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Matt J

SWGB
May 9, 2007
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Long time lurker here, but your "favorite traditions" prompted me to finally post for the first time. I have laughed myself silly then forwarded your post to all my beach house renting friends! You are a hoot and you nailed it perfectly! I love the Publix shoppers who get with all their housemates and plan their weeklong menu while blocking the milk section. Ooooh, you're too funny... write some more...

I'm assuming that wasn't sarcasm, the end was a little hard to interpret. Thanks though, I'll be here until death. I've often contemplated on writing the "Renting to/from for dummies".
 

jensieblue

Beach Fanatic
Jun 2, 2005
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on a lake in the woods
Drink a toast to the beautiful sunsels..Same as when I'm at Mallory in Key West. My children grew up listening for the for the hiss/sizzle when the sun hits the ocean on the horizon.at sunset I remember my Father's family tradition was to have a contest among all the children to see who could smell or see the ocean first. It served to keep us quite from Freeport to the beach at least.
 

sunspotbaby

SoWal Insider
Mar 31, 2006
5,000
739
Santa Rosa Beach
Arrive at beach, unpack car, pump oodles of money into the local economy, mind my own business, keep my rental clean, my children within my reach at all times, drive safely, leave rental probably cleaner than when arrived, keep my eyes open for the locals who apparently have a huge chip on their shoulder (easy to identify......usually wear neck braces due to the whiplash caused from monitoring every license plate that enters area).

New vacation plan after visiting area for over 15 years, find a new destination......you people basically suck. Oh well, my one and only post isn't very positive is it?

We suck??? :dunno:

May the nice gulf breeze hit you in the back as you leave. See ya. :wave:
 

Vandylaw

Beach Comber
Arrive at Rental company office around 10am and complain profusely that room is not ready. Leave in huff and roar thru Seaside at highway speeds. Setup camp city at Grayton corners to collect money for our softball team. Take money and go to Red Bar for several long island ice teas then roar back to rental office. Demand discount for inconveinience of having to wait for previous guests to check out and housekeepers to clean. Arrive at cottage and begin unpacking inflatable beds for extra guests not allowed. Drag everything in set up kennel for smuggled pet. Call front desk to complain about burned out light bulb and demand compensation. Load entire family and random people picked up along the way into the car. Arrive at Publix and proceed down each aisle as slow as possible, parking cart sideways when possible. Drive back to rental and begin cooking sloppiest meal ever making sure to coat ever square inch of kitchen with grease, ketchup, or chocolate. While kids wait give them red popsicles. Go to bed. Get up and haul tents, coolers, port-o-let, swing set, baby pool, crib, changing station, BBQ, chairs, and lazy-boy to beach. Spend daying attempting to dig to China. End of day go to local restaurant and let waiter/waitress babysit children while we get druuuunk. Drive bike path back to rental.

That's the funniest thing I have read here. Priceless!:lolabove:

This is my first year as an owner and I live in fear of red popsicles and strawberry maragrita mix :yikes: I'll get over it though. Thanks for the laugh.
 

tistheseason

Beach Fanatic
Jul 12, 2005
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Atlanta, GA
I love this thread. We have a few places that we try to go to every trip . . . .but they aren't usualy restaurants. With little kids (5, 2) it usually is easier to eat in. We go out a few times for lunch or dinner but never to the same place, we rotate our favorites. The things we do seem to do every trip include:
1. Bike to the Rosemary butterfly park and look for butterflies.
2. Play on the Grass Mountain at Fonville Press.
3. Get donuts and smoked tuna salad and fresh bread from Wild Olives.
4. Wine and apps on the beach at sunset.
5. On the last night we are there, my husband cooks dinner. He thinks it's fun to try to make dinner out of all the things we have left. He usually comes up with a pretty good meal, bless him!

I look forward to making new traditions in the future. There is so much to do down there!!
 

mnhbeck

Beach Comber
Jul 25, 2005
8
0
1st day--Check in at OSP. Leave my dad in a chair on the balcony--he's asleep before we leave for Publix. Stock up on goodies for the week. Stop at the liquor store. Tell the kids we'll get to the beach ASAP again and again and again. Eat dinner at the Seagrove Market outside. Grouper and shrimp for all. Usually then find a somewhere (Seaside most of the time) to stroll around till dinner settles and then look for dessert. We usually end up with key lime pie from somewhere--we love Seagrove market's and Publix's too.

Day 2 thru 7--Make breakfast--Mimosa's anyone? Leave Daddy on the balcony in a chair--notice a pattern?? and Off to the beach/pool or shopping. We try to stop back in every few hours and turn him or spray him down with SPF--haha!!
 

ohmom

Beach Lover
Aug 2, 2008
77
9
fairfield, ohio
make your own frisbee golf course...we went out on the beach, after a storm, pretty deserted wing a nerf football down the beach, we then frisbeed toward the football, mixed doubles-boy, girl and so on until each couple successfully landed frisbee on the football...we played nine "holes" and only bounced a frisbee off one lady stretched out on the sand...apologies issued and she was very forgiving...beers consumed, forgot to keep score, good clean, cheap fun
 
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