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| Driving towards Clearwater Beach from the Tampa airport |
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| Clearwater Beach, FL |
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| Clearwater Beach, FL |
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| Pulling into Mahuffer's... |
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| Sign out front... |
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| Entrence to side yard and Mom wondering if I'll ever actually get TO the bar. |
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| Some more junk (literally!) next to the walkway... |
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| Including a motorcycle - I love these colors! |
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| As you can see, the "yellow brick road" led straight through the bar into the men's bathroom. |
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| Kind of looking back into the bar |
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| Lots of bras and dollar bills stapled to the ceiling... and lots of graffiti. |
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| More bras, more bills, and some kind of indoor firepit. |
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| Figured I might as well leave a mark of my own. |
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| Old boat being used as a table- one of several. |
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| Mom fitting right in as she peruses the t-shirts for sale... hehe |
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| Sunset on the balcony |
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| More Mahuffer's |
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| More balcony sunset... |
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| Downtown Clearwater Beach |
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| Best. Greek Salad. Ever. (Paul's Shrimp House - Tarpon Springs, FL) |
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| Really good peel n' eat shrimp (Paul's Shrimp House - Tarpon Springs, FL) |
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| Yaaaay the Sponge Dock! Also in Tarpon Springs- one side of the road is small shops (many of them Greek) and the other side of the road is a dock where fishing boats tie up. Many of these fishing boats bring fish to the restaurants in Tarpon Springs AND they do a mean sponge business too! Fresh sponges are harvested weekly (I'm guessing!?) and sold in the shops as well.) |
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| Ceiling of Paul's Shrimp House |
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| Garlic Escargot - This picture makes them look kind of gnarly, but I thought they were pretty darn good AND now I can officially say I've eaten snails!! |
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| Some large sponges for sale at Lori's Soaps and Sponges |
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| Baked goods at one of the Greek bakeries on the Sponge Dock |
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| I don't know what those things on the right are but they sure were pretty! |
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| More Sponges |
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| This was fun- as we're walking the Sponge Dock and looking at the sponges that were in front of the soap store we realize that these older gentlemen had gathered on the benches to talk - I stood there REALLY looking at the sponges just to be able to listen to them speak for a while. Then an old man fell in the street behind me, and I took this photo during the commotion. |
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| Cruddy photo of the other side of street - |
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| Playing a round of 'golf' at night |
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| I can officially say I've had "breakfast at Tiffany's" - and it was GOOD! (Poached egg, sausage, gravy, biscuit and plain grits!) |
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| Tiffany's Breakfast - Palm Harbor, FL |
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| Front counter of Tiffany's. She was super greek-sounding and very nice. Palm Harbor, FL |
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| Farmer's Market / Craft Market in Downtown Dunedin |
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| Docks going out to the ferry that takes you do Caladesi Island |
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| Farmer's Market / Craft Market in Downtown Dunedin |
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| During the ferry ride to Caladesi Island |
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| Mangroves! One of the few trees that can live in saltwater - cool! |
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| Yes, that's right. We saw an armadillo. |
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| Cute sandpiper family - Caladesi Island |
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| I loved that it was gray and foggy out but still warm enough to walk in the surf - Caladesi Island |
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| These guys looked kind of like angry sandpipers (note the orange eyes) but I never found out what they're called! |
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| Very happy feet. |
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| Sea grapes! We saw SO much of this stuff, and yet this is the only photo I have of it... *sigh* |
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| Caladesi Island |
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| Neat-o ship pulled up to a fish dock in Dunedin |
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| White wine sangria at Olde Bay Cafe & Fish Market - Dunedin, FL |
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| Olde Bay Cafe & Fish Market - Dunedin, FL |
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| This terribly grainy and lo-res photo is the only thing I have to remember what might have been the best thing I ate all weekend. An ahi tuna poke (background) that had sriracha, avocado and ginger (SO good)- and in the foreground a scallop ceviche that was out of this world. Served on Ritz crackers, of course. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.... |
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| Fish dock - Dunedin, FL |
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| Awesome dolphin lamp! One of two! Hehe... |
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| Little did I know while taking this picture that just an hour or so later someone would literally be 'breaking a leg' on the dance floor that's on the other side of that wall... (Well, more specifically she broke her hip but the point remains: Old people in Florida AREN'T messing around.) |
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| Awesome dolphin lamp, Part II |
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| Spanish moss was EVERYwhere- I love it! |
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| My new favorite picture of Ma |
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| Heh.... Don't ask? |
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| I can't remember what this stretch of road is called, but there was water on either side AND a bunch of really colorful hotels- tons of them. Had we been walking and not driving there would be a LOT more photos of hotels. |
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| Coming up in the distance you can see the Don CeSar resort - built in 1928 but it still towers above everything else in St. Pete Beach |
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| The Don CeSar in St. Pete Beach, FL |
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| Don CeSar Resort |
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| Approaching the Sunshine Skyway Bridge |
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| You can just barely start to see the suspension cables in this picture |
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| Whoa. (with the fog I could barely see to the top- but they are TALL!) Sunshine Skyway Bridge - Tampa Bay |
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| On the way back over it was a little less cloudy - Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Tampa Bay |
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| You can actually see the top! |
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| I still have to look up and see what kind of tree this is - tiny little roots develop out of the branches and then drop down, take root and then become a part of the trunk.... CRAZY cool looking. |
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| First piece of genuine (or as dad might say, jan-uine) homemade key lime pie- and it was delicious! |
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| Bakery shot at the Lucky Dill Deli - Palm Harbor, FL |
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| Bakery shot at the Lucky Dill Deli - Palm Harbor, FL |
