What would you do if you had 1 day in SoWal?

[Matt J]

Oh no. Did Fabrice book out? While we were in there last time he was talking about wanting to move to Charleston.

Yep, he's gone. However next door where Hot & Cold and PJ's Coffee was is going to be a great new cafe and wine bar.

 

[nodilberthere]

I guess Fabrice read Who Moved My Cheese.....

 

[nodilberthere]

Great post... you put into words what I've thought so many times... its hard to explain how cool the area is vs. south florida, or Hilton Head etc... but now we have a WalMart and Fudpuckers coming!!!! job creation?

I really have nothing to say about Walmart/Fudpuckers coming, since I'm only a casual observer 2 weeks a year....it's not really any of my bizness.

There was a huge hullaballoo here when a local farmer sold his beautiful and lush land to Walmart, zoning was sneakily changed, and people were all up in arms about it ruining the serenity of the area....five years later, it's there and we were forced to get used to it. And I see people I went to township meetings with in there all the time.

 

[Paula]

Paula, are you in the mental health field, by any chance? Because your posts are so relaxing to read, and to the point. I feel like each one is a mini-therapy session for me. :0) If you were an iPhone app, I'd download you. ♥

Gee, thanks nodilberthere. Nope, I'm not in the mental health field. I teach at a university, though I teach about work/life balance, happiness, etc., as well as some other stuff. My appreciation for the simple things in life comes from my upbringing, in large part from my Italian grandmother, who taught us to enjoy the things money can't buy -- the people we love, simple good food, flowers, a good story, a good joke, an afternoon nap, singing songs, swearing in Italian (hearing Italian swears can still bring sentimental tears to my eyes), and soap operas. The lessons from my grandmother are still my best therapy (and so is SoWal).

 

[Paula]

I hate to break it to all the folks talking about Fabrice, but that's no longer an option.

Porca miseria (dammit)! Merde!

Ok, I'm over it now... where's the next best place on 30A to get REALLY good pastries. For donuts, I really like Charlie's donut truck at Alys Beach and the bucket of beignets at Flip Flops but they don't have croissants (and Charlie's is only open during busier seasons from what I can tell).

 

[Matt J]

Wild Olives or if you're desperate Publix.

There's also La Loba over by For the Health of It, but I haven't tried anything there yet. I understand she uses the farmers market milk, eggs, and butter.

 

[Paula]

Publix breakfast bread is excellent, but I haven't found pastries that come close to Fabrice's yet (but I haven't tried that hard either, so I'm assuming they're in SoWal somewhere).

 

[Miramar Beach]

Drive up & down 30-A !

 

[organicmama]

Wild Olives or if you're desperate Publix.

There's also La Loba over by For the Health of It, but I haven't tried anything there yet. I understand she uses the farmers market milk, eggs, and butter.

She does. Heard it from the farmers.

 

[Minnie]

Porca miseria (dammit)! Merde!

Ok, I'm over it now... where's the next best place on 30A to get REALLY good pastries. For donuts, I really like Charlie's donut truck at Alys Beach and the bucket of beignets at Flip Flops but they don't have croissants (and Charlie's is only open during busier seasons from what I can tell).

I like Pannera's but of course they are not on 30A but not that far at the Outlet mall area.