Excellent customer service. Each time I've sent a package through here, the guy behind the counter…read morehas helped me find the best packaging, and the cheapest fare.

This is the best post office in the area. The people who work here are friendly and polite. The…read moreline always moves quickly. I highly recommend this post office.

We utilized this office to do passport applications for our entire family. Ms. Tamika Dally made…read morethe process so smooth and QUICK that I'm still wondering why I put off the appointment to long. Not only was she incredibly patient with our kiddos (4 & 7), she got through the process quickly and efficiently. A huge thank you to you, Tamika, for helping our family be able to make amazing memories!

Had an absolutely wonderful experience here. Kat was incredible and worked with me through the…read moreprocess as I had a couple of weird issues to work through being an overseas returnee. Very clean and well organized. They great you when you enter and are fantastic.

This location is actually that of the Valparaiso Florida Post Office. A small but very well stocked…read morelocation with a very friendly postal clerk (Larry). I was able to send out a package with a tracking number and buy some stamps with ease. I had earlier stopped at the Niceville post office and that was so incredibly crowded that I could not wait in that long line. This post office is much more effective. Great service! Highly recommended. Five Stars!

Destin, Florida is a city in NW Florida located in the Panhandle. They have gained notoriety as the…read morebeaches are magical with Emerald Waters and Powdery White Sand. Interesting fact, the sand is that way from granite deposits that flow from North GA and beyond all the way down into the Gulf as silt. Because of the beaches, the area attracts more and more tourist every year and IMO is getting more luxurious as the years go by. I've noticed better restaurants, more aesthetically pleasing looking buildings and just a more upscale feel with each visit. I'm writing this here because I noticed many of the beaches along the 6 mile coast are PRIVATE. I'm not sure which beach to actually post this review but I find that simply horrible, ridiculous, backwards and restrictive! Who adds gates with Codes to a beach?!?! I can understand a handful of properties and major resorts but to secure majority of the coastline with Controlled Access? In my particular visit I stayed at a resort and had the codes for entry/exit but found many people having difficulty simply getting to the beach! I don't think they knew the beaches would have controlled Access! Even to exit, you need a code! That's shameful! It was frustrating to see people struggle with umbrellas/coolers and chairs only to have to find the Public Beach and have to walk back to their car. May I add the city also doesn't have any form of boardwalk to enjoy a long walk down the coast or some form of transportation to maneuver the public/private beaches! You're basically on your own! I'm curious Who/When/How that got approved because that's definitely some backwards N. Florida, My Property, ME, ME, ME planning! I'm not a resident but I believe some things on this planet are public and Imo a beach is one of them! Plus their has to be better ways to protect and maintain these beaches than blocking them off from the general public. Any who, for anybody planning a Trip to Destin, Please do your homework! Visit the website below which has hyperlinks for all the beaches which explains access points/fees/sizes of the beach and more details. I'll also attach a picture which shows a few of the main Public Beaches. It does appear the largest beach is Henderson Beach with1.22 miles of shoreline. Seems like the general "Dump the masses" area. The others are significantly smaller! smh. Any who I hope this helps! One Last detail, We had many umbrellas and chairs however this was literally the 1st beach that didn't have Umbrellas for sale on the beach. It's just very restrictive down there and is worthy of a review! https://www.cityofdestin.com/281/Beach-Information

This is the worst library in town. It's the largest and the most resources, but the staff here is…read morecompletely uninvolved with its patrons. I called and requested that a book be sent over from another Okaloosa library. The staff member said that she would place the request, but never did. I needed the book for a class and ended up having to order it to get in it time. They closed the childrens' section down during the summer to remodel (a poor management decision). I made a special trip to the library with my children and was turned away. They do not offer many summer programs for children at this location. Space is being wasted here. Bring in new talent or reallocated the money going to the FWB location to the Mary Esther, Destin, and Niceville library.

The Fort Walton Beach Library is a fantastic library with an excellent staff. We've been going to…read morethis library more and more over the last decade and a half because they have everything we need for research and for personal reads. If it isn't in this library the staff finds it at another library and has if for you, if available, in a few days. The wonderful new children's area of the library is just lovely for parents and children. The construction was efficient and well managed and took very little time. I can't wait to take my grandchildren to see the improvements this November! Hope 'Elmo' is available then too!! The Children Section librarian staff goes to great lengths to encourage children to read. The head of this section, Nancy, even dresses up as Elmo for special reading days and the children and parents love it! We love this library!

Beach my family and I visited while on vacation and staying near the fort walton portion of…read moreFlorida. We spent a day here about mid afternoon and the beach was pretty crowded but overall very clean. The water as fun and produces good waves. They had red flags out for strong currents and we could feel it some in the Water so with us having 4 kids we didn't spend much time and stray to far in the water. We will have a lasting memory of this place as we used this beach as our photo op to announce to our friends and family that we are expecting our 5th child. So that will stick with us and the kids when we look back on this place. Overall fun and memorable day at at the beach here. We found a little parking lot that was easy access and parking. So that was nice and not stressful which is always a plus.

Sunrises at 6 AM and Sunsets on Okaloosa Island are gorgeous. The weather was hazy and cloudy yet…read morethe beach was always beautiful and peaceful.

A very nice library, but could be more visitor-friendly. If you're not a resident, you can't check…read moreout materials. You also cannot use the computer terminal, the only way to access their Ancestry database. They need to look at what Gulf Shores & Orange Beach, AL libraries do to be more inclusive.

In the digital age we now live in, libraries are still maintaining their place. They're still an…read moreexcellent source of information, and even if you don't want to get it from a book, you can use their computer labs for access to the Information Superhighway. In addition, this is a great place to get your yearly tax documents, enjoy art exhibits and check out movies (as in DVDs!).

I recall watching "The Truman Show" shortly after it came out in 1998, which was about a man played…read moreby Jim Carrey who was unaware that he is living his entire life on a large soundstage. This was considered a reality television show in the days before most real reality television shows had come out. There is a house in the movie that is very recognizable, and it is a real house in Seaside, Florida and is called The Truman House. During a recent visit to 30A, my wife and I joined our friends on a drive by the house where we snapped a few photos and got to reminisce about the movie. The Truman House can be found at 31 Natchez Street in Seaside, which was used as a filming location for Truman's home in the movie. Although it is not numbered 36 (as it was in the movie), there is still a plaque above its door with the number 36 inscribed on it. The actual house is owned by the Gaetz family, which includes American politicians Don and Matt Gaetz. In fact, Seahaven in the movie really was Seaside, Florida in real life. Prior to the movie coming out, Seaside was a little known gem of a place as a quaintly idyllic beach community in 30A. The secret was out when the movie came out! This specific house could be seen in the movie when each morning, Jim Carrey's character steps out from the house's vivid green front door and greets his neighbors with his catch phrase from the movie, "Good morning, and in case I don't see ya--good afternoon, good evening, and good night!" Though other Seaside locations were used in the film, the Truman House was the only one that my wife and my friends were really excited to see, so we made it a special mission to find it. I'm glad to say we were successful!