Tierra Smith, Tampa Bay Times

Tierra Smith

Tampa Bay Times

Saint Petersburg, FL, United States

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Past articles by Tierra:

New vegan prepares for Thanksgiving with meat loving family

This will be my first Thanksgiving as a vegan. And, I’m nervous.It’s also first time back in my hometown of Milwaukee in five years. In a three-day span, I will visit at least 15 different relatives’ → Read More

New vegan prepares for Thanksgiving with meat loving family

This will be my first Thanksgiving as a vegan. And, I’m nervous.It’s also first time back in my hometown of Milwaukee in five years. In a three-day span, I will visit at least 15 different relatives’ → Read More

Want to travel solo? Local enthusiasts share stories, tips for holidays trips

Stephanie Maisonneuve visited the walled city of Cartagena, a port city off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. She rode horseback down the city’s cobbled streets clucking past flower-filled balconies a → Read More

Want to travel solo? Local enthusiasts share stories, tips for holidays trips

Stephanie Maisonneuve visited the walled city of Cartagena, a port city off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. She rode horseback down the city’s cobbled streets clucking pass flower-filled balconies a → Read More

The Penny Hoarder launches new St. Pete HQ, adding 165 jobs

ST. PETERSBURG — The Penny Hoarder, a personal finance website, launched its new headquarters in downtown St. Petersburg Tuesday with a promise to add 165 more employees within three years. The 23,00 → Read More

Despite Irma, Pinellas County sees 10 percent jump from tourism bed tax

Pinellas County collected $3.2 million in the tourism development tax in September, about a 10 percent increase from last year, according to figures released Monday by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater. So f → Read More

Despite Irma, Pinellas County sees 10 percent jump from tourism bed tax

Pinellas County collected $3.2 million in the tourism development tax in September, about a 10 percent increase from last year, according to figures released Monday by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater. So f → Read More

Kmart in Clearwater to close after holiday shopping season

CLEARWATER — A Kmart store across from Westfield Countryside mall in Clearwater will close after the holidays, the retailer's parent company Sears Holdings Corp. announced last week. The retail → Read More

Kmart in Clearwater to close after holiday shopping season

CLEARWATER — A Kmart store across from Westfield Countryside mall in Clearwater will close after the holidays, the retailer’s parent company Sears Holdings Corp. announced last week. The retailer is → Read More

Kmart in Clearwater to close after holiday shopping season

CLEARWATER — A Kmart store across from Westfield Countryside mall in Clearwater will close after the holidays, the retailer’s parent company Sears Holdings Corp. announced last week. The retailer is → Read More

San Francisco-based document automation company adds St. Petersburg office

ST. PETERSBURG — After securing $15 million in venture capital funding, PandaDoc, a San Francisco-based document automation company, is expanding its footprint in downtown St. Petersburg. The company → Read More

Online spending to surpass in-store for the first time this holiday

There may be a new victor in the years-old battle for holiday bucks between online and brick-and-mortar stores. → Read More

Online spending to surpass in-store for the first time this holiday

There may be a new victor in the years-old battle for holiday bucks between online and brick-and-mortar stores. Shoppers plan to spend 51 percent of their holiday budgets online compared to 42 percen → Read More

Self-made media entrepreneur tells Florida women they don't have to do it alone

TAMPA — Coming to America from Cuba as a young child, Nely Galán discovered the importance of sacrifice and setting goals to move ahead. → Read More

St. Petersburg selected as a top baseball city by WalletHub

ST. PETERSBURG — Do you believe St. Petersburg — home of the infamously empty Tropicana Field — is a great city for baseball? Top 20 in the country, even? → Read More

St. Petersburg selected as a top baseball city by WalletHub

ST. PETERSBURG — Do you believe St. Petersburg — home of the infamously empty Tropicana Field — is a great city for baseball? Top 20 in the country, even? A WalletHub report release → Read More

Oldsmar man takes family coffee businesses to a new level

OLDSMAR — Cameron Colvin watched his parents expand their coffee company from a booth at the local farmer's market to a concession at Tampa International Airport. He always had big ideas, but Herb and Carole Colvin, his parents, wanted him to know how to run a business first, he said. → Read More

Local man takes family coffee businesses to a new level

OLDSMAR — Cameron Colvin watched his parents expand their coffee company from a booth at the local farmer's market to a concession at Tampa International Airport. He always had big ideas, but H → Read More

Tampa-based Checkers testing delivery, aims for record expansion

TAMPA — Tampa-based Checkers Drive-In Restaurants continues to fly under the radar compared to dominant burger chains like McDonald's and Burger King. → Read More

Tampa-based Checkers testing delivery, aims for record expansion

TAMPA — Tampa-based Checkers Drive-In Restaurants continues to fly under the radar compared to dominant burger chains like McDonald's and Burger King.But as new owners have taken charge this ye → Read More