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  1. UofL

    Misc Cottage Rental Agency - offline?

    We booked with Cottage Rental Agency for a Seaside visit. Got a message that our reservation was cancelled for May. The owners didn't select a management company yet. I'm not sure what offline means. Separating from that Sandestin group? Shutting down? I hope we get a refund sooner than...
  2. UofL

    Arrived Wednesday

    Pre covid crowds! What a gift! Staying at Seaside until next Thursday. Probably last time since 2008. It was a good run. Can't justify paying next year's almost double in rental costs. Anyway, drove through Grayton this rainy morning. Surprised - but it works - to see most of the parking...
  3. UofL

    2001 June Seaside

    Ellen
  4. UofL

    Seaside, difficult to find a parking space, even in 'off season'?

    My cousin is in her 12th year as a snowbird on 30A. She's given up going to Sundog books. Or Great Southern. She can't find parking. I gave her a couple of hints. And no she doesn't want to ride the shuttle, especially to get food to go and ride back and forth. When school is out, would...
  5. UofL

    Taxes and fees on rentals

    Too good to be true. We were excited to find a 20% discount for a house we've been interested in. The 8 or 9 nights would be $3100+ but with fees and taxes the final total was $4800. We decided to pass. Easy decision. 2 bedrooms. 1 bath. This would have been in early May. Ellen
  6. UofL

    Seaside Trip Report

    Tearing down '30A' homes to build big homes with little to no parking. Now, no beach for those people. There were always challenges as to where your beach access was. Can we walk to it or do we have to drive to it (but no parking). Now, you can have beach access across the street from your...
  7. UofL

    Our visit last week

    First, not so busy (at least on our end of Seaside - where we rent). Nicest people everywhere. Seagrove, east of Seaside, is one new 4 story home after another. Ate at the Bay before our rental was ready. Busy with fewer people. 2:00, took 45 minutes to get our 2 grilled sandwiches. Not a...
  8. UofL

    1993 August 1 article Panhandle and 30A

    The article was from the New York Times. Posted in the Louisville Courier Journal. Sorry, if I posted before. Timely, considering how much it has changed. (Car free streets). I remember the art gallery on the lake etc. Ellen
  9. UofL

    What are you guys (and the rest of us) going to do about 30A?

    We avoid Spring Break & Fall Break. We stay at Seaside and avoid driving anywhere, unless we hop on 395. We returned Sun day from a wonderful first week. We lucked out. Beach. No issues. We did avoid town center after 9:00 pm, I guess because we hung out for pre and post sunset at our...
  10. UofL

    Seaside is Busy in October

    I had made a note 5 years ago to not return in October but this year, we had a cancelled trip, so we came. Will never return to 30A again in October. We've avoided March and April spring breaks for a decade. We were here in August. Just busier than usual. Below is what I posted on Seaside's...
  11. UofL

    Dune Allen? Someone building a fence?

    Dune Allen Beachcam Ellen
  12. UofL

    Seaside construction crane?

    Checking the sowal.com beach cams nearly everyday, we've noticed a construction crane just west of the Coleman pavilion. Something being built on the (valuable) petanque park land? Thanks, Ellen (counting down again, October)
  13. UofL

    As seen in a house for sale in Norton Commons (KY)

    Looking at pictures of homes for sale in our neighborhood (Prospect KY), it was funny to see this picture as part of the neighborhood. We do have shops. We do have a post office very similar to Seaside. We have a bocce court. A restaurant with a Modica like interior but our shopping area...
  14. UofL

    2001 June first time to stay on 30A

    We had been visiting since the late 80s/early 90s but finally found our first place to stay. Ellen
  15. UofL

    1991 June 16 article about Seaside

  16. UofL

    June 15 1986 Seaside article

    I have loved Seaside since the beginning. Picked up this newspaper when we went to Disneyworld then beach vacation at Treasure Island. (I know I've probably posted this before. Understand if you delete. I search my records everyday.) Ellen See you in August.
  17. UofL

    2005 June 9

    Seaside. Shades
  18. UofL

    Seaside June 2004-pictures later

    I give up. Here are a few of the pics. The others I deleted because of their orientation.
  19. UofL

    Misc Thank you to (Garrett) Benchmark for letting us reschedule

    I called 'just now' because our reservation was for May 9th and I don't see a miracle that soon. So, we booked for next May, 2021, a little later in the month. We still have our August, 2020, reservation which, I hope will happen. (We like to do 30A beach trips, other trips, and UL trips...
  20. UofL

    Misc Our Garrett May rental rate increased $100 per night

    We've stayed in the same house since 2010. Since 2015, we've been there in the month of May plus other weekly visits. It's always gone up about $20 or so a night each year but never $100 a night. Never. The rate is now the 'in season' rate. No notice when we booked the year before. No FYI...
  21. UofL

    1990 Seaside homes for sale

    Always drove over to Seaside before we started staying on 30A, 2000. We stayed on the far west side of PCB, west of 79. Ellen
  22. UofL

    1990 Seaside rates

  23. UofL

    1998 calendar of events Seaside

  24. UofL

    90s Seaside

    Happy New Year. I don't see the rates but the shops & restaurants are interesting. Ellen
  25. UofL

    USPS tweet

    Saw this on my twitter feed today. Guess it's not a stamp but weirdly random? Happy holidays, Ellen
  26. UofL

    Another Seaside house gone.

    2nd house gone on Tupelo. Plus one on the east side of Tupelo pavilion. Ellen
  27. UofL

    August 1, 1993 article about 30A

    The 2nd image allows the reader to see all of the last column. Ellen P
  28. UofL

    Notes from our visit (May 8-May 18)

    Always a lovely visit. Everyone is so welcoming. Wonderful water. Red/purple flags, first part, then yellow/purple. Saw lots of pelicans; dolphins, manta?, BIG turtle, deer. At Seaside, by the Tupelo pavilion, someone bulldozed a longstanding home, and will build something new. Since there are...
  29. UofL

    Perfect Pig, 3rd location?

    We noticed the sign at the Watercolor Publix shopping center at the construction site. We tried to eat the first location at few years ago, but no seating available at the bar - there was no one sitting there but they didn't want us to sit there - bizarre. Were too early at the other location a...
  30. UofL

    Another Broken Egg at Grayton? New name?

    We noticed the new name was Cracking(?) New name for previous restaurant? Wasn't that the original? Is there Another Broken Egg on 30A planned? Thanks, Ellen Counting down again...August
  31. UofL

    Trip report

    First, two weeks is too much. This week is so crowded on the beach. We'll go back to one week in May next year - this past week. (We were here in Feb. Returning in Aug - before school with family first - and Sept.) Traffic light installed and working at 395 and 30A yesterday. Gates being...
  32. UofL

    Wanted Jan-March 2019 3 mths 2 BR

    We are visiting this week. Snowbird cousin from upstate NY is here for 2 months but would love to be here for 3 months. Trying to avoid March upcharge. (They are currently eastbof Eastern Lake.) better luck on west front beach road near Carillon? Thanks Ellen
  33. UofL

    Knock on wood. Perfect water since Tuesday.

    As awful as the storms have been for others (and perhaps even more), we came on down to the Panhandle for a trip we had planned in Feb. We had already been here in June. The water has been almost clear and calm. Yellow flag with occasional purple. Saw the jellyfish - maybe six or so total -...
  34. UofL

    Hot Air Lanterns in South Walton

    On the beach. East end past seaside. Heading into the north east sky. Any danger? One right after another. Ellen
  35. UofL

    Arrived Sat. June 3rd - South Walton Trip Report

    Still feels good when we finally get to drive on 30A. We stay at Greenville AL on Friday nights then drive down without traffic on Saturday morning. More building, of course. New registers at Modica. Bud & Alleys will be torn down after Labor Day. Dave buying the land. Will take at least a...
  36. UofL

    Looks like two red flags?

    Beach cams today - daily fix - looks like two red flags. I guess even in cold water you have to have the two red flags/water closed.
  37. UofL

    Wow! Beautiful water

    arrived Tuesday. Beautiful water every day. Clear. Nice waves. Yellow flag. A few dolphins. Lots of pelicans. Very few people. Can almost walk down the middle of road. Spent our $$ at Red Bar, Publix, Modica, 45 Central, Wine World, Craft Bar, Bud & Alleys, Summer Kitchen, Tapas. Bismatis...
  38. UofL

    Our last visit

    We were there at the end of June, leaving on July 2. Hot and crowded. First time in a long time we went that far into summer. It was an added week for family to enjoy. We had already been in May. Heading back in Sept. Anyway, as we drove around we drove back into Forest Lake area. Does...
  39. UofL

    Trip report - mostly food

    30A food review from May 14 - 21 trip. *Cowgirl Kitchen, walk or ride bikes. Heartache: warm pimento cheese with bacon on a biscuit. It is so good. *Great Southern, Happy Hour. Dozen or two oysters. We shared the Celebration Seafood platter again, but that might be too much. Frozen margaritas...
  40. UofL

    2001 30A

    So many photos to look through and enjoy. These are a few from a 2001 visit where the view and/or business has changed since that time. Ellen
  41. UofL

    E. O. Wilson

    I have always seen the name around Sowal. KET had this show on last night and recorded it. So glad I did. What a wonderful person. Haven't gotten all the way through it yet, but it is so much more than I thought it would be. I thought it would be 'heavy' science, but what I've watched so...
  42. UofL

    Trip diary

    our first time to visit in September. Arrived Sunday. Crowds left by Monday. No one here today. Flies, jelly fish, spotty rain, flies, humidity, flies. We have gotten our 1-2 hour bike ride in both mornings. No oysters at Great Southern Sunday -ran out. Love the tree canopy west and east of...
  43. UofL

    Missing some of the beach cams

    Especially the two Grayton beach cams. No problem with viewing Dune Allen. Counting down again, Ellen
  44. UofL

    Too many people at the beach

    http://sowal.com/webcam/sandestin-beachcam Daily check of beach cams....glad we don't vacation at this spot:-) We were fortunate, first time to visit in the month of May, there was only 1 row of people. Will see what first time visit in September will look like. Ellen
  45. UofL

    Coastal Living house in Seagrove

    In case you didn't see the ad in the latest magazine http://www.coastalliving.com/homes/idea-houses/2015-beach-cottage. Ellen
  46. UofL

    New drilling plans.

    http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2015/05/new-drilling-plans-approved-near-site-of-deepwater.html?ana=e_du_nat&s=article_du&ed=2015-05-13&u=2114447694eb924b10cab7d33707d&t=1431550470 Talking about it back home. Ellen (having a wonderful week. Water and weather are perfect...
  47. UofL

    First time visit in May

    We have visited after Xmas, in March/April during Spring break, June, July, and August but never May. (My husband is now a retired teacher so we can take advantage of lower rates:-) We have been seeing the purple flag on the beach cams but noticed today that they were gone and only yellow...
  48. UofL

    Seaside June 15 1986 St. Pete Times

    Found this article. Scanned each of the two pages, 5 separate times. Sorry the three article sections aren't exactly together. Heck, I hope the 10 pics are posted:-) We had gone to Disney World then on to Treasure Island. I think I had already heard about Seaside and that's why I saved...
  49. UofL

    Eastern Lake 1984

    picture in rental. Little brown house west of lake, east of commodores etc had a lot of land before the lake. Today it's deck is over the water.
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