After a giant hug and getting her bag we headed from the airport for a snack at Bahama Breeze! This has always been a stock place to go after picking one up from the airport with my sisters and I. We shared a yummy fire roasted jerk shrimp appetizer and then headed to Brandon Mall to my Coach store to indulge in deletes! There was to be some partying this weekend so we decided to go get our nails done. After trucking through the traffic on 275 we made it to Ocean Nails just in time for a mani and a pedi. My toes are flourescent pink and I just love them! We spent the weekend in Clearwater since it was close to the beach and that was going to be the main attraction so we headed over to my sisters house to get ready for a night out. The original plan was dinner and dancing at The Venue. Takara there has delicious sushi and melanie and I are big sushi fans, as well as my sister, so we went there for dinner but tonight just so happened to be the night Grammy-award-winning Roger Sanchez was doing his thing. This negated ladies night, which is typically free cover for ladies and ladies drinking anything they want for FREE from 10-12. Needless to say we didn't stay. After a yummy Rock n Roll, Volcano, VIP and Dynamite roll we headed to Push Ultra Lounge in downtown St. Pete. The music here didn't start off as good. I don't know what was up with the clubs this weekend but it wasn't your typical top 40 dance hits, which I enjoy most. Club specials can get so tricky, too, with the time restraints. Fortunately it was Absolutely Ladies Night with $3 Absolut. Enjoy. Since this was Melanie's first trip to Tampa we had to get a Sex with an Alligator shot! Dangerously delicious.The rest of the night consisted of tons of dancing and fun until about 2:30 a.m.! The city of St. Pete just recently allowed their clubs to stay open until 3 a.m. Many people of Pinellas county would leave the clubs there and head over to Tampa where those clubs remain open until 3 a.m. Better for business. Better for the roads.
Saturday was spent at Clearwater Beach with a yummy lunch at Frenchy's on the beach. This was our lovely lunch view:
That night we jammed a lot of adventures into the night! After cleaning all the sand off of us and not smelling like sunscreen anymore we headed to Mugs and Jugs for dinner! The original Hooters in located in Clearwater, FL ... minutes from my sisters house but apparently I'm the only one that enjoys Hooters. My sister doesn't like their wings and Melanie was a little hesistant so Mugs and Jugs ... voted best wings in Tampa since 1999, it was! Yum! Then we went and saw "Letters to Juliet." This movie was different but sweet. My cynical self found it a little cliche and cheesy but what can you expect when Taylor Swift's "Love Story" was in the trailer? A good one to go see with your girlf friends or sisters though!
Then we met up with my parents at the Hard Rock Casino, where we enjoyed some "Samgrias" (my favorite bartender's name is Sam and she makes them sooooo yummy so I renamed the drink), played some House of the Dead Ex slot and moved on to Jackson's. They weren't kidding when say said South Beach comes to Tampa on Saturday nights. This place was packed, crazy and fun! You could barely walk. Jackson's is great because there is something for everyone. On this night they had the outdoor patio (which overlooks the bay) playing house type music, the indoor dance area was playing salsa/latin music and then the bistro bar was playing top 40 dance hits. We had an absolute blast and met people from Puerto Rico, Venezuela and I even found my Norwegian friend!
After only three blissful house of sleep, we spent Sunday out on the my sister's husband, Barry's, boat. The water at our Caladisi Island (previously voted one of the top beaches) was absolutely beautiful! The water looked almost Carribean and it was just a perfect day to be out on the boat with a subtle breeze.
While on our voting adventure we saw Hulk Hogan's house, wild dolphins and even a manatee! That was incredible. It was a perfect day to spend with family and friends. When we docked we met up with some of Barry's firefighter friends. Melanie and I had such a wonderful weekend and it was sad to take her back to the airport! We got matching white sunglasses and I'll always think of our amazing weekend when I wear them! She is one of the very few people I still keep in touch with from Texas.
Great friends are a rare find and like Carrie from Sex and the City says, "♥ They say nothing lasts forever; dreams change, trends come and go, but friendships never go out of style. ♥"
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