Debris piled up in front of the Beach House’s sign on Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach ... Within weeks, his former Bradenton Beach restaurant was buried in a mountain of powdery-white sand dumped ...

How to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day weekend — and March 17 proper — at Irish pubs and other top venues in Sarasota, Manatee ...

Meanwhile, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are in full swing, from downtown Sarasota to Bradenton ... off at Holmes Beach City Hall (5801 Marina Drive), rolling down Gulf Drive and Pine Avenue ...

If you don't mind a bit of a drive ... Beach offers rooms with balconies overlooking the Gulf of Mexico or Santa Rosa Sound, as well as free breakfast, a pool, a hot tub and a waterfront ...