Emerald Coast Magazine - Emerald Coast Magazine December-January 2006

Test Drive

The Ultimate Driving Experience, Times Five By Erica Bailey I’ve died and gone to car heaven. Like most people, I think buying a new car is a major investment. After scrimping and saving, I went and bought something reliable. But…

Saint Mary School Celebrates 60 Years

Daring Young MindsSaint Mary School has been Educating Emerald Coast Children for 60 Years By Enocha Van Lierop The classroom photo is a typical one. Children in school uniforms sit at wooden school desks. Boys with rumpled clothing flash impish…

Generation Next

Beyond Skin Deep By Lori Hutzler Eckert  When a teenage girl looks into a mirror, it is likely that she will see everything she believes she is not instead of all she truly is. In today’s celebrity-saturated culture, young girls’…

Mind & Body

X Marks DangerWe’re Eating Ourselves Into an Alarming Condition Known as Syndrome X By Triston V. Sanders Walk down any street and look around. You probably would surmise fairly quickly that most people’s waistlines are larger than ever before. Now…

ID theft rises during holiday season

Ho Ho Ho ... Oh No!Avoid Identity Theft During Holiday By Mackenzie Turberville The holiday season is full of hustle and bustle: crowded malls, harried shoppers,  and a flurry of online purchases, which means increased credit-card and debit-card transactions. For…

Q & A

Brad PickelDedicated to Restoring Our Beaches, This Scientist is the Emerald Coast’s Sand Man Brad Pickel’s job is a day at the beach – literally. Pickel, who has served as director of beach management for the Beaches of South Walton…