tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340482892024-03-13T10:46:50.903-04:00Tampa Daily PhotoFrankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-61699964429418116192013-03-23T16:01:00.001-04:002013-03-23T16:01:56.480-04:00Tulips ready for Easter <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-15009686414461185592013-03-11T19:40:00.000-04:002013-03-11T19:40:32.375-04:00Crabs Benedict, Fresh Florida Strawberries and Orange Juice. Starbucks of course!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-34166600963619546782012-07-08T18:24:00.000-04:002012-07-08T18:24:18.373-04:00Showing Respect<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j_o9jtLrn5A/T_oINnzW9_I/AAAAAAAADAI/Y97BtP_OeNM/s1600/Bowing+down_little+people.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" sca="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j_o9jtLrn5A/T_oINnzW9_I/AAAAAAAADAI/Y97BtP_OeNM/s1200/Bowing+down_little+people.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-31253227994511783362012-07-05T14:31:00.003-04:002012-07-05T19:24:48.564-04:00The Ball Chair In Miniature!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>A Hundred Years - A Hundred Chairs. Masterworks from the Vitra Design Museum</u> is the current exhibition through September 16th at the Tampa Museum of Art. It's a large collection of chairs arranged on steel and glass shelves but is much more interesting than you might imagine. It's really very cool. There are chairs you will instantly recognize and others you’ll be very glad you never had to sit on as a child (as punishment). Plastic, wood, metal, leather and lots of great plastic creations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are displays featuring drawings, sketches, ads and brochures that help educate and guide you through the interesting history. All of them are on loan from the Vitra Design Museum located in Weil am Rhein, Germany (to visit Vitra click <a href="http://www.design-museum.de/en/information.html"><strong>HERE</strong></a>). The museum holds the estates of designers like Charles and Ray Eames, and the main building was designed by architect Frank Gehry. Some of the chairs look pretty dull when compared to Gehry’s design for the building that houses them. The exhibition is well worth seeing. For more info click </span><a href="http://www.tampamuseum.org/exhibitions/hundred-years-hundred-chairs"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>HERE</strong>. </span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The chair you see above is <em>very</em> small. It measures roughly 8-inches top to bottom but is an exact copy of the famous Eero Aarnio's Ball Chair design of 1965. It's so emblematic of the culture of the 1960s and yet very few people actually owned one. Cocoon-like and extremely comfortable, it's a shiny plastic sphere with cozy cushioning covering the entire inside. (Very 2001 Space Odyssey.) This 1/6 miniature (costing about $355) is available from the museum gift shop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This view of downtown Tampa's tallest buildings was taken from the patio of the Tampa Museum of Art. The playground on the right is on the Hillsborough River and Tampa's Riverwalk in Curtis Hixon Park. </span></div>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-18404045430016464262012-07-02T17:06:00.000-04:002012-07-02T17:06:57.881-04:00Hockey Dude Hiding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif";">A promotional trailer for Tampa's NHL team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, is parked in a empty, dusty lot across from the St. Pete Times Forum. It's parked up close and nearly hiding beside a very old water main apparatus...I think. Someone can probably and immediately identify this rusted hunk of pipe but it escapes me. </span></div>
</span>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-60304139583239393292012-07-01T18:56:00.000-04:002012-07-01T18:56:36.335-04:00My Snazzy Dormer Has A Chimney.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The July theme for City Daily Photo bloggers all over the world is chimneys. This chimney and the fancy dormer are a couple blocks from our home and sit atop a very large , 1920s era brick home. To see other CDP chimneys, click </span><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/chimneys-cdpb-for-july.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></div>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-26678697181504756032012-06-28T09:39:00.000-04:002012-06-28T09:39:34.607-04:00Duck and Cover: Spray Paint Genuis Ahead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif";">Tropical Storm Debby has started its eastward move across Florida making its landfall north of us near Cedar Key. Winds are now 50mph and rain isn't coming down quite as hard as yesterday. Tampa received 7 inches during the height of the storm and winds gusted to 50mph. Normally scenic B<span style="background: yellow;">ayshore</span> Boulevard was flooded and remained closed today from Rome Avenue to the D<span style="background: yellow;">avis</span> I<span style="background: yellow;">slands</span> Bridge. <span style="background: yellow;">Kayakers</span> and canoeists enjoyed the view of the wind-whipped and white-capped waves of the <span style="background: yellow;">Hillsborough</span> B<span style="background: yellow;">ay</span>. An ABC News crew slogged through the flooded street to interview the "boaters" as the normally busy car traffic was reduced to picture-takers and the occasional joggers - who can't be kept from their appointed rounds no matter what. </span></div>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-56544900450342409972012-06-24T14:29:00.000-04:002012-06-24T14:29:33.166-04:00Hurricane Debby and Spanish Grand Prix Clash!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif";">With tropical storm, soon to be <em>Hurricane Debby</em> churning at 65 mph offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, and rain and winds blowing the neighborhood about, I turned to the television and the </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Spanish Grand Prix Formula One World Championship race being televised from Valencia. In the midst of a great race, tornadoes were spotted nearby and the TV went crazy with beeping and warnings. Spain looked mighty good versus our water soaked, flooded, windblown world in Tampa and Hillsborough County.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></div>
</span>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-89369064218487804912012-06-21T10:35:00.000-04:002012-06-21T10:35:20.354-04:00Be Very Afraid: Tow Away Zone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5okUEy4JlFw/T-MwbW-1alI/AAAAAAAAC7s/Yk9zXiEvXaM/s1600/Florida+Avenue+Wall+Art_Tow+Away+Zone_+053-x.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="370" rca="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5okUEy4JlFw/T-MwbW-1alI/AAAAAAAAC7s/Yk9zXiEvXaM/s1200/Florida+Avenue+Wall+Art_Tow+Away+Zone_+053-x.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-371664361568842772012-06-19T09:12:00.001-04:002012-06-19T09:12:51.594-04:00NO Lifetime Warranty Here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j1S3FwzMuT0/T-B4JEbJrsI/AAAAAAAAC7Q/LjZNA__KaCI/s1600/Florida+Avenue+Wall+Art_Tune+Up+&+More+084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rca="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j1S3FwzMuT0/T-B4JEbJrsI/AAAAAAAAC7Q/LjZNA__KaCI/s800/Florida+Avenue+Wall+Art_Tune+Up+&+More+084.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-10300407486378383752012-06-18T12:07:00.001-04:002012-06-18T12:07:20.783-04:00We Need More Signs. NOW!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n5hQiMNKUw0/T99RALOMltI/AAAAAAAAC6w/B0sAREoLvgA/s1600/Florida+Avenue+Wall+Art+_B+&+E+Car+Wash+Repairs_Flags_016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rca="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n5hQiMNKUw0/T99RALOMltI/AAAAAAAAC6w/B0sAREoLvgA/s800/Florida+Avenue+Wall+Art+_B+&+E+Car+Wash+Repairs_Flags_016.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you immediately turn in when you are assaulted by a display of roadside signs like these for an auto repair shop and car wash? Do you?? Is it the handpainted ones or the billowy red, white and blue flags that really do the trick? </span></div>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-1074654712451358342012-06-16T17:33:00.000-04:002012-06-16T17:33:11.044-04:00Hey, I'm Walking Here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The City Daily Photo theme for June is TRANQUILITY. Visit my fellow City Daily Photo bloggers to see what that found tranquil in their part of the world. </span></div>
<a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/themes_archive.php?tid=70"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click here to view thumbnails for all participants</span></a>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-78837029532863184082012-05-28T18:02:00.000-04:002012-05-28T18:02:22.028-04:00Speeding Fines Doubled: Flagman Ahead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Meridian 381 family cruiser is docked on Garrison Channel at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel across from Harbour Island. The cruiser’s twin 370-hp MerCruiser gas inboards can take this boat to over 32 mph. (It holds 300 gallons but gets just 0.59 miles per gallon! Ouch!!) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It <span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">has two full-size staterooms and <span style="font-family: Verdana;">s</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">leeps six</span>…bring your friends and family. Two SeaDoo watercraft sit ready on the dock. <em>Enjoy!</em></span></span></div>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-41309580550628757422012-05-23T19:54:00.000-04:002012-05-23T19:54:13.058-04:00Heavily Armed Special Operations Assault<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crowds of people on Harbour Island are the backdrop for a Special Operations Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat and U.S. Special Operations team demonstration assault today on a barge fronting the Tampa Convention Center. These fast boats have twin diesels driving waterjets and are extremely quick – <em>with a top speed above 40 knots</em> – and maneuverable. They draw only two feet of water and as you can see, they can be very heavily armed. The United States Special Operations Command was host to several demonstrations of</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Special Operations Force capabilities, featuring operators from a dozen countries “assaulting” mock enemy positions and rescuing “hostages” next to the convention center, both on land and in the water. Boats, assault vehicles, ATV’s, helicopters and other aircraft were involved in the rescue scenarios as special operators from the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force work alongside Special Operations Force teams from partner nations around the world.</span> </span></span></div>Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04998414080562162677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34048289.post-83746228832713345192012-05-22T18:33:00.001-04:002012-05-22T18:33:59.692-04:00Monster Transformer Masquerades As Hockey Star<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I posted this hockey player's brother transformer from the NFL back in July 2009. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Read more about Tampa's Rustic Steel Creations <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=34048289#editor/target=post;postID=7044353271062968011"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span> They're the folks who dream up and build these incredible metal artworks. </span></div>
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