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Coastal Companion

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Genuine Granny Delivers Old Fashioned Christmas – Fernandina Beach, Florida

November 20, 2007 by Susanne Talentino

Sweet Granny’s, a Florida bakery announces expansion of bakery basket services in time for Christmas season.

Fernandina Beach; Amelia Island, FL (PRWEB) — With all the challenges the modern family faces in planning a traditional Christmas celebration including distance from relatives and lack of time, one family in Florida hopes to ease some of the burden with baskets of home baked goodies. Sweet Granny’s, a family run bakery in Fernandina Beach/Amelia Island, headed by a genuine granny has expanded their storefront to accept internet orders for holiday favorites, including their most popular gift baskets filled with cookies, brownies and hand-dipped chocolates.

“We don’t pretend that our baking is a cure for all that ails a family, but sharing some old fashioned Christmas baking along with memories can help strengthen family bonds over the holiday season,” explains Natalie Goolsby, Business Manager for Sweet Granny’s, “Things should never be so stressful that we forget to take time to enjoy good things and each other.”

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Savannah Residents Publish Cookbook Featuring Local Restaurants

November 15, 2007 by Susanne Talentino

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Savannah residents Debra Zumstein and Wil Kazary will be at 700 Kitchen Cooking School at the Mansion on Forsyth Park on Thursday, November 29, from 5:00pm – 7:00pm, signing copies of their newly released cookbook, Carolina Cooking: Recipes from the Region’s Best Chefs (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, $19.95, Paperback). Featured in the cookbook are numerous recipes from Chef Darin Sehnert of 700 Kitchen Cooking School at The Mansion On Forsyth Park, along with over a hundred recipes from other top restaurants in the Carolinas and Georgia.

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Has Tourism Development Gone Wild on Hilton Head Island?

November 15, 2007 by Susanne Talentino

According to National Geographic Traveler Magazine Hilton Head Island is in “serious trouble”. The magazine has ranked the worlds’ island destinations in a survey in the Nov/Dec issue. A panel of 522 experts reviewed conditions in 111 selected islands and archipelagos. The score is based on how threatened the destination is in regards to over-development and tourism.

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, makes the list with a score of 45, Key West, Florida, Oahu, Hawaii, and Puget, Thailand all score 46. These destinations are considered to be “in serious trouble”.

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God Bless the Child – a Jazz Homecoming in Charleston, S.C.

November 15, 2007 by Susanne Talentino

If you haven’t already bought tickets, we’d like to remind you about “God Bless The Child: A Jazz Homecoming” at 8:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 18 at the Charleston Visitors Center. All proceeds go to The Jenkins Institute for Children, which has been helping Charleston’s neediest children for over 115 years.

The concert features Quentin Baxter and the Franklin Street Five, with special guest star Alphonse Mouzon. The concert date is drawing near and we hope you’ll be able to attend. Tickets are just $25 and are on sale at the show. For advance tickets and more information, call 843-744-1771.

To read the previous story, click here.

Jekyll Island Revitalization Project Public Meetings – Atlanta, Georgia

November 15, 2007 by Susanne Talentino

This is the last of the public meetings for the Jekyll Island Revitalization Project. This one takes place in Atlanta on November 20th at 3:30 pm at Cobb Galleria Center, Cobb Parkway and Galleria Drive.

Read more about Jekyll Island Revitalization Project here

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