Pop, Boom! Fireworks on the Beach

Fireworks over the beach!

Anna Maria Island always does the 4th of July in a big way! Especially with the fireworks display over the Gulf and Bay by our friends at Mar Vista!

• June 29, Chamber of Commerce of Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armand Key Invitational Golf Tournament, Longboat Key Club Islandside, 301 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Fee applies. Information:  941-383-2466      .

• July 2, Fourth annual Boom Boom on the Bay at the Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant, 760 Broadway St., Longboat Key. Information: 941-383-2391

• July 3, 19th annual Fireworks Extravaganza, BeachHouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-779-2222

• July 4, 26th annual Sandbar Fireworks Spectacular, Sandbar Restaurant, 100 Spring Ave., Anna Maria. Information:  941-778-8709       

• July 4, Anna Maria Island Privateers, Fourth of July Parade, Coquina Beach, Bradenton Beach, to Bayfront Park, Anna Maria, and 2012 Scholarship Award Party, Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach

What are your plans for this patriotic holiday???

Two Scoops: Ice Scream on the North End of Anna Maria

Took the trolley to the north end of the Island this past weekend and went to Two Scoops–at the shopping center on the corner of Pine Avenue (which is coming along nicely) and Bay Blvd. Always fun to have the grandkids out here, enjoying the island that I love so much. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy:

Two Scoops

 

What kid doesn't like ice cream?

Or candy...?

We always have a good time.

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Anna Maria Island = Christmas Island–No Scrooges or Grinches Here!

Christmas is in just a couple days and I thought it would be appropriate to recap all the wonderful Christmas festivities that occurred here on our Island within the last few weeks.

Dec. 3 was the Holmes Beach Christmas Parade went southward down Marina Dr and ended at local businesses with an open house.

Dec. 4 was the lighted boat parade on Bimini Bay.

Dec. 10 merchants had an open house and kids could talk to Santa.

Dec. 11 Roser Memorial Church held a Bethlehem walk where people dressed up to reenact the biblical story of Jesus’ birth with live animals, too.

Dec. 11 was the annual Privateers Christmas Parade with lots of beads and coins

Islander Photos: Lisa Neff

and fun for all. Started on the southside of the island and went to the Seafood Shack.

 

On Dec. 11-12 was the Anna Maria Island Art League Winterfest: Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts at the Holmes Beach City Hall.

Dec. 14 was the 16th Annual Lawton Chiles Christmas for Kids at the Sandbar.

Islander Photos: Lisa Neff

Over 150 children participated with face painting and Christmas card making.

Dec. 18 in Bradenton Beach locals and visitors celebrated with Christmas on Bridge Street that included a snow machine so that the kiddos could see what it was like up north at Christmas.

Dec. 18 was the Cortez Yacht Club Lighted Boat Parade in the Bay.

So many great things to do at this time of year on the Island. It is a great place to spend the holidays with your loved ones!

Merry Christmas to all!

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Rare Birds Nest at the North End of Anna Maria Island

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Today between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. there was a Beach Nesting Baby Bird Walk, offered by Around the Bend Nature Tours, Tuna and Cypress St, Anna Maria, FL. The tours are offered at the same time every Friday and for $15 a person you can see a colony of nesting shorebirds including Black Skimmers, Least Terns, and Snow Plovers.

You can visit the event site and purchase tickets for the tour, sales end one hour before the event, or call (941) 794 8773 for more information.

Click here to learn about other events offered by Around the Bend Nature Tours

Happy Friday!

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Talk a Walk on the Beach, Enjoy Dinner and a Sunset!

Anna Maria Island has a very well known restaurant called the Sandbar and I just found some pictures of a trip my family and I made there. We walked down the beach from my house and then good food, a little pricey. $18-$25 for an entre at dinner, plus drinks. However, if you sit outside and watch the sunset, it is a great experience. The kids (and some adults) enjoyed playing in the sand before and after dinner.

Here are some pictures from our visit.