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FREE Beer Samples Return to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay May 1-August 5!

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay announced it’s bringing back FREE beer samples to the theme park May 1 through August 5! Guests who are 21 and older can head to the Garden Gate Cafe to sample two 7-ounce beers for FREE! Favorites will remain on tap for you to sample through the summer like Bud Light,…

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Lego Expert Shares 5 Ways to Organize Your Child’s Legos

Last year after stepping on Legos in virtually every room of my house, I decided it was time to get organized. As the mom of two Lego-breathing, Lego-loving boys who have spent hours putting together these popular little bricks, I was used to Legos covering every inch of our playroom. It was when they started spilling over into the kitchen and bathroom that I had to say…

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Beat the BRRRRR with our favorite indoor activities in Tampa Bay!

Wowzers! Get ready to get your BRRRRR on this week as temperatures plunge way below normal! The park may be out of the question for many of you, so we’ve put together this list of fun things to do in Tampa Bay that are INDOORS! Explore a local museum. There are so many wonderful museums…

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Pinellas County Schools: Discover Your Choices 

Pinellas County Schools offers a growing list of 70 Choice Programs focused on students’ interests, talents and abilities. Families can choose from a wide variety of magnet, fundamental and career programs. Some of our many options include gifted studies, the arts, journalism and international studies. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs are available at…

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Explore Great Explorations Children’s Museum and Sunken Gardens

The Tampa family behind the travel blog, TheGreatEscapePlan.com recently explored Great Explorations Children’s Museum and Sunken Gardens in St. Petersburg so they can share what to expect with you! The Great Explorations Children’s Museum in St. Petersburg is a place your child can truly enjoy being a kid, a place where you won’t find kids…

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A Case for the K-8 School: 5 Distinct Advantages  

For years, educators, parents and academic research institutes have uncovered benefits for students at K-8 schools – schools that include elementary and middle school grades.  At a school that starts with sixth grade, the middle school-aged students are at the bottom of the pecking order. Shifting from “top dog” status in fifth grade to “bottom…

Florida Fun: Where to go for that perfect mini vacation!

Florida Fun: Where to go for that perfect mini vacation!

This article is sponsored. It was originally published in the June 2017 issue of Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine. As a traveling mommy, I love exploring new places, but sometimes I also just want to relax. I don’t want to think about cooking, cleaning or really doing anything. I want to sit on a beautiful beach…

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The Florida Aquarium: The Splash Pad

The Florida Aquarium re-opened its new and improved splash area in 2017 and it is hands down our favorite place in Tampa Bay to splash, learn and play! “The Splash Pad” features a giant lily pad climbing structure, along with multiple water features and even two covered bug-themed dry play areas. The sandbox is also returning,…

How a Stay-at-Home Dad Used His Family Roots to Start Growing Business

How a Stay-at-Home Dad Used His Family Roots to Start Growing Business

  As my high school sweetheart and I prepare to celebrate 12 years of marriage just before Father’s Day, I am honored to shine a spotlight on my hard-working husband, Brooks Boyette, new business owner. For Brooks and me, home was always Tampa. This is where we met, where we grew up and where we…

Tampa Bay Private School Guide

Tampa Bay Area Private Schools: Find the One For You

Hillsborough Bayshore Christian School 3909 S. MacDill Ave., Tampa 813-839-4297; www.bayshorechristianschool.org The school’s college preparatory program focuses on core academic subjects, with enrichment programs in performing arts, visual arts, foreign language, computer, media science and physical education. Students have athletic opportunities at the middle school, junior varsity and varsity level. Upper school students are prepared…

Super Dad: Dr. George Jallo

Super Dad: Dr. George Jallo

Dr. George Jallo is a renowned neurosurgeon for All Children’s Hospital John Hopkins Medicine in St Petersburg, but his success wasn’t preordained. “I was born in Bethlehem, and my family (parents and 2 brothers) immigrated to northern New Jersey when I was 5. Our family did not speak any English but we learned fast as young children watching TV and attending school. My grades in first 2-3 years were poor-fair, and teachers had reservations about my potential. There were discussions to hold me back a year, but fortunately I was allowed to stay with my peers.”

The Science Behind “Tuning Things Out”

You’ve probably experienced something like this before: You’re knee-deep in a big project at work and are finally making some progress. You haven’t had to answer too many emails, the phone isn’t ringing off the hook, and you have just the right dosage of caffeine running through your system. You are in the zone, all your focus bent on finishing this assignment. Then you feel a tap on your shoulder.

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Gifted Child?

Here’s How You Know Having a “gifted” child means different things depending on who you ask. For some parents, a gifted child is one who plays the piano in an outstanding way or has a superb singing voice. For others, a gifted child may be an amazing speller with an extensive vocabulary or a spelling…

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Extraordinary Woman Kimberly Guy

Kimberly Guy is president of both St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital in Tampa. She moved to Tampa in 2005 to begin her career at St. Joseph’s, which is part of the BayCare Health System. “I feel very fortunate for the opportunity to have a positive impact on the health and well-being…

Extraordinary Woman – LTC Marne L. Sutten

Extraordinary Woman – LTC Marne L. Sutten

Marne Sutten and her husband met in Germany during a military exercise and have been married for almost eight years.  They were married in Reykjavik, Iceland, in a civil service to ensure they would be stationed together upon moving back to the United States.  Their official wedding with friends and family took place at the…

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Madison Cavanaugh

At just 7, Madison Cavanaugh has endured more than her youth belies. She battled cancer at age 4, enduring chemotherapy for two years. Now cancer free, she says she is trying to “fit in everything I missed out on when I was sick.” She’s a Girl Scout, and takes dance lessons and plays softball. “I really enjoy being around other people.” While she still visits All Children’s Hospital every other month to “make sure I am OK,” Madison sees a bright future ahead.

Bay Area Private Schools

The Tampa Bay-area is home to some of Florida and the nation’s top private schools. Many offer unique courses to suit a variety of interests, but the schools also aim to create good citizens. HILLSBOROUGH Academy of the Holy Names 3319 Bayshore Blvd., Tampa 813-839-5371 www.holynamestpa.org The Academy of the Holy Names is an independent,…

Extraordinary Woman: Darci Glazer Kassewitz

Darci Glazer Kassewitz Darcie Glazer Kassewitz is passionate about helping others. As co-president of the Glazer Family Foundation, established in 1999, she is dedicated to improving the lives of residents across the Tampa Bay area. The foundation is dedicated to assisting charitable and educational causes in the West Central Florida region. It works with youth…