Coastal Companion

Your ultimate guide to the coast

Restaurant Week Returns to Jacksonville, August 17 – 23, 2009

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Eat Up Downtown is the best deal in town.  We love eating out – and very much so when it costs less.  Mark your calendar and don’t miss the Restaurant Week event in downtown Jacksonville, Florida.

For a whole week you get the chance to experience exquisite cuisine at an unbeatable price of $25 per person at participating restaurants. There’s a wide variety of restaurants to choose from on the list, from cafés to elegant steak houses, all in the downtown area.

Each restaurant offers a special, three-course dinner menu for $25 per person. So this is a great deal! Make sure to take Mom out for dinner, your family or your friends. Try a new restaurant, or visit an old favorite.

Check out the list of participating restaurants.

Baseball Dreams in Savannah Friday July 31st, Georgia

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This weekend there’s a fun event in Savannah for all baseball fans. This fun event combines a movie screening at the Lucas Theater in Savannah with a real life Sandgnats game on Friday July 31st.

The movie Field of Dreams is the baseball movie with Kevin Costner, remember “Built it and they will come”, and in this case, the baseball fans in the Savannah area really should show up.

Before the main screening, there’s also a short with Goofy himself.
This event was Joe’s pick of the week for the Coastal Companion weekly show.

For contact info and details about how to order tickets read more in our events calendar for Field of Dreams with Sandgnats in Savannah

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Craftsmen’s Classicâ„¢ Arts & Crafts Festival 2009 in Myrtle Beach, SC

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Fall is usually the time to pick up arts or crafts projects again. Kids go back to school, vacation time is over and for a lot of us, it’s back to the everyday life. A great way to get inspiration for your own arts and crafts project is to visit a show – and in South Carolina in August, there’s a great show.

Craftsmen’s Classicâ„¢ Arts & Crafts Festival 2009 August 7-9th is a popular arts & crafts show in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina features original work from over 250 talented artists and craftspeople from across the country. Experience the creative process in action. Many exhibitors demonstrate their crafts throughout the weekend at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

For more details and a link to a dollar off coupon, visit our events calendar listing for The Craftsmen’s Classic Arts & Crafts Festival 2009 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Sand Sculpting Classes at St. Augustine Beach

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All of us can play in the sand, it comes natural to most people – even adults, but sand sculpting is a different story. If you have visited some of the “big” sand sculpture contests on the coast, you might wonder how to create beautiful sculptures like that. No matter how hard you try, or how much you sweat, your towers and walls just seem to crumble and get swept away by the sea, and sculptures made of sand, isn’t that just for pros?

The Dirty Secret of Sand Sculpting
sandcastle2It doesn’t matter if you never set foot in art class or ever would consider picking up a crayon and sketch – now you can participate in a hands-on, down and dirty, sand sculpting workshop teaching you all the tips and trick you need to become an expert at building sand castles.

The talented sand sculpting instructor will share his sand sculpting secrets and tool tips with his apprentice sand sculptors. As you know, the easiest way to learn a new skill is by doing, and the best thing is – these classes are free and open to everyone. This class is fun for the whole family.

The Bech Birthday Contest
You can simply see it as a great way to get your team ready for the City of St. Augustine Beach’s 50th Birthday sand sculpting contest on November 7, or if you’re not competitive, just a way for the family to have fun together on the beach.

The sand sculpting classes takes place the first Saturday of every month through October. Come to the beach in front of Ocean Trace on St. Augustine Beach.

The next Sand Sculpting Lessons will be on August 1st at 10:00 am at Ocean Trace ramp.

Visit the events calendar for Sand Sculpting Class at St Augustine Beach, Florida

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