St. Petersburg is interesting. Some initial thoughts:

• There are an awful lot of aimless people here. The heat seems to bring out folks - some of them apparently crazy - to walk the streets.
• Progress Energy needs competition. In signing me up for utility service, they charged me an exorbitant deposit. They said they would waive it if I passed a credit check, but then told me I didn’t pass. (I have a recent copy of my Experian credit report here, with no blemishes.) To add to the Kafka-esque nature of the whole thing, they told me they were under no legal obligation to disclose the criteria on which they based my failure.
• The 4th Street area rocks. I live close to, um … like, everything.

More eventually. Unpacking awaits.