Grant Seafood Festival

This weekend - March 3 & 4 9-7 Saturday and 9-5 Sunday
Free admission, free parking, over 100 crafters exhibiting, live continuous entertainment, along with a scrumptious menu of succulent seafood makes this a weekend no one wants to miss! More

Happy Leap Day!

Lucky us - we have World of Beer's Leap Year celebration tonight! Details: here
Trivia for those celebrating a birthday today:

1. Anthony, Texas is the self proclaimed leap year capital of the world. Every year this little town that sits on the border of New Mexico holds a festival and leap year birthday celebrations complete with a carnival and hot air balloon rides. People come from all over the world to celebrate their special birthday in style.
2. The chances of having a leap year birthday are 1 in 1,461
3. There are about 4 million people in the world who have been born on February 29th. To all of you - Happy Birthday and find a World of Beer near you! Instant birthday party!!
   

Spring Training Week One

Week one of spring training is upon us, folks. Here is what's on tap for the upcoming week:

George town University @ Washington Nationals
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Mar 02, 2012 (Fri)
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Houston Astros @ Washington Nationals
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Mar 04, 2012 (Sun)
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St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Mar 07, 2012 (Wed)
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Houston Astros @ Washington Nationals
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Mar 08, 2012 (Thur)

The Space Coast is fortunate to have major league baseball right in our own backyard so be sure to take advantage of that! For more on the Washington Nationals roster, lineup, order & games..

Ladies - time to get going!

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WHERE:
Location: Parrish Medical Center Conference Room 2/4
951 North Washington Avenue, Titusville, Florida 32796
WHEN:
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Fee: $30 Includes Lunch

Canova Beach open to dogs starting today!!!!!!

It's official - now you can bring your dog to the beach for some R&R - dogs love chasing the waves. Canova Beach - where Eau Gallie Causeway (SR518) meets A1A is open to dogs for a one-year trial. Read the rules, stay in touch for changes, and don't blow it for the rest of us!! For location, hours, rules, etc - read this article.

Mardi Gras in Cocoa Village

Cocoa Village Mardi Gras: Saturday, February 25, 2012

Cocoa Village, 5pm-12am

• Entry is $8.00 in advance for adults and $5.00 in advance for children 12 and under; $12.00 for adults the day of the event and $8.00 for children 12 and under the day of the event
• Headliner is Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton
• Fantastic authentic Mardi Gras style entertainment on two stages
• Roaming entertainment
• Central Florida News 13 parade of floats begins at 8pm with thousands of beads to catch
• Authentic Cajun style food and New Orleans atmosphere

Mardi Gras Paws in the Park: Sunday, February 26, 2012

Riverfront Park, 12-3pm

• Spectacular event for your furry friends, hosted by the Central Brevard Humane Society
• Rescue organizations
• Doggie vendors
• Costume contests
• Demonstrations
• Crowning of the Mardi Gras Paws King and Queen

Delete Google Web History!

One week from today, March 1, Google’s much-criticized unified privacy policy will go into effect. While there is a great deal of debate over how much (or how little) the new privacy policy will affect users, it’s clear that people are concerned about the search giant’s increasingly thick folders of personal data it stores on each of us. What the policy most certainly does do, however, is makes it so the information Google has is more easily shared across its various services. As it stands today, all that data collected through searches performed while logged into your Google account has been kept separate from the troves of other data the company has in its coffers. That will all change come next Thursday. Unless, of course, you delete all of it. And here’s how you can do that in less than a minute:

• First, go to google.com/history. There, you’ll be asked to sign into your Google account.

• Second, click the “Remove all Web History” button. And that’s it! You’re done. Not only is all your search data removed from Google’s grasps, but doing this automatically pauses Web History, meaning no more information will be collected until you click the blue “Resume” button at the top of the page.

(Note: If you have more than one Google account, you’ll have to do this whole process for each of them.) (Note #2: If you have a 'gmail' address - that's a Google account!)

If you want to be less drastic, you can also go through your entire Web History (both intriguing and truly frightening), and pick out the bits and pieces you’d rather Google not know about. You can then simply hit the “Pause” button, and no more search data will be collected.

Leaping Libations!

World of Beer does it again! Another fun idea!
It only comes around every four years! Hop on over to WOB on Leap Year Day, Wednesday, February 29th. When you wake that morning start thinking in "fours". What do we mean, you ask. Buy three beers, any beer and the fourth beer (select draft) is on us. Wait there's more! Also you will receive 25% off Hoppin' Frog bottles.

Go Go Gator Baseball!

Gator Baseball has begun and the Space Coast Gator Club meets to watch games - in more than one location! In Palm Bay, there is the Broken Barrell, in Melbourne there is Hooters on Babcock, and the No-Name Lounge in Merritt Island (seen above) is now meeting at Fish Lips by the Eau Gallie Cswy while the fire damage in the Lounge is repaired. For a Gator baseball schedule, follow this link. For more info on the Space Coast Gator Club - follow this one! Go Gators!!

2nd Annual Space Coast Craft Beer Festival

When: Saturday, February 25th, 2012 - 1- 5:00 p.m. for VIP and 2 -5 p.m. for General Adm.
Where: 4700 Babcock Street NE, Palm Bay, FL

This is the second annual from The Broken Barrel Tavern where yet again we will have over 50 Breweries Pouring over 100 Different Beers! 100% of the profits will benefit the Space Coast Early Intervention Center and there is a special VIP tasting beginning at 1:00 pm that also comes with complementary finger foods and front of the line privileges.

General Admission Tickets are $30 pre-sale and $30 at the gate
VIP Tickets are $60 and will be very limited !

There will be music in the beer gardens during the event and the music and fun will continue in The Broken Barrel Tavern that evening!

100% of the proceeds will be going to The Space Coast Early Intervention Center.
By the way, on any given day, there are multiple beer festivals happening everywhere! For a listing, follow this link!

Gulf Oil fines drifting off to Washington?

The BP disaster released millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf, causing devastating impacts to the region’s beaches, coastal marshes, barrier islands, and wildlife. Yet, unless Congress takes action, fines issued through the Clean Water Act will be used for unrelated federal spending instead of urgently needed environmental restoration.

Restoring the Gulf will provide major benefits to the natural environment, and will also help protect the region’s economy including tourism, recreation, and commercial fishing.

Please TAKE ACTION to support this bipartisan bill and ensure that penalties from the BP disaster are dedicated to restoring the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem!

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Spring Training is here!!!

Well, many of the Washington Nationals have arrived, and the rest will be here by this week-end...If you haven't gotten any tickets for their games in March, better hurry! This is the time, before the first game, when the team is most approachable. Get autographs, photos, and just have a good time. Read more about their schedule here!

Space Coast voters, take note!!

To know where all candidates, both parties, stand on the space program - read this! Perhaps the space program isn't all Space Coast voters should consider when choosing who to vote for, but some of these quotes are frightening.

Sand on the Beach

My vote for Valentine's Day (any day!!) lunch or dinner goes to Sand on the Beach in Melbourne Beach where you can wiggle your toes in the sand and inhale sea air while you eat.
The menu is wonderful, the service great and the view? Well.....

Classic Albums Live !!

This Friday, Feb 17th at 8 p.m. at the King Center - Classic Albums Live presents Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young!!!! If you've never seen a CAL performance, you are in for a surprise! Read about them here and then go buy your tickets!!

Billy Horschel

Grant/Melbourne/Suntree native Billy Horschel is playing Pebble Beach today (now!) with Tiger Woods. To follow Billy on Twitter, try this link. He is a fun guy and shares some great photos!

Jazzercise deal!!

Just in time for Valentine's Day - a Sweetheart of a deal!! Join Jazzercise with a friend and split the joining fee 50-50. That's 2-4-1 folks!! Jazzercise is a great workout that's fun to do. The locations and times are convenient and the cost is low. To read more about our Space Coast Jazzercise classes and benefits, follow this link.