The onslaught began Friday and Saturday with inbound traffic looking like a summer weekend. Saturday afternoon, Sunshine Cindy, Wayne and I headed to Bluewater Bay and Ciao Bella Pizza shop to listen to music. A musician friend, Eric Stone was going to be in town and playing there. The traffic coming into Destin was bumper to bumper. From the toll booth at the Mid-Bay bridge traffic was backed up to Hwy 20.
Inside of Ciao Bella is a small bar called the Blue Bar. The owner of Ciao Bella is an old friend of Eric’s and hires him to play whenever he is in town. Even though it was last minute we had some friends show up. Mark, Stephanie, Cliff, Sharon, Paul, Debbie and Rob were all there. We had a fun time. Eric used to live in Destin and he would hang out on the beach with us back in the day. It was good catching up with him.
Last Wednesday we had a special ECPHC board meeting at Royal Palm Grill in Seaside Resort. This was a planning meeting for our upcoming “Phins for Phurry Phriends Deck Party” that will be held May 12th on the pool deck at Royal Palms. This should be a fun venue for our event. Check us out on Eventbrite for tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phins-for-phurry-phriends-deck-party-tickets-44508713761?aff=es2 Tickets are only $20 PP and all proceeds benefit Alaqua Animal Rescue. Everyone 21 and over is welcome.
Friday afternoon Sunshine Cindy and I headed to the harbor and Tailfins for a late lunch. They have reopened the lower level after having to rebuild all the decking due to a fire. It was good to be back in our usual spot. Victoria was behind the bar and Jasmine took good care of us. We talked to Johnny the owner a little telling him they did a great job on the rebuild. We noticed they have added more docks and rental pontoon boats. They also moved the outside trailer bar a little to give more room to walk on the back side. All in all they did a good job and it was pretty busy.
After having our late lunch we decided to walk down to The Boathouse. They were just opening for the evening. We got a seat at the bar. The place quickly filled up. Jack came in. We had not seen him in a long time. He was looking good. We talked to a charter boat captain. He was an interesting person. I don’t remember his name but his dog was Ozzie. He was a cute pup who spent most of him time under the captain’s bar stool although he did wander a couple times to get petted by a pretty girl or two. Smart dog!
Our football watching friend Donny came in and we had a chance to catch up with him for a while. All in all we had a fun time.
We left and headed back towards Tailfins. Ronny was playing so we grabbed an outside table to listen to him and dance a little. Sadly this was Ronny’s last day in town. He has taken a job as a music director on a cruise ship. Good luck to Ronny but he will be missed. We saw several more friends while we were down there. James and Jonelle walked by and chatted with us for a few minutes. We had a good time but it was time to get home to Chaos.
Easter Sunday was spent at the Casa with the in-laws. The weather was perfect. I grilled baby back ribs and we had a nice relaxing day.
In the Gulf you never know what you might see. A Humpback Whale and a Great White Shark have been spotted in the last week in the Gulf. That is unusual for our area but not unheard of. But just remember, when you swim in the Gulf you are in the food chain!
Surprise surprise… Southern Living Magazine has named Destin’s beach the third best in the South. I think we should have been number one but I am biased.
Another Broken Egg restaurants in Destin and Grayton Beach have changed their name to “Cracklings.” The owners have parted ways with the Another Broken Egg franchise and gone out on their own. They have the same owners and management team, just a new name. They plan to keep most of the menu the same too.
Have a great week. See ya next Monday.
Destin Steve
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