Gabrielle Calise
Life and Culture Reporter at Tampa Bay Times
@TB_Times culture, music + nostalgia reporter with a soft spot for Florida history + oddities 🌴 Editor + writer, @a24's 'Florida!' book. 📖 @UFJschool alum 🐊
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2 weeks ago |
tampabay.com | Gabrielle Calise
People have long come to Florida looking for escape, but living here isn’t all sunshine and smiles. Costs are rising. Hurricanes are destructive. Sweat stains and palmetto bugs are a guarantee. The population boom that brought tens of thousands of new residents to the Tampa Bay area a couple years ago may finally be slowing down, according to a recent data analysis.
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3 weeks ago |
tampabay.com | Gabrielle Calise
YBOR CITY — Right off the hustle of Seventh Avenue, La France stands as part fashion time machine, part Hollywood-worthy costume closet. Look up and see frilly hats fit for the Kentucky Derby, right across from a rainbow of feather boas. Crouch down to sift through the wingtip shoes. There are sequined clown vests and silk wedding kimonos, mod dresses from the 1960s and gothic jewelry suitable for a night out at the Castle.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Gabrielle Calise
YBOR CITY — Right off the hustle of Seventh Avenue, La France stands as part fashion time machine, part Hollywood-worthy costume closet. Look up and see frilly hats fit for the Kentucky Derby, right across from a rainbow of feather boas. Crouch down to sift through the wingtip shoes. There are sequined clown vests and silk wedding kimonos, mod dresses from the 1960s and gothic jewelry suitable for a night out at the Castle.
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4 weeks ago |
centrotampabay.com | Gabrielle Calise
RIVERVIEW - Incluso cuando está en la cama, a punto de quedarse dormida, la mente de Mandy Walker está en el agua. Escucha el agudo silbido de un silbato mientras comienza la carrera. Siente sus músculos ardiendo mientras su cuerpo, mitad mujer, mitad pez, se desliza a través de un borrón de azul. Imagina la adrenalina empujándola hacia la línea de meta. En cinco semanas, Walker se dirigirá a las Merlympics Oficiales en Wolfsburg, Alemania. No ve televisión.
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4 weeks ago |
tampabay.com | Gabrielle Calise
RIVERVIEW — Even when she’s in bed, about to drift off to sleep, Mandy Walker’s mind is in the water. She hears the shrill cry of a whistle as the race begins. She feels her muscles burning as her body — half woman, half fish — glides through a blur of blue. She imagines the adrenaline pushing her to the finish line. In five weeks, Walker is headed to the Official Merlympics in Wolfsburg, Germany. She does not watch television.
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