Bill's Blog

Hurricane preparedness can also involve boarding your home up! If you are buying or renovating, consider having shutters installed! They will protect your windows during a storm and make your life a lot easier! They are also good to close the place up and protect it if you are gone on vacation! I...

Hurricane preparedness is a Florida reality! Just as you have earthquakes to deal with in California and tornadoes throughout the middle of our country, we have hurricanes to deal with down here in the Sunshine State! Personally, I would rather deal with a hurricane ANY DAY!!!!! I know DAYS in ad...

Driftwood is part of OLD SOUTH ST PETERSBURG. It is unique, charming, funky and located directly on Tampa Bay. The streets in this community have large old oaks forming an umbrella over them. It is a wonderful area to take a walk at anytime of the day or early evening. I love to walk here wheneve...

Here is another one of those e-mails that I get all the time. It is an excellent example of saying one thing and doing exactly the opposite, so I wanted to share. After reading it, think about it.....does the shoe fit? Do you preach one thing and then do something else??? We all need to be mindfu...

I received this in e-mail format today from a friend and thought it was cute enough to share here on AR:One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short dist...

"Weed" verses "Bud" - Here is one that shows once again that in this country MONEY TALKS! Seems there is a a little company in California that brews beer and has given their beer the name "Weed". Well, it is the town name, so what is the big deal? Their bottle caps read "Try Legal Weed" - we all ...

Wagner's Valkyrie comes to Tarpon Springs starting tomorrow, April 25th! Having seen Der Ring des Nibelungen in Bayreuth (Wagner's home in Germany), I highly recommend this! Tarpon Springs constantly goes above and beyond in offering a wonderful variety of theatrical performances at the Tarpon Sp...

Should renters ever contact the lender? I was on the phone last night with a friend. We were discussing a situation that we know of. A renter that we both know is living in a home that is being foreclosed on. The owner stopped paying the bank about 6 months ago, as so many other owners have. The ...

St Petersburg Clay Company will kick off the work of resident artist Vai Alandikar's new exhibition with a FREE opening reception this Friday from 7 to 9 pm. Alandikar's new show titled 'MANTRA' can be seen at the St Petersburg Clay Company located in the old Seaboard Train Station on 22nd Street...

Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa will be having special events to celebrate EARTH DAY! There will be Tai Chi and Yoga demonstrations taking place and plenty of special events and activities for the children. It would not be a real Earth Day celebration without special eco-friendly products being presented...