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The Guinness World Record for largest picnic blanket happened in Switzerland last July, when packaged tuna company Rio Mare Insalatissime organized a spread that was 2,008.23-square meters. Naturally, St. Pete saw that and said, “Hold my craft beer.”

The nonprofit Waterfront Parks Foundation—which has a mission to “Protect, and Promote our Beautiful and Historic St. Petersburg Waterfront Parks”—plans to have more than 800 picnic blankets covering the waterfront at downtown’s Flora Wylie Park.

The picnic is the length of six city blocks between 17th and 13th Avenues, with the spread divided by color into four zones, and blanket spots that fit four people available for purchase. Bring your own basket or shell out $20 for a charcuterie platter from Lolita’s Wine Market.

It’s $40 to take part in Picnic Land happening Saturday, Nov. 18 at St. Petersburg’s Flora Wylie Park.
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This article appears in Nov 9-15, 2023.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...