Life on the Emerald Coast

So far it has been a pretty quiet week in Destin. We have some snowbirds in town but the full brunt will not be felt till after the holidays. Otherwise we have very few tourist in town. There are some holiday parties taking place but not much else going on.

Sunshine Cindy and I had a fun time on Wednesday afternoon. Landshark Pizza was filming a TV commercial. Brian asked for folks to show up for crowd scenes. Sunshine Cindy and I got there and Alan and Jackie came in a little while later to join us. Brian, Sue, Austin, Paige and Jason made sure the food and drinks were flowing. A big crowd was there having a good time. The guy doing the filming worked for about an hour and a half getting all kinds of action footage.

Filming the commercial at Landshark Pizza

The commercial will air on Cox cable in our area starting early next week on a wide range of stations. It should be fun to watch. I hope we all don’t end up on the cutting room floor! LOL

Sunshine Cindy and the ladies met for lunch this week at Another Broken Egg Café in Grand Boulevard. She reports they were well taken care of and that the food was excellent. There are several of these restaurants around town now. They have grown from their original place along the harbor and are now a success story.

The dredging that has been taking place in East Pass looks to be about complete. East Pass is the way to the Gulf of Mexico from the harbor and bay. It is imperative the pass stays dredged and open as that is the fishing fleets only way to the Gulf. This current effort should be good for many years going forward.

Brian with one of his signature pizza's

This will be a busy weekend in Destin. Friday night is the Emerald Coast Parrot Head club meeting at Harry T’s. A big crowd is expected. For just $20 a year you can join in the fun too. We raise a lot of money for good causes. Saturday is the City of Destin’s Christmas Parade. It starts at 10 am in the Old Time Pottery parking lot and will go down Hwy 98 to the Community Center. Our friend Jack will be the Grand Marshall of the parade. It’s a great honor and we are glad for Jack! Then on Sunday is the Lighted Boat Parade in the harbor. Dozens of boats will be decorated with lights and will cruise up the harbor for everyone’s enjoyment.

We will be at many of these fun activities this weekend. We hope to see our friends out and about. I will have a full report on Monday! See ya then.