We decided to do a staycation this weekend. We had tickets to an event at the Tampa Theater called Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas so we booked a hotel downtown and decided to enjoy the Tampa downtown.
The hotel is awesome. It's Le Meridian Tampa. They took a historic courthouse and turned it into a hotel.
We loved it. We checked in and then hit the town. We saw an exhibit of young Chinese artists at the Tampa Art Museum.
Then we stopped by a Gastropub I had heard a lot about: Anise. It has a great menu and the cocktails were very good.
Then we did some "horsing" around at the Tampa History Center. I was very impressed by an exhibit on the Highway Men - a group of African American artists who sold art door to door during segregation. This picked up the theme from the morning's Chinese exhibit of artists who take incredible risks just to produce and share their works.
Then it was time for the big event. We tried to dress like the movie.
The event was so much fun. They showed Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on the big screen and then had restaurants and breweries set up all over the lobby, in the aisles, and up in the balcony. The food and the beer was the best we've had. Our favorite food was the lamb meatball from the Birchwood Hotel in St Pete. We were really impressed by the beers from Coopertail - especially the Triple - and Two Henrys Brewing.
On Sunday, we headed over to Orlando to meet up with the Bell family. They were staying at Fantasy World so they secured us day passes and a cabana rental to enjoy the pool, slides, and lazy river. We had a fantastic time!
Overall, an incredible weekend!
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