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This past weekend while in Atlanta, my husband called me and asked, “Guess what’s burning as we speak?”  How does one answer a question like this?  Of course, I asked, “What’s burning?”  It turns out Southern Soul, a barbecue joint on the Island that resides in the old GISCO seafood building at the very visible spot by the traffic circle at Demere and Frederica, was on fire.  Then my husband asked, “Do you think there are good eats in the smoldering embers?”  I’ve driven past it a few times and you really can’t tell it burned from the front… I was told it is an empty shell in the rear, but the facade is still there and they’ve covered the openings with tarp so you can’t see inside.  If I hadn’t been told it caught fire, I might have supposed they were renovating.  I always said that the place needed a good hosing down…

Here’s a video that gives you an up close and personal view of the fire and it’s end result… check it out!

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St Simons Island Sales Trend

by Midi on October 5, 2009

Looking at some stats since we’re now officially into 4th Quarter of 2009.  Here’s a quick glance at the list price/actual sold trend for St Simons Island going back to the beginning of 2008.

St Simons Island 3rdQ 2009 Trend

Obviously, home prices are dropping but they seem to have leveled off to a certain extent, the largest drop being experienced between 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2008.  Keep in mind these are average figures combining both Single Family homes and Condominiums.

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Nothing Says Welcome Like a Gas Station…

by Midi on September 28, 2009

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Just found out that the construction going on the wedge of land between Demere and Hamilton right near the on-going construction of the new ‘traffic circle’ at the entrance to the Island is going to be a gas station.

First of all, I put ‘traffic circle’ in quotes because it is using the term loosely to call that ridiculous piece of engineering a traffic circle.  Traffic circles are about the continuous flow of traffic and the elimination of traffic signals to artificially stop and start traffic movement.  This one still has a light… and don’t get me started on the problems with the design. [click to continue…]

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The Big TurnOff Event

26 September 2009

Sounds odd, right? The Big TurnOff Event…  Well, the St. Simons Island Lighthouse is going to be turned-off (hence the name) on Sunday, Sept. 27th and apparently, it’s going to get a big send-off!
Why? Because our 150 year old lighthouse is undergoing renovations and this will be the first time since World War II that [...]

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