Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

Thursday, April 23, 2009

St. Petersburg, Florida


Today I am sharing some photos of the most beautiful place I have found in the Tampa Bay area, St. Petersburg. The downtown area on the water is simply stunning. Saturday mornings from October to May there is a fantastic market a block from the water featuring music, crafts, produce and delicious food. There is a wonderful walkway along the water as well as parks with shady trees and benches to relax on. You can walk to the end of a very long Pier where you will observe fishermen and my favorite pelicans. There is a small aquarium, some touristy shops and food at the end of the pier. There are several places you can eat while enjoying a view of the water as well. There is a gelato place which is amazing. Most of my photos were taken in the downtown area, a few were taken at or near St. Petersburg Beach where there is powdery white sand, blue water and beautiful sea shells. Ft Desoto beach/park is also nearby, I will write a separate post about it soon.
It is another beautiful sunny day here, tonight I will be going to Clearwater Beach to take some evening pics where they have a nightly sunset festival, will share those with you in my next post. Stephanie :)

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Ybor City


Today I am sharing some pictures of Ybor City, a historic district in Tampa founded in the 1880's by Vincente-Marinez Ybor as a cigar manufacturing center. Ybor is a popular place to party with a wide variety of clubs and restaurants. Every Saturday morning brings a farmers market to Centennial Park, I go there often and it is a great place to relax and do some people watching. The buildings and shops are all very unique, the town truly has a historical feel which I love. There is also a large Muvico theater if you want to catch a flick. I have not sampled the restaurants there yet but will report back when I do, there are many that look very interesting. To learn more about Ybor please explore this website: http://www.ybor.org/index.cfm?section=vs
It is another beautiful weekend here in Tampa! Hope you are enjoying yours wherever you are!
P.S. I am having trouble putting multiple pictures where I want them so to see my other pictures of Ybor follow this link:

Stephanie:)