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As of press time, we’re just… scared. By Ray Roa

t the earliest, you’ll read this on Thursday, more than 24 hours after polls closed in Florida. As I write this on Tuesday, pundits are saying “this is gonna be a long night” a lot and telling folks what most everyone believed going into the final day of election season: We’re not going to know who wins the presidential election before the sun comes up Wednesday. In my mind, I’m wondering if we’ll have a definitive answer by the time the deadline for next week’s issue rolls around. In some ways, I don’t want to ever find out. In the final weeks leading to Nov. 3, another thing the country already knew somehow became even more explicitly clear: American politics are scary as hell. Sure, in the Bay area races for the U.S. Congress, Charlie Crist and Kathy Castor handily defeated Republican opponents who represented some of the worst aspects of the new GOP. Crist’s challenger Anna Paulina Luna ran a campaign that was filled with promotional pictures of her holding semi automatics in front of American flags. Christine Quinn—who took just 39% of the vote compared to Castor’s 60%—came under fire for using hashtags related to QAnon. QAnon is a conspiracy theory that claims the “deep state”—which QAnon claims runs pedophilia and sex trafficking rings—works against President Trump. The president is supposedly fighting against those forces of evil. People believe those lies. And that’s what frightens me the most

Over the last four years, Trump has lied more than any president in my lifetime and probably yours. For the most part, those who voted for him in 2016 and 2020 are cool with it. You know the basic moral arguments about kids in cages. History undoubtedly affirms the rights of Black Lives Matter protesters to assemble. A majority of the country—even his voters—knows that the Trump is a bad person and someone who endangers the lives of Black, brown and queer Americans. When it comes to his lack of a plan to fight coronavirus, Trump literally endangers everyone regardless of race. There isn’t enough room to list a fraction of the empty promises and ways his ascension has hurt most of you. But still, enough voters in the U.S. seemingly don’t care enough. As evidenced by the nailbiting drama in election coverage, Democratic leadership still hasn’t figured out how to run a candidate who energizes the party the way Obama did. But at least the gains on everyone’s stock portfolios will be taxed at rates everyone likes, amirite? So as Tuesday turns into Wednesday—and as you perhaps read this on Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, with uncertainty perhaps still being the order of the day, I’d like to say that I’m as worried and scared as the rest of you. And that’s OK. I don’t know what happens next, but I know the fight doesn’t go anywhere. There’s still a lot of change left to work for. Don’t stop now.

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Common sense amendment passes, boosting minimum wage to $15 an hour.

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lorida’s Amendment 2—aka the $15 Minimum Wage Initiative—has passed with more than 60% voter approval, in a major victory for

Florida’s low-wage workers. Its passage, will gradually raise Florida’s current minimum wage of $8.56 to $15 by 2026, beginning with an initial increase to $10 on Sept. 30, 2021. The minimum wage will then increase in $1 increments each year until it reaches $15 by 2026. Florida’s Fight for $15 and union leaders— who have been central to this victory— consider the passage of Amendment 2 not only a win for labor, but also for social and racial justice. In Tampa Bay, Black workers on average earn 20% less than white workers, regardless of education level, and are two times more likely to live in poverty, according to a 2020 Regional Equity report from Tampa Bay Partnership. An estimated 2.5 million workers—a quarter of Florida’s workforce—will see this pay increase in the next five years. According to a report from the Florida Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, this pay increase will uplift an estimated one million Florida families out of poverty, and female workers—particularly Black and Latinx workers—are estimated to gain the most, with 38% women of color in the workforce expected to see this increase. Across the state, Florida’s fight for a $15 minimum wage has been years in the making. Orlando attorney John Morgan—who funded efforts to get Amendment 2 on the ballot this year—was a key figure in this year’s victory, although the fair wage movement more broadly has its roots in the American labor movement and the work of organized labor unions like the SEIU (Service Employees International Union), in addition to the Fight for $15 campaign and other pro-labor organizations. Fast food workers with Fight for $15 Florida and other low-wage employees across the state held a number of socially distanced rallies to boost support for Amendment 2, including local Fight for $15 leaders Gail Rogers, a 62-year-old McDonald’s worker, and Tampa Waffle House worker Alex Harris, 24.

Get-out-the-vote efforts for Amendment 2 were also bolstered by the grassroots Florida for 15 coalition—composed of more than 20 prolabor organizations and unions, and driven by Florida’s essential workers—and the Florida Business for a Fair Minimum Wage coalition—which boasted a membership of more than 150 Florida business owners and executives in support of Amendment 2 prior to Tuesday. Nationally, organizations like Patriotic Millionaires and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) also recommended Florida voters vote “Yes” on Amendment 2. Richie Floyd, an activist organizer with Pinellas DSA, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that the Florida for 15 coalition—which Pinellas DSA is a member of—sent 3.1 million texts to voters to boost support for Amendment 2. Pinellas DSA and other Florida-based DSA chapters held multiple events over the course of recent months to boost support for Amendment 2, including sign-waving events and text-banking parties over Zoom. “This Amendment will have many positive benefits for this state, first and foremost by raising wages, but also by raising quality of life for many workers and their children,” Floyd told CL. He emphasized the significance of Amendment 2’s passage for narrowing racial and gender wage gaps as well, telling CL that a refusal to pay workers a living wage is “not only exploitative, it’s also often racist and sexist.” Looking beyond Florida Florida was the only state with a $15 minimum wage boost on the ballot this year. But Florida isn’t alone in its victory. Seven additional states—including New Jersey, New York, and California among others—are on track to reach a $15 minimum wage within the next five years, as are dozens of cities across the country. Last year, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House also introduced and passed federal legislation— dubbed the Raise the Wage Act—to enact a $15 minimum wage nationwide. Unfortunately—if not surprisingly—it’s been stuck in the U.S. Senate ever since.

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FINALLY: Florida’s fight for a $15 minimum wage has been years in the making.

As part of his platform, Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden endorsed raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour—although whether that’s political speak or genuine support is anyone’s guess. CL favorite Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist and longtime labor advocate, also supports a federal wage boost. Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump does not, and neither do House and Senate Republicans. Florida also had an influential and highlyfunded base of opposition to Amendment 2, which argued that raising the minimum wage to $15/hr would kill jobs, threaten the livelihood of small businesses, and negatively impact Florida’s economic recovery from the pandemic. Notable opponents of Florida’s Amendment 2 included the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (FLRA)—which has representatives from Olive Garden parent company Darden Restaurants, Walt Disney World, and McDonald’s as a board member. Although McDonald’s can afford to pay its CEO more than $18 million in annual compensation, adequately paying their labor force—who generate that exorbitant wealth—is apparently a bridge too far. Earlier this year, the FLRA and others in Florida’s tourism industry poured hundreds of thousands of dollars of money into Save Florida Jobs, an anti-Amendment 2 PAC created to kill support for the Fair Wage Amendment. This money— which presumably could have otherwise gone into the pockets of workers and business owners—was wasted. Charlie Crist, Castor reelected to Congress Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist has been reelected for Florida’s 13th Congressional District for a third term, defeating Republican challenger Anna Paulina Luna. Kathy Castor, another incumbent, shellacked her opponent, Christine Quinn in the District 14 race. The Associated Press called it early for Crist who claimed 56% of the vote in the Pinellas County district, which includes St. Petersburg, Largo and Clearwater. At press time, Castor took 60.2% of the vote, while Quinn—whose past social media posts included multiple QAnon hashtags—took just 39.8%, according to the New York Times. Elsewhere in the race to represent for Tampa Bay in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats Margaret Good, Alan Cohn, and Kimberly Walker all lost in their districts where their GOP opponents—Vern Buchanan, Scott Franklin and Gus Bilirakis—all won their races. The result in District 13 is not surprising,

as Crist is generally well-liked in the district and established in Florida politics, previously serving as the state’s governor from 2007 to 2011. As of Oct. 28, Crist was leading Luna in the polls by 17 points. In the district, Democrats outnumber Republicans 201,088 to 176,857. Castor has previously defeated Quinn, so her win is no surprise either. Crist, 64, was a Republican governor until he left the party in 2010 and ran as a Democrat in 2014 for Congress. He eventually won the bid in 2016 and has maintained mostly moderate ideals. Luna, who is only 31, previously served in the Air Force. Her campaign was filled with promotional pictures of her holding semi automatics in front of American flag images, an appeal to strong proponents of the 2nd Amendment and, frankly, Donald Trump. She has received support from the president as well as Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk. Luna said her priority was enhancing services for veterans. Tampa native Kathy Castor is almost always on the right side of history on many issues Take LGBTQ equality. Years before even the likes of Barack Obama were publicly “evolving” on same-sex marriage, Castor was going against the grain. More local results In the Florida Senate, Democrat Darryl Rouson easily retained his District 19 seat, while the GOP’s Jim Boyd and Dany Burgess beat their opponents in Districts 21 and 20. In Hillsborough, incumbent State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Democrat Andrew Warren defeated Mike Perotti by taking 53.3% of the vote. Hillsborough and Pinellas counties also decided to keep their incumbent sheriffs Chad Chronister and Bob Gualtieri. In the courts, Monique Scott took 55.1% of the vote to defeat Bill Yanger in the race for Hillsborough County Court Judge Group 7. In the race for seats on the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners, Harry Cohen, Gwen Myers and Patricia “Pat” Kemp won their races. Democrat Nancy Millian is Tax Collector for Hillsborough, while the county saw Nadia Combs, Jessica Vaughn, Henry “Shake” Washington and Lynn Gray win their races to be on the Hillsborough County School board. Democrat Bob “Coach” Henriquez will remain property appraiser in Hillsborough County; at press time, only 40% of precincts had reported in Pinellas. See updated results via cltampa.com/news. CL staffters Colin Wolf and Ray Roa contributed to this report.

“An estimated 2.5 million workers will see this increase in the next five years.”

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For St. Pete’s sake

Lawyers representing victimized counterprotester accuse State Attorney of bullying client. By Justin Garcia

he law office representing a Black Lives Matter protester injured by a counterprotester has accused the Pinellas County State Attorney’s office of bullying their client. On Sept. 26, video appears to show pro-police counterprotester Lawrence Arnold Davis shoving protester Kimberley Cox to the ground and injuring her before chambering his gun and pointing it at a crowd in downtown St. Petersburg. After the police declined to pursue charges, the law office of Fernandez and Bardine sought charges through the State Attorney’s office. On Oct. 22, Cox and their legal team met with Assistant State Attorney Anthony Carlow to discuss the incident, and claim Carlow acted in a combative manner. “Carlow was very aggressive, abrasive and curt,” Cox told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “When I got to the part about the injury to my tailbone, he was red in the face, kept interrupting me and raising his voice.” Cox’s lawyer Megan Fernandez, a former assistant state attorney, says that when she tried to speak up for Cox, the situation escalated and Carlow ended the meeting. “She is a victim of a crime, and he treated her more like he was interrogating a defendant,” Fernandez said. “By the time he ended it, he was visibly shaking with anger.” Johnny Bardine, who is also representing Cox, said that being interviewed takes a lot of courage on the victim’s behalf, and that the way Carlow behaved was “completely inappropriate.” In their statement, Fernandez and Bardine wrote that during the meeting, Carlow “proceeded to aggressively bully counsel in an attempt to intimidate and assert control and power over counsel.” They claim that after the interview was ended, Carlow continued to “harass counsel as well as Ms.Cox down a narrow and enclosed hallway.” Cox’s legal team added that Carlow’s behavior was intended to “stop this case in its tracks,” but that it didn’t work. They requested immediate audience with State Attorney Bernie McCabe. Instead, they were directed to Assistant State Attorney Elizabeth Constantine, who they say acted professional. During the meeting, they claim that Constantine called Davis “the defendant,” but said that the state attorney’s office confirmed that it has not made a decision on whether or not to file charges against Davis. In their statement, Fernandez and Bardine request that Carlow be removed from any legal involvement in regards to Cox’s case.

CL made multiple calls to the Pinellas County State Attorney’s office to speak with Carlow or State Attorney Bernie McCabe. The employees who answered CL’s calls said that McCabe was unavailable and Carlow was on vacation, so attorney Bruce Bartlett responded in their stead. He was not in the room that day and did not witness the meeting, but claims that Fernandez, Bardine and Cox showed up and began bullying Carlow. “They’re trying to get something done by causing a political stir with the public, or whoever it would be that would read the thing, with what I consider to be fake news. If there’s a crime, there’s a crime, we’ll file a charge.” Bartlett said. “If we find factually we can’t support a crime, then we won’t file charges, it’s as simple as that. But it’s not going to be based on what their [Cox’s] lawyers tell me. It’s kind of like if I barged into your office at Creative Loafing and started telling you, ‘this is what’s going to be done.’”

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When asked if he had a statement about the video showing what happened on the evening that Cox was injured, Bartlett said he did not, because he had not watched it, but added, “We dispute their version of the way this thing transpired.” In regards to Carlow’s integrity, Bartlett said that Carlow is an experienced lawyer, who was involved in law enforcement before pursuing law. Davis, the armed counterprotester, has a history of threatening posts made towards social justice protesters. A screenshot from June 20, shared by St. Pete Peace Protest shows that Davis publicly posted a link to an article titled, “Man defends himself against rioters who attacked him with knives/ skateboard.” The freeze frame of the video shows a man pointing a gun at people. About the video, Davis wrote, “I would have done the same these little pussys are only tough in mob mode.” Davis also shared a video of protesters being run over, as well as a meme about burning down protesters homes. His cover photo shows a pickup truck with a Trump 2020 and a Blue Lives Matter flag attached to the back.

Cox, Fernandez and Bardine all point out that on the evening of the incident, Davis and multiple other Back The Blue protesters were recorded following, harassing and abusing the Black Lives Matter protesters for most of the march. The counterprotesters and St. Pete police claimed that BLM protesters were armed with knives at the time of the altercation that took place, but a slowed down video refutes that claim and shows that what were claimed to be weapons were actually a belt and a bandana. The violent night occurred the day after Gov. Ron Desantis called St. Petersburg protesters “mobs harassing innocent people,” in regards to a confrontation with a couple who protesters claimed hurled racial and religious epithets at them as the protest went by. The protesters’ side of the story was not included in most stories about the incident. Cox and her lawyers say that a refusal to pursue charges against the person who assaulted Cox and pointed his gun at protesters could set a dangerous precedent and lead to more violence. “It emboldens that entire group to commit these types of actions in the future, and it will get worse,” Fernandez said. “That’s the fear.”

“It emboldens that entire group to commit these types of actions.”

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Trumpster fire

A clenched-buttcheek recap of 45’s Tampa visit. By Ray Roa and Colin Wolf In 2016, Trump won Florida by just 1.2%, which is 114,455 votes. Every vote counts. On top of this, Raymond James was the closest polling location for a largely low-income part of Tampa, where the median household salary is often under $20K, according to CityData. That forced residents to travel to Town ‘N’ Country or South Tampa to get to their nearest Early Voting site. Multiple community organizations condemned Trump’s decision to hold a rally at Raymond James, criticizing the campaign for bringing a potential COVID-19 super-spreader event to Tampa, and for disrupting a voting site. “What about all of the folks that took off work - that couldn’t afford to - and came all the way on a bus (they weren’t sure would make it) to do their civic duty and go vote. What about public health? What about their rights? The man that calls himself president couldn’t care less about struggles he will never understand.” said Zulema Ramos from Tampa Bay Housing Justice Committee in collaboration with Florida Student Power Network. “And I’m only in my 20’s, I can’t imagine how the older generations might feel. This is like putting confederate monuments in front of courthouses: blatant intimidation. This is not what freedom and democracy look like.” Robin Lockett, Tampa Regional Director, Organize Florida Education Fund, echoed the sentiment, stating that the rally is a form of voter intimidation. “This is an obvious and gross display of voter intimidation and actively works to make an early voting location less safe, both, in terms of COVID safety measures and voter’s ability to vote freely.” Gotta admire the devotion of Trump followers; these folks are willing to freeze, be overcome by heat and face coronavirus all for a glimpse of the guy and a chance to suppress the vote. Get more updated information via cltampa. com/news and photos.cltampa.com.

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o one’s surprised, but last Thursday’s Trump rally at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium was kind of a hot mess. NBC News reported that followers—many unmasked as Florida sees new COVID-19 cases rising—passed out at the president’s Oct. 29 afternoon rally. “It’s so hot here in Tampa (87 degrees) that there’s a truck blasting water at the back of the Trump rally crowd,” reporter Monica Alba wrote on Twitter. “Multiple people have passed out already, with supporters calling for medics every 5-10 minutes.” Community radio station WMNF 88.5-FM counted at least 10 people who needed medical attention due to excessive heat. WMNF reporter Daniel Figueroa IV also tweeted that a Trump supporter spit on him as he conducted an interview on site. “We responded to 16 calls for service and transported 13,” Jason Penny, Public Information Officer at Tampa Fire Rescue, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay when asked about supporters of the president who were overcome by temperatures in the high-80s. News of heat affecting Trump supporters came the same week that some of the president’s sheeple in Omaha, Nebraska went to hospitals after a Trump rally where hundreds were stranded in the cold. Trump’s rally also wreaked havoc on folks who might’ve had plans on Early Voting at Raymond James, which was one of Hillsborough County’s largest sites to cast your ballot ahead of Election Day. On the morning of the rally, the City of Tampa said that the dignitary visit would mean that three roads surrounding the stadium would temporarily close. Closing roads for a presidential visit is normal, closing roads around a polling site during a record-setting voting year for a candidate in a vital area of a key battleground state, is not. In response, the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office (HCSOE) said that Trump’s rally “is not affiliated with the Supervisor of Elections Office or the Supervisor of Elections’ use of Raymond James Stadium as an Early Voting site.” The HCSOE added that per Florida Statute, electioneering is not allowed within 150 feet of an early voting site. “But the Supervisor of Elections Office cannot prohibit campaign activities outside this no solicitation zone.’ The rally and campaigners will be outside of this zone,” HCSOE added. It’s worth remembering that Florida is important for both candidates, and holds 29 of the 270 votes needed to win the presidency.

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f I had to guess, this shit show of an election will probably conclude in a rather predictable fashion. After all, if you ignore the day-to-day palpitations and take a longview, the contest looks remarkably steady. Donald Trump started behind. He remained behind all year. Nothing changed. Headed into the campaign’s final weekend, he was down nine. So if on Tuesday night—or given the deluge of absentee ballots, Wednesday or Thursday or Friday—the networks declare Joe Biden the winner with a 52–46 margin and a little over 320 electoral votes, we’ll nod and go, “That makes sense.” Of course, as the hymn taught us: once bitten, twice shy. As we learned four years ago, polling errors happen. One of this magnitude would be unprecedented. But this is an unprecedented election: The first held during a pandemic. The first in which a majority of votes will be cast before Election Day. And, most important, the first in which the president has made clear his intention to challenge legal votes in the hope that judges he appointed will declare him the winner. “We’ll see what happens at the end of [on Election Day],” Trump said Thursday. “Hopefully, it won’t go longer than that. Hopefully, the few states remaining that want to take a lot of time after Nov. 3 to count ballots, that won’t be allowed by the various courts.” No law requires ballots to be counted, or winners declared, on Election Day. In fact, many states wait more than a month before certifying their results. The only thing different this year is that lots of people voted by mail, which means lots of ballots will get counted after Election Day. Since Democrats used absentee ballots far more than Republicans, what looks like a swing-state win for Trump on Tuesday could turn into a decisive Biden victory by Friday— the so-called blue shift. That’s why Trump wants to shut it down. Imagine that the Electoral College comes down to Pennsylvania. By state law, counties can’t begin counting absentee ballots until Election Day. Trump is almost certain to be ahead when the initial returns come in. When the blue shift happens, which it will, the president will cry fraud and demand that officials stop counting votes—especially absentee ballots that trickle in a day or two after the election. His campaign will sue. The case will go to the Supreme Court, where four justices have signaled that they’d at least toss the late arrivals—and that doesn’t include Amy Coney Barrett, whose confirmation Republicans rushed through explicitly for this purpose.

SMELLS LIKE BLUE SHIFT: Cheeto will most certainly try and discredit election results. Court to overturn absentee-ballot-deadline extensions. They succeeded in Wisconsin, and Justice Samuel Alito invited Pennsylvania Republicans to try again after the election. In Michigan, Republicans convinced state courts to uphold a state law requiring absentee ballots to be returned by Election Day. In Minnesota, the Trump campaign filed a lawsuit demanding that the state segregate all absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day, a forerunner

filed a separate lawsuit, seeking to bog down elections officials with demands for vote-counting information. Pennsylvania Republicans got their state Supreme Court to ban “naked ballots,” or absentee ballots not placed in secrecy envelopes, which election officials worry might disenfranchise as many as 100,000 people. In Iowa, Republican legislators changed the law to make the absentee ballot application process more difficult,

“Just because a coup fails doesn’t make it forgivable.”

then the Trump campaign sued to disqualify 64,000 applications. In Alabama, Republicans convinced the Supreme Court to uphold a state ban on curbside voting following a lawsuit by groups representing the elderly and disabled. Republicans in Texas successfully fought to keep in place restrictions on who could vote absentee, and less successfully tried to ban drive-through voting in Harris County—i.e., Houston. After being rejected by the Republican state Supreme Court, Republicans sought an emergency injunction in federal court, again seeking to effectively disenfranchise 100,000 mostly Democratic Harris County voters just before the election. Texas Governor Greg Abbott also limited each county to one ballot collection box, a move plainly intended to inconvenience urban areas. Ohio’s secretary of state signed a similar order limiting each county to one collection box; after a court struck it down, he amended the rule, allowing counties to have multiple boxes, provided they were all directly outside of the county’s elections offices. That decision is now tied up in federal courts. The Trump campaign sought to limit Pennsylvania’s use of drop boxes, as well, but the courts said no. And I haven’t even mentioned how the Supreme Court signed off on Florida’s poll tax for ex-felons. I could go on, but you’re probably sensing a theme. Every time, it’s the same story: Voting by mail, they say, has “the potential for widespread, scalable abuse.” That’s false, but who cares. We know that actual absentee voter fraud is vanishingly rare, but that’s beside the point. The argument is pretextual. “It is deeply disturbing that—virtually everywhere—the concerted litigation strategy of the GOP is to make sure that fewer votes count,” the conservative writer David French observed on Thursday, one of few conservatives to acknowledge this obvious fact. If we’re lucky, the margin of victory will be large enough to avoid the constitutional crisis Trump seems eager to provoke, and the conclusion to this four-year nightmare will prove graciously anti-climactic. But even if that’s the case, we shouldn’t lose sight of the real story of 2020: The Republican Party tried to disenfranchise millions of people to maintain its grip on power, and its allies in the federal judiciary were more than willing to play ball. Just because a coup fails doesn’t make it forgivable. As important, this crime against democracy must never be forgotten—no matter how furiously today’s Trump sycophants try to scrub away the stink tomorrow.

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Shit Happened MONDAY 02

Mayor Pete Buttigieg stans for Biden in Tampa Bay, and video of Pete shutting down a troll goes viral. Pete’s well-rehearsed smugness kind of annoyed me in the primary, but for some reason I like him a lot now.

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New York Giants 25-23 on Monday Night Football, advancing the teams record to 6-2. I guess Tom Brady is the only Trumper we stan.

FRIDAY 30 CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG

E-scooters officially arrive in St. Petersburg when two companies put approximately 250 of ‘em into the downtown core. No word if out-of-town “patriots” are coming to protest the e-scooters when riders start “disturbing diners” on Beach Drive.

TUESDAY 03 Election Day arrives in Tampa Bay, and despite record early voting numbers, we’re still shocked at how many people waited until right then to go cast their vote.

SATURDAY 31 Halloween arrived in Tampa Bay, and as expected, irresponsible hordes of people used the “but I’m wearing a mask” excuse to put the public in danger all for the sake of partying. It’s not funny.

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When in knead

A Safety Harbor staple pivots to stay open during pandemic. By Jenna Rimensnyder

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rom ghost kitchens, to teaming up, to flee- Seymour had customers who would put in orders, ing food halls and sharing kitchens with and he started selling wholesale to Life Farms other concepts, Tampa Bay restaurateurs in Clearwater and Tampa’s Trailbale Farms. have been getting creative to stay in business “That kept me going along, and after a and obey CDC regulations when it comes to few weeks, I reached out to the people buythe safety of both employing the bread and asked if ees and customers. For Greg they would be interested Seymour, owner of Safety in doing pizza in a differHarbor’s Pizzeria Gregario, ent construct,” Seymour that path looks a little differexplained. Pizzeria Gregario ent than the others. Rather than opening 400 2nd St. N., Safety Harbor. After initially diverting doors back up for seating, Email pizzeriagregario4107@gmail.com to takeout once COVID-19 Seymour decided to switch to get on its list regulations began rolling to a direct sales business in, Seymour realized that operations weren’t model. Customers could add themselves to a sustainable, especially while keeping his staff list and receive emails detailing weekly pizza onboard. Instead, he shut down and began focus- offerings available for purchase and pickup. ing on bread. Those who claim a pie can expect to pick up a We know what you’re thinking, what the whole, uncut pizza, with finishing ingredients hell is a pizza guy doing cranking out loaves of in the box to be added prior to consumption in bread in the middle of a pandemic? What you the comfort of their own home—or anywhere may not know is that Seymour isn’t new to the else they please, outside of the restaurant, kneading game, he’s true to it. He has frequented that is. festivals, read books, taken masterclasses, and Regulars who frequent the small pizza shop linked up with fellow bread aficionados to devour know that Seymour’s strategy was completely every crumb of knowledge when it comes to warranted; the pizzeria has limited space for technique and history. customers to socially distance while dining. “Baking bread is really inspirational “Once the mask comes off when you’re eating, for me. To me, it’s something humans have this is a small space, so even at half-capacity I been doing since could only have 20 the beginning of people in here and the agricultural that’s including my revolution. Bread staff members,” is a source of food Seymour explains. across the globe,” So far, the switch Seymour told in business models Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “To me, bread has been successful and has caused a consideris really important.” ably smaller amount of stress. While Seymour and a handful of local “I like this direct sale model because I don’t bakeries may share the same sentiment, the have any waste, and I know what to prepare. restaurateur says that’s not the norm. “There’s I do prepare a little extra because I have some not much bread culture in Tampa Bay or Florida. stragglers just in case someone pops in or forThere are some good people baking some really gets,” he added. good bread here but not as prevalent as other Seymour said another plus of the new busiparts of the country.” he added. ness model during pandemic times is that he Prior to the pandemic, customers could doesn’t have to fight with people about wearing walk into Pizzeria Gregorio Thursday through masks. (We hear you on that, Greg.) Saturday and snag loaves of bread Seymour had Because of the positive response, Pizzeria crafted in-house. In May, to create a source of Gregario is able to open for a few days a week income, his focus shifted to strictly making bread. to complete orders, which means Seymour has

“Humans have baked bread since the beginning of the agricultural revolution.”

RISE UP: Pizzeria Gregario is baking bread and serving limited pizzas to stay afloat. been able to employ a handful of people to assist with operations. While Seymour is content with how the direct sale model is going, he can’t help but feel his business would be more successful in a different part of Tampa Bay. “To be honest with you I chose the wrong place to open this, I should’ve opened in St. Pete because it has the right diversity and population,” Seymour shares before explaining that north Pinellas county is a different beast. “I opened it here to be closer to my mom cause that’s where she lives. Not that it’s been unsuccessful—just tough.”

Seymour hopes that come NovemberDecember he can add another pizza day to the week. Considering the circumstances, this direct sales business model will be in place for the foreseeable future. To support local business, and get a pie or loaf of bread to snack on within the comfort of your own home, all you have to do is inquire by emailing pizzeriagregario4107@gmail.com. You’ll be added to Seymour’s list and will receive weekly updates on his offerings. We’re all in this together Tampa Bay, and you can do your part by eating—which is actually pretty ideal.

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Scoop city

Ice cream out the ass, plus more foodie news. By Jenna Rimensnyder and Alexandria Jones

addle up, this week we have four newbies on the block, and a handful more with a debut in the near future. Look below for details on another dog park for the ‘Burg, two ice cream shops and even a food hall. In other not so great news, some of The Bricks’ staff in Ybor got the COVID funk and shutdown for a few weeks—and after a decade of slinging Thai dishes, St. Pete’s Chiang Mai Tai shutdown for good over Halloween weekend. As we enter the final months of 2020, let’s keep safely supporting local staples and newbies alike so we can keep our ever growing foodie community safe from the destructive pandemic. Openings Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi Initially slated for a September opening, Bento is launching its latest Tampa Bay location this Friday near the University of South Florida. The space offers indoor and covered outdoor seating, as well as its loaded menu of wok-seared dishes, sushi, build-your-own poke bowls, rice and noodle bowls, and bento boxes. 5103 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa. eatatbento.com JoToro This Thursday, Nov. 4, Sparkman Wharf debuts a Mexican concept run by Michelin star chef Joe Isidori (who previously served as executive chef for DJT, Trump’s signature restaurant in The Trump International Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas). The eatery will focus on “Fine Mexican Provisions” alongside hand-shaken cocktails, craft-batched margaritas, and tequila flights. The full-service restaurant is stationed at the corner entrance of the Wharf and laced with rustic, industrialchic decor. With 220-seats, diners can escape the unpredictable weather by opting for indoor or covered outdoor seating. 615 Channelside Dr., Tampa. sparkmanwharf.com Lost Coast Oyster Co. Last year, St. Petersburg’s Lost Coast Oyster Company became Tampa Bay’s first and only sustainable oyster farm and company. Last month founders/owners Brian and Lindsay Rosegger celebrated the formal arrival of Lost Coast bivalves with a launch party at St. Pete’s Alto Mare. If you’re hankering to slurp up some homegrown oysters, you can find Lost Coast oysters—aka “LoCo” oysters— at Bascom’s Chophouse, The Urban Stillhouse, and Ulele. lostcoastoysters.com Thyme + Bloom Market This weekend the market and community garden concept is hosting its soft opening. Get acquainted with the affordable produce market and fresh juice bar that provides pantry items, wellness products,

an indoor herb garden, an outdoor community garden, and mobile food pantry. 4202 W. Waters Ave., Suite 5, Tampa. thymeandbloom.com Coming Soon Buzzed Bull Creamery Next year a new boozy liquid nitrogen creamery is set to open its first Florida location in Tampa. The new concept serves up boozy as well as non-alcoholic scoops and shakes just in case your kid tags along. Offerings can be snagged as ice cream combos or nitro shakes, with flavors like Death By Chocolate made with chocolate ice cream, brownie bites, chocolate chips, chocolate sauce on top with a suggested “buzz” of chocolate vodka (a nonbuzzed version pictured above). Location TBD. buzzedbullcreamery.com Mutts and Martinis Dog owners, rejoice! St. Pete’s Grand Central District is getting a dog waterpark and full-liquor bar. The front patio will host a zero-entry splash pool, water sprays, and fountains for dogs to escape the heat. Shade and air-conditioning are available within the indoor space which also hosts a playground for pups as well as a bar for humans to mingle. 2900 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. lovemydogresort.com Oh Yeah Creamery Within the next month or so, we can expect new scoops in Hyde Park next door to Noble Market. The shop’s Facebook has been sharing construction progress and teasing possible flavors inspired by nostalgic cereal (like Trix, Lucky Charms and Cap’n Crunch) and desserts like cosmic brownie, oatmeal cream pies and Swiss rolls. 224 S. Blvd., Hyde Park. @ohyeahcreamery on Facebook. On The Fly The food hall in St. Petersburg is set to open its doors on Nov. 16. On The Fly, which was announced by Ciccio Restaurant Group in late August, will feature local favorites Better Byrd, Sweet Soul and Fresh Kitchen, as well as new addition Taco Dirty. 4447 Fourth St. N., St. Petersburg. cicciorestaurantgroup. com —Thomas Holton

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Temporarily closed The Bricks In an Instagram message posted Monday, the bar said several of its staff members tested positive for coronavirus and that a temporary closure is in place until Nov. 15. “We recommend anyone who has visited the Bricks within the last 10 days to get tested and follow the CDC guidelines,” the restaurant wrote, adding that any questions may be sent to info@ thebricks.com.

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“We appreciate the support understanding as we get through this pandemic together.” 1327 E. 7th Ave., Ybor City. thebricksybor.com Closings Chiang Mai Tai Last weekend, the Thai concept announced its closure with a note on its door thanking the foodie community for 10 years of service at 1100 Central Ave. in St. Pete. A Clearwater restaurant with the same name and different owner, however, is still open. Chiang Mai was known for dishes like spicy volcano chicken, panang curry, as well as an array of pad thai. We’ll see what type of concept is ready to step up and take on the competition laced along Central Ave. in the EDGE District.

ICYMI Jeni’s Ice Creams Beginning this week on Nov. 5, Jeni’s is debuting its holiday flavors including Sugar Plum, Campfire Chocolate, spiced Cognac with Gingerbread, and White Chocolate Peppermint. You can get in the spirit with some frozen scoops or use it as a way to beat the heat. 615 Channelside Dr., Tampa. sparkmanwharf. com. jenis.com King State BOTB-winning Tampa Heights hipster haven King State (the eighth best coffee shop in the U.S., according to Food & Wine) now offers canned versions of its IPA 02, Pilsner, and cold brew. The beers and coffee come in four-packs for retail and to-go orders only. The four-packs cost between $14-16. 520 E. Floribraska Ave., Tampa. king-state.com

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In the wake of concerns about the novel coronavirus, it’s best to call or visit the websites of these breweries to check on their offerings. 3 DAUGHTERS BREWING One of the Warehouse Arts District’s most popular hangouts, and a beautiful facility in which to drink some great brews. 222 22nd St. S., St. Petersburg. 727-495-6002, 3dbrewing.com 3 KEYS BREWING South-of-the-Skyway restaurant and brewery specializing in small batches. 2505 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton. 951-218-0396, 3keysbrewing.com 7VENTH SUN BREWING Some of the best sours, IPAs and collabs going. Two locations. 1012 Broadway, Dunedin. 727-733-3013/6809 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-231-5900, 7venthsun.com 81BAY BREWING CO. South Tampa’s first craft brewery boasts a wide variety of styles. 4465 W. Gandy Blvd., Tampa. 813-837-BREW, 81baybrewco.com ANGRY CHAIR Crazy-good Tampa beer, open Tuesday-Sunday. 6401 N. Florida Ave., Seminole Heights. 813-238-1122, angrychairbrewing.com ANTIBREWERY Dunedin’s secret Sundays-only nano. 1367 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Dunedin

brewery. There’s also a taproom at Amalie Arena. 3924 W. Spruce St., Tampa. 813-348-6363, cigarcitybrewing.com CLEARWATER BREWING CO. Community-oriented and socially and environmentally conscious. 1700 N. Fort Harrison Ave., Clearwater. clearwaterbrewingcompany.com COPPERTAIL BREWING CO. Some of Tampa’s best beer, in one of its best tasting rooms. 2601 E. 2nd Ave., Tampa. 813-247-1500, coppertailbrewing.com COTEE RIVER BREWING Craft beer in the heart of historic downtown New Port Richey. 5760 Main St., New Port Richey. 727-807-6806, coteeriverbrewing.com CRAFT LIFE BREWING Small-batch local brews and a sort of playground or LoL’s craft brewing guild. 4624 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-575-8440. facebook.com/CraftLifeBrewing CROOKED THUMB BREWERY Safety Harbor’s first brewery boasts homegrown flavor and local guest taps. 555 10th Ave. S., Safety Harbor. 727-724-5953, crookedthumbbrew.com

HOB BREWING CO. Rotating taps; some of the beers are brewed on-site and alongside a combination of local breweries plus local and international craft beer makers. 931 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. hob.beer IF I BREWED THE WORLD This self-described “mixtape of breweries” offers a bit of everything from the classic to the fun and outrageous. 2200 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-201-4484, ifibrewedtheworld. com IN THE LOOP BREWING Family-friendly Land O’ Lakes brewery with a lot of community support and plenty of events. 3338 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-997-9189, intheloopbrewingcompany.com INFUSION BREWING CO. Another great location in the good-beer-packed Trinity/New Port Richey area. 7813 Mitchell Blvd. Ste 103, Trinity. 727-312-4512. INOCULUM ALE WORKS These folks are crazy for sours, and know how to craft ‘em. 554 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. inoculumaleworks.com JDUB’S BREWING COMPANY You know ‘em, you love ‘em. A favorite statewide phenomenon. 1215 Mango Ave., Sarasota. 941-955-2739, jdubsbrewing.com

brewing its own in early 2018. 2244 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-360-0766, stpetearcadebar.com ROCK BROTHERS BREWING Brews named for national and local bands have a home in Ybor City. 1901 N. 15th St., Ybor City. 813-241-0110, rockbrothersbrewing.com SARASOTA BREWING COMPANY House-crafted brews, pizza, and sports out toward beautiful Siesta Key. 6607 Gateway Ave., Sarasota. 941-925-2337, sarasotabrewing.com SILVERKING BREWING CO. This space in Tarpon Springs complements a label that’s been around since 2012. 325 East Lemon St., Tarpon Springs. 727-4227598, silverkingbrewing.com SIX TEN BREWING A wide variety and a real passion for the craft-brew community. 7052 Benjamin Rd., Tampa. 813-886-0610, sixtenbrewing.com SOGGY BOTTOM BREWING More Dunedin goodness, including some truly original flavors and inventive brews. 660 Main St., Dunedin. 727-601-1698, soggybottombrewing.com

AVID BREWING This Grand Central brewing supply shop added a taproom for its beers crafted in-house. 1745 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-388-6756, avidbrew.com

CUENI BREWING CO. Located off the Pinellas Trail in Dunedin. 945 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. 727-266-4102, cuenibrewing.com

LAGERHAUS BREWERY & GRILL A Palm Harbor bar and eatery that offers seasonal brews to complement their regulars. 3438 East Lake Business, Palm Harbor. 727-216-9682, lagerhausbrewery.com

SOUTHERN BREWING & WINEMAKING Multiple brews only available in its tasting room, as well as products and guidance for local homebrewers. 4500 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-238-7800, southernbrewingwinemaking.com

CYCLE BREWING One of St. Pete’s favorites. 534 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-320-7954. cyclebrewing.com

LATE START BREWING This beloved Tampa label does its thing inside the Pour House. 1208 E. Kennedy Blvd. #112, Tampa. 813-402-2923, latestartbrewing.com

ST. PETE BREWING COMPANY Beers crafted specifically for the climate. 544 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-692-8809, stpetebrewingcompany.com

BARRIEHAUS BEER CO. Lager-specific brewery, carrying on an over 150 year brewing legacy. 1403 E 5th Ave., Ybor City. barriehaus.com

DARWIN BREWING CO. Unique beers crafted with South American influence. 803 17th Ave. W., Bradenton. 941-747-1970, darwinbrewingco.com

BAY CANNON BEER CO. West Tampa's first craft brewery, offering a variety of ever evolving beers, beer slushies and wine that pair perfectly with appetizers and entrées from the kitchen. 813-442-5615, baycannon.com

DE BINE BREWING CO. This addition bolsters the Northern Pinellas craft beer scene. 933 Florida Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-233-7964.

LEAVEN BREWING Riverview’s first brewery is run by folks who’ve got experience brewing big and small. 11238 Boyette Rd., Riverview. 813-677-7023, leavenbrewing.com

STILT HOUSE BREWERY This friendly Palm Harbor joint specializes in high-ABV ales and other styles you won’t find at other breweries in the area. 625 US Hwy Alt. 19, Palm Harbor. 727-270-7373, stilthousebrewery.com

MAD BEACH CRAFT BREWING Brews, ciders, and meads by the beach. 12945 Village Boulevard, Madeira Beach. 727-362-0008, madbeachbrewing.com

SWAN BREWING Nearly 4 decades of combined brewing experience go into the offerings at this petfriendly joint. 115 W. Pine St., Lakeland. 863-703-0472, swanbrewing.com

MARKER 48 Hernando’s first production craft brewery, with its own tasting room and beer garden 12147 Cortez Blvd, Weeki Wachee. 352-606-2509, marker48.com

TBBC Formerly Tampa Bay Brewing Co., local favorite for nearly two decades. 1600 E. 8th Ave., Ybor City/13933 Monroe’s Business Park, Westchase. 813247-1422, tbbc.beer

ARKANE ALEWORKS A wide variety of styles and flavors from the second brewery to open in Largo. 2480 E. Bay Dr., #23, Largo. 727-270-7117, arkanebeer.com

BIG STORM BREWING CO. Stop by this Pasco brewery’s Storm Room for a flight, or visit their taproom on 49th Street in Clearwater, too. 2330 Success Dr., Odessa. 727-807-7998, bigstormbrewery.com BIG TOP BREWING Perhaps Sarasota’s premier purveyor of locally crafted beer, Big Top’s reputation has spread far beyond the region. 6111 Porter Way, Sarasota. 941-371-2939, bigtopbrewing.com BOOTLEGGERS BREWING CO. This Brandon taproom from Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies offers house-made suds and guest beers. 652 Oakfield Dr., Brandon. 813-643-9463, bootleggersbrewco.com BRASSERIE ST. SOMEWHERE Award-winning Belgian farmhouse ales from veteran Bay area brewer Bob Sylvester. 1441 Savannah Ave., Tarpon Springs. 813-503-6181, saintsomewherebrewing.com BREW BUS BREWING BB brews its own suds, boasts 20 taps and offers food at its Eatery, too. 4101 N. Florida Ave., Tampa. 813-990-7310, brewbususa.com BREW HUB Some of the area’s best beers are produced here along with suds for their own label. 3900 Frontage Rd. S., Lakeland. 863-698-7600, brewhub.com

DISSENT BREWING CO. Unique flavors and adventurous style outside downtown St. Pete. 5518 Haines Rd. N., St. Petersburg. 727-342-0255.

BAY AREA BREWERIES

DUNEDIN BREWERY Florida’s oldest. Beer, eats and live music. 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-736-0606, dunedinbrewery.com DUNEDIN HOUSE OF BEER This beer stop brews its own, and also has 40 guest taps. 927 Broadway, Dunedin. 727 216-6318, dunedinhob.com

ESCAPE BREWING CO. Another very worthy Odessa/Trinity destination. 9945 Trinity Blvd., Suite 108, Trinity. 727-807-6092, escapebrewingcompany.com FIVE BRANCHES Veteran-owned brewery, small batches from IPAs to stouts. Serving up brews and a clear view of the Tarpon Bayou. 531 Athens St., Tarpon Springs. fivebranchesbrewing.com FLYING BOAT BREWING COMPANY St. Pete aviation history and tasty homegrown suds. 1776 11th Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-800-2999, flyingboatbrewing.com

BREW LIFE BREWING Ultra-small batches, and a lot of ‘em. 5765 S. Beneva Rd., Sarasota. 941-952-3831, brewlifebrewing.com

FOUR STACKS BREWING An always-changing lineup of local and regional guest suds, along with trivia, live music and more. 5469 N. US HWY 41, Apollo Beach. 813-641-2036, fourstacksbrewing.com

BULLFROG CREEK BREWING CO. A multitude of styles from former garage brewers is on tap in Valrico. 3632 Lithia Pinecrest Rd., Valrico. 813-703-8835, bullfrogcreekbrewing.com

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Crab Devil and Peninsularium move forward in immersive art experience. By Chloe Greenberg creative director and Tempus Project’s founder and director, said 23 pieces of artwork were purchased for the Cabinet of Curiosities and plans for the immersive and unusual shipping containers have also progressed. Different artists are at different stages in their designs, Midulla said. About 13 containers are being worked on currently: some in planning phases, others undergoing construction, design details and fabrication. “There’s a lot of cross pollination between artists that have certain skills to work with other artists that need a little bit of help in those categories,” Midulla said. In line with fostering a community centered around Tampa Bay’s art scene, Crab Devil more recently held an Oct. 24 mural unveiling at its property, where neighbors were encouraged to attend. The mural, coined “Cultural Currency,” is a 40-foot panel adorned to the side of a shipping container, featuring Harriet Tubman on the front and back of a $20 bill. The project was a collaboration between New Roots Art Collective, Crab Devil, Tempus Projects and Illsol.

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about what’s going on, it’s better just to make something of yourself to respond to that situation,” Brady added. Not only does Crab Devil hope to bring Florida’s weird and wild to Tampa with the Peninsularium, but it hopes to create new opportunities within the Ybor Heights neighborhood as well. The project itself will create a number of jobs simply due to the hands it takes to run an operation of this scale, Brady said. A goal is to fill those slots with members of the community. He plans on seeing educational opportunities and programs for working artists sprout up as well. Brady and his teammates continually try to work against gentrification in the areas in which they work. He hopes the Peninsularium will open doors otherwise shut by products of gentrification like increased property values and neighborhood redevelopment. “How do you go into a community that has its own issues and its own people and its own identity and bring in something new without pushing out all the people that were here initially?” he said. Moving forward, Crab Devil is focused on breaking ground on the Peninsularium property in the coming weeks. “Building out the property, building out the artwork, getting the tenants in there and having their operations able to open and get them back to some semblance of normalcy” is everything in store for Crab Devil, Brady said.

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et to bring Tampa its first and only permanent immersive arts project, Crab Devil is taking the next steps in sharing Florida’s forgotten and unforgettable. The arts collective is composed of local artists and creatives including Tempus Projects, LiveWork Studios, Cunsthaus and more. Its debut project, the Peninsularium, is now inching closer to a tentative launch next year. The Peninsularium will be housed at 3800 N. Nebraska Ave. in Ybor Heights, alongside nonprofit art organization Tempus Projects and brewery and tasting room Deviant Libation, helmed by revered local brewer Tim Ogden. The project will represent a compilation of all things Florida history and culture, held in a series of 40-foot shipping containers on site. Crab Devil is now in the process of advancing architectural site plans, approving artist proposals and making its plans for a permanent installation just that—permanent. “It became clear to us that owning this property was going to be the only way to go,” Devon Brady, Crab Devil Company Officer, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Purchasing the property in late September helped solidify the Peninsularium’s future, he said. Now, the group’s next focus is its two-phase construction plan. Phase one will be completing renovations and on-site work to the 8,000-square-foot building that will hold Tempus Projects, Deviant Libation and the Peninsularium’s entrance which will look like a stereotypical Old Florida bait shop look-alike. Next will be assembling the Peninsularium itself, where artists will begin creating their shipping container experiences. The team is eyeing a mid-2021 end date for phase one and hoping for completion of the entire project by the end of the year. Earlier this month, Crab Devil released its full-length introduction video, made by Barbara Rosenthal, creator of Seders and Cigars, to spotlight the collective and its organizers and artists who are making the Peninsularium a reality. An Old Florida-themed motel room, an LEDclad laundromat, a wind chime effect-producing bamboo room and a skunk ape research lab are just some of the shipping container experiences in the works for the Peninsularium. After a “wildly successful” call to artists this summer, Tracy Midulla, Crab Devil’s

The mural represents the Harriet Tubman $20 bill proposed during the Obama administration. The proposed bill gained notoriety as what would have been the first U.S. bill to feature the face of an Black American—had it become a reality. “What it means to people personally to see something like that on such a large scale is all about what we’re about,” said Melvin Halsey, a New Roots Art Collective curator and committee member who goes by the artist name Langstn. New Roots Art Collective was started in June to highlight Black artists in the community. Following the mural unveiling, the group saw plenty of positive feedback, Halsey said. “They were just saying it’s refreshing to see a different perspective on public art here in Tampa,” he said. The idea for the collaborative mural sprung up in response to the increased mobility of the Black Lives Matter movement this summer, Brady said. “Our artistic process in putting this mural together was kind of an echo of the processes that have been going on in the streets.” Brady noted recent calls for the removal of Confederate monuments around the country in response to George Floyd’s death. Through the mural and unveiling event, Crab Devil wanted to bring attention not only to local artists but to Black artists in Tampa as well. “Being a person who makes things, rather than complaining about what you don’t like

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h, so this is live music. I’d almost forgotten. On a recent Friday night, a friend and I were sitting 12 feet from the low-slung stage at The Hideaway Cafe in St. Petersburg, taking in the first flesh-and-blood show we’d witnessed since March. We were as amped as Trump scarfing his 1 a.m. Big Mac. Singer-guitarist Kirk Adams and his three-piece band were elated to be there too, although it wasn’t their first goround. On Sept. 5, Adams started doing Friday night gigs at the living-room-style venue using

a rotation of superb guest guitarists, including Steve Connelly, LaRue Nickelson, Matt Walker of Someday Honey and John Holt III of Danfield. Adams cased the joint first. “The Hideaway had been having the Kid Royal Band on Wednesday nights, and I observed the way John was handling the safety stuff,” Adams said, referring to Hideaway owner John Kelly. “He’s keeping the amount of people to 50%, opening up the doors so people can hang outside. It’s all very clean and organized. I figured I had to get back

on the horse at some point, and this is an environment I’m comfortable with and feels safe.” The Hideaway on Fridays is Adams’ only regular gig at the moment. (Free admission, by the way.) Pre-pandemic, he was working three to four nights a week. On this Friday, he and his sidekicks showed the kind of kid-in-a-candyshop exuberance that washed over the audience and made for a memorable night. Two long sets brimmed with spirited playing, singing and banter. The guitar guest was Connelly, a local legend known for his intensity and complete oneness with his instrument. The quartet played mostly songs from Adams’ catalogue of originals, whose recorded versions skew toward power-pop. But with no backing vocalist, and Connelly uncaged and in rare form, and Adams

strutting his own considerable lead-guitar prowess, and the bassist and drummer fluid and locked in, the performance emerged as an Americanatinged rager, with a bounty of guitar battles. As is always the case at the Hideaway, whose official name is the Hideaway Cafe & Recording Studio, the room sound was pristine and expertly calibrated by Kelly to fit the energy of the space. Which is to say, it got louder as time went on, but we never felt bludgeoned. “Kirk brings a great scene, and we got a big, awesome night of music,” Kelly said with a tinge of pride a week after the show. “He’s a special talent. A damn good songwriter. I think the Hideaway gave him a home to dig into his own music and put it out there for fans.” continued on page 33

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might seem far more personal. For instance, he freely discussed being “plagued by anxiety” in his earlier years. “It got to the point where I needed therapy,” he said. “I needed to talk to somebody ‘cause I thought I was losing my mind. I did it for two years. It really was the greatest thing. It was because of Obamacare that I could do it, but alas I ended up having to quit going.” He still grapples with anxiety issues, but now has the tools to effectively deal with them. Adams is somewhat surprised that anxiety didn’t resurface with a vengeance when the pandemic hit. “I also was surprised that I didn’t find myself drinking as much as I thought I would,” he said. (Most anxiety-laden people, myself included, will tell you that alcohol provides surefire relief and we have to be aware to not overdo it.) Adams also added a new ritual to boost his mental health. “I started taking midnight walks, which is more exercise than I was getting prior to the pandemic,” he said. “I put my earbuds in and walk for a couple miles. It releases anxiety and helps me sleep.” Ultimately, Adams’ go-to coping mechanism over the last seven months has been immersing himself in music, be it recording in his home studio or writing new material. After a cursory count, he determined that he has about 30 songs in varying stages of development. Adams explained that his songwriting process is organic, not premeditated, so he has not consciously sat down to write tunes thematically tied to life during pandemic time. “I’m sure there are people writing the ‘Pandemic Blues’ and cabin fever songs, and I’m not putting that down, but it’s just not the way I work,” he explained. “I usually look back on a collection of songs two years later and get a better sense of where I was at at the time. So my guess is that some [pandemic] themes are bound to show up.” In one case, Adams broke his general rule and penned a decidedly political statement. He cut all the tracks himself, without adding much in the way of polish, and uploaded it to Soundcloud. The tune is titled “King of All the Rotten Things.” ••• Kirk Adams says his first memory is sitting on the floor listening to the Beatles with his older siblings. He was a toddler. “I learned a lot about music from my brothers and sisters through osmosis,” he recalled. “I remember one of my brothers said, ‘let’s write a song.’ I was a little kid. I didn’t know how to write a song. But we came up with a chord progression—it was just play—and we wrote a little ditty. We laughed and laughed.” But all was not bliss for the family that consisted of mom, dad and five children in a Pompano Beach home. “I have this reel-to-reel tape from when we were kids of me playing an upright piano, this kind of minor-key melody, and in the background you can hear my parents arguing,” he said. “I think that explains a lot how I got to be the way

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continued from page 31 “Because I’m hired to play original music,” Adams added, “it allows me to make it sound different for everyone from week to week. I couldn’t do this job with just anybody. Everyone I work with is hugely talented. They have giant ears, so we don’t have to go through rehearsals. I’m lucky that when I call and ask them if they can play, they usually say yes.” Along with originals such as the infectiously catchy “Hindenburg,” the Mark Knopfler-esque “How Black is the Night” and “Alien Implant,” with its Graceland-era Paul Simon flavor, Adams and his cohorts slayed with an electric cover of The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood,” which built to a goosebump worthy guitar crescendo. As an example of the spontaneity he can bring to a show, Adams broke out The Police’s “Bring on the Night.” He had to spend a few minutes on stage going over the chord changes with bassist Ashley Galbraith. She was tentative at first, but soon enough was lacing the song with fleet, rubbery lines. One tune that Adams did not perform was his new single “Here & Now,” which he released in June but wrote and recorded before COVID-19. It’s a brilliant helping of lush melody over a loping, mid-tempo groove decorated with gently swirling guitars. Evoking equal parts rue and hope, he languidly sings, “All we have is here, until we disappear / All we have is now, until we take a bow / And there’s so little time, so little time.” A fitting sentiment for this year of upheaval and uncertainty. “That song started as a conversation between me and someone else, and evolved into a conversation with myself, the continuation of an idea,” Adams explained. “It has several layers of meaning to me.” Suspecting that he’d written something noteworthy, Adams enlisted the services of an outside producer, his friend Andrea Perry in Austin. Adams tracked a version of the song in his home studio, then sent the files to her with instructions “to do something special with it.” That she did. ••• When I asked Adams his age—standard journalistic stuff—he’d only say that he’s in his 40s, and that was after I pressed for a ballpark number. “I have a weird relationship to space and time,” he said by way of explanation, “so age means nothing to me.” That probably explains why he couldn’t cite release dates for his two very worthy albums, Little Elevator and Undertown, which after some quick research he determined came out in 2005 and 2015 respectively. Adams, bespectacled and rarely seen without a porkpie hat, is guarded on some topics. For instance, when asked how long he’s had a live-in relationship with singer/songwriter Gale Trippsmith, he replied, “I’m not saying,” then quipped, “I don’t want my female fans to be disappointed.” But he’s an open book on other issues that

SHADOW MAN: Kirk Adams has never seriously pursued next-level recognition. I am. But I don’t want to give the impression that I had a terrible childhood. My parents weren’t June and Ward Cleaver. In times of tension between them I would retreat into music.” Three of Adams’ four siblings ended up being professional musicians: Brothers Brent and Douglas play together in Ocala, and sister Liz Adams is singer/guitarist who’s a solo act based in St. Pete. Adams never considered a path other than that of a professional musician. He quit high school during his senior year, then went back and earned his GED to please his mother. “I was disappointed for my friends who didn’t know what they wanted to do,” he recalled. “I pushed myself into the fire fairly young.” His early career included solo gigs that mixed tunes by Elvis Costello—his primary influence—XTC and the like with a lot of hits and requests. It didn’t suit him. “I don’t do solo or duo gigs anymore, haven’t for a long time,” he asserts flatly. “I did some when I was younger to make money. But ultimately it was a lot of work and I had a lot of anxiety doing it. Playing in a band is what I do.” Trippsmith grew up in Scotland, so in 1995 the couple spent six months living in St. Andrews and gigging together regularly in Edinburgh. While there, a simple encounter with a club manager had a profound impact on Adams’ career. “Sometimes in between songs I’d ask the crowd if there was anything they wanted to hear,” Adams recounted. “On a break, the young manager says, ‘You don’t have to [ask for requests]. They’re here to listen to you, to listen to what you do.’ It was such a refreshing thing to hear. When I got back to Florida, I thought, ‘Yeah, I’ll concentrate on what I think is good, and play my original music.” After returning, the couple moved to St. Petersburg because Trippsmith, who’d lived here before, had connections to score some gigs. Adams found the local scene extremely welcoming. At Ricky T’s on Treasure Island, he sat in

with the Shark Attack band, which included local luminaries Rob Tyre and Dennis Wallace. Adams formed a trio with bassist Patrick Bettison and drummer Craig Benson. Some time later, Adams formed a group called Lords of the Ringside, which played at the original Ringside Cafe on Thursday nights. Out of that came a band called The Honeybadgers. Adams has steadily built his career, playing most of the live-music rooms in and around St. Pete, including Ruby’s Elixir, Ricky T’s, Saltwater Hippie, Middle Grounds Grill, Flute & Dram, the Ale & the Witch, The Toasted Monkey and others. (Adams says he much prefers indoor performances.) Unlike many artists, he never seriously pursued next-level recognition, let alone stardom and riches. He’s done a few short tours around Florida and played a handful of gigs in neighboring states. “I’m not sure why, but I never thought about going to L.A. or making it big,” he explained. “A lot of guys say they took up music to pick up girls. With me, it really was the music first. I got the insight pretty early that the business of music was not something I was going to be good at. I spent a little time in the musical hellscape. You learn what you do and don’t like. I never wanted to hate what I was doing.” The coronavirus shutdown took its toll, of course. “I made an effort to work with the right people in different musical outfits and structure my life in a way that made it pretty darn close to a perfect gig world,” he said. “So it was very disappointing when it all came tumbling down. My income stopped immediately, but I got some help from the government. Bandcamp lets people pay what they want for music and some were very generous, paying more for songs than they should have. “We never came close to getting evicted, though. My brain works in a way that told me, ‘everything’s gonna be alright.’ I guess I don’t worry about things the way I should.”

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C Rock the Park Tampa: Poetry n Lotion w/Shelby Sol/Ken Apperson On Sunday, Shelby Sol saw her album release concert unexpectedly postponed until Nov. 1 when the venue, Crowbar, decided to do the right thing and close doors when it found out that members of the tight-knit music community could have been exposed to coronavirus at an unrelated event a few blocks away in the Ybor City historic district. Sol was not at risk, however, so it’s good to see the Tampa songwriter on the bill for a Thursday concert where 10-year-old outdoor concert series Rock the Park makes its return to hosting inperson events at downtown Tampa’s Curtis Hixon Park. And while the Curt’s address (600 N. Ashley Dr.) is still the one that’ll get you to the show, the music will move a few yards up and under the awning at the nearby Tampa Museum of Art. The Tampa Downtown Partnership—which has long promoted the show along with local community activist/promoter Joe D’Acunto—told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that 20 socially-distanced “pods” will be utilized to maintain the safety of attendees. Each pod can hold six people. The first 10 pods, closest to the stage, must be reserved. The other 10 pods will be made available on a first come, first served basis. Thursday’s show is also special since it sees the return of Poetry n Lotion, which is joined by its longtime guitarist Matt Lee who moved out of town some years ago. (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)

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C Have Gun, Will Travel w/Geri X/Will Quinlan I don’t know about you, but I have missed singing along with the anthems of Have Gun, Will Travel in a packed house, regretting my decisions the next morning. Well, start hydrating and warming up your vocal chords because the Tampa Bay icons— along with two other local celebs Geri X and Will Quinlan—are back for an in-person show Friday at the Palladium. Expect to hear music from HGWT’s 2019 indie rock-adjacent album Strange Chemistry as well as the Americana jams they became famous for. The show will be socially distanced, and Hough Hall’s capacity is big enough to pack in almost 200 people and still be at 50%. Plus, the “ba ba da, ba ba das” from the crowd favorite “Blessing and a Curse” will be through required masks. We gotta take whatever gifts 2020 will give us at this point. (Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)

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C First Saturday Jazz: James Suggs w/LaRue Nickelson/Alejandro Arenas Seminole Heights’ Independent Bar and Café hasn’t hosted a live gig since Tampa Bay Beer Week in March. Jazz trumpeter and University of South Florida professor James Suggs has the luck of bringing live music back to the Indie patio. Suggs will be joined by guitarist LaRue Nickelson and bassist Alejandro Arenas for the bar’s decade-old First Saturday Jazz series. Suggs’ debut

album You’re Gonna to Hear From Me was one of the best local albums to come out in recent years. Indie owner Veronica Danko told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that the Indie is still following strict safety precautions, and offering limited seating first come, first served. There is no cover but there will be a two-drink minimum, which will be an easy task considering the bar’s beer selection. (Independent Bar and Café, Tampa)

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C La Lucha ‘Everybody Wants To Rule the World’ album release While we’ve all been watching every episode of the “Great British Bake Off” in our PJs, St. Petersburg jazz trio La Lucha has been staying productive with things like scoring movie scenes and releasing a new album, Everybody Wants to Rule the World. The Tampa band is celebrating the new album—which is also their debut with the Clearwater’s long-running Arbors Records—with a half-capacity release party at the Palladium’s Hough Hall. (Hough Hall at the Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg) That Art Festival w/DJ Don P OK, so this one’s technically not a live music concert (no offense, DJ Don P), but it is a chance for denizens of the Tampa Bay concert scene to get back in the courtyard at Jannus Live for a kid-friendly art festival with free swag (art canvases to the first 200 kiddos) and several stations for kids to watch live mural painting (and then do some of their own). A press release says, Jannus Live will encourage masks and social distancing will be strongly encouraged. “We will have hand-sanitizer on hand and we will monitor the traffic flow

throughout the day at the main gate. If at any point the event starts to get congested, we will regulate the traffic flow entering into the courtyard,” the release adds. “We’re excited to host this event in a safe and responsible way!” (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

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USF Trombone Choir and Octet Coronavirus numbers in Florida are frightening, and as Music Week, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s weekly preview of in-person concerts ramps back up, we’ll keep trying to highlight different virtual options for fans of the local music scene. This one takes viewers to the University of South Florida where the school’s trombone choir and octet will work through two compositions: 1980’s “Seven Bagatelles for 12 Trombones” by Hungarian composer Hidas Frigyes and a newer piece, “Reflection & Celebration” by David F. Wilborn who dedicated the composition to Don Kneeburg, who served as USF’s very first Trombone Professor from 1968-1997. Tuning in is as simple as hitting the YouTube link (find it via cltampa.com/music). Bookmark cltampa.com/music as the live music scene gets its feet back under itself. And remember Tampa Bay venues and promoters need you to bug Marco Rubio about saving the live music scene—visit nivassoc.org for more info. Follow @cl_music on Twitter to get the most up-to-date music news, concert announcements and local tunes. Listen to us on WMNF 88.5-FM’s “Radio Reverb” program every Saturday from 4 p.m.-6 p.m.

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Temperance is a card of encompassed opposites. It’s transmutation. What this means in your case is that you are meant to suck out that poison from others, but spit it out, transformed. You aren’t meant to be a participant in that pain—that where the guilt is. So how do you do that? Start with yourself. These two cards suggest that you have a spiritual side. Whatever that practice is, really dig into it: meditate, pray, heal your soul first. Look for ways to bring hope and consciousness into yourself so that you can pass it on to others. Also, learn how to set up some firm psychic boundaries. (I know that sounds Woo, but you’re the one that wrote to a fortune-teller.) Also, emotional boundaries. You ain’t everyone’s therapist. Best of luck! I just embarked on a journey of intimacy with my chosen family/nesting unit. Three adults in a VERY small two-bedroom/one-bath with the

Cards: Queen of Wands reversed, Four of Pentacles, Five of Wands rev. Two of Swords, King of Wands. First, I want to say, mazel on moving in with your nesting unit and starting your journey! That’s amazing that you have multiple people in your life you can walk this path with. Second—and I mean no disrespect here—I think y’all should start some pre-emptive counseling immediately. I would highly encourage you to look for a therapist specializing in either “non-traditional family arrangements” or who’s queer/poly affirming. Even if no one in your nest identifies as “polyamorous” or “queer”, that type of therapist will be skilled in dealing with the nuances of a complex, emotional arrangement. Why go to therapy? Because I think there’s a lot of “mom” energy going on and resentment bubbling under the surface. As I was shuffling, Queen of Wands fell out.

That's the protective mama bear, sure, but also the controlling mother. The cards I drew for the house were Four of Pentacles (“get thee to therapy”), and Five of Wands reversed (conflict and resentment under the surface.) Air this shit out. Even if you aren’t fighting now, learn with a therapist how to handle potential fights. You’re starting a new journey of intimacy—therapy can help tighten the screws, so the wheels don’t come flying off. Going forward, we have Two of Swords and King of Wands. You’re going to have to walk a tightrope of balance to keep the peace, to keep the “protective dad” energy rolling with the “protective mom.” Also, make sure everyone is on the same page ideal-wise with a lot of talking. Swords are the suit of the mind. As you go forward on this journey, open communication is going to be clutch, especially if a king and queen card means you’re thinking about having kids together. Also, not tarot related, but get a two-bath. One is “fine” and you’ll make it work, but for the sake of harmony, aim for two. Good luck!

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I tend to feel guilty for things that have nothing to do with me. I think it stems from wanting to help by taking on the pain, so others don’t have to. What should I focus on in order to use my energy in a more constructive and healthy way in this regard? —Guilty Gus Cards: 10 of Swords rev. The Star, Temperance. Dear Guilty, your goal is noble, but it’s not working out; 10 of Swords shows that. You’ve got to stop taking on people’s pain and keeping it. It’s killing you. And that’s because it’s only one part of the combo. It’s Salem’s fries, but not the Gyro, and you, my friend, are a full-on no. 4. We have both The Star and Temperance—two major arcana—here. Those are powerful spiritual cards. The Star is an agent of growth; it’s a torchbearer and a bringer of hope and justice.

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I’m a nearly-80 straight male, with undiminished libido. I have no problem with it, just a persistent curiosity. Like, why now? And why so various? And is it common among us old geezers? Male and female? I’m more sex-obsessed than ever before, including adolescence. Until my 60s, tits were my sexual focus, and other body parts were strictly subsidiary, whether I was looking, fantasizing, masturbating, or fucking. Now butts, bellies, assholes, cunts, legs, arms, shoulders are equal turnons. Well, I do have one problem: Women aren’t interested in me “that way” anymore. The secret smiles in public are no longer complimentary or inviting or challenging. They’re just fond, polite smiles for a nice-looking old man. The availability of porn plays a big part in my obsessions. It primes the pump visually, mentally and physically, by showing more body parts and what can be done with them. Lack of a steady sex partner may also explain my obsession—but I was sometimes without a sex partner when I was younger, and I wasn’t similarly obsessed. So is this the usual pattern? Does being relieved of the stress and distractions of work free all retired men—and women—to be perpetually horny or what? — Geezer Energy Rocks Id And Titillates Retired Isolated Chap

“GERIATRIC needs to polish his seduction skills and get on the dating sites,” said Price. “He needs to show a potential bedmate what he has to offer— and I don’t mean a dick pic. He needs to woo a woman with his words—at least to begin with— and, most importantly, he needs to show interest in who she is as a full person, not just the body parts that turn him on.” But don’t get on dating sites if your bullshit detectors were removed with your gallbladder. If someone seems too good to be true—if someone seems too young and too hot to be interested in a guy your age—they’re almost certainly a scammer. And if a flirtatious exchange becomes a sob story becomes a money beg, hit the block button. I’m a firm believer in intergenerational romance, GERIATRIC, but for safety’s sake you should stay in your generational lane. That means getting on Our Time and/or Silver Singles instead of Tinder and/or Plenty of Fish. For while there might be a small handful of hot 20-something gerontophiles in your area, the odds of that you’ll find one are too slim to bother trying. And you’ll have better luck going after women closer to your own age. “Libidinous older women are out there, I can assure him,” said Price. But you’ll have to do the work, GERIATRIC, “since most will want to feel safe and appreciated as well as desired before they invite him into their beds.” Finally, GERIATRIC, seeing as the horny old man has been a cliché for as long as men have existed, I don’t think you should blame online porn for your predicament. Some people’s libidos ramp up as they age, like Price said, and it sounds like you’re one of those people. Maybe instead of seeing porn as the cause of all your problems, GERIATRIC, you could see porn as your friend. Solo sex can be good sex and porn is there to help you enjoy it. Follow @JoanPrice on Twitter; find Price’s books and the educational film she made about senior sex with porn star and sex educator Jessica Drake at joanprice.com.

“I don’t have statistics for GERIATRIC, but I can tell him that wherever his libido falls on the ‘none’ to ‘yowza’ scale, he’s normal,” said Joan Price, author of “Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud about Senior Sex.” “While it’s true that most seniors see their libidos decrease or at least mellow, I hear from people like GERIATRIC all the time—older folks who feel exuberantly sexy.” What explains the sudden surge in libido experienced by some seniors? “There’s a freedom to sex in our older years,” said Price. “We may still get those ‘at your age’ restrictive, shaming messages, but we’re happiest and most fulfilled when we ignore them. So I would advise GERIATRIC to enjoy his charged libido and not to worry about whether it’s a ‘usual pattern.’ Who cares? It’s your pattern. You do you!’ And Price says there are women who’d be down to do you too. “As he sees it, his problem is that the women he desires ‘aren’t interested,’” said Price. “As I see it, his problem is that he’s not actively seeking out women who are.” Your days of picking up women on the street may be behind you, GERIATRIC, but they’re supposed to be behind us all. Instead of making women feel unsafe when they’re out in public by assuming a smile is a signal of interest, Price suggests looking for connections online.

Pre-COVID I was in the whirlpool at a hotel spa when an elderly gentleman asked if I wanted a foot massage. There’s only one reason a guy offers another guy a foot massage: He was gay and into feet. I’m straight and not into feet but I said, “You can rub my feet—but just my feet, no higher.” My wife insists this means I had a “gay encounter.” I say it was gay for the other guy but not for me. What say you? —Fighting Over Our Terms P.S. We’re not really fighting. Not all encounters with gays count as “gay

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encounters,” FOOT, but seeing as this was clearly an erotic experience for the elderly guy and you knew it—you weren’t being secretly perved on—I’m going to side with your wife. Even if you didn’t get off on it, even if you were just enjoying the massage, you knew the other guy was getting off on it.

as a group, so I would feel less insecure about the times they get together without me, but there’s always some excuse for why it’s not possible. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a relationship and I’ve invested a year in this man. He is a decent guy otherwise, Dan, but this nags at me. —Boyfriend’s Long-Ago Blowjob

I’m a 45-year-old straight woman in a monogamous relationship with a 48-year-old straight man. One thing that keeps playing over and over in my mind is something he said to me three months into our relationship. He spent the night for the first time at my place. We were laying in my bed the next morning, just talking and enjoying each other’s company, when his phone beeped. He read a text and then said, “That was my friend Susan. I can’t wait for you to meet her. I think you’re really gonna like her—oh, and she sucked my dick 25 years ago at a rest stop in New Jersey.” It turns out “Susan” is his best friend. I had not met her yet, and this was the first thing I knew about her. When I asked why he told me this, his response was that he was half asleep. He wasn’t. When I pressed further he told me it was something that happened a long time ago and that they laugh about it now but then told me it was none of my business! I agree! It’s none of my business! So why did he feel the need to tell me? Then he told me Susan can never know I know because she would feel humiliated. But that’s exactly how I feel! Are Susan’s feelings more of a priority to him than mine? I’ve hung out with him and Susan three times. I have asked if we can get together again,

Your boyfriend was either playing head games—meaning he was fucking with you on purpose—or he lacked the emotional intelligence and/or impulse control to realize why sharing something like that, at a moment like that, was a bad idea. If he’s the kind of guy who enjoys tormenting the women he dates, BLAB, he would’ve done similar or worse things by now. (And a woman he dated a quarter of a century ago probably wouldn’t be on speaking terms with him, much less one of his closest friends.) Assuming he hasn’t done similar or worse—I’m guessing you would’ve included other examples in your letter if he had—perhaps he deserves the benefit of the doubt here: He said something stupid and thoughtless, he couldn’t come up with a good explanation for why he said it, and doesn’t like to be reminded of it. As for Susan… he’s known her for 25 years. If he wanted to be with her, he’d be with her. And he may be reluctant to get together as a group because he worries—perhaps not without cause—that you might bring it up. If he’s given you no other reason to suspect he might be cheating on you, cram this ancient blowjob down the memory hole.

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