Treasure Island

Treasure Island Florida Struggles with Alcohol, Parking & Behavior

May 19, 2011

As a result of rowdy behavior, including, according to the St. Pete Times, “underage drinking, drug possession, drunken driving, fighting, disorderly conduct, trespassing and child neglect,” the City Commission has unanimously banned the consumption of alcohol on parts of Sunset Beach, but only on weekends and holidays. The ban applies to weekends and holidays through [...]

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Drum Circle on Treasure Island

October 11, 2010

A week ago I visited the Sunday Evening Drum Circle on Siesta Key and blogged about it. This Sunday I went to the Drum Circle on Treasure Island Beach (104th Ave). Below are some photos of the Treasure Island event and above is a short video clip. Which one is better? I dunno. Depends. Here’s [...]

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Sanding Ovations: Treasure Island’s First Annual Masters Sandsculpting Competition & Music Festival

November 26, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com I don’t know how I missed this one. Busy schedule, I guess. But I walked out onto Treasure Island beach on Tuesday, several days after the competition, and saw all these sand sculptures in the distance in front of the Bilmar Beach Resort. So I took a walk up [...]

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Treasure Island Winter Beach Walk

February 4, 2009

I drove out to the beach today to see if the strong northwest winds had brought in any interesting shells or flotsam and jetsam. I put on my winter parka because I knew the cold would be brutal by Florida native standards. Most everyone else was bundled up too. There was one lady laying out [...]

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Sunset Photographers on Treasure Island

January 16, 2009

It has been a long week, and a bit more stressful than I prefer, so I had to get out of the house despite the 50 degree weather. I took a drive out to Treasure Island beach (one of the few beaches in Pinellas County with free parking). I found a group of 15 or [...]

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