A July 4th Weekend

This 3 day Fourth of July weekend turned out beautiful weather-wise for most of the weekend. We went to the beach on the Fourth. There were a good number of people there. The water temperature was refreshing. There was this sailboat sailing back and forth with this pirate flag displayed. Captain Jack Sparrow, perhaps?

We headed over to Gulfport after leaving Sunset Beach to check out some pasta with shrimp. There was a street fair going on, with a parade and fireworks planned for later that evening. We ended up at the Backfin Blue Cafe where the dinners hit the spot. We ended with the Key Lime Pie.

Later that evening we headed up my street to the Bay to watch the fireworks over at the Pier. Reminded me of Albany when all of these people come out of the woodwork to watch! I've never seen the park so crowded up as far as my street!

On Saturday night Wayne invited over a few people for pizza and a movie night. He made 3 different pizzas: pepperoni, white pizza with ricotta and sauted spinach, and a sausage, pepper, olive and mushroom one. All of the dough was made from scratch; and one of them had white wine in it.

On Sunday night The GALA Choruses of Sarasota and Tampa Bay (Gulf Coast Men's Chorus, Crescendo, the Tampa Bay Women's Chorus and The UV Rays and Una Voce) presented a Friends and Family Concert in St Petersburg. Just before the program began, a wicked thunderstorm blew thru and the power was knocked out. Luckily, some of the lights were still lit. Unfortunately, the A/C was knocked out! However, the program was wonderful! Brought the house to it's feet!

Afterwards a bunch of us went over to Georgie's to celebrate the end of the July 4th Weekend and to get something to eat!