What Do You LOVE About SoWal?

Beach Fanatic

Jul 6, '09 · 2:15 PM20,846

I've heard the good the bad and the ugly. Now I want you to please tell me WHAT you LOVE about living in SoWal. NO NEGATIVES. I want this to be a Pollyana thread.

What is it that gives you that "I am so glad I moved here" feeling. Or "I am so glad to be a SoWal native." Or "I am so happy we have a beach house here."

I can tell you what I love :wub:

I love being the the water with my mask and snorkel just hearing my own breath.
I love eating at Basmatis for lunch with the breeze on the porch.
I love walking around at night with my husband and dog just taking a stroll.
I love the fact that my dog gets to go to a real dog park - she has been without a social life for too long.
There's more, but this is my start.

Thanks in advance.

G

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SoWal Insider

Jul 20, '09 · 9:14 AM#77

It depends on the local and the exact location - in general people tend to be more casual, (especially at the actual beach) but you will definitely see some women decked out in full-out hair and makeup and very dressed up at restaurants/events.

Good Heavens, had a GF come visit several years in a row and she always had to go in at 4 to get clean and decked, ready to go out by 6 with perfect hair and she hated the wind messing her up after dark. :blink:

This just did not fit with my schedule at all...........she needs to live a little. ;-) Bless her heart!

SoWal Insider

Jul 20, '09 · 9:40 AM#78

living a little, this may sound so red, but we went to the obx for a day a couple of weekends ago. i wore a t-shirt, shorts. we did the tourist thing, that morning. after lunch, we went to the pier, i changed into my swimsuit in the bathroom there. (it was clean, but still) went to the beach spent a couple of hours, went back into the pier store's bathroom again, took a granny bath, put my hair in a bun, pinched my cheeks, put on some lips, put on a skirt and we went to dinner.

Sounds like a great day! ... how much we would miss in life by going home to change at every turn.

what's red?? :floor:

it's the disappearing aggieb post again.:roll:

Edited Jul 20, '09 · 9:41 AM

Beach Fanatic

Jul 20, '09 · 9:44 AM#79

Sounds like a great day! ... how much we would miss in life by going home to change at every turn.

what's red??

it was a funn day! never thought i'd get ready in a pier bathroom, but it worked out fine.

redneck. :blush:

i know, i need to stop deleting. DO has already asked me once to stop.

Edited Jul 20, '09 · 9:49 AM

Beach FanaticAuthor

Jul 20, '09 · 10:00 AM#80

it was a funn day! never thought i'd get ready in a pier bathroom, but it worked out fine.

redneck.

i know, i need to stop deleting. DO has already asked me once to stop.

I kept looking and looking for the original post! I'm glad it was copied as it sounds like a perfect time!!

Beach Fanatic

Jul 20, '09 · 10:02 AM#81

I kept looking and looking for the original post! I'm glad it was copied as it sounds like a perfect time!!

G

SoWal Insider

Jul 20, '09 · 10:03 AM#82

it was a funn day! never thought i'd get ready in a pier bathroom, but it worked out fine.

redneck.

i know, i need to stop deleting. DO has already asked me once to stop.

My GF would never have been able to pull that off~~~~~~~~~~Aggieb, when are you coming to visit?

SoWal Expert

Jul 20, '09 · 7:28 PM#83

Have you met any sowallers from sowal.com?

For me, getting dressed up in sowal is a shower and moisturizer.

Shower Day!!

Sounds like a great day! ... how much we would miss in life by going home to change at every turn.

what's red??

it's the disappearing aggieb post again.:roll:

:roll:

it was a funn day! never thought i'd get ready in a pier bathroom, but it worked out fine.

redneck.

i know, i need to stop deleting. DO has already asked me once to stop.

Just sayin'. :wave:

Beach Fanatic

Jul 21, '09 · 9:55 AM#84

I can identify with your post, and hair. I too have naturally curly hair. You wouldn't think it when it is blow dried, and with certain cuts (like all one length) - but it is. In the 80's when everyone had perms I just let mine go and it was great. When we vacationed here I noticed I let mine "go" and now I've decided (at least during humid summer months) to let mine "go" as much as possible. It isn't long any more and sometimes I feel like it looks like Ethel Mertz :roll: but it sure is easy and my dh loves it curly.

Great post chill - I bet your hair is beautiful!!

G

My hair always looks great while I'm there without doing a thing to it, and I don't have great hair. It's definitely the salt air. Just another reason to love Sowal.

Edited Jul 21, '09 · 9:56 AM

Beach Fanatic

Jul 22, '09 · 4:12 PM#85

My hair always looks great while I'm there without doing a thing to it, and I don't have great hair. It's definitely the salt air. Just another reason to love Sowal.

Oh, come on people, don't let my rambling-on-about-hair post be the last in a series of meaningful posts! How embarassing. :blush:

SoWal Insider

Jul 22, '09 · 4:34 PM#86

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?

Beach Fanatic

Jul 22, '09 · 4:45 PM#87

Oh, come on people, don't let my rambling-on-about-hair post be the last in a series of meaningful posts! How embarassing.

Oh you dont have to be embarrassed, that, uh, honor is all mine! Not only did I start the subject matter, but I wrote a whole entire synopsis about my hair. :blush:

I tried to delete it but Gidget is one super fast quote-capturing woman. Then she writes the kindest words back and I get all warm and fuzzy again. :wub:

Now I await rescue of a fresh, deep, meaningful post. Didnt anybody fall in love in SoWal today? Give birth to triplets? Have the best fish sandwich ever?!

Beach Fanatic

Jul 23, '09 · 7:41 PM#88

When I get home from my annual 2 weeks in SoWal, I will post something meaningful to this thread to redeem myself and you, ChillPill. :blush:

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Jul 23, '09 · 8:13 PM#89

Everything.

Beach Fanatic

Jul 23, '09 · 8:26 PM#90

sun in my face, wind my hair (and I'm happy to have it, as a man), the rumble of my Harley in my ears, and the feel of my wife's arms around my waist.....for the entire 4 mile ride to the beach, where we get to enjoy an envigorating walk, hand-in-hand, culminating in a heart-felt embrace, and kiss, as we turn at the apex of our walk, to return, renewed, looking forward to another day......

SoWal Insider

Jul 24, '09 · 1:59 AM#91

I love that it doesn't look like this!

(yet, who knows after the new airport opens.

)

Beach Fanatic

Jul 24, '09 · 12:45 PM#92

I love that it doesn't look like this!

(yet, who knows after the new airport opens. )

that is scarey

Beach Fanatic

Jul 24, '09 · 5:03 PM#93

I love that the crowds and "Flights" look more like this in SoWal:

Beach FanaticAuthor

Jul 24, '09 · 5:56 PM#94

Everything.

Beach FanaticAuthor

Jul 24, '09 · 5:56 PM#95

sun in my face, wind my hair (and I'm happy to have it, as a man), the rumble of my Harley in my ears, and the feel of my wife's arms around my waist.....for the entire 4 mile ride to the beach, where we get to enjoy an envigorating walk, hand-in-hand, culminating in a heart-felt embrace, and kiss, as we turn at the apex of our walk, to return, renewed, looking forward to another day......

You should write for Hallmark!!!!! :wub:

Beach FanaticAuthor

Jul 24, '09 · 5:58 PM#96

I love that it doesn't look like this!

(yet, who knows after the new airport opens. )

LORDY! That's a good thing to love!

Beach FanaticAuthor

Jul 24, '09 · 5:58 PM#97

I love that the crowds and "Flights" look more like this in SoWal:

Beautiful!!!

Beach Fanatic

Jul 24, '09 · 6:18 PM#98

Gidget, I love that you started this thread, and I thoroughly enjoy your sweet, kind responses. Your remarks showcase what a beautiful soul you are. Thank you Gidget!!!

Beach Fanatic

Jul 24, '09 · 8:21 PM#99

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

Beach Lover

Aug 10, '09 · 12:51 PM#100

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!