Aye, Kulli lass, ye'd be enjoyin' "Gasparilla Day" in Tampa, Florida as well, arrr!

*SLAP!* (Enough with the pirate talk already!!) Okay, okay! Jeeez...

Anyway, Gasparilla Day takes place in February, if my memory serves me correctly; some years ago my wife and l lived in Tampa and we saw a bit of the festivities involved. I'm a little fuzzy on the details of exactly why they celebrate it; it has something to do with the fact that a pirate named Jose Gaspar used to operate in the area back in the day. Anyway, it's just an excuse to have a pirate-themed Mardi Gras-type party, with a parade and bead-throwing and all that, and dressing up and talking like pirates and drinking, of course!