Greetings!
It's almost time for Christmas! Still looking for some great seafood recipes to incorporate into your family celebrations? Fresh fish from the Gulf is always a healthy and satisfying choice. Here's a great technique for crusted fish that's baked - delicious! Serving Oysters, Shrimp, Crab ... visit our recipe site for more suggestions. And 2012 is just around the corner. Have you made plans for New Year's Eve? The Gulf Coast has some really unusual celebrations. Did you know Mexico Beach, FL ushers in the New Year twice? Two times the fun! Just start your evening in Port St. Joe (five minutes east of Mexico Beach), celebrate midnight Eastern time, then hop on the shuttle bus to Mexico Beach and celebrate again in Central time! Shuttle buses run continuously from Port St. Joe to Mexico Beach and back. For more information call the Gulf County Welcome Center at 850-229-7800 or visit www.mexico-beach.com.
Many of us grew up watching the NYC Apple Drop. That's nothing - Check out our article below about the great events around the Gulf Coast - MoonPies, Conch Shells, Pirate Wenches and Pelicans fall from our skies during this great celebration!
Until our next issue - enjoy your friends and family this season. Thank you for letting Gulfscapes Magazine be a part of your life!
Victoria & Craig
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| On the Date: Interesting Facts that Happened on December 15 |
 | | More info on Christmas Tuna |
- "Gone With the Wind" premiered in Atlanta in 1939.
- Miami Vice actor Don Johnson was born in 1949.
- John W Mecom, Jr. becomes first owner of New Orleans Saints in 1966.
- "A Tuna Christmas", the irreverent, hilarious play about the second smallest town in Texas opened at the Booth Theater in New York City for 20 performances in 1994.
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| Drop in on New Year's Eve on the Coast - Pelican Drop, Wench Drop, Conch Shell Drop ... |  |
 | | 2011 Gulf Coast New Year's Eve Celebrations along the Gulf Coast |
   Click on Images above to see Gulf Coast Celebrations! Think the Times Square Ball Drop is fun? Please! Let us Southerns show you how to ring in the New Year. A ball? Boring. Try dropping a conch shell. Or a pelican. Need more? We got'em. How about dropping a marlin. Or a MoonPie. Maybe a pirate wench? Not your taste? OK, we even drop a drag queen. New Year's Eve on the Gulf Coast. We'll drop anything! To see what's dropping in your neck of the woods, visit our listings here. Kelly McGuire's 8th Annual New Year's Eve Bash  Award winning Gulf Coast singer/songwriter Kelly McGuire knows a thing or two about New Year's Eve parties. He's back for his 8th Bash, which will be held in the newly remodeled Hilton NASA, in Clear Lake, TX. Overlooking Clear Lake from the second floor of the Discovery Ballroom, the party offers a cash bar, party favors, a ballon drop, champagne toast, door prizes, a silent auction benefitting Boys and Girls Harbor, midnight black eyed peas and cabbage, and of course, Kelly and the band. The Hilton is also offering dinner specials in their restaurant. They'd probably even sell you a room for the night. For reservations go to www.redfishisland.com for tickets! Price is $49 per person or $98 per couple. Seating is limited and may sell out, so reserve early! Please print receipt for each couple/person as your ticket to the Bash. For questions or info please call Sandy Records at 713-857-1346 or email to sandyrecords@comcast.net
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| A taste of the tropics ... Mahi Mahi Caribbean Style Recipe | |
Mahi Mahi Caribbean Style Recipe
Did you know? A 4 -ounce portion of mahi-mahi has only 100 calories, provides 18.5 grams of protein, only 1 g of total fat, 15 mg calcium, 1.3 g iron, 143 mg phosphorus, 416 mg potassium, 88 mg sodium, and 180 IU vitamin A. Here's a tropical treat that's good for you as well ... Click here for recipe
Good Cheer for the Holidays from our friends at Tommy Bahama 
Rose Petal Sparkler
3/4 part rose syrup
4.5 parts sparkling wine
Pour ingredients into a champagne glass and top with edible rose petals.
Hibiscus Key Lime Cocktail 1.5 parts vodka .5 parts Cointreau 1 part hibiscus syrup 1 part pineapple juice 1 part hand pressed key lime juice 5 cubes muddled fresh pineapple Mix all ingredients together and strain into a tall Collins glass, garnish with 3 floating key lime wheels.
Photo courtesy of Tommy Bahama.
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Yaga's 3rd Annual Chili Quest and Beer Fest - January 20-22, 2012 - Galveston
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Yaga's Chili Quest & Beer Fest January 20-22, 2012
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The Quest for the best chili returns to Galveston Island!
January 20-22, 2012 - Downtown on The Strand
Calling all chili cookers and beer drinkers! January 20, 2012 marks the return of the Yaga's Chili Quest and Beer Fest. Dust off the recipe box, gather your team and enter to win the title "Best Chili on Galveston Island." The cook off will feature the mandatory "Good ol' Chili" category and an "Exotic Chili" category. More info ...
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| Jimmy Buffett & Sisters Donate Boat to Southern MS's Gulf Coast Research Lab | |
 | | Buffetts Donate, Christen Gulf Coast Research Lab Vessel in Mother's Honor (Southern Miss University Communications photo by Charmaine Williams Schmermund) |
The University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Coast Research Lab received a new boat donated by Jimmy Buffett and his sisters, Lucy "Lulu" Buffett and Laurie Buffett-McGuane. The 33 footer will be used to educate school children about the importance of the Gulf. The vessel will be converted to run on waste vegetable oil, which will be obtained from Lucy's "Lulu's" restaurant in Gulf Shores, AL, and the new Margaritaville in Biloxi. 
The boat was christened the Miss Peetsy B, in honor of the Buffett's mom, Mary Lorraine Peets Buffett. And of course, the usual champagne was replaced with Land Shark Lager.
Speaking of Jimmy Buffett - Are you a fan of Radio Margaritaville see our story on Coleman Sisson, general manager of Jimmy Buffett's Radio Margaritaville here
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| International Sailing Regatta to Bring World-Class Racers to Key West Jan. 15-20 | |
 Veteran sailboat racing teams from around the world are to compete in the waters off America's southernmost city during Quantum Key West 2012, scheduled Sunday through Friday, Jan. 15-20.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2012, the Key West event is one of the most prestigious sailing regattas on the international calendar. Racing teams from more than a dozen countries are to test their mettle against teams from around the United States during five days of competition.
The action is slated to begin daily at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 16-20, with as many as 10 races scheduled during the challenge. Competitors are to race on courses set over an 8-mile stretch of the Atlantic Ocean just off Key West's shore and inside the continental United States' only living coral barrier reef.
The 2012 regatta lineup features some of the world's top racing professionals in the closely contested Melges 32 class, including Tokyo-based Makoto Uematsu and Italian Vincenzo Onorato more
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