The Rotten Egg Redemption: A Pensacola Easter Reawakening
- Ericka Boussarhane Events
- Apr 8
- 3 min read
There is a moment in every adult’s life when they must confront the truth: they were never meant to find the golden egg.
Perhaps it was hidden too high. Perhaps a cousin with a suspicious growth spurt always beat you to it. Or perhaps, like so many others, your Easter Sunday memories were less Norman Rockwell and more David Lynch: sugar-crazed toddlers stampeding over mulch, one too many deviled eggs, and a man in a rabbit costume who smelled faintly of cigarettes and despair. You cried on his lap. He blinked once. The camera flashed. It was done.
If this was your childhood, you are not alone. And—more importantly—you are invited.
Welcome to The Great Pensacola Egg Hunt, an event less about childhood nostalgia and more about finally rewriting it. Designed for adults, families, and the emotionally courageous, this immersive scavenger hunt dares to do what no Easter event has done before: offer closure.
Gone are the days of competition, the agony of near-empty baskets, and the social trauma of being called the “rotten egg” by faster, louder children with better shoes. In their place: a witty, whimsical, and (most importantly) trauma-free self-guided journey through historic downtown Pensacola—where the only thing getting crushed underfoot is generational baggage.
A Hunt, Reimagined
The Great Pensacola Egg Hunt is not so much an egg hunt as it is a curated exercise in collective emotional rebirth. You will not be digging through suspicious shrubbery. There will be no toddlers vaulting fences to beat you to a plastic carrot. There is no Bunny. Not even ironically.
Instead, participants are guided through a series of thoughtfully designed clue-based challenges, small dances of joy (optional but encouraged), and photo opportunities that don’t involve being menaced by a poorly ventilated rabbit suit. The route winds through Pensacola’s charming downtown district, brushing up against its storied past while refusing to dwell on it—because this hunt is about progress, not pain.
You will smile. You might laugh. You will not cry on anyone’s lap unless previously arranged.
Everyone who completes the hunt receives a prize and promotion bag, the contents of which are designed to soothe even the most neglected inner child. No egg-counting. No “winner takes all.” In this story, everyone wins. Even your cousin Brad, who still brags about that golden egg he found in 1997.
What’s Included (Besides Healing and Mild Exercise)
A self-guided digital tour experience through Pensacola’s historic sites and back alleys of memory
Silly props (because dignity is overrated and bunny ears are timeless)
An interactive scavenger hunt app that makes you feel clever but not pressured
Surprise performances and optional public dancing (because we’re all adults now and frankly, it’s freeing)
A prize bag that doesn’t require bloodsport to earn
Details That Matter
🕰️ Meeting Time: Arrive 10 minutes before your scheduled journey to prepare yourself emotionally and spiritually (and maybe stretch).
📍 Meeting Location:Pensacola History and Haunting Office
221 East Government Street
Pensacola, FL 32502
📞 850-941-4321
🧭 Website(s) for further overthinking and sign-up:
A Word on the Bunny
He will not be there.
We cannot overstate this.
No towering harbinger of fur and vacant eyes will loom in your photos. No strange gloved hand will touch your shoulder in the name of spring. Instead, the only thing lurking around corners will be your own sense of wonder, cautiously peeking out to see if it’s finally safe.
It is.
An Invitation to the Once Rotten
So if you were once the kid left holding an empty basket while others bathed in Peeps and glory, if your holiday memories are flecked with shame, chocolate, and the faint threat of seasonal hay fever—this event is for you.
Not just a scavenger hunt. Not just an activity. A movement.
Come. Heal. Dance. Receive a prize. Forgive the Bunny. Forgive yourself.
This Easter, no one calls you a rotten egg.
Not even you.