art work, and with the support of Florida opened the museum. Salvador Dali escaped to the US during the WWII. What an eccentric and controversial painter, sculptor, photographer, that fellow was! He described himself in peculiar ways: "The difference between me and a mad man is that I am not mad", ... read more

St Petersburg Resort The wife and I checked into this great resort back in May of 2004 as a birthday trip for myself. We wanted to check out St Petes Beach, which I've never been to, and also to maybe hit Busch Gardens when we got bored. The Dolphin Beach Resort was really nice and the service was great. The employees seemed genuinely courteous and friendly and were well informed about the local area. One of the guys actually knew of some great vegan restaurants that we ate at. We ate at the Rollin’ Oats Market and café, which wasn’t 100% vegan, but they had some options for us. Plus we were able to pick up stuff to take back to the resort and eat later. We also tried out Evo’s which is a fast food ... read more