i am carley boyette. >> it is a good morning. i am natalie taylor. thank you for joining us on tampa bay's morning blend. we have got another great show coming your way. >> we do. fridays, as we mentioned, an extra special day. >> people are looking forward to the weekend but when you wake up and see the news that we saw, that is extra exciting. certainly with what we have on

i'm carley boyette. >> and i'm natalie taylor. it is friday. so what better the weekend than in our kitchen. >> yes. >> with some oysters. >> we are so excited to add the restaurant group to the morning blend family. each week they will be sharing recipes and cooking tips with us. again, so excited. >> we really are. >> thank you. >> we are on cloud 9. who better to get cooking tips from. we are going to start out today by celebrating national oyster

i'm carley boyette. >> and i'm natalie taylor. we are kicking o from the kitchen with pearl restaurant in passover county. >> pearl in the grove is located just north of tampa in charming dade city. eric mccue is the executive chef. good morning, gentlemen. >> glad to be here. >> it's going to be fun. >> what i love about your restaurants is that you really are, your big emphasis is local, local, local, is it not.

i am carley boyette. >> i am natalie taylor. thanyo morning right here with the morning blend. we are very excited about today show. we have got a great line out. we heard the musical guest i did kind of practicing in the green room. i got so excited. they play all sorts of instruments so it is going to be a good show and the musical guests -- and we are talking about slow cooker meals.

choosing abc a the day's top stories on abcactionnews.com >> tampa bay's "morning blend" >>> i am carley boyette. >> i am natalie taylor. thank you for spending time with us on the morning blend bi kia is in the studio and we will hear about his promotions that his dealership expect that is not all. the film hell or high water comes out this weekend we are talking with two of the stars, jeff bridges, the one and

i'm carley boyette. >> i am natalie taylor thank you so much for kicking off your week with tampa bay's morning blend. >> we have a great show on this monday. sometimes mondays it's hard to get started but you tuned in with us and we can you energized. >> we absolutely do we have the realty rant so we always get energized. that is coming up and more fun segment, makeup tips, and some lunches. we have a lot coming. >> a lot coming from being. we have a little bit of news to share.