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Forbes
35 minutes ago
- Business
- Forbes
How A Tampa Bay Treasure Is Celebrating 100 Years
Even at the century mark, The Vinoy still looks great. The Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, Autograph Collection For a hotel to remain in business after 100 years, it means it has endured world wars, global pandemics and travelers' ever-changing needs. For a hotel to do it in Florida, it not only overcame those obstacles, but it dealt directly with natural disasters and had to work around Mickey Mouse's shadow. So, the fact that The Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, Autograph Collection, a sophisticated, salmon-toned hotel in the heart of St. Petersburg, Florida, has been open since New Year's Eve 1925 is a cause for celebration. Find out why the milestone is the perfect opportunity to visit the property and its surrounding area. Every inch of the hotel tells a story. The Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, Autograph Collection The Vinoy looks like a structure you'd find along the Tuscan coast. The bold exterior color helps with that assertion, but so too does the Mediterranean Revival-style hotel's ceramic tiles, hand-painted cypress rafters and custom rocking chairs. The Tampa Bay property teeters between nuanced nostalgia and contemporary cool without leaning too heavily either way. Inside the hotel, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, details are nearly as dashing. Stately white columns and wood-beam ceilings are but some of the bold touches in the grand lobby area. And more subtly, you'll find iron railings and indigenous foliage dotting the spaces. Over the years, spaces have been enhanced — when The Vinoy's leadership team called for a major renovation in 2023, the Rockwell Group architecture and design firm upgraded everything from the public spaces to the spa — but the same charm from a century ago can still be felt within the hallowed halls. Newly renovated rooms feel like elevated residences. The Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, Autograph Collection There are 354 rooms at The Vinoy. You owe it to yourself to reserve one that looks out to the North Yacht Basin and North Straub Park. Morning, noon or night, the scene is phenomenal. When you turn from the window to look inside your room, the views are almost as nice. The property's modern makeover called for units to receive fresh crown molding, art from painter Alicia LaChance and blue-patterned carpet that gives the appearance of a coastline. For our visit, we stayed in a newly renovated Historic Premium Room with Bayview. While far from the biggest accommodations (that distinction goes to the 1,420-square-foot Marina View Suite), it has a rattan and wood dresser, a couch and a mini fridge that gave the space an elevated residential feel. A bathroom awash in marble and scented with Ortigia Sicilia toiletries makes the 'home' that much more refined. The just-opened Elliott Aster is an elegant epicurean affair. Anthony Tahlier One of the property's commemorative gifts to its guests is Elliott Aster, a sophisticated brasserie that opened in May 2025. In a dining room filled with dark woods and muted golds, you'll nosh on flame-kissed wagyu strip and beef cheek tortelli while sipping on signature pours named Downtown St. Pete (bourbon, amaro, raspberry cordial and grapefruit) and Old Havana (rum, chile liqueur, Italian bitters, pineapple and lemon). Elliott Aster is the high-end culinary experience Vinoy visitors were missing. But the hotel understands that every night won't call for sports jackets and Lilly Pulitzer sweaters. For those more casual evenings, there's Paul's Landing. The indoor-outdoor eatery serves up juicy burgers, plump wings, cold beers and priceless peeks at the marina across the street. If you want to have some fun with your order, give the exquisitely blackened grouper sandwich a try. Skip any sweets Paul's Landing might have and head down to the ground-level Lottie. This cute, French-inspired counter specializes in coffee drinks and delicious desserts. Though all the creative confections in the glass display will catch your eye, the colorful macarons and fruit tarts are what you'll remember most. Bask in the pool, spa and other Vinoy treats. The Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, Autograph Collection With fun on the Vinoy's calendar in the summer (themed brunches) and winter holidays (Nutcracker High Tea), centennial-focused events will occur in 2026. Until they do, make the most of all the property regularly offers its guests. Explore the park and surrounding neighborhoods with a complimentary one-hour e-bike ride. Go on a docent-led hotel history tour that includes tea and pastries. And if that new putter is just itching to get out, make the six-minute drive over to Vinoy Golf Club for a round. Back at the hotel, be sure to reserve some time for Vinoy Spa. While always having one eye on the calendar — this summer, for example, there's a seasonal package with a 50-minute Manuka Honey Facial, a 50-minute aromatherapy massage with Himalayan stones and a food credit to the Parasol poolside eatery — the sanctuary's everyday menu offers a host of plant- and coastal-centric treatments like Marine Renewal, a body-balancing massage that uses Swedish techniques to blissfully renew and center. The bay is breathtaking from the pier. DeMarco Williams The scenes from your room are so special because you're just that close to the water. Before you can pull out your phone to order an Uber to the park, you will have already walked to it. Stroll along the bay for a few minutes and you'll run into St. Pete Pier, a family-friendly attraction with a big playground, a snack bar and a complimentary shuttle that circles the area. Keep walking until the pier ends, and you'll hit Teak. The seafood-focused restaurant's sesame-crusted salmon is good, but you'll want seconds of the bay views. Mosey over to the St. Petersburg Museum of History after your meal. The small but substantial attraction uses artifacts ('Pathway to Eternity: Life, Death and Afterlife'), photographs ('The American Soldier: Conflicts, Shipwrecks and Homefront'), excursions (Historic Civil Rights Trolley Tour) and other mediums to shed light on local history and global affairs. Just down the street from it is the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. Housing an impressive collection of classics while also featuring strong temporary exhibits ('In Caravaggio's Light' will show from October to February), MFA makes a great afternoon detour. Coincidentally, the museum marks its 60th year in 2025, giving yet another reason to come to this quaint corner of Florida to properly celebrate.
NBC News
2 hours ago
- Sport
- NBC News
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher taken to hospital after getting hit by foul ball in dugout
TAMPA, Fla. — Rays pitcher Hunter Bigge was carted off the field in a frightening scene and taken to a hospital after getting struck in the face by a foul ball lined into the Tampa Bay dugout Thursday night. Bigge was placed on a backboard and gave a thumbs up before being driven by ambulance to a nearby hospital for tests. He never lost consciousness and was able to converse with first responders, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. In the top of the seventh inning, Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman sharply pulled a pitch into the Tampa Bay dugout on the first base side and the ball hit Bigge, a 27-year-old right-hander currently on the injured list. Emergency medical personnel quickly arrived to attend to Bigge. After several quiet minutes, as visibly concerned Rays players knelt in the field, Bigge was loaded onto a stretcher and carted off. After the game, Cash said Bigge was struck in the face. The ball left Rutschman's bat at 105 mph, according to Statcast. Bigge, on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain, received a standing ovation from the Steinbrenner Field crowd as he was loaded onto a cart. The game resumed after an eight-minute delay, and Baltimore held on for a 4-1 victory. Bigge was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 12th round of the 2019 amateur draft from Harvard and made his major league debut for them on July 9 last year. He was traded 19 days later to Tampa Bay along with Christopher Morel and minor leaguer Ty Johnson for All-Star third baseman Isaac Paredes. In 32 career appearances, including one start, Bigge has a 2.51 ERA and one save. This season, he has a 2.40 ERA in 13 relief outings covering 15 innings.
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Top 6 concerts this week in Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Englewood, Port Charlotte
Friday, June 20 marks the official start of summer, and while this week's picks for the top concerts in the Sarasota area might not be quite the same size as some of the blockbuster summer tours set to visit the greater Tampa Bay area over the next few months, there are still a number of notable shows. This weekend, for instance, a Sarasota venue will feature a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who's appeared on official Spotify playlists and a DownBeat award-winning jazz musician. Another venue in Venice will feature two musicians who also now live in Nashville, but come from the Sarasota area. And two of Sarasota-Manatee's top spots for live blues music will feature a multiple Blues Music Award-winning harmonica player and a Billboard blues album chart-topping singer-songwriter/guitarist. Here are this week's highlights. Event details are subject to change. Looking for more fun events? Top 5 things to do in Sarasota this holiday weekend (June 19-22) Biggest concerts, comedians coming to Tampa Bay, Sarasota in July, August, September 75-plus things to do in June in Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Punta Gorda Ticket Newsletter: Sign up to receive restaurant news and reviews plus info on things to do every Friday Nashville-based singer-songwriter Liz Longley will return to Fogartyville this weekend, after releasing her latest album "New Life" earlier this year. The album documents "her transition into motherhood and the dizzying changes in perspective, routine and peace that followed." Longley's previous releases, which include her self-titled 2015 album, 2016's "Weightless" and 2020's "Funeral for My Past," have landed her on official Spotify playlists such as Deep Dark Indie. 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Friday; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota; $26, $22 members, $13 students ages 13 and up; 941-894-6469; Sarasota County-raised, now Nashville-based singer-songwriter John Salaway will return to the area to play Venice's Troll Music (where he bought his first electric guitar in the late '90s) as well as Port Charlotte's The Twisted Fork. Salaway has released albums such as 2021's "Salvation," which features guest musicians including Foo Fighters keyboardist Rami Jaffee and former Cage the Elephant member Lincoln Parish, who both appear on the opening track "One More Round." Salaway will perform with Sara Stovall of Sarasota alt-Americana group Passerine at the Troll Music show. 7:30 p.m. Friday; Troll Music, 628 E. Venice Ave., Venice; $20; 941-484-8765; 6 p.m. Sunday; The Twisted Fork, 2208 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte; 941-235-3675; Troll Music's live music lineup this weekend will also include guitarist, singer-songwriter and Sarasota native Chris Anderson. Anderson is a former member of Tampa-formed Southern rockers the Outlaws, best known for the songs "Green Grass & High Tides" and "There Goes Another Love Song." Anderson also released the 1995 solo album "Old Friend," with its title track co-written with Warren Haynes and later recorded by the Allman Brothers Band as the final song on their final studio album, 2003's "Hittin' the Note." 7:30 p.m. Saturday; Troll Music, 628 E. Venice Ave., Venice; $20; 941-484-8765; Also playing Fogartyville this weekend will be Miami-based jazz trumpeter and alto saxophonist Fernando Ferrarone with his quartet. Ferrarone is also performing in support of a new release, this year's EP "Now till Forever," which concludes with the track "North Miami" named after his home city. His accolades include winning a Student Music Award in 2013 and 2014 from DownBeat, the Chicago music magazine covering "jazz, blues and beyond." 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Saturday; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota; $25, $20 members, $12 students ages 13 and up; 941-894-6469; Renowned blues harmonica player Jason Ricci will perform with his band The Bad Kind at Bradenton restaurant and venue Cottonmouth this upcoming Thursday. Ricci won his fourth Instrumentalist — Harmonica Blues Music Award last year, along with earning a Contemporary Blues Album nomination for his 2023 full-length "Behind the Veil." Ricci played the same instrument on stage alongside Tom Morello, Zac Brown and the Paul Shaffer Band in tribute to The Paul Butterfield Blues Band during the group's 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26; Cottonmouth Southern Soul Kitchen, 1114 12th St. W., Bradenton; $15-$20; 941-243-3735; Guitarist, singer-songwriter and former Anna Maria Island resident Damon Fowler, who plays with Ricci in the band Desoto Tiger's Testimony, has his own area show Thursday at Sarasota County restaurant and blues spot Englewoods on Dearborn. Fowler's releases include last year's "Barnyard Smile" and 2021's "Alafia Moon," which topped Billboard's blues albums chart and earned a Blues Music Award nomination for Blues Rock Album. Fowler has also played in the groups of the late Allman Brothers Band founding members Dickey Betts and Butch Trucks, and in the supergroup Southern Hospitality with Grammy-nominated pianist Victor Wainwright and fellow Floridian J.P. Soars. 6:30 p.m. Thursday; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $7; 941-475-7501; If you would like to be considered for this story, please submit your event to at least 10 days before our Thursday publication date. Email entertainment reporter Jimmy Geurts at Support local journalism by subscribing. This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Top 6 concerts Sarasota Bradenton Venice Englewood Port Charlotte
Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Buccaneers Searching For New ‘Killer' Mindset Under Todd Bowles
Buccaneers Searching For New 'Killer' Mindset Under Todd Bowles originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Maybe … Things have gotten stale with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers recently. After winning the Super Bowl in 2020, the Buccaneers have reached the playoffs every year since. Advertisement Their record as a Super Bowl contender, though, is far different in recent years. Head coach Todd Bowles has certainly not been bad since taking over the top job in 2022. His 27-24 record and 1-3 mark in the postseason are nowhere near bad. The issue is that the Buccaneers have too much talent to be the kind of middling team they are known for now. It's why Bowles spoke about changing the organization's mindset this year. "We've got to play not even better football at the end, but we've got to have killer instinct," Bowles said during the offseason. "We've got to try to blow people out and try to win the division instead of it going down to the last week." Advertisement It's pretty simple for Tampa Bay. They have too much talent to go 9-8 or 10-7 every year. They have a unique home-field advantage but haven't been able to use it against the top teams in recent years because they stumble around the regular season. If they want to be considered true title contenders, they need to figure out a way to dominate their upcoming schedule. The current NFL landscape means home-field advantage matters more than ever, especially in the NFC. If the Buccaneers want to win another Super Bowl, they'll need to figure out how to earn that advantage this year. Related: Buccaneers Legend Offers Biggest Impact Draft Pick Related: Buccaneers' Receivers Room Ranks Tops in NFL This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 18, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Buccaneers' Baker Mayfield Named 'Most Underrated Quarterback'
Buccaneers' Baker Mayfield Named 'Most Underrated Quarterback' originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield has enjoyed a career resurgence that has perhaps saved his NFL life. Advertisement After a rough and inconsistent start to his NFL career, on the scrapheap at the end of 2022, Baker found the Buccaneers for the 2023 as they say, the rest is history. Two Pro Bowl nods, two division titles, a playoff win, and a career-best season in 2024 (4,500 yards, 41 touchdowns) have seen Baker save his NFL career. And now, he's finally getting the plaudits he deserves. In Pete Prisco's top 100 NFL players ahead of the 2025 season, after being unranked last year, Mayfield now jumps to No. 57. "Mayfield had his best season in 2024 with 41 touchdown passes and 4,500 yards," Prisco writes. "He might be the most underrated quarterback in the league after the slow start to his career." Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) tries to avoid a tackle by Denver Broncos linebacker Nik Bonitto (15) in the fourth quarter at Raymond James Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Is Baker underrated? There is some merit to that. But there is also merit to the fact that some are waiting for what they think will be the inevitable drop-off. Advertisement There haven't been any signs that a regression is coming from Mayfield, and as we look ahead to the 2025 season, he is surrounded by perhaps the most talented group he's ever been around. A top run game, a receiver room that is dripping with talent, and the entire offensive line from last year is returning. Those are all key ingredients to having a successful season. Of course, expectations are now higher, and a deep playoff run is needed, given the number of weapons at Baker's disposal. And if he can lead this Buccaneers team to another playoff run, and play good football in the process, he might be higher on Prisco's list come next season. Advertisement Related: Buccaneers' Bucky Irving Fighting Negative 'Slump' Narrative In 2025 Related: Buccaneers Searching For New 'Killer' Mindset Under Todd Bowles This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 20, 2025, where it first appeared.
