Kapok Tree Restaurant

Statues and columns outside the former Kapok Tree restaurant in Clearwater, Florida

If you grew up in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area in Florida as I did, then you no doubt have fond memories of the Kapok Tree restaurant in Clearwater. This fabulous restaurant was as over the top as it comes, complete with its own garden of earthly delights. Sadly, the restaurant passed into culinary oblivion many, […]

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The Florida State Fair

Feeding Twiggs the giraffe at the Florida State Fair, photographed by NYC photojournalist, Kelly Williams.

Yesterday, my mother and I visited the Florida State Fair.  For a city girl like myself, this was an introduction to the country life, complete with livestock competitions, homemade concoctions, and everything you would ever need to decorate your house à la Little House on the Prairie.

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