Fourth of July in Destin

The Fourth of July holiday is the busiest time in Destin. This year was no different. I had a four days off which was nice. We mostly stayed close to home. Thursday we did go to Landshark Pizza for lunch. I had a taste for some of their fantastic wings and Sunshine Cindy wanted a pulled pork sandwich. All the food was great as usual. Brian and Sue were getting ready for a BBQ cook-off at The Commons. They gave us a taste of the BBQ. It was really good.

Fourth of July party

After lunch we went home to hang out by our pool. We ended up staying out there till dark. We had our beer, snacks and Jagger so we were good! LOL  The pool water was like bath water. It had to be in the low 90’s. It was enjoyable and we were able to relax without fighting the traffic. When we got back home we sat on our back porch. From there we had a perfect view of the fireworks display from The Commons. They put on a great show and we were able to enjoy it from the comfort of our porch.

Friday was the Fourth of July. We went to a party our friends Dottie and Steve throw every year. They live on the north side of the bay right on the water. Jeff and the Camaro’s played, everyone brought food, they did a shrimp boil and we could watch fireworks from all around the bay. Steve also had a stash of fireworks including some good stuff. It was a fun night. As we were driving back across the Mid-Bay Bridge we were amazed at all the cars leaving Destin. It was a solid line of traffic heading north. The town was packed.

Jeff and the Camaro's

Saturday we waited till the afternoon before we ventured out. Sunshine Cindy and I went to check out the new Chan’s “Craft Bar.” It is adjacent to his Wine World liquor store in the Publix Shopping Center. The bar has craft beers and upscale liquors. They were doing a soft opening over the weekend. It looked like a lot of folks heard about it as the place was pretty crowded. Our friend Ken and his lady Robin came in and joined us. Ken runs liquor stores and he knows a lot of the people at Chan’s plus Robin’s son works there. We were impressed with the selection and the atmosphere of the place. I can see it being an upscale kind of place that will rival Cuvee Bistro for patrons.

Chan's Craft Bar

When we left we decided to go to Chip’s. This is the old Sago location and we wanted to see what they had done to the place. The Brick and Spoon restaurant is now open for breakfast only. That meant the entire restaurant was empty. The inside bar had one person there. Most of the TV’s are gone except for around the bar. The outside bar only had a few folks sitting around it. From time to time someone would come up from the pool area for a drink. For a Saturday evening on a holiday weekend, the bar was dead. It was sad. We loved Sago but I don’t know how this new place will make it.

On Sunday we were bums. I washed BadAss but that was about the extent of my physical labor. I did a lot of Mambo computer work but also watched a lot of sports. Updates to the Crab Island Mambo web site will be coming soon. Also help me get more Facebook “Likes” for my Crab Island Mambo page. I post a lot of updates there on upcoming events in our area.

We survived another holiday weekend in Destin! Let’s see what this week will bring. I will have a full report on Thursday. See ya then!