Category: Our Beach Towns

VOID Magazine's Release Party This Friday
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VOID Magazine’s Release Party This Friday

Have you seen VOID magazine?   It’s pretty much everywhere here at the beach, free to the public.  We’re longtime magazine lovers so when this new print magazine focussing on North Florida’s surf and skate culture premiered a year ago, it definitely caught our eye. A lot of our favorite magazines have disappeared  these past […]

The Last Acoustic Night of 2011
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The Last Acoustic Night of 2011

  If it’s schmaltzy to say, “Thank goodness for Mike Shackelford,” then we accept the schmaltz.  We’re sentimental about living in a small, coastal town, where neighbors wander over to the park for an open-mic style Acoustic Night each month on a Sunday evening – May through October.  The city of Atlantic Beach sponsors the […]

Atlantic Beach Bake Sale Raises Money for Charity
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Atlantic Beach Bake Sale Raises Money for Charity

Despite the breezy conditions, and temperature nosedive, Atlantic Beach residents still made it out to the bake-sale. Put on by teen Lily Greenwald, and her younger sister Maggie, the bake sale was to support the Jacksonville Cleft Lip & Palate Clinic. While the elder Lily is the young, budding chef in the family, Maggie takes […]

Donna Deegan: "Thanks Kurtis!"
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Donna Deegan: “Thanks Kurtis!”

Donna Deegan talks about how inspirational Kurtis Loftus is to everyone at Jacksonville Beach.

Kurtis Breaks the Record
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Kurtis Breaks the Record

Kurtis Loftus returns to the shores of Jacksonville Beach after 30 hours of surfing the waves of the Atlantic Ocean for Donna Deegan’s foundation.

Kurtis Loftus Goes for a Record
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Kurtis Loftus Goes for a Record

A local beaches man, Kurtis Loftus, is a graphic designer, artist, surfer, athlete, and a guy who is passionate about life in our beautiful coastal community. For five years, he’s run in the 26.2 Donna Deegan Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer. This year, he wanted to do something different. So he combined his love of surfing with his competitive spirit, and is looking to break the Guinness World Book of Record for number of hours surfed, and is raising money for the ‘breast cancer marathon’ while he’s doing it. This video was shot after Kurtis had been in the water for just over six hours.

Jeannie Reports: Kurtis Loftus at Jacksonville Beach
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Jeannie Reports: Kurtis Loftus at Jacksonville Beach

The Beaches Online editor-in-chief Jeannie Greenwald reports from Jacksonville Beach on Kurtus Loftus’ amazing surf quest.  

A Sunday Brunch of...Pizza?
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A Sunday Brunch of…Pizza?

I awoke late on a Sunday morning craving one thing — breakfast pizza. Where can you get pizza for breakfast? And no, I wasn’t craving a pepperoni pizza, or even a supreme pizza. I wanted eggs, bacon…you know, breakfast pizza. A quick look at my Facebook upon sitting up in bed greeted me with the […]

Ladies' Night Out at Some of the Beaches' Finest Oceanfront Venues!
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Ladies’ Night Out at Some of the Beaches’ Finest Oceanfront Venues!

This Tuesday night, October 18, nine area ladies are meeting at Bonefish Grill in Jax Beach to be chauffeured by Fantasy Limos to the hot spots of the Jax, Neptune and Atlantic Beaches. Our goal? …to find the waterfront venue who caters best to the ladies! We plan on stopping at the historic Casa Marina, The Pier Restaurant, […]

Family Movie Night At Atlantic Beach Elementary School
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Family Movie Night At Atlantic Beach Elementary School

Last night about 75 families with kids at Atlantic Beach Elementary (ABE) gathered outside the school, spread the blankets or beach towels on the ground (or maybe a comfy beach chair, just sayin’) and waited till the sun went down and the stars came out.  The family-friendly movie Rio was shown on the giant screen […]

Beaches Starbucks is "Oh, So Good"
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Beaches Starbucks is “Oh, So Good”

The Starbucks at the corner on Atlantic Blvd and Florida A1A is just brimming with people day in and day out.