Hampton Inn & Suites St. Petersburg Downtown Saint Petersburg

... chasing dolphins around the Gulf of Mexico on my uncles new toy (a cool boat!) the water is pretty clear (and frighteningly shallow at times without warning!). We were lucky to see a stingray flapping around and also not only to see but hear squeaking and just about touch some dolphins! They were so beautiful, coming right up to the boat and splashing around. <br><br>On halloween eve it was time to exercise the vocal cords and we were whisked off by the older cuz's visiting ...

... news. Why is it always horrible news? This is probably why I don't watch it all that often. Too depressing.<br> Our connecting flight arrived and we finally got to board. The plane had an odor to it that I can't explain. Thankfully, our flight only took about 25 mintues or so. We were finally home. Or close enough for it to count. We couldn't get in touch with Bruce, the owner of Gram's Place, so we took a taxi there. He had a room waiting for ...

16 September 2009<br><br>Okie dokie. I told you all I would start a blog to document my big, pointless, post-grad adventure to Ireland, so here it is. Since both the act of traveling to Europe and that of setting up a blog seem to be the new acts of "getting a job" and &#8220;setting up a direct deposit bank account&#8221; for the college grads of 2009 who didn't go to law school, I figure I should get going with this blog thing, being that I&#8217;m ...

Visited Fort San Marcos.,an old Spanish Fort.The guards have Spanish costumes.<br>Some of the walls are made of coquina.(shells and lime)<br>Visited again the Lightner Museum and visited the floor we missed yesterday.<br>Drove to Sun City,Florida.Ate at Sonny's Barbecue restaurant.<br>Stayed at Dr T's house in Sun City,Fla.

... work out perfect. We let the lady at the counter convince us to upgrade to the Mustang. She spent a lot of time talking to us, which probably ****** off the customers behind us. No problems finding the hotel in St. Pete beach. We are the Sirata Beach resort. The rooms are pretty standard but the property is fairly nice. Like all resorts, everything seems to cost an extra ...

... all kinds of things about malaria (!) and agreed with my theology and my politics on Medicare and Tommy Douglas, and Tom had an equally amusing conversation with his wife, a retired nurse. The guy on the other side of me was the Environmental Officer, a dry-witted Welshman married to an Englishwoman who'd carted him off to a home base in London, until he convinced her of the fun of tagging along with him all around the world. It was my first try at a proper ...

... We have a group of customers who come in frequently and they have come up with a great solution themselves: At the end of the meal one couple pays the entire bill and then receives a detailed copy of the bill, getting reimbursement from their friends in the ensuing days. Certainly each situation is unique, but sometimes we see guests calculating their share and nitpicking over pennies, hopefully the above will be a helpful resource for your next night out.

Adventure - "an unusual, exciting and daring experience", most often associated with items like sky diving, swimming with sharks, rock climbing, oh yes and eating sushi. At least that was my opinion for years, and eventhough my parents had filled my dreams with travel and my mouth with escargots, eel, herring, duck, Rijsttafel and dare I say, a sip of champagne, all before 2nd grade, sushi was not eaten very often. A trip to the Japanese Nippon Club at age 9 ...

Seeing as this was my first cruise, this whole experience was new to me. This trip was taken with my family (Father, Step-Mother, Brother and Step-Brother) I had been to Florida on many occasions, but never to a major port city. When you arrive in Tampa, you can immediately tell you are in a coastal Florida town. The bright colors, the amusement parks and the smell of the ocean blowing ...