Busy weekend in Destin

It was another fantastic fall weekend in Destin. The weather continues to be perfect. The town was crowded with tourist as it appears there are some fall school breaks going on. Add in the Columbus Day holiday and it is a three day weekend for many folks.

Great Sunday Morning

On Thursday I stopped in at Tapworks on my way home from work. Tapworks is a craft beer bar located in the KC’s Sandbar complex in downtown Ft. Walton Beach. It is a great spot with 60 beers on tap. They also have some craft liquors to go with the beers. It is a cozy place that I will get back and visit again soon. When I left Tapworks, I stopped at Harry T’s. Alan and Jackie were there. I had not seen them since they got into town on Monday and they were leaving on Friday. There was a perfect sunset over the Destin bridge. The harbor was crowded and all the tour boats were full. I could tell it was going to be a busy weekend in town.

Sunset from Harry T's

We all left Harry T’s and stopped at Landshark. We chatted some more while watching some of the Thursday night football game. It was a nice visit with them. They will be back for the winter in a few weeks. They are good folks and we enjoy their company.

Friday was nice. I ordered some flowers for Sunshine Cindy as we have been together 6 years now. I got them from a local florist called Pavlic. Turns out the lady who owns the place is also Croatian. We had a nice talk about Croatia and living in Destin. Sunshine Cindy and I met for lunch at Friday’s. We sat outside enjoying the nice weather. Friday night we had a Parrothead meeting at Harry T’s. And who do we see there but none other than the florist lady. I am now her Croatian Buddy! LOL

Tapworks

After the meeting we stopped in at Crab Island Cantina. Dominic and Mike were working. Greg had the night off but he stopped in for a while. Judy was staying busy as the place was full. We made one more stop at Crazy Lobster. Tom and Sandy were at the bar and we joined them. Jesse was working and again, there was a big crowd of tourist there too. That is good news since last weekend all the places lost out big because of the seafood festival being cancelled.

Saturday was low key. We were doing a lot of work around the house. I also spent a lot of time on the Crab Island Mambo Mullet Wrapper newsletter. It will be published later today. I did get out for a while in the afternoon and stopped at Landshark Pizza. B came in and joined me. Jason and Stephanie were trying to keep everyone happy as the place filled up. I stayed for a while and then called it a night.

Fun time watching the Browns

Sunday started out with a bike ride. I rode a little over 11 miles. A good bit of the ride was along the beach. The morning was perfect with no humidity and clear blue skies. In the afternoon Sunshine Cindy and I went to Kenny D’s to join Tom and Sandy in watching the Browns game. We had comedian for a waitress. She was giving everyone a hard time and we gave it back. Tom and Sandy are there each week to watch the Browns and they love cutting up with this waitress. I think her name was Julie but it helped make watching the Browns lose a little more bearable.

After the game we stopped in at Sago. Brian and Bruce were at a table and we joined them. Tommy was running around keeping all the TV’s on the right games. The outside patio area was pretty full with folks enjoying the nice weather. The Saints game was the big draw and all the Saints fans went home sad as they lost in the last couple of seconds of the game. From there we went home to get ready for the work week.

Have a great week. See ya Thursday!