OMG - It's Memorial Day

I have just completed a project that's been in the back of my mind for awhile now, and I wanted everyone to know about it. And, it ties in with our Memorial Day savings traditon. I recently went all around North Myrtle Beach photographing all the bars here in North Myrtle Beach. And, I've just created a bevy of T-Shirts with those pictures on my Cafe Press Store. I've included a picture of the montage of bars here, but you need to go check out my Cafe Press Shagmiser Store to really see all the various T's.

And, in keeping with our Memorial Day savings tradition, all the T's have been marked down. I mean, I've really cut my margins way back to where I'm on a subsistance level. How's that?

I've included every bar from Hoto's to Crawdaddy's. Fat Harold's to Dilligaf's, Duck's and Duck's Too. There may be a couple I missed, but not many.

I'm going back to my regular markup June 1, so get your T's of the Bars of NMB while I've got this special going on. The Bars of NMB on Cafe Press.

OK - FLASH - I've just update the Shagmiser Blog (6/6) and you need to go check it out now. Time sensitive stuff has been posted there.

Beach, Bikers and Recent Happenings

Well, it's Harley Davidson Bike Week right now, here @the beach. We've got an estimated 200,000 (probably more) bikers roaring up and down the highways and byways and creating a lot of traffic. But's it's fun. If you've never experienced Bike Week, you're missing out. For pictures and stuff, go to the Myrtle Beach Sun Times Website and look at the pictures.

Jan and Greg and Jack just left last Friday, and we miss them already. This was the first time in 32 years since Jan and Greg had been to the beach, too busy raising a family in Dallas. Jack? Well, since he lives in Charlotte, he gets down here quite often, but we hadn't seen him since he and Becki lived in Savannah, a ways back. If you want to see a short video I posted of the visit, go to Jan and Greg and Jack Visit the beach.

Next up? Cynthia and Dina are due in around Memorial Weekend, during Black Biker Week. That should be really interesting. Our buddy Billy (WW) will overlap with them, and he absolutely loves (sic) Black Bike Week. Since we're only 3 blocks off Atlantic Beach (where the HQ is), we'll be able to hear some of the music(?).

A bunch of us went to Mayfest on Main Street, downtown Ocean Drive Beach (or North Myrtle Beach for those map retentive), and I made a jumpy, poorly shot, quickie video of most of what was going on. You can see it, along with the J&G&J Video at digitalshores.net by clicking either of the videos in the "Latest Beach Videos" box.

I've started a new website about our local favorites here in NMB. It's called NMB 4 Locals - check it out when you get the chance. It's still growing, and I add to it every chance I get.

That's it for now - so TTFN and all that.

The Rain was the Main Thing

We really got dumped on Saturday afternoon. While waiting for the Waybacks to start, it started coming down in buckets. Sally and Susan got under a tree under our lawn tarp while I got trapped in the merchant tent with a scowling North Wilksboro policeman trying to control the overcrowding. I think I was the last one he let into the tent.

Well, the rain finally let up, and they were able to get the music cranked back up, especially on the main Watson stage. But it stayed somewhat "rainy" the rest of the day. I was feeling really quesy y this time, so I went back to the RV early while S & S stayed to see Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby. They said that was a really good show.

Sunday afternoon saw us sitting up close because so many people left because of the rain the previous day. We got up close and personal with Alison Brown, then Jerry Douglas. Both these musicians were so very excellent. Check out The Music of Jerry Douglas of Union Station and The Music of Alison Brown. I was lucky enough to get Alison's autograph on her new as yet unreleased CD.

North Myrtle Beach for Locals - a New Website

OK - on to a different subject. I have just posted a new sebsite, NMB for Locals. It's here I'll try and talk about places to go in the NMB area favored by locals. It's brand new, so leave some comments here if you like and or don't like it, or want to add your 2 cents.