The first neighbor we met was Irina Franklin, the outreach coordinator for the Florida public archaeology network here in Pensacola.  The center is located steps away from our restaurants.  It offers the chance to learn abut the amazing archaeological sites that you can visit and explore throughout the state.  With close to 500 years of European history and more than 10,000 years of Native American history, Florida is host to an array of cultural landmark sites on land and under water.  You can even work in the archaeology lab uncovering stuff to maybe find some artifacts!  It’s a really cool place to visit before or after you grab a table at our house.  So go on over and say hi!  If you are waiting for a table, let the hostess know and she will call you on your cell to let you know when your table is ready.

Stay tuned!  Next Saturday we are visiting, “Breathe” Yoga studio which is right across the street from the fish house.  Yoga and grits…. ooooommmmm!

This e-mail list came to us from a proud Pensacolian whose family has lived here since the early 1900s. We think it’s a lot of fun and thought we’d share it.  Add a few, if you know a few….  

You Might Be from PENSACOLA if you—

• Know that a Blue Angel is a pilot, not a heavenly being.
• Think the four seasons are “almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.”
• Know that defensive driving means knowing the Snow Bird’s car ahead of you just might cross 4 lanes of traffic and make that right hand turn at the last minute afterall…..
• Witnessed the whole public school system closed on the sighting of a singular snowflake.
• Know that you will be late for work on Thursday because  Wednesday is girls’ night out on the Fish House Deck Bar.
• Accept that you are the only people in the country who toss mullet as a distance-throwing game—as well as eat them.
• Know that when traveling on I-110 you get static over the radio when the “Hot Doughnuts Now” light is on at Krispy Kreme.
• Know these street names in order and know they are actually the same road:
  1. Saufley Field Road, Michigan Avenue, Beverly Parkway, Brent Lane, Bayou Boulevard, and Perry Avenue
  2. Mobile Highway, Cervantes Street, Scenic Highway, and Highway 90
  3. Hwy. 29, Pensacola Blvd., Pace Blvd., Barrancas Avenue, Gulf Beach Hwy., Sorrento Rd., and Perdido Key Blvd. 
• Eat fried mullet.
• Own a generator and have a year’s supply of water and gas stockpiled for next year’s hurricane season.
• Have celebrated an anniversary, birthday, Valentine’s Day, or any special celebration at Jackson’s Steakhouse.
• Cried when you learned that J’s Bakery was closing and you celebrated upon its reopening as J’s Pastry Shop.
• Think a graffiti-covered bridge is actually a local landmark instead of a vandalized eyesore.

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