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Thursday, 13 May 2010 |
Mitch Traphagen Photo
I wonder how many calories are in the 32 ounce chocolate shake from the Twistee Treat Ice Cream Shop on St. Pete Beach? I don’t really care -- The shakes are worth it. But that certainly is a ginormous quantity of ice cream to honk down. Nancy Eckstrom (thanks for the note! Yep, back permanently...hopefully that’s not bad news!) recognized it -- in fact, it seems I may have just missed seeing her there when I took the photo. Lori Bossman also recognized it and has seen others like it across the state (thanks for the note and the info -- maybe we should all come up with a plan to visit each and every one of them!), as did Bill and Margie Galbreath (if you want company, give me a call when you go!). Ron DeVries (sure! Let’s go! I’ll buy!) and Elaine DiAntonio (there certainly are a lot of them. Thanks for the note!) placed it in Plant City rather than St. Pete Beach but they win, too, for pointing out more places to pick up those honking shakes. This week we have a piece of history. Walk up to the street level glass windows, peer in and imagine Elvis or Gary Cooper hanging out inside. Or picture the sometimes boisterous scene of U.S. servicemen decompressing in the bar after training to fly B-17s. It was once the tallest building in Florida and I would give anything to go back in time to see it during the heyday. Do you know where this is? Have you stayed there? If so, I really want to hear your story. Send your guess or bawdy (and not so bawdy) tales to
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