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THE FLORIDA STRAWBERRY BESTIVAL

It’s the berry best. Just east of Tampa there’s a festival that celebrates being the self-proclaimed “Winter Strawberry Capital of the World”. For 11 days every year Plant City throws a hoedown at its fairgrounds

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SUSPENSION AND CARNIVAL SHOW AT PEGASUS NITECLUB

I like photographing the edge. Rainbows and sunsets are nice, but everyone does that. It's not shooting for shock value, it’s shooting for something different. Participating in a recent challenge to shoot the Tampa Bay area happenings in 24 hours, I got permission to photograph the Suspension and Carnival show at Pegasus Niteclub  on Florida Avenue

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GOODY GOODY: PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE DEBUTS AT TAMPA THEATER

Nostalgia reigned at the Tampa Theater on Saturday as Tampa history buffs packed the house to watch the premiere of Goody Goody: Past Present and Future, a documentary by local filmmaker Lynn Marvin Dingfelder lauding the history of the hamburger stand on Florida Avenue and it's recent reincarnation in Hyde Park.

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FETISH CON 2018 UNBRIDLED

Doms and subs unite. Fetish Con, a.k.a. Kinky Camp, or more likely Voyeur Fest are all monikers that would fit the event happening in St. Petersburg this weekend at the Bayfront Hilton. Call it what you will but it is edgy and sexy and brings together a flock of fetish followers and connoisseurs to celebrate most things kinky

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PEACE, LOVE, AND CONFLICT PREVAIL AT ST PETE PRIDE

The 2018 St Pete Pride festival is sweltering in the mid 90's and packed with sweaty energetic people on Saturday. The air is filled with a mixture of weed, sunscreen, and fading cheap body spray. The atmosphere is sexually charged by low cut sometimes absent tops mixed with painted body parts and a lot of hugging, kissing and drinking. Bun revealing cut-off shorts, fish net stockings, rainbow tutus and slogan t-shirts rule the day, but there's a lot of individual style going on as well.

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FLORIDA NATIONAL CEMETERY HONORS THE FALLEN ON MEMORIAL DAY 2018

The dark clouds set a somber mood appropriate for celebrating the lives of the men and women who have served our country and died doing so. I don't think you can get an appreciation of the number of lives that have been lost in the defense of our country until you see the enormity of the cemetery and the row upon row of grave markers.

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