Where Is Your Favorite Beach?

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Posted by Theresa111 • 8/10/11
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For the majority of us, anytime we get to visit the seaside it tends to bring out those heady and nostalgic memories from childhood days. The scent of the salty air, the sounds of seagulls swooping overhead, pelicans carrying off their daily catch inside their deep bills. The sand gets inside our shoes and sometimes swimsuits, and the overall feeling of hot relaxation to come permeates the atmosphere.

Surfs up! Which beach is your favorite, and if you have more than one, tell us all about it and why you might recommend that destination to us. What do you do at the beach and what foods do you long to eat more than any others?

beach, Foods, memories, sharing, summertime

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amybyrd21 (8/10/11)

Orange Beach in Alabama. We stay at a Brett Robinson Phoneix Condo every year. Go eat at three resturants every year and find one or two new ones. And just enjoyed the time with family. We also fished for the first time this year.

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  Theresa111 (8/10/11)
  
  This sounds like a lovely time for you and your family!
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  Theresa111 (8/10/11)
  
  What is that condo like inside? Is it right on the beach front?
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Theresa111 (8/10/11)

I loved the beaches in Bermuda. They do have white and pink sand! Their fishes are multicolored and vibrantly bright flashes through the water close to the shoreline. My relative performed at The Fort\y Thieves night club and we went deep-sea fishing one time. He cooked the freshly caught fish and we would dine in the yard by torch light. The beef sold on the island tasted different from USA beef, and he would grill steaks and BBQ chicken.

I love ocean City and Atlantic City Beaches because of the boardwalks and the vendor foods. Fried clams, funnel cakes, hamburgers, pizza, cotton candy, roasted peanuts, spiced shrimp and crabs, and salt-water taffies.

Miami beach and Carmel, CA beach.

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sugarpies (8/10/11)

I have a few...

Ocean Beach (OB) in San Diego where I surfed for the first time as a kid. I love the OB Pier and watching the sunset.
Sullivan's Island in Charleston, SC which is almost sacred for me. Sitting there in the evening on the beach watching the dolphins playing just yards off the beach. The ringing of the bells of the churches in Charleston floating across the harbor and the smell of the marsh on the Cooper River behind the island. Simply magical.
Myrtle Beach, SC - which is simply "the beach" if you're from SC and where I spent many a great summer as a kid in the 70's at the Pavilion and amusement park and wishing I was as old as my brothers and sister who got to go to the "Magic Attic" and "Mother Fletcher's" dancing.

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  Theresa111 (8/10/11)
  
  This sounds idyllic. Magic Attic and Mother Fletcher's seems impossibly old fashioned. Do you have any photographs of these spots?
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  sugarpies (8/10/11)
  
  Here are some photos from more recent eras of those (and other places):
  www.myrtlebeachphotos.com/myrtle-beach-downtown.html
  
  The Pavilion where the Magic Attic (later just "the Attic") was housed was torn down a few years ago to make room for more retail space. It was originally a huge open air arcade. Even the old amusement park, I'm told, has recently been torn down. Mother Fletcher's has been a nightclub and dance club since the 1960's. You'll also see a picture of the Gay Dolphin gift shop. That building was built in the 1950's and has withstood hurricanes and storms. The big glass area in front houses the stairs that go to each floor and finally an observation deck on the roof.
  
  If you look at the Google Map satellite image you'll see this big vacant area. That is where the amusement park and Pavilion used to be along the Boardwalk. The amusement park even had a 19th century self playing organ/calliope (something or other) that played each hour. It was a gorgeous piece of history as was the early 20th century carousel. All that has been bulldozed. I suspect the intent is turn that wonderful old area into more upscale resorts or Las Vegas style attractions. It's really sad.
  
  maps.google.com/maps?q=Myrtle+Beach,+SC&ll=33.692031,-78.880645&spn=0.00446...
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  Theresa111 (8/10/11)
  
  It's just the sort of place I would have loved to explore. I understand how it makes you feel sad.
  
  Two weeks ago, as Joe and I drove up Cabin John Parkway, the WDC and MD side of the Potomac River, which separates where we were from Northern Virginia, we passed a legendary spot called Glen Echo Park. www.glenechopark.org/ (Sheesh it's still open)
  
  My brother took me and my best friend Sandy there one August. We rode the roller coaster and merry-go-round, ate lots of fun foods and she was madly in love with him before we got home. Oh I tell you it brought back all of those old memories as we looked at the rickety archways that hold up the name.
  
  You might possibly like Ocean City, MD and Atlantic City, NJ.
  
  When I was in California 15 years ago visiting my middle sister, She took me to the Redwood Forest (magnificent trees, and so beautifully quiet) a 30 minute ride later, we were on Santa Cruz Beach! It was so cool to be in such close proximity to the serenity of those two-thousand years old trees, our muffled footsteps we took, and the almost hushed movement of the deer, to the chaotic yells and trills of the children on the rides, and the waves coming to shore. I must say I really liked it.
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Theresa111 (8/12/11)

When I flew for the first time, I visited my boyfriend in St. Petersburg, FL, just outside of Tampa. We drove around in his BMW convertible and he took me to The Gulf of Mexico. Somehow he persuaded me to go out into the warm waters with him. He was a journalist/photographer and he loved to scuba-dive! The waters were clear and thank goodness we were undisturbed by those scary sharks. I kept looking about me and praying. I only ventured out into the ocean, at O.C., MD one summer to hang onto a large black inner-tube with my sister and nephew. We enjoyed the lull of the gentle waves, but i was constantly and furtively looking around and had the exercise of pulling up on my knees. I felt vulnerable out there. I wish I were not afraid of being knocked about by sharks, gigantic squid or jellyfish. I'll remain poolside and on the edge of the sand from now on.

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chinagal9 (8/12/11)

Nauset Beach at the Cape (Cape Cod), definitely! A light lunch in the cooler - bottled water, fruit & yogurt. My Hubby & I bring good books, beach chairs, towels & blanket. Nice family beach. Have enjoyed Nauset for years. Cape Cod League Baseball games at night in different towns. All part of the Cape.

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  Theresa111 (8/12/11)
  
  Do you get to reside there year round or do you and your family visit here and there? I have never been to Cape Cod but I long to visit.
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  chinagal9 (9/15/11)
  
  Visit - Nice drive and stay a few days. Last week the weather was a bit chilly after the storm and our unpredictable weather this year (+ summer). Lots of history on the Cape.