Wordless Wednesday-Tropical Storm Fay

This would be low tide today at 15th Street in New Smyrna Beach.

Beach Volleyball

I will not discuss the weather. Everyone is discussing the weather and I am sick of the weather. How about a fun New Smyrna Beach activity. Every Thursday night a great group of adults gets together at the North Beach Park, (north of Flagler, at Sapphire & Atlantic) to play volleyball, it starts at about 6pm, if it is raining they hang out til 630 to see if it will blow over. So our ridiculous weather permitting, head on over this Thursday and play some volleyball on the beach. Everyone is welcome, and of course children are welcome. (it is the beach after all!)

Don't You Just Love Florida?

Here is this mornings tracking map from Weather Underground. So there are a variety of scenarios available, use your imagination or check back as they say later today will tell the tale. I hit the beachside Publix this morning at 7am. Considering the panic that the news anchors are trying to incite, the store was relatively empty. Here is a reminder about what to do now that a storm might really come our way.

Weekend Events

I am late on this weekend event thing. There is not much going on so you did not miss much. Lots of people out shopping for school supplies. The weather is not supposed to clear up so the beach is out.

If you are new to the area or even if you are not, today's News Journal has a great Newcomers Guide with the paper.

Have a great weekend!

School Starts August 18th

And not a moment too soon for many parents! I don't know about you but my kids are bored and ready to go back to school.

The Volusia County 2008-2009 Calendar is available here.

Coronado Elementary will have a meet the teacher event on Friday morning from 10am-12pm.

Enjoy the last few days of sleeping in!

Seafood Festival

The first annual New Smyrna Beach Shrimp & Seafood Festival will be held Thursday, August 14 from 5 to 9PM hosted by the Merchants of Flagler Hospitality Group and the Daytona Beach News Journal. Flagler Avenue will be closed from 5 to 9PM to cars and open only to foot traffic.

The festival features over 30 great restaurants from New Smyrna and surrounding areas offering "tastes" of their best shrimp and seafood dishes. Restaurants will be competing for the festival's "BEST ON THE BEACH" award and offering sample portions for sale all priced in the $3 to $5 range. In addition to great seafood, the festival will feature related booths with arts, education, non-profit and fishing related themes, there will be live entertainment with Minister Theory playing on the big stage at Cooper and Flagler Streets.

Come out and celebrate the great seafood New Smyrna has to offer and drop by the OM Chill Bar's Beer Garden, where you can taste NSB's largest selection of Microbrews and fine wines!

They Unlock Cars Too

I committed a heinous sin in the eyes of my son today. I locked my keys in the car at the beach as the tide was coming in. This is extremely embarrasing when you are eleven and have an image to uphold.. Can you say idiot. Say it with me now....you are an idiot. SO just before the locksmith could arrive to save me, the Beach Patrol came riding by and they have all the proper car thief tools needed to break into a car. In fact, the helpful law enforcement officer told me he probably breaks into 5 cars a day on the weekends....so it is apparent I am not the only idiot on the beach. He unlocked the thing in short order and set the alarm off so that in the event everyone in the immediate area did not know I was a dumbass, they were soon made aware.

Thanks, to the beach patrol, they do a good job.