The Ginipulator

This is my daughter Gina, in her performance from her drama summer camp. Broadway is next! Thanks to Joe and Joy for the wonderful camera work and commentary!

Saturday At Sunset Beach

This is "Almost Famous" Wayne. This was taken on the beach on Tampa Bay in the North Shore Park in St. Pete.









A stop for some gelato. These were snapped on Sunset Beach in the afternoon. Show me love, Baby...

America'a next Top Models???

And a dinner stop at Philthy Phil's.

Gay Pride Family Pride

Saturday was the 6th Annual St. Pete Pride parade and street festival. We started the day with an all you can eat pancake breakfast sponsored by Una Voce. It was the first time they did it and it appeared to be a big success!

The Dykes on Bikes were at the head of the parade.

Glinda Imposter . . .

Nuns on the run?

Obligatory Eye Candy

My auto insurance company.

The Rainbow Flag was unfurled at the end of the parade. It ran on for blocks . . .

The Beginning of the End of June

The busy last weekend of June actually began on Thursday night. Wayne bought this new pizza book and took a recipe from there to make a pizza. He made the dough too! Sauteed spinach, cheeses, including ricotta. Delicious!

On Friday afternoon I left for Teidtke Hall at Rollins College in Orlando to see the Showcase from the Performing Arts Institute Summer Camp Program. Gina took part in a three week program there. Some casting directors from Broadway come in during the camp and they auditioned for them. Gina struck some interest there! Watch out Great White Way! Joe and Joy are visiting from NYC and Linda and Louie are visiting from Albany, so we had a mini reunion! I hadn't seen them since last August when I moved to St. Pete.

Of course, I may be biased, but Gina had the show stopping number! She sang Gimme, Gimme from Thoroughly Modern Millie and it was FANTASTIC!

Afterwards we went to this little Italian restaurant, got lost on the way, of course. We had to wait a while for our table, but it was well worth it! Excellent food and personable service!

Sharing the eclaire...

Creme Broulee Cheesecake.

Bringing Down Broadway

Una Voce's June Concert was held this past weekend. They did three performances; Friday and Saturday nights at the St Petersburg College Music Center in St Pete and a Sunday matinee performance at the University of South Florida Tampa Campus. I had seen a lot of the rehearsals, but I was completely blown away by the performances. Great music, beautiful voices and lots of fun!

On Saturday Wayne come over and I was going to ride to the concert with him. We stopped at a fast food place to pick up something to bring with us, since his call was an hour before the show. As we were pulling out of the fast food place, Wayne asks me, "You have your ticket, don't you?" DUH! Well, since it was back at my apartment, we quickly drove back to get it. As we later entered the theater, I went to give my ticket to Nelson, and he asked me if I would be one of the ticket takers. Of course! And then he asked me what it was I was going to give him, and I said, "my ticket." He replied, "Since you're the ticket taker, you can just take your own." Now I guess I owe Wayne some money for gas?

I attempted to take some photos using the available light and no flash, but most of the shots came out way too blurry. But here are a couple of the 'clearer' ones.

After the show a couple dozen of us went to Chili's. Oink! Oink!