Monday, May 19, 2014

Awesome Wedding Weekend in Destin

Words cannot describe our wedding weekend but I will try to hit some of the highlights. It started out Thursday night. We had checked into the Emerald Grande and got settled. Our friends planned a Wedding Pub Crawl along the harbor for the evening. It turned out to be a fun time.

We started at the Boathouse. We hit Coach’s. We made a stop at the outline of the old Tipsy Turtle. Then we went to Lapotada before heading up the hill to Coyote Ugly. And it got ugly there with folks riding the bull, dancing on the bar and me being blindfolded and wrote on. When we left there we stopped in at Margaritaville. A bachelorette party was there. Sunshine Cindy and the other bride compared notes. Then we made one last stop at Crab Island Cantina. From there everyone headed home or to the Waffle House. Sunshine Cindy and I stopped at Harry T’s before going back to our room.

Wedding Crawl stopped at Coach's on the harbor

Friday was our “Embrace the Chaos! Trop Rock Music Series at The Cantina” with Jim Asbell playing. We had out of town guest arriving all afternoon. We probably ended up with about 120 people that came and went. Jim did his usual fantastic show. What fun catching up with our Trop Rock friends from around the country.

Saturday was the big day. I won’t bore you with a lot of details other than to say the day could not have been any more perfect. Sunshine Cindy was radiant and glowing. Wayne had a surprise musical act lined up. Turns out it was more than one. It was a 12 Volt Band reunion with Paul Roush and also Bob Bannerjee from Pittsburgh. We had Bob play his fiddle leading the wedding party right down the middle of Harborwalk Village. Pam did a great job being the officiate. It was a blast of a day. Music went till 9 pm. Food was great. Stephanie’s Cup Cake “cake” was fantastic. Jerry Diaz and Hanna’s Reef rocked the house. It was a perfect ceremony and reception. Sunshine Cindy did all the planning and pulled off a great wedding!

Jim Asbell

Sunday we tried to catch our breath a little. We met Wayne and Bob for brunch at Harry T’s. Tiffany was with us too. Bob could not get over how beautiful Destin is. He was in awe! As Wayne and Bob left so Wayne could get him to the airport, Sunshine Cindy and I collected up the rental items we had and I made a run to the house with some of the gifts we were given. When I got back we hit the boardwalk. We saw SinCity Lisa at the Cantina. Deron was just getting back from a fishing trip and they were heading home to Panama City.

A cup cake "cake"

We walked down to Fishheads. As Sunshine Cindy and I walked up Melissa and Becca started cheering and applauding. That was cool. We hung out there for a while talking to them and a tourist couple at the bar. We walked down to Coach’s. While there we got a message that some of the gang was at The Crust Pizzeria. Up there we went. Judie, Kelly, Jeff, Robbin, David and Wayne were there. Then we get a message Pam and Earl are at Margaritaville. We needed to meet up with Pam to get some paperwork for the marriage license. So off we went there.

They were at the bar. Steve was behind the bar working. Leigh and Keith came in then the crew from The Crust. Finally Mark, Stephanie, Roland and Jackie all came in. It was now a party! It was dinner time so Pam, Earl, Leigh, Keith and Sunshine Cindy, Tiffany and myself went to Boshamps. We had a great dinner. Then it was back to Margaritaville for Pam and Earl and us. We sat at the bar enjoying Earl telling stories of some of the places around the world they have visited. Pam and Earl own the Tropical Isle locations in New Orleans. They are successful folks that are just down to earth like the rest of us. We love those two.

Sunshine Cindy was stunning

Finally we called it a night. Time to wind down!!! We sat on the balcony for a while enjoying the stars over the Gulf of Mexico.

This week we will be laying a little low before the holiday weekend. I will see ya Thursday!

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