meet jen.

We know you've all been waiting... meet Jen.

Q. How old do people think you look?

A. My age, 26. I’m not fooling anybody these days.

Q. Where were you born?

A. Fort Walton Beach. Fun fact: I was three days old before I had a name, and the best my parents could come up with was Jennifer.

Q. Are you waiting for something?

A. Endless Summer!

Q. What’s one pet peeve of yours?

A. People who make noise when they eat.

Q. What do you do?

A. What don’t I do? I literally work everywhere. Main job is events at Emerald Grande.

Q. What is your favorite cocktail?

A. This is a loaded question. This is like picking my favorite friend, I can not do it!

Q. What was the last thing you drank?

A. Sweet Tea

Q. What is your favorite dining/drinking establishment?

A. Dining: Whataburger & Taco Bell. Jk! Bonefish for dining. Love drinks at Cuvee, spend more time at the Red Door.

Q. What is the first thing you look for in a male?

A. Height! I like them tall, not freakishly tall, like Shaq, but tall.

Q. What CD is in your cd player right now/ song on ipod?

A. Cd player has Mumford & Sons/ Ipod has Ron Pope: Drop in the Ocean.

Q. If you could have something right now, anything, what would it be?

A. A winning lotto ticket so the CCC can quit their jobs & board a yacht.

Q. Where do you want to go on vacation?

A. Macchu Picchu in Peru.

Q. What can’t you wait for?

A. St. Patricks Day!

Q. What is your biggest regret?

A. Shoulda, woulda, coulda but no regrets.

Q. When was the last time you cried really, really hard?

A. That's a CCC secret.

Q. What is your favorite thing to eat with peanut butter?

A. A spoon, right out of the jar.

Q. What is your favorite food?

A. Indian Curry with Naan (amazing!)

Q. What are your nicknames?

A. Family: Niffer, High School: Foughter, College: Jenn Bunny.

Q. If you could go back in time, how far back would you go?

A. The 80s, I missed my era. Saved by the bell, big hair, and crazy colored clothes.

Q. What is something you are passionate about?

A. Scrapbooking! (I’m serious)

Q. At what age did you consider yourself an “adult”?

A. 30

Q. What was the best/worst gift you ever rec’d?

A. Best: Plane ticket to Europe when I graduated college. Worst: An "it’s your birthday?"

Q. What was the best party you’ve ever been to?

A. I can’t remember, meaning it was a good one

Q. Have you ever broken a bone?

A. My finger horseback riding with the CCC recently.

Q. Would you go on Dancing with the Stars?

A. Um yes and I would do the Berney.

Q. If your life had a sound track, what would be the opening and closing song?

A. Opening: “We are Young” by Fun. Closing: “Forever Young” remix with Jay-Z.

Q. What do eat on your pizza?

A. Veggies, lots of them.

Q. Do people ever mistake you for someone else?

A. Just that one Victoria Secret model…. Just kidding. For real I get Taylor Swift sometimes.

Q. From start to finish, how long does it take you to get ready to go out with the CCC? 

A. 45 minutes, I gotta do my Pinterest braid

Q. Who in the CCC have you known the longest?

A. Tippy

Q. What is something that we all should know about you?

A. What don’t you know, I’m a terrible secret keeper.

Fill in the Blank: The CCC is my heart. 

 

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Cassie

the CCC invades tiff's house.

So we are poor! Even with specials and hook ups, the CCC ends up being an expensive hobby. Therefore, we took a vote, and decided that we will have a "Poor Girl's CCC" once and month, and a different CCCer will host. 

Our first official house party was hosted by Tiffany. Everyone brought a dish, a bottle of wine, and enough stories to fill up a novel or 12. Unfortunately, we did not get drunk, naked, or pillow fight, but it was still a good time! We had planned on a game night, but when you get us and wine together, the talking is never ending.
The night was casual, laid back, and perfect. This will definitely become a monthly activity, and we already have the next few months planned! Stay tuned!

Since this was our first poor meeting, pretty much anything and everything went. We put a dent into a Stouffer's party sized lasagna (we are so domestic sometimes), Lindsay made her famous dip, and along with a few other dips, salads, brownies, cakes and goodies. 

We ate, drank, and were very merry! Cheers!

happy day!

We just want to give a big birthday shout out to the original CCC creator and Momo's momma, Linda!!
Happy Happy Birthday Linda! We love you and hope that all of your birthday wishes come true!!
Cheers!

meet cassie.

meet miss cassie.

Q: How old do people think you look?
A: I get 15-19 a lot.

Q: Where were you born?
A: Pensacola, FL

Q: Are you waiting for something?
A: Lunch, and the next CCC meeting!

Q: What’s one pet peeve of yours?
A: Flaky people.

Q: What do you do?
A: Attorney (mostly real estate closings and real estate related litigation).

Q: What is your favorite cocktail?
A: Beer or vodka water.

Q: What was the last thing you drank?
A: Water.

Q: What is your favorite dining/drinking establishment?
A: Dining, harbor docks for sushi; drinking, tie between the Red Door and KJ’s.

Q: What is the first thing you look for in a male?
A: Kindness and confidence, and looks-wise, smile.

Q: What CD is in your cd player right now/song on ipod?
A: Song:  Bon Iver, “Creature Fear”

Q: If you could have something right now, anything, what would it be?
A: A large lottery win.
                       
Q: Where do you want to go on vacation?
A: Africa, I’d like to do one week on a safari (one of the fancy ones that don’t involve real camping), and then a beach week.  I can’t go with Candice, though, I couldn’t handle swimming with sharks!

Q: What can’t you wait for?
A: Lunch, and the next CCC meeting!

Q: What is your biggest regret?
A: Not buying and freezing at least 100 burritos from Sugar Beach Catering before they closed.  Big picture, though, I don’t think I regret anything.  I’m pretty happy where I am right now.

Q: When was the last time you cried really, really hard?
A: Well, this is embarrassing, haha.  Christmas Day. 

Q: What is your favorite thing to eat with peanut butter?
A: Chocolate.

Q: What is your favorite food?
A: Burritos.

Q: What are your nicknames?
A: I don’t really have any that have ever stuck. 

Q: If you could go back in time, how far back would you go?
A: Back in my life?  I wouldn’t.  Back in all of history, I’d do a tour of all the cool art periods.

Q: What is something you are passionate about?
A: Dogs.

Q: At what age did you consider yourself an “adult”?
A: I think I’m there now, but just barely.

Q: What was the best/worst gift you ever rec’d?
A: Best: is it bad that this probably is the hardest question for me?  I guess my iPad from my Dad.  Worst: This one’s easy.  Sheets from my boyfriend at the time, due to major procrastination.

Q: What was the best party you’ve ever been to?
A: Lots of fun college parties, but none of them necessarily stand out as the best.  Recently, this year’s Friendsgiving.

Q: Have you ever broken a bone?
A: No.

Q: Would you go on Dancing with the Stars?
A: Yes, but I think I would get kicked off in the first round.  The CCC can attest to the fact that I’m not a great dancer!

Q: If your life had a sound track, what would be the opening and closing song?
A: Okay, maybe this one’s the hardest.  Opening: Blind Melon “Three is the magic number”, closing The Beatles “In my Life.”

Q: What do eat on your pizza?
A: Veggies and pineapple.

Q: Do people ever mistake you for someone else?
A: Yes, see below.

Q: From start to finish, how long does it take you to get ready to go out with the CCC?
A: 40 minutes.

Q: Who in the CCC have you known the longest?
A: Acie.

Q: What is something that we all should know about you?
A:   I’m an identical triplet.

Fill in the blank: The CCC is going to take over the world!

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a fondue restaurant.

We went bowling last week, but only a few of the "voting" members of the CCC were present and we apologize, but there will not be a post on Hurricane Lanes this time. There weren't any drink specials or food... just a ton of fun!! We will be sure to let you know the next time we go bowling so y'all can join in on the fun!

So The Melting Pot of Destin hosts a "Ladies Night Out" the last Tuesday of every month. For January, they hosted their night out with the Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle. 

The CCC with a few of the Girl Scouts. They were extremely excited about our giant cookie order, and when we wanted a picture with them, they exclaimed "it's like we are Mickey at Disney World and people want to take pictures with us!"
Just too darn cute.

The Melting Pot created different fondues based off of the cookies including "Samoa" and "Thin Mint" chocolate options for dessert- YUM! 

The Girl Scouts were also present selling cookies, and we ordered enough to last us a year... or two.

With the cookies, vendors, giveaways, delicious (not to mention fun) food, and did we mention COOKIES? We had one of the best nights together as the CCC and want to thank The Melting Pot for hosting such a great event and putting up with us!!

Did we mention the THIN MINT MARTINI??

This is what else we had to say:

We couldn't have asked for better ambiance. It was arranged that we could all sit at one long table, which was perfect... but loud, since we had to yell across the table to talk to each other (not that we aren't usually yelling anyway). Our apologies to people around us...

We were able to share 3 pots which allowed to to try all of the amazing fondue options. 

The drink specials were great for our different tastes. You see, some of us like wine, some of us like vodka, and some of us like anything that comes in a fancy glass. House red and white wine was $5, and you could "create your own martini" with a number of different flavored vodkas for $6.

A couple of us veered from the drink specials for "ol' faithful"... the dirty martini. The bartender hand stuffed bleu cheese olives and it was ohhhhhhhhhh, so good!!

We'll have another.

The food was delicious (and again- fun!!), although a few of us were thrown off by the meat being served as raw... we just threw it in the pot and ate it anyway! The endless supply of veggies, fruit, etc. to dip was perfect for all of our forks, and the numerous sauces just took the flavors to the next level! Can we drink the Mojo?

The special of the night included salad, cheese, and chocolate courses for $25 a lady, plus $9 if you wanted protein that included chicken and NY strip. While the special seemed fair, it definitely added up. In the end, we felt that the prices were a little steep, but came to the conclusion that it was more about the experience. We just can't argue that the memories and conversations of that night were PRICELESS. (again, sorry to the people around us!)

Our waitstaff was probably one of the most fabulous teams (yes, we required a team) we've had in a while. There was a Tebow look-a -like (hottest server to date!), who we convinced to "Tebow" for us, a cute bus boy with a great sense of humor, and our server (Krista?), was awesome. We are not the easiest group to deal with and she handled us with flying colors. Also thank you to the staff that comes to the table to mix the fondues- they were amazing as well. Let's just say that we totally have an appreciation for Melting Pot servers!

We were the prettiest people there. Duh.

Again, the staff was just fabulous. We want to work with them, be their friends on facebook, but if they could hurry up with our drink refill... we would make our profile picture, a picture of us!

We really enjoyed the decor. The transformable booths were really cool, and we were glad that they were able to accommodate us. The green and white balloons for the Girl Scouts were a nice touch as well. So we took pictures.

The ladies room was great and passed our inspection. Plenty of toilet paper, nice individual paper hand towels, and while a little wet; we would still consider being "those girls" and taking pictures in here.

We would have hidden in there from Twin Tebow, but didn't want to because he was hilarious!

The biggest flaw of the night would have to be the parking. The parking lot was full and most of us had to park at the hotel next door and walk. It was fine, but we were all a little shaky about being towed. Luckily all of our vehicles were safe and sound when we finally decided to let the restaurant close. (Sorry if we kept y'all late!)

Again, our experience was fabulous and don't think we would have traded it just to save a few bucks. THANK YOU again to The Melting Pot for hosting such a great event, and especially for dealing with us and our shenanigans!

(WARNING: we'll be back...)

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meet carrie.

Now that you've met Acie, Aubrey, and Candice...

Meet Carrie.

Q. How old do people think you look?
A. Next question.

Q. Where were you born?
A. Ocala, Florida

Q. Are you waiting for something?
A. In an effort to keep this little interview upbeat, I'll not mention that my boyfriend is deploying for 1 year and leaving this month.  Ooops too late - I'm already waiting for his return and he hasn't even left yet.

Q. What’s one pet peeve of yours? 
A. When people make reference to "should have" as "should of" instead of "should've" or when people use "their, they're, there" incorrectly, or they use "literally or basically" WAY too often.

Q. What do you do?
A. Mortgage Banker.  Why, do you need a loan?  Call me.

Q. What is your favorite cocktail?
A. Blueberry Stoli and Soda 

Q. What was the last thing you drank?
A. Protein Shake - Visalus, which I also sell so if you need any, call me.

Q. What is your favorite dining/drinking establishment?
A. Too many to choose really, but Camille's is a solid standby that I frequent often enough.

Q. What is the first thing you look for in a male?
A. Any sign of confidence and humility.  I require both.

Q. What CD is in your cd player right now/ song on ipod?
A. The xx - Crystalised 

Q. If you could have something right now, anything, what would it be? 
A. A phone call from Trevor telling me he doesn't have to leave.  I would even settle for an email or a text message.  I'm ashamed to admit I actually pray for it.

Q. Where do you want to go on vacation?
A. Australia is likely next on the list. 

Q. What can’t you wait for?
A. Um, Trevor to come home! 

Q. What is your biggest regret?
A. No regrets!  All lessons learned just on time.

Q. When was the last time you cried really, really hard?
A. ew, break up city

Q. What is your favorite thing to eat with peanut butter?
A. pancakes or waffles

Q. What is your favorite food?
A. i'm glad it's dinner time, you're making me hungry! STEAK

Q. What are your nicknames?
A. Chichi - my entire family has called me that since my niece was born 16yrs ago and Scucci- since our trip to Italy in 2010...apparently Lindsay thought excuse me was "scucci" not "scuzzi" and we have called each other that name ever since!

Q. If you could go back in time, how far back would you go?
A. For a short visit, back to the last lottery drawing and buy a winning ticket just before, duh!

Q. What is something you are passionate about?
A. World Peace, and I'm not making a funny.  I truly believe wholeheartedly that we can unite in happiness, spread love, and make a difference.

Q. At what age did you consider yourself an “adult”?
A. Way too early.  I'm pretty sure by my standards I should have been able to vote at 12.

Q. What was the best/worst gift you ever rec’d?
A. I honestly can’t ever remember getting a bad gift.  I mean maybe an ugly sweater from when I was a child, but otherwise I suppose I’ve been blessed with great family and friends who give thoughtful gifts.  For my 15^th birthday my mom took me to the Virgin Islands for 10 days.  That was a pretty spectacular gift.

Q. What was the best party you’ve ever been to?
A. The one I don’t remember!  Halloween at Alys Beach this past year was pretty stellar.  I like costume parties for sure.

Q. Have you ever broken a bone?
A. Spine – 4 places.  Definitely not cool to ride a jet ski over a dam.  Don’t ever do that.

Q. Would you go on Dancing with the Stars?
A. No way.  I don’t even watch that show.  I’m not a sucker for reality TV.  I’ll take fiction any chance I get.  I face reality too much between the hours of 9-5.  HBO and Showtime are the best.

Q. If your life had a sound track, what would be the opening and closing song?
A. Opening: No Doubt “Just a Girl”       Closing:  Prince “1999”

Q. What do you eat on your pizza?
A. EVERYTHING except sausage

Q. Do people ever mistake you for someone else?
A. I have brown eyes, and blonde sometimes brown hair, which means I look like 80% of American girls.  I get, “you look just like” or “you look so familiar” at least once a week.

Q. From start to finish, how long does it take you to get ready to go out with the CCC?
A. I’m usually meeting up straight from work.  What you see is what you get!

Q. Who in the CCC have you known the longest?
A. Drue – 2005 or 2006

Q. What is something that we all should know about you?
A. I’m not very shy or conservative with my comments.  If you “think” I might be insulting you, I’m not – that’s just my nature.  I promise you will be 100% certain when I am intentionally trying to insult you which is not a likely occurrence. 

Fill in the blank: The CCC is a group of girls from all walks of life.  From conservative to liberal, we cover all the bases and love each and every minute of our time together!  I love these girls!