A Visit from Linda and Louie

Linda and Louie arrived in St Pete on Sunday at midday. They checked into the America's Best Inn on 3rd Avenue N. It's the place where I stayed when I came to check out the area last July.

I met them there and proceeded to give them the grand tour of St Pete. We drove around the downtown area, along the North Shore just north of downtown and along Coffee Pot Bayou. We drove across to the beaches on the Gulf. These shots were from Sunset Beach. There was a small wedding ceremony going on while we were there.

We ate later in the afternoon at Beak's Old Florida on Central Avenue. Good food and good conversation. Plus...it was cool inside!

Then we did a little more touring and of course, had to hit the gelato shop!

This shot was taken on the Pier on Monday morning.

And after hanging at the pier for a while we headed over to Mazzaro's. Browsed around and then had lunch.

Around mid afternoon Linda and Lou headed back to Orlando. We'll next see each other in New York City at the end of July when we attend Joy's one woman show in the Midtown Theater Festival.