By Nanette Wiser
ENCHANT St. Pete returns to Tropicana Field 11/24-12/31 with ice skating, holiday food/drink, vendors, and a Reindeer Games theme. Forest animal friends of Santa’s reindeer thought it would be fun to fly Santa’s sleigh and steal the reindeer bells. Journey through Enchant’s newest adventure Reindeer Games, a captivating, larger-than-life light maze and help find the magic bells. From 11/2-5, Garden Bros Nuclear Circus’s “Humans Gone Wild” will wow you outside Tropicana Field.
SIP & SUP St. Pete Saturday Morning Market is back and better than ever. SAVOR St. Pete Food & Wine Festival 11/4-11/5 in Vinoy Park kicks off a spirited season. Good Burger Awards Nov. 14 at Jannus Landing is always lively, with music, good eats and mingling with DTSP powerbrokers.
DTSP is a haven for sweets, with incoming Central Ave. newbies Le Macaron and Sourdough Co. Bakery & Café. On 1st Ave South next to Pinellas Ale Works Brewery, a gluten free bakery, Adieu-glu, joins Hale Life Bakery for delicious, healthy treats. Miami’s Qargo Coffee will open a café inside Central Flats on Central and up the street, Under Grounds Coffee & Juice Bar will open next to Journey into Fitness. On the horizon, Mullet’s Fish Camp & Market will open a dessert bar on 6th Ave. S in the former Coquina Meat Market.
FUN St. Pete Mini-Golf Par Bar celebrated their 2nd anniversary with two new virtual golf resto concepts coming downtown (GolfSuites in the historic Tramor Cafeteria) as well as Ferg’s upstairs golf lounge. Yee ha, there’s live music Thurs.-Sun. at Grand Central’s Ride “Em Cowboy, a country bar at 2451 Central. On the third Friday of every month, get your party pants on and join us for The Fairgrounds St. Pete’s Art After Dark, a monthly event featuring a spotlight artist talk, a live DJ mixing beats, and a cash bar serving wine, beer, and other drinks.
ECO Enjoy a Guided Bird Walk at Crescent Lake Park 11/8 from 8-10am known for its great vibe, banyan trees and avian diversity with Advanced Florida Master Naturalists and bird lovers Lindsay and Tom Bell. You may see late fall migrant songbirds, White Pelicans, Ring-necked Ducks, Limpkins. Whatever species we may find, you can count on learning more about our local and visiting feathered friends, their behaviors and habits and maybe even learn a new bird by ear!