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Ow Ow Ow...I want a front row seat!!!! Preferably in the center of town!

Hello everyone !

My first post (just found this site in the past week) 😀 . I am from Huntsville Alabama and now live in Midtown Atlanta. Been visiting the beach two weeks (May & October) each year since 1987 Sure has changed a lot in Seagrove in all that time. I met my wife on the beach in Seagrove :wub: and we were married on the beach in 1997. She lived in Atlanta so that is how I ended up in Georgia. We bought a lot (On B Street) in Seacrest 4 years ago (should have bought more !) so we have a place to build when we retire in about 10 -12 years.
This is a great forum and I look forward to reading it now with my other daily reads 😀 . I will be trying some new places to eat as well thanks to the posts I have been reading.
Thanks for the great pictures and information !

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I am from Huntsville also. I live in Lacey's Spring, AL now 4 miles South of Huntsville...where did you go to high school?

I truly love you guys!

Back at you SJ!!!!!:wub:

In order:
Cullman, Alabama; Panama City Beach, Florida; Houston, Texas; Galveston, Texas; Lajolla, California; San Diego, California; Euclid (Cleveland), Ohio; Panama City Beach, Florida; Homosassa, Florida; IVAN!; Cullman, Alabama; Rebel Yell, Mississippi.

Same order as NCSL contracts (clue!).

Sea ya!

My wife and I are close by in Cobb county GA. We are soon to be transplants. We want to come down there full time soon. Cant wait to leave the busy town of ATL for a little bit of the beach life. :lol:

You are standing in it! (probably sitting aren't you?) :lol:

That was far too creative and correct as an answer. But I thought you might say town center was Eden Gardens, where all high-budget frog horror movies are shot.

That was far too creative and correct as an answer. But I thought you might say town center was Eden Gardens, where all high-budget frog horror movies are shot.

:lolabove:

Just went on a nature walk through there yesterday - had a picnic that was to last an hour and ended up staying about 4 - a beautiful day and no bugs.

I love this description from Amazon:

Millionaire Jason Crockett (Ray Milland. No, really. Ray Milland) hates frogs. Naturally, he lives on an island estate in the middle of a big Southern swamp. His family also hates frogs, so much so that they clap their hands over their ears and scream about the horrible, horrible noise. Everybody joins in spraying toxic chemicals around, little realizing that these frogs are not just moist, they're mad. Hopping mad. The family gathers for Grandpa's annual birthday celebration, unaware that doom is hopping toward them on wet, flapping feet. The point is driven home with shot after shot of the frogs hopping... hopping... hopping... and occasionally being tossed by a helpful stagehand. Actually, the whole swamp is mad--snakes, snapping turtles, and even crocodiles- -which is really for the best because the only thing the frogs seem to have in the way of menace is that hopping thing. One by one, family members go flailing into the swamp, never to return, while those still in the house watch death hop closer. Frogs is almost as remarkable for the sartorial issues it brings up as the environmental ones. Why is everyone wearing sweaters with blazers in Florida in July? How did Joan Van Ark manage to find an outfit that combines the practicality of hot pants with the beauty of a terrycloth jumper? Will Ray Milland ever be able to get the slime off that bright white suit? And still, the frogs hop closer...

... And still, the frogs hop closer...

So - they shot this around SJs place? ;-)

So - they shot this around SJs place? ;-)

4300 hops away.

4300 hops away.

Frogs II-Death of the Real Estate Flippers!!!! The frogs are angry. First they bloody their noses hitting the FSBO sign. The next week, the sign moves, it's now a Realtor sign. These obstacles spell war, and someone will pay....Michael Brown

I have to agree with you on the school system in the St. Pete, Clearwater and all the central area of FL schools in general. (AND the locked doors in So. St. Pete, too!!) Not to be a downer, but they truly are horrific. By the time our son was 3, we moved to Chicago area only for the school system. The public schools here are awesome by comparison. Once the high school years are over, then, we'll move back to FL, but NOT to St. Pete/Clearwater (icky beaches!!!!!). It will be the Sowal area or Pensacola.
(BTW, we always wondered why Clearwater Beach got that name because the water was never clear!!)

The school system in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties has changed in the last 5 years or so, and there are some excellent educational opportunities. Graytonbound, if you are still interested in St. Pete High, I hope it's because your children are bright enough (of course they are! 😀 ) to attend St. Pete High's International Baccaleaureate program, which is outstanding. The kids at SPHS who do really really well are IB, and maybe band members or swimmers. The school itself probably isn't all around outstanding, but it has a decent sense of community.

The Pinellas schools in general have a lot of magnet programs, and there is widespread school choice, so if you do your homework and get lucky you can get a great education. However, I'll say that while the schools seem to be better than they were when I was growing up, it's still a bit of a cr*pshoot and I'd choose the private school I went to. Pricey though. :shock:

I am pretty sure that Newsweek's list of excellent schools is very narrowly chosen. Has to do with IB and AP programs and such. If your child is capable of doing well in those programs it's not a bad idea to go by the list.

And as for having to lock your doors ... is there anywhere you don't have to anymore? :idontno:

From the above message you can probably guess I'm from St. Pete. Hubby and I met at UF and lived in California while he was in the Marines, then went back to St. Pete for 6 years. A job transfer took us to Massachussetts for a year, and when we came back we settled in Tampa.

We love Tampa and can't imagine wanting to go back to St. Pete. Lots more young professionals here.

We are/were some of those dreaded "investors," thanks to a tip from a good friend of ours. Drove up one weekend and found a great lot in Seagrove, 50 yards from a walkover. :wub: That was two years ago. Now we own a house in Seacrest with two other couples. We come up every chance we get, and plan to hold onto the Seagrove lot as long as possible so we can build our beach dream house. We bought in for purely financial reasons but we are staying for all the reasons you would expect. :wub:

We love the feel of 30-A and hope that it soon will have a few more of the amenities like you see in Sanibel/Captiva, once our favorite regular vacation spot. I'm sure it will get there in a couple of years.

Hardly anyone from around here knows anything about 30-A. Seaside is just a dot on a map to them; most around here head to Sanibel or Marco Island or Boca Grande.

We love the feel of 30-A and hope that it soon will have a few more of the amenities like you see in Sanibel/Captiva, once our favorite regular vacation spot. I'm sure it will get there in a couple of years.

What are they?

A DVD of "Frogs" should be included in the closing papers for sales in any of the new subdivisions cropping up around Point Washington - particularly the new one being planned that backs up to the state park property on the "old road" to PW (watch out for spiders!). 😀

What are they?

Oh, it's really not much, but they do have restaurants and shops scattered throughout the area. We don't have a lot to choose from on the east side of 30-A yet. It will be nice (and I speak mostly of that side of 30-A) to have a number of places to eat that know you are going to be there when you come back. For example, we loved going to Luna Del Mar. :( Rosemary and Seacrest are sort of dead from a shops and food standpoint. I'm sure that as the area matures that will change.

Oh, it's really not much, but they do have restaurants and shops scattered throughout the area. We don't have a lot to choose from on the east side of 30-A yet. It will be nice (and I speak mostly of that side of 30-A) to have a number of places to eat that know you are going to be there when you come back. For example, we loved going to Luna Del Mar. :( Rosemary and Seacrest are sort of dead from a shops and food standpoint. I'm sure that as the area matures that will change.

I doubt that you will see much increase in the number of restuarants in So Wal in the next three years. Get ready to drive to Freeport. Land is too expensive, help is too expensive, and too much work for the profits. Most restauranteurs will not have enough cash in the bank to withstand the growing period from start to 2 years down the road. That is the primary reason why 90 percent of all new restaurants fail within the first 12 months.

The new Shades at Rosemary Beach is pretty good. Nice bar.

Missouri originally. Nashville since 1971. Soooooo excited to soon be having a place on 30a!!! Just 3 more months!!! In the meantime, though have secured a nice lot in Freeport, just in case we ever need a back-up plan!!

The new Shades at Rosemary Beach is pretty good. Nice bar.

Thanks for the rec! :clap_1: