OT: Off-Topic, again.

[PredsV82]

I love Panama city beach. That white sand is what makes the gulf beaches better than other beaches. I'll be there in August! I didn't go last year because of covid and I've been having withdrawals!

Redneck Rivera is the perfect description!

I'll be in Destin the first week of August. I'm hoping they dont have the big seaweed plague that they have occasionally had when I go in the summer.

 

[triggrman]

We’ll be at Seaside in October

 

[PredsV82]

We’ll be at Seaside in October

How are the temperatures then? Can you still comfortably get in the water?

 

[triggrman]

How are the temperatures then? Can you still comfortably get in the water?

Mid 80s water is perfect

 

[Adz]

So glad you got a lucid day. Dementia is the cruelest of diseases. My dad was widely recognized as one of the top legal minds in KY and a speech he gave when he was in the state Senate is still cited today. And then for the last year of his life the only coherent phrase he could say was "oh shit!"

That's terribly sad. Her daughter said that fortunately she's mostly happy but occasionally she rebels. That's her personality coming through but I don't think she let her daughters in on that. Ha!

 

[NoNecksCurse]

Basically if you're from Mid-TN and you've heard of a beach in FL... it's an overcrowded tourist trap. Best part of living there was knowing where to go to avoid all that. Of course it helps not having to book a hotel and look for restaurants too, so you can get away with the more unknown places.

Wouldn’t mind you naming a place or 2 for future reference

 

[desmondtootoo]

This is the perfect description. Bud & Alley's vs. Club LaVela (RIP)

Lol .... La Vela + Spinnakers + the Sip ‘n Cue + Glenn’s BBQ + D’s oyster bar + Thunderbirds .... and that was 40 years ago.
All available for spending a few years at good old Tyndall AFB.
Some of these places got wrecked in the big hurricane just a couple years ago.

 

[Adz]

Lol .... La Vela + Spinnakers + the Sip ‘n Cue + Glenn’s BBQ + D’s oyster bar + Thunderbirds .... and that was 40 years ago.
All available for spending a few years at good old Tyndall AFB.
Some of these places got wrecked in the big hurricane just a couple years ago.

The person I went to see's ex was at Tyndall at probably the same time. Mike Vaughn--maybe you knew him, more likely you didn't. 303/Steve and he were related, which I learned when he posted some family names on FB and I recognized them from when Martha and Mike were considering some family names for their first child.

 

[101st_fan]

I'll be in Destin the first week of August. I'm hoping they dont have the big seaweed plague that they have occasionally had when I go in the summer.

A bit early for a free place to stay.

 

[101st_fan]

So, a thing happened.

 

[BigFatCat999]

So, a thing happened.


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Congrats

 

[PredsV82]

So, a thing happened.


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Nice. Come home to the land of white sand beaches and Delta variant COVID

 

[101st_fan]

Nice. Come home to the land of white sand beaches and Delta variant COVID

I was just in Spain a few weeks ago.

 

[predhead1]

So, a thing happened.


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Congrats - where to now?

 

[101st_fan]

Congrats - where to now?

Depends where the jobs are. Looking like Florida.

 

[hockey diva]

Hoping TPTB readjust the divisions on the board soon...

 

[Legionnaire11]

Hoping TPTB readjust the divisions on the board soon...

Looks like it will happen after free agency starts on the 28th, so another week or two.

 

[Marty Party]

Has anyone here ever dined at Bourbon Steak on the 34th floor of the JW Marriott? If so, what was your experience like? I'm thinking about putting in a reservation in August. Thanks.

 

[sparkle twin]

Has anyone here ever dined at Bourbon Steak on the 34th floor of the JW Marriott? If so, what was your experience like? I'm thinking about putting in a reservation in August. Thanks.

A couple that I know just had dinner there last weekend. They loved it. They had something with lobster, a lobster pot pie I think it was. Whatever it was it was huge! On my friends FB post she definitely recommended going there!

 

[braindead]

Has anyone here ever dined at Bourbon Steak on the 34th floor of the JW Marriott? If so, what was your experience like? I'm thinking about putting in a reservation in August. Thanks.

Very solid, very good, not spectacular food. Not as good as Kayne Prime, better than most of the other downtown steak places. Go early and get a drink on the terrace- bar area can be overrun but still manageable. Most tables don’t have a direct view outside but still nice even if you aren’t on the glass. More of an middle age adult place than hipster college age place, not surprisingly.

 

[desmondtootoo]

So, a thing happened.


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Congrats.

But of course the bad half of my brain wants to say
“You were extradited from Germany to the US ?”

How many years in ?

 

[101st_fan]

2nd Ave brought tears to my eyes.

 

[Seth Lake]

2nd Ave brought tears to my eyes.

Haven’t been down there since before Christmas Day, but seeing the images always sends a chill down my spine.

 

[Marty Party]

 

[bdub24]

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My god. Shocking to see it look like that still.