Aixa Ramirez of the Carolina Convenience Store is a classic “people person.” She’d be the first to admit it. You can tell by how she interacts.
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Good news! I finally figured out the best way of getting my Cuban Shopkeepers photographs published: make them part of a “how-to” travel photography article.…
Leave a CommentWhen I met lemonadier John Garrett at the Redhawk Ranch Native American Cultural Arts Festival in Wimauma, FL, he was manning his lemonade booth. Intrigued…
Leave a CommentImmokalee is where the Tieneda al Quetzal store belongs.While there are other bodegas there, this is the busiest one. Why?
One CommentYou may have seen the disembodied head if you were in the neighborhood. Who is it? Why’s it there? Read on for a story you won’t forget.
2 CommentsYears ago, a girlfriend of mine told me people always came back for seconds when she served dinner, because she put “come-back sauce” in her…
Leave a CommentThis fellow has the right idea. Come on down to Havana and get a glimpse of the shopkeepers of Cuba, the butchers, the bakers, the…
One CommentThis virtual show of the photographs of Peter Bates, Cheryl Levin, and Robert Winch at the TECO Public Art Gallery of Tampa, 702 N. Franklin…
Leave a CommentYour first impression of Borincuba Plaza/Market may involve a classic double take. The architecture is so colorful, with its suffusion of brightly-colored signs, lack of…
Leave a CommentLebanese-born John Houjazy started out as a linguist, then got his masters degree in education. But when the opportunity arose to purchase the store he’d…
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