Well, everyone. Sally and I had a very eventful, fun filled Anniversary weekend, one we'll really remember for quite awhile. It started that Saturday afternoon when Sally surprised me with our very first parasail out of Captain Dick's in Murrell's Inlet. I've got a video on the whole thing posted on Youtube. Go to http://youtube.com/shagmiser to get your eyeballs on this one. I cannot believe it took us this long to get around to doing this. It was AB FAB! 500 feet up in the air, floating out over Litchfield Beach, and I got the whole thing on video. Wow!
BTW, if you haven't seen the special dancing video I made from our Friday night on the town, check it out HERE. And no, it's not our usual shag dance.
That night Susan joined us for one of the best dinner's ever at UMI's down in restaurant row. We've been wanting to try this place for quite awhile, based on the fact that my sister Carrie recommended it highly, as did our friends Sandy and Brian. It's a Pacific Rim type seafood restaurant that combines the best of Asian cuisine: select offerings of extremely fresh seafood prepared using blends of unique spices. Combine that with a high tech (not deco) ambiance, and wait service more than a cut above, and you've got a 4 star place that happens to be @thebeach.
Sunday afternoon Sally deigned to accompany me to Hoto's to listen to the Craig Woolard band for awhile, standing in the sun on the beach drinking cold beers. It don't get much better. Now that's my idea of a great afternoon.
Sunday night we all went to Bimini's for crab legs. My nephew Keith is headed back out to (guess where?) the Pacific Rim for his job installing steel scarfing equipment in Shanghai and Taiwan, and we wanted to gather with the rest of the family to send him off. It was noisy, filled with Tourons celebrating the end of summer, but well worth it.
Right now we're waiting to see where Hana and Ike are headed (those are hurricanes, Johnnie), and preparing to batten down the hatches. My next post might be from C.B.'s up in Charlotte. Hana might come into or close to Wilmington just north of us, so we will get lots of wind and rain. But Hana might be nothing compared to Ike, which as I write this is a cat 4 hurricane approaching the Caribbean. If there's some great surf, I'll try and get some video to pass along.
That's all I can think of for now - so check out the parasail video, and post a comment or 2.
TTFN - Dick @thebeach.
And don't forget my other blog, http://shagmiser.blogspot.com/
BTW, if you haven't seen the special dancing video I made from our Friday night on the town, check it out HERE. And no, it's not our usual shag dance.
That night Susan joined us for one of the best dinner's ever at UMI's down in restaurant row. We've been wanting to try this place for quite awhile, based on the fact that my sister Carrie recommended it highly, as did our friends Sandy and Brian. It's a Pacific Rim type seafood restaurant that combines the best of Asian cuisine: select offerings of extremely fresh seafood prepared using blends of unique spices. Combine that with a high tech (not deco) ambiance, and wait service more than a cut above, and you've got a 4 star place that happens to be @thebeach.
Sunday afternoon Sally deigned to accompany me to Hoto's to listen to the Craig Woolard band for awhile, standing in the sun on the beach drinking cold beers. It don't get much better. Now that's my idea of a great afternoon.
Sunday night we all went to Bimini's for crab legs. My nephew Keith is headed back out to (guess where?) the Pacific Rim for his job installing steel scarfing equipment in Shanghai and Taiwan, and we wanted to gather with the rest of the family to send him off. It was noisy, filled with Tourons celebrating the end of summer, but well worth it.
Right now we're waiting to see where Hana and Ike are headed (those are hurricanes, Johnnie), and preparing to batten down the hatches. My next post might be from C.B.'s up in Charlotte. Hana might come into or close to Wilmington just north of us, so we will get lots of wind and rain. But Hana might be nothing compared to Ike, which as I write this is a cat 4 hurricane approaching the Caribbean. If there's some great surf, I'll try and get some video to pass along.
That's all I can think of for now - so check out the parasail video, and post a comment or 2.
TTFN - Dick @thebeach.
And don't forget my other blog, http://shagmiser.blogspot.com/
