Yuengling Light

So on Thursday evening we decided to go to the Turtle to watch the football game. I am originally from Cleveland and a big Browns fan. It’s tough being a Browns fan as the team has been bad ever since they came back into the league. The game Thursday was typical. Play just good enough to lose. Oh well, anyone can root for a winner but you have to be tough to root for a team that always loses. It was a small crowd at the Turtle but a fun one. Miss Norma and Summer stopped in. Summer even registered for the Sloppy Joe Cook-Off. One strange occurrence happened when a girl was walking down the boardwalk, turned and bumped into some guy. For some strange reason she grabbed the guy and planted a big kiss on him. Needless to say he was dumbfounded as we were at the bar. You never know what you might see on the harbor.

Sunshine Cindy at Hofbrau House Beer Garden

Friday was a Parrothead phlocking at Hammerheads at Baytowne Wharf. Sunshine Cindy and I got to the village early and stopped at the Hofbrau House Beer Garden. We have been to the one on Panama City Beach but it was the first time here. We had a couple of mugs of German beer and a big pretzel. A good choice to start the evening. We talked to Sean the bartender for a while. Looks like they have some good specials. We will be back.

View of the harbor at Baytowne Wharf

We didn’t know how big a crowd was going to be at the phlocking but it turned out to be decent. The band Something Fishy was playing. They do a great job with older cover songs. The Destin Blues Brothers stopped in and did a few songs with the band too. They look the part of Jake and Elwood from the movie. The highlight of the evening was a deck malfunction. Hammerheads is a huge deck with tables. It sits over a swamp. The deck is getting kind of weathered. At one point I felt my chair giving away. I thought a leg was broken but the leg fell through a hold in the deck and I was on the ground. It was pretty funny. Everyone thought I was drunk but I had only had one beer. Dave ended up putting an empty beer bottle in the hole so no one else would have the same fate that I did. As usual, Sunshine Cindy and I were the last Parrotheads standing. It was a fun evening of good friends, dancing and good music.

My chair that went through a hole in the deck

Saturday was spent working on Crab Island stuff for a while. Then we headed to the Turtle. They are now carrying Yuengling Light beer. I have been trying to get the bars in town to start having this beer and the Turtle is the first place to do it. So of course I had to go have a few! LOL  We ended up at Landshark Pizza for some food then it was home to relax. It was a nice Saturday.

There is that pesky hole!

Sunday was a rainy day in Destin so we spent most of the day indoors watching football. The Falcons pulled out a win they tried to give away. They are still unbeaten so that is good. If my number one team is the Browns, the Falcons are my number two. It’s hard to believe it is less than four weeks till our Key West trip starts. We can’t wait! One more bit of local news….La Famiglia, our favorite Italian restaurant, is opening a second location at Harborwalk Village. They will be above Crab Island Cantina and only short walk from their original location. It sounds like they will be keeping both places open. The restaurant is run by an Italian family that came here from Rome. Every time we go there I feel like I am back home in Cleveland in Little Italy or someplace like that. Check it out if you are in Destin.

Don't forget to join us for the 1st Annual Sloppy Joe Cook-Off on October 13th. Here is all the information. http://www.crabislandmambo.com/Sloppy-Joe-Cook-Off.html
Have a great week. See ya’ll on Thursday.