Original Carrollwood and the new Yost Estate

Part of my Florida Christmas was the annual Yost pilgrimage. She and all of hers has moved into the new residence and its lovely. The night I stayed was also the night that daughter had a sleep over and the next morning we had breakfast with the girls and their Mums. So here we are in the new chairs enjoying a sunny morning between Christmas and new year in The Original Carollwood.

Now the funny thing is about The Original Carrollwood is that if you grew up in north Tampa way back when. There was no need for the "the original" part of that moniker there was only Carrollwood. Then across Dale Mabry they built Carrollwood Village. That was where the 1970s nouveau riche lived. I was decidedly out in the regular 'burbs in Lake Mag. Anyway, apparantly The Original Carrollwood had to stake its claim as everything north of, say, Waters Avenue is now know as generic Carrollwood. So now its famous in a song and everything. Here's Piece of Paradise as sung on WMNF.

Note my Mum is a volunteer at WMNF so this is kind of a plug.