Panama City Beach: The West Is The Best!
Hey, West Enders! A “grow the arts” project is in the works in Panama City Beach. Panama City Beach is partnering with the Sunshine Art Center. The plan is to install marine life statues around Panama City Beach, and then allow some lucky locals, not professional artists, to customize the …
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It’s another one of those picture perfect days we all know and love at West End PCB! Everybody head down to our beautiful beaches and take in some of the natural splendor. What more could you ask for!? Ok… a green flag would be nice 😛 … but Yellow ain’t …
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Dog-Friendly Hike We took the kids and dogs to explore Panama City Beach’s Conservation Park today. We didn’t have the best shoes for a hike (mostly flip flops), but it was totally fine. We took the loop around Cypress Pond Trail which has two sections of boardwalk over the marsh, …
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PCB Columbus Day Weekend Fun: Pirates of the High Seas Fest Columbus Day weekend brings waves of fun-filled adventures to Panama City Beach with the annual Pirates of the High Seas Fest. This year’s FREE Pirates of the High Sea festival setting sail October 7-9, 2016, is sure to take …
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Alys Beach 5K & Fun Run Returns in September 2016. The course winds through the resort town Along Hwy 30A. Fun for kids and adults of all ages.
The Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, a 3-day country music festival in Panama City Beach, FL. returns Labor Day weekend (September 2nd – 4th, 2016).
Find out where to celebrate the 4th of July and watch fireworks near Panama City Beach. There are several events you can attend in Panama City/Panama City Beach for your Independence Day celebration. Happy Fourth! Light Up the Gulf Fireworks Show Date: July 3 Annual Beach Bash and Light Up …
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Hello everyone! It’s great to be a contributor on westendpcb.com. On my last trip down, I decided to spend a day (10/06/2011, to be specific) wandering around downtown Panama City Beach. I came across some workers preparing the sand pumping barge for service and took a short video. The scale …
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So, Chris Pickle is a great long time friend from Atlanta. After exposing him to the sparkly little gem that is the west end of Panama City Beach he bought in and we now call him neighbor in 2 cities. Chris loves taking images and video, and as he is …
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Here’s a video of them pumping the sand in from the sandbar. It’s a really neat process. I’m glad they take the time to do this. I guess this is where the property taxes go!
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Check out the dozers spreading the sand! This is at our beach access (94) on the morning of 11/11/11. What a lucky day to get new sand! We’re looking forward to giving it a full test run when the weather warms up!
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The hits just keep on coming. Though the hit is on a broken record. At least it’s nice weather we are seeing over and over again. I would sure like to see a green flag again some day!
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Today was a lot like yesterday. The skies were clear so the sun got to put a good roasting on the beach. There was some surf, but nothing much. The water is staying mostly clear. A nice day to hang around on shore…
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Well… I had been excited about trying out this Panama City Beach German restaurant at Pier Park for ages. Our neighbors from Atlanta were going to be down for the weekend and since one of them is German we thought what better opportunity. We’ve walked by the place many times …
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Steve Cropper, Jeffrey Steele, Lee Roy Parnell, Delbert McClinton and More to Perform. [NEWS: Sandestin Music Festival to support Gulf Coast Recovery – Read Full Article (PDF) ] The weekend of August 13-14, Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort will be the place to be for music lovers of all ages …
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Oh, dude….I thought when we were going to a sushi joint in a Publix shopping center, that it wasn’t going to measure up…..to anything! I’m so happy to report that it was awesome! I mean, we aren’t sushi snobs by any means, but in Atlanta, I’ve had tons of great …
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If you’ve fantisized about eating pan-fried noodles in Antarctica, the P.F. Chang’s in Destin might just be the answer to your dreams! I have never in my life been in a restaurant so cold!….nor in a restaurant where they insist there is nothing they can do about the temperature of …
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Happy Birthday America! There’s not a lot of things that will get me up early on a Sunday morning. Once a year though the residents of Seaside (permanent and part-time) put on a really fun parade on the 4th Of July and it’s fun for the whole family! At first …
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The water is pretty rough today. No good for the kiddies or overconfident daddies (that’s me 😛 ). That’s not an actual image from that day… I can’t find one, so instead I found this stock photo which maybe reminds me of what it may have been like that day… …
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Today is a beautiful day on the west end of Panama City Beach. So far, we haven’t seen the slightest trace of the god-forsaken BP oil. Although… Our neighbors who have a tshirt/gift shop near the pier said that there were flat globs of oil down that way…. but we …
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So, no oil yet, but there are epic amounts of Junegrass! I’m shocked! Ok, so this pea soup style slimy algae apparently shows up every year here on in Panama City Beach every year in June. I’ve seen it before, but never in such unbelievable amounts! After doing a bit …
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For the last few days, the beach has been covered with these little shells that we learned come from a little critter called Donax variabilis (also known as bean clams!). When we find them still alive and kicking in their shells, we call them Cheepy Cheepies (I don’t really know …
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Oh boy. What can we say about Dusty’s. From the road it looks like it could be a biker bar. Actually, once you’re inside…you might still think you’re in a biker bar..until you notice all the families around. In a town where you will get shortchanged on a good meal …
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Yum! Shades (“at the loop”) is actually so far “west end” that it’s actually more like east end Rosemary Beach! You have to cross the bridge over lake Powell. But a mere mile or so later you’ll see Shades where you turn to take scenic 30A past the likes of …
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