Beach Life

Beach Life

Scroll down for beach activity recommendations! Live the beach life, as many of these are within a short drive of Saint Petersburg. From Pass-a-Grille to Indian Rocks Beach and on up to Clearwater, you have multiple beach options and I’m always adding more. For easiest filtering, go to my main LovingStPete blog! You can then choose from for instance ‘beach life’, ‘kids activities’, ‘sweet treats’, ‘nature parks’, ‘boating’ and much more. All of my recommendations have 4+ stars on Google Reviews at the time of posting!

My name is Mike Braswell and I’m a real estate agent in the Tampa Bay area. I serve as a local guide, using my @LovingStPete social media accounts to serve over 15 thousand followers! Please contact me if you would like to discuss Tampa Bay Real Estate. I’d love to earn your business!

Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival – 2023 Edition

2023-04-07T14:56:16-04:00

The Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival in Clearwater Beach Published on 04/07/23: Hope everyone has had a great week! We enjoyed hosting family from out of town and playing tour guide. Busy week, but love calling the Tampa Bay Area home! Anyone ready for the weekend?! [raises hand excitedly] Couple Items: Today is opening [...]

Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival – 2023 Edition2023-04-07T14:56:16-04:00

Beachfront Bellhop Tampa Bay – St Petersburg

2023-02-23T15:28:21-05:00

Beachfront Bellhop Tampa Bay - St Petersburg Published on 02/23/23: New Local Business - Mom Owned and Operated! Beachfront Bellhop Tampa Bay is a new service designed to help families and anyone else headed to the beach! Make sure to follow their page to support the new business! THIS WEEKEND, enjoy free snacks and [...]

Beachfront Bellhop Tampa Bay – St Petersburg2023-02-23T15:28:21-05:00

Treasure Island Kite Festival

2024-09-15T21:59:49-04:00

Treasure Island Kite Festival Published on 01/16/21: While today’s cool breeze may bring some chills, it will also help power the Treasure Island Kite Festival! The festival takes place today and tomorrow on the beach behind the Thunderbird Beach Resort (10700 Gulf Blvd). From VisitStPeteClearwater.com: "Come be amazed by talented kite flyers from all [...]

Treasure Island Kite Festival2024-09-15T21:59:49-04:00

Treasure Island Kite Festival in TI Florida | Video

2023-01-13T10:50:14-05:00

Treasure Island Kite Festival in TI Florida Published on 01/12/23 (scroll down for video): Almost the weekend! I have a date night suggestion on deck (great spot), but first I wanted to call out the 26th annual Treasure Island Kite Festival happening this weekend! While it's forecast to be quite cold both days ("Florida [...]

Treasure Island Kite Festival in TI Florida | Video2023-01-13T10:50:14-05:00

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

2024-09-15T21:25:29-04:00

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Published on 12/25/20: Happy holidays from our family to yours! What started recently as a way to support local Pinellas businesses and highlight our beautiful area, ‘Loving St Pete’ has turned into a fun family adventure. What are some of your favorite spots that we should visit and create [...]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays2024-09-15T21:25:29-04:00

Pier 60 Clearwater 12 Days of Christmas

2024-09-15T21:01:29-04:00

Pier 60 Clearwater Beach - Twelve Days of Christmas Published on 12/10/20: Clearwater Beach’s “12 Days of Christmas” is on deck! Starting this Saturday with the tree lighting at 6:30pm. In addition to the tree lighting, Mrs Claus will read “Twas the Night Before Christmas” and the Christmas Story movie will play afterwards at [...]

Pier 60 Clearwater 12 Days of Christmas2024-09-15T21:01:29-04:00

Boat Parades Around St Pete and Pinellas County

2022-12-05T16:50:54-05:00

Boat Parades Around St Pete and Pinellas County Published on 11/24/22: Boat parades, golf cart parades, light displays, artificial snow and festivals. There’s lots to see around our area these next 45 days! I’ll write several posts with suggestions for 2022, but let's start with boat parades… Who in the @LovingStPete family has watched [...]

Boat Parades Around St Pete and Pinellas County2022-12-05T16:50:54-05:00

Treasure Island Sanding Ovations

2024-09-15T19:46:50-04:00

Sanding Ovations Sand Castle Festival Published on 11/22/20: As we continue our tour around the Tampa Bay area, today we ventured to Sanding Ovations in Treasure Island. This is the annual sand castle building festival where professionals in the industry come to build huge sculptures. Between the bands and 70+ merchandise & food vendors [...]

Treasure Island Sanding Ovations2024-09-15T19:46:50-04:00

Treasure Island Sanding Ovations

2022-12-05T16:59:36-05:00

Sanding Ovations Sand Sculpture Festival Published on 11/15/22: Who knows Sanding Ovations in Treasure Island? This is the ‘Top Gun’ of sand sculpture competitions, with the best of the best sculptors converging in Treasure Island this Thursday thru Sunday, Nov 17th-20th. This year’s theme is “Once Upon a Time”, featuring incredible sand sculptures that [...]

Treasure Island Sanding Ovations2022-12-05T16:59:36-05:00

Egmont Key Sandbar and Explore Old Fort

2024-09-15T19:02:04-04:00

Egmont Key Sandbar is Family Fun! Published on 10/29/20: While beautiful Egmont Key is only accessible by boat, you need not own a boat to reach it. Read ahead to learn how! Egmont Key is full of history and only 20-25 minutes southwest of St Pete. It's different than the previous boating destinations (sandbars) [...]

Egmont Key Sandbar and Explore Old Fort2024-09-15T19:02:04-04:00
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