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in a community do together. The alternative weekly covers the stories that are too small, too fringe, too esoteric, too risky to invest any of the coveted square-inches of real estate on the front pages of daily newspapers, yet still too complex for just one person to handle on their own. But sometimes the alternative weekly serves as the incubator for the fledgling story that grows up to become part of our collective history, the story that we never would have heard about if the alternative weekly hadn’t brought it to our attention. Without it, we’d be missing something. Creative Loafing is Tampa Bay’s alternative weekly. Like I said, it’s been with us for so long that it’s hard to imagine Tampa Bay without it. Sincerely, James Michael Shaw, Jr. Legal Panel Chair, Greater Tampa Chapter ACLU of Florida — Editor’s note: Since March, CL has asked readers for support in our effort to keep bringing the community this free newspaper online and on newsstands. Some Press Club members have gone even further and written letters of support like the one above. If you’d like to make a one-time or recurring donation, please visit cltampa.com and find the “support” tab. Thank you.

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n NHL season which kicked off a year ago just wrapped last Monday, and the last half-decade’s winningest pro hockey franchise, your Tampa Bay Lightning, put forth a Herculean effort and won what many are calling the most difficult Stanley Cup championship in the history of the more than 100-year-old tournament. How else would this most extraordinary team celebrate than by throwing a very-Tampeño championship boat parade so that fans—gathered on the Riverwalk, somewhat reasonably, but still dangerously close to each other considering the global pandemic—could salute the Bolts before a select few could gather at Raymond James Stadium for the most socially-distanced award presentation in the history of Tampa Bay. See more Bolts championship shots via photos.cltampa.com. —Ray Roa

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St. Pete BLM activists undeterred by pro-police trolls who ignored Kriseman call to stay away.

ast week, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman called for out-of-town protesters to stay away from the city over the weekend. That didn’t stop “patriots” with nothing better to do from ignoring Kriseman on Saturday Oct. 3. According to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay photographer Dave Decker, a coalition of local religious leaders and Black Lives Matter protesters (some from Pasco’s BLM marches, which’ve endured racist heckling and the presence of Proud Boys) still gathered in the rain at South Straub Park and the St. Pete Pier last weekend to reiterate their commitment to demanding racial justice and police reform. BLM activists were confronted by no more than two dozen counter-protesters, some of which hurled racist and homophobic statements at the BLM demonstrators. At one point, police held a line separating the groups. One Fort Myers pro-police protester told WFLA about Black Lives Matter demonstrators “Burning, looting, destroying our cities.” When a WFLA reporter told the man that destruction of property hasn’t happened in St. Pete, he then referenced a video of a confrontation between protesters and a couple having dinner as to why he came from out of town. “You don’t have the right to be a provocateur, to instigate and to intimidate people while they’re eating dinner,” he said. The video, which went viral on Twitter with little context (some reports say the diner in questions hurled a racial slur at a Jewish protester), has been viewed millions of times and co-opted by anti-BLM right-wingers who’ve organized to purportedly stand up for the diners. On Saturday, Sept. 26—three days after the video was posted to Twitter and then featured in a Tampa Bay Times story highlighting how the clip went viral—Black Lives Matter protesters headed down Beach Drive in St. Petersburg, and were followed by counter-protesters waving American flags. A Facebook Live video posted on Sept. 26 by Tampa resident and prolific online troll Jonathan Lee Riches, shows him marching alongside the counter-protesters, as well as the individual

who pulled the gun, as they trail the BLM activists. In the video, Riches calls out to one BLM marcher by name and says he was recently at his mother’s house and “snapped a selfie.” He also tells others “we’re peaceful people, we just want to keep the community safe.” At around the 23-minute mark, the video appears to show a counter-protester wearing a dark blue shirt and a white and green baseball cap, getting involved in a scuffle. “Where are you St. Pete Police? Where are you? There’s fights out here,” says Riches, whose Facebook account claims he has over 2 million followers. In Riches’ video, the counter-protester appears to push a protester to the ground, and then square up with a shirtless man, before pulling a gun from behind his back. Riches’ video then pans away from the incident. Multiple videos posted to social media that night show the counter-protester pulling a gun on the protesters (translation: a St. Pete protester was almost shot). C ou nt er -pr ot e s t er s claim the BLM protester had a knife. BLM protesters say the man didn’t have a knife (attorneys for protesters released photos supporting that argument). In the days after, with the community’s help, St. Petersburg Police found the man who brandished the gun. On Monday, Oct. 5, Yolanda Fernandez, Manager of Community Awareness Division at SPPD told CL that anything regarding the man who brandished the gun “is still an active investigation and nothing has been determined. We have no updates at this time.” It might have been easy to see the Sept. 26 incident as an isolated incident, but Riches is also a moderator of “St. Petersburg & Bay Area Crime Watch,” a pro-police Facebook group where members have literally called for violence against Tampa Bay protesters. In a photo posted on July 29 to Riches’ personal Facebook page he stated that he is now a moderator for the controversial group, which has since been renamed to “Pinellas County Crime Watch.” This was the same day CL published an article about the group’s history of racism,

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SPEAK NOW: Organizer and activist Ashley Green, addressing demonstrators in St. Petersburg on Oct. 3. homophobia, and calls for violence. As we previously reported, many of the group’s moderators used fake profiles and were removed the day the story came out. Also, other names used by moderators had criminal backgrounds, which included charges of fraud, trafficking stolen property, drug possession, domestic battery, burglary, and aggravated assault. In a statement to CL, John Hatfield, a former moderator of the “St. Petersburg & Bay Area Crime Watch,” said that a year ago, he started noticing moderators using fake profiles to incite racial arguments. “They used these fake accounts to incite racism and promote violence towards peaceful

protesters in the group for a long time,” Hatfield, who originally joined the group to “report local crime and raise awareness for a safer community” wrote. Hatfield said that in private messages, moderators shared personal information which led him to believe that some of the profiles cited in CL’s story—specifically Alexis Schmidt, Mark Rodriguez, Evan Geiselman and Madi Dicamillis— belonged to people who were friends in real life. “They used real photos and had photos of themselves together on other social media platforms, so we knew there was no way all four people could claim stolen identity,” Hatfield

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WE’RE NO. 1: Saturday’s pro-police counter protesters were an encouraging bunch. wrote, adding that one of the sources in CL’s story lied to our reporter about having pictures stolen. Hatfield told CL that he and a group of friends—Nick Cruz, Kevin Knight and Hieu Le—confronted page moderator Mark Grace (Mark Rodriguez) to express disagreement over the addition of new moderators, specifically Riches. “They wanted to spice things up and bring more racial tension to the group and create a un-welcoming environment for the protesters in downtown St. Pete,” Hatfield wrote. “They added Jonathan Riches to fulfill that demand for racial tension as he is heavily involved with counter protesting and does live videos on Facebook to promote the violence towards protesters.” The action on Saturday, Oct. 3 came less than a week after Kriseman took to Twitter to explicitly call for out-of-town protesters to stay away, and to leave weapons at home. In a series of tweets sent Sept. 29, Kriseman emphasized that peaceful protesters from both sides of the political spectrum are welcome in St. Pete, but violence and destruction of property will not be tolerated. “Let me be very clear about this—we are not a city that permits violence or destruction of property. If you do either, you will be arrested. Our police are fully empowered to keep our residents safe and they will continue to do so to the best of their ability,” said Kriseman. Kriseman also added that, “St. Pete has not had the kinds of violence and vandalism we’ve seen elsewhere.” The mayor also said that “cursing at diners,” and giving someone the finger is “not advancing your cause,” in an apparent reference to a viral video from the Tampa Bay Times showing an altercation between Black Lives Matter protesters and diners on Beach Drive NE. Kriseman also stated that labeling all protesters as “part of a mob, anarchists, or enemies

of this country,” because of “a few bad protestors” is not acceptable, while also pointing out that citizens need to actually file police reports and press charges if police are to be effective. “If you’re a victim of unlawful behavior, of a crime, you must call the police and be willing to press charges, to prosecute,” said Kriseman. “If you are a business and someone is doing something illegal on your property, you must call the police and you, too, must be willing to press charges.” In the days leading up to Kriseman’s Twitter statement, CL requested the 911 calls made from people dining at the restaurant where the confrontation with protesters occurred. A total of three calls were made to dispatchers on Sept. 23, and none of the callers pressed charges or were willing to file a police report. Lastly, Kriseman also called for out-of-town agitators to stay away. “Those coming from out of town to cause trouble here, whether on the left or right, are not welcome here,” said Kriseman. “If you intend to peacefully protest or counter protest, have at it, but keep your guns and knives or any other weapon at home.” Kriseman’s Twitter thread came as multiple pro-police counter-protests were planned for last weekend in downtown St. Petersburg. Saturday, Oct., 3, a “Take Back DTSP” event was planned in St. Petersburg. According to the Facebook event page, the event iwass organized by the Tampa-based “Blue Thunder” motorcycle group, which said it was “taking downtown St Pete back from a group of Snowflake Sheep and some lawless thugs that have been increasingly disrespectful of citizens enjoying their evenings.” Over 200 bikers had RSVP’d for the event, including the “Pasco County Trumpetts.” Also, a separate “Patriotic MAGA Rally” to “save” downtown St. Petersburg was also planned for the weekend. The event was promoted by Riches as well. See more stills from Saturday’s protest at photos.cltampa.com.

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This election is a test If we fail, we might not get another chance.

his election is a test. It is a test of our integrity. A test of our intelligence. A test of our morality, our decency, our humanity. A test of our commitment to democracy. If we pass, this will be the first of many such tests in the years to come. If we fail, I’m not sure we’ll get another chance. Failure probably means that our institutions and media weren’t robust enough to prevent a conspiratorial authoritarian and his cadre of goons and lackeys from perverting an election. Failure almost certainly means that anachronistic, antidemocratic compromises forged 233 summers ago in Philadelphia have again handed undeserved power to the white conservative ruling class. But most of all, failure means that enough of us looked Donald Trump in the eyes for four years and decided that his America— corrupt, incompetent, racist, angry, mendacious, cruel, vain—was what our country should be. I can think of no more damning an indictment. There is more than sufficient evidence of the president’s unfitness for the job he holds. Consider his first 44 months in office empirically, through the prism of key data points. • 212,730: American deaths from COVID19 as of October 2 • 3.9 million: lost jobs, the most of any presidential term, as of September • 69,550: migrant children the Trump administration held in custody, separated from their parents, in 2019 • 15,000: refugees the Trump administration will admit into the United States next year, a record low. • 20,000-plus: lies and false statements as of July 9, according to the Washington Post • 23,039: presidential tweets through September 29, according to the Trump Twitter Archive • 8: Trump officials and associates convicted of felonies • 3: presidents who have been impeached, including Donald Trump Qualitatively, however, the events of last week should shred any lingering doubt. Begin with The New York Times’s blockbuster investigation into Trump’s tax returns, which was at once revelatory yet told us little we shouldn’t have already surmised. The salient points: Despite his incessant self-promotion, he’s a shit businessman who, despite being bailed out by proceeds from “The Apprentice,” is in

hock up to his neck, with more than $300 million in debt about to come due. He’s probably a tax cheat. He’s definitely a tax avoider. He’s been under audit for a decade after claiming a dubious $73 million tax refund. And, naturally, he’s a walking conflict of interest. Move to Tuesday night’s debate, where he spent 90 minutes behaving like a toddler who found his uncle’s meth stash. Alongside the petulance and perpetual interruptions, Trump refused to condemn white supremacy, told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by,” encouraged his supporters to engage in voter intimidation, insisted (falsely) that the November election would be marred by fraud, and mocked Joe Biden for wearing a mask and not holding mass rallies. The next night, while the White House furiously denied that Trump was a racist, Trump held a rally in Minnesota, where he attacked Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who immigrated to the U.S. as a Somali refugee in 1995, when she was 12. “How the hell did Minnesota elect her?” Trump asked. “What the hell is wrong with you people—right? What the hell happened?” Then Trump cranked up the xenophobia: “Another massive issue for Minnesota is the election of Joe Biden’s plan to inundate your state with a historic flood of refugees. Seven hundred percent increase, refugees, coming from the most dangerous places in the world, including Yemen, Syria, and your favorite country, Somalia, right? Biden will turn Minnesota into a refugee camp.” Meanwhile, the president’s allies in the swing states of Wisconsin, Texas, and North Carolina have rallied to his voter-suppression calls, making it more difficult to vote by mail with dubious claims of fraud as more Democrats choose that option. Of course, the week’s big news came Friday morning, when Trump confirmed that he and the First Lady had tested positive for COVID19, having apparently contracted the virus from adviser Hope Hicks. By mid-morning, the White House said the president had mild symptoms (though it’s impossible to take anything this White House says at face value). By Friday evening, he was being hauled off to Walter Reed, where he received socialized medicine. Two days later, he was wheezing after walking up the White House steps. He later told his Twitter followers to not let COVID-19 dominate their lives. By the time you read this, who knows.

INFORMED DISSENT

TIA DUFOUR

By Jeffrey C. Billman

STRIKE A POSEUR: Big strong man all hopped up on dexamethasone. I don’t wish the president ill. But the diagnosis was karmic retribution, not just for spending months downplaying the disease while thousands died, or for demanding that states recklessly reopen their economies, or for refusing to wear a mask in an arrogant display of toughness, but also for mocking Hillary Clinton precisely four years earlier, after she came down with pneumonia. In 2020’s extraordinarily on-the-nose way, Chekov’s gun went off. Here again, though, Trump’s comeuppance is less a cause for sympathy than a demonstration of his ineptitude. It’s not merely that his inaction allowed the virus to spread beyond control. It’s that, despite the enormous weight of his office, he and his coterie refused to take even the most basic precautions. His family refused to wear masks at Tuesday’s debate.

Even after learning of Hicks’s diagnosis, Trump attended a fundraiser on Thursday night, sans mask or social distancing, putting his own donors at risk. Time and time again, through word and deed, Trump has shown us that he has neither the temperament nor the capacity to handle the presidency.He has proven incapable of rising to the moment, of seeing the world beyond himself, his need for adulation, and his own petty grievances. This election is a test. If we fail—if those who champion or even acquiesce to corruption and vindictiveness and bigotry aren’t just defeated but crushed into powder—I fear the republic soon won’t be worth keeping anymore. Get more Informed Dissent by subscribing at informeddissent.net.

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Tom Brady throws five touchdowns in a comefrom-behind Bucs win against the Los Angeles Chargers. There’s still room on the Tompa Bay bandwagon, folks.

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After openly complaining that the Florida GOP has not supported her campaign to unseat Congresswoman Kathy Castor, Christine Quinn took matters into her own hands and appeared as a dancer in a hilariously sad/scary music video by MAGA rapper Forgiato Blow. Don’t feel embarrassed for her though; Quinn saw Castor take 62% of the vote last time she ran against her in D14, and that’s about as low as you can go anyway.

A day after Florida reported that 571,718 voteby-mail ballots had been cast (306,037 from Democrats and 157,924 from Republicans)— and the night after glitches prevented folks from registering to vote online—Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to extend the voter registration deadline to 7 p.m. At least he’s pretending that he doesn’t wanna suppress the vote.

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Navigating new normal, rejuvenating old flavors at Tapas Spanish Café.

ntonio Santiago really knows a thing or two about Tampa’s food scene. He’s worked at restaurants like Piquant, Cooper’s Hawk, and with Ferrell Alvarez at Rooster & the Till and Nebraska Mini Mart. Santiago says he and Alvarez, along with his former co-workers, built a relationship that’s like a family; Alvarez has become a mentor to him. “We have great communication and he’s a great mentor. I can call him for any help with Tapas,” he says. The family vibes continued when Santiago and his wife Johanna Petel partnered with former Rooster & the Till co-worker Ben Pomales of Pickford’s Counter for a pop-up event in late September. Pomales and Santiago previously did two popups at Urban Bungalow (since relocated to the old Pickford Sundries three miles away), so this occasion wasn’t new for them. The pop-up event featured fine dining takeout food. The five-course menu for the night included cioppino calzone, pork belly salad, and a cookies & cream latte. “With the pandemic going on, we wanted to do something cool. I’m used to doing fine dining, and that’s what I like. I hadn’t done it in a while, so it was good to get back to that,” Santiago explains. He began his culinary career at Puerto Rico’s Universidad del Este for a year before moving to Tampa and finishing his A.S. degree in Culinary Arts at the Art Institute of Tampa. After graduation, he spent three months interning at Miramar, a two-time Michelin star restaurant in Spain. After working in other restaurants over the years, his friend Jordan Hoeffner presented an opportunity he couldn’t resist. Hoeffner introduced Santiago to his now-business partner Wyatt Castelvi in late 2019, who was looking for someone to take over a restaurant run by his parents. Castelvi bought the space for them to run when they moved to Tampa from Venezuela in 2018. “Jordan called me saying she had an opportunity with my name on it. Wyatt and I met and the rest is history,” says Santiago. Tapas Spanish Café, located in East Tampa at 1202 Tech Blvd. in unit 100, had been open for 13 years before Santiago and Petel became

co-owners. Usually the word “tapas” is associated with small plates, but Santiago explains the word can also mean “lid” (as in pots and pans). The restaurant serves hot drinks, baked goods, and a variety of Puerto Rican and Cuban foods for breakfast and lunch. Petel is in charge of all the baked goods and pastries through her bakery Luci and Lucy’s Dough Table, which she runs out of the restaurant with Santiago’s aunt. A majority of everyone employed at Tapas Spanish Café is family, and Santiago’s grandfather serves as inspiration for a lot of his cooking. “I come from a family of cooks. My grandfather was a cook in the Army, my older brother and cousins are chefs. I used to watch my grandpa cook a lot as a kid,” Santiago explains. The menu ranges from $1.25 for a canned soda to $12 for the daily fish of the day meal. Everything but three items are fresh and madefrom-scratch. Santiago currently operates the restaurant at 50% capacity with social distancing practices inside (think less tables and space between them). Online ordering and takeout are options in addition to delivery via DoorDash and UberEats. Santiago says when he took over initially, he reworked the new menu by adding a few new dishes. “The menu was all over the place, so I wanted to put my twist on it. I made a few changes but nothing drastic,” he says. One thing to note is how niche the clientele is. Tapas Spanish Café isn’t like the usual picturesque Tampa hotspots where locals and tourists alike flock to get the pretty Instagram photos. It’s surrounded by business commerce parks, hospitals, and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), so the majority of their customers are loyal regulars who were used to the menu. There are a few customers who even have their same meal every day and never deviate from anything. “There’s a customer that comes every day and all she orders is two medium eggs. There’s also a guy who only orders an omelet with tomatoes and onions. Same with coffee,” Santiago says. The first few months were tough because of changes like new ownership and a new menu.

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FULL CUP: Tapas co-owner Johanna Petel during a recent collaborative pop-up at Pickford’s Counter.

Santiago says it took some time for the customers to get used to new things, but they came back around eventually. Having a niche clientele means a lot of their business is word of mouth but, between donating food, providing Alvarez’s Sunday Suppers with desserts and Google reviews, Tapas’ clientele and popularity is growing steadily. “A lot of people that don’t work in the area come here. They come in and bring friends and that helps a little with creativity and menu specials,” says Santiago. The café was affected by both the pandemic and the numerous protests after George Floyd was murdered. He was afraid Tapas would close indefinitely mid-March, however, he and his wife reopened it after one week when they realized they had several missed calls and voicemails from customers. One thing he did to sustain was cut the menu down 50% so he could prepare meals himself. He adds that many HCSO officers stopped coming over for a short time for safety reasons. They weren’t able to leave for lunch because supervisors were worried about them being targeted by civilians. “Those were interesting months because we saw business get slower. For me and my wife, we were in a tough situation,” he says. Fortunately for Santiago, he was approved for a PPP loan for $30,000 which went towards paying his employees. He was able to bring back half of his employees and remain afloat. “If it wasn’t for the PPP, I’d probably still be cooking by myself. It helped us get to where we are now,” he explains. Recently, Tapas Spanish Café was one of eight Hispanic-owned small businesses to receive a $2000 “Empresario Emprendedor” grant from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

of Tampa Bay, which Santiago is a member of. Although Santiago’s culinary training is in fine dining, the switch over to casual wasn’t a challenge for him at all. He’s able to create whatever types of food he wants now and doesn’t have to worry about adjusting his cooking skills to fit any other cuisine. What helps him the most in the transition is staying organized and efficient. It’s even rubbed off on his employees who take those skills with them in their everyday lives. Just from looking at Santiago and understanding how passionate he is about cooking, no one would know he was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease when he was 16. He says he went to a number of doctors who misdiagnosed him until a “hippie gastroenterologist” performed a colonoscopy and correctly diagnosed the issue. Santiago thinks he suffered with Crohn’s for two years before learning what was really going on. He says Crohn’s affects him more positively than negatively because he stays active and busy. He’s made it work for him over the years with various medications and holistic remedies like supplements and maintaining a healthy diet with a lot of fruits and vegetables. “Crohn’s has made me tough mentally and it’s not easy. No matter how bad I was feeling, I never called out sick at any restaurant I worked at,” he says. Tapas Spanish Café is open for breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. from 7a.m.-2p.m. Tampa is his second home and he’s noticed how much the Hispanic community has grown over the last decade. Santiago says he hopes Tapas Spanish Café grows into other locations in the future to help create more jobs for others. “It feels good to provide for other people, plus I enjoy doing this. It means a lot,” he says.

“If it wasn’t for the PPP, I’d probably still be cooking by myself.”

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Miami Chef and ex-Tampeño Richard Hales is bringing Society BBQ home. By Jenna Rimensnyder

t’s been 24 years since chef Richard Hales lived in Tampa Bay. Since then he’s cooked around the world, started a family, appeared on Food Network competition shows, and even launched Grateful Hospitality Group in Miami. This year, Hales returned, and decided to settle down in Westchase, and is ready to bring his Society

slow-smoked meats, made-from-scratch sides and desserts by Richard’s wife, Jenny Hales, aka “Wife Hales.” All meat is served by the half-pound with dill pickles and pickled onion. Society BBQ uses Florida oak and hickory in its pits. Diners can choose from pork or beef ribs, sliced brisket, pulled pork or chicken, beef burnt ends, or wagyu beef sausage. Need a plant-based meat substitute? There’s also a plate of vegan beyond burnt ends on the lineup as well. As for sides, made-from-scratch dishes include bites like cole slaw, smoked cornbread, pit smoked beans, wedge salad, and smoked loaded potatoes. Switching it up from traditional mac and cheese, Society offers smoked squash and cheese made with seasonal squash, cheddar cheese and herbs. Guests can opt for their meat sandwiched between a butter bun with Chifles plantain sticks, slaw and barbecue sauce. You better buckle up, foodies. And just to give you a taste of what’s to come, Sakaya Kitchen is a fast-casual chef modern interpretations of Asian and Korean cuisine, Blackbrick serves modern Chinese (and was named one of “America’s Best New Restaurants” by Bon Appétit magazine), Bird & Bone offers traditional country cuisine, and Dim Ssam is a full-service modern-Asian food truck. Once Hales and his gang find a prime location for the third location of Society BBQ, he’ll put out the bat signal to CL with all the deets on the space, and projected opening date.

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BBQ concept along with him. “I am originally from Tampa and moved away in 1996 for NYC to attend culinary school. So coming back is sort of a homecoming for me,” Hales said on a phone call with Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “My wife and I recently purchased a home in Tampa so we are all in on the move not just expanding our restaurants but moving back to Tampa.” Hales also shared that he’s interested in multiple locations of Society BBQ (possibly with another in St. Pete), as well as in introducing his other handful of concepts including Sakaya Kitchen, Blackbrick Chinese, Dim Ssäm à GoGo and Bird & Bone. “Tampa Bay has definitely grown up a lot since I’ve lived here,” the chef/restaurateur said with a laugh, adding that he’s excited to add to the newly developed culinary community. As for now, Hales is looking at spaces for Society BBQ in Seminole Heights, Ybor City as well as on Dale Mabry near Hillsborough Avenue. Graceful Hospitality is a family-run operation, and prides itself on the fact it has been thriving without the need of partners. Society BBQ is a Texas-style barbecue fullservice restaurant that offers a selection of

“Tampa Bay has definitely grown up a lot since I’ve lived here.”

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Set the table

More concepts are on the way in Tampa Bay’s expanding food scene.

hile the restaurant industry can be a beast, you wouldn’t have guessed it driving around and seeing new joints pop up daily—and there are more on the horizon. Tampa Bay can look forward to a handful of new concepts in the next year or so, courtesy of Datz, which launched another ghost kitchen, Let It Be Ice Cream which leveled up in space, and Jack Pallino’s which is weeks away from making its debut in Dunedin. Look below for all of that, and more local foodie events you can sink your teeth into throughout the month of October. Openings Bougie Pizza Wanting to get in on the most pandemic proof concept—pizza—Datz has launched Bougie Pizza ghost kitchen. You can order classic pies like cheese and pepperoni to more “bougie” flavors like smoked chicken and a steak and potatoes pizza topped with Datz chips. Oh, and there are also vegan options. ‘Zas are now available through Uber Eats, the Datz Restaurant Group app, and pick-up at Dough. 2616 S. MacDill Ave., Tampa. datztampa.com Feast Local Dunedinbased Feinstein Group has launched a new meal kit site, Feast Local. The menu offers nine signature Feasts cooked by either The Black Pearl or The Living Room on Main, which are then delivered to your door; they can be refrigerated and reheated whenever your stomach starts to growl. Prices start at $11.99. All orders must be put in by 8 p.m. Sunday evening to be picked up, or delivered, by that following Wednesday. feastlocal.co H2 Chicken + Pizzeria Seminole Heights’ Harvest Bowl is expanding with a new pizzeria concept. Scheduled to officially debut October 10 next door in the former Domino’s Pizza space, the joint is now open with a limited menu. H2 features baked goods, Mediterranean twists like halloumi pizza, plus gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian options. 6113 N. Florida Ave., Tampa. @harvestbowl on Instagram Let It Be Ice Cream The little service window has leveled up to an entire ice cream shop. Just blocks away from its original location, the expanded scoop shop also offers an expanded menu with small-batch ice creams, malts, sundaes, and all the sweet licks as well as hot dogs and pretzels. 3127 Beach Blvd. S., Gulfport. letitbeicecream.com Mumu Kitchen The new Filipino restaurant is a ghost kitchen concept operating out of

Armature Works. The service will function solely as curbside and delivery only, serving Filipino foods rich in tradition. The only catch is that, for now, the concept is only open Tuesday and Thursday from noon-9 p.m. 1910 N. Ola Ave., Tampa. mumukitchen-tampa.com Southern Exposure Pub & Grub Other than a full bar, this somewhat under the radar concept offers a limited menu with entrees like baby back ribs, Louisiana gumbo, and southern pulled pork sandos. If your pocket is a little light after the first of the month, the joint offers early bird specials, discounts for first responders and 50-cent wings Friday and Saturday for dine-in only. 326 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. southernexposurepubandgrub.com Whiskey Exchange A stock market-themed bar has launched in the ‘Burg. The stock market element means some drinks will be priced based on supply and demand. If a certain drink is popular that night, the price will go up, while if another drink isn’t getting too much love from customers the drink price will drop. Will you be able to keep up? 540 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. whiskeyexchangedtsp.com Yummè The new healthy shake, tea and coffee spot is now slinging sips in St. Pete. Yummè’s menu features items like protein waffles, meal replacement shakes, pink lemonade tea, and a gluten-free vanilla ice cream shake. Although the joint is run by Herbalife Nutrition Distributor and Coach Xaviera Zientek, the owner wants locals to know that the space is for the community to come together and enjoy a healthy snack. 2942 49th St. N., St. Petersburg. @yumme.stpete on Instagram

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Coming soon The Chicken Spot Miami-based restaurant The Chicken Spot is opening alongside Bacon Bitch at St. Pete’s Edge District in the former Bodega space. Both restos are under the umbrella of Queens Hospitality. Eats include loaded sandwiches, wraps, wings and sides like loaded waffle fries and mac, and an insane lineup of colorful dipping sauces. Opening is scheduled for December, but there seems to be a dark cloud over The Chicken Spot and Bacon Bitch owner, Chris Viso. Viso is the founder and CEO of Queens Hospitality and is under fire by Miami residents over animal cruelty allegations. CL readers have been adamantly reaching out sending a change.org petition detailing Viso’s alleged involvement in an incident in which a

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IT’S WHAT’S FOR DINNER: Unboxed and plated churrasco beef from Feast Local. resident stray cat (which would frequent the Bacon Bitch property and surrounding areas) was violently shot with arrows from a crossbow in 2017 and had to be euthanized. CL has sent multiple emails to Queens Hospitality and is awaiting reply. 1124 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. winninchicken.com Donovan’s Modern American Meatery Datz Restaurant Group is launching a steakhouse this month. The menu is loaded with an array of steaks, chops, duck, wild game and also hosts space for vegetable-forward dishes. The massive space offers seating for 150 guests alongside covered outdoor patio options. Diners are invited to watch their meals be prepared in the exhibition kitchen while they sip and socialize. 11206 Sullivan St., Riverview. donovansmeatery.com Jack Pallino’s Napoletano Pizza and Pub Set to open this month in Dunedin, the pie purveyor is stationed next door to sister concept Jack’s Bottle Shop. Add another local space to get your sports fix, along with pleasing the rest of the family with thoughtfully crafted decor, eats and a full bar. Won’t be long until you can watch kickoff at Jack’s. 718 Broadway, Dunedin. pallinospizza.com Rockhouse Florida’s first Rockhouse Live International locations will soon be coming to Central Florida (locations in Tampa and

Orlando). According to Rockhouse Live’s website, the venue offers “nightly entertainment featuring local, regional and national talent, combined with state-of-the-art streaming and content development capabilities, great food, and amazing service.” More details to come when a projected opening date is announced. rockhouselive.com Zukku-San Armature Works’ Zukku sushi is expanding to Lutz this month. Zukku-San will operate as a fast-casual concept for lunch service and transition into a full-service restaurant for dinner. 25916 Sierra Center Blvd., Lutz. zukkusushi.com ICYMI 3 Daughters St. Petersburg’s 3 Daughters has created a New England-themed IPA in honor of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ newest stars from the area. Soon you’ll be able to buy six-packs from select retailers in Tampa Bay including Publix, Total Wine & More and ABC Fine Wine and Spirits. Until then, it’ll be on draft at the brewery. 222 22nd St. S., St. Petersburg. 3dbrewing.com Curious Cat Bakery Natalia Lima, owner of St. Pete’s Curious Cat Bakery, is once again veganizing challenges from Season 11 of the “Great British Bake Off.” This year, you’ll be

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FREAKSTOUT! Yes, there’s a Bake’n Babes freakshake beer. able to follow along on her YouTube series, get the recipes and even share your feedback. curiouscatbakery.com Freak Shake imperial stout bottle release Bake’n Babes is releasing a 750 ml collaboration beer brewed with Late Start Brewing and Pour House Tampa and inspired by the bakery’s Nutella stuffed salted chocolate chip cookies. A portion of proceeds are being donated to Mary Lee’s House, which is a community collaboration committed to protecting, respecting and healing children of abuse and neglect in Hillsborough County. $30. Oct. 10, 4 p.m. 1208 E. Kennedy Blvd. no. 112, Tampa. @bakenbabes on Instagram Heights Fall Festival The Heights is hosting its annual two-day fall festival next weekend. Expect live music, a pumpkin patch, craft brews (with Oktoberfest options), sno-cones, kettle corn and access to all of the Armature Works’ food stalls. If you bring five non-perishable food items to donate to Metropolitan Ministries, you’ll receive a voucher for a free brew from 81Bay. Oct. 10-11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 1910 N. Ola Ave., Tampa. armatureworks.com Seltzerland On Oct. 10, the Westchase Golf Club will transform into Seltzerland, a hard seltzer festival spread out over nine holes for golf-less and contactless day drinking. Each “drinking crew” will sign up for a time slot, and

walk the fairways for hard seltzer tasting, food, photo opps, live music and games. Groups can be up to 10 people, and “tee times” are every 10 minutes. In total, Seltzerland lasts about twoand-a-half hours for each group. Tickets start at $29. seltzerland.com/tampa-2020 Spiritsfest Tampa Theatre’s latest virtual fundraiser, SpiritsFest, allows guests to stay home and sip on to-go boxes, which come with four ready-to-pour cocktails, a family-sized portion of Tampa Theatre popcorn, souvenir glasses plus some ghoulish goodies. Proceeds from the occasion benefit the Tampa Theatre. The sampling boxes are $95 plus fees (Tampa Theatre members pay $90 plus fees). Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. tampatheatre.org Tampa Bay Food Fight The event is back for its fourth year, but it’s different from ever before. Those who want to watch chefs from both sides of Tampa Bay duel can do it from their homes—for free. Although the event is free to stream, the goal of Tampa Bay Food Fight is to raise $150,000 for 100 student scholarships in Metropolitan Ministries’ Culinary Arts Program for 2021. Free, donations encouraged. Oct. 15, 7 p.m.-8 p.m. qtego.net

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BROWN BOX SPECIAL: Bodega on Central is perfectly designed to thrive in the face of the challenges facing the industry.

Flavor savor

Bodega is an efficient and casual solution for comfort food hunger. By Jon Palmer Claridge

t’s hard to believe that we’re already six months mojo-marinated roasted pork with grilled onions into the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to is moist and flavorful, if mild. But this version the obvious health concerns, our inability to is all pork, so the Cuban extras will wait for gather in groups indoors has had a devastat- another day. All the pressed sandwiches are on ing effect on the restaurant industry. Several pleasant Cuban bread and contain ample porof our favorite haunts are already gone, and too tions. If you are anticipating a crusty exterior, many others won’t survive. Numerous menus you need to lower your expectations for these just don’t lend themselves to takeout. Indeed, takeout handhelds. They manage to stay warm, the business plan for many but lose the edge of crispness restaurants has shifted just in transit. to stay alive. If you can handle the Bodega on Central Luckily, the-recently heat, the chicken version is 1120 Central Ave., St. Pete relocated Bodega on Central a flavor explosion with con727-623-0942; eatatbodega.com (which also has a sibling in trasting textures, as well. Sandwiches $7.50-$9; sides $.50-$7; sweets $3.75; juice & smoothies $6.50 Seminole Heights) is perThe flattened breast meat is fectly designed to thrive in balanced with smooth avothe face of the challenges facing the industry. cado and mango against crunchy jicama and Debbie and George Sayegh offer a “comfort food” fiery pickled chilies with some mango mayo. It’s menu of pressed sandwiches with an online order a memorable mouthful for fans of spice. system for takeout that is easy to navigate. Less tangy, but with a great combo of texI open my Cuban sandwich with great antic- tures and flavors is the pressed vegetarian with ipation, because of Bodega’s BOTB-winning firm tofu, creamy avocado, and contrasting crispreputation. The brown wrapping paper is clearly ness from cucumber and jicama. Add some fresh marked with a “C,” but my heart sinks. I mis- cilantro and the brightness of mojo sauce and takenly get the “lechon” instead. This shredded you’ve got a superb veggie alternative. There’s

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also a tempeh version with spicy slaw. The frita is a beef and pork Cuban burger on a bun which reminds me more of a large flattened meatball. It’s nicely spiced, but without a kick. That comes from some spicy mayo, which is teamed with avocado and a tomato slice. What’s special is a forest of potato sticks that add a delightful crunch. The sandwiches are offered as platters (platos) with the addition of rice and beans plus maduros. The rice and beans combo is surprisingly flavorful. What’s unusual to me is the texture of both components. Often black beans are mushy and don’t retain their full shape. Also, they are almost always swimming in a gravy-like sauce. Bodega’s beans are intact and the rice grains are also easily separated and not the slightest bit sticky. The result appears dry, but it’s lovely on the palate. Most often the combo ends up as a creamy glob, which is not necessarily unpleasant, but is usually one-dimensional. These offer layers of flavor with a complexity that’s unexpected. I wish I could say the same about the plantains (maduros), which just seem dull despite a spritz of fresh lime. They are crosscut at right angles like a banana rather than an angled oblique slice. Our batch is dry without the sweet, creamy lush interior that usually makes them

so seductive. My taster who is a big plantain fan remarks that he can’t remember the last time he left a single one on his plate. Until now. The dessert menu varies daily and some items end up “out of stock.” For example, we’re unable to sample the salted chocolate chunk cookie or the red velvet (whether it’s a slice, cupcake or cookie is anyone’s guess). Instead, we chose the intriguing horchata white chocolate cookie and a mysterious sweet simply listed as “ginger.” Unfortunately, there’s another crossed wire from the online order to what ends up in our bag. Our sweets have gone missing. This is one of the challenges of serving takeout during a pandemic, when you’re usually a sit down establishment. I have no way of knowing what went wrong, so I’d just advise you to double check before driving away. The online order printout, complete with contact info and pickup time, is neatly stapled to a carefully packed brown paper bag. We arrive seven minutes early and I barely find a temporary parking space, when my tasting companion is back in a jiffy with our meal. Ultimately, Bodega is an efficient, casual and tasty solution to your comfort food hunger; just double check your order before you drive into the sunset.

“The black beans offer layers of flavor with a complexity that are unexpected.”

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CULTURE RISING SHINE: A new St. Pete mural sees kids outside and creating vibrant art together.

Dripping with hope

Ya La’ford and local kids paint new mural in St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District. By Jennifer Ring

ast I spoke with Ya La’ford, she was planning a patchwork quilt design for her latest community mural project in St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District. Each participant—children from St. Petersburg’s Mt. Zion Christian Academy and Pinellas County Foster Care—was to paint a 6-by-12-inch square inspired by today’s movement for equality and justice. The mural was set to debut Aug. 28 on the 57-year anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Then the pandemic delayed school re-openings throughout Pinellas County; 2020’s double crises strike again. Like twin tornadoes, the coronavirus and incidents of police brutality took turns upending everything in their path. What should we talk about today, America’s great struggle to control the coronavirus pandemic or America’s great struggle for equality? On Wednesday Sept. 23, Breonna Taylor’s killers got off. On Friday Sept. 25, Florida entered Phase 3 despite a 5-11% state average infection rate (depending on who’s calculating it). What do we speak to? What do we paint to today? You can imagine my surprise when I pulled into St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District and the mural in progress was not patchwork at all. Instead, I saw the beginnings of a beautiful sunrise. Was this a new dawn kind of hopefulness? “It was,” says La’ford. “And like a coming out

of sorts. [These kids have] been trapped. They haven’t had any field trips; they’ve been in their houses; and the one thing that was consistent is the fact that a day starts and there’s a sunrise every day.” Diagonal lines of blue, yellow, neon orange and pink climb a third of the way up the wall—as high as the children, ages 8-11, could reach. Usually, La’ford has local kids place their hand print upon her community mural projects; then she layers her artwork over this. But this time La’ford asked each child to paint a line, guided by a strip of green painter’s tape. Paint intentionally drips from the lines. “They went from putting their hand on a space to now literally dripping hope, and dripping the rays of the sun, and dripping these ideas of what it means to them,” says La’ford. She pointed to a key taped to the wall. Each color has meaning. Blue is the ocean, yellow is the sun, orange is the sunrise, and pink the horizon. Above this, La’ford is adding the wind in purple and the sky in a darker blue color. “The piece is called ‘Woven’ because we need to be patched together, says La’ford, “and piece by piece, I think there’s hope.” The last-minute design change isn’t the only thing that’s new about La’ford’s latest project. La’ford started writing songs during the pandemic, and she’s adding music to “Woven” in collaboration with The Florida Orchestra.

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“I love working with the orchestra as we find the intersection between art and music,” says La’ford. “They were with us at the school on Wednesday [via Zoom], teaching the kids what an orchestra is, the instruments that are played, and the families of instruments.” The students also learned about overtones. When you pluck a string on an instrument, it produces more than one tone. The vibrations of the string also produce sound octaves higher than the main tone. These are called overtones. When you play a note on an instrument, all these tones come together in harmony to produce the sound we recognize as a note. The idea that one note could be composed of many interdependent tones really resonated with La’ford, who’s been exploring interconnectivity through art ever since studying sociology and anthropology (in addition to art) in college. “I think it’s been a life’s journey—even more than just college,” says La’ford. “I’m a first-generation American; I’m Jamaican. I grew up with Bob Marley in my ears. So it’s a lot of different things. Bob Marley kind of singing in my ears, over and over again, that we need each other, that we’re one.” She quotes the refrain from Marley’s “One Love”: One love, one heart. Let’s get together and feel alright. “These are the things that have been deeply rooted inside of me,” says La’ford. “There’s value in each other, in understanding we’re all essential, in loving each other, and in knowing that every single mark, every single drip, every single mistake, every single genius move…Everything is considered essential and filled with love and purpose.”

In America, we don’t celebrate human connection as often as we should. It took a pandemic and social distancing for some of us to finally realize how important human connection is, but La’ford knew it all along. These human connections are part of what’s made her so successful in the Tampa Bay area. The relationships she’s forged through her community projects keep the work coming. “[This project] was born from the community,” says La’ford. “Smith & Associates Real Estate, who houses our community, wanted to again work with me, [along with] the Lovelady family and the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg.” This isn’t the first time I’ve written about La’ford’s work either. I’ve followed her to Fairmount Park Elementary School, Tempus Projects, and Al Lang Stadium over the past couple years, because I know the work will always be good and La’ford will always have something interesting to say. Two days before I drove down to meet with La’ford at the mural site, people protesting the Breonna Taylor verdict clashed with restaurantgoers on St. Pete’s Beach Drive. Driving back home after my visit, I passed another group of protestors. This time they were lining Beach Drive with “Ron DeathSantis” signs. These are the days the kids worked on their sunrise. Much has changed in 2020, but much has stayed the same. As long as the Earth continues to spin on its axis, there will still be a sunrise. And as long as America continues to fuck up, there will be people protesting in the streets and artists painting messages of hope on the walls of St. Pete.

“There’s value in each other, in understanding we’re all essential.”

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A new procession

Bill Bellville’s death is a torch-passing to the next generation of Floridaphiles.

ifteen years ago, before I started teaching at the University of South Florida, the St. Pete campus’ Florida Studies Program called me about a part-time gig. The directors wanted me to teach a two-semester course, required of graduate students in the program, called “Rivers of Florida.” This wildly experimental, experiential class would explore the state’s waterways from the Perdido to the River of Grass. Along the way, we would soak in the geology, hydrology, literature, history, and art of Florida’s rivers. The honchos at USF St. Pete told me I would be co-teaching with Bill Belleville, a nature writer based out of Sanford. Bill had recently published “River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida’s St. Johns River,” and the book became our model. This 200-page travelogue packed in a lifetime of exploration of reading. Bill described cave dives in nightmarishly-close spring vents; he hung life onto the dry bones of government reports; with wit and erudition, he described everything from inland sharks (yes, they exist) to painter Winslow Homer and a Frederick Delius symphony. Long after that memorable school year, Bill and I remained friends. He stayed at my house when giving talks in the area, we camped together, and we shared our love for Florida nature and literature. I hung around like a scholarly remora. With over a half dozen books and 1,000 articles to his credit, Bill knew how to write about this state better than almost anyone I have met. Then he died, late last July, after a long neurological decline. A regional treasure, at 75, gone. Bill “was a wonderful writer,” Carl Hiaasen tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, “who always portrayed Florida with a native insight and special affection.” For months, since his death, I have sifted through the lessons Bill gave me. Read everything, he told me; don’t be afraid of scientific or bureaucratic jargon. Immerse yourself in the heritage, history, ecology, and evolution of your place. If you want nature writing to bring people to a certain position, avoid taking sides. Bill succeeded in Orlando’s conservative exurbs because he convinced people to see nature for themselves. He got folks onto the river, showed them what to look for, then trusted them to reach their own conclusions. Hagiography is rough on naturalists. Like a lot of outdoor enthusiasts, Bill was a tough nut. Not a big guy, he played football in college and

always carried himself like a sensitive jock. A running back who read poetry. Bill stood with his head cocked to one side, and had a way of talking to you through his cayenne gray beard using only half his mouth. I cannot decide whether he was loved or revered—or both. What he could do was write. “I admired Bill to no end,” Jeff Klinkenberg tells CL, “as someone who squeezed every ounce out of his life in Florida”; his message was always, “rise out of that armchair and explore.” Follow Bill Belleville up the Ocklawaha, for example, our state’s most beautiful and controversial river. Bill describes its entrance “like walking into a deserted movie theater—a show with no ushers or ticket takers, but one where the film is still playing over and over .... you slip quietly into a solitary seat in the cool darkness, picking up where the last person left off, a person who might have been here yesterday or five centuries ago.” As he guides us upstream, Belleville seamlessly folds in natural and human histories. He nods in appreciation to Sidney Lanier and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Without getting lost in detail, he reviews the river’s “twenty artesian springs,” its impossibly complex hydrology, and endemic darters (or “marine relics”) that have hung around the braided tributary since it was a “sprawling saltwater lagoon.” This single chapter bristles with fresh language and homegrown book knowledge, with deeply informed judgement but not opinion. Belleville pauses to describe a cypress knee, “like leather upholstered over a sponge,” then outlines the pain felt by those who opposed the Ocklawaha’s mid-20th century dredging. He spares no punches on the ecological and human cost of Rodman Reservoir, a prized spot for bass fishing, but stops short of pushing the reader into a political corner; instead he turns us “back to enchantment.” “River of Lakes” lets Nature hold center stage. Even though Bill chronicled personal adventures, the St. Johns shaped his path. He regarded his own journey as one chapter in an almost timeless narrative—following Sidney Lanier and Rawlings, his Delius and William Bartram, past the freshwater Timucua, to a Pleistocene Florida of giant armadillos and five-ton sloths. Belleville wrote in such a way that taught us to slow down, to watch the river flow. I imagine his spirit at an unmarked spring that he

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FLORIDA MAN: Bill Belleville should be what people think of when they say, ‘Florida Man.’ helped discover and that he nicknamed “Bear Cub Spring.” From this tiny crack in the karst, a crystalline stream runs into the blackwater Wekiva. The Wekiva feeds into the St. Johns just below Lake Monroe.From there the currents and tide carry him past Lake George, Palatka, and onto the river’s main steam.

All of us are only single players in a long procession. The writer is gone but the words remain, carrying us out to sea. Turn to p. XX to see more on Belleville. Thomas Hallock teaches English at the St. Petersburg campus of the University of South Florida. You can read about his forthcoming book, “A Road Course in Early American Literature,” via roadcourse.us.

“Rise out of that armchair and explore.”

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n a reflection about Bill Belleville, I wrote that the beloved author and educator “wrote in such a way that taught us to slow down, to watch the river flow.” Other authors had a lot to say about Belleville, who passed in late July, too. See their reflections, and a short list of must-reads, below. Susan Cerulean I know that the waters of Central Florida have received Bill Belleville’s essence back into theIr flow. He loved them as much as any other and spoke for them with all his being.

Janisse Ray Bill was a good friend for almost 25 years. He was a remarkable man in that he was able to turn personal suffering, which had resulted in a debilitating addiction, into a great love. That was his love of nature, which manifested in time spent out of doors, the stories he told of the places he visited and lived, and also in a fierce but always compassionate defense of the wild. When my first book was published, Bill sent me a note of congratulations in which he quoted Willa Cather: “the history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.” In another letter he said that he believed that the opening of the heart was the most important work anyone could do, and that work was far harder than the work of writing or diving or being an activist or anything else. That’s how I think of Bill now — he knew that the hardest work of his life was opening the heart and he did it. He went the hard, tough way. I believe that his heart-centeredness was his greatest struggle, his ultimate success, and the legacy he leaves all of us. He opened his heart to the wild world, and because of that, so many of us opened our hearts to him.

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Jeff Klinkenberg I admired Bill no end—not only as a terrific writer of natural history, but as someone who squeezed every ounce out of his life in Florida. He was a master diver, hiker and kayaker. His message to Floridians, I always thought, was “rise out of that armchair and explore.”

“He was able to turn personal suffering into a great love.”

Gary Mormino Bill Belleville was a great Floridian. From his outpost in Sanford that he chronicled in his 2006 book, “Losing It All to Sprawl,” to his beloved Saint Johns River that he canoed and captured in his 2000 book, “A River of Lakes,” Bill was one of the best of a new generation of environmental writers. Gruff but gentle, Bill bemoaned a vanishing Florida. On a personal note, Bill plucked Ray Arsenault and me from our turned-over canoe on the Ocklawaha River. Bill Belleville made a difference.

Bill Belleville, a short list “River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida’s St. Johns River.” University of Georgia Press, 2000. “Sunken Cities, Sacred Cenotes, and Golden Sharks: Tales of a Water-Bound Adventurer.” University of Georgia Press, 2004. “Losing It All to Sprawl: How Progress Ate My Cracker Landscape.” University Press of Florida, 2006.

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Mountain Holler—“Riot Lines” Break the walls down/Shine your lights/Storm the White House. Mountain Holler just played its final shows in Tampa for an “undetermined amount of time.” But before Mark Etherington (principal for the folk project) left, he made sure to go out with a bang. A haunting, acoustic, deep bang. Though recorded in isolation, Etherington decided to take in, and give back, everything he experienced while going out and supporting St. Pete’s Black Lives Matter marches this summer. “Riot Lines” was the end result. A strong five-and-ahalf minutes long, Mountain Holler’s possible swan song is full of references to the unnecessary and tragic murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. “Do you know she was in bed/How many more lay there dead,” Etherington cries. The songwriter describes the song as something he felt was an obligation to get out. “To take a musical snapshot of our country and the world,” he wrote on BandCamp. Clearly, much of the music past civil rights movement inspired what might as well be Tampa Bay’s more poignant BLM anthems. And sure enough, one of those songs was included as a second track on the EP. Fifty years ago, Neil Young wrote his own "Riot Lines. “Ohio”—performed primarily by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—was inspired by the Kent State University shootings; Mountain Holler found the protest classic ideal for a cover. Played in a similar key as “Riot Lines,” Etherington’s “Ohio,” circa 2020, is a far darker, slower take on the original 1970 recording— noteable considering the fact that Young’s felt

a bit too upbeat for its own good (Etherington had no harmonies to back him up either). Just a devastating rendition of a song that unfortunately, has become more and more relevantwhen put together with current events. “What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground?/How can you run when you know?” Farewell, Mountain Holler. Thanks for the music, and the spooky reminder that change needs to happen. —JB Planet Loser—“Sunbeam” I never know what to say in these awkward situations/Do I talk about the weather? The weekend? Amber Lewis and Ethan Murphy have worked hard and have been pretty lucky. The indie-pop duo better known as Planet Loser has already been picked up by Virginia Indie label 6131 Records (former home to Julien Baker before she broke out). The Losers also have enough energy and potential to have enough material for an album by the end of the year if it keepsgoing. The duo’s latest single, “Sunbeam,” is no exception. Imagine the tempo and pace of a Cranberries song, but smoother, and in a world where the late Dolores O’Riordan isn’t Irish. The first half of the tune is about a couple meeting up on a beach; the second half, styled more like a monologue you see in theater, is about being in therapy, and never knowing what to say in an awkward situation. In the chorus, Lewis repeats, “You left me with no sense of self/ No longer waiting for you to show,” as Murphy plays a mid-90s grunge lick on electric guitar. Could it be that this patient has a tendency to make every situation awkward? If you’re interested, 6131 Records showcases other artists in Tampa, such as punk band Horsewhip’s solid 2018 seven-tracker selftitled record as well as local alternative band Merchandise’s Morrisey-inspired record After The End.—JB

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ampa Bay songwriters, producers and instrumentalists have been busy during the pandemic, and while most of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s coverage of new local music has been relgated exclusively to the internet (you can’t stream newsprint, after all), we’ve moved three recent posts to this issue just in case you were looking for a new neighbor to support. Listen in via cltampa.com/music.

SPIRIT ANIMAL: Mountain Holler, who released a new single just before leaving town. new album (yes album, not mixtape) titled Slim Chance. DJ Winn has been a major force in the Florida music scene for years. He found his passion for music at a young age, when he and his brother started bumping tapes in a boom box—and it only grew stronger once his family moved to St. Peter when he was about 10 years old. Born in New York, Winn was heavily influenced by the DJs in Ft. Lauderdale legendary Jam Pony Express as well as the 2 Live Crew that was blasting out of boomboxes and car stereos all over the city. Winn soon started DJ-ing himself, doing house parties then moving into the local club circuit. He then found his niche in the mixtape game, releasing well over 250 mixtapes and street DVDs; those releases helped break records for numerous artists, including Plies, Yung Joc, YFN Lucci, Lil Baby and many others. Winn’s also gotten into radio, doing mix shows in various cities as well has toured all over the U.S. with Coast to Coast Mixtapes, helping him to build up his giant network of DJs and artists.

DJ Winn’s journey hasn’t been all roses, however. After relocating to Florida, his mother (who was deaf) eventually had to let him and his siblings go into the foster care program. Her disability made it hard for her to take care of them. On his 18th birthday, he was given $600 and then kicked out in the streets on his own. He later lost his mother to violent crime and his brother to drugs. Through all that, Winn has remained positive, motivated, and humble. He channeled all of that into his music and it can be heard and felt on his new album Slim Chance. Slim Chance consists of 12 original songs that he put together by picking out the producers and artists for each one. DJ Winn can also be heard giving positive and uplifting messages at the beginning of some of the songs. The album features Tampa legend Tom G, Hard Target, Burga, Gasface 1600, Project Youngin and more. Slim Chance is available now on all streaming platforms.—DJ Sandman

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Dear Oracle, I’m struggling to stay motivated and break off unhealthy habits that I feel prevent me from moving my life in a positive direction. Do you have any insight that may help me spark inspiration? —Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Cards: Eight of wands reversed, three of cups, judgment, queen of wands. Changes, you’re going to need a little help from your friends (And family, and possibly partner). When pulling cards, the three of cups and eight of wands reversed came out together, meaning you should take them together. The eight of wands in my deck shows a woman with a scythe about to cut down eight thin trees; it’s a card for razing. In 1908, a spark from one roof in Ybor landed on another, and before long, 17 blocks were torched. You have to be your own Great Ybor Fire. The spark from cutting one of these habits out will help you start to burn the rest. I read reversed cards as things that aren’t happening in the immediate future, so getting started and cutting out these habits will take some work, maybe six months or more. The three of cups, the twin to eight of wands, represents your friends. They’re going to be the arsonists you can count on. The judgment card is a strong home card. It can be both your house and the familial home. Since I don’t know your habits’ specifics, I do have to wonder how they’re playing out in your “home” life. Are you wanting to break these habits in order to create the home you want? Do you want to change your role or a relationship within your family or origin? Or, perhaps, do you have a strong relationship with your family who can support you during this time? The queen of wands is also a character that can help. Court cards are often people in our lives, and queen of wands takes zero shit. They’re both “mama” and “bear” in equal respects; they’re nurturing and healing and won’t hesitate to body slam a motherfucker on your behalf. They’re the perfect person to have in your corner as you move through. My suggestion for a first step is to talk. Talk to your friends. Talk to your family if you think they’ll be open. Whoever the queen of wands is (a partner, family member, therapist) talk to them. Be honest about your struggles and your wants, both about your goals and how you’d like to get there. It can be difficult for us to ask for people for our needs, but these are strong ties. They’ll be there to help you along the way. You should be proud of yourself. What you’re doing isn’t easy.

At his trial, Socrates said, “An unexamined life is not worth living”—2,000 years later, Malcolm X responded with, “An examined life is painful.” I think both men are right. It’s so challenging to be honest with ourselves, to look inside and see what we are. And it’s incredibly brave to acknowledge we’d like to change. This is no small feat. I’m proud of you, and I hope you get all the support you need during this time. Please write back; I’d love to hear how everything goes. Dear Oracle, My new career role is stressful, but I feel like I’m doing my best, and that this shit comes naturally, but I’m doubting myself. Am I doing a good job? —Unsure and Insecure Cards: Three of pentacles, page of swords, three of wands. I think you’re being hard on yourself, Unsure. Page of swords is someone who is trying to find out knowledge—the secret to success—but is also tinged with a critical eye. If impostor syndrome had a card, it would be this. I get it. It’s hard not to doubt yourself, especially in a year where everything feels uncertain. At this point, would anyone be surprised if Florida broke off from the mainland and sank like a battered booze-cruise by the end of 2020? I think not. However, there’s nothing in this spread that suggests that you aren’t doing your job well. Three of pentacles means working symbiotically, all hands on deck. It indicates that you’re an equal team player. It also suggests that your co-workers would help you out if you’re struggling or questioning. You’re very much part of a team. The three of wands comes with a message that’s a super drag to us in the 21st century: be patient. Yes, the world feels like it’s ending, and waiting seems dumb, but trust me on this. You’ve put so much effort into this job. You’ve planted those seeds. Now, you just have to watch them grow. Cultivate them—keep doing what you’re doing!—but everything is already set in motion. Just keep on doing what you’re doing. You’re doing great. Really, you are. Ignore the critical voice in your head—it’s a freeloading liar who’s jealous. And if you need help, just ask. You have people who will step up, without hesitation. Good luck!

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Where do the chickens in Ybor sleep? —A Concerned Friend. The chickens of Ybor are the local gods of the place, thus above the abilities of tarot. The tarot helps people think in archetypes. The Chickens are archetypes. When the world was formed, the chickens were here, scratching and pecking whatever crawled out the ooze so those specks of primordial dust would learn who ran this place.

They are both benevolent and barbarous. They have offered protection to drunk strangers and inspired mafia capos to become agents of their wrath. They were here at the creation of time and will remain here until the world’s last light is snuffed out. Then, they will sleep. In the meantime, if you wish to pay homage to their shrine or pay penance, you can drop off your sacrifice at the big bush next to the train

tracks on Sixth Avenue and 20th Street. They like leafy greens, veggies, and fruit. They also accept Venmo. — Editor’s note: Creative Loafing Tampa Bay is gauging interest in seeing more of the Ybor Oracle. Send your feedback and questions to comments@cltampa.com (SUBJ: “Ybor Oracle”)

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The scales. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In her high school yearbook, Libra-born Sigourney Weaver arranged to have this caption beneath her official photo: “Please, God, please, don’t let me be normal!” Since then, she has had a long and acclaimed career as an actor in movies. ScreenPrism. com calls her a pioneer of female action heroes. Among her many exotic roles: a fierce warrior who defeats monstrous aliens; an exobiologist working with indigenous people on the moon of a distant planet in the 22nd century; and a naturalist who lives with mountain gorillas in Rwanda. If you have ever had comparable fantasies about transcending normalcy, Libra, now would be a good time to indulge those fantasies—and begin cooking up plans to make them come true. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio-born Prince Charles has been heir to the British throne for 68 years. That’s an eternity to be patiently on hold for his big chance to serve as king. His mother Queen Elizabeth just keeps going on and on, living her very long life, ensuring that Charles remains second-in-command. But I suspect that many Scorpios who have been awaiting their turn will finally graduate to the next step in the coming weeks and months. Will Charles be one of them? Will you? To increase your chances, here’s a tip: Meditate on how to be of even greater devotion to the ideals you love to serve. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Inventor Buckminster Fuller was a visionary who loved to imagine ideas and objects no one had ever dreamed of before. One of his mottoes was, “There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” I recommend that you spend quality time in the coming weeks meditating on butterfly-like things you’d love to have as part of your future—things that may resemble caterpillars in the early going. Your homework is to envision three such innovations that could be in your world by October 1, 2021. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): During World War II, Hollywood filmmakers decided it would be a good idea to create stories based on graphic current events: for example, American Marines waging pitched battles against Japanese soldiers on South Pacific islands. But audiences were cool to that approach. They preferred comedies and musicals with “no message, no mission,

no misfortune.” In the coming weeks, I advise you to resist any temptation you might have to engage in a similar disregard of current events. In my opinion, your mental health requires you to be extra discerning and well-informed about politics—and so does the future of your personal destiny. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Pretending is imagined possibility,” observes actor Meryl Streep. “Pretending is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time.” In other words, fa ntasizing about events that may never happen is just one way we use our mind’s eye. We also wield our imaginations t o envision scenarios that we actually want to create in our real lives. In fact, that’s the first step in actualizing those scenarios: t o play around with picturing them; to pretend they will o n e d a y be a literal part of our world. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to supercharge the generative aspect of your imagination. I encourage you to be especially vivid and intense as you visualize in detail the future you want.

you to enjoy your own lively meditations on the nature of your soul. You’re in a phase when such an exploration can yield interesting results. ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself,” wrote 16thcentury author Pietro Aretino. By January 2021, Aries, I would love for you to have earned the right to make a similar statement: “I am, indeed, a royal sovereign, because I know how to rule myself.” Here’s the most important point: The robust power and clout you have the potential to summon has nothing to do with power and peoclout over other ple—only over yourself. Homework: Meditate on what it means to be the imperial boss and supreme monarch of your own fate. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The basic principle o f spiritua l life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.” Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield made that brilliant observation. It’s always worth meditating on, but it’s an especially potent message for you during

the first three weeks of October 2020. In my PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “My own soul must view, now is a highly favorable time for you to be a bright invisible green,” wrote author and extract uplifting lessons by dealing forthrightly philosopher Henry David Thoreau. Novelist Tom with your knottiest dilemmas. I suspect that Robbins suggested that we visualize the soul as these lessons could prove useful for the rest of “a cross between a wolf howl, a photon, and a drib- your long life. ble of dark molasses.” Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska GEMINI (May 21-June observed, “Joy and 20): “My business is to sorrow aren’t two love,” wrote poet Emily different feelings” for Dickinson. I invite you the soul. Poet Emily to adopt this motto for Dickinson thought the next three weeks. By Rob Brezsny that the soul “should It’s an excellent time always stand ajar”—just in case an ecstatic expe- to intensify your commitment to expressing rience or rousing epiphany might be lurking in compassion, empathy, and tenderness. To do the vicinity. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I invite so will not only bring healing to certain allies

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who need it; it will also make you smarter. I mean that literally. Your actual intelligence will expand and deepen as you look for and capitalize on opportunities to bestow blessings. (P.S. Dickinson also wrote, “My business is to sing.” I recommend you experiment with that mandate, as well.) CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I’m the diamond in the dirt, that ain’t been found,” sings Cancerian rapper Curtis Jackson, also known as 50 Cent. “I’m the underground king and I ain’t been crowned,” he adds. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that a phenomenon like that is going on in your life right now. There’s something unknown about you that deserves and needs to be known. You’re not getting the full credit and acknowledgment you’ve earned through your soulful accomplishments. I hereby authorize you to take action! Address this oversight. Rise up and correct it. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The author bell hooks (who doesn’t capitalize her name) has spent years as a professor in American universities. Adaptability has been a key strategy in her efforts to educate her students. She writes, “One of the things that we must do as teachers is twirl around and around, and find out what works with the situation that we’re in.” That’s excellent advice for you right now— in whatever field you’re in. Old reliable formulas are irrelevant, in my astrological opinion. Strategies that have guided you in the past may not apply to the current scenarios. Your best bet is to twirl around and around as you experiment to find out what works. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have,” says motivational speaker Robert Holden. Hallelujah and amen! Ain’t that the truth! Which is why it’s so crucial to periodically take a thorough inventory of your relationship with yourself. And guess what, Virgo: Now would be a perfect time to do so. Even more than that: During your inventory, if you discover ways in which you treat yourself unkindly or carelessly, you can generate tremendous healing energy by working to fix the glitches. The coming weeks could bring pivotal transformations in your bonds with others if you’re brave enough to make pivotal transformations in your bonds with yourself.

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I was dumped in August by a guy I was seeing for 10 months. He told me that he wants to work on himself and “needs to be selfish” right now. Since then, we have spoken every day, shared numerous dinners, and gone on hikes. Our friendship is killing me. With him, I hold it together. Away from him, I cry all the time. I’ve started seeing a therapist and I’m on medication. I’m trying to be mature about the breakup and match his level of “coolness,” but it’s destroying me. My friends tell me that I should stay away from him, allow some time to pass, and reassess. But the thought of losing him is almost as bad as the thought of keeping him in my life. —Simply Heartbroken And Talking To Ex Really Extending Depression P.S. I should also mention that I ended a 10-year relationship for the opportunity to date him. “Hey, Dan, what I’m doing is making me miserable—should I stop?” Yes, SHATTERED, you should stop. Your friends are giving you excellent advice: Stay away from this guy for at least a year—don’t talk on the phone (with him), don’t share meals (with him), don’t go on hikes (with him)—and then see how you feel after you’ve talked, shared meals, and gone on hikes with other people. It’s always nice when exes are friends, MTP, but it’s not an easy pivot, and it can’t be executed instantly. And transition to friendship is always much harder for the person who was dumped—because of course it is—and it’s even harder when a selfish dumper accepts or demands the kind of attention and emotional support from the dumpee that the dumper is longer entitled to. P.S. If you ended a 10-year relationship to date someone—if you ended it for a romantic prospect, not a romantic certainty (and there’s no such thing as a romantic certainty)—then that 10-year relationship needed to end. If your exboyfriend implored you to end that 10-year relationship and 10 months later dumped you to “work on himself” and then did everything in his power to keep you all to himself even after dumping you, then that “friendship” needs to end too.

You had this woman over to your house, NTG, and she viewed the premises without incident. OK… so you didn’t rape or kill her when she dropped in, and that speaks well absolute bare fucking minimum of your character. But it doesn’t obligate her to keep seeing you. If you can prove you’re not John Smith, High School Principal Assaulter, and she doesn’t care, NTG, then there’s some other reason she doesn’t want to see you again. (Was there a MAGA hat on the premises?) But whatever her real reason is/real reasons are, you’ve been given a “no.” And like everyone else, NTG, you have to take “no” for an answer even when it feels unfair or arbitrary. I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost five years and everything is amazing except that he sees his ex-girlfriend when I’m not around. He says she wants to meet me, but he never wants to meet up with her when I’m with him. Their “dates” are becoming more frequent. She’s a single mom and he has expressed to me that he wants to be in her son’s life. My feelings of discomfort are escalating, and I’m having trouble believing him when he says he wants me to meet her. When I bring this up, he gets angry and says I’m being too emotional. Am I being a crazy jealous girlfriend? I need some help. I want to be a better person. Should I reach out to his ex-girlfriend directly since my boyfriend refuses to make it happen? Or do I bail on the relationship? I feel that uncomfortable. —Ex-Girlfriend Looms Over Everything Bail. I’m in my early 30s, and I’ve been struggling to make new friends. A lot of the people in my extended social circle are polyamorous/queer, and while I identify as queer, I’m in a monogamish relationship that isn’t poly. Lately I have been finding that I have been getting approached a lot by people who want a romantic/sexual connection. It seems like the only people who want me around lately want in my pants, and they assume because I’m queer I’m also poly without asking directly. So people ask me if I want to “hang out” and I’m often unsure if they mean “hang out” in a date context or a friend context. I’ve ended up on dates I didn’t know I was going on! My biggest issue is that I don’t understand why people want to date/fuck me but don’t want to be my friend. I’m pretty average looking and I am not overly flirty. So why is this happening? —Noodling On This Problem Over Lattes, Yeah?

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My name is a variation on “John Smith.” I met a woman and she liked me, but then she did a cheapo background check on me and found a “John Smith” who had committed felonies—including assaulting a high school principal—and ended things with me. I am not that “John Smith” and I am innocent of these crimes! She had every reason to trust me: We met at my house and she viewed the premises without incident. What do I do? —Not That Guy

There’s nothing stopping you from asking—asking directly—for a little clarity: “Hang out? I’d love to! But do you mean ‘hang out’ as in ‘spend

time together as friends’ or ‘hang out’ as in ‘let’sgo-on-a-date’? I ask because I’ve wound up on a couple of dates that I didn’t know were dates and it was awkward.” As for why this is happening… well, either the poly people in your social circle assume—incorrectly—that all queer people are poly, or you’re much more attractive than you’re giving yourself credit for, NOTPOLY, or some combo of both. I’m a gay man who, due to extensive BDSM play, has developed very prominent nipples. They’re always erect and very visible through my clothing unless I wear outrageous patterns or tape them down. I’m somewhat embarrassed. I don’t have gynecomastia (moobs), just reallynoticeable nipples. While they are a definite boon between the sheets, they’re a bane on the streets because I’m very self-conscious about them. Do people notice this sort of thing on men? Is their reaction negative? Am I being ridiculed behind my back? Folks universally treat me with kindness and respect, probably because that’s how I approach everyone else, but a little voice in my head keeps telling me there’s this shameful part of my body that’s being made fun of by everyone. Well, everyone except the guys who helped get me to this point.—Tortured In Tormenting Situations

Only a small percentage of the people you meet will notice your nipples, TITS, and the thought processes for 99.9% of the people who do will go something like this: “Big nips. Eh, whatever”; the noticers will immediately file this useless-tothem information about your tits away and never give it/them another thought. (Unless you’re Andrew Cuomo.) I think you’re self-conscious about your tits because you know why they’re so prominent: extensive and, I assume, highly enjoyable BDSM play, TITS, and you worry other people—straight people, vanilla people, judgy gays—will take one look and realize you’re a kinky motherfucker. But most people won’t make that leap, and the ones who do are either kinky themselves or, if not, they aren’t going to dwell on your tits or hold them against you. Stop kink-shaming yourself. You earned those tits—you suffered for them—and you should be proud of them! Contact mail@savagelove.net, follow @ FakeDanSavage on Twitter and bookmark savagelovecast.com.

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