Creepy VERY CREEPY......>>>>>>>>>

I said I ain't Superstitous, But a Black Cat crossed my Trail
Bad Luck Ain't Got me so far, And I ain't gonna let it stop me now
- Rod Stewart

Halloween

Silky says "Have a safe Halloween Darlings, and Happy Celtic New Year"

The legend of Super Pumpkin

Denizens of 3oA and unwary visitors on Halloween beware.
If you hear the loud peeling of smoking tires and the rumbling sound of a small block chevy engine with glass packs under full throttle coming up 30A it just might be the Headless driver of Super Pumpkin.

Why does it take so long...

To get a house built around here?

If you have a home being built along 30A you are no doubt familiar with this four letter word: S L O W

Sung To the tune of your favorite 100 rap songs


Slow Like

Slow, like the green grass growin
slow, like the black molasses flowin
slow, like a pub-lic servant
slow, like you think I don't deserve it

Yo Yo my house is goin slow
Ho Ho where did everybody go
Oh Oh nobody workin here today
No No another storm is on the way

Slow, like the green grass growin
slow, like the black molasses flowin
slow, like a pub-lic servant
slow, like you think I don't deserve it

Yo Yo my life is passin by
Ho Ho nough to make a grown man cry
Oh Oh nobody workin here today
No No another storm is on the way

Slow, like the green grass growin
slow, like the black molasses flowin
slow, like a pub-lic servant
slow, like you think I don't deserve it

Shawn o'neal Copyright 2005 all rights reserved.

Dune Lakes in OZ

That's Down under mate. Dune Lakes can be found on Fraser Island off the Coast of Queensland. Fraser is the largest sand Island in THE WORLD.
Fraser has both fresh or "white water" as well as Dark "black water" dune lakes.

Oh MAMA

You Sho look good to me.

Toast of the Coast

Mirror mirror on the wall whose got the most exclusive condo of them all...
2800 Sq. Ft. of VERY special condo in "Downtown 30A" in that little place that started it all. Only $4.250 Million, Projected to be complete: Summer 2006.

Nice Kitty

Please be nice to all of our local 30A kitty Cats this Halloween.

Featured guest blog of the Week

This Lady has got a retirement plan.
Check it out at:
www.sittingprettyfinancially.blogspot.com

What's A Dune Lake ?

We denizens of 30A are fond of telling folks about how rare these wonderful Dune Lakes are. Some Say there are only two places and others say three places on Earth where Dune lakes exist.
On 30A, In Tanzania ? and mabye one other place?
Well I am going to do some research on this folks. We are talking Rare indeed if this pans out.
Check back here for the results soon.....

And have a great 30A kinda Day !

30A Online radio

Dig it online folks . Groovy.
http://www.30aonlineradio.com/

Spread the word... and the Sand please

Notice of Special Meeting

The Walton County Board of Commissioners and the Tourist Development Council will hold a Special Meeting on Thursday, November 3, 2005 beginning at 10:00 AM at the South Walton Courthouse Annex located at 31 Coastal Centre Blvd, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. A representative from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service will be present.

The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss long term beach re-nourishment.

The public is invited to attend.


Beachfront Armoring and Beach Re-nourishment.
As of today, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has indicated that the county has issued "in excess of 200" permits for seawalls on the beaches.
DEP will soon be addressing an issue that has arisen with beach re-nourishment.

Walls vs. Beach Re-nourishment. The Florida law states:

(F.A.C. 62B-33.0051 (1) (a)(3)(b)) "... where a beach re-nourishment, beach restoration, sand transfer, or other project which would provide protection for the vulnerable structure is scheduled for construction within 9 months ...no permit for armoring shall be issued". The county is currently requiring all applicants for a seawall to sign a statement that reads: "Neither permanent retaining walls, nor beach armoring is allowed in the Walton county beach re-nourishment area (west side of Four Mile Village to the west county line-4.8 miles."

Currently, a number of large seawalls are being constructed in the Miramar Beach area scheduled for beach re-nourishment late this year or the first of next year.

If you live in the area scheduled for beach re-nourishment, you may want to be sure to attend the meeting on November 3rd. There may be some clarification on how DEP intends to address this issue.


Sincerely,

Anita Page
SWCC Executive Director

Human Beings & Butterfly Wings

Hi There,

The Monarch's are migrating through here on their way to Mexico and Couples are migrating here to our Lovely 30A for the wedding season.
And As the Locals say, "The Secret is Out, October is the best Month of the year here".
The Real estate market is showing some signs of life after the crazy summer of Storms.
People have been observing a weird weather period all over the planet and they realize that the trade offs are still worth it to live on the Coast.
Hey, at least you get advance warning with a Hurricane....

Red Tide and Computer geek info

Hey people,

If you were wondering about that arrrrgggh feeling in your throat etc., that's RED TIDE (not a new version of TIDE detergent) but a nasty bloomin thing from the Gulf.
Vicks 44 is my cure along with staying indoors or at least a mile north of the gulf.
The GOOD news: It does not show up every year and is not usual in October.


Geek of the week tip: If you get that nasty virus that corrupts your system operating files causing your computer to restart over and over and over again....
You are gonna wish you had Norton Go-BACK from SYMANTEC. You can use it to Restore your computer to a previous time from minutes to hours to days.Dude, IT Works !
Faster than working with emergency disks that you may not have updated for months...
Symantec tech support is great as well.

Toast of the Coast

Happy Friday Everyone,
It's time to look at the Most Expensive Beach Front Property in the Area.
$9.9 Million, A view of Heaven, 6000 + Sq. ft.

Featured Blog of the Week

All you folks who are interested in how to make that whole "Rental Property" thing work need to check out www.greengeckoadventure.blogspot.com
Bert knows rental.www.greengeckoadventure.blogspot.com

Some things never change

"Confusion of butterflies, clamor of bees,/ The clear day hurries the blossom to burst forth in the warmth."

QUYANG XIU, Song Dynasty poet

"Balance is the perfect state of still water.
Let that be our model.
It remains quite within and is not disturbed on the surface."

Confucius 551-479 B.C.


Remind you of any coastal place in particular ?

Dodging A Big Bullet....

The HEADLINES: CATASTROPHIC CAT-5 HURRICANE... WINDS 175+ MPH... RECORDS BROKEN... JEB: WHY US? TRACK... WIRE... ADVISORY... DISCUSSION... DETAILS...

You know you live on the Gulf Coast when you can pray or wish that a hurricane will hit somewhere else and not feel guilty about it.

A Beachy Relationship

I was waxing philosophical this morning. October reminds me that Loving the Coast is alot like Loving someone in a somewhat stormy relationship. You are willing to put up with a lot of pain because when things are good ,they are VERY good.

Beach Remeadiation Blues

(sung to the tune of any of your favorite 100 Blues songs)

(verse)
Well my beach needs a fixin
And my walkovers gone
I can't get to my beach
And the gas lines gettin long

(verse)
The County said yes
Then the DEP said no
My sand don't match
And now it's got to go....

(Chorus)
Y'all know I'm Blue Blue Blue
When I ought to be Emerald Green
Well I may have to Sue
Yeah, I got them Beach Remeadiation Blues

Shawn O'neal 2005 copyright

When will the Market improve you ask ?

My wife and I went to the WaterColor party at the BAIThouse last night and everyone kept asking when the Market will Improve.
Well there are 3 things in Beach Real Estate.....

1. A pretty Beach
2. A pretty Beach
3. A pretty Beach

If you guessed Location your right but we already know we have a Fabulous Location.

The Straight Sauce : IF THE COUNTY (WALTON + OKALOOSA) does not show Leadership in a big way REAL soon this market will do what every market does
when there is a loss of Confidence, It will drop.

Everyone is here because of the Beach.
Plenty of other places have great food and great shopping, great spas, Golf,etc.
If we have to march to Tallahassee and camp on their front lawn and call in every political favor we have then let's do it.

St. Joe, We need you to lead the charge. You can be the Hero. You can be the Saint.

Fi Fi Flutterby

Fi Fi says come by the flutterby festival at Gulf Place on the corner of 30A and Hwy 393 and support BARK PARK a new special park for pooches.
I bought one of their Cool T-Shirt's.

Elvis and The Lotus

Well ,well, well... look who's driving a Lotus Elise besides yours truly.
The KING . Now There's a reason to get off of those jelly donuts man.
You go EL !

October is UBER-Sweet on 30A

Oh to be in Santa Rosa Beach on 30A in October.
We are the Fortunate souls here in this time and this place.
Take a moment and Just Breathe ..... Man is this wonderful
Those incredible sunsets over Rare Dune Lakes.....
We live in a Masterpiece.

Toast of the Coast

It's Friday people and that means it's time to see who has "The Toast of the Coast"
The most expensive property in our corner of Paradise.
$15.8 Million, 600' on the Bay + 30 Acres.

Come on down folks, were Dealin'

HOMES AND CONDOS FOR SALE in These 30A villages

Seaside 23
WaterColor 112
WaterSound 34
Seacrest Beach 57
Rosemary Beach 89

Lots of Lots to choose from
On 30A 1255 LOTS !!! Holy Sea Turtle BatMan !

Chrome Orange Blast

What a Lovely pair

This Weeks Featured Blog

This is from http://bubblemeter.blogspot.com/
This Blog really pops !

Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Greenspan's Speech on Economic flexibility

In Greenspan's speech today before the National Italian American Foundation:

Moving forward, I trust that we have learned durable lessons about the benefits of fostering and preserving a flexible economy. That flexibility has been the product of the economic dynamism of our workers and firms that was unleashed, in part, by the efforts of policymakers to remove rigidities and promote competition.

Although the business cycle has not disappeared, flexibility has made the economy more resilient to shocks and more stable overall during the past couple of decades. To be sure, that stability, by fostering speculative excesses, has created some new challenges for policymakers. But more fundamentally, an environment of greater economic stability has been key to the impressive growth in the standards of living and economic welfare so evident in the United States.

The 'greater economic stability' is a sham. There is a dearth of economic stability when the US has a:

* ~ $700 billion trade deficit
* 8 trillion Federal Debt
* ~ 550 billion Federal Deficit ( war spending included)
* Housing Bubble
* High Energy prices ( oil & natural gas)
* a non existant personal savings rate ( actually negative )

Greenspan is about to retire. The next Fed Chairman will have to deal with a very different economic landscape next year.

Feds talk about Changing the Real Estate Game

Read it but don't weep.... yet. This is going to be a 2006 concern.
I say we start those email's flyng early to our elected Reps, Senators and C-men !
Take yer pork stained hands off my Interest deduction Cheese !

Full atricle at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aBeBp7PMoft4

Bad Mama Jama 

State of the Market

This market has cooled down quite a bit from a year ago. Many agents are having to re-discover that 4 letter word W O R K .
A substantial number of Realtors in this market are also flippers and Investors as well as agents.
This has created some very wealthy Investor/Agents as I call Us/Them.
If you are just starting out I offer this advice : Don't quit your day Job.
However, I believe that the much greater Hurricane damage that has occured along the LA, Ms, and AL coasts has made the Emerald Coast of Florida (between Pensacola and Panama City) much more attractive to those looking for a second home and/or a Rental investment property. Within that area the area from Destin in the West to Panama City Beach is the prime area that I point clients to .

Dream Time

Walking the beach this morning it was sorta foggy with the off white sand next to the silvery blue sky tones blending together.
Was I dead? It was like walking from one Life to the next...
Or was I just more aware of the fact that we do that every moment.
Very Peaceful..

Welome to 30Avibe

Hey people !
This is a new blog that I hope will become a running commentary of life on 30A in wonderful Santa Rosa beach , Florida. remember... Wonderful cuts both ways. And there is no word wonderempty in case you were wondering about that.
I am Shawn O'Neal a Person first and a real estate agent second in this area.
So... I might have some insights that I can share and I look forword to your comments as well.
Hip Hip Horray to 30A !