{"id":4821,"date":"2013-04-28T23:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T03:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2013-04-28T23:06:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T03:06:06","slug":"tampa-bay-times-amazing-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=4821","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Times Amazing Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can park at the airport for free for up to an hour. So sometimes we go there to ride the long-term parking monorail and go up and down the escalators. Seriously, why spend $100s on theme parks, when you have a big, awesome airport you can explore?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4827\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?attachment_id=4827\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/marek-ivo-tram.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SGH-T999&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1367151689&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"marek-ivo-tram\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/marek-ivo-tram.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/marek-ivo-tram.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/marek-ivo-tram.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"marek-ivo-tram\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/marek-ivo-tram.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/marek-ivo-tram.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/marek-ivo-tram.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today we were goofin&#8217; around and saw this through the glass.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4822\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?attachment_id=4822\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train0.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SGH-T999&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1367152575&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"andymarekivo-train0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train0.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train0.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train0.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"andymarekivo-train0\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train0.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train0.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train0.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, the left-hand tram on the C air-side has a big picture of us in it. Tampa Bay Times is using us as part of their advertising campaign. (We knew they were going to do that, we just didn&#8217;t know when or where.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4823\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?attachment_id=4823\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train1.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SGH-T999&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1367153032&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"andymarekivo-train1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train1.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train1.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"andymarekivo-train1\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/andymarekivo-train1.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How did we get on the tram, you might ask? Fame. Pure Breakfast Fame. It opens doors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can park at the airport for free for up to an hour. So sometimes we go there to ride the long-term parking monorail and go up and down the escalators. Seriously, why spend $100s on theme parks, when you have a big, awesome airport you can explore? Today we were goofin&#8217; around and saw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administrative"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p30Aox-1fL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1639,"url":"https:\/\/www.tampabaybreakfasts.com\/?p=1639","url_meta":{"origin":4821,"position":0},"title":"The Tampa Diner","date":"July 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Marek had just spent some time at his aunt BB's house. I figured after the dog cage experience, he deserved some pancakes. 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