Amy Drew Thompson | Freelance Journalist and Editor

Welcome to the Tampa Theatre, the grand dame of downtown for 80-plus years and counting.

Oh, but for the days when losing a few pounds was the most challenging of our new-year objectives.

They can. They should. And they do. Get over it.

If the cost of travel hinges on the cost of a barrel, how do meeting professionals offset the consequence of yet another inconvenient truth?

It’s Friday night in St. Petersburg, and in a parking lot off 49th Street folks are drinking beer and talking cars.

Family-friendly Orlando, perennial city of “sugar and spice and everything nice,” has a deliciously demented dark side.

Outdoor trends aren’t as sexy as bamboo flooring or concrete counters, but they’re just as important in reducing environmental footprints.

Neither break-ups nor parenting are easy, but few things worth doing are.

There’s no mellower way to enjoy natural Florida than from the smooth, snug confines of an inner tube.