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Let your hair down on what many call the most festive day of the year, Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. “Laissez les bon temps rouler” (let the good times roll) with the 10th annual Fat Tuesday Baytowne Bash Parade rolling through Sandestin. Parade starts at 5:00 pm at the The Village of Baytowne Wharf.
Getting worried that your vacation’s just going to be sitting on the beach? Just Chute Me can help, allowing you to float high above the ocean and sand of Destin. The company is reliable, with over 100,000 flights under its belt and 17 years in the business. Another advantage they offer is a takeoff and land system that is based from the boat’s flight deck. You can fly two or three at a time and get a discount if your group size is 10 or more. Be sure to call ahead to make sure there is a boat with your name on it, as reservations are required. Boats can hold up to 12 passengers and all boats are certified by the US Coast Guard. The captain and crews regularly get positive reviews for the ten-minute ride, which lets you take spectacular photos of the area. A word on finding the office of Just Chute Me: don’t blink or you’ll miss it, as it’s just a small hut right on the water.
Just Chute Me Parasailing
500 Harbor Boulevard
Destin, FL 32541
(850) 650-4630
If you’re a fan of flying machines, check out Pensacola’s National Naval Aviation Museum, where you can watch the Blue Angels at practice air show, ride in a Top Gun Air Combat simulator, or catch a movie in a seven-story giant screen Imax theatre. It’s actually located on a naval base, and when you go you can see over 150 stunningly restored aircraft and over 4,000 artifacts representing aviation from across the branches of the military. Best of all? Admission is free. You can also visit the Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Library, where personal and official papers, squadron records, and photo collections relating to naval aviation service can be viewed. If you need a break while visiting this, the largest naval aviation museum in the world, you can stop by the Cubi Bar Café, decorated with plaques from an old Officers’ Club in the Philippines.
National Naval Aviation Museum
1750 Radford Boulevard
Pensacola, FL 32508
(850) 452-3604
Going to Dockside Ale House in the Destin area is your bet if you’re looking for good beer and abundant open indoor and outdoor space. Plenty of people come here to relax over a brew or two, whether it’s to sit and talk with new or old friends or to take in the game that’s on TV on one of the flat screens inside. There are domestic and import options too and a user-friendly approach with a checklist menu system makes it easy for you to request your favorite beers on tap for the future. They pride themselves on not being a “cookie cutter sameness machine” and that kind of vibe and spirit pervades the service as well as the beverages on offer. If you’d like to go to check it out for yourself, call in advance or check the website, as the days and hours vary as the seasons change.
Dockside Ale House
288 Harbor Boulevard
Destin, FL 32541
(850) 428-3313
After a long day at the beach in Destin, Florida, liven up your night with a trip to Howl at the Moon, a dueling piano rock-n-roll show that gets the audience moving and stomping and having a great time. Howl picks songs that you’ll know and has some of the best piano players in the region who are born entertainers. Customers range in age, though you must be 18 to enter and, of course, 21 to drink; as the night wears on the jokes get sassier, so if you’re easily offended you might want to think twice. If you’re a standout pianist yourself rumor has it you just might end up on stage yourself, entertaining the tourists, locals, or special event attendees celebrating a promotion, birthday, or anniversary. You won’t have a hard time having a good time at Howl at the Moon; comedians also perform on Sunday nights, which you can learn more about through the Howl website. You can make a reservation to get good seats, though a reservation does mean you have to be there by 8 p.m.
Howl at the Moon
1450 Miracle Strip Parkway SE
Suite 203
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
(850) 301-0111
The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation in Destin is one of the top arts organizations serving the counties of Walton and Oskaloosa. The foundation offers educational outreach programs throughout these counties, and focuses on community support. As such, membership with the foundation benefits this work and helps enrich the Destin area with more arts and culture. If you go to visit the Mattie Kelly Cultural Arts Village, you can check out exhibits and performances by artists from near by and far away. The center organizes activities to promote the arts such as the Destin Festival Artist Home Tour, spotlighting local artists who have their work in private homes in communities including Kelly Plantation and Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. The center will be expanding, creating a cultural arts village with an amphitheater with seating to accommodate 1,500 attendees and a village green, where live concerts, festivals, and dance and theatrical presentations can reach the people.
Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation
4323 Commons Drive W
Destin, FL 32541
(850) 650-2226
The Pensacola Little Theatre brings the theatre to adults and children of Northwest Florida, allowing them to experience musicals, comedies and much much more, in addition to actually participating in acting classes and full productions themselves. The theatre also works with local schools to nurture children as artistic beings and equip them with the artistic tools that can help them understand their surroundings and lives better. If you’re not the acting type but you want to participate in the theatre there are plenty of opportunities for volunteering, too. The Little Education Department trains performers and designers of all ages, with classes on drama from pre-kindergarten to adult. There are also over 15 shows produced here a year by the participants, helping those involve develop robust skills to create professional theatre productions. And for the angsty teen in your house, there´s the Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company as well as the Lab Rats Junior Improv Club to help them channel their energy. Don´t miss out!
Pensacola Little Theatre
400 S. Jefferson Street
Pensacola, FL 32502
(850) 432-2042
Enjoy free admission at the Air Force Armament Museum in Destin, Florida, where you can explore a collection of weaponry and displays of famous birds of prey including the SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest plane ever built. Planes from the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf War eras can be seen too and help children and adult visitors alike appreciate or revisit the realities of history. The displays are interactive, making it possibly worth a visit if you have kids who would like to clamber around the cockpit of a historical relic. The place is open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. If you go with a group, try to call in advance to ensure the museum isn’t also being visited by another group at the same time – it’s a small place. The museum was built in the 80’s and has a small theater with a short film discussing the history of the base.
Air Force Armament Museum
100 Museum Drive
Eglin AFB, FL 32542
(850) 651-1808
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