The buzz this week on the beach was the grand opening of Hurricane Grill and Wings. I’ll just get it out of the way now - not worth the time.
I was in a party of 4, and we sat on the deck. There were 3 empty tables there at the time. The waitress took our drink order, and brought back the wrong drink for 1 in our party. My friend kept the wrong drink. The waitress took our food order, and left. We had kept our orders very simple - we all had the boneless chicken wings, each plate a different flavor.
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September 7th, 2008 | Category: Restaurants | Comments (3)
St. Augustine has plenty of tourist attractions to keep one occupied. Fort Matanzas is my personal favorite.
The Fort was built in 1740-1742 at the southern end of Anastasia Island. This area is where the ocean meets the Matanzas River, the inlet. The town itself had the Castillo De San Marco, but found themselves open to attack from the inlet. At the time, St. Augustine was under Spanish rule, and they feared attack from the British. So, Fort Matanzas was built as a lookout.
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August 30th, 2008 | Category: Sights | Comments (2)
The Betty Griffin House Thrift Shoppe is located on Anastasia Island. It is run on behalf of Betty Griffin House, which in itself is shelter for abused women and their minor children. The thrift store is run independent of the shelter, with proceeds going to the abused.
It is the largest thrift shop in town, being housed in what was once a Winn Dixie. The store has merchandise of all kinds. A lot of it is donated by people who can’t use it anymore, by families of deceased, stores going out of business. You honestly never know what you’re going to find.
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August 30th, 2008 | Category: Stores | Comments (2)
