A day in my life...

0:00 - 0:32 Crescent Lake Park, 1 km from home, where I go for my walks. It's 1.6 km around the lake, and I usually walk it four times. I love the spreading Banyan tree in this park.

00:49 Beautiful flowers by my car.

00:51 - 00:56 One of three traffic circles in the entire Tampa Bay area, this one is six streets away from me on the way to Tampa Bay.

00:56 - 1:12 Where I ride my bike along Tampa Bay, just down the hill from my house.

1:13 - 1:27 Where I used to live in the village of Gulfport, near the beach about 10-15 minutes away. My apartment was the right side of the bottom floor.

1:27 - 2:02 The Art Village in Gulfport. The stage where my friends are playing is also where I played at my first open-mic nights in 1999. My apartment was only three streets away. My friend Rob is selling drums and waving to you...

2:02 - 2:16 The main street in Gulfport, the library at the north end, the Casino (nice old dance hall) at the south end.

2:16 - 2:24 The beach in Gulfport, looking at Boca Ciega Bay.

2:24 - 2:41 John Hopkins Middle School, where I teach now, 5 km from home.

2:42 - 2:46 Maximo Elementary, 14 km from home, where I was technology coordinator from 2006 until 2008.

2:47 - 3:03 Bay Point Middle School, 16 km from home, where I taught from 1994 until 2006. The last view is of the large Falcon sculpture in the courtyard by a local artist.

3:03 - 3:18 View from Maximo Park, down the street from Bay Point Middle, where I used to take my lunch. :-)

3:18 - 3:25 The Tampa Bay Rays baseball stadium that is across the street from John Hopkins Middle.

3:25 - 3:35 Another large, beautiful Banyan tree, near my library 4 km from home.

3:35 - 3:51 Mirror Lake, with the last view being the red, pointed roof of my library.

3:51 - 3:59 White Ibis birds and an egret by Mirror Lake.

3:59 - 4:07 William's Park, downtown, the best place to leave food and clothes for the homeless.

4:07 - 4:21 Baywalk entertainment center. There is a Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop, some good restaurants and stores, but the Muvico is a 20-screen theatre where I usually go to see movies because it's only 3.5 km from my house.

4:21 - 4:59 Marina and park downtown, with a good view of the pier. I like how that bird plucked its dinner from the water right at 4:26. :-)

4:59 - 5:08 The St. Petersburg History Museum, downtown by the pier.

5:08 - 5:24 Spa Beach at the pier, then the red trolley that takes you out to the end of the pier if you're too lazy to walk the half mile out to the end. I wasn't too lazy, I didn't have much time on my parking meter. Really!

5:24 - 5:33 Yes, that's a floating chapel so people can get married out on the water.

5:33 - 5:53 The Bounty that was built for the 1962 movie "Mutiny on the Bounty" with Marlon Brando. It's regular home is the pier in downtown St. Pete. :-)

5:53 - 6:17 My friend Steve leading a drum circle on the pier, where he brings out his own drums and teaches people the joy of drumming.

6:17 - 6:58 Downtown from atop the pier.

6:58 - 7:08 My favorite tree to get up in, since it is so slanted that you can just walk right up the trunk and out onto the branches. :-) It's right next to downtown's Museum of Fine Arts.

7:08 - 7:13 Clippy-clop.

7:13 - 7:25 I wound up back in Gulfport for dinner at a cute little outdoor restaurant.

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[beach1963]

Min Kjæresten, I have been to your world twice now with a third visit planned soon, and have seen some of your world. I made this video on Valentine's Day of 2009 to show you some of what my world is like.

[jeffretrac]

That was so great. I was born and raised in St. Pete in the 60's & 70's, and left in 1976. I haven't been back since 1989, and so much has changed, but it was so cool to watch your video. We lived in Maximo Moorings, just across Boca Ciega Bay from you. I went to Bay Point Elementary and Jr. High, but totally didn't recognize the middle school.

[kywoman1950]

I have been to your world,And it's beautiful.Lovely video.Awesome singing....Maggie

[lovemolliedo]

i've been to all those places

and i live near crescent lake!

awesome video!