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The most recent editions of Snowbirds Gulf Coast and Snowbirds South Edition now available online.

Spring 2013

Welcome!
It’s hard to believe that we just finished our Spring edition of Snowbirds Gulf Coast.
Our 7th season is still underway, however, as many of our winter visitors stay until late April before heading home.
With this edition we announced some major upcoming transitions for this website and other digital efforts.
Our four popular print editions return in 2013-14 but we are “Re-Imagining” the complementary digital content.
How do you find out when this launches? Sign up for our E-Newsletter and go to our official Facebook page – Snowbirds Gulf Coast – and “Like” it.
We will be unveiling new initiatives including enhanced listings for our advertising partners and content geared toward our winter visitors.
Also, we will be offering helpful tips and other content we think will be helpful.
If you are a business looking to reach the Snowbirds, I will be unveiling a new pricing structure soon that will offer a variety of digital and print options.
Safe travels everyone!
We appreciate you and the joy you bring.

Have any questions?
Send me an email at publisher@snowbirdsgulfcoast.com or give me a call at 850-291-1266.

All the Best,
Karen Harrell, Publisher
Want to check out our print archive? http://snowbirdsgulfcoast.com/magazine-archives.  Also, be sure to join our Facebook Fan Page for updates!

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We are happy to report that we will be back for our 5th season of publication in 2010-11 along the northern Gulf Coast and second season in the Central Gulf Coast. If your business is looking to reach this valuable market, click here (Donna put link) for our advertising information.
Our publication reaches visitors from the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Ala., the Florida panhandle from Pensacola, Navarre, Fort Walton Beach, Destin, Beaches of South Walton and Panama City to the central Gulf Coast including Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater markets to stretches along I-75 from Ocala to Sarasota, Bradenton and Siesta Key. You can read our archived editions at:
The Gulf Coast is looking forward to hosting its most loyal visitors and part-time residents, The Snowbirds. We look forward to seeing you all again and are confident that the Gulf Coast will survive and thrive through this challenging time. The Deepwater Horizon oil disaster has marred the summer season for many areas, including those who have seen little or no impact but we have proven our resilience time and again.
Our hotels, condominiums, RV parks, golf courses, restaurants, casinos and shops look forward to another Snowbird season and are ready to offer great deals for our winter guests!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at publisher@snowbirdsgulfcoast.com. or 850-291-1266.
Also, be sure to join our Facebook fan page for updates!
As always, we are glad you are here on the Gulf Coast.
Best,
Karen Harrell
Publisher

 

News of Interest

MGM Resorts’ Beau Rivage Welcomes Funambula, Theatrical Circus Sensation, June 11-August 11

BILOXI, Miss. – May 20, 2013 –Beau Rivage is pleased to welcome FUNAMBULA, a theatrical circus sensation, to its theatre for a limited eight-week summer engagement, June 11- August 11.

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Five Star Driving Services

We will drive your auto, van, light truck, U Haul or RV ANYWHERE in the continental United States! We even transport your pets!

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The Snowbirds’ Flight South

by Elizabeth Bonner
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
No, it’s not Christmas — it’s the days and weeks after. For snowbirds, that means pulling out of one driveway piled high with snow and parking in another bordered with palm trees.

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The GPS: A Fatally Misleading Travel Companion

As you plan your trip South this year you might be tempted to try to find a less congested route.
This story on NPR is a cautionary tale on relying on GPS – a godsend for many of us – to take us off the beaten path.

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Who Are the Snowbirds?

Legend has it that the term Snowbird was first used to describe Canadians who often fled the brutal cold weather characteristic of our neighbors to the north.

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Frank Kaiser Addressing Prejudice

Ask my parents if they were prejudiced, they’d flatly reject the notion.
Yet I grew up in a house hating Jews, suspicious of Catholics, barely tolerant of “colored folks,” and so loathing communism and all things Russian that my father openly suspected his son of pinko tendencies based on my taking a comparative government course that included the Soviet Union.

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Move In Ready, Largo Florida

If you are looking for a Winter Home or a Full Time Residence, PARADISE ISLAND in Largo, Florida is a safe, well kept and affordable community. This three bedroom, two bath home with bonus sunroom and carport has many upgrades to make it modern and move in ready. Just $65,000.

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FORT WALTON BEACH MEDICAL CENTER NAMES NEW CEO

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, an affiliate of HCA, announces the appointment of Mitch Mongell, FACHE, to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2013. Mongell brings more than 30 years of hospital administration experience to the role.

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The Florida Orchestra: Pick Your Favorite Concerts With a Compose Your Own Series

The Florida Orchestra continues to reach out to the Tampa Bay community by making live symphonic concerts more appealing, affordable and accessible with a wide variety of concert packages.

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Santa Rosa County’s Bubba Watson couldn’t imagine growing up anywhere else.

by Chuck Corder
Santa Rosa County’s Bubba Watson couldn’t imagine growing up anywhere else.
The 2012 Master’s champion hails from the historic Village of Bagdad, Fla., with piney woods for a backyard, the Blackwater River within an easy walking distance and the sugar-white sands of Navarre Beach nearby to frolic and play.

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Finding a good breakfast spot is like gold to me

For years I was loyal to one place – the Holiday Inn on Pensacola Beach. This was more than 10 years ago – pre-Hurricane Opal when the hotel was full service. The restaurant there had an amazing Gulf view, the food was good and inexpensive and servers had worked there for 15-20 years each.

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St. Petersburg/Clearwater

The St Petersburg/Clearwater has long been a popular winter destination for retirees who came to be known as “Snowbirds.”
And why not?
The area boasts mild winters with daytime highs averaging in the 70s and plenty of something many people long for in the wintertime – sunshine.

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Benefits of Snowbirds’ volunteerism go both ways

Snowbirds across the region contribute more than their tourism dollars to the area economy.

They also unselfishly donate thousands of volunteer hours toward helping our communities.

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