Burger Culture

Good burgers (I had the pizza burger), but not great. Maybe if they had done something crazy, like add pickles...

Jimmy Meatballs

A food truck, selling meatballs!

I had the ginger balls, which were Asian inspired. Think of a salty/sweet (teriyaki) meatball; with cream cheese. They were pretty good.

Dueling festivals

Everybody wants an excuse to wander around outside, so people have festivals. This weekend Tampa had two of them; literally right across the river from each other.

Festival number one: The Tampa Bay Seafood Festival

This was the larger, and rowdier of the two. It was rowdier, and larger, because it served alcohol. I had trouble determining what the festival was about at first since almost half of it was a US Olympic Team traveling display; sponsored by BP, desperate to not be associated with oil spills anymore:

There was seafood purchasable with "clams", a festival currency available at several "clam banks":

And there was a stage, so people could be entertained while the waited in line, ate, or played with their mobile phones.

Festival number two: Greenfest 2012

I was worried this would be an eco-fair full of things made out of hemp. I was surprised to see a garden-heavy attraction:

It was pretty, and it had trees, so it was nicer to stroll through.

Sherlock Holmes

The K-Pop version:

Found Objects

Part of a 2006 budget analysis for the Costa D'Este Hotel. Literally floating through the streets of Tampa, Florida.

Aquatic graffiti

Along the Hillsborough River, college students practice their rowing. And there are walls so there is grafitti:

Some of them survive for many years:

"RACE PLACE DRINK" (The "DRINK" in larger letters.):

Evidence of fraternities and sororities:

It goes all over the two nearby bridges:

And they want you to know, "topher [sic] signs don't win races":

The Great Wall of China

Has a luge:

(Via @JustAnotherMo)

Sign of the times

Tampa Street Art

An airline for pets

(via @RohanDwyer)

TSA Porn

Or as close as you're going to get.