Blog on St. Pete: Life in South St. Pete, St. Pete Pride, Summer Storms

From elections to storms, our Local Voices Bloggers fill us in on interesting, important and humorous parts of life in St. Pete.

Here's a look at some recent blogs:

• Doc Webb shares responses he got from mayoral candidates on quality of life in South St. Petersburg.
• From Peter Schorsch, the Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act just in time for Saturday's St. Pete Pride.
• Von Simeon reflects on our recent stormy summer weather.
  

The new Patch platform features blogs right with the news on the St. Pete Patch home page.  As soon as you post, your blog is visible and the community can join the discussion.

Blog about what matters to you.  Here's how:

1. Go to www.stpete.patch.com

2. Click on "Join" on the upper right side of the page.

3. Follow the simple instructions to confirm your account.

4. Log in and click on your name in the upper right.

5. Click on "Edit Profile" on the right and add a photo and a brief bio

Once you’re logged in, go to the homepage.

1. On the homepage, scroll down to the “Who’s Blogging?” module which is below the “News & Blogs” feed.

2. Click on the “Start blogging” button at the bottom right of the “Who’s Blogging?” module.

3. Complete setup by inputting the name of your blog, description and choosing or uploading a blog icon image

4. Click on “Create your blog.”

5. Now you can either “Write your first post,” “Dress up your blog” or tell people about it.

6. For your first blog all you need is a category, a brief description, a photo and then your text in the body of the article.

7. Click ‘Post Now,’ or if you are not ready to post, save it as a draft and come back to it later.