A True Beer Drinker’s Review Of Pepin’s ‘Brews With Attitude’ Event

By Matt Wiley

When most long-time Tampa residents hear the name Pepin Distributing, the first (and sometimes only) beer they associate with the name is Budweiser. However, there is so much more to the beer portfolio of Pepin Distributing, and many of the microbreweries the distributor provides to local restaurants and bars had beers on display at the third annual “Brews With Attitude” event to help celebrate American Craft Beer Week, which ran May 13-19.Continue reading

Christian Brothers Automotive — Quality Auto Service You Can Trust

By Matt Wiley

Honesty, integrity, leather couches. None of those things are exactly what comes to mind when thinking about getting your car serviced. But, these are just a few of the many “amenities” that separate the recently opened Christian Brothers Automotive franchise on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in New Tampa from the usual greasy car shop.Continue reading

Premier Psychological Services—Helping You Cope With Life’s Ups & Downs

By Bonnie Mason

Do you ever get out of bed in the morning and think that you just can’t face another day? Or, maybe you are able to make it through the work day, but by the end of it, you’re exhausted and all you want to do is go home and get some sleep? Life in general can be overwhelming and in the mobile, multi-tasking, instant society we live in, stress, anxiety and depression can come too often.Continue reading

Former West Meadows Assn. President – ‘I Was Wrong About The Bridge!’

So, I was visiting my friends Roberto and Steve, the co-owners of 900Âș Woodfired Pizza in the Shops at Wiregrass mall the other day when Steve (his last name is Falabella), who had served as the president of one of the subdivision homeowners associations inside the West Meadows community at the time the now-constructed New Tampa Blvd. “Gateway Bridge” was still being debated, admitted to a mistake he made at that time.Continue reading