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In an online article by AOL travel on August 24, 2010, St. Simons Island was named one of America’s 10 Best Islands. Other top destinations include: Shelter Island, New York, Santa Catalina Island, California, Orcas Island, Washington, and Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.
From the article on St. Simons Island.
“The largest of Georgia’s four Golden Isles, St. Simons has beckoned bluebloods and birders for a century with marshes, maritime forests, and Mediterranean Revival mansions. The island’s location made it a strategic maritime point: Explore Fort Frederica National Monument, where colonists won a major naval battle during the Revolutionary war and learn more at the WPA-built 1935 Old Coast Guard Station that houses the Maritime Center museum. Golfers can play hundreds of challenging holes between St. Simons and neighboring Sea and Jekyll Islands. Patrol the waters on a working shrimp boat, sail on a dolphin-watching tour, or just bask on pearly sands.
Fun Fact: The 104-foot St. Simons Lighthouse (a working navigational beacon operational since 1872) and its brick Victorian light-keeper’s residence were renovated in 2010.“
To read the entire piece, please click here.
Come hungry to Jekyll Island’s 5th annual Shrimp & Grits Festival! The weekend event begins Friday, September 17th at 5:30 pm and lasts through Sunday at 4:00 pm.
Friday night is $3 sample night. Each vendor will serve tastes of their unique shrimp and grits for just $3 each. Enjoy jazz music by Straight No Chaser.
The highlight of the event are the two cooking competitions. Amateurs compete on Saturday. Professionals compete on Sunday. Festival admission is free and parking is $5 per vehicle.
For an extra special experience, try the VIP Package which includes: premium up front parking, 1lb bag of stone ground grits, a gift certificate for 1/2 lb or shrimp from the City Market, a signed festival poster, and 4 free samples at Friday night’s event. For VIP information, please call 912-635-3636.
November 11 – 13, 2010
King & Prince Hotel
Our November Conference is designed to help you learn from the best while incorporating the newest in technology and new publishing trends. We are proud to present world-class authors who will show you how the world can be an “open door”. Come and hear these astonishing authors in an intimate and beautiful ocean front location. You won’t want to miss this one!
Author, Diana Gabaldon, has sold over 17 million copies of her books worldwide and has a loyal followingThe Outlander Series, Voyager, Echo in the Bone, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, The Fiery Cross, Drums of Autumn and soon to be released The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel.
Author, Karen White,- known for award-winning novels, Learning to Breathe, The House on Tradd Street, the highly praised The Memory of Water, The Lost Hours, and Pieces of the Heart.
Author/Professor, Adam Davies, former Random House editor and author of The Frog King (soon to be a major motion picture), Goodbye Lemon, Mine All Mine. Adam’s non-fiction has appeared in the New York Times.
Author/Journalist Ciji Ware – Right Sizing Your Life (voted one of the top books on retirement by the Wall Street Journal). Also published Island of the Swans, A Cottage by the Sea.
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA – Through the years, the abundant beauty of the Georgia coast has inspired artists of every stripe, including poets, novelists and playwrights.
In 1878, poet Sidney Lanier extolled the lush beauty of our coastal landscape, in his ode to “The Marshes of Glynn.” Many others have written about coastal Georgia’s towns and cities and their inhabitants. One of the best-known local authors was Eugenia Price, who wrote 14 historical novels about the Georgia and Florida coasts in the 1800s. During the 1930s, playwright Eugene O’Neill built a home and worked on Sea Island, where he wrote “Ah, Wilderness,” his only comedy. Another writer of the period, Ben Ames William, also lived and wrote on Sea Island.
Contemporary writers can find similar inspiration – along with healthy doses of fellowship and professional guidance – during Scribblers’ Retreat Writers Workshops. During two-day conferences, writers attend workshops, lectures and panel discussions led by ten world-class authors, editors, publishers and other literary professionals. Each conference begins with an Opening Ceremonies Banquet Thursday evening and ends with an Evening with the Authors cocktail reception Saturday evening.
Scribblers’ Retreat Writers Conferences take place at the historic King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, St. Simons Island’s only oceanfront hotel. Workshop participants enjoy contemplative walks along the beach, and are within minutes of St. Simons’s Island’s beautiful lighthouse and pier village with its many shops and restaurants. Special rates are available for conference participants.
Register by September 15 receive a free gift. Call 800-996-2904 or visit scribblersretreatwritersconference.com for info.
In a contest that ran from January 4, 2010 to April 30, 2010, SeaPak awarded (4) Coastal Getaways for two to St. Simons Island.
Winners will stay at the St. Simons Grand, known for its luxurious collection of private oceanfront condominiums, from September 9 to 12, 2010. From a beautiful living room and balcony, winners will enjoy unobstructed vistas of the Atlantic Ocean.
The St. Simons Grand offers a variety of amenities, including a gracious courtyard with a large swimming pool and hot tub, peaceful lagoons with fountains, and a private pathway to the ocean.
In addition to accommodations, winners will receive round trip air travel, a historic trolley tour and boat tour, an exclusive chef-lead cooking class, a gourmet dinner hosted at the St. Simons Lighthouse, 18 holes of golf on Jekyll Island, and $300 in spending money.
The recently announced winners, include: Brittany Shaughnessy of Riverside, CA; Linda Burnett of Austin, TX; Mary Vallner of Montello, WI; and Catherine Buchanan Jordan of North, VA.
