There are few things I remember as fondly as the Beach Trolley Pub Crawl of 2007. The sardine-packed vehicles, utter horror from bus drivers not accustomed to more than a few beachgoers, the bar owners chastising us for cursing — ah, the (fuzzy) memories! Even if my fellow co-workers thought it was a disaster, I still loved it. So the recent news that the city of Gulfport will expand its waterfront trolley service to St. Pete Beach is music to my ears (in the tune of Judy Garland's "Clang, clang, clang goes the trolley…").

The new stops (marked by a pink flamingo sign) include the Pasadena Shopping Center, Palms of Pasadena Hospital, Corey Avenue and Blind Pass. From there you can hop onto the regular PSTA beach trolleys that take you up and down the Gulf Beaches. Trolley service runs once per hour, seven days a week from 7:45 a.m. to 9:50 p.m.

A regular fare is $1.75, but the reductions for seniors, youth and students still apply. Plus, the new trolley will accept PSTA bus passes.

I'm envisioning an all-day trolley pub crawl that begins at O'Maddy's, stops at the Horse and Jockey Pub in Pasadena for a Guiness, Woody's off of 75th Avenue on St. Pete Beach and then connecting with the PSTA trolley for some libations at the Undertow, Ricky T's and Caddy's. Extra points if you go beyond Treasure Island to the bars that dot the beaches northward.