Still Traveling

By time for the truth

May 22, 2006 10:39 AM | Link to this

This is decidedly a place for the mentally challenged lazy peasantry who have NO interest in exposing themselves or their ilk to any kind of sophistication. On the single day/night I spent there watching the ‘white trash’ phenomenon it was infested with pigeon chested pasty puckering yoofs and long haired self absorbed teeny airheads preening themselves in daddy’s car(s). All of them labouring severely under the mindless delusion that being a sheeple made them look “cool”. It is a desolate crowded place - that irony is no doubt wasted on the usual brainless party obsessed crowd. The actual beach isn’t too bad, happily I saw dozens and dozens of sharks swimming around expectantly? in the jet ski area while I was parasailing. Incidentally parasailing there is a rip off - its a shorter time than advertised and quite a ‘low’ ride. This grasping attitude reflects the vile commercialised culture that is all pervasive. Other than the hotels full of noisy bratty brats and a few mostly pretty poor restaurants and tourist trap shops and a few uber cheesy ageing touristy places there is surprisingly little in the way of facilities. Much of it is old now and other than a number of half completed/abandoned new condos/hotels it had nothing to recommend it. I was there three years ago at a busy time - it may have improved but I doubt it. Its a long long drive down the concrete hotel strip - seeing a surfeit of identitkit clones of a certain age/mentality makes it seem even longer when the ‘cruising’ crowd is out.

By tf

May 22, 2006 10:39 AM | Link to this

I used to go 5-6 a summer, but haven’been in years and years. But when I look at current photos, wow, wheres that??!!!

By ChrisD

May 22, 2006 10:52 AM | Link to this

It’s on the rebound. Was there last year, and would love to buy property now. The old hotels and shops, and even the amusement park (wow!), have been replaced by high rise condos. It will look like Sandestin (or atleast Destin) in the next 5-10 years.

By AFnPanama

May 22, 2006 11:22 AM | Link to this

I’m originally from Atlanta and have lived in PC Bch for the last 4 mos. If you want a quick weekend trip it can’t be beat; 5 hrs and you’re here. I much prefer the beaches of Europe that I left a couple of months ago, but a beach is a beach, if you want stuff to do, stay in the city. The restaurants are great, if you know where they are, skip out on old Captain Andersons and drive 300 yards past it to the Boatyard. It’s excellent.

By Ed

May 22, 2006 11:37 AM | Link to this

You couldn’t pay me to go back to Panama City Beach. It makes a dump look inviting. It’s nothing but white trash staying at dumpy motels and driving up and down traffic-clogged Front Beach Road with stereos blaring late into the night. As far as the Redneck Riviera goes, Destin or Pensacola Beach, particularly the national seashore, are a world apart from PCB.

By mark

May 22, 2006 11:44 AM | Link to this

Once there was a place called PCB and it resembled paradise. That place is gone. My family vacationed there several times a year during the 50’s - 90’s. None of us go there with any regularity anymore. In the 1960’s there were two amusement parks, great fishing, and beautiful beaches with crystal clear gulf waters. In the 1970’s a condo building boom spoiled the view along much of the beach. For whatever reason, a green algae muck began to cloud the waters during a few weeks of the summer. Each year, its season grew longer and longer. Now, the “June grass” as locals call it can be found most anytime during the months of May to October. It makes swimming and fishing nearly impossible. Goodbye clear waters. Commercial fishing and the unsavory shenanigans of the deep sea captains ruined the fishing industry. (Yes, we really do see through all of their tricks) Goodbye fishing. Petticoat Junction closed years ago, and in an act of civil suicide the locals let Miracle Strip close last year, That was the only attraction PCB had over any other beach. I drove my family through PCB during Spring Breaka nd it was so very sad to lament the place it used to be. I don’t think the locals get it. Those new condo towers only make matters worse by destroying and hiding the beautiful beaches. But hey, this is a town that actually got a US highway moved inland a few blocks so skyscrapers could be built along one of its last strtches of unspoiled beaches. They’ve killed the goose that laid the golden eggs.

By thirdwheelflunkie

May 22, 2006 11:50 AM | Link to this

I am going down this weekend for Memorial Day weekend…. I can’t wait to lay on the beach and eat the great seafood down there!!

By dj.M

May 22, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this

the Emerald Coast is beautiful. with it’s sugar sand beaches and calm clear water, it’s our version of the Caribbean - and it’s less than a six hour drive away. the best times of year to go are March-April-May & September-October. the summer is nice too but the water may not be clear if the sawgrass / “seaweed” has bloomed. for 15 years, we’ve had a place 8 miles west of “the Strip”, and it’s very quiet down there (just before Front Beach and Back Beach roads / Hwy 98 converge and go over the bridge into Walton County). i go snorkeling and kayaking in the Gulf and the spring-fed lakes and always find a new place to explore. maybe once each visit we’ll go eat at Captain Anderson’s or Shuck Em’s on the Strip, but we prefer other places, and cooking out fresh fish from Buddy’s Seafood.

i’m guessing many people posting here about the Redneck Riviera they experienced while in Panama City, were really looking for something more upscale. it’s too bad they didn’t do their homework and find something better than a high rise amongst the throng to rent for the week, regardless of where they vacation. regardless of all the nice amenities the facility may have, it’s all about squishing your toes in the sand and watching and listening to the waves, right?even though PCB is rebuilding, it’s all high rises and will be too crowded. i honestly don’t think they could even fill the number of rooms they are attempting to build. the prices have skyrocketed in the past few years and the speculators are now getting hosed because there’s too many places available for purchase.

if you want your kids near the action, then deal with all the bs that goes along with it. you know what you are getting and don’t complain. people have been cruising the Strip since way before you came along. if you want to have a laid back vacation on the gulf, surf the net and find something else outside of the strip. the kids can go down there a couple times, and you’ll have a great time relaxing at the beach. Cheers, I’ll be down there this time next week!!

By April

May 22, 2006 12:18 PM | Link to this

We go every year in July. I love the beach but sad to see our family tradions leave. We don’t have Miracle Strip anymore but we do have Shipwreak Island. Your good memories are what you make of them. I will be there soon.

By Christy

May 22, 2006 12:27 PM | Link to this

As many of you stated earlier, my family and I always vacationed on PCB due to it being the nearest to home. We went many many times during the 70’s and 80’s. Once I started having my own family in the mid 80’s I too sought out the familiarity of PCB. Each time we went the area got progressively worse as far as the “clientele” that it catered to. On our last trip, in the early 90’s, my children could not even get in the pool area for stepping over drunks, literally. This was in a “higher” class resort! The pool and beach areas were filled with teenagers, young adults and older adults who were drinking, making out and just generally being obnoxious. We vowed that would be our last exposure. We have driven through the area since then and it just seems to be a vastness of aimless, mindless sex and alcohol that is in your face. It’s not the family place it used to be. Luckily we now live in Clearwater Florida…a world apart!

By mo

May 22, 2006 12:28 PM | Link to this

My wife and I are about 30 yrs old, and have been going to PCB for years now. The place has really changed over the past 2 years, and has grown more upscale and pricy. You still get the rowdy kids, just not as much as previously. We tried Destin a few times, but there always seemed to be more action around PCB. Peoplewatch, great ribs at Willy’s, good bands…and only 5 hours away. It can’t be beat.

By singlemom

May 22, 2006 1:17 PM | Link to this

I enjoy PCB about every 5 years or so. I can only take it for about 4 days. Like most posts, it is very quick and easy to get there. I like taking the kids, as there is plenty for them to do. We stay off the main roads, due to “cruising”, and I am on the other side of that now, having my own teenager. This year she will bring a friend, and I won’t have to do much entertaining, just keeping a careful eye on them……I like Destin, but the traffic there is ungodly. Two hours from one side to the other…..

By David

May 22, 2006 1:38 PM | Link to this

For us, Panama City has gone to the birds. And people call this a vacation spot? To much traffic, to many people. We have found a much better place to call home to a true vacation in the FL panhandle. It’s called St. George Island, FL just outside of Apalachicola, in the bottom of the panhandle. A.K.A the Forgotten Coast

Link: [http://topgunsgi.com]

By David

May 22, 2006 1:40 PM | Link to this

For us, Panama City has gone to the birds. And people call this a vacation spot? To much traffic, to many people. We have found a much better place to call home to a true vacation in the FL panhandle. It’s called St. George Island, FL just outside of Apalachicola, in the bottom of the panhandle. A.K.A the Forgotten Coast

Link: http://topgunsgi.com

By Clete

May 22, 2006 1:51 PM | Link to this

If you want to go on vacation and party, PC Beach is awesome. The beach on the night of July 4th is the wildest place I’ve ever been. Plenty to do for kids or grown-ups. If you want to go on vacation and not be around crowds of people enjoying themselves, then maybe you can find a retirement community on the beach to vacation at. I’ll see y’all at the Summitt Tiki Hut……

By Mr. Fun

May 22, 2006 2:22 PM | Link to this

Could time for the truth be any more of a fun sponge? It doesn’t seem someone that bitter could have fun anywhere! PCB is a lot of fun if you are looking for beach, good food, an relaxation. If you are looking for sophistication, then I blame you for not doing your research and for going to PCB, truth. You aren’t going to exactly find the Louvre, MOMA, or five star dining there. But is a great weekend getaway to soak up a few rays! If you are going to suck the life out of the room like time for the truth, don’t bother coming!

By Cletus Snow

May 22, 2006 3:20 PM | Link to this

We once owned a timeshare next to the spinnaker,and on that side of the building. Can u believe it,WOW.I DO NOT MISS IT,how ever we now have grandkids in early teens I assume we’ll be exposed to more brainrot sooner or later. PS Clete next 4th check out Key West.

By Charles Farley

May 22, 2006 4:00 PM | Link to this

You have to be really careful along the “Forgotten Coast” too. We used to love to spend a week in Mexico Beach every Spring. The last time they had a bad red tide episode. What made it much worse was the dead fish washed up on the shore and what made THAT worse was the indifference of the hotel people. When dead fish pile up on your money-making beach, you dig a trench, rake in all the dead stuff, and bury it BEFORE the swarms of flies form. Mexico Beach was too lazy and we cut our vacation short because the flies made it horrible.

CF

By johnny the handsome

May 22, 2006 4:42 PM | Link to this

As a property owner, I still love the place. Something happening all the time. A wonderful place to relax. Chris D.,Call me. I am no realtor but would sell you something. 706-322-8318

By Freddy

May 22, 2006 4:50 PM | Link to this

People go to Panama City to get drunk and have a good time at a decent price. If you don’t want to go where the crowd is, then go somewhere else but that is exactly what Panama City is and it’s the reason my friends and I will be there in 3 days.

By Pizza

May 22, 2006 4:55 PM | Link to this

That Freddy fella sounds like a cool fella… I go to PC for the same reason and to get away from Richard.

By time for the truth

May 22, 2006 5:04 PM | Link to this

Mr dumbfun

My modest little post was a factual deliberate sardonic mocking of the place. I was fully aware of exactly what the place was like long before I chose to endure it for 24 hours, en route elsewhere. You ignorantly associate sarcastic erudition with “bitterness”. Christ knows why - I was just actually having some fun with words, whilst conveying a pretty decent pen picture of the place. I naturally tend to assume that you are some kind of airhead type that’s intimidated by smart folks, otherwise you wouldn’t have been quite so personal in your remarks. Never mind eh - we all have our way of having fun!!

By Marilyn

May 22, 2006 5:25 PM | Link to this

I go to pcb on a regular basis.I love it. Never saw people making out or drunks lying around.The motels all have security guards to take care of this.I do see more blacks going there ,so (time for the truth)WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHITE TRASH,Look in the mirrow ,you will see trash.

By Nate

May 22, 2006 5:45 PM | Link to this

I go there at least twice a year and I have a blast eveytime. And I’m not a teenager. There is plenty to do besides the teenie booper clubs.

By Traveller

May 22, 2006 6:00 PM | Link to this

Well how interesting that this article comes out and me and some friends just got back from PCB last night!! It was the first time for all to visit this part of Florida, and by and large it was just alright. I mean, there was nothing, literally, to write home about. The beaches were nice, save for the the nasty green muck of algae that one has to wade out to shark territory to avoid. The crowds were normal North FL crowds….the kinds that give reason to why the area is called the Redneck Riviera.

At the risk of sounding elitist, all in our group were overcome with elation coming up I-85 North and getting that first view of downtown Atlanta when you pass the airport. It was just so trashy down there! I mean, so many teenage girls were preening themselves and were so air-heady. I saw people without shirts on at the Winn-Dixie on Thomas Drive and grown adults with no shoes on at the Dollar General right next door (and to think, that these people actually cross the parking lot in bare feet…ugh!). Loud children who had no formal manners were rampant. And in the words of my partner, “Why is everyone here so obese? We’re at the beach for Christ’s sake!”

PCB is great for those who have no problems with the ‘culture’ down there. I however will be frequenting the beaches further south, i.e., the Caribbean! Cheers!

By Wild Bill

May 22, 2006 6:04 PM | Link to this

If you love BINGO…Wild Bill’s Bingo on 11th Street makes the vacation trip to PCB worth the 4 1/2 drive time!!!!!

By Marilyn

May 22, 2006 6:21 PM | Link to this

Traveller,it is a beach.Not supposed to wear a suit.You think pcb is bad try Miami! I have been to Bahamas,Hawaii…same thing there….DUH!

By LC

May 22, 2006 6:49 PM | Link to this

I went there for years. Used to go several times a summer, but not anymore. When it became just another trap after my money. Example: While shopping at a store I looked outside as they were attempting to tow my car from a spot that stated “reserved for customers”. Then came the outragous parking fees to use the beach at a very popular bar and spend allot of money in that bar while there. Not me. Not anymore.

By chuckie d

May 22, 2006 7:34 PM | Link to this

Don’t bother going!! It used to be a very family friendly place…..now it’s rednecks, bikers and college kids all drunk.

By American Mother

May 22, 2006 8:37 PM | Link to this

We stopped going years ago, but decided to take our teen boys down for spring break- NEVER AGAIN!!!!!! The place has lost all it’s charm!!!! Major construction going still, terrible, the place we stayed complained that we were too loud at 11 pm on the balcony and all we were doing was talking!!!!! I prefer the beaches near Gulf Shores….. shame that PCB is now just a condo cluster!!!!!!!!

By Clete

May 22, 2006 8:39 PM | Link to this

My gosh! Some of you make me want to puke. Why do you people go on vacation???? I go to get away from elitist a@#holes like “Traveller” and “time for the truth”. I deal with the public and have to put up with their kind everyday. PCB is like any other vacation destination……it’s what you make of it.

By Anne

May 23, 2006 9:22 AM | Link to this

Time for the Truth, try South Beach, bitter old queens like South Beach better than PCB; you’ll be amongst your peers. Have fun.

By Falcon

May 23, 2006 9:25 AM | Link to this

Thanks Pizza, you obviously know how to have a good time, and obviously know how bad “Richard” can get. “…..now it’s rednecks, bikers and college kids all drunk.” Now?! That’s exactly what I have always thought PCB was and it’s the reason I’ve gone in the past and still go. What’s better to relieve stress than get loud and drunk on the beach? If you want to go to bed at 9pm, visit a retirement village in Kissimmee or something.

By PCB Redneck

May 23, 2006 9:32 AM | Link to this

This beach is not for the world travelers. It is for the ordinary people who enjoy going the the beach with or without children. We have been going to PCB 1-2 times per year and stay at the Holiday Inn Sunspree and we have never seen drunk people laying in the pools or as some of you say rednecks that are being out of hand. The one time we did see an episode security was there in 30 seconds and was escorting out the so called white trash from their hotel. If you don’t like the area then stay out, as for me and my family we will return as usual every year.

By KC

May 23, 2006 9:33 AM | Link to this

PCB has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past several years. The far West end of PCB is by far the nicest part of the beach. New condos have taken over the beachfront. Pier Park wil include major shopping and entertainment soon. And - an international airport may be built around 2008. In terms of bars/food, the Boathouse is a great find - near Capt D’s. Also -Thomas’ donuts on the West side is a must. The beach is as beautiful as ever.

By KC

May 23, 2006 9:40 AM | Link to this

Celadon condo resort on West end is the tops.

By Brad

May 23, 2006 9:40 AM | Link to this

I just moved back here from PCB 2 years ago. The place has very much changed from the old days when we would vacation. They are trying to get away from the “Redneck Riviera” image, but a dog wearing a pretty dress is still a dog. It is a good place to visit (there are better down there-will not tell because then they will get like PCB) and October is the best, but it is an awful place to try to make a living. The people are the best, and trust me the locals do not like the changes any more than everyone else, but the developers put alot of money in the good ol boys government pockets.

By time for the truth

May 23, 2006 9:43 AM | Link to this

Anne and Clete,

That was truly very very funny!! Ignorant aggressive (likely obese) peasants like yourself are there in life to provide entertainment for the rest of us.

I note that you did not even attempt to refute ANYTHING I or traveller said about the place. Others said above it was a redneck place and that’s absolutely true. PCB has about as much class as Krystals or a Hall County Wal-Mart. And I absolutely dislike shallow middle class snots as much as I dislike oafish blue collar types. Sadly ordinary pleasant people are getting harder to find these days. You either get mindless religion rammed endlessly down your throat or for the weak minded the alcohol/drug culture beckons.

I am not ‘elitist’, I just cannot stand loud empty mouthy party morons who impose themselves and their shrill, spoiled/narcissistic “my kids never would do that” brats on everyone else. I guess the pen picture I painted above was way too close to home for you, never mind eh!!

By Priscilla

May 23, 2006 10:24 AM | Link to this

I am 55 years old and I’ve been going to PCB since I was 13. I love it…. yes, it has really changed in the last 40 years. Yes it’s gaudy, yes it has more than it’s share of tourist traps, yes there’s lots of (sometimes drunk and rowdy) teenagers, BUT the white sugar beach and the turquoise water is unmatched! All of this is part of PCB’s charm…. to me it is indeed the Redneck Riveria and all that that entails. To me, “going to the beach” means going to Panama City Beach, and probably always will. (I do mourn the loss of the Amusement Park)

By Bill Campbell

May 23, 2006 10:53 AM | Link to this

‘time for truth’ is a perfect example of a blog troll. The best way to deal with a troll is to ignore them.

http://www.unix-girl.com/blog/archives/001610.html

By CC

May 23, 2006 10:56 AM | Link to this

PCB is not for me. But that does not mean it’s not a great place for others. This is a stupid and devisive thread. Why set people up to argue about issues as non-important as this?

By tater

May 23, 2006 11:17 AM | Link to this

i go for the little crabs. they are so cute. everytime i try to bring one home, he dies before i get back. poor crabs.

By Hamilton

May 23, 2006 11:31 AM | Link to this

Geez…is “time for the truth” a pompous a-hole or just a miserable and elitist Canadian? Or both? My money is on both, “eh!”

By time for the truth

May 23, 2006 11:47 AM | Link to this

Bill Campbell

I thought you’d been jailed for tax evasion … your kind of moral fascism is pathetic - its OK for people to gratuitiously abuse me for no reason - but if I hand it back its not acceptable in your sad little world!!!

I note as ever you make NO attempt to address any of the factual/fair comment points I made about PCB -you just proffer abuse!! Now who’s the troll? (smirk)

Hamilton - stick it in your redneck GED ear bubba!!!

By eric

May 23, 2006 11:57 AM | Link to this

i go too PCB, A least once a month. i Have a place down there, and love it! i go for the beach,the seafood, and the cold ones!if you don’t like it really stay away, more elbow room for those of us who do.and stop bad mouthing my lil’ piece of paradise!

By LuvMyBch

May 23, 2006 12:03 PM | Link to this

I have lived here in PCB for the past 4 years now, and I am a tickled by some of these responses. You can’t judge an area because you visited for 3-5 days and expect to come to your conclusion. The MAJORITY of the people that you see walking and running around with no shoes and no shirts, they are tourist just like yourself. We people that live at the beach invest in flip-flops, and we don’t walk around public places barefoot. So believe it or not, those kids that are running around out of control, those are more likely to be your neighbors and not mine. As far as the redneck area, yes you are correct, people here are very laid back, and needless too say have been here all of their lives. This area is undergoing a huge renovation and it is for the better. For anyone that knows anything about progress, it takes time. ATL was not built overnite, someone had to put plans in place and bank their money were people would go. For those of you that don’t like the area, take it off your destination list. However, in a few years when the renovations are done, and the area gets cleaned up, which I have seen what they are tearing down and what they are putting up. The less people here visiting, the less amount of time I have to stand in line at Wal-Mart.

By Hamilton

May 23, 2006 12:08 PM | Link to this

time for the truth: I hate to disappoint you pal, but I graduated college Summa Cum Laude. Abuse you FOR NO REASON??? I think you gave everyone PLENTY of reason. So, I didn’t address any of your points??? Okay…It’s a beach. It’s fun. You wouldn’t know fun if it was sitting on your face. I wish I could say all the things that I know everyone on here thinks of you, but ajc.com would probably ban me for life. So maybe we should all e-mail our thoughts to you at: filboman@lycos.com

By Hamilton

May 23, 2006 12:11 PM | Link to this

By the way, that’s not a typo on my part (C*). ajc.com automatically edited it due to the spelling and alternate meaning of the word between ‘Summa’ and ‘Laude.’

By Anne

May 23, 2006 12:18 PM | Link to this

How we digress, a BLOG ostensibly about PCB has turned in a forum to allow some pathetic old BLOG trolling bitter queen to sit behind a keyboard and attack people. Is it really that small time for the truth, that your size has rendered you this angry and vile?

By time for the truth

May 23, 2006 12:19 PM | Link to this

hamilton,

its pathetic that you need to boast about your supposed college achievment. who cares!! I gave no one any reason for puerile abuse- folks may not agree - I dont care - its free speech … and reasonable debate is fine … your pathetic cowardly threat sums you up wonderfully … you cyber warrior you!!

cheers for posting my e-mail address - see the kind of macho hero you are - you must be real proud!!

PCB is far more than just “a beach” - its a long standing cultural icon for a certain element. and commenting humorously on that is good fun!! I also note like a little schoolboy you have to say “everyope thinks of you” … bet you love safety in numbers - eh??

I see you’re even anal enough to correct an unimportant typo!! WOW!!

By Hamilton

May 23, 2006 12:43 PM | Link to this

time for the the truth: You want us to address your points. OK, I will…

ALLEGED college achievement??? Right, whatever. I think it’s you who has the GED.

Who cares? Apparently you do. After all, it was you who made the GED comment.

You gave no reason for people to abuse you??? HAVE YOU READ YOUR OWN POSTS???

A cultural icon for a certain element???? That element would be people that like to go to the beach and have fun. So what if there are some rednecks. PCB is in Florida, after all. I’d be shocked if there WEREN’T any rednecks. I don’t think they’d want you there anyway.

Yes, I am proud that I gave out your e-mail address. You must be so stupid for being such an a-hole in your posts, but making your e-mail address available by making those posts. By the way, for all you latecomers, that e-mail address is: filboman@lycos.com Or you can just click on his screen name.

Your mommy didn’t love you, did she? I’m sorry if you can’t take it, but I’m just saying what everyone else is thinking.

And with that, I take my leave of you.

I will now heed the advice of ‘Bill Campbell’ above and ignore this blog troll. Hamilton….OUT!

By notmyemail@yeahright.com

May 23, 2006 1:00 PM | Link to this

Spend your $$$ elsewhere. Can’t people be original? Even if they have revamped the place there are much more secluded and relaxed places to go. Better yet, ALL you SUV/Soccer Mom/North Fulton-ites, PLEASE go to Panama City so all of the rest of us can have a nice relaxed place to go. Fulfill your see-and-be-seen desires and the rest of us will be happy.

By time for the truth

May 23, 2006 1:05 PM | Link to this

WOW … the anal chap had a massive hissy fit over NOTHING!! MY GED quip was fleetingly sardonic - and ONLY after your crude abuse … and you were so wound up you took it personally and posted about your alleged degree!!! and are still on about it!!

clearly you are humourless - my initial trenchant post was intended to spark a humorous debate - not abuse - that says more about the abusers than I can or will

And you’re still “using” ‘everyone else’ and ‘your mommy’ - NA NA NA NA … how sad -still there’s no childish threat this time -or anti-Canadian racism - cheers for that.

Its sad isn’t that some socially inadequate folks - like the dried up shrew anne - cannot accept biting humour in the spirit intended and either reciprocate in kind impersonally or ignore it. I made no personal attacks except in response!!

By Ken Webb

May 23, 2006 1:10 PM | Link to this

If you want good food with beautiful sencery Pineapple Willies is the place to go.Little pricey on some things but that’s to be expected during the summer months. If you never been you got to try the ribs.

By Falcon

May 23, 2006 2:00 PM | Link to this

Jesus shut up already….go to the beach, don’t go to the beach, but pull the bug out of your rear ends and calm down. This is a blog on AJC.com for Christ’s sake. Grow up.

By Tiffany

May 23, 2006 2:37 PM | Link to this

I got pregnant in PCB!!!!!

By Tiffany

May 23, 2006 2:39 PM | Link to this

And once I have this kid, me and my man are going back so I can get pregnant again and live off of foodstamps!!!*

By Blaze

May 23, 2006 4:42 PM | Link to this

I have been going to Panama City since I was 6 or so. I am now close to 50 and I still enjoy going. I love the beach, people and The Stuffed Flounder at Capt. Anderson’s!!!! My Wife and I spent our Honeymoon there, how damn redneck is that? It is like a home away from home for us. We have proudly exposed our two boys to the joys and wonderment of the “Redneck Riviera”, they love it. My 11 year old likes the scantily clad redneck trailer trash chicks too.It’s all part of the charm! For all you elitist snobs who want to trash PC just stay away! That means shorter lines at Andersons and LaVela, lol!

By CONNIE HAND

May 23, 2006 5:31 PM | Link to this

I WAS THERE WITH 5 OTHER LADIES FOR CINCO DE MAYO (THE YOUNGEST IS 45). WE HAD A VERY GOOD TIME. WE WERE THERE DURING THE WEEKEND OF THUNDER BEACH. PLAN ON GOING BACK AGAIN BEFORE SUMMER IS OVER.

By juniper

May 23, 2006 7:12 PM | Link to this

I’m an ATL native (really) who lives in Panama City. Panama City is a town on the east side of the Hathaway Bridge (that’s the NEW Hathaway Bridge for non locals.) Most people who live in Bay County don’t go “over the bridge” for many of the above mentioned reasons. We ARE close to ATL, (which along with Sav and NYC) is where my teen daughters like to go during spring break, but after reading some of the alarming posts on this and the “Should I take teens to Spring Break?” blog, I’m reluctant to say where we go and what we do. Try off the beaten path, and try Panama City.

By PEGGY

June 2, 2006 12:12 PM | Link to this

Our families from Texas has been vacationing on the beach since mid 1980’s. Started staying at the dunes of panama building c 2nd level corner. family from georgia owned that property. Should have bought a condo next door when building E went up. Schooners was a favorite. We like the treasure ship better than Capt Anderson’s. We also like Mikato. Forgot the steak house name that has the big bull out front. It is so very expensive to go there now. Now that we are taking our grandchildren now, we really miss the small town feel. We love the mom and pop stores. Rude people running those shops now. Sorry to say feel better going to dollar stores and wal mart than Alvin’s and all the other beach stores. There is a place we like to eat breakfast, Coram’s. Really we do not eat out a lot we want to spend all the time we can on the beach. cook out and eat, and run back to beach. we do not even do any sightseeing anymore. it is all about the beach. Families from Texas