st petersburg

wednesday, december 2, 2009

today, brenda had to work an 8am to 8pm shift, so i decided to go into st petersburg in hopes to meet paulie.  paulie is a friend of my friend, z. we have talked on the phone before but never met in person, and since i am here, why not go and see the guy for heaven’s sake!  right?  well, it didnt work out to meet him as his life is crazy busy, so we decided it was the fates and agreed that one day sometime in the future, we will.  i did get to cross the sunshine skyway, however…whew! it’s a biggun!

 

while i was in st petersburg, i went to the pier, and got a bite to eat.  as you can see from this  picture, the place was practically deserted.  the “season” has not really begun yet, and threatening rainy weather has kept the snow birds away for a while yet.  it was nice getting a close parking space, i admit, and not having any crowds to contend with.  that has been the case throughout most of this trip actually.  take my advice, if you plan to do a big cross country road trip, do it in the fall, it’s the best time.

i also visited the salvador dali museum.  they have a really big and nice gift shop  there when you first go in, with calendars, keychains, posters, clocks, prints, cards, etc., with his paintings on them.  i decided to let that be my experience there as you can see a lot of his work in the gift shop on the items for sale, and i really felt i could use the $17 admission on other things.

heading back to sarasota i thought i might like to go back to my favorite beach in the whole wide world, but realized just how tired i was with the cloudy grey day, and all the driving, so i stopped at the grocery and got things to make lasagna for supper.  winn dixie had this awesome deal:  buy a stouffer’s frozen lasagna, and get a pkg of frozen veggies, a garlic bread, a 2-liter of pepsi, AND a half gallon of breyer’s ice cream – FOR FREE!! and…i was thinking of lasagna for dinner, so it worked out!