The Latest Stories from SoWal

We live in the South and no matter how gorgeous the fall weather, or how inviting the silky sand on the beach, on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon everything revolves around football. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

SoWal Partners Seaside Repertory Theatre and Sunburst Beach Vacation Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

South Walton Fashion Week has got a great schedule for the upcoming event Oct 11-13 in Grand Boulevard’s T Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

Art is personal. Each of us has our own tastes. We all are moved by different artists with different visions and styles. South Walton is a place that inspires and motivates. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

Justin Gaffrey, Beachy Beach 30A and Summer House Lifestyle are teaming up to present a silent, art-auction soiree on Thursday, Sep 26 at 6:30 p.m. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

Big names in sports and entertainment will travel to the stunning beaches of Northwest Florida for the 17th Annual South Walton Celebrity Golf Classic, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2013. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

The Baytowne Beer Festival is a favorite for us here on the coast - excellent beer and food in South Walton at Baytowne Wharf in

Come out and join beach-loving locals and the Walton County Tourist Development Council for the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup 2013 on Saturday, September 21, 201 Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

USA Today has published their list of Florida's ten least-known beaches. Many South Walton beach lovers will be happy to see Santa Rosa Beach on the list. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

FREE INTRO CLASS Tuesday, Sept 10th 3:30 – 5pm 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade –Tap, Ballet, Jazz Come barefoot to your FREE intro dance class! www.premiereperformers.com (850) 622-6269 carolyn@premiereperformers.com Enrolling now for Pre-school through 5th grade (tap, ballet, tumbling, jazz)

Wet n Wild Watersports invites the community to help identify local families deserving of a relaxing day of fun on the water. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

Celebrate the new school year at the biggest Back to School Backpack Bash on Friday, September 13, 2013. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

Do you love Pish Posh Patchouli's in Rosemary Beach? Would you like to win $150 worth of Caldrea products? Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

Some of the most fashion forward stores in South Walton all begin with the name Soho – Soho Beach and Soho Women at Gulf Place, and Soho Cabana at Baytowne Wharf. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

Children’s Volunteer Health Network (CVHN) is once again hosting their unique fundraising event November 9-30, 2013. Now in its sixth year, t Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

The judging is complete and the official results are in for our 2013 "You're So SoWal if..." contest! We laughed and we cried, and we appreciate the flood of entries from SoWal Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

We have a great Sandestin Getaway for one lucky beach lover! Enter to win two nights at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in a Luau Studio, a round of Golf for two, tickets to Baytowne Beer Fest, and $100 gift card to Elephant Walk in Sandestin. We will pick a random winner on 9/23/2013. Click here to enter to win. Do you love beer? Light beer, dark beer, frothy beer, foreign beer, domestic beer, cold beer? If so, then this is the getaway for you! Known as the “Best Beer Fest on the Emerald Coast,” the popular festival features 40 on-site craft brewers, over 100 domestic and international beers, seminars and samplings and live music. Beer novices to beer lovers will be able to sample domestic and international options, including specialty, seasonal and not-yet-released beers. Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort was named the #1 resort on Florida’s Emerald Coast. The resort invites guests to a world of 2,400 acres and 30 charming neighborhoods featuring 1,300 Destin vacation rentals, condominiums, villas, town homes and the best in Destin hotel accommodations. The resort features more than seven miles of beaches and pristine bay front, four championship golf courses, 15 world-class tennis courts, 19 swimming pools, a 113-slip marina, a fitness center and spa, meeting space and The Village of Baytowne Wharf, a pedestrian village with shopping, dining and nightlife.

Harbor Docks recently hosted their 28th Annual Caddyshack Classic Golf Tournament and Annual Auction, which proved to be the most successful event to date raising $59,805 for local charities - Take Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

The Back Yard of Love is a beautiful and quaint little hidden gem in Grayton Beach. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

Hard Rock Café of Destin will host a fundraiser to benefit Building Homes for Heroes. This event will help to provide a local wounded veteran, Air Force Master Sgt. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

We rocked over the summer in Rosemary Beach. Rentals were at an all-time high and guests poured through the doors to shop for real estate in our beach community. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

If you have visited South Walton, then you have likely seen Fine Pearl & Leather Jewelry by Wendy Mignot®, soldat

The Artists at Gulf Place kick off a new event called the “Artist Bazaar” beginning on September 7, occurring every wee Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

Watercolor Tennis and Seaside Tennis are teaming up to hosting the Third Annual Love All Round Robin Tennis Tournament benefiting Food For Thought Outreach. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.

Our chic coastal town of Rosemary Beach has one of the most popular events of the year every October. Read more... We'd love to hear what you think...you can comment here or on the story page. Feel free to share on your site, blog, facebook, or any other site.