[dawn53]

I was at Pass-a-Grille beach yesterday and saw some folks playing shuffleboard, and I know they still have a shuffleboard club down near the Colliseum (and they still have old folks dancing events at the Colliseum and the Gulfport Casino.) But I don't see the old men downtown sitting around playing checkers.

Many of the elderly that lived downtown have had their buildings converted to either commercial use of high priced condo type buildings. There aren't any downtown residential hotels like there used to be.

We do have an influx of homeless in the winter, but the city does a pretty good job handling the situation.

[buoybob]

Ah yes, Pass-a-Grille, and the Don Cesar. I worked for the Tampa Bay Pilots for years out on Egmont. Caught the boat at Fort Desoto a many a day. Me, not into shuffleboard or checkers; just remembering the St. Pete that I can recollect. No more free newpapers after a cloudy day? Pinellas county, I believe, Hatteras, still holds a Guinness record for most sunny days in a row. And as many of the posters above relate; "DO I REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING".

[wardaddy]

The Don Cesar used to me "home on the horizon"...after a long and perilous journey..lol;


black grouper sammich at the Hurricane Lounge

the Quarterdeck

the Gallery (babe bartenders)

Skyway Jacks!

The Frog Pond for Breakfast

the Lobster Pot up at Indian Rocks

that was all very early 80s and some wild times...about when Cocoon was filmed there

last time I went back in 98, it was all wall to wall developed and beacoup Canadiens.

and yes of course...Mons Venus and the old Tabu have to be mentioned...and Peter's smoked fish....mackeral baby!