What Do You LOVE About SoWal?

Mimosas at Red Bar on Sundays, monarch butterflys in early fall, friends that I have met along the way, a long bike ride down 30A, the dunes that look like snow covered mountains, "that small town feel", a glass of wine and apps on the beach at sunset, being lucky enough that life has lead me to live here...the list could go on and on.

OK, Nodilberthere, we will agree that talking abour your hair on SoWal is not one of the things we love about SOWAL. Has anybody mentioned the georgeous photos that Kurt and others post? Or the Mountainfilm events?

Tell me more about Mountain Film events!!! :wave:

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I love that the wildlife (coyotes, deer, rabbit, armadillo, possum, racoons, wild pigs, bears, et al...) outnumber the tourists.....

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When I moved here from Washington State a long time ago I'd never seen white sand, only snow. I love the sand. I also love the crabs, the gulf fishing, and running through Grayton State park and enjoying the wildlife. There are so many beautiful, beautiful ........ people can be strange, however ,enjoying the strange beauty that surrounds us on 30a, priceless!

Oh my what a huge change coming all that way! How you got here from there is probably quite a story.

Amazing you'd only seen snow - sand does look like it doesn't it??

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Mimosas at Red Bar on Sundays, monarch butterflys in early fall, friends that I have met along the way, a long bike ride down 30A, the dunes that look like snow covered mountains, "that small town feel", a glass of wine and apps on the beach at sunset, being lucky enough that life has lead me to live here...the list could go on and on.

Never been to Red Bar on Sunday, looking forward to butterflies in fall, have already made great friends, have yet to take bike ride on 30A, LOVE the rolling dunes and YES, the small town feel is very appealing, have seen gorgeous sunset and LOVE your list. Great insight to why this place is unique and has also lead me to live here.

Thanks for great post and love your name btw alikat! 😀

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Finally catching up on these great posts! Please keep them coming! I love it here as no one talks politics, etc... just a thread sanctuary so to speak!

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I love making plans to do a lot of things (e.g., concerts and movies at Seaside and Rosemary Beach, Friday night appetizers and wine at Alys Beach and Wild Olives, things like that) and then forgetting to do them because we're happy enough being at the pool, beach, and porch.

I love it that the airline lost my suitcase and didn't deliver it for a few days and I didn't miss it at all because I had my bathing suit and contact lenses in my carry-on luggage - nice to know I didn't need anything else!

I love the quiet, early mornings at the beach with a good book, the sunsets, swimming in the ocean on hot August days, watching kids looking for snow crabs at sunset, watching the beach change over and over again after each hurricane/storm (knowing that Mother Nature will bring all the sand back sooner or later), and SoWal.com.

I love the grouper sandwich at Georges, their clever frog sign with the light shaped like a fly, and our waiter last Thursday named Miko from Poland. One of the best waiters I've ever come across - so good we came back the next day. And I love the new donut truck at Alys beach - really good donuts.

I love making plans to do a lot of things (e.g., concerts and movies at Seaside and Rosemary Beach, Friday night appetizers and wine at Alys Beach and Wild Olives, things like that) and then forgetting to do them because we're happy enough being at the pool, beach, and porch.

I love it that the airline lost my suitcase and didn't deliver it for a few days and I didn't miss it at all because I had my bathing suit and contact lenses in my carry-on luggage - nice to know I didn't need anything else!

I love the quiet, early mornings at the beach with a good book, the sunsets, swimming in the ocean on hot August days, watching kids looking for snow crabs at sunset, watching the beach change over and over again after each hurricane/storm (knowing that Mother Nature will bring all the sand back sooner or later), and SoWal.com.

I love the grouper sandwich at Georges, their clever frog sign with the light shaped like a fly, and our waiter last Thursday named Miko from Poland. One of the best waiters I've ever come across - so good we came back the next day. And I love the new donut truck at Alys beach - really good donuts.

Your post almost took my breath away! :wub: Honestly, I can see why you love it because you "feel" it.

Can't wait to eat at Georges and have evenings to sit back and just watch the beach and water with nothing else to do.

Wonderful post Paula :wave:

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I love that I don't have to leave to be "ON VACATION". I live Life, and work, in Paradise! It isn't about money, or "doing", but in living, and "being". I am, therefore I enjoy........

I love that I don't have to leave to be "ON VACATION". I live Life, and work, in Paradise! It isn't about money, or "doing", but in living, and "being". I am, therefore I enjoy........

Funny, my dh said, as we pulled out of our place in LA to come here, "Ready to go on permanent vacation?" 😀

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Your post almost took my breath away! :wub: Honestly, I can see why you love it because you "feel" it.

Can't wait to eat at Georges and have evenings to sit back and just watch the beach and water with nothing else to do.

Wonderful post Paula :wave:

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Gee, thanks Gidget. I've been coming to SoWal from Michigan for 6 years now (I can't believe it has been that long!) and it always takes my breath away - never gets old. The Grouper sandwich at Georges was listed in 100 Things to do before you die in Garden and Gun Magazine (I didn't really believe there was a Garden and Gun magazine, but I looked it up on the Internet and there is indeed a magazine by that name).

Gee, thanks Gidget. I've been coming to SoWal from Michigan for 6 years now (I can't believe it has been that long!) and it always takes my breath away - never gets old. The Grouper sandwich at Georges was listed in 100 Things to do before you die in Garden and Gun Magazine (I didn't really believe there was a Garden and Gun magazine, but I looked it up on the Internet and there is indeed a magazine by that name).

Garden and Gun is one of the best magazines published, worth the price for the photos alone. It is truly a beautiful presentation.

I love the crazy characters SoWal seems to attract. Its like you have to pass a "I am a nut test" as you come over the bridge! 😀

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Garden and Gun is one of the best magazines published, worth the price for the photos alone. It is truly a beautiful presentation.

Oh my I just went to the link. AMAZING magazine and I've been a southern belle for 50 yrs and never heard of it! NOW I know what to give my cousin for Cmas!

Thx ladies

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I love the crazy characters SoWal seems to attract. Its like you have to pass a "I am a nut test" as you come over the bridge! 😀

LOL guess I'll fit right in! :roll:

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Garden and Gun is one of the best magazines published, worth the price for the photos alone. It is truly a beautiful presentation.

Who knew? If you like it, I like it, Minnie! So I gave it some advertising and they certainly have good taste if they recommended George's group sandwich as one of the 100 things to do in the south. And ask for Meko to be your waiter. He provided excellent service (better than the person we had on the second day we went back, in part for the food and in part for Meko's great service but he was serving another part of the restaurant).

Anyway, thanks Minnie.:wave:

Who knew? If you like it, I like it, Minnie! So I gave it some advertising and they certainly have good taste if they recommended George's group sandwich as one of the 100 things to do in the south. And ask for Meko to be your waiter. He provided excellent service (better than the person we had on the second day we went back, in part for the food and in part for Meko's great service but he was serving another part of the restaurant).

Anyway, thanks Minnie.:wave:

I am very frugal with money spent on magazines because so many are now just pages of ads. This is truly a beautiful magazine with lots of photos and well written articles. The quality of the paper they use is beyond anything available in other publications. I save all my old issues and re-read them many times.

Where is George's? :wave:

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George's is in Alys Beach - the greyish shingled building near 30-A!