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Susan Taylor Martin - Bay Magazine Editor
Susan Taylor Martin

Bay Magazine Editor

I am the editor of Bay Magazine although you might recognize me from my longtime coverage of real estate in the Tampa Bay area. I grew up in New York City, went to college at Duke and wound up in Florida when my parents retired here. After working for more news organizations than I care to count, I was thrilled to join the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) in 1982. where I’ve been an editor, national correspondent and foreign correspondent (I still have a burqua from covering the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.) I retired long enough to take up painting and drawing and realize some people do retirement better than others!

  1. At this Tampa luggage shop, there’s a history of fixing everything
    Oct. 1• Bay Magazine
    Luggage Service Inc. owner Robert “Bob” King, right, poses with son Eric at the Tampa store. The family-run business has been around more than a century.
  2. In Tampa’s Hyde Park, a hotel at long last
    Sept. 30• Travel
    Avi Brosh is owner of Palisociety, a California-based company that is opening the Palihouse hotel in Tampa's Hyde Park Village.
  3. How a Tampa interior designer decorated her own home
    Sept. 30• Shopping
    Very high ceilings like these in Leah Chorniak's great room can pose a decorating challenge.
  5. Explore Macon, a halfway point in ‘the heart of Georgia’
    Aug. 6• Travel
    Macon, Georgia, has a skyline marked by church spires and low-rise buildings like the century-old city auditorium.
  6. Tampa Bay area emerges as a luxury hotel haven
    Aug. 5• Travel
    Arts Club in the Tampa Edition hotel has tableside cocktail service, light bites and entertainment.
  7. Barbie movie revives interest in collectibles
    July 17• Shopping
    A 1965 American Girl Barbie wears the original outfit called Saturday Matinee, trimmed with real fur.
  8. In Key Largo, an island retreat with all the amenities
    June 4• Bay Magazine
    Guests at Playa Largo Resort and Spa in Key Largo can roast marshmallows by a beachside fire pit.
  9. Try these 3 iconic Florida restaurant experiences
    June 3• Bay Magazine
    Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach ships stone crabs throughout the United States.
  10. At St. Petersburg’s Signature Place, a view worth about $3 million
    April 15• Bay Magazine
    The unusually large terrace of this Signature Place condo has sweeping views of the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront.
  11. At Tampa’s Sucré Table, pastries and plants rule the day
    April 12• Bay Magazine
    Sucré Table owner and pastry chef Brenda Villacorta, left, and her mother, Giovanna Castro, pose for a portrait at the shop in Tampa in March.
  12. At Tampa Bay museums, docents share what they know with the public
    March 12• Bay Magazine
    Docent Janice Embrey Brown, who was "blown away" the first time she saw Salvador Dali's surrealistic artwork, wears a shoe-shaped hat like that designed by Dali's friend Elsa Schiaparelli.
  13. A chat with Bob Glaser, whose firm handles luxury properties around Tampa Bay
    March 11• Bay Magazine
    Bob Glaser is CEO of Smith & Associates, which has represented most of Tampa Bay's major condo towers, including ONE St. Petersburg, Signature Place and Saltaire in St. Petersburg and Virage, Altura and the Residences at Tampa's Edition hotel.
  14. This jazz-era St. Petersburg house has its own speakeasy
    March 10• Bay Magazine
    This house in St. Petersburg's Old Northeast was built in 1927, seven years after the start of Prohibition.
  15. Tampa Bay model lost both legs, but not her drive
    March 4• Bay Magazine
    Claire Bridges of St. Petersburg worked at a local kava bar as well as being a model.
  16. Tarpon Springs is not just sponges and saganaki anymore
    Feb. 5• Bay Magazine
    Pedestrian-friendly downtown Tarpon Springs has many shops and restaurants serving a variety of cuisines.
  17. For the Vivios of St. Petersburg, fitness is their passion
    Feb. 5• Bay Magazine
    Michael and Beth Vivio own St. Petersburg-based Corporate Fitness Works.
  18. North Pinellas home sits on 13 acres beside Brooker Creek Preserve
    Feb. 4• Bay Magazine
    This home on Ranch Road in northern Pinellas County is surrounded by an 8,700-acre nature preserve.
  19. At the Don CeSar spa, expect lavish pampering and a scenic vista
    Dec. 4, 2022• Bay Magazine
    Spa Oceana at the Don CeSar resort on St. Pete Beach offers pedicures, manicures and a host of other beauty services.
  20. At this home in St. Petersburg, Christmas is a welcome challenge
    Dec. 4, 2022• Bay Magazine
    "It's a hobby,'' Cathy Martin, shown here with husband Jim and dog Nora, says of the lavish holiday decorating she does every year.
  21. The Shops at Wiregrass embrace holidays, inside and out
    Dec. 3, 2022• Shopping
    The Shops at Wiregrass in Wesley Chapel is beautifully decorated for the holidays.
  22. At St. Armands Circle in Sarasota, shop for the holidays in style
    Dec. 3, 2022• Shopping
    This aerial view shows St. Armands Key and the shopping area known as St. Armands Circle. Circus magnate John Ringling bought the key, or island, in 1917 and built a causeway to it.
  23. A Tampa Bay makeup and hairstylist shares movie magic, tips
    Nov. 6, 2022• Life & Culture
    Monique McLaughlin styles model Ariana Del Mar.
  24. In St. Pete Beach, La Casa Del Pane offers Italian inspiration
    Nov. 6, 2022• Bay Magazine
    Anna Silvestri selects pastries at La Casa Del Pane, the Italian bakeshop her family opened three decades ago in St. Pete Beach.