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Flagler Spotlight: Flagler Beach Gift Shop

Sometimes the fun part of cruising around Flagler Beach is discovering the treasure tucked away in the corner – Flagler Spotlight introduces Flagler Beach Gift Shop, located in the plaza at Finn’s Beachside Pub. It’s the bright green storefront behind…

Naturally Cool Wednesday…Manatees

The below manatees were found frolicking in the water at Tomoka State Park–but remember just because they are close enough to touch doesn’t mean you should 🙂 Manatee Info- Other aliases: West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) Sea Cow (slow grazer…

Flagler Surf Star…Robbie McCormick

In it’s lifetime Flagler Beach has played host to an amazing amount of surfing talent, Frieda Zamba being the most famous with many others paving the way and following after in her sandy footprints.  A new name to add to…

I’m going back to Cali…Part 2

Continued From: Going Back to Cali… The next part of this story is like getting off a ski lift with a snowboard strapped to your foot for the first time ever…and thinking “oh crap, you mean they don’t stop at…

Blue Skies and Magic Wands…

Today was an amazing day!  After three days of being held captive in our homes by pounding rain and gale force winds– folks I know were at the breaking point of sanity.  In a moment it was as clear as…

Walking the line between am and pm…

I have a confession…”I don’t know what I am doing.” (The Giant Mechanical Man🙂  When I first started writing a blog, a few years back, I had visions of a biography, novels and a children’s book series pouring from my…

Flagler Surf Star: Hannah Blevins

When Hannah Blevins’s best friend Kiah Hutcherson talked her into signing up for surf camp, she didn’t think it would be something she would really like much less an event that would change her life.  She was hooked after catching…

A heavy heart speaks…

Sometimes just because you want something doesn’t mean you should have it… It is with a heavy heart that I write this post because it just doesn’t seem fair.  For several years now I have devoted endless hours and many…

Special Day for Special Needs…

The forecasters had called for rain this past Saturday, March 23, but the only water falling from the sky were tears…and they were flowing. Ocean City Surf Company- the new kid on the Flagler Beach surf scene hosted their first…