HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
SARASOTA, SE FLORIDA, PENNSYLVANIA, NY, TALLAHASSEE, AND MAINE

PLANET GUMBO FUND RAISER
Saturday, March 6 will be the second annual Planet Gumbo Benefit at the American Legion Hall in Tallahassee. For those wishing to travel to the event, the following have special Planet Gumbo rates for that weekend: Cabot Lodge 850-386-7500 and Suburban Extended Stay 850-386-2121. Both about 5 minutes from the show. If you need any help call the Planet Gumbo office at 850-425-2805 or email.

POINTS OF INTEREST
On the coast just south of Tallahassee--Old Florida
(All have 850 area codes)
1. Posey's Oyster Bar 55 Riverside Drive, St. Marks 925-6172 (Sunday jams)
NOTE: Posey's was destroyed by a Hurricane Dennis in 2005, but many paintings and stories live on.
2. Ouzts's Oyster Bar 7968 Coastal Hwy, (Hwy 98) Newport 925-6448 (Sunday jams)
3. St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge and the St. Marks Lighthouse
4. Wakulla River canoe and kayaking - TNT Hideaway 6527 Coastal Hwy, (Hwy 98) Crawfordville 925-6412 Wakulla Springs State Park and Lodge Hwy 61 and 267, Crawfordville 224-5950 (Nature cruise--plenty of alligators--and glass bottom boats. Home of early "Tarzan" movies and "Creature from the Black Lagoon")
5. The Wilderness Way (canoe and kayak rental) 4901 Woodville Hwy 877-7200. And right across the street is the St Marks Bike Trail
6. Angelo's Seafood Restaurant
5 Mashes Sands Rd. Panacea 984-5168
7. Spring Creek Restaurant
33 Ben Willis Rd. Spring Creek 926-3751

BOB GREENLEE, FOUNDER OF KINGSNAKE RECORDS and steward of the blues has passed. Bob was responsible for helping many blues artists get their start. Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, and many more including myself benefitted from Bob's guidance. Noble "Thin Man" Watts owes his resurgence to Bob, as well as Rufus Thomas, Alex Taylor and Kenny's dad, Raful. He was the main brain behind Root Boy Slim's band. His bass playing can be heard on all these guys' albums. No one did more for Florida blues and blusicians than Bob Greenlee. He will be missed not only for what he has done but who he was. One of a kind. Play on Brother Bob

JB'S FISH CAMP &
SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
A1A & Pompano, New Smyrna Beach, FL
7 MILES SOUTH OF THE ISLANDER
407-427-5747
Voted in Top 10 Central Florida Restaurants
One doesn't usually think tenderness when the word alligator is used. But when I bit into the blackened alligator at JB's Fish Camp in New Smyrna Beach, the word tender popped into my mind. Also "blackened usually implies loads of salt and so much pepper, you can't taste any thing else. Not so at JB's. What a find. JB is dedicated to FRESH quality seafood. The ambience of and old cracker fish camp in the middle of the condos and beachy tourist traps is a breath of fresh air. A few years ago we ended up at JB's on a Sunday afternoon and were pleasantly surprised to hear strains of "Hoochie Coochi Man" drifting through the palmettos. My ol' buddy Scott Corwin and his band were jammin their butts off. It don't get much better than this.

MUSSEL AND SHRIMP PAELLA WITH CAULIFLOWER
(Pictured here with the Sauce Boss' Salsa. See May of 2003 Gazette in the archives for salsa recipe)
1 Lg onion chopped
1/2 cauliflower separated into florettes
1 pint vegetable broth
1cup uncooked rice
8 or 10 very Lg shrimp peeled
Liquid Summer Hot Sauce
2 Lbs mussels
Mix broth and Liquid Summer in a paella pan (or any large pot) and bring to a boil. (I found a small paella pan at a flea market for $11. It's turned out to be the best buy I ever made. It's an incredibly versatile cooking utensil. I've done a whole breakfast in it at the campsite. Cooked steaks, Thai curry seafood and all kinds of meals in it!)
Add rice, cauliflower, and onion. Turn down the heat, cover (I use tin foil over the paella pan) and steam for 15+ minutes Mix in the mussels and shrimp. Cover and cook for another 5 minutes. Splash Liquid Summer on top and dig in!