It’s been the winner of my favorite restaurant in New Tampa the last couple of years and it’s always done pretty well in our annual Reader Dining Survey, so I’m still kind of surprised when people tell me that they’ve never heard of or never tried Café Olé Restaurant & Tapas Bar in the Cross Creek Center plaza on Cross Creek Blvd. at Kinnan St.Continue reading
Editorial: Focus On Sports — The U.S. Women, Capt. Dave’s Snub & Jimmy Jones

It was only a few years before the last U.S. Women’s World Cup win in 1999 when I saw my first-ever girls high school soccer game. In the years before Paul R. Wharton High opened in New Tampa, most New Tampa kids attended King High on N. 56th St. in Temple Terrace and several New Tampa girls were on the King team.Continue reading
Editorial: A Tribute To Thomas 'Cole' Porter
By Gary Nager

Anyone who has been reading this publication for any period of time already knows that (like most people) I have a really hard time when anyone close to me passes away, no matter what age they may have been.Continue reading
Fool Me Once On BBD, Shame On Me…But Fool Me Twice Or 3 Times?

I have now owned and edited this publication for more than 21 years, which means that I have been waiting for Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. to be widened for oh…let’s say…at least 20 of those years.Continue reading
‘Jealous’ Congrats To One Of Wesley Chapel’s Own

Anyone who has seen me out and about in and around the Wesley Chapel area will tell you that I’m a guy who likes the sound of his own voice..I mean, who likes to sing.Continue reading