Six String Music Festival

Road trip time this weekend. We packed up BadAss Thursday morning and hit the road to New Orleans for Six String Music Festival. This is a fun party that raises money for a good cause. Over 300 folks were registered for all the fun. We hit a lot of rain driving over to NOLA. At times we were down to 25-30 on the interstate. We got there and got checked in to our hotel. The main event was starting Friday but there was music and a taping of a Radio Margaritaville show. We met up with Wayne, Joe, Barry and Patty at Razoo’s. From there we hit Cats as Wayne as a lot of friends there from his time living in NOLA. Tracy was DJ’ing and Nick showed up too. With three for one beers and Joe buying shots everyone started to feel good. Sunshine Cindy left this crew and headed to Margaritaville. We had a great time meeting new friends and listening to the music. We headed home after midnight.

Fun at Cats

Friday started with us registering for the event and then heading to Yo Mama’s for a burger and to get some food into us before we got the day started. From there it was to the Tropical Isle where the music was getting started. Thom Sheppard was the first act. Friends started showing up. Wayne, Barry, Kathy, Judie, Kelly, Leigh, Keith, Diane, Sharon…yep, a ton of folks. It was a blast there. Some of us left and headed to Cats. Judie talked me into singing. It was not pretty! lol The evening ended at Margaritaville again with Jim Morris doing his usual great show.

Singing(?) at Cats

Saturday was a wild day in NOLA. It was the Red Dress run day. Thousands of men and women in red dresses run and drink. Only in NOLA will you get over 65,000 people to wear red dresses and party like there is no tomorrow. What a sight. We spent most of the afternoon upstairs in Tropical Isle at "Top of the Trop." One musical act after another played. Everyone had a blast and we even spent some time on the balcony watching the madness below on Bourbon Street. Once again everyone headed to Margaritaville. Thanks to my friend Steve, I was able to talk with Radio Margaritaville personalities Greg Dumas and Carson Cooper. I was able to let them know what Crab Island Mambo is all about. That was cool. The music ended about 11 and most everyone went to the hotel for a pool party. The Six String pool party is legendary. Once again it was a wild time. The cops showed up about 2:15 am and shut down the music. Hey, I thought this was a party town! lol

The Red Dress crowd on Bourbon

Sunday was a wind down day as the last event was a brunch at Margaritaville. Having been up so late we decided to pass on the brunch. Sorry Brent! Sunshine Cindy and I got out about noon and went to Pat O’Brian’s. We had not been there before so we stopped in for a drink. We found out Wayne and his crew was doing a pub crawl. We joined them at a locals place called The John. We hit several more local spots. Saturday night Sunshine Cindy won a bidding war for a Landshark surfboard and paddle. Wayne agreed to take it back to Destin for us as it would not fit in BadAss. So there we were walking down the streets carrying this surfboard. Not unusual in the Quarter I guess as we hardly got a second glance. Off we all went to Pam and Earl’s place called Grapevine. It is a wine bar with a great laid back vibe. Pam and Earl joined us as did Lance. I think Lance could be a comedian. He had us all in stiches. Some girl in there talked to Earl and didn’t know he was the owner. Pretty funny. The evening ended hours later with Wayne, Barry, Sunshine Cindy and myself at Camellia Grill. This is a NOLA institution.

Margaritaville Casino

Monday was the day to return to Destin. Once again we hit some monsoon rains. We made a stop in Biloxi to stop at Buffett’s new casino. It is pretty small but has a nice feel. We ate and made a “donation” before we left to hit the road home. We made it safe and sound. Time to get ready to return to work and back into our usual Destin fun. See ya all on Thursday!