Panama City Beach - Shopping

Here is another Pier Park Update.

New stores are opening in Pier Park in Panama City Beach almost daily. The new stores join Target, The Grand 16 Theatres, Panera Bread and LongHorn Steakhouse, which are already open.

The anchor stores opening in February/March include: Dillard’s, JC Penney and Old Navy.

Lots of specialty shops to are opening as well including : Alltel, Beach Scene, Bebo’z Gifts & Collectibles, Bootleg Barbeque, Buffalo Wild Wings, Camille’s Sidewalk Café, Candymaker, Del Sol, Emerald Coast Photography, Fish Tales, Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries, Gamestop, GNC, , Guglielmo’s Italian Restaurant, Hofbrau Beer Garden, Jake at the Beach, Kilwin's Chocolates & Ice Cream, Marble Slab Creamery, Margaritaville, Massage Envy, Merle Norman Cosmetics, Mermaid Trading Co., No Regrets Stationary and Gifts, Payless Shoes, Quizno's, Red Brick Pizza, Ron Jon Surf Shop, Smoothie King, Southern Water Outfitters, Starbucks, Sunglass World, TaToe Tots, The Back Porch, Trader Tom's, ULTA Cosmetics and Unique Boutique by Irene & Co.

Please make comments on the blog and let us know about your favorite stores!

Jerry
Panama City Beach Condos for Rent

Panama City Beach Airport Update

Yea!! There was good news for those of us that support the new Panama City Beach Airport on Thursday because a federal judge in Jacksonville declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the new airport in West Bay. Several environmental groups requested the injunction as part of a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers. The groups want to reverse a permit issued by the corps that allows the Airport Authority to build a new airport in West Bay.

Who knows what the environmental groups will try next. Hopefully the efforts to stop the airport construction will end and the construction will begin full force.

Jerry
Panama City Beach Condos for Rent

Panama City Beach - Mexico Beach Fun

It's gumbo time in Mexico Beach Saturday February 16th!!!

Saturday is the 10th anniversary of the Mexico Beach Mardi Gras Gumbo Cook-off in Sunset Park next to the El Governor on U.S. 98.

Festivities begin at 10:30 a.m. and last until the gumbo is sold out. People interested in gumbo, barbecue, stew and other offered dishes should arrive early, as food usually runs out quickly.

Enjoy the gumbo. If you go let us know what we missed.

Jerry
Panama City Beach Condos for Rent

Panama City Beach Valentines Day Treats

Looking for a new place to treat your family on Valentines Day? Why not try Kilwins Chocolates and Ice Cream a brand new store at 821 Pier Park Drive in Panama City Beach.

The Grand Opening Celebration is slated for February 14th, 2008. Marc and Yvonne invite your entire family to join them in the opening festivities. Store hours for the Grand Opening are 11:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Normal operating hours will be Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 9:30, Friday and Saturday – 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 9:00 p.m. Every customer will be delighted with the long glass cases brimming with Kilwin’s famous handmade chocolates, the marble tables where fudge, peanut brittle, caramel corn, caramel apples and many other confections are created daily. Kilwin’s also has a wide variety of original recipe ice cream that will catch your eye as well as your taste buds. The ice cream is served in a conventional or a handmade waffle cone. The shoppe will feature gift baskets, trays and special occasion treats.

Enjoy!

After your visit post a comment and let us know about your visit and your favorite treats.

Jerry
Panama City Beach Condos for Rent

Panama City Beach Golf with Bobby Bowden

Would you like to golf with Bobby Bowden?

Enjoy playing golf with Flordia State Football coach Bobby Bowden, at the FSU Golf Classic. Come down March 7, 2008 to play with Bobby, with both Morning and afternoon rounds avaliable at Hombre Golf Club. For more information please call 850-770-2153.

Jerry
Panama City Beach Condos for Rent

Panama City Beach - Winter Festival Possible?

The Panama City Beach officials are considering an annual winter festival at Pier Park. Imagine outdoor ice-skating at Pier Park, horse-drawn carriage rides along Front Beach Road, gulf beachfront resorts festooned with Christmas lights and a massive fireworks display to ring in the New Year.
“I think it would be a very, very good thing for Panama City Beach,” Mayor Gayle Oberst said this week. “This would be a wonderful way to give the whole month of December over to celebrating the winter season, for tourists and for those of us who live here as well.”
As discussed by the TDC committee, a Pier Park and Front Beach Road festival could include hiring an outside company that would erect an ice-skating rink, install a snowfield for sledding and bring in other attractions such as horse-drawn carriages. Other possible elements include outdoor motion pictures at Aaron Bessant Park, a major Christmas lighting contest for Front Beach Road residences and businesses and a rocking fireworks show on New Year’s Eve. One TDC official even suggested that at midnight on New Year’s Eve there could be a beach ball drop.
What suggestions do you have for the chamber or TDC?
Jerry
Panama City Beach Condos for Rent

Panama City Beach Fishing

Red Snapper decision made Thursday...The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted unanimously Thursday to maintain the Gulf of Mexico recreational red snapper season from April 15 to Oct. 31, but reduced the red snapper bag limit from four fish to two fish per person per day.
It is nice to have the opportunity to fish a longer season. The limit reduction seems like a good compromise.

Jerry
Panama City Beach Condos for Rent