Don’t let the title fool you, I am by no means ready to come home! This is a cuisine driven heading.

Eating is often the event I most look forward to on vacation. The chance to read a book or two? I do like that. Beach time? It’s great. Exploring new terrain? You bet. But it’s the local menu in which I can’t wait to immerse myself.

I am a huge seafood fan, so this year’s Tampa booking is working out splendidly. Grouper, amberjack, red snapper…they are all uniquely fantastic, but truthfully, I think I’d take a perch or walleye plate over all of ‘em.