We stayed at the Hotel Indigo, a boutique hotel in downtown St. Petersburg.
It's centrally located downtown, so we walked to Tropicana Field on Wednesday night, and were able to take advantage of the free stadium shuttle afterwards.
Check out the adorable rooms. . . .
I was smitten with the bedding and color scheme; you can barely see the checkered bed skirt and shams, which also included navy blue. It was intense, but I liked it!
The halls were a bit busy, but again, it worked. The building used to be a local inn back in the day, so it has a funny layout, and the folks who run it decide a quirky decor would be a good idea.
Initially known as the Heritage Inn, this building was built in the 1920. I asked Michael to stand by the sign that explained it was one of the first hotels to offer a chilled ice water system to their guests. Guests could refill the pitcher from their room with chilled water before retiring for a relaxing night's sleep. Naturally I tried to turn on the spout. Michael explained that modern hotels featured ice machines and cold water in the bathrooms so this feature has been rendered obsolete. Right. Good call, Cornellie.
Time to go to the baseball game! Tropicana field is a dome, so it's climate controlled and full of big lights.
Our seats were very good; we were seated about 5 rows up on the third base side.
Most importantly, I had a great view of my boyfriend, Michael Brantley, because he bats left handed.
The Tribe ended up winning the game, 10-6 overcoming shaky pitching. Our section had a smattering of Cleveland fans, which made the end of the game that much more fun! There was a bit of trash talking among some silly guys, but it's a sporting event. What do you expect?
It was a late night, but we got back to our funky hotel room around 11:30 and were asleep around midnight. The 3 am fire alarm (seriously!) was unwelcome. We were jolted awake, only to stand outside in 80 degree heat and excessive humidity. Thankfully there was no fire - especially because it took the 7 fire trucks more than 10 minutes to arrive. Sheesh. We were all allowed inside after about 30 minutes, but I was not amused.
We had a little free time the next morning so we went for a stroll along the bay. I was evidently channeling my sister, because I came upon a stray kitty cat sleeping on a picnic table. So I took a picture and talked to her.
We headed back to "The Trop," this time remembering to take a photo. The sidewalk leading up to the stadium depicts fish and sting rays and other Florida motifs. Just as you'd expect!
Since we got in so darn early, we took some time to explore the stadium. The Sting Ray tank is a highlight but there was a crazy line, so we headed up to the 'bleachers' and got a birds eye view instead of walking right in front of them. We even found a guy to take our picture with home plate behind us.
Sadly the Tribe was shut out 6-0 on Thursday afternoon. We were glad to have had the opportunity to see our home team in a new stadium, and even happier to see them win one night. Seeing any kind of live baseball is always a great way for the two of us to spend a few hours!
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