Happy Gasparilla! Today starts the two to three month long Gasparilla celebrations in Tampa which is one of my favorite times of the year. I have never been a huge fan of the day parade because there are way way more people attending (average 300,00) and you can drink openly and apparently, now smoke weed openly (its been decriminalized and you c…

Tonight we came out to Tampa's downtown to visit a new restaurant Mole Y Abuela. They are in their opening week and the restaurant is also owned by the same  celebrity chef Fabio Viviano who owns Osteria right next door. My husband and I love Spanish food so I decided to check out the menu and I was intrigued at how eclectic it was. Its actua…

We are on the last day of our staycation or as I call it "Aircation". The weather is increasingly worse, but there is something nice about it knowing that since I live in a condo I won't really have to endure the elements too much. As you can see I am dressed so inappropriately for temps in the 40's. This often happens here in T…