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Hello all:
My company is sending me to PBI, Flt Safety for some S76 sim trg next week and I am looking for some destinations for:
a. spending my expense money drinking;
b. spending my expense money eating;
c. spending my expense money "entertaining";
d. anything else.
e. Anyone know anything about these Casino Cruises??
All tips are appreciated...
"Sorry honey, I have to go to Florida for company training..."
The Auditor
7th Jan 2003, 01:21
Oh.......The joys of West Palm.
They tell me that T's Bar is a nice place to start in the evening [providing you have an afternoon session in the Sim]..then when they kick you out at 0600hrs..Southside Six may still be open.
Lunches are supplied at FSI....but the Bomber Sqn Bar next door to FSI is a nice interesting bar to quench that thirst...........Sikorsky folk normally put on a spread once each course.........lunchtime that is.
Grab a hire car and head south to Miami.I will try to think of the place with an outside eatery / bar on one of the waterways near a bridge.......thats worth it as well.
And of course there is the family restruant chain.......Hooters"
[B]
If you can take an extra day , the Kennedy Space Center is worth a visit. Its about a 3 hour drive North on I-9?(something). It was an awesome and humbling experience for this helicopter pilot.
You could also take in a Florida Panthers game at the Staples Center in Ft. Lauderdale, its about 1:20 South on the same I-9?. That should use up any spare cash.
There are tons of restaurants around the place. As the Auditor says, the 398(I think) Bomber group restaurant is a neat place to have lunch.
headsethair
7th Jan 2003, 20:23
Go downtown West Palm (15 mins from PBI) to City Place (on Okeechobee Blvd) - great restaurants (City Cellars, Marks, Legal Seafoods) and a comedy club. 20 screen Muvico theater and loads of free parking. And a stack of shops. From here take the free tram that takes you to the nightclub/bar area on Clematis. Try "Chill" at junction with Datura.
Over on Royal Palm Beach - the island - hang out at Worth Avenue bars. Taboo is the most likely "haunt". Meet trillionaires who need corporate pilots....
Want a nice quiet airfield - try SUA (Stuart Witham Field) about 30 miles north up the coast. Fly low over the ocean and spot the dolphins, rays & sharks. Go to old downtown Stuart and dine at the Osceola St Cafe or Dockside or Gusto. Stuart Boat Show on this weekend (12th). See www.gopbi.com
spiral tap
7th Jan 2003, 20:35
If you're interested in a good museum, save up your per diem and take a day off to visit the Navy air museum in Pensacola -it's a bit of a drive but the displays will blow your mind. Best aviation museum besides the Smithsonian.
Thanks for the great tips folks ...keep 'em comin'...
Planning a visit/smooze with the Sikorsky folks in the West Palm facility as well.
Nigel Osborn
8th Jan 2003, 02:52
The ferry boat lunch time trips around the lakes are great. Also a day trip to the Bahamas; cost about US$75 and I won $100 on the pokies!:D
donut king
8th Jan 2003, 13:24
Head 15 min's into town at cityplace and enjoy the food, fun and BEAUTIFUL people.
That's where we hung out mostly.....hot looking women and lot's of nice cars.
Oh yeah! Check out the " ballet" as well.
Happy hunting!!!!!!
D.K
ShyTorque
9th Jan 2003, 18:43
If you want to treat your eyes and blow a little money away but enjoy seeing it go, try Rachel's a little way north, on the west side of the I95 at 2905 45th Street. Quite expensive, but you won't know where to look.
Just don't tell anyone I sent you ;)
SASless
10th Jan 2003, 22:17
.....and do get yer dose of crabs under the Blue Heron Bridge ! All you can eat Crab...cold beer....ask Mike Moran where he would hang out if his wife would let him.
B Sousa
12th Jan 2003, 10:12
If you run into Kevin Lawler in FL, tell him "Nothing has Changed in St Thomas."
Red Wine
13th Jan 2003, 13:36
Hopefully you have returned in one piece........
Please lets us know about your adventures [all of them] so we can all savour our memories????
Just off tonight on the Red Eye to Toronto and then south to PBI...course runs from Wed-Sat..with a Sat night-no-flight-till-3pm-on-Sunday-Palm-beach-night-out-back home...will post details so as not to incriminate the guilty...