The drive from Lido Key through Longboat Key on the way to Anna Maria Island is beautiful. These are very high end homes, clubs and condo units. Finally, thanks to those touristy maps surrounded by ads, we found not one, not two, but three water-side watering holes. The Dry Dock looked great; but we are saving it for another day. The directional hint for this on is that it is "behind the BP station!" Further along, almost to the Anna Maria Bridge, we headed east on Broadway and slipped right past our destination, signage seems to be a problem on Longboat and "Mar-Vista" is virtually "signless." The nice folks at Moore's Stone Crab (at the bay end of Broadway) were most gracious in directing us to their neighboring competitor. After a brief wait, we were bekoned
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