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Out with the Old…..

The time has come to bid a fond adieu to this blog. As of right now I will be shutting down all commenting (take that you mailbox-muddying, sex pill pushing spammers - ruiners of my morning mailcheck!) though the stuff that is up here will stay up for the foreseeable future. Who knows, I may even fire the old girl up again some other day but for now say bye-bye to the old and…

In With the New

Welcome to the new blog - “being sandy feet” that already has some groovy new stuff on it (the site feed link is http://feeds.feedburner.com/BeingSandyFeet so put that in your reader). If you go there you will learn the real reason why …

Santa may care if you have been naughty or nice - but I don’t.

Regardless of your behavior, you are invited to Christmas Brunch Open House at sandy feet’s beach retreat - 117 e. saturn, Dec. 25th starting at 11 AM. When I say everyone is invited that is exactly what I mean, and if you come early enough you will get fresh-squeezed juice in your mimosa. Please stop by for a cup or bit o’ cheer! Here is the official invitation….

Success! KWTX | Christmas Trees To Be Used To Stabilize Texas Beaches

And here is the press release sent out by the city of South Padre Island:

The Town of South Padre Island is working on a pilot project to build dunes within the Town limits. This project will involve placing hay bales, sand fencing, and/or Christmas trees on the beach to catch the blowing sand in order to help build and replace the dunes that were lost to the strong waves caused by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. This is a very important project for us all, and we need your help.

To begin, we need the support of beachfront property owners. The construction of a continuous dune line is …

I believe this is the project that South Padre’s own Amazin’ Walter is working on in China right now. He is scheduled to return to SPI on Dec. 21st. I imagine he will have stories and photos to share during Christmas Brunch at sandy feet’s beach retreat.

Int’l Sand Sculpture Festival to open

Here are some pics from production crew that came down to South Padre a couple of weeks ago to shoot me creating a sand castle at Neptune Circle. I really like the photo of me at the bottom of this (slow-loading) page. Click on the thumbnail to see it big!

National Geographic Film Crew Visits the Lab

South Padre ferry plan is sailing on troubled waters

This strikes me as a particularly bad idea, though it seems that some SPIslanders feel otherwise.

I have no problem with a ferry landing up there, but why does Willacy county feel it needs to seize a chunk - big enough for say, a casino resort - for something they claim is just a little bitty access point for folks to utilize the nature preserve?

This stinks to high heaven of a developer land grab.

I sat in Beach & Dune for 2 hours today trying to save one lovely and fully functional sand dune, located at the end of Aurora Circle. (I failed.) I really get feeling like the little Dutch boy desperately …

Well I am off to California for yet another contest and my flight is leaving really early but I just have to say a few words about tonight’s BOA meeting. I wasn’t there but by all accounts it was very exciting with cussing and finger jabbing and lawsuit threatening fireworks galore.

The hotbutton issues of course concern proposed zoning changes. On one hand you have E-zoners who want to live in secure neighborhoods where all the residents are longterm and you know all the people who might stroll down your street. (Pretty much the opposite of what one might reasonably expect to find in a town where the only industry is tourism, but never mind….)

On the other hand you have B-zoners, …

I am experimenting with something I modestly call “sandyfeet’s list” as a way to make my sites more useful to both guests and residents of South Padre Island, Port Isabel, Laguna Vista, etc. If you visit it today you will find lots of interesting categories but not a whole lot of content - yet. I need you - my regular visitors - to help supply that. To do so you will first have to register but the process is safe and relatively painless and I think you will soon see the benefits of doing so. Check it out - and post suggestions for new categories or subcategories right here!

This weekend a film crew is coming down from Canada to film me building a sand castle. The show is for National Geographic. They have asked my assistance in coming up with 2-3 kids to interact with me, probably Sunday afternoon (we were scheduled to shoot on Monday but it is looking like a norther will be coming through Sunday night and we are hoping to avoid that.)

If you know anyone who can help me out with this, please e-me: webwiz@spionline.com. Merci Mucho!

Just in case anyone needs to be reminded why we should start building a continuous dune line RIGHT NOW….

This Storm Cycle Just Getting Warmed Up - Los Angeles Times