Prepping for a party weekend on the Emerald Coast

This week has been a preparation week. We are preparing for a full party weekend. I know, it seems like we are always doing that but this weekend we take it up a notch.

Monday we stayed around the house doing some more Crab Island Mambo stuff. We are doing pretty well selling our new “Passed out on the Island” T-Shirt design. You can check out our designs here and have a piece of Destin shipped to you. http://www.crabislandmambo.com/Crab-Island-Mambo-Merchandise.html  As the night wore on, I ended up watching some hockey and relaxing.

Our new Tank Top

Tuesday night I was down and out with a stomach virus. It made for a long night. Luckily it was only the 24 hour variety and I was moving okay by Wednesday evening. Not 100% but enough to get out.

Mike, the lead singer from the Southern Drawl Band got into town Wednesday evening. I met up with Mike and Wayne at Crab Island Cantina on the harbor which is where they are playing Thursday night and Sunday afternoon. Cherie also joined us. We chatted for a while then headed down to the Boathouse handing out small posters about the shows to anyone walking by.

Mike enjoying some shrimp and drinks at The Boathouse

At the Boathouse Courtney took care of us. There was a table of ladies sitting next to us. Courtney told them about Mike and they just had to have their picture taken with him! I think Mike has some new fans. Cherie handed out some more posters and everyone got some food to eat. Mike got Mahi and was amazed at the amount of food he got. He really liked the dive bar atmosphere.

Mike and some new fans

We decided to drive over to Fort Walton Beach and stop in at KC’s Sandbar. Mike rode with me and enjoyed his ride in Badass. Our friend Jan leads a sing-a-long on Wednesday’s at KC’s. A good group of our friends were there. Mike the owner was there and I got to chat with him for a minute about Mike and Southern Drawl. Jan let Mike get up and do some songs. What a talent Mike is. He did about 5 songs and the entire bar took notice. After the first song owner Mike came by and told me to make sure Mike has his contact info and to get in touch with him. Pretty cool.

Mike at KC's

After he finished his few songs, Jan got back up to finish the night. We hung around and chatted with our friends. Mike loved the bar and the sand made it perfect in his mind. I drove Mike back to the Emerald Grande and I headed home for the night. It was cool hanging out with him and Wayne.

This weekend is going to be busy. As I mentioned, we have the two SDB shows at Crab Island Cantina tonight and Sunday. Over in Panama City is their Parrothead event Rendezvous. Over 550 Parrotheads from around the country will be there. That will be fun. We will be there Friday and Saturday.

A full report on the weekend on Monday. See ya then!