Hi Julieanne

We hit Longboat Key in 2003.

This place is Paradise, The beaches are fab, go to Siesta Key Beach on the next key down as its one of the best in the world.

If they are still there. Restaurants to visit

Hemmingways just off St Armands Circle

Dry Dock Grill which is approx 1 mile up Lonboat Key on your right. Its next to a great big boat storage warehouse.

Water sports are in abundance here so I would check out on the Loagboat Key website before you go.

Can't praise this place enough and would like to go back at some point in the future also.

St Armands circle is full of Restaurants and really great shops. I can remember an American Stile Icecream Parlour which served some fab Ice Creams.

Have a great time