Front Page (b1) Wall Street Journal article on St. Joe in Today's

[goofer]

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/travel/escapes/07american.html?ref=travel

This article apppeared in the NY Times on Frday March 7, about the Panhandle. We are getting more and more press.

 

[hnooe]

It was a typo--Panhandle is not infested by mosquitos, it is infested by mojitos.

 

[elgordoboy]

It was a typo--Panhandle is not infested by mosquitos, it is infested by mojitos.

I tried ordering one of those at cantina laredo when I was tricked into going there last time. They wouldn't do it. I have a buddy that has a very nice restaurant in Alpharetta, GA and I heard his bartender say to a customer that they didn't make them. I wonder why? The mudlling of the mint?

 

[JustaLocal]

Here I go, a conversation with myself...
Keep in mind this is a major blunder, because most people reading this article will have never been to the "Redneck Rivieria", and I think their minds will slam shut on the area when they read that mosquitoe line. - Is this true perhaps more inland on the panhandle, than within a few miles of the coast? If so, this is a misrepresentation of monumental proportions and the WSJ needs to address this.

I doubt anyone not scared off by Rednecks would be deterred by mosquitos!

 

[DuneLaker]

I wouldn't be surprised if New York's mosquitos aren't worse. They probably can't spray like we do. I think Alaska has the reputation for the worst mosquitos. Maybe we should spray the mosquitos with mojitos. We might all go out and follow the truck. Our friendly, now very upscale, southern reputation would surely trump any hardened New Yorker that was worried about a "redneck" or two.

 

[JustaLocal]

I knew a guy from Cleveland who was afraid of everything here. He thought the locals were scary. The grass wasn?t soft and that was even if you didn?t get sandburs. Most of our snakes are poison. Our roaches fly and even our flies bite! Happy to report - he moved back to Cleveland.

 

[rapunzel]

Today we went wandering around a lot on the bay and were surrounded by a cloud of the small mosquitoes that are striped and have a nasty sting. I had on jeans and long sleeves, but they managed to get my ankles and face!

When we got home we went up to the crow's nest to watch the sunset and they are out in force here in Seacrest, too.

Of course, what WSJ really should worn readers about is the dog fly. Those boogers render the beach unusable.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Drink enough Mojitos and you won't feel the mosquitos.

 

[SHELLY]

Our roaches fly!

They're NOT Roaches!!!....They're Palmetto Bugs.

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[iqueequeg]

We live up here in New England and about 2 years ago my daughter got Lyme disease from a tick bite. She was hospitalized for 4 days for knee inflammation and had an emergency knee arthroscopy before they figured out what it was. Our next door neighbor got Lyme encephalitis and was on intravenous antibiotics for six months (she's fine now). Lyme disease is almost epidemic in some parts of New England right now.

Mosquitos and biting flies seem like pretty small potatoes compared to ticks.