Mood:  celebratory

Today is the last day of Schooner's Lobster fest. Be sure to check it out if you are in Panama City Beach.

Here is there schedule for today:
11am – Beach Stage goes live with music & games for families and children
11am – 6pm - Lobster FEAST Buffet on the Beach & Beach Party
11am – till – Lobster specials on the menu all day till close
12pm-3pm – Weigh-Ins, SCALES CLOSE at 3pm
4pm – Lobster Auction, Diver Awards & Door Prize Raffle on the Main Stage
5pm-7:30pm – SAUCE BOSS on the Beach Stage
8pm – GRAND PRIZE DRAWING
8:30-11:30pm – HERITAGE on the Beach Stage.

Mood:  special

It's been a while since I've blogged. I haven't been down since April, but came across this itme that thought needed to be shared.

It's tax free weekend in time for school. Purchases over $75 not included.

See attached for a complete list.

http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/tips/pdf/tip11a01-03_list.pdf

Mood:  party time!

The Seabreeze Jazz Festival starts April 13th at Aaron Bessant Park in Pier Park and is set up to be the biggest year ever.

The lineup for each day is as follows:

Wednesday April 13

Dinner and Entertainment abroad the Lady Anderson. Cruise departs promptly at 7pm, Dinner will be served. Dinner will be a selection of hot entrees (Seafood, Carved Beef and Pasta Dishes), Vegetables, Salad, Fruit, Rolls with Butter and Dessert. Coffee and Tea. A Cash Bar will be available. Following Dinner Jazz Entertainment will be provided Eric Darius. Meet and Greet and CD signing to follow. Cruise will return to the docks at 10pm. Given that the cruise is on the Lady Anderson, I would assume that it’s going out of Captain Anderson’s Marina, but it’s not stated on the website.

Thursday April 14

3 pm – Free kickoff concert at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville in Pier Park.  Dotsero is playing. 5 pm – VIP entrance to Aaron Bessant Park. 5:15 pm – General admission to Aaron Bessant Park. 6 pm – Roman Street. 6:30 pm – Boney James. 8:30 pm – George Benson

Friday April 15

3 pm – Meet and greet at Borders in Pier Park. 5 pm – VIP entrance. 5:15 pm – General admission entrance. 6 pm – Seabreeze Rising Stars: Nicholas Cole, Julian Vaughn, Marcus Anderson. 7:15 pm – Joey Sommerville. 8:30 pm – Gentlemen of the Night: Warren Hill, Marion Meadows, Paul Taylor. 10:30 pm – After party at Reggae J’s hosted by Eric Darius and other various artists

Saturday April 16

8:30 am – VIP entrance. 9 am – General admission entrance. 10 am – Dostero. 11:30 am – Cindy Bradley. 1 pm – Eric Darius. 3 pm – Euge Groove. 5:30 pm – Brian Culbertson. 7:30 pm – Summer Jam: Norman Brown and Richard Elliot. 10:30 pm – After party at Raggae J’s hosted by Eric Darius and other various artists

Sunday April 17

8:30 am – VIP entrance. 9 am – General admission entrance. 10 am – Jones & Company. 11:30 am – Robert Harris. 1 pm – Mindi Abair. 3 pm – Ken Ford. 5 pm – Candy Dulfer. 7 pm – Guitars and Saxes: Gerald Albright, Krik Whalum, Peter White, Jeff Golub

 You can find more info at: Seabreeze Jazz Festival

Also, check out PCBDAILY for a change to win tickets to the event. Details at: PCBDAILY.COM

Mood:  energetic

Students from the Geography and Environmental Science Student Association will be hosting a UBB cleanup at Panama City Beach. FSU’s GESSA is an organization of dedicated members that want to make sure our oceans stay clean.

• Begin: March 26, 2011 at 10:00
• End: March 26, 2011 at 13:00
• Place: Panama City Beach, FL

More details can be found at

http://unitedbyblue.org/events/events/gessas-ubb-cleanup-at-panama-city-beach/

Mood:  celebratory

Pier Park celebrates Mardi Gras this weekend. Panama City Beach’s Pier Park open-air lifestyle has two days of fun, food and entertainment.

Friday, March 4- (5pm): The streets of Pier Park are closed to vehicular traffic and the second line parade begins as spectators form behind the brass band waving handkerchiefs, parasols or their arms in the air.

Saturday, March 5- (10am): Festivities kick-off with a kid’s parade winding through the colorful mix of stores and restaurants in Pier Park

(11am-2pm): Kids can participate in a fun-filled activity center as well as participate in a pirate costume contest, treasure hunt, face painting and mask painting.

(2pm): The Mardi Gras parade with King, Queen and Court begins,  as floats make their way along Front Beach Road and march through Pier Park.  The fun continues after the parade with live entertainment, regal costumes, masks, beads, trinkets, Cajun fare including gumbo and low-country boils, and much more.

(9pm): The evening ends with a fireworks display over the Gulf.

Both days are open to the public with free admission.

Mood:  energetic

Vision Airlines is in the process of becoming a scheduled air carrier with service to 23 cities mostly in Florida and the south. The airline will have the new Northwest Florida Regional Airport near Destin/Fort Walton Beach as its hub for destinations in Florida. The airline, which has been in the charter business for 16 years, put together a business plan focused on offering flights departing from southern U.S. cities that it says lack low-cost, direct jet service to destinations in Florida. They say that people in these cities mostly fly in regional jets, endure long layovers while connecting through other cities, and pay high airfares.

Vision Airlines now offers Boeing 737 jet flights on direct routes that other airlines do not fly.

You can finish reading the article at

http://aero-news.net/index.cfm?printable=1&ContentBlockID=83daf6ac-788e-4ad5-822e-1dc2a4458436&