10:00AM Tampa's Downtown on Ice Editor's pick Even in Florida, you can get in the holiday spirit by skating on an outdoor rink in the park. Each 90-minute session includes skate rental ... Price: $10. Curtis Hixon Park 600 N Ashley Drive, Tampa, 33602
5:30PM Holiday Lights in the Garden Editor's pick Stroll through a garden of tropical plants glowing with more than 500,000 twinkling lights. Dancers, musicians and choral groups make each night special. Visitors ... Price: $2, 11 and younger free. Florida Botanical Gardens 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo, 33774
6:00PM Christmas Town Editor's pick The park is transformed into a nighttime holiday wonderland with 80 miles of lights, real snow to play in, special food and treats, a life-sized ... Price: $39.99, $9.99 ages 3-9, 2 and younger free. Busch Gardens 3605 Bougainvillea Ave., Tampa, 33612
6:00PM Nights of Shimmering Lights Drive your vehicle through a light and sound show using more than a half million twinkling lights. Includes more than 600 larger-than-life lighted scenes, tunnels ... Price: $20 per car; tour buses/limos extra. Hillsborough County Fairgrounds Corner of Sydney Washer Road and Hwy 60, Brandon, 33567
6:30PM Holiday Lighted Boat Parade Tampa Watch festively decorated boats spread holiday cheer as they motor and sail around Davis Island, Harbour Island and through Garrison Channel. Best viewed from Channelside ... Price: Free. Tampa Convention Center 333 S Franklin St., Tampa, 33602
6:30PM Wild Wonderland Editor's pick The zoo closes at 5 p.m. and reopens at 6:30 for the annual evening winter festival with twinkling holiday lights, live reindeer and ... Price: $13, $11 ages 3-11, 2 and younger free. Lowry Park Zoo 1101 W Sligh Ave., Tampa, 33604
Electro-White For this premiere white party, dress in white and step into a snow-dripped winter wonderland of decorations. Drink specials, dancing zombies, fire dancers, acrobatic performances ... Price: Free (before 11:30 p.m.); $7 after. Amphitheatre 1609 E Seventh Ave., Ybor City, 33605
This site was written for Las Vegas, then LouisVille. Now, it seems to be about anywhere. In these phlogs, you'll see a lot of my personal notes and pictures. I like to post my observations here to remember life and celebrate it. I'm not religious. I don't pray for good fortune. I'm ecstatically grateful for the gift of life and I think our time should be remembered and not taken for granted. I'm not a writer. I think pictures tell stories so much better than words. I love just about everything in this life, and, I guess that would have to include you. So, if you've seen me, don't be surprised if your picture is in here somewhere. Of all the critters, people are absolutely the most interesting. 
I saw a ghost this News Years Eve when I looked in the mirror. 
