Sunshine Cindy and I had a slower week after all of the activities we had the previous week. But that does not mean we were hermits. Tuesday was Sunshine Cindy birthday. We went to The Boathouse to celebrate and listen to BT play music. Julie and Wayne joined us. BT made sure everyone in the place knew it was her birthday as he announced it about a dozen times. Next thing you know strangers are buying her shots. Sunshine Cindy loves her Jager and she ended up with 5 shots total. There is something about The Boathouse…everyone always has a good time there and this night was no exception. Somehow she was able to get up and go to work the next morning too! lol
Friday night I stopped at The Crust Pizzeria on the way home from work. Charley was there and the place was slow at that hour so we had a chance to catch up. The biggest news is Charley is going to open another Crust in June. This time it will be in Fort Walton Beach on Lewis Turner Blvd in the old Mama Rosa location. It will be a full restaurant where he will serve his pasta dishes as well as his pizza, wings and subs.
For those keeping score…Charley will now have the original Destin location on the harbor, the late night satellite location in front of AJ’s, the restaurant in Mary Ester by the mall and now this newest location. So much for slowing down like he said we was wanting to do! Check out any of his places when you are in town as he has great food!
On Saturday we helped promote a show at Landshark Pizza with Matt Hoggatt. Matt put on a great show. We had a decent crowd show up and everyone had a fun time. We want to thank Brian for bringing in Matt. He played from 4-7 pm but Sunshine Cindy and I didn’t leave till about 9:30 as we were BS’ing with friends. We were the last to leave with Wayne. Once again the last folks standing!
We got off to a slow start on Sunday. We had decided to head to the harbor for brunch but didn’t leave till almost 1 pm. We took Chaos as she loves to go with us. We stopped at Tailfins for brunch. It was pretty busy down on the harbor and Tailfins was busy too. We enjoyed our meals then decided to walk down to Crab Island Cantina. BT plays there on Sundays so we thought we have a beer, listen to BT for a while then head home.
Well…It was a great plan but we didn’t execute it very well. First there was a group of folks in our usual favorite spot. They were locals celebrating a birthday. They had a big dog that Chaos became friends with. There was a couple sitting at the bar that we had met a few weeks ago. They love listening to BT too. Next thing you know we were several beers into it and the time was getting away from us. We finally headed back to the car. Chaos was now a tired puppy too. Back at home we ended up on our back porch for several hours enjoying the last of Sunday Funday!
This past weekend was Thunder Beach on Panama City Beach. This is a big biker rally that draws thousands of riders. Okaloosa Island tried to get some of the action by having big tents in the parking lot of the Boardwalk with bikes for sale, a stage with music and a poker run. There were motorcycles everywhere in town. The bikers are a major economic engine for our area and are welcomed with open arms. Many of my friends ride too.
Construction is coming along on the breakfast place, Asiago Skillet that will be opening in the same building as Landshark Pizza. They should be open by Summer I would think. The old Malibu Jack’s is getting some major construction done. I have still not heard what is going on there but it would not surprise me if they are enlarging it as you could only put 7 or 8 people in there previously.
This week is Cinco de Mayo on Thursday. There are a lot of things going on at the harbor that day including the “Blessing of the Fleet” as the fishing boats get blessed for a safe and prosperous season. Saturday we have a house concert at our friends Bobby and Darla’s house. That will be a fun time for sure! I will have a full report next Monday as we continue to “Embrace the Chaos” in Destin!!!
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