Archive For The “Stargazing in Jacksonville” Category
We (OK, I) interrupt the announcement of The Speckies to bring you a Specktator exclusive. I’m not saying how or from whom or what I had to do to get it, but Flagship Romance‘s yet-to-be-released EP, The Fudge Sessions, is playing on my iTunes right this very minute. Because I think the CD is so [...]
In case you missed my ramblings on First Coast Connect this morning (or you’re still debating if the right voice won The Voice), here’s what’s coming up this week—and beyond—Around Town: Through December 31 Zoo Lights Jacksonville Zoo Through Sunday, January 6 Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings Limelight Theatre, St. Augustine Thursday, December 20-Sunday, December 23 Santaland Diaries Theatre [...]
Don’t feel bad, Jacksonville Jaguars! Your players may comprise the second worst team in the NFL, but your cheerleaders have fared considerably better, according to Bleacher Report’s NFL cheerleader power rankings. Out of 32 teams, the ROAR of the Jaguars come in at #20. That’s the good news. The bad news: Six of the teams in the league don’t even have cheerleaders [...]
An open letter to the “Twit” from Colorado who responded to my Robby Tebow Stalker Alert: Before I get to my reason for writing, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to comment in the first place. Judging from your Twitter profile page, you are extremely busy retweeting the witticisms of fake Madea [...]
Those of you who follow me on Twitter (@thspecktator) should be familiar with my Stalker Alerts (those of who don’t should be ashamed of yourselves unless, of course, you’re not on Twitter, in which case you should be doubly ashamed of yourself). Basically, Stalker Alerts are notices of when and where a celebrity or “celebrity” [...]
In case you missed my ramblings on First Coast Connect this morning (or you’re too obsessed with the Royal Pregnancy announcement to concentrate), here’s what’s coming up this week Around Town: Thursday, December 6–Saturday, December 8 The Community Nutcracker Florida Theatre **Free event** Friday, December 7 Holiday at St. James 11 AM–7 PM, Hemming Plaza and City Hall [...]
Considered a celebrity among celebrity chefs, Mario Batali is appears at the Jacksonville Public Library on February 22, as part of Publix Apron’s Cooking School. Tickets are $95 go on sale December 10 at 10 a.m. Before you go getting all incazzato at the ticket price, it does include a buffet of Batali’s recipes (prepared [...]
As the Jacksonville Jaguars continue their attempts to dig out from yet another crap pile of a season, at least they’re still being noticed … though, for all the wrong reasons. Bleacher Report’s “Top 5 Dumbest Ideas in NFL History” referred to a Jaguars promotion: “Even then, for a franchise like the Jaguars [one of the worst [...]
Inspired by First Coast News’ Erin Hawley’s story on the senseless death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis for playing loud music at a Southside gas station (allegedly)—and a Twitter campaign to honor the high school student’s memory, I will be blasting my car radio at 5 p.m. Since I don’t know what Davis was listening to [...]
As Jacksonville’s most prolific social media gadabout, I found myself hanging out with (OK, stalking) Governor Rick Scott, Mayor Alvin Brown, Sheriff John Rutherford, Fire Chief Marty Senterfitt, City Councilman Stephen Joost, about 50 hot firemen (pun fully intended) and two of the savviest and most generous businessmen this city has ever seen, Chris and Robin Sorensen, founders [...]