Creative Loafing Tampa

DIY pumpkin spice latte -- espresso machine not required (video)

Get your fix at home for a fraction of the cost.

• by Katie Machol
Get your fix at home for a fraction of the cost.
• Tags: Drink, pumpkin spice latte, starbucks, coffee, latte, diy, pumpkin, fall, caffeine

DIY Green: Make your own Halloween costume from recycled, reused and found items

Save resources and your hard earned cash.

• by Katie Machol
Save resources and your hard earned cash.
• Tags: Green Living, halloween, halloween costume, recycled halloween costume, recycle, reuse, repurpose, holiday, fall, getup, costume, eco-friendly, green

Tequila and hot spiced cider make the perfect autumn cocktail pairing

A heated affair.

• by Katie Machol
A heated affair.
• Tags: Drink, drink, cocktail, booze, liquor, tequila, cider, apple cider, fall, autumn, Partida Tequila

Chase away end-of-summer blues with a globally inspired cocktail

Refreshing, fall elixirs inspired by global travels.

• by Katie Machol
Refreshing, fall elixirs inspired by global travels.
• Tags: Drink, drink, fall, autumn, equinox, cocktail, tommy bahama, alcohol, booze, recipe

Three reasons to 'fall' in love with bourbon

Two autumn-inspired cocktails and a butternut squash soup — with bourbon!

• by Katie Machol
Two autumn-inspired cocktails and a butternut squash soup — with bourbon!
• Tags: Drink, Recipes & Cooking, maker's mark, bourbon, fall, autumn, food, recipes, drink, cooking, booze, liquor, alcohol, drink

Gardening in August

Tips to help plant or upkeep a perfect garden in late summer.

• by Samantha A. Wilber
Tips to help plant or upkeep a perfect garden in late summer.
• Tags: Green Living, gardening, August, planting, fall, garden, green

Pumpkin pie comes from pumpkins? Proof that using real pumpkin makes for better pie

• by T. Hampton Dohrman
The result of using fresh pumpkin is subtle and sweet, with a smooth texture that beats the hell out of canned pumpkin. It’s like the difference between fresh and canned green beans (you know, that canned-taste and that ugly color).
• Tags: Food and Restaurants, Recipes & Cooking, Food and Restaurants, thanksgiving, Recipes & Cooking, dessert, Fall, pie, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, t. hampton dohrman, autumn

DIY Halloween: Create ghoulish wreaths from inexpensive and found items

• by Patrice Knezevic
Forget shelling out big bucks for Halloween decorations -- get crafty and make your own!
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Halloween, Fall, Green Living, diy, Green Community, crafts, Patrice Knezevic, crafty, Halloween wreath, Halloween crafts

In video: Paula Deen loses her pants at the South Beach Food and Wine Festival

• by Brian Ries
• Tags: Food and Restaurants, Food News, Food and Restaurants, Food News, Fall, paula deen, sobe, pants, trousers, down, south beach, food and wine festival, Uncategorized

Robert Crumb's Genesis adaptation to be biggest comic of 2009?

• by Stephen Hammill
Abrams Executive Editor Charlie Kochman predicts that the “biggest story in comics in 2009? will be “the long-awaited publication of Robert Crumb’s Book of Genesis, an adaptation of the Bible story, which Norton will be publishing in Fall 2009.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, News, Tech, Arts & Entertainment, News, Tech, story, Charlie Kochman, Robert Crumb, update, Beat, Bible, adaptatin, Executive Editor, Robert, adaptation, publication, Abrams, Norton, Genesis, agreement, Fall, commitment, project, cover, undertaking, introduction, Ybor, FetishCon 2010, Czar, secretroom, oriental orgasm, Uncategorized