The stories take you through a maze of mass-marketing mania, stressed-out sales clerks, drunken Santas and screaming kids. They first broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition in 1992, launching Sedaris' career and introducing the world to the writer and radio personality's penchant for hilariously dysfunctional narratives, campy humor and salacious wit -- hallmarks of his later bestsellers Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked and most recent, When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
7 p.m. American Stage is at 163 Third St. N, St. Petersburg; for information, call 727-823-7529; intended for mature audiences only.
It's not Rockefeller Plaza, but Tampa Bay citizens can experience a winter tradition usually reserved for folks up north.
[image-1]Ice skate in a man-made rink in the park by the Hillsborough River this holiday at Tampa’s Downtown on Ice, an outdoor ice skating arena set up at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park. It costs $10 per person for a 90-minute session, skates included.
Lunch time skate is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and costs only $7 for 30 minutes.
Some might say that this is an egregious waste of resources, but ... but ... it looks like so much fun.
Hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Thu., 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. and 8 p.m. Sun. Dec. 3-Jan. 2. Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 N. Ashley Drive, Tampa. Contact JR Malone at [email protected] for more information.
