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Shopapalooza in Downtown St Pete At Vinoy Park
Shopapalooza in Downtown St Pete - Vinoy Park Published on 11/20/22: Shopapalooza in Downtown St Pete is approaching! Since LovingStPete is all about supporting local small businesses, this is certainly an event I'm going to call out. This is the largest ‘small business’ festival in our area [...]
Bayside Sports Academy in St Pete
Bayside Sports Academy in St Petersburg Published on 11/16/20: “Jett is having his birthday party at Bayside Sports Academy!!” That’s the reaction when our son hears that a buddy chose Bayside for their party. 😀It’s easy to see why with 28,000 air-conditioned square feet of space for [...]
Treasure Island Sanding Ovations
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 [...]
St Petersburg Fishing for All Ages
Tampa Bay Offers Many Locations To Fish Published on 11/10/20: For many, fishing is certainly a major perk to living in the Tampa Bay area. While some use boats, it’s amazing the fish you’ll find simply off seawalls, docks, piers and other easily accessible areas around St [...]
Cafe Cibo in St Petersburg
Cafe Cibo in St. Petersburg Published on 11/08/22: Who knows family friendly Cafe Cibo and/or enjoys great Italian food? “Locally sourced and crafted with love” and likely falls into my #HiddenGem bucket. The location isn’t downtown, nor waterfront, and as such, the 800+ Google reviews are focused [...]
Skyline Chili in Clearwater
Skyline Chili in Clearwater Florida Published on 11/02/20: Ohioans, your delicious secret is out. We were recently introduced to Skyline Chili by some Cincinnati natives and will return! Skyline is about 20-25 minutes north of St Pete, however was worth the drive for some Midwest culture. We’re [...]
Magic Kingdom is a Day Trip From St. Petersburg
Magic Kingdom Less Than 2 Hours from St. Pete! Published on 11/01/20: Wrapping up our thoughts on a Disney Day/Weekend Trip, here's our final stop last weekend. Magic Kingdom! While there were noticeably less crowds, similar to Epcot, the lines for a number of rides still required [...]
Trick or Treating in Venetian Isles and Bayshore
Trick or Treating in Venetian Isles and on Bayshore Blvd NE Published on 11/01/20: St Pete residents certainly devised many creative ways to hand out candy in 2020. Here are a few of the clever contraptions! 🎃 I took these pictures as we trick or treated along [...]
Gallagher’s Halloween Pumpkins in St Petersburg
Gallagher's Pumpkins in St Petersburg Published on 10/30/20: Adding to the community feel here in St Pete are the pop-up pumpkin patches we drive by every day. We finally had a chance to visit Gallagher's Pumpkins & Christmas Trees and Riviera UMC St. Petersburg pumpkin patches yesterday. [...]
Egmont Key Sandbar and Explore Old Fort
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 [...]