River Rocks Customer Appreciation Day Picnic

When:3:00 PM - 7:00 PM   Sunday May 27, 2012
Where:  Location:  River Rocks 6485 S. US Hwy1, Rockledge, FL 32955
What:  Free food and entertainment from local artists Greg and Brian!
 
There will be free buffalo chicken, their Island chicken and fried chicken tenders, pulled pork, hot dogs, fried fish, cole slaw, chips and other sides!! Free is always good. Sitting by the river at sunset - even better!

Last days for dinosaurs at zoo

Last few days!!!!! Brevard Zoo has held it's annual dinosaur exhibit, Dinosaurs: Dead or Alive, at the zoo from Feb. 18 to May 28. Visitors can see 16 prehistoric beasts who actually move, make noise and even spit water.The exhibit is $2 in addition to the regular zoo admission BUT smart people will take advantage of the opportunity to do it all on Sunday. All the ice cream you can eat for $5 at the Ice Cream Social - check.  Visit the dinosaurs for $2 - check. And if you really want to have a stellar day - include Treetop Trek! Now that's a full day!

And so it begins

The annual weather frenzy has begun. Environmentalists wish for little erosion. Surfers wish for big waves. Insurance companies wish for a bye so they can continue to horde our money. Home Depot & Lowe's get their generators out of the back room. Wal-Mart builds walls of batteries and makes sure they are right at the entrance. The lucky people that live on the beach cross their fingers. Welcome to hurricane season. Great article with handy resources can be found here.

Beach Clean-up

This Sunday's beach clean-up event - thank you to Keep Brevard Beautiful - will be at Pelican Beach, Indian Harbor Beach (between 192 & Eau Gallie Cswy). Time is 8-12 and bring sunscreen. This is a hugely popular beach so you should be able to work off thousands of calories and tone those muscles! Please help - gobs of new baby turtles are depending on you!

Bark in the (Baseball) Park

Sunday night's game between the (Milwaukee Brewers) Manatees and Ft Meyers will be take place from 5:05 - 8:05 p.m. at Space Coast Stadium. This is also one of three "Bark in the Park" games where you can bring your best friend! For details about the dog deal, follow this link. For more about the stadium and it's promos, follow this link!

Support local creators

This week-end, May 19&20, Cocoa Village will host a craft fair. This is a chance to double-support the local economy. The Village could use the business and local artists - some of whom are using their hobbies as a way to make money after being laid off by NASA - can sure use the money. This is the time to find unique things that you just can't get elsewhere. What a joy it is to open the Christmas closet in November and see stuff you already got in advance! Make it happen! And help your fellow Space Coast person!

Pre-dawn fireworks Tuesday morning

Elon Musk, founder of Pay Pal, stands by his 'baby' - Space-X and Falcon 9. Must be nice to be able to say you helped change the course of history! Good for him!

A private spacecraft is ready to launch on a historic first visit to the International Space Station next Tuesday. The unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by commercial firm SpaceX, is slated to lift off atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The spacecraft has an instantaneous launch window at too early a.m.! If all goes well, Dragon will fly by the space station on Thursday and then rendezvous and berth at the outpost the day after, becoming the first non-governmental vehicle to do so. Funding is courtesy of the founder of PayPal, Elon Musk!

World of Beer's Craft Beer Week

 

American Craft Beer Week!

Celebrate American Craft Beer week at WOB this week. We are featuring 40 different beers, some new and some old favorites from around America on draft. Did you pick up your Beer Bingo card? There is still time to play. There 10 ways to have your card in the drawing. Each row will count for an entry. Fill your card and you will have 10 entries for a chance at a $100 gift card and a homebrew kit, $50 gift card or a $ 25 gift card. To be entered, present your card along with your receipts on Sunday May 20th and you will receive your entries. It is a great way to taste your way through America. Drawing will be Sunday, May 20th at 3pm.

Mom's Day idea!!

 Mothers Day Eco Tour Island Boat Lines

All Day Event  May 13, 2012

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Mom's ride free on Mothers Day on Island Boat Lines. Mothers must be accompanied by a full paying adult passenger to get their free boarding pass. Adult boarding pass rate is $28.per person This offer is limited availability so reservations are required by calling (321) 454-7414 Monday - Friday during office hours. Island Boat Lines offers daily Dolphin and Manatee tours through the Cocoa Beach Thousand Islands and departs from the Sunset Waterfront Cafe in Cocoa Beach at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. daily. Two o'clock only on Sunday's. Boarding pass fees are $28 for adults, $26 for seniors and $23 for children. www.IslandBoatLines.com

NKF Event at the Pier

National Kidney Foundation Kidney Walk, Circle of Life Paddle-Out & Sand Castles of Hope
 
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM  Saturday, May 12.  
Location:  The Cocoa Beach Pier 401 Meade Ave., Cocoa Beach, FL 32931


7:AM - Walk Registration & 'Circle of Life' Paddle-Out honoring Organ Donor families and living donors.


9AM Program:  5K Walk Begins @ Low-Tide - Make your Mark with 'Footprints in the Sand'. 


10:AM Building 'Sand Castles of Hope' Guinness Book of World Record Attempt; 600 2X2 Sand Castles in one hour. The current record is 539. This will be attempted by local children and their families.

Great outdoor activity for the whole family! 

Sunset-Moonrise

 Saturday, May 5 - for those who weren't knee-deep in Margaritas - was the night when the moon would be at it's fullest at any time this year. Friday night was cloudy and when Saturday was clear, and the sunset glorious - you knew you were in for a treat!

Power week-end

Rarely does one week-end have as many things going on as this one does!! Think about it:

1) Relay for Life Cancer annual fund-raising event in Viera - draws thousands of participants. Sat. a.m.

2) Year number 138 for this race that will not only draw a hundred thousand people to Louisville but also draw millions to their TV sets and iphones at racetime. Sat p.m.

3) Melbourne Beach Founder's Day - Hundreds of volunteers and local businesses make this the huge event that it is - for a small town. There is something for everyone - literally everyone is involved somewhere. And the Sand on the Beach is hosting a Cinco de Mayo/Full Moon bash that started at 11 a.m.!

4) Runaway Country Music Festival - who knows how many people are there! If traffic is any indication I wouldn't wait till the last minute to find the restroom - especially if you are buying from one of the many Bud concessions that are already into their third truckload of brew. And it's early Saturday! Whew!
5)Combination antique car show and Cinco de Mayo Experience in downtown Titusville!
6) Palm Bay Waterfest - anything and everything to do with water. Rides, safety instructions, swimming, and even live water-inhabitants from FL Fish & Wildlife - no petting, tho...
7) Roller Derby at Palm Bay Community Center - 6:30pm.

8)  And finally - 7:49 pm tonight! Be there! Bring a blanket, camera and S.O. And hope it's not cloudy like last night! Absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today in history

Everyone knows it's Cinco de Mayo - especially on a week-end, there are always things going on, usually involving Mexican beer and Tequila. But also, on this day in history:
1961 - Alan Shepard: first American in space.
 1930 - Amy Johnson first woman ever to fly solo (from England to Australia).
 1904 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Cy Young throws first perfect game of modern era!
 1891 - Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan opens its doors for the first time.
 How does all that compare with a good Margarita? Thought-provoking, but not as much fun.

Cinco de Mayo on the beach - where else?!!

  Cinco de Mayo and Full Moon Party

All Day Event  May 05, 2012

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Celebrate SAND Style! We have $2 Bud Light Lime and Landshark ALL DAY, giveaways, music and THE BEACH!
Also going on will be the Melbourne Beach Founder's Day celebration with surfing/paddleboard contests!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cinco de Mayo was meant to be celebrated BEACHSIDE!

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LIve Music:
Fresh Squeezed @2pm
West 10 @8pm

Moonrise between 6-7 pm - don't miss it!!
Location:  Sand on the Beach 1005 Atlantic Street, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951

Founder's Day in Melbourne Beach

 (Thanks for photo surfguru.com) These are the trophies that will be awarded at the MB Founder's Day events!

2012 Founders Day - May 5 at Ryckman Park in Melbourne Beach. Looking for good, clean family fun - check out this annual event. They will have something for everyone: 

Arts & Crafts

Food

Recycling Regatta

Canoe & Kayak Race

Paddleboard Contest

Surf Contest 

Pineapple Run

Car Show

Talent Show

For more info and directions and schedule: go here!

Fullest moon!

Since my pictures taken at last year's "biggest moon" event were questionable, I'll borrow someone elses! This is the moon rising on March 19, 2011 next to the Lincoln Memorial.

The biggest full moon of 2012, a so-called "super moon," will take center stage when it rises this weekend, and may interfere with the peak of an annual meteor shower created by the leftovers from Halley's comet.

The supermoon of 2012 is the biggest full moon of the year and will occur on Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. , though the moon may still appear full to sky watchers on the day before and after the actual event. Grab someone and head to the beach for moonrise Saturday night!

Runaway Country - Ye Ha!

For one week-end in May, Wickham Park will be more like a metropolis than a park. The Runaway Country Music Festival will be in town and 40,000 - 50,000 people are expected to be attend the event this coming weekend. Many will be coming from out of the area, and hundreds will be camping right in Wickham Park. In fact, so far over 30 states and several foreign countries are represented on the current list of ticket buyers.

 For those who are country music fans and have tickets - heavenly. For the rest of us - avoid traffic areas around the park and be grateful for the tourist dollars pouring in! Tickets may still be available - read on. And Alan Jackson will be performing Sunday!

Florida's first inabitants revealed

Who Were the Ais Indians of Brevard County - Event Wednesday, May 02, 2012 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Description: Local historian and author Ray Osborne will deliver a slide presentation on the lost tribes of Florida. Musician Chris Kahl will stop by to sing a song or two. Location: Cocoa Beach Library, 550 North Brevard Ave., Cocoa Beach Room: Community Room Contact: For more details contact the Information Desk. (321) 868-1104