“What if you discover you’ve been planted in the wrong place? Planted in the right spot, we blossom.” It’s hard to believe that Phil and I are celebrating six months of living in Tampa! Moving across the country was the biggest and scariest decision we’ve ever made but it’s truly been the best decision we […]
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There’s something about catching a sunset that completely resets your mindset and relaxes you. Last Thursday after a long work day we hopped in the car and headed to the Courtney Campbell Causeway Highway Trail to catch one. This walkway was filled with people walking dogs, bicyclists, rollerbladers, and couples strolling hand-in-hand. On Thursday hazy […]
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One of the best parts about exploring our new city has been discovering fantastic food. Before moving to Tampa, I hadn’t heard of Tampa being a great food city but wow – it sure is. One of the best food discoveries we’ve made is at Gulf Coast Sourdough. A shop you’d miss driving passed, I […]
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We’ve been doing weekend trips touring our new city and are having an amazing time doing it! Last month we took the thirty minute drive up to Tarpon Springs. Tarpon Springs is a small city with strong Greek roots as Greek sponge divers settled there in the early 1900’s. It’s known as the sponge capital […]
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One of the things I was most excited about when moving to Tampa was being within driving distance to Disney World. To me, Disney is one of the happiest places and being there always fills me with joy! Of course, while living in a pandemic we wanted to wait until we felt safe and comfortable […]
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As evidenced in my past blog posts we’ve spent a few weekends exploring St. Petersburg! St. Petersburg has so much artistic charm I’m inclined to describe it as eclectic. There are endless bars, restaurants, parks, museums, and painted murals on sides of buildings that it’s going to take us many weekends to even scratch the […]
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One stop I knew I wanted to make after moving to Tampa was visiting The Don CeSar on St. Pete Beach. This award winning hotel sits on pristine beach and is captivating with its pink exterior and white trimmed windows. A few weeks back I visited their spa for a glorious massage. After my spa […]
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A few months ago I had seen an advertisement for the Van Gogh exhibit at the Salvador Dali Museum located in St. Pete. I didn’t know much about the Dali but after looking up the exhibit it sounded intriguing and I decided to book us tickets. Most weekends were sold out due to limited tickets […]
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Living in the city that hosted the Super Bowl has been such a unique experience. The weeks leading up to the game we’d drive by the stadium and watch it slowly change as massive billboards and signage began decorating the stadium. Slowly and almost without noticing billboards around the city “Super Bowl LIV” adorned every […]
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One of the biggest advantages of moving to Tampa, FL has been the weather and it’s one of the biggest reasons why we moved! We still follow some of the local news stations on social media and one meteorologist in Rochester said that there had only been 3 days of partly-sunny weather in Rochester within […]
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