March Madness Has Arrived

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Hey Gang, I hope that you have been watching college basketball because I fully intend to win the DrewGriffin.com March Madness Contest. While it has been my honor to host these tournaments for the last ten years, I fully intend to come away with the prize this year (if there was a prize, I would). Regardless, I hope you will do your best to spread the word and send more people to participate in our little tourney. Enjoy the games. Current Standings. … [Read more...]

Lee Roy Selmon’s Review

Lee Roy Selmon's

If you have read my blog before, you will note that I have done barbecue restaurant reviews.  While I am cognizant of the fact that I cannot categorize Lee Roy Selmon's as strictly a barbecue restaurant, they smoke some pretty good meat. I hope readers do not confuse my words of praise with idol worship. While it may be true that Lee Roy Selmon was the first Buccaneer in franchise history and its only member of the Hall of Fame, these fact are in no way shaping my positive review of Selmon's Restaurant. If you are in the mood for an appetizer, you can not go wrong with the Chicken Back Country Nachos ("no okra, … [Read more...]

Smoke Barbeque & Grill Review

Smoke on Platt Barbeque & Grill

Several years ago, there was a auto detail show on the corner of South Boulevard and Platt Street.  Most importantly, Mr. Klean served some REALLY good barbecue.  I remember getting pulled pork or ribs with a potato salad and collard greens.  OH MY GOODNESS!! Anyhow, the property owner raised the rent so high that Mr. Klean had to relocate to Columbus Drive (and then went out of business) and my lunchtime barbecue options were diminished by one. After a couple of different businesses in the same location, Smoke Barbeque & Grill has taken over and thank goodness it has.  Several Tampa restaurateurs and … [Read more...]

Melody Gardot

Melody Gardot

So a couple of months ago, I was checking out CDBaby.com (a site that has CDs from mostly independent artists). I clicked on the "top sellers" link and saw the CD for sale from Melody Gardot. The CD was recommended if you like Norah Jones and Amos Lee. I am a fan of both Norah (I know her by her first name **winks**) and Amos Lee so I gave it a listen. Smooth. Real Smooth. Check out her site and make sure you spend enough time to listen to a couple of tracks playing in the background. MelodyGardot.com. I embedded one video from YouTube here but you check out her You Tube Channel. … [Read more...]