Last week with a lot of the Atlanta area schools on Spring Break, it was a busy week in Destin. This week is the last week of Spring Break with LSU and some other Louisiana schools off and ready to party. Things have been pretty calm this year. I think the word is definitely out about underage drinking. Panama City Beach is still having some issues with 3 people shot this past weekend. I don’t understand why these kids can’t come down and have fun but have to try and cause trouble. At least it is not as bad as in past years.
On Friday, Sunshine Cindy and I headed to Hogs Breath for Happy Hour. Hogs is one of the neatest places in Destin. The outside bar is a perfect mix of locals and tourist. We always have a fun time there. We got there about 4pm. Just after we got there our friend Tom came in and sat next to us. Sunshine Cindy and I got some food and had a couple beers. We were about to leave when a guy sat on the other side of us and started talking to us. This was another Tom. He is from Cincinnati and was down doing some work on a condo he and his wife own. In about an hour we got his entire life story, the story of his kids and even friends that will be using the condo next week. LOL He was a nice guy.
While talking to him, Wyatt came by. We could tell he was upset about something. We come to find out Rusty’s wife passed away the night before and Wyatt also lost a close friend the same night. He was not taking it well. We tried our best to console him. As you can tell, we were not leaving Hogs like we planned. Finally we had another guy sit next to our Ohio friend. Garrett is from Dothan. He was waiting for his girlfriend to get into town. She had to work so he came early to get their room and check out the surroundings. We had a fun time talking to him too. And last but not least some Parrot Heads who were on the Seablaster came in telling us how much fun they had. We finally left Hogs about 9 pm. Whew!
Saturday night we met up with Wayne and Beth to go to Mattie Kelly for a concert by Jersey, a Springsteen tribute band. We loaded up our red wagon and made the 15 minute walk over to the Cultural Village. Buz, Brenda, Brodie and Mike all joined us for the show. Mattie Kelly is a great venue where we will be having our May 20th Parrot Head party. Most of the people there were drinking wine but not me. I had my PBR! It was a fun show and we got a good idea how it will work for the May party.
Sunday saw Sunshine Cindy and I go visit a food truck vendor. Dottie’s nephew and a friend have gone in on a trailer. They do the usual hot dogs and burgers but also sushi. Dottie gave us the address in Santa Rosa Beach where he was going to be set up. When I looked it up it looked a residential neighborhood. When we got there it was a house and they were having a block party as a dry run. The food was outstanding. The sushi was some of the best I have ever had. There was also a shaved ice trailer set up. We have both of them coming to the May party. They will be a great addition.
When we left we went to Grayton Beach to check out the new AJ’s over there. They have a cool inside bar and they are building a huge deck that will be open in about a month. We made one last stop at LuLu’s on the way home to sit by the water and get a bite to eat. It turned out to be a great day.
Last Tuesday we stopped at The Crust for dinner. I left work a little early and it was a good thing. Minutes before I got to the Destin bridge an accident had traffic at almost a standstill. There were 5 or 6 vehicles crashed all over the roadway. It took me 30 minutes to go less than a half mile. While we were sitting in The Crust we saw a fender bender right outside the restaurant. It was the night for wrecks. I love the Baked Ziti from the Crust. Sunshine Cindy had their lasagna. It is all so good and not that expensive. Charley came and sat with us for a while. He is going to be a sponsor for the May party. Then they got real busy with a group of 10 and a group of 8 all come in about the same time. Their season is getting started.
Alas hockey season is over and the Lightning didn’t make the playoffs. They dug themselves too big a hole and came up a point short. Maybe next year.
It looks like we are going to have a fantastic weather this week. Low 80’s by day and low 60’s by night. I like it. Have a great week. See ya next Monday!
Destin Steve
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