ELIZABETH “SEA TURTLE” DRAYER Candidate for Clearwater Mayor Photo courtesy of Elizabeth "Sea Turtle" Drayer Remember that TV ad where a Native American paddles through a river of trash, a tear staining his cheek? As a child, I saw that...

Winning photo! Congratulations to Tina R. from Pompano Beach, FL who won a $50 Visa gift card for her Creepy Pumpkin photo in Colorful Clearwater’s Halloween Photo Contest. Tina carved the jack-o’-lantern this year and took this amazing shot!  ...

Photo courtesy of Ed Droste Were you to meet him, you’d agree: Ed Droste is a nice guy. He’s affable, quick with a laugh and has a wry sense of humor that is often directed at himself. Ed and his...

Thank your lucky stars at the number of really great seafood eateries at our beck and call in Clearwater. Let's face it, we've been spoiled, and no one more so than I. The realization of how spoiled I really am...

This holiday season, why not buy locally to benefit globally? Let 2019 be the year you give holiday gifts that make a difference in bettering the world. You can….and all in one place! This year’s 43rd Christmas Under the Oaks holiday market...

Photo by Pete Nowicki on Unsplash A few weeks ago I penned a blog about sailboats, and I now take aim at an even more primitive craft: kayaks. To put it mildly, I’d sooner get naked and hug a cactus...

Photo by Inge Maria on Unsplash It's been raining a lot in Clearwater lately and we know what that means: mosquito time. But a new and revolutionary initiative is about to dramatically shift the way the world now views mosquitoes....

GRAND PRIZE - $50 GIFT CARD Photo by David Menidrey on Unsplash We’re looking for some fantastic photos of Halloween for our very first Colorful Clearwater photo contest. You choose the subject – an eerie event, kids trick-or-treating, colorful costumes...

The Colorful Clearwater blog is being designed to promote the city, its businesses, neighborhoods, and good deeds of residents.  Today’s media often times neglects this community and its environs not only because of budget restraints, but also because of the...

Photo Credit: Kelly S. Kelly Clearwater is a thriving city. The evidence of progress can be seen on every corner and the roads fill with the congestion of beachgoers and snowbirds who seek out our more moderate winter weather. As...

At the risk of disappointing readers who would like a treatise on “The Dynamics of Debentures,” I’ve decided that first we must put to bed the following controversy: If you tie a largemouth bass tail-to-tail with a mackerel of the...