Tampa's BBQ - Jimbos's and another Feel Good Movie of the Summer-Stardust!

Was craving some BBQ, so we headed to Jimbo's on Kennedy Blvd near Lois Ave in Tampa. This place has been around awhile, head in the front door and your welcomed by lots of Picnic style tables, with long benches to sit on, and a few booths. Service has always been swift when I come in, friendly southern ladies. Lunch times this place can get packed, we arrived around 6pm, but by 7pm, most tables were filled with dinner crowd. Nothing Fancy, just down home BBQ - Chicken, Pork, Ribs, Beef, and Ham - Chopped or Sliced, Dinner or Sandwich. Side choices are Baked Beans, which are in a rather thick sweet sauce, smokey flavor, potato salad, plenty of eggs and mayo used with red new potatoes(skins on), French Fries, seasoned just right, or Cole Slaw, tangy. The portions are big. Each plate also comes with Hush Puppies, crispy on the outside, fresh, soft and warm on the inside. When seated, they immediately bring over the warm BBQ sauce, and you help yourself to the all you can eat pickle and hot pepper bar. Ive never has a disappointing meal at Jimbo's.

Afterwards we headed to Westshore AMC theaters for what I would consider another great feel good movie of the summer-Stardust. Everything is in this movie, comedy, tragedy, drama, and great acting, Robert DeNiro had us rolling in the aisles with his part. it is just a let everything go, and pick up your spirits kind of flick, with purpose filled messages about love and life mixed in.
On a side note, movies are now $9.00, Small popcorn is $4.00, where are we NYC? Seems just like gas, the prices just crept up within the past 18 months, as if we wouldn't notice. Same service, same theaters, as long as movies like Stardust continue to show, it'll be worth it I guess.

Back Home in Tampa....Knocked Up!

Getting back home from a week in Boston, what a great trip, it's nice to escape to the Northeast during the summer, and Im a huge history buff, so hangin in Beantown was a great escape!
Went to the Stadium Chili's the other night with a buddy, always loved there Nachos appetizer, each nacho has cheese, beans, and a jalapeno, to be dipped in sour cream and salsa. Chili's still seems to be one of my fav chain restaurants. Afterwards we went to La Casa Dolce for Gelato and people watchin along Howard Ave in South Tampa. It seems no matter what evening you go to sit outside along Howard Ave, there are always things to see along the Avenue in Hyde Park/SOHO sections of Tampa.
Last night, did dinner at Panera Bread - this spot seems to be a great area to meet blind dates, as its next to Starbucks, and just seemed like couples were meeting for the first time....then I got back into my weekly movie thinggy, and saw "Knocked Up". Laughs and many of them out loud laughs...lots of great one-liners, great cast, and overall one of the better comedies to come along in a while..i'll see it again for sure. Wednesday nights at AMC are always free popcorn nights with your Movie Watcher card.

Happy New Year Tampa

Well, im back home from LA, great times, and a great New Year! Out to Chipoltle tonight, then saw Blood Diamond at the AMC Westshore(Wednesday is free popcorn night).