Living and Playing in Destin

The weather continues to be the story in Destin. Sunday we had a front blow through and it brought with it some strong thunderstorms. The wind was blowing right in off the Gulf of Mexico. We are about two blocks from the beach but we could hear the waves crashing on shore at our house. When the storms hit on Sunday the winds was blowing so strong the rain was horizontal. Stuff was blowing all over the neighborhood. Luckily it didn’t last too long.

Sunshine Cindy and I got out a little this weekend. Thursday night we went to Bonefish Grill. It has been a while since we were there. We had a nice relaxing dinner. They had a good happy hour crowd for off season.

Landshark Pizza

Friday afternoon we headed to Landshark Pizza. Tommy and Pops were there and we talked to them for a while. Sue was working as was Austin. We also got to talk to the salesman for Landshark’s beer distributor. He was a nice guy. About the time Tommy and Pops left “B” came in. We ended up talking to him for a long while. B always has some fun stories. When we left Landshark we made one more stop at The American Legion. We didn’t plan to stay too long but we knew a bunch of folks in there. When Capt. John came in we knew we were there for the long haul. I ended up singing a few Karaoke songs too. It was not a pretty sight. LOL

Saturday was a stay-at-home kind of day. We got some things done around the house and I was able to do some Crab Island Mambo work…but mostly I watched football and hockey games. Tampa played a great game against Minnesota and won. It was an exciting game.

Tampa hockey

Sunday we stayed in so I could watch the Browns game against the Falcons. It was a back and forth game. Neither team played all that well but the Browns did get the win. We will take it. After the game Sunshine Cindy and I went to Landshark to watch some of the afternoon games. When we walked in Brian was sitting by the door. He said the storm earlier had knocked out his Dish TV. They had rigged a laptop to pull in the NFL redzone on the big TV so we were able to watch some of the games.

Just as we sat down in walked Alan and Jackie. They had the same idea that we had about getting out for a while. We all shared a table. Cheryl waited on us. She always asks how Tiffany is doing in Atlanta. She is proud of her for taking the leap and moving to the big city. We had a good time. Jason is a big Falcons fan. He gave me a hard time about the Browns winning the game. Of course I gave it back.

Jackie and Alan

I did hear some news about the new World of Beer that will open soon in the Commons. I had heard it might open about December 8th but now it might be a few weeks later…maybe not till the first of the year. When you have hundreds of beer on tap and several hundred more different bottles available from almost every known beer maker you have a lot of work to do. I am looking forward to them opening though.

This is a short week with the Thanksgiving holiday. Be safe if you are driving to Destin for the holiday. See ya Thursday!