SoWal locals know that the real estate market is intense and it's often hard to keep up with the speed of sales and new construction.
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SoWal Stories
Stories by SoWal Staff & Contributors.
The year was 1985. What’s Love Got to Do With It sung by Tina Turner won the Grammy for Record of the Year. Feathered bangs were a thing. So was Rave hairspray. It was the year The Market Shops opened, and my mom and oldest sister began making frequent trips to Tooley Street.
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Executive Chef Erik Kellison has been working in the restaurant business since the age of 14 and honed his skills along the way to eventually become the sous chef at George’s in Alys Beach.
Loving life at George's led to coming in early to treat the staff to a handmade, loving breakfast. The varied and delicious breakfast time quickly caught the attention of George’s owner Christy Spell Terry.
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After a very long and cool Spring it's finally summer here at the beach!
The water and air temps are great, everybody's swimming and until today the weather and Gulf have been just perfect for fishing. The professional liars known as weathermen did it again this week... After forecasting doom and gloom all week while it has been clam, sunny and beautiful they called for today to be nice and calm.... naturally it has squalled several times and the Gulf is sloppy choppy.
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Grayton Beer Company just opened the Grayton Beer Brewpub in Grayton Beach on Scenic 30A. It's in the old Craft Bar location (formerly Criolla's) just east of the main Grayton intersection. We went on the first day and the food was great and they are already busy.
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The 30th annual ArtsQuest Fine Arts Festival is a Mother's Day weekend tradition featuring 120+ juried visual artists, live music and entertainment, ImagiNation: where kids rule, food, beverages and more! Held in the Town Center of Grand Boulevard, ArtsQuest will take place May 12th, 10am - 7pm and May 13th, 10am - 5pm.
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Art Week South Walton is an initiative of the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County with the purpose to bring communities, organizations and businesses together to present quality arts and entertainment to the community. Spanning at least ten days, Art Week will feature visual, performing and literary arts programming in diverse formats and in various venues throughout South Walton.
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It's a beautiful, warm, calm, sunny day and I am on the hill. My charter had to cancel last minute so I am doing boat chores. I told my wife it's just too nice for me to fish, I go when it's chilly or bouncy or overcast.
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When it comes to SoWal property rental and management, Gary Bennett and Ed Arnsdorff make no bones about it … their company offers the BEST in customer service and they have a couple of decades in the business to prove it.
They have been partners in the rental property management business since 1995 with Gulf Front Realty and then with Paradise Found Vacation Rentals. Seagrove on the Beach Property Rentals was acquired from Marge and Donna Crawford in 1998.
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Dog-Harmony, an education-focused nonprofit dog rescue in Santa Rosa Beach, recently announced the acquisition of its new location at 237 Market Street, and now, it’s set to host an open house on May 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. for the community to check out the new space.
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The scope is impressive! South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival grows each year and every corner of Grand Boulevard at Sandestin will be full of food, drink and fun.
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Beach lovers. Art lovers. Food lovers. Movie lovers. Architecture lovers. Welcome home. Seaside was made for you.
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Lace up your shoes and get ready to move! Join hundreds in support of Children's Volunteer Health Network and their worthy mission.
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The latest SoWal Real Estate Report covers all of Walton County including South Walton real estate activity for March 2018, with statistics for single family homes, townhomes, and condos in Walton County, Florida.
Single family closed sales were down 2.3% for March compared to the same month last year. A rare decrease! The number of pending sales for Walton County was was up 6.3%. Inventory was down 6.1%, dropping for the 11th month in a row. Median sales price was down 3%. Dollar volume decresed 7.7% over last year at $172.8 Million.
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The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA) welcomes back Shawn Mullins and his band Soul Carnival to South Walton to headline the “Under The Sea” party to raise funds for the Underwater Museum of Art (UMA), a collaborative project between the CAA and the South Walton Artificial Reef Association (SWARA).
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The Florida Green Building Coalition, FGBC, has awarded eight
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As the owner of the longest-running gallery at Seaside’s Ruskin Place art colony, Annette Newbill Trujillo knew she wanted to celebrate her 25th anniversary in a sweet way.
Let’s see…chocolate, champagne…. chocolate AND champagne! So, for three days beginning March 15, she, her husband Patrick and store associate Cheryl Morrison greeted their patrons with chocolates and the bubbly.
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Please join us and Fore Her on May 6 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Vue on 30a for the fourth annual Tea Fore Her, a perfect opportunity to dress up, grab your best friend, and come support our local nonprofit and the women they serve in our community.
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DRIFT 30A Home & Gifts is the kind of place that you walk in, and rather than meandering through the store, you find yourself settling into a comfy spot, envisioning where you might place everything you see surrounding you.
Owner Karin Anderson just celebrated a successful first year and her showroom has become a ‘must stop’ for those in the know. It's also in a highly visible spot on Hwy 98 in Inlet Beach with lots of visitors popping in.
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It only happens once in a blue moon that The Kentucky Derby falls on Cinco de Mayo.
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Old Florida Fish House proudly presents its Bourbon & Cigars Event to benefit Dog-Harmony on April 19, 2018.
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Most people who visit Alys Beach cluster around the vibrant amphitheater with its lush lawn, fun splash fountain, and dining and shopping at the Alys Shoppe and the ever-popular and ever-delicious George's Restaurant. There are also evening concerts, bike rentals, donuts and a myriad of activities swirling.
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Celebration is the theme as multi-platinum-selling, Grammy-winning Kool & The Gang and the Commodores join smooth jazz keyboardist Brian Culbertson, top-charting saxophonist Boney James, and legendary band Spyro Gyra for the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Seabreeze Jazz Festival.
The "Ultimate Weekend of Smooth Jazz" returns to Panama City Beach, Florida with over 25 stellar performances of top national contemporary jazz artists set for April 18th-22nd. Presented by ResortQuest by Wyndham Vacation Rentals.
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It's definitely Spring Break time here at the beach.
Lots of families on vacation, lots of traffic and lots of fish in the box. I have been mainly taking out family groups with school age kids the past couple weeks and we have been wearing 'em out catching Triggerfish, Vermillions and Pinks. So far we have been able to limit out on Triggers every trip but it is starting to get harder to find enough over the 15" fork length with LOTS of just short being thrown back.
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Fresh off the heels of another award-winning season with their first Sandestin restaurant, The Sunset Bay Café, Bryce Jarvis and his father Gary have decided to test the waters of Baytowne Wharf with the opening of Slick Lips Seafood & Oyster House.
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