Posts Tagged ‘halloween’
Ybor’s Best Halloween Costumes of 2022
Another Halloween has come and gone and as usual, Ybor City was the place to see and be seen as far as costumes go. Here are the Top Five Halloween Costumes on display in Ybor City in 2022! Number 5: People Who Will Probably Let You In The Back Door On The First Date Number…
Read MoreTechnicians at MacDill tracking Halloween perverts
Air Force personnel at MacDill Air Force base are using North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) technology to track the movements of sexual predators around the Tampa Bay Area this Halloween in order to protect trick-or-treaters and other holiday celebrants. “It’s the exact same way NORAD tracks Santa Claus at Christmas,” said Major Cassandra McGraw…
Read MoreQuiz: What kind of Halloween candy are you?
The big spooktacular day of ghosts and goblins, witches and werewolves, tricks and treats is just 10 days away! You should already have your decorations up and your costume picked out. And if you don’t have your candy yet, well, what the heck are you waiting for, boo? And I mean BOOOOOO!! To help you…
Read MoreTop Five Tricks and Treats in Tampa Bay
OooOOoooOOOooh! It’s Spooky Season here in Tampa Bay. That means it’s time to get ready for Halloween! Here to help you get started is a list of the Top Five Tricks and Treats in Tampa Bay! But wait… there are only five things listed. Are these the Tricks or the Treats? Well, I guess that…
Read MoreTampa Bay Area stores removing COVID supplies to make room for holiday decorations
Retailers in the Tampa Bay Area are rotating their seasonal inventory, taking away COVID staples like face masks and hand sanitizer to make room for Halloween costumes and candy as well as Christmas cards and colored lights. “This is pretty standard in the ol’ seasonal retail biz”, said Fred Goshwartz, a manager at the CVS…
Read MoreClearwater man loses bet requiring him to dress as a woman for 35th Halloween in a row
For the 35th year in a row, Clearwater’s Dave Kenneth will be required to attend a Halloween party dressed in women’s clothing due to losing a bet. “Geez, I am either a very unlucky man, not good at gambling or something else”, he says, knowing damn well the answer is definitely ‘something else’. Kenneth, 52,…
Read MoreRick Scott and Ron DeSantis going as each other for Halloween
Former Florida Governor and current US Senator Rick Scott and his successor in Tallahassee Ron DeSantis have settled on their respective costumes for this year’s Federal Government Halloween Gala, which will be held at the Marriott Waterside in Tampa for the sake of this story. The exclusive gala is the biggest Halloween costume party in…
Read MoreShoppers brawl over holiday decorations at Tampa CVS
A huge fight between a number of shoppers erupted yesterday at the CVS drug store at 6701 N. Dale Mabry, over which holiday decorations are appropriate to put on sale at this time of year and a complete inability to mind their own business. It began when two women entered the store and immediately encountered…
Read MoreHalloween costume designer facing unprecedented challenge
With Halloween approaching, a local costume designer is struggling to deal with unforeseen difficulties resulting from the pandemic. “Basically, how do you make a costume slutty in the COVID era?”, says Billy Braxwell, owner and chief designer for Braxwell’s House of Fashion in South Tampa. “Cat suits are being replaced by bio-hazard suits. There’s only…
Read MoreTampa Bay Retailers Hoping To Go Out Of Business Before Halloween
Tampa Bay Area merchants who operate traditional brick-and-mortar retail stores are hoping to be put out of business soon, in order to lease their locations to seasonal Halloween pop-up stores. “I’m starting to get nervous; it’s September and some of those stores are already open,” says Susan Gligart, owner of Aunt Suzy’s Crafts and Yarn.…
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