Things that are swirling around my head right now:

Fleming's recently introduced a new bar menu called 5 for 6 'til 7. That's 5 wines by the glass, 5 cocktails and 5 signature appetizers, all priced at $6 each until 7 p.m. Not a bad deal.

Raw Bar Sushi (James DeVito's--owner of Taps--new project at 777 N. Ashley, Tampa) which I wrote about here, is just getting up and running. But here's a nice touch: The rest rooms have European-style dual-flush toilets. Need a half flush or the full thing? You decide. It's great to see restaurateurs thinking green.

And I swung by Beach Snoballs (10927 Gulf Blvd., Treasure Island) the other night. OMG, you gotta go. Here are a couple stories explaining just what makes a New Orleans-style snoball different from, say, a Hawaiian shave ice. Or, if you don't feel like reading, head over and talk to James (Daddy Sno) about it while he shaves down a block of purified-water ice (very fluffy, not grainy like a snow cone), then pours special chocolate syrup over it, maybe some condensed milk, then some ice cream, then another syrup (cherry goes pretty well with the chocolate). The allure is primarily about layered texture and flavor, all of it summery-quenching, but different levels of richness and viscosity.