one tourist chronicles

[ShallowsNole]

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Oh wow, breaking a pinkie toe -- OUCH!

The black sand wasn't so bad, I know that it's naturally occuring....but the cigarette butts and trash were just so disappointing to see. Some people just suck. I watched one guy flick his butts all day. My husband evenutally got tired of hearing me ***** about how wrong that is and removed me from the beach. :roll: I just couldn't believe that somebody is that stupid that they don't realize cigarette butts are trash. Whose wants their kids digging with a shovel to find cigarette butts? That's why we went to Grayton from then on. No trash at all on Grayton's Beach, at least where I was sitting. And I am an ex-smoker who never left butts on the beach. But I do have neighbors who will sit on my patio and throw their butts on my lawn, as if they are magically going to vaporize.

You know that ex-smokers are the witchiest type of non-smoker there is... I am one as well, and I would have *****ed and griped too!

 

[nodilberthere]

You know that ex-smokers are the witchiest type of non-smoker there is... I am one as well, and I would have *****ed and griped too!

I am a freshly non-smoker. It's only been 4 months for me. I lost a lot of friends to do it. I just can not be with people that I regularly smoked with and not have one, so I have to avoid people who are a trigger for me. I also had to avoid alcohol for the four months, because that was a trigger also. So with no booze and no friends around, I definitely did a lot of soul searching, and found that I can be a successful non-smoker.

I am just now able to have a drink or two without thinking that I have to go buy a pack......

 

[bluecat]

I smoked for many years before I gave it up , all the years I smoked and went to the beach I would take a drink bottle with water in it to douse smokes, drop it in trash barrel on way back to the house. I too have had people throw butts in my yard, but it doesn't take them long to find out that's a no- no.

 

[Kurt]

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Oh wow, breaking a pinkie toe -- OUCH!

The black sand wasn't so bad, I know that it's naturally occuring....but the cigarette butts and trash were just so disappointing to see. Some people just suck. I watched one guy flick his butts all day. My husband evenutally got tired of hearing me ***** about how wrong that is and removed me from the beach. :roll: I just couldn't believe that somebody is that stupid that they don't realize cigarette butts are trash. Whose wants their kids digging with a shovel to find cigarette butts? That's why we went to Grayton from then on. No trash at all on Grayton's Beach, at least where I was sitting. And I am an ex-smoker who never left butts on the beach. But I do have neighbors who will sit on my patio and throw their butts on my lawn, as if they are magically going to vaporize.

Grayton Beach gets trashed too but there are quite a few locals who help to keep it clean.

 

[bluecat]

Kurt, some tourists pick up trash, some of us love the beach too much to not help clean. After all, we are your guests and all tourists need to remember that.

 

[Everytime]

I would highly recommend just trying the crab cakes, panneed chicken, blackened grouper with grits cake, etc. at Red Bar; you'll see that the food compliments the atmosphere very well. They've made chicken fingers for our 3 year old little girl before, if something like that might work for the teenagers.

And I agree with you about the $18.00 drinks at that place in Baytowne Wharf; you could get two cheeseburger combos at Flip Flop's for the price of one of those drinks.

Those almond croissants look very good.

 

[nodilberthere]

I would highly recommend just trying the crab cakes, panneed chicken, blackened grouper with grits cake, etc. at Red Bar; you'll see that the food compliments the atmosphere very well. They've made chicken fingers for our 3 year old little girl before, if something like that might work for the teenagers.

And I agree with you about the $18.00 drinks at that place in Baytowne Wharf; you could get two cheeseburger combos at Flip Flop's for the price of one of those drinks.

Those almond croissants look very good.

If they would have had any of those three entrees you mentioned the night I was there, I would have stayed!!! Well, maybe not the chicken, I don't come to the beach to eat chicken. ;-)

 

[nodilberthere]

Grayton Beach gets trashed too but there are quite a few locals who help to keep it clean.

Well I appreciated the cleanliness. Grayton is just way cooler than everywhere else, if you ask me. Oh, did anyone ask me....

I got tired of picking up the trash at Walline, especially when I could see the Circle of Life of trash in action....dumb ass on vacation throws butts on sand, another dumb ass on vacation picks them up, puts them in the trash can and complains to family about trash on the beach....dumb ass leaves plastic soda lid on sand, another dumb ass picks up soda lid, throws it in the trash can and complains to family about trash on beach..... and so on and so on and so on......

I'm hesitant to move there, as we're now planning. I think I would be terribly agitated all the time with people who come and visit and don't give it the respect it's due for being the utopia that it is.

 

[SGB]

If they would have had any of those three entrees you mentioned the night I was there, I would have stayed!!! Well, maybe not the chicken, I don't come to the beach to eat chicken. ;-)

Keep in mind that the Red Bar doesn't always put everything they are offering that night on the blackboard menus. For instance, crab cakes are only offered a certain night (Friday or Saturday?) and it's not put on the blackboard. Your server will tell you about any of the specials.

 

[Everytime]

Keep in mind that the Red Bar doesn't always put everything they are offering that night on the blackboard menus. For instance, crab cakes are only offered a certain night (Friday or Saturday?) and it's not put on the blackboard. Your server will tell you about any of the specials.

Correct; Crab Cakes are Friday & Saturday nights and are not shown on the blackboard. The Grouper and Grits Cake have been a frequent special over the past year or so, and have not been on the menu but have been mentioned as "another seafood special" everytime I've been there this year. It used to occasionally be grilled swordfish but I haven't heard that one mentioned lately. Also - desserts: Apple dumpling and Key Lime Pie are very good.