Tag: St. Petersburg
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Duncan McClellan Gallery
If you’re in the mood to see something delicious, delectable and colorful, check out the Duncan McClellan Gallery. Not only do they have gorgeous glass pieces from artists all over the world, they also have a workshop where you can watch the creation process. If you’re in the market to buy something, bring your platinum
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Imagine Museum
What a great name for a glass museum. Although many pieces are realistic and you can attach a noun to them like flower, monkey, or horse, others are more abstract. Their titles give you the opportunity to take a second look and imagine what you might have produced if given a concept like “Fractured Earth”
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James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art
I’ll get to the point right up front: I loved this museum. In fact, I’d put it on my all-time favorites list. This was an expansive, light, fresh space. The museum has two floors divided into galleries – Native Life, Early West, Native Artists, Frontier, and New West. There is an auditorium, an event space,
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Tall Ships Festival
The Tall Ships Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida was a sight to behold but the logistics of the event fell short. It would be spectacular if things were organized a bit better. Well . . . that’s not entirely true. It was spectacular but the long lines, lack of seating and poorly thought-out trolley pick-ups
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Weedon Island Preserve
Weedon Island Preserve’s storied past includes a home for prehistoric people, an airport, a movie studio, and a speakeasy. Located along the shores of Old Tampa Bay, it’s a rich tapestry of mangrove forests, open mud flats and salterns, pine/scrubby flatwoods, and maritime hammocks. I may not know a saltern from a hammock, but I
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Dali Museum
Warning: Irreverent opinions from an uneducated artist follow. If you love Salvador Dali, you might want to skip this post. In an effort to do something outside my comfort zone, I decided to visit the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. I expected to hate it, since I’m not a Dali fan but, overall, it was
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Parkshore Grill
Parkshore Grill is a lovely spot for lunch or dinner. It’s located directly across the street from a park that’s sandwiched between the restaurant and the water. If you opt for the outdoor dining, you get gorgeous views of green and blue. As you might expect, reservations are recommended but I got there early and
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Chihuly Collection
Dale Chihuly was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1941. He learned glass art while studying interior design and architecture at the University of Washington. After graduation in 1964, he went on to study glassblowing at the University of Wisconsin and then at Rhode Island School of Design. Offhand, I’d say he did all right. As
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Florida Holocaust Museum
The Florida Holocaust Museum is well worth your time. It painstakingly chronicles the plight of Jewish people beginning in 922 BCE until today. And it breaks your heart. The more photos and memorabilia you see, the heavier the history becomes – required identity cards, discarded shoes, bricks from the crematorium chimney. It is overwhelming but
Lisa Browder 