Crazy week in Destin

This past week just seemed to fly by. Sunshine Cindy brought her daughter Tiffany down from Atlanta for the week so we were on the go. It really started on Wednesday as Sunshine Cindy and Tiffany went to The Pointe with Chaos. It was a beautiful day as they enjoyed getting some sun while Chaos dug in the sand. Wednesday evening our musician friend from Port Charlotte was in town playing at LuLu’s in Destin. Paul Roush put on a good show. Wayne, Alan and Jackie were there to enjoy the music. I was a little late getting there as Spring Break traffic was bad with a wreck on the island.

Speaking of Spring Break…the cops continue to clamp down on underage drinking with 10-20 arrest being made each day. As I have mention previously, they are taking them to jail and making them post bond to get out. That has been a good deterrent as the word is getting out.

It’s the same thing in Panama City Beach where they don’t allow alcohol on the beach. Crowds and the drunken rowdiness is way down in PCB this year. Kids over there are saying they will never come back to PCB but I think most of the locals over there are okay with that except for a few bar owners.

Back in Destin on St. Patrick’s Day on Thursday, it was a party all day long. We dropped Tiffany off at McGuires where the biggest party takes place. Sunshine Cindy and I then went to Landshark Pizza to get ready for a pub crawl that was going to take place on the east end of the harbor. BT came in and we talked for a while then we all went to Duck Duck where the crawl was starting. There we met up with Mike and Suzanne. A big crowd was forming for the crawl.

The second stop was back at Landshark. We were running into friends left and right…and everyone was dressed in green! The next stop was The Boathouse. Rusty was playing and a festive crowd had fun. Stop #4 was Tailfins. A rock band was playing as the crowd partied on the top deck. Last stop was AJ’s. We were upstairs where they have rebuilt the tiki bar after the fire. You would never know they had a fire only a few weeks ago. It has been completely rebuilt and looks great.

After AJ’s we decided to head to Waffle House for some food before heading home. It had been threatening rain all evening but it held off till we were in the Waffle House. It poured and we made a mad dash to the car after eating but we were glad it didn’t happen earlier.

On Friday morning news was circulating of a boating accident that took place about 5 am in the pass. The reports said a boat with 11 people on board crashed into the jetties. 10 people were rescued and one was still missing. Friday afternoon I went to Landshark pizza for some wings and I got the story of what happened. A group of folks were at the Rotten Apple and at about closing time they decided it was a good idea to take a boat for a joy ride. They didn’t have permission to take the boat and they had all been partying all night long. They obviously made a bad decision. Some of the 10 folks that were rescued where hurt pretty bad and the Coast Guard is still looking for the missing lady. While searching for her they found another body. He was a deck hand that just a few months ago was honored for saving two people that were caught up in a strong tide. I guess the people on board didn’t even know how many were on board. All in all it was a somber afternoon as the word spread.

Sunshine Cindy, Tiffany and I spent Friday evening at The Craft Bar having dinner. We were all still wore out from Thursday so we took it easy the rest of the night.

On Saturday Wayne and I volunteered to help Carlos at Crab Island Cantina for the Taco and Tequila Festival that was being held in Harborwalk Village. Carlos had us manning the margarita/beer tent. That’s like the fox guarding the hen house. We had a blast. It was busy and we made a lot of money for the Cantina. We sold over 15 gallons of margarita’s alone. The festival looked like it was a big success. After we were done we met up with Sunshine Cindy and Tiffany at Hogs Breath. Rikki was behind the bar and we saw some friends there too. We had some good food and a few cold brews.

Sunday the temp started dropping and the wind was hollowing. Tiffany flew back home to Atlanta. Sunshine Cindy and I had a quiet late lunch at O’Quigley’s before we went home to prepare for the new week. The temps were actually in the low 40’s this morning (Monday). So much for the first day of Spring.

This week we have a parrot head Phlocking at KC’s Sandbar in Ft. Walton Beach on Friday and Rob Romans will be performing at Hogs Breath on Saturday from 5-9. Come on out and “Embrace the Chaos” with us this week. I will have a full report next Monday on the Chaos!!!

Destin Steve