One of the great things about living in Florida is that you can't throw a rotten orange for hitting a weird story. I wanted very much to write about Gibsonton, a town just outside of Tampa where carnival folk used to make their winter home. I knew of a tragic tale in Gibsonton but I knew there were some marvelous love stories as well and I tell them both in Crazy Little Thing: Why Love and Sex Drive Us Mad. Here's a sample:
"She was a little, living doll," Ward says.,"and always had a great personality. She also had two sets of teeth and black silky hair growing over her face and her body had a complexion that was kind of brownish-green in color." He remembers her as a marvelous dancer."
There is a love story that goes with that description and another between Al and Jeanie Tomaini, the giant and the half-lady, who married and opened a cafe. That's them on the left - I couldn't find any attribution for the photo. But anyway, this seems to be a classic case of opposites attract. ;)
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