About Me

You might have seen me already—

—Walking down Gulf Blvd with a ridiculous barbie pink floppy hat and purple sunglasses. No, I'm not wearing it ironically in an ugly christmas sweater sort of way. I just happen to like it.

Originally I’m from the metro-Detroit area. My dad is a die-hard Michigan college football fan—he has a helmet to prove it—and I have vivid memories of him earning about $8 after returning all his Miller Lite cans (Fact: Michigan has the highest bottle deposit in the country). I grew up mispronouncing just about every major grocery store thanks to the Michigan “S”—Farmer Jacks, Krogers, Meijers—oh wait, that’s a Michigan thing, too.


Finally after shivering my ass off for 22 winter seasons, I said fuck it. I gathered up all my crap, had one last drink with my college friends, kissed my ex goodbye, and then fled to the hipster-swarming jungle of Austin, Texas.


Well, for about three months…

I lived there just long enough to get my feet wet and make a few Austinite friends before shoving off once more—this time to Florida’s west coast.

So here I am now—basking in this Florida sun, timidly meandering through these hotel-lined streets late at night, cringing at the occasional honk from old creepy dudes on their mopeds, and sporadically poking my nose into random gift shops along Corey Ave.


If you're a millennial exploring St. Petersburg for the first time, then this blog might be helpful to you. I'll be updating you with my blunt opinions on what it's really like to go to one of these local beach bars on a weeknight, where to find modestly priced gift shops around here that don't make you feel like you're getting screwed out of money, and helping you find restaurants with a moderately attentive waitstaff. Most of all, I'll let you know what places to steer clear from and how to have a ton of fun in a state where it appears that the median age is about 75.

Now for the obligatory list of things about me:

1. I play with my hair quite a bit, and it makes me look ditzy. 
2. I drink way too much diet coke. 
3. I spend way too much time in front of the mirror trying to see if my freshly-tweezed eyebrows are symmetric. 
4. I’m trying to become more like my dad. 
5. I say pop, not soda. 
6. I can't lie to save my life. 
7. My favorite author is Gillian Flynn. 
8. When I’m alone at my apartment, I pace around muttering to myself…a lot. 
9. I compulsively touch flowers in vases to check if they’re real. 
10. When I was a kid, I used to think my belly button resembled a witch’s face. Now thankfully my belly ring hides it.

-Kaitlyn :-)