Poor Morris

A tribute to Morris, the beach cat.

Waiting for the mail

Post Office boxes await delivery of their mail in downtown Gulfport.

A very tall, very false horse

Seen in Gulfport.

The French Chef

Seen outside a restaurant in Gulfport.

Fancy flamingo

Seen in the window at the Gulfport Casino.

Rescquiat in Pace

Dead crab on the beach at Gulfport.

The Clay House

Apartment-motel in St Pete Beach.

Let's go bowling

Ten Pin Lanes, built sometime in the early 1960s. Still in operation, with a snack bar, bowling lessons, and a Glo Bowl every week.

A glimpse of the past

A view of random antiques for sale through a display cabinet. Gulfport.

The Beach Theatre

The tiny Beach Theatre in St Pete Beach was built sometime in the 1950s and is still running on a regular basis. It's been featured prominently in major films such as "Cocoon," and shows the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" every Friday night at midnight without fail. Oh, and they serve beer and wine, too. My kinda theatre. Madame, some wine with your Milk?

Barber's beacon

A vintage-style barbershop light twirls around and around, even on its barber's day off.

Peace Means Behave!

Seen in an art gallery window.

Inscription

The Lew Family name inscribed in an exterior wall of the Gas Plant Antique Arcade which formerly housed Lew Brothers Furniture. Ross and Larry Lew started the furniture store (which is 4 stories) in the late forties. I believe the family still owns the building.

Diner after dark

The interior of the Central Avenue Coffee Shop after hours. Note the ceramic lady head on the counter at the left.

Tiny cafe

Seen on Central Avenue, downtown. They sell burgers, fries, soda, and the like.

Self-advertisement

Sticker seen on a lamppost on Central Avenue for a local St Pete blog (not this one!).

So Kool!

Central Avenue, St Pete.

All that remains...

...of the great attraction called Webb's City. A few streetlight fixtures and the crows nest that the parking traffic director used to stand in.

Tailor, tailor

Not so much anymore..Central Avenue.

Supply, no demand

Broken sign in an alleyway.

St Mary's Catholic Church

Spiritualism

Mirror Lake Library, again

Cornerstone of this beautiful library.

Mirror Lake Library

Old brick

Central Avenue.

Built in 1926

Central avenue.

Sunset over the Gulf