Daytona Beach & Clearwater FL

Jeff L. wrote:
>  Gotta travel for 10 glorious expenses-paid days, hobnobbing with the
> great and the near-great in my area of research.
>
>  Ah, Florida bound.... heard they had some bad weather recently.
>
>  When in Daytona Beach and Clearwater, the questions are:
>
>  What to do?
>  Where to go?

There is a great little place called Shells for crab and beer in Clearwater or St Petersburg.