Seize the day

By KATHLEEN LANG

© St. Petersburg Times, published June 18, 2000

Things to do

Give Dad a hearty start on Father's Day at a country breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. today at the Senior Activity Center, 1500 16th St., Palm Harbor. For $3.50, hungry adults can feast on eggs, pancakes, biscuits and gravy, grits, bacon, sausages, pastries, coffee and all the fixings. Cost for kids is $1.50. Call (727) 771-6000.

Dads, bringing your kids along pays off today at the Florida Aquarium, where you'll get in free with one paid child's admission from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 701 Channelside Drive, Tampa. Tickets for the rest of the family are $12.95 adults, $11.95 seniors, $7.95 children, free for ages 3 and younger. Call (813) 273-4000. Dads also get in free from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today with a paid child's admission at Sunken Gardens, 1825 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg. Regular admission is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children, free for ages 2 and younger. Call (727) 551-3100.

Or dads, you can bond with your kids at A Grand New Circus Show when Frog Prince Puppetry Arts Center & Theatre raises the curtain on its summer show series at 2 p.m. today at 210 S Pinellas Ave. (Alt. 19), Tarpon Springs. Today's show features a monkey on a trapeze, two clowns, a pink monster and an elephant. Tickets are $5 adults, $3 children. Call (727) 942-2222 or (727) 784-6392.

Travel to the 1800s today when the Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg, opens Spotlight on the Photography Collection: Cultural Excursions through 19th Century Europe. The show joins "Circa 1925" and "Big Art." All three run through Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $6 adults, $5 seniors, $2 students; free Sundays. Call (727) 896-2667.

Things to view

Two Father's Day-related specials air on TV at 9 p.m. today. On the Food Network, popular weatherman Al Roker brings his family along to experience the tastes and culture of the Caribbean on Al Roker's Bahamas Reunion. Or you can smell the fresh-cut grass when HGTV airs a special Father's Day Sporting Lawns.

Tag along with the groundskeepers who take care of professional baseball fields, PGA courses, NFL stadiums and a horse race track.

-- Kathleen Lang can be reached at lang@sptimes.com.