I was in total family mode yesterday and didn’t whip out my camera until after the sun went down. We spent the day with family, enjoyed a great breakfast out with Ryan’s grandparents and hung out in the backyard for hours. It was wonderful!
A little before 6 p.m., our good friends Terry and Daniel (they were both groomsmen in our wedding), drove over to my mother-in-law’s house to meet up with me, Ryan, my sister and her boyfriend. Our little gang had plans to head to Siesta Key for happy hour… a happy hour that eventually morphed into an impromptu Siesta Key Bar Crawl.
Our first stop of the night took us to S.K.O.B.
There were dollar bills plastered all over the walls of S.K.O.B. which was pretty neat!
Daiquiri Deck was our second stop of the evening.
The back wall of Daiquiri Deck is lined with different flavors of daiquiris and you can order tons of different flavor combinations. Our group ordered two rounds of the Deck Diesel which was an orange and vodka based daiquiri.
Those drinks go down a little too easily. 
We had so much fun with our friends and were so glad they were visiting their families in Sarasota for the Thanksgiving holiday so we could spend some time together.
Daniel is Ryan’s cousin and was one of the best men in our wedding. (Ryan had two best men.) Ryan and Daniel roomed together throughout college, so Daniel and I became really close as well.
He’s one of the most hysterical people I’ve ever met and my abs hurt from laughing so hard throughout the night.
Our third and final stop of the evening took us to the Beach Club bar where we ordered more drinks and had a blast dancing to live music from Noise Ordinance.
The band was really good and played an awesome variety of music including some original songs as well as songs by Rusted Root, Counting Crows, The Killers and more. (Whenever I hear “Send Me On My Way” I think of the movie Matilda! Ryan says he thinks of Ice Age. We are so cool.) My sister and I sang our hearts out!
Just like the last time I hit the dance floor, the camera couldn’t keep up with my moves.
This is a very, very good thing. 
Now my mind is on one thing: Breakfast! Time to eat!
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What a fun night out with friends!!! Sometime those unplanned nights turn into the best ones. By the way- so envious that your still able to hang out outdoors in November, I need to move to the south!
I wish my friends had as much fun as this looks! Also love your clothes, always. Can I just have your entire closet?! Dancing is my favorite way to spend the night, hands down. Not that I’m good at it, but I just have fun doing it. Glad you had fun!
thank you! i just got that deep purple shirt from marshalls two weeks ago for $12.99!
Looks like fun! Love reading your blog!
I don’t know how those daquiri bars manage to make those super strong drinks taste like they have zero alcohol in them, but it is a dangerous (and fun) thing!;)
i know!!
Cannot go wrong with a good Thanksgiving weekend bar crawl! :-p
I love your shirt and necklace combo. And I love bar crawls. So glad you enjoyed yourself!
Looks like a blast!! The impromptu nights out always end up being the best.
Truly good cover bands make for the best nights!
Looks like a fun night! I love your top!
What a fun night! I love when the night ends on the dance floor!
haha wow! you’ve seriously been having non-stop fun! 😀 and..oyster bar you say?! I’m all over that, ahhh!
Haha I’ve been to Noise Ordinance and SKOB! We went to Sarasota for Spring Break my senior year of college since a friend of mine lives there!
Ha! My brother and I always think of Man of the House when we hear that song. What up, JTT. Too funny. 🙂
haha looks like a fun night!!
So funny about the dancing…my camera has the same problem with me!
That song ALWAYS reminds me of Matilda – one of my favorites as a kid. I actually filled out the must play list recently for our wedding and that song is on it!
Ha sounds like you had a blast!!! Those impromptu unplanned nights are always the best!
I love those impromptu nights that turn into WAY more than you ever expected. Aren’t they just the best?
I think of Matilda when I hear that song too! I always loved the scene at the end where she and Miss Honey push furniture aside and skate on the carpet. It looked so fun 🙂
I know this is random but I noticed you always have a nice tan glow? Do you spray tan or are you just naturally tan?
I LOVE places like Daquiri Deck/Wet Willie’s. The drinks are so so good. Great friends and alcoholic slushies are by far one of my favorite past times.
My fiancé and I just got back to Nashville from Sarasota! My family lives there and I lived there during high school. Unfortunately, we didnt make it to siesta because time didnt permit but S.K.O.B is my favorite place to hang on siesta as well as daiquiri deck…many days spent there after the beach 🙂 so nostalgic reading this post. 🙂
That looks like such a great time! It’s been a while since I’ve been out dancing!
Haha yay for fun drinking nights out! The Daiquiri deck sounds so neat, definitely go to town on those flavours 😉 Hope you’re not feeling it to much this morning 😉
I have been going to Sarasota/Siesta Key my whole life to visit family! I love seeing some of my favorite places on your blog:) S.K.O.B has a great menu, you should go back when you can eat!
I just wanted to thank you Julie! I completed my first 5K yesterday morning with a 30:31 time because your blog motivated me to get out there and train!
I never imagined myself actually being able to complete one mile- let alone 3.1! Now I’m excited for planning my next training for another race.
Thank you for being such a motivating and real person on your blog- it’s been such a motivation!!!
Looks like a blast!! You and Ryan are seriously a fun couple!
I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now and love it! I live in Wisconsin but my family spent Thanksgiving in Siesta Key. We just got home yesterday. Loved the beach and had a great meal at the Broken Egg. Have you been there?
Uh oh – looks like Terry didn’t get the plaid memo….
I have recently found some recipes on your blog and I just started reading more. I do love your blog and I hope you will check out mine. I just started mine a couple weeks ago. I hope for it to be as big as a success as yours and others! I love pb too! I eat it on everything!
So fun! Send Me On My Way always makes me think of BOTH Matilda and Ice Age! 🙂
Looks like so much fun! You two are so cute together!
I have been reading your blog since summer now and I LOVE it! I don’t usually comment, however I love that song, “send me on your way”. I used to love Matilda when I was little!
My family has been vacationing on Siesta Key for years, so this post brings back so many memories! These are some of my absolute favorite places–SKOB, The Old Salty Dog, The Broken Egg, Troyer’s for Thanksgiving meals… it’s all so wonderful! Glad you had such a great time–looks like the perfect night out with loved ones!
I love Siesta Key! We head down there from Canada every few years! My sister and I always hit up the daiquiri bar.
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