Real Estate Musings from St Pete, Florida

The Festival of Reading will be held in downtown St Petersburg this Saturday, October 24, 2010 from 10 am to 4 pm at USF St Petersburg. More than 40 authors, including Michael Connelly, will be reading and signing their books. The festival used to be held at Eckerd College but has grown a lot ove...

The 25th anniversary celebration of the movie "Cocoon" in St Petersburg is scheduled for October 19 and 20 in St Petersburg. Tuesday night is a VIP Reception and Party at the Princess Martha Hotel and Wednesday is both a Tea Dance at the St Petersburg Coliseum and an Open House at the Mirror Lake...

  The 3K Pet Walk in downtown St Petersburg Florida, sponsored by the SPCA Tampa Bay is this Saturday, October 16th, 2010. It starts at the Renaissance Vinoy Hotel at 8:30 am and covers 1.8 miles along the water, going east to and through Vinoy Park and then returning. Click for 3K Pet Walk deta...

The Fire Prevention Block Party in downtown St Pete will be Saturday, October 9th, from 10 am to 2 pm in Vinoy Park, at 701 North Shore Drive NE. The fire department will be setting up Safety Village where you can learn about safety. There will also be fire trucks on display, fire and rescue demo...

This Saturday, October 2nd, 2010, the Saturday Morning Market in downtown St Petersburg opens its 9th season. We've missed it during the hot summer and are glad to see it back. It's at the Al Lang Stadium parking lot at the corner of 1st St S and 1st Ave S and will be open from 9 am to 2 pm. Come...

                          Downtown St Pete is a hub for marine sciences and ocean technology. Employing over 1,600 people in downtown St Pete, the various new and old buildings are basically between the Albert Whitted Airport and Bayboro Harbor, in and around the University of South Florida St P...

Taken this morning with my iPhone 4, looking west down a canal in the Broadwater neighborhood in St Petersburg.

St Petersburg's Beach Drive is the best place to be reads the headline in this morning's St Pete Times. Their article talks about some of the history of Beach Drive and how it's become a very desirable place to live, work and play. We saw this in 2008 when an optical shop moved out along Beach Dr...

Friday architect Yann Weymouth was in St Petersburg to discuss the Salvador Dali Museum here in downtown St Pete that he designed. He's frequently here to oversee the construction, of course, but rarely do we have a chance to listen to him and ask questions. He was the speaker at the Vinoy Busine...

Want an Apple store at Baywalk in downtown St Petersburg?   Someone at Apple said that they would consider opening an Apple store if there was an outpouring of community support.  Now THAT would be a great addition to BayWalk in downtown St Pete.  Talk about a rebirth and excitement! Respond to H...