Emerald Coast Magazine - Emerald Coast Magazine June-July 2008

Snips of Snails and Puppy-Dog Tails

 Illustration by Marc ThomasSnips of Snails and Puppy-Dog TailsHow a Girly Girl Grows Up to be Blessed with – Gulp – Boys! By Wendy O. Dixon Would you like to pop over for a spot of tea, my dear?” I…

The Sounds of Summer

Photo courtesy Larry DavidsonThe Sounds of SummerA Score of Outdoor Summer Concerts Hits a High Note for Music Fans on the Emerald Coast By Zandra Wolfgram Orchestrating a family outing al fresco along the Emerald Coast is a breeze. With…

Flex Time

Flex TimeYoga Calms Through the Ups and Downs of Life  By Christy Kearney  With benefits for your body, mind and spirit, yoga just may be multi-tasking at its best. While yoga is rooted in Indian Hinduism, the practice has gained…

Living Legend

 Photo courtesy M. C. PhotosLiving LegendWalton County’s Pioneering Spirit Lives on Through the Storytellers of Grit & Grace By Kristy Seeliger It took grit, or courage, to move to this part of the country in the early days – and…

FYI

You’ve Got VideoHow to Share Video Online  By David Broadfoot Video streaming, the technology that allows you to watch a video clip over the Internet without having to download the entire media file, has been with us for a while,…

Open House

Photo by Scott Holstein Open HouseKim Henderson and Ronald McDonald Have an Open Door Policy By Lori Hutzler Eckert The Ronald McDonald House bears the name of one of the most recognizable characters in the world. However, the services that…

One to Watch: Buddy Runnels

Photo by Scott Holstein Davage ‘Buddy’ Runnels By Wendy O. Dixon  Most people in Northwest Florida know him as “Buddy,” the founding partner of Sterling Companies and Cornerstone Development, and the chairman of Coastal Vision 3000, an initiative to create…

Living in America

Living in AmericaAn Italian-American Shares Her Perspective on Patriotism  By Anita Doberman T he Fourth of July is an important holiday in my life story. Like all Americans, I celebrate our great country and what it stands for. But because I…

From the Editor

Tides of Change Stir Mixed Emotions By Lori Hutzler Eckert, Editor I love to throw things out. Strange as it may sound, I enjoy the process of sorting through and purging just about anything, from my sock drawer to my…

From the Publisher

We Are Responsible for Tomorrow By Brian Rowland, Publisher Throughout history, periods of major social change have modified people’s behavior. It happened when the barons forced King John to slap his stamp on the Magna Carta in 1215 at Runnymede,…