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Nic Weathersbee decided he didn’t just want to make a product for profit anymore. “I wanted what I do for a living to actually help move humanity in what I believe to be the right direction,” he said. That direction was gardening. Weathersbee’s vision of harvesting enough of one’s own food to eat, and teaching
They are almost too beautiful to eat. They sit in neatly lined rows along a marble countertop—thick pink and blue swirls of vanilla frosting, some with ruby red raspberries atop, others with drizzles of chocolate. But one whiff of these creamy confections will have taste buds reconsidering not taking a bite. At St. Petersburg’s Sweet!,
A spring sunrise illuminates the water surrounding Kennedy Space Center and Launch Complex 39B, site of the last Space Shuttle Discovery blast-off. As Discovery’s historic 27-year run comes to a close, the shuttle has one last journey to take. On April 17, 2012, Discovery will be flown out of Kennedy Space Center on top of
Under a sunny and blustery sky, music and conversation filled the air as the 600 Block in downtown St. Petersburg launched its monthly Saturday afternoon Indie Market. On March 3, a leisurely crowd meandered up and down the block, eyeing tables of iridescent glass guitar picks, embroidered vintage pillows, jars of locally harvested honey and
I am a motherless daughter. Seventeen years ago in a quiet Tampa hospital room at 2:37 a.m., I lost my mother to breast cancer. She was with me when I took my first breath, and I was with her when she took her last. Psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, author of “On Death and Dying,” created the
One by one, they whoosh by. As students scurry to class each day or set up camp in a library study room, small airplanes flying overhead are a familiar sight to the USFSP community. Just across the way on First Street SE at Albert Whitted Airport, pilot and lead mechanic Nathan Van Coops can be
Recent USFSP graduate Merab-Michal Favorite found a way to blend her love of local history with her journalistic flair in her debut book “Palmetto: Images of America” series. The 29-year-old Bradenton Times weekly columnist hadn’t planned on writing a book, but things changed when friend Jeff Burton of the Palmetto City Commission called. Favorite first
Step into Revolve Clothing Exchange in St. Petersburg and it’s a bit like stepping into your most stylish friend’s closet. Colorful clothing racks line the floor and walls, cool tunes blare from speakers, and kitschy knick-knacks are sprinkled about. The Fourth Street shop has a lot of treasures to unearth, like a $60 Burberry trench
Like USF, I have a name that confuses people. When friends or family unfamiliar with the Bay area ask me where I attend college, and I say the University of South Florida, they assume south Florida means, well, south Florida. Their automatic response is usually, “Oh, in Miami?” The same confusion sets in when people
In Dec. 2011, USF established a Sexual Misconduct/Sexual Harassment (including Battery) policy. The goal of the policy, according to general counsel documents found online, is to “provide a work and study environment for faculty, staff and students that is free of discrimination and sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment.” The newest addition to the policy includes
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