Destin Weekend Update

What another fantastic weekend we had in Destin. It started out Thursday night. Joe got into town from Cincinnati. He was staying with Wayne. I met up with them at Hogs Breath. It was great seeing Cam back being the bar. He got a staph infection and almost lost his leg. He was moving a little slow but he is on the road to recovery.

We left Hogs and headed to the harbor. First stop was Crab Island Cantina. Greg was behind the bar and Judy was running the show on the floor. We hung around for a while enjoying the sunset and getting caught up with Joe. It’s been over a year since I had seen him. From the Cantina we walked down to The Boathouse. Brandon Day was playing his last gig in Destin. Ironically he is moving to Cincinnati. Gigi came over and talked to us for a while. We hung around splitting a bucket of beer. On our way out, Courtney came by and give me a big hug saying we need to stay longer. Next time…

Sunset view from Crab Island Cantina

We walked down to AJ’s. Joe had never been there before. We had a spot looking out over the harbor. At one point a Palmetto Bug (a flying cockroach) landed on Joe. I thought he was going to jump over the side of the building. LOL We made one last stop at The Crazy Lobster. They were closing up so we called it a night.

Friday was our big show at Crab Island Cantina with Jerry Diaz and Hanna’s Reef. As Sunshine Cindy and I walked up Bobby the bass player was calling out my name saying “there’s Steve.” Then Trey, the bands new drummer came and quickly introduced himself and told me he had a big problem and could I help him. He forgot his snare drum. Here he was on his first road trip with the band and he was not getting off to a great start. I went to work and was able to reach Binky, the drummer for Flash Flood and he agreed to rent Trey his snare. Trey was relieved and the show went on. And it was a great show. RO and Jo came from Panama City. Mike was in town from Atlanta with his wife and another couple. I have run into Mike at events around the southeast. He didn’t know Jerry was playing and was glad when he heard about it. The entire evening was great with a big crowd listening and dancing to Jerry’s music.

Jerry Diaz and Hanna's Reef

Judie and Kelly spent the night in our guest room so they didn’t have to drive home to Pace. Saturday we were all going to the beach behind Wayne’s condo. Jerry’s wife Mary and daughter Danielle stayed in town and they joined us on the beach. It was a relaxing day on the beach. Saturday night I stopped in at Landshark Pizza to get a pizza as we were beat. At some point around 7:15 pm a house blew up in Destin. I didn’t hear it but a lot of other folks did. It is being reported it was some type of tragic accident. One person died and another is critical. That is sad.

Fun on the beach

Sunday Sunshine Cindy and I went back down to the harbor. We stopped in first at the Tipsy Turtle. Matt was open so we talked with him for a while. Tony was there too chilling out. There was a new Art Walk show down by the zip line so we went to check it out. There was some nice things but it was hot so we didn’t look at the stuff for too long. We did say hi to Steve in the Hawaiian Ice booth. The Art Walk was right behind his booth so he was getting a nice boost in business.

Sunshine Cindy wanted to look at sunglasses. We stopped in a shop in Harborwalk Village. She didn’t find anything that she liked. She wanted to go to another shop. I went to the Crazy Lobster while she did! Jesse was working the outside bar. We had a good time talking with him as different folks came up for drinks.

Jones and Company

We left and went to AJ’s. Jones and Company were playing music. Ike was on the sax. They are very good. It is music that draws the older crowd. A lot of people were there including a lady who was 83 and wanted to dance with Cindy. After a while we got a text saying Julie was at the Turtle. So back there we went. Joe and Wayne also came over. Heather was hanging out. Matt had a TV with a football game on. It was a fun way to end the weekend.

I published the September edition of the Crab Island Mambo Mullet Wrapper Newsletter. It is a lot of work but I love doing it. You can read it here: http://www.crabislandmambo.com/Mullet-Wrapper-September-2013.html

Have a great week. See ya’ll on Thursday!