Monday, June 2, 2014

Summer in Destin

I love summer. It is because I love warm weather and summer in Destin is warm and humid. With the heat and moisture we get some strong thunderstorms blow through. One such storm hit Destin on Friday evening. Sunshine Cindy and I were sitting at the outside bar at Chips. (The old Sago Sports Bar) We could see dark clouds building coming in off the Gulf. It did not take long for the storm to hit. Strong winds whipped around and rain was pounding down.

Great sunset from Crab Island Cantina

Stephanie was working the bar. She lowered all the storm shelters and we were fine. It lasted for about 20 minutes then it was hot and steamy. Sunshine Cindy and I talked about our upcoming Crab Island Mambo projects. Now that the wedding is behind us we can start to plan for future Mambo events. Stephanie also filled us in on the changes at the bar. The restaurant will now be called The Brick and Spoon. It will be open for breakfast and lunch. Chips is the bar part of the place and will have bar food served till late in the night. Currently they have ½ price drinks all day every day for locals. We will miss Sago but this should also be a good place.

Saturday was a nice laid back kind of day. We had a surprise birthday party for Suzanne. It was held at Julie’s. We swam in the pool, Capt John cooked dogs and burgers on the grill. Jan broke out his guitar later in the evening. It was a fun day and night. Suzanne really appreciated it and she enjoyed herself.

Pool Party

Sunday was a harbor kind of day. Sunshine Cindy was out with Tiff but Wayne met me. We started out at Crab Island Cantina. Greg was working the bar and Blake was getting ready to play on the outside stage. While we were there Kenny and Becky came by and joined us. They had been on the harbor for a while. We had a couple of beers there and moved on. Kenny and Becky were going to Landshark Pizza for some lunch.

Next stop was Harbor Gifts. Sandy was working. They have a new sign that is really neat looking. They have sold a few more Mambo shirts. We will restock them this week. They are also doing coffee and some sundry items early for the boaters now. It makes for long days for them but this is the season.

Harbor Gifts new sign and some Mambo merch

We then headed to The Boathouse. On the way there we saw Tim from Blue Heron Watersports. I talked to Tim for a while then we kept moving on. At The Boathouse Paige took care of us. Being the middle of the afternoon, the place was not too busy. While we were there Maynard came in. Maynard works with me. He had been in Germany on business. He was glad to be home. It turns out Maynard knows as many people as I do. Courtney came out and said hi to all of us as she was just starting her shift.

Next stop was going to be Fishheads but as we passed the Shark Shack we saw Glen, Bruce, James and Brian sitting there. So of course we had to join them. A nice breeze was blowing in off the Gulf helped keep things cooled down a little. Sunshine Cindy called and she was coming to join us. Wayne and I finally made it to Fishheads and Sunshine Cindy was right behind us. Melissa and Becca were working. Melissa thanked us for the write up we did on Fishheads in last month’s Crab Island Mambo Mullet Wrapper. (You can read the article here: http://www.crabislandmambo.com/Mullet-Wrapper-May-2014-edition.html) Al was playing the sax and entertaining the crowd that was walking by. Fishheads is a nice relaxing place.

Wayne and Sunshine Cindy at Margaritaville

We were getting hungry now. We planned to go to Margaritaville. On the walk over we saw Carlos whiz by in his golf cart. He asked if we were going to the Cantina so we said we would meet him there. We had not talked to Carlos since the wedding. We wanted to thank him personally for all he and his staff did for us. We got the chance to do that. I know we helped make for a good week at the Cantina because of the wedding.

Now we made it to Margaritaville. Steve was behind the bar but was just getting off. I had some boneless wings with Jerk sauce on them. It was really good. A decent crowd was coming in for the evening dinner time. With a nice sunset and great views they get a lot of folks in there. Finally it was time to head home and get ready for the work week.

Al and Sunshine Cindy at Fishheads

Most schools are now out and the tourist will descend on Destin in earnest now. It will be twelve weeks of insanity around here. Okay, enjoy your week. See ya Thursday!

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