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September–October 2014
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Raise a Glass
The 24th Annual Seeing Red Wine
Festival celebrates the joy of wine
By Wendy O. Dixon
As the air turns crisp and cool,
wine enthusiasts gather in Seaside each year to sample wines
from around the globe, as the
award-winning town will host
its 24th Annual Seeing Red Wine
Festival Nov. 6-9.
Named by Fodor’s Travel as a Top
10 “Can’t-Miss Fall Wine Festival,”
Seeing Red, in partnership with
the Destin Charity Wine Auction
Foundation (DCWAF), is part of
a four-day wine event held at various locations in Seaside. Guests
can stroll through tasting areas to
sample wines while enjoying music, Southern hospitality and cool
autumn air. Each tasting area features live music, and guests may
purchase bottles on site. The festivities extend to intimate lectures
and tastings with featured guest
winemakers, dinners, and reserve
wine tastings. Through DCWAF,
100 percent of the event proceeds
will benefit Northwest Florida
children in need (excluding Vinter’s Dinner and Al Fresco Reserve
Tasting).
“The Seeing Red Wine Festival is one of the most highly anticipated events,” says Lori Leath
Smith, Seaside Community Development Corp. public relations
and marketing director. “Seaside’s
highlighted events on Friday and
Saturday allow both the wine novice and the fine wine connoisseur
to sample specialty wines while
speaking with the very people
who devote their lives to the cultivation of the grapes.”
Several of Seaside’s well-known
restaurants feature specially prepared meals for the event, pairing
meals with the ideal reds.
“It is a long-standing tradition
with many followers,” Leath Smith
says. “Tourists and homeowners
plan for this weekend many months
in advance. This event not only
The perfect pairing:
and
Kokomo Winery
Seaside®’s simple, beautiful wines make their debut
By Lori Leath Smith
Seaside’s new, private-label collection of hand-selected wines made
its debut and is now available by the
glass or bottle at Seaside merchants
including Modica Market, The
Shrimp Shack, Bud & Alley’s, Great
Southern Café, Amavida Coffee &
Tea and Sóng.
Exclusive to Seaside, wine enthusiasts may choose from among their favorite varieties including a sauvignon
blanc, a crisp chardonnay, pinot noir,
cuvée and a light, red zinfandel.
The sauvignon blanc has a depth of
palate with loads of complexity that is
typically not seen from the varietal.
With aromas of pear, apricot, guava
and a hint of tangerine, the palate
showcases rich and round notes of
citrus finishing with vibrant balanced
Seaside Wine Label cont. page 10
Seaside’s new wine label, The
Wine Project.
The annual Seeing Red Wine Festival is a hit for wine lovers and Seaside lovers alike. Photo by Kurt
Lischka for SoWal.com
brings in hundreds from near and
far, but it also features more than
250 different kinds of red wine.”
The festivities kick off Thursday,
Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. with the Vinter’s
Dinner at Bud & Alley’s restaurant,
using Seaside’s new wine label, the
Wine Project. “We
look forward to the Vintner’s Dinner each fall. It’s a wonderful opportunity to gather in Seaside and
reconnect with friends and family
over good food and good wine,”
says Bud & Alley’s owner Dave
Rauschkolb. To reserve tickets, call
Elijah Shelly at (850) 231-1846 or
email elijah@budandalleys.com.
Friday brings the Al Fresco Reserve Tasting at 6 p.m., featuring
an elegant evening of delicious
hors d’oeuvres and wines paired
perfectly by celebrated local chef,
Jim Shirley, all complimented by
Wine Festival cont. page 4
Winning Weiners
Fur flies in the fifth annual Halloweener Derby
By Wendy O. Dixon
And they’re off. The crowd
cheers. Down the stretch they
come — a long stretch for these
athletes. Short-statured pups run
like the wind toward their cheering owners — or get distracted
and circle the lawn looking to sniff
a new friend. Either way, it’s a day
of fun for dogs and dog lovers.
Each year around Halloween,
Seaside goes to the dogs, as man’s
best friends and their beloved humans sprint to the Halloweener
Derby. The fifth annual event on
Saturday, Oct. 25, will be a day of
dachshund dog races, pageantry,
fancy costumes, trophy presentations, photo ops and entertainment — all in celebration of canine companions.
The pet project of dachshund
lovers Anita and Blair Powell,
whose doxies Winnie and Roxy
attend the festivities, began the
event in 2010 as a way to raise
funds for 30A Radio station, where
Blair Powell was station manager
The Halloweener Derby is Seaside’s four-legged
friends’ favorite sporting event. Photo courtesy
Blair Powell
at the time. Winnie the wiener
doesn’t take the dachshund derby too seriously. “She’s run twice
and hasn’t done well,” Blair Powell, also the announcer for the
event, laments in jest. “Winnie
has never made it across the finish line. Once she ran up on stage
when she heard my voice.”
Winning Weiners cont. page 10
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Weekend
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Books
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Fall
Workshops
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Spotlight
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Happenings About Town
Editor’s Letter
As summer winds down in Seaside and the air turns crisp, I look forward
with great anticipation to all the fall activities going on in Seaside. There’s
plenty to do, and there’s something for everyone.
Dog lovers can show off their beloved companions at the annual Halloweener
Derby, which includes decked-out dogs in costume and a dachshund race, as
crowds cheer on the pint-sized pups racing to the finish line.
Wine lovers will flock to the annual Seeing Red Wine Festival, a four-day
event showcasing the best wines from around the world. New this year,
Wine Project, a family of
Seaside debuts its wine label, the
Sonoma, Calif., wines chosen by Seaside founders Robert and Daryl Davis
specifically to capture the Seaside lifestyle.
Seaside homeowners can gather to hear from engaging speakers this
October. Seaside founder Robert Davis, photographer Richard Sexton and
author Leigh Gallagher will discuss urban design, photography and the
accomplishments made in the last few years, as well as the hopes for the future of Seaside.
Besides these events, fall is a great time to enjoy a slightly less busy Seaside. We look forward to seeing what
this unique town will come up with next.
Cheers,
Wendy O. Dixon
Editor
editor@theseasidetimes.com
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A Letter to the Editor
My name is Payson
Howard and I live in
Seagrove. My family has
lived continuously in
Seagrove since 1960. I
was reading your recent
article about the annual 4th of July parade. I
wanted to correct you
on the origins of this
tradition. Long before
Seaside even existed
in Robert Davis’ mind,
back in the early 70s,
several of Seagrove families who had summer homes and beach
Jeeps would gather to celebrate the country’s birthday for our annual
parade. We would line up the Jeeps on Hickory Street in Seagrove,
decorate them and dress up in costumes. We drove westward to
the Jeep trail, which is about where the beginning edge of Seaside is
today, then down to the beach over the dune — then up and down
the beach until everyone got tired of driving around. We would end
up near Montgomery Street at about Andalusia where we all would
gather for a game of family touch football, watermelon eating, cook
outs and a day on the beach with families, friends and relatives. A big
bonfire and fireworks would follow at night.
By 1986, the parade had been running for over a decade and had to
run on the road as Jeeps were banned from the beach. There was no
need to close the roads then as everyone who might have used the
road was in the parade. These 70s parades definitely had no businesses or politicians in them.
Attached is a photo of the 1979 parade.
Just thought you might want some history to back up your story.
Sincerely,
Payson Comer Howard
Seagrove Beach
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DOWNTOWN
Homeowner’s Collection
Stay two nights or more in a
one-bedroom cottage and receive one complimentary ticket (a $145 value) to the Grand
Tasting. Stay two nights or more
in a two-bedroom or larger cottage and receive two complimentary tickets ($290 value) to
the Grand Tasting.
HomeOwnersCollection.com
Ticket Packages
Wine Festival
Continued from page 1
jazz music from Grapevine. The
Grand Tasting, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, takes over the streets of
downtown Seaside, with an extensive array of tasting tents featuring highly sought after wines from
around the world, live music, food
stations from top local restaurants,
and the opportunity to purchase
wine on site. Sunday wraps up the
weekend with a Celebration of
Bubbles, as sparkling wine enthusiasts explore Champagne, Cava,
Prosecco and more.
Ticket prices range from $145
to $200, and may be purchased
online at SeeingRedWineFestival.
com. Shuttle service will be available with free parking at Publix at
WaterColor Crossings on County
Road 395. c
Cottage Rental Agency
(Event Sponsor)
Guests who stay three nights or
more receive a free ticket if you stay
in a one-bedroom; two free tickets
for a two-bedroom or larger.
CottageRentalAgency.com
Sunburst Beach Vacations
For a limited time, Sunburst
offers tickets at a reduced price
with a reservation.
Al Fresco Reserve Tasting-Friday
$120 bundled with reservation
(reg. price $200)
Seeing Red Grand TastingSaturday
$120 bundled with reservation
(reg. price $145)
SunburstBeachVacations.com
The 2013 Seeing Red Wine Festival. Photos by Kurt Lischka and Collis Thompson for SoWal.com
Park and Ride
Guests can take the shuttle to
and from Seaside for the event.
The Seeing Red Wine Festival is
offering free parking to all guests
at Publix at WaterColor Crossings
on County Road 395. Guests can
access this lot by heading south on
395 from Highway 98 and follow
the signs. Trams will run continuously from 11a.m. to 7 p.m., allowing guests the opportunity to arrive
early and stroll through Seaside
and stay late for dinner following
the event.
For more information regarding
Seeing Red Wine Festival tickets,
accommodations packages,
and more, visit
seeingredwinefestival.com
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The Tyranny of the Cul-de-Sac
By Mark Schnell
In my walking
tour of Seaside,
I pause for a few
minutes in the
gazebo at the intersection of Tupelo and Grove
and direct the
group’s attention
to the east towards Seagrove. At that point, I say:
“Robert Davis described this street
connection to Seagrove, together
with the one to the north on Forest,
as one of the most radical things they
did at Seaside.”
Connecting one community to another via multiple streets is radical?
Yes, in today’s world of development,
it’s actually quite radical — and sensible, too.
The communities we have built
in America since World War II are
dominated by the cul-de-sac. I’m not
just talking about the circular street
termination that’s a fixture of the suburban landscape. I’m using “cul-desac” as shorthand for any dead-end
street that’s a branch from a larger or
more utilized arterial street (i.e. the
main road in an area — Scenic Highway 30A is an example).
In suburbia, this is often intentional. A cul-de-sac is ostensibly
used to prevent “cut-through traffic,”
and keep vehicular traffic limited to
the residents of that street and their
guests. This is sold as being safer and
quieter than a street with through
traffic. This might work to a degree,
but there’s a big problem: it forces all
traffic on that street, and the street
next to it (and so on), to all use the
exact same arterial. And that, in a
nutshell, is why American suburbia is
so often choked with traffic: a flood
of cars on one arterial street with no
alternative routes.
But this also happens somewhat
organically in many cases. Growth
often happens something like this:
someone builds a residential subdivision on the edge of town, just past
where a city street becomes a rural
highway, and this, in turn, invites
more growth. When a shopping mall
is built next door, it doesn’t connect
directly to the subdivision — it only
connects to the highway. Now the
subdivision and mall are dumping
all of their traffic on the same rural
highway. The pattern is repeated with
new development, including schools
and office parks, too. And this, my
friends, is how gridlock is born.
Seaside and neighboring Old Seagrove illustrate the alternative: an
interconnected network of streets. If
one street is backed up (or blocked
for some other reason), you can always use one of the other streets to
reach Highway 395 and then out to
US Highway 98.
You might ask: if that’s the case, why
is the 30A/395 intersection one of the
most clogged in the area? That’s easy:
every single street east of Gardenia
Street (in Old Seagrove), for a full six
miles to Watersound Parkway, is ba-
URBAN DESIGN
sically a cul-de-sac that dumps traffic
on 30A. So next time you are stuck in
traffic in Seagrove, you can blame the
cul-de-sacs — and the humans who
created them. I realize this might be
hard to swallow. You once thought
the cul-de-sac was your friend. It was
going to prevent traffic from coming
down your street, and lo and behold,
it worked! However, everyone else
thought the same thing and did the
same thing. Now you are all sitting in
traffic together.
So what can we do about this?
First, it’s important to understand the
problem. The issue was actually created a long time ago, and it’s unlikely
to have an easy solution at this point.
There is enough undeveloped — yet
already platted — density in this corridor to keep the intersection stacked
with traffic well into the future —
with or without changes to the intersection. A structural solution such as
a roundabout is simply a band-aid,
and not a very good one. I’ve personally advocated for a sheriff’s deputy to
direct traffic at the 30A/395 intersection on busy tourism days, and the
county’s limited experiments have
been a success so far. This, or a traffic light, could continue to help in the
short term.
In the long term, we will need a
multi-pronged approach. With a limited amount of right-of-way width on
30A, we can’t just add traffic lanes
(and it wouldn’t work anyway). Instead, we should upgrade our infrastructure in Seagrove so that visitors
and residents can comfortably and
safely walk or bike to their destination. We should also implement transit on 30A with frequent service — a
shuttle should arrive at a stop every
five to 10 minutes. This gives the rider
confidence that they will never have
more than a short wait for their shuttle. All of these efforts to get people
out of their cars would make a substantial difference. There will still be
traffic, but we can better absorb the
growth that’s already on the horizon.
The solution that will most effectively ease traffic is a new street connection from 30A to 395 and/or 98.
Unfortunately, that will impact existing neighborhoods and the state
forest, and will come with significant
costs. Big problems sometimes need
big solutions, and those usually involve some trade-offs.
There are at least two options for
connecting eastern Seagrove to 395
and/or 98. One is to run a road down
the existing utility easement at the
east end of Seagrove (near the big
electrical facility). This would further
divide the forest, but it would at least
occur on a corridor that has already
been impacted. The other option is
to connect 30A to 395 by hugging the
southern boundary of the state forest. This needs to be a true “parkway”
in which there is a forest buffer for
existing development and no new development allowed along the edges.
We’re already living under the tyranny of the cul-de-sac. Ultimately,
this community will need to decide
whether or not we “throw off the
yoke.” c
Mark Schnell is an urban designer
based in Seagrove Beach.
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STYLE
Perspicasity Charms During South Walton Fashion Week
By Rebecca Sullivan
During the second annual South
Walton Fashion Week, Oct. 6-12,
attendees will celebrate local and
national designers, retail stores
and, of course, fashion at several
area venues. Perspicasity will host
a trunk show Friday, Oct. 10, from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the open air
market. The runway shows will be
held in Grand Boulevard at Sandestin’s Town Center.
In addition to Perspicasity, other Seaside merchants will hit the
runway including Southern Fashion House (DejaVu), Mercantile
and Wendy Mignot Fine Pearls
and Leather Jewelry.
Years ago, supermodel Carolyn Murphy was discovered at a
model call in Seaside’s amphitheater. Murphy, being a local, attended the event and has gone on
to achieve great success as one of
the top earning supermodels.
The model competition held
during South Walton Fashion
Week continues to support up
and coming careers of aspiring
models like last year’s model competition winner Emme Martin.
Martin went on to sign with Click
Management New York and grace
the cover of numerous regional
and national magazines including Eide’ Magazine, VIE Magazine
and ThirtyA Review. An esteemed
panel of judges will select the
winner. This year’s panel includes
Laura James, America’s Next Top
Model “Cycle 19” Winner; Tracey
Thomas of VIE Magazine; Yvette
Nation of MAC Cosmetics; and
Sheila Goode, national fashion
photographer.
“South Walton Fashion Week
launched my modeling career in
so many ways I could have never
expected. The SWFW team was
amazing to work with offering
me opportunities which led to my
signing on with Click Management
Atlanta and ultimately Click Management New York,” Martin says.
The winning model will be announced Saturday night, Oct. 11,
at South Walton Fashion Week and
awarded a cash prize of $500, interview with Click Models-Atlanta, a
custom photo shoot by renowned
fashion photographer Sheila Goode
with a spread in the fashion and
style magazine issue of VIE magazine, as well as other gifts.
SWFW is produced by the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton
County with Monark Events and
presented by Visit South Walton.
Tickets prices start at $55 for
daily tickets and $150 for VIP
packages. For additional information, contact the Cultural
Arts Alliance at (850) 622-5970,
info@swfw.org and swfw.org. c
The Seaside Style featured its spring 2014 line during last year’s runway show for South Walton
Fashion Week. Photo by Sheila Goode Photography
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No Place Like Home
HOMEOWNERS WEEKEND
Homeowners Weekend features Seaside founder Robert Davis, photographer Richard Sexton
and author Leigh Gallagher
By Diane Dorney
This year, the Seaside Institute
invites all homeowners to spend
Friday evening, Oct. 17, with
three engaging speakers — Richard Sexton, Leigh Gallagher and
Robert Davis. This event will give
homeowners an opportunity to
experience the new Assembly Hall
for the talk portion of the evening
and then to socialize in the new
Academic Village courtyard for
the reception.
First up will be long-time Seaside homeowner and professional
photographer Richard Sexton,
who will talk of the “Magical Urbanism of the Creole World,”
taken from his new book “Creole
World,” released in April. His talk
will be followed by a Q&A session
about what makes the urban environments — the basis for the town
plan of Seaside — special. Some
cities he will touch on are New
Orleans, Havana, Cienfuegos,
Jacmel and many other cities and
towns.
“Seaside is a Creole place too,”
says Sexton. “Not in the natural,
organic, cultural sense, but in its
deliberate design, which has inspirations from the Creole world
and its DNA has Creole markers.”
Sexton’s photo exhibit will also
be on display at the Assembly Hall
for the weekend.
Leigh Gallagher, author of “End
of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream is Moving,” is an assistant managing editor at Fortune
magazine and is co-chair of the
Fortune Most Powerful Women
Summit. She appears regularly on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,”
“CBS This Morning” and CNBC’s
“Squawk Box.” A gifted speaker,
Gallagher has also participated in
several TED talks, (short, powerful talks that focus on a variety of
topics) in recent years.
In this particular talk, Gallagher
will explain how the suburbs became our default residential landscape and the various unintended
consequences that landscape created for our health, relationships,
and overall quality of life.
“After more than half a century,
Americans are starting to vote
with their feet in droves and seek
out places that are better, livelier
and more satisfying,” she says.
Gallagher will also explain the
race among builders, developers
and the real estate industry to give
people what they now want, including all the many experiments
and new communities that are going up (and the older communities that are seeing second lives as
“hipsturbias”). If true to her form,
she will do this in an entertaining
fashion with splashes of pop culture thrown into her presentation.
Wrapping up the evening series
of talks, we will hear from Seaside founder, Robert Davis. Davis
plans to give a “Founders Report”
summarizing the accomplishments made during the last few
years and hopes for the future.
The informative and entertaining evening starts at 5 p.m. in the
Assembly Hall. Tickets are $30
if purchased online prior to the
event; $40 at the door, and cover
both the presentations and reception. They can be purchased at
www.seasideinstitute.org. c
Diane Dorney is executive director of
The Seaside Institute.
www.seasidefl.com
From left: Richard Sexton, Leigh Gallagher and Robert Davis
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DOWNTOWN
Seaside Wine Label
acidity. The coastal chardonnay is
broad and expansive offering pure
rich layered notes of peach, nectarine, honeydew and creamy vanilla.
Cool, foggy mornings and warm afternoons, coupled with long hang
time, allow for perfectly balanced
tannins and a consistently classy finish for the pinot noir; the aromatics of
cherry cola, exotic spices, ripe plum
and hint of rose petals gives this wine
the power of elegance and complexity. The zinfandel offers a ravishing
display of ruby red color that leads
into a pleasant bouquet of blackberry
fruit, cocoa, and holiday spice, and
while sipping, your palette will be delighted by blackberries and plum, refined tannins, a full body and a finish
that lingers. The cuvée is produced
from a unique blend of vineyards and
varietals from throughout Sonoma
Winning Weiners
But winning by a nose — still
a long length for a wiener — is
not the point for this race. While
dachshund racing can be a serious
sporting event, the Halloweener
Derby race is strictly informal.
There are no age divisions, and
entrants are not bred for racing.
Dachshunds ages three months
and older can race in the derby.
Race officials don’t ask for a dog’s
papers, but it is limited to dogs
that are obviously dachshunds.
Following the race is the pet costume competition, open to all dogs.
Even well behaved cats are welcome, Blair Powell says. Expect to
see top hats and witch hats, tutus
and tuxedos, and any other imaginable pet attire. The competition
County. Stemming from its close
proximity to the coast, the county experiences diverse microclimates and
contains a vast range of soil types,
thus resulting in the vineyards showcasing the area’s versatility. Vines are
certified organic and 100 percent dry
farmed to showcase the true essence
of the varietal.
This Seaside family of wines, called
Wine Project, was
the
hand-picked by Seaside founders
Robert and Daryl Davis to appeal
to the continual interest and demand from patrons and visitors for
the best-tasting and highest-quality
wines. After taste-testing numerous
varieties from various wineries, the
choice was made to form a partnership with Kokomo Winery in Sonoma, Calif.
The partnership with Kokomo
Winery is a perfect fit: The idea of
Seaside began with the notion of reviving traditions deeply rooted in the
history of the Florida Gulf Coast and
judges the pets based on originality,
attitude and crowd response.
The derby helps support various
charities and dog-friendly non-
Training Tips for
Weiner Racers
• Hydrate
• Warm up slowly
• Stretch those little legs
• Run like the wind
Pint-sized pups prance the field of Seaside’s amphitheater during the fourth annual Halloweener Derby.
Photos courtesy Blair Powell
further fulfilling the dream of a place
that would maintain a high degree
of quality and character seamlessly
tied by a common sense of community. The vision was realized in the
early 1980s when the Davises began
to create a town on the 80 acres of
pristine property located near Seagrove Beach that Robert Davis inherited from his grandfather. Today,
that place is Seaside, a new urbanist
community where families longing
for the comforting throwback to
simpler times by the sea can still experience a simple, beautiful life.
Similar in vision, Kokomo Winery is rediscovering and reviving
traditional techniques of growing grapes locally and making
wine that are deeply rooted in the
terroir (a French word for land, referring to the special characteristics of a specific land’s geography
and environment) of Sonoma, just
as Seaside has rediscovered and revived Gulf Coast architecture and
community building.
Owner and Winemaker Erik Miller
focuses the production of his singlevineyard wines on the special characteristics and qualities from the
natural terrain and the climate of
profits around town. One recipient is the Kind Heart Kennel, an
on-site kennel at Shelter House,
which provides temporary housing for families in need.
Online pre-registration is $30
for the race and $30 for the costume, $50 for dachshunds in
both events. To pre-register, visit
Halloweener.org. c
Sonoma County and its distinct appellations to offer flavorful, balanced,
handcrafted wines. Miller says there
are no shortcuts and Kokomo leaves
its thumbprint off the wine in order
to showcase the fruit and flavors that
are born in the vineyard.
Kokomo believes small production
techniques and relationships with
growers allow the winery to produce
and offer wines that are as individual
and special as the vineyards from
which they were born.
Named after Miller’s hometown, Kokomo, Ind., the winery
is perched on 120 acres of prime
Dry Creek Valley known as Timber Crest Farms. This unique and
scenic property possesses a rich
history in Sonoma County dating
back to the mid-1800s. With nearly
40 years of wine grape growing experience under his belt, Miller says
Kokomo Winery continues to gain
more 90+ ratings and gold medals
with each anticipated release. c
Halloweener Derby
Schedule of Events
8:45 a.m........ Check-in and registration
9:30 a.m........ Dachshund races begin
10:45 a.m...... Race semi-finals and finals
11 a.m........... Pet costume contest
11:30 a.m...... Musical performances on the
Seaside Amphitheater stage
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Dave Rauschkolb
MERCHANTS
Good Food, Good People and Good Timing
By Zandra Wolfgram
In surfing, catching a great wave
is all about timing. In 1985 Dave
Rauschkolb was 24 and a die-hard
surfer — he won the Gulf Coast
Men’s Championship in 1981. It was
fall and the surf was up. The last thing
this beach boy wanted to do was to
stop to chat. But his surfing buddy,
Scott Witcoski, whom he worked
with at Les Saisons, a French restaurant in Destin, was driving, and so
Dave didn’t have much choice, but to
tag along to meet with Seaside founder Robert Davis about a business opportunity to open a restaurant.
After touring the Gulf front restaurant, no one was more surprised
than Rauschkolb, when Witcoski
asked him to join him in opening the
restaurant together. Today, nearly
30 years later, Bud & Alley’s is a beloved tradition that has stood the test
of time. It is the oldest established
restaurant in South Walton. And its
commitment to excellence is award
winning — the restaurant is a Florida
Trend magazine Golden Spoon Hall
of Fame winner.
“That moment changed our lives,”
Rauschkolb recalls. Within 24
hours the college senior tossed his
bachelor’s degree in business management and marketing to the side
to embrace the real life adventure
of opening the restaurant with his
friend. “We named it Bud & Alley’s
after Robert’s dog, Bud, and Scott’s
cat, Alley,” he says. “We wanted to
create a restaurant that had great
food that was unpretentious and
fun. Our motto still is: Good Food,
Good People & Good Times.”
Fast forward to 2007. Rauschkolb
bought out his business partner, and
expanded the back kitchen of Bud
& Alley’s in order to extend the restaurant’s culinary brand name to the
Taco Bar, a casual, festive eatery seating around 50.
“The concept is an authentic border taqueria using the freshest ingredients. I wanted to duplicate the real
experience you might feel at a real
border taqueria. I travelled to San Diego and ate at more than 40 taquerias
along the border areas and learned
what real Mexican food is all about,”
Rauschkolb says.
A year later brought still more
growth and more international flavors to Seaside in the form of the Pizza Bar. Located about 50 paces from
Bud & Alley’s, right on the beach, it
features Napoli-style pizza baked in
a wood-fired brick oven stoked with
southern oak.
“The Pizza Bar, again, is all about
authenticity. My wife, Carol, and
I travelled to Rome, Naples and a
nearby island called Ischia to research every aspect of thin crust
pizza and the philosophy of leisurely
Italian dining,” he explains.
Leo Casas, former town architect for Seaside and the principal
of Braulio Casas Architects — who
Dave Rauschkolb, owner of Bud & Alleys, the Pizza Bar and the Taco Bar.
Photo by Vie Magazine/Gerald Burwell
was the “tour guide” during the trip
to Italy —designed the space. Carol
Murphy Rauschkolb, who owns
Carol Murphy Design, designed
the interior. The garden, designed
by Leah Mason, a dear friend of the
Rauschkolbs, surrounds the restaurant and is filled with flowering potted plants and lemon and fig trees
all found on Ischia.
And timing was once again kind
to Rauschkolb this past January. A
catering business on Logan Lane in
Grayton Beach became available, allowing Rauschkolb to expand the Bud
& Alley’s culinary experience beyond
the restaurant to both on- and off-site
catering for weddings, special occasions and corporate events under the
name of Bud & Alley’s Catering.
As a pioneer of the farm- and
sea-to-table movement in Northwest Florida, Bud & Alley’s has
always kept its focus on food like
that of the overall restaurant atmosphere: simple, straight forward
and unpretentious. The menu features a fresh take on Southern
coastal classic cuisine with dishes
like fresh whole fish, crab cakes
and barbecued shrimp. As much
as possible seafood is sourced direct from the Gulf and paired with
the finest fresh produce harvested
from local fields and farms.
Whether surfing, playing golf or a
game of poker, Rauschkolb relishes
a challenge. And after nearly three
decades in the restaurant business,
this fearless risk taker begins each
day with what he calls the most important asset in life: a positive attitude. But don’t expect him to take
all the credit for his secession of
successes. “The thing that makes it
all possible is I’ve got amazing people who work with me,” he says. c
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New Books Shine Spotlight
Two New Books Shine the Spotlight on 30A
“Sunsets of 30A” shines a ray of light on local
photographers including Bud & Alley’s longtime bartender, Mo Moseley
By Zandra Wolfgram
Because of the beautiful beach
towns that dot it, Scenic Highway
30A is often affectionately likened to
a “string of pearls.” Cultured pearls,
that is. Beautiful, simple, but each
unique in its own way. Though the
“personalities” of each town along
Scenic Highway 30A are distinctly
different, one commonality connects
them all — the glory of the setting
sun into the Gulf of Mexico.
These daily celebrations along the
18 or so miles of Scenic Highway
30A are beautifully captured in a new
book by local resident and first-time
editor/publisher Cindy Moskovitz
entitled “Sunsets of 30A: The Magic
of Light on the Emerald Coast.”
“Sunsets of 30A” beautifully and
simply celebrates the joy of stellar
sunsets. The book showcases 168
stunning images contributed by a
mix of 135 local and visiting photographers —
some professional, but many amateur. The photographs depicted were
selected from more than 700 submissions.
Seaside’s Bud & Alley’s has made
the setting of the sun into a beloved
daily ritual that has become a coveted
tradition for locals and visitors alike
for nearly 30 years. The restaurant’s
rooftop bar has an enviable view for
the sun’s final bow. So, it goes without saying that longtime Bud & Alley’s bartender Mo Moseley has seen
more than his fair share of sunsets.
Moskovitz thought one of Moseley’s
sunset photos was about as delicious
as his famous margarita and so she
featured it in her new book (page
113).
Moseley’s dramatic, fiery photo
features the iconic and statuesque
Coleman pavilion glittering into the
fading dusk. “My office wallpaper”
is the quote that accompanies his image,
which is by any measure a pretty nice job
perk.
Moskovitz
and
her husband, Scott,
share a passion for
photography
and
particularly enjoy
collecting images
that capture the
true spirit of the
30A sunset photo including the Coleman pavilion was taken by longtime bartender Mo Moseley from
his perch on the deck of the rooftop bar in Bud & Alley’s in Seaside.
many places they’ve lived in and traveled to. After seeing fervent responses to sunset images, her own and others, frequently shared on Facebook,
Cindy began to think about collecting 30A’s sunsets into a book. Part of
her desire was simply to gather them
in one place, but another personal
reason for publishing the book was
to shine a ray of light, so to speak, on
the work and talent of local and visiting photographers she personally
admires.
“Many of them are off the grid and
do not have galleries or studios and so
their work might not ever be discovered especially by visitors just passing
through, who don’t know where to
find their work,” Moskovitz said.
In addition to Moseley’s image,
the book features many local fixtures
of 30A including Dawn Chapman
Whitty, Claire Bannerman, Shelly
Swanger, Ginger Jackson Sinton,
Lynn Nesmith, Elam Stoltzfus, Douglas Bock, Jamie Conley, Scotty Lisenbe, Christy Milliken among others.
As a local and lover of 30A, it was
important to Moskovitz to create the
book by sourcing local talent: Colleen Duffley Productions designed
it, artist Joan Vienot created the map,
and Boyd Brothers printed it.
Beyond being a “coffee table” book
for beach lovers, “Sunset of 30A” is
sure to appeal to a broad audience
from bridesmaids looking for the
perfect wedding favor to realtors
looking for an upscale closing gift to
tourists seeking a keepsake souvenir.
As the writer says, “It’s a great way to
take a bit of 30A home with you.”
Signed copies of the book ($29.95)
are available at Sundog Books. Unsigned copies are also available at the
Seaside Beach store. For a digital preview and a full roster of local retailers, visit www.sunsetsof30a.com. c
“Meet Me on 30A” gives an insider’s perspective on the 30A lifestyle
Long-time local resident and former Seaside Times editor Susan Vallee is thrilled to help locals and tourists experience all of 30A in her new
book, “Meet Me on 30A,” published
by Southwestern Publishing.
In the book, Vallee delicately
blends together Old Florida village
life with New Urbanist towns, protected habitats and pristine beaches,
as only someone who enjoys it every
day could do.
“The book features stunning images by so many world-class photographers,” says 30A’s Mike Ragsdale,
who wrote the book’s foreword. “The
book also features over two dozen
recipes from 30A’s top chefs and restaurants.”
“Meet Me on 30A” has photography by Lauren Alsobrook, Brandon
Babineaux, Jamie Conley, Tommy
Crow, Amanda Fagan, Jack Gardner, Sheila Goode, Paul Johnson, Jay
Thomas, Jacqueline Ward and Dawn
Chapman Whitty, among others. The
images found throughout the book
perfectly capture the unique beauty
of 30A’s communities, rare coastal
dune lakes, state parks, local restaurants and shops, signature annual
events, and of course, Scenic 30A’s
Photos by Ocean Jewels Images, Sheila Goode and Brandan Babineaux
pristine
whitesand beaches.
Photographer
Brandon
Babineaux’s stunning
shot of lightning
hitting the Gulf in
Seaside is included in the book,
as wells as a twopage spread on
the town of Seaside and its wonderful restaurants.
The book sells for $19.95 and is
available at Sundog Books, the Hidden Lantern bookstore, everywhere
30a.com products are sold and
through 30agear.com, as well as on
Amazon.com. c
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VISITORS BUREAU
Visitors Bureau helps you have the
ultimate visitor experience
Seaside is best known for the simplistic elegance of the New Urbanism design principles.
And the partners of the Seaside Community
Development Corp. — Cottage Rental Agency,
Homeowner’s Collection and Sunburst Luxury
Collection — have the variety of homes to meet
any vacationer’s needs, whether you want a cozy
one-bedroom romantic retreat or a luxury resort
hotel experience with concierge service.
With amenities aplenty, the Seaside Visitors
Bureau partners plan to ensure guests at Seaside
have all they need to enjoy their vacation. By
Our Featured Properties
Sunburst Luxury Collection
Bothy
304 Ruskin Place
With a design inspired by the owner’s British heritage, this
impressive three-story plus roof deck townhome is situated on
Ruskin Square in the heart of Seaside, where boutique stores and
art galleries surround the tranquil tree lined green space. Four
bedrooms and five full baths sleep up to 12 people. The design is
modern casual, open and elegant. Concierge service, umbrella and
two beach chair set-up, four bicycles and a mid-week clean are also
provided.
Sunburst Beach Vacations
(866) 310-5718
SunburstCo.com
This Side of Paradise (TSOP)
53 West Ruskin Street
Decorated by Lisa Mallory, TSOP is bright, comfortable and filled
with prime amenities, including a big green egg, five bicycles, flat
screens, and everything an upscale consumer would want — Nespresso cube, panini and ice cream makers, All-Clad skillets and many
of Williams-Sonoma’s finest wares. Of course, daily maid service is
included, ensuring that you actually feel like you’re on vacation. The
spacious upstairs master suite includes a personal steam shower
and a private porch with hammock for those relaxing moments. The
spacious downstairs queen- and twin-bedded rooms — sharing a
bathroom with shower — are as pretty as they seem in the pictures.
Upstairs decks provide remarkable, alternate sunrise and sunset views
to the water and the perfect locale for respective coffees and cocktails.
Just the right “flip-flop” distance from the road and beach, you will appreciate that you are truly in Seaside’s sweet spot.
877-811-5440
www.CottageRentalAgency.com
Never Enough
20 Savannah Street
3 BR, 2 BA
Never Enough is ideally located just a few steps from the beach.
A wrap-around furnished screen-in porch welcomes you at the
entrance. The first floor includes a fully equipped kitchen, a large
open living room with a twin sofa sleeper, TV/VCR and stereo with
CD player. The dining room, which seats six, has access to an open
deck with a barbecue grill. There are also two bedrooms — a queen
and a trundle — and a hall bath. The second floor includes a king
bedroom with a TV/VCR, a full hall bath, laundry area and access
to the third floor tower room with a trundle bed and a Gulf view.
(855) 411-1557
HomeownersCollection.com
renting a cottage through one of the Seaside
partners, you’ll be assured you’re getting the right
cottage for your stay in Seaside.
Visit Seasidefl.com/vacation/rentals
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MAP
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Shopping, Dining and Services
Albert F’s Fashion, Arts & Accessories
Located in Seaside’s lovely Ruskin Place,
Albert F’s is the place to find ladies casual
fashion, art by local talent & beach chic
accent jewelry and accessories.
800.974.5203 / www.albertfseaside.com
email: sp8holly@aol.com
Fired-Up Pottery Painting
A fun, friendly place where you can paint
your “art” out on over 500 unique pottery
pieces. Great for birthday parties, bridal
showers, girls’ night out, and corporate
events.850.231.3211
www.firedupseaside.com
Amavida Coffee & Tea
The one-stop shop for Fair Trade Coffee,
Fair Trade Organic Tea plus coffee and
tea accessories.
850.231.3539 / www.amavida.com
The Fitness Fetish
Fun & friendly family sport & beach shop.
“Life is Good” products, sports apparel,
swimwear, footwear, beach stuff and cool
gifts. 850.231.5000
www.fitnessfetish.com
An Apartment in Paris
Come inside and experience the perfect
collection of original art, home furnishings, accessories, gifts, jewelry and clothing. 850.534.0038
www.anapartmentinparis.net
The Art of Simple Downtown
Brimming with home accessories, candles,
unique finds and rare bath and body
lines ... browse, linger, be inspired and
leave with a happy find from the store
that has everyone buzzing with delight.
850.231.6748
www.theartofsimpleonline.com
Barefoot BBQ
Barefoot BBQ specializes in hormonefree, steroid-free, antibiotic-free beachside BBQ in a retro, tiki style atmosphere.
850.534.0313
Bud & Alley’s Pizza Bar
Thin crust, wood fired pizza, antipasto
bar, salads & more. Italian wines and beer
and a full bar available. Located right
on the beach next to the Obelisk tower.
850.231.3113 / www.budandalleys.com
Bud & Alley’s Restaurant &
Roof Top Bar
A Seaside tradition on the Gulf since
1986. Sunsets on the roof-deck are a
daily town ritual. Fresh, regional, coastal
cuisine served daily for lunch & dinner.
Bud & Alley’s Taco Bar
Authentic border tacos, burritos & fun.
Offering a full bar featuring over 40
speciality Tequilas. Dine in or take out.
Located roadside next to Bud & Alley’s.
Central Square Records
An independent record store specializing
in CDs, new & used vinyl, record players,
guitar strings & accessories, Jittery Joe’s
Coffee, unique gifts, cards & more. Located above Sundog Books. 850.231.5669
www.centralsquarerecords.com
Crush
Intimate wine bar and restaurant including a menu of small plates, sushi, a daily
cheese board and extensive wine list with
friendly staff and hip and trendy events.
850.468.0703 / www.crush30A.com
Dawson’s Yogurt & Fudge Works
Homemade fudge, kid’s candy and Yobe
Yogurt, America’s newest taste sensation.
Homemade fresh-squeezed lemonade is a
refreshing thirst quencher. 850.231.4770
www.sweetwilliamsltd.com
Deja-vu on the Beach
Offering affordable trendy clothing with a
sophisticated urban eclectic style.
Apparel, jewelry, shoes, bags and
accessories. 850.534.0710
www.shopwithdejavu.com
Duckies Shop of Fun
Calling all kids and kids at heart! Duckies
carries hundreds of items to put a smile
on your face. We’ve got toys, clothing for
kids, gifts, beach gear and so much more.
850.231.4800 / www.shopduckies.com
Focus
A little boutique portrait studio by the
beach where fun memories are made.
Focus also features fabulous gifts, frames
and custom jewelry. 850.231.1842
www.carlettawatkins.com
Off Season Hours through Feb. 28: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Restaurant Hours through March 31: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Per•spi•cas•ity
Open-air bazaar featuring bohemian
beach styles. Must have pieces for the
ultimate Seaside escape.
850.231.5829 / www.theseasidestyle.com
Pickles Burger & Shake
Home of Grass-fed beef burgers, corndogs, chicken fingers and famous fried
pickles; Hand-cut double-fried French
fries with special seasonings; and doublerich hand-made milkshakes. Enjoy cold
beer, wine and daiquiris. Serving breakfast, lunch & dinner. 850.231.5686
Pizitz Home & Cottage
The luxuries and necessities for simple,
comfortable, relaxed Seaside living. Custom orders available.
Services
Beach Ready Spa
A unique blend of medical spa & holistic
wellness center. Highly trained technical
staff is available to provide you the products and services to treat both internal
and external signs of aging.
850.468.0925 / www.beachreadyspa.com
Seaside Transit Authority
Bike Rentals
The official rental bike provider of Seaside, Florida. Seaside Transit Authority
offers custom designed rental bikes for all
our Seaside guests and visitors. A variety
of rental items available include unisex
bikes, mens bikes, boys and girls bikes,
tag-a-alongs, tandems, kids trailers and
cargo trailers. 850.231.0035 www.seasidetransitauthority.com
Frost Bites
Hawaiian shaved ice, homemade frozen
custard, fresh squeezed lemonade and
cold drinks. Also available for birthday
parties, weddings and special events.
252.452.3013
Raw & Juicy
Offering organic juices and smoothies,
raw food and organic beach snacks. Sea
Turtle Flashlight filters and merchandise
available here. 850.231.0043
www.rawandjuicylife.com
877.811.5440
Great Southern Café
New-fashioned southern cuisine. Fresh
seasonal vegetables, seafood, aged beef.
Enjoy the “Littlest Oyster Bar” for fresh
oysters. Beer, wine, cocktails. Breakfast,
lunch & dinner. 850.231.PEAS (7327)
www.thegreatsoutherncafe.com
Seaside Beach
Casual Seaside fashion and accessories
for men and women. “bare feet & sandy
floors rule” in this Seaside lifestyle store.
Johnson Rice & Co., LLC
850.231.0158
It’s Heavenly
Authentic, delicious gelato, hand-folded
and dipped ice cream. Enjoy shakes, sundaes, cookies and strawberry shortcakes.
Gourmet LavAzza Italian coffees and
espresso. 850.231.2029
The Justin Gaffrey Studio
Visit the Justin Gaffery studio gallery
and enjoy Justin’s contemporary works
mixed with his classics. A flowerful treat!
850.231.0279 / www.justingaffrey.com
La Vie Est Belle
Featuring designer Wendy Mignot, the
originator of the Tahitian and Fresh
Water Pearl and Leather Jewelry collection. Largest collection of ancient coins
& shipwreck coins in the southeast.
850.231.4692
www.lavieestbellegallery.com
The MeltDown on 30A
Gotta have grilled cheese sandwiches and
soups. Serving traditional and speciality
grilled cheese sandwiches.
www.meltdownon30a.com
Mercantile
Mercantile carries goods for men and
women that are time-worn, weathered, a bit western and where possible
– eco-friendly and American made.
850.213.0010 / www.shopmerc.com
Modica Market
Your exclusive grocery deli market in
Seaside. Breakfast, lunch and beach foods
to go. 850.231.1214
www.modicamarket.com
Newbill Collection by the Sea
Gallery of Contemporary American Art,
fine craft, original paintings, photography, folk art & garden sculptures. Best
selection of handcrafted jewelry on the
Gulf Coast. 850.231.4500
ONO Surf Shop
Latest styles swimwear, footwear, lifestyle
clothing, surfboards, boogie boards, skim
boards & accessories.
850.231.1573 / www.onosurfshop.com
Seaside Classic
Classic collection of Seaside clothing,
accessories, books & prints. The flagship
store for Seaside style.
Seaside Kids
The original children’s store at the beach.
Fun fashion, toys and must have accessories. Seaside logo wear for kids.
Shimmering Seas Jewelry
Elegant sterling silver, gold, diamonds,
pearls & many more shimmering jewelry
collections and unique gifts.
850.231.5100 / www.shimmeringseas.com
The Shrimp Shack
A walk-up steam seafood shack on the
beach with peel & eat shrimp, lobster
rolls and shrimp rolls plus fresh oysters served raw, steamed or baked.
850.231.3799
Snap Tweens
Apparel, footwear, jewelry and gifts that
are just right for pre-teens. Unique fashion and designers that both parents and
kids will enjoy. 850.231.3800
www.snapkids.net
Sóng
Serving southeast Asian-inspired, street
food-style dishes from fresh local products, the menu is about creative simplicity, integrity and flavor. 850.502.9797
Sundog Books
An eclectic selection of books, greeting
cards & gifts for all ages. 850.231.5481
www.sundogbooks.com
Earl Bacon Insurance Agency
850.369.0161
Florida Haus
850.231.3100
Neighborhood Title Company
850.231.5178
Post Office
850.231.2220
Trustmark ATM
Located next to The Art of Simple
and Sundog Books
Seaside Commercial Properties
850.231.6106
The Seaside Institute
850.231.2421
Seaside Interfaith Chapel
540.760.5477
Seaside Neighborhood School
850.231.0396
Seaside Tennis
850.231.2214
Seaside Swim and Tennis Club
850.231.2284
Seaside Repertory Theatre
850.231.0733
Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC
205.545.2572
For your vacation planning and
reservations in Seaside.
Seaside Visitors Bureau
www.seasidefl.com/vacation/rentals
Rental service for beach chairs,
umbrellas, kayaks and more.
Cabana Man
850.231.5046 / www.cabanaman.com
Licensed Real Estate Broker.
Seaside Community Realty, Inc.
Dedicated to the exclusive sales of
Seaside properties since 1983.
850.231.2201 / www.seasidefl.com
Wild Bill’s Beach Dogs
Serving up the best hot dogs on the
beach! We serve 5 different dogs that are
bursting with flavor & they have no antibiotics, hormones, nitrates, nitrites, filler
or junk. They are dogs gone good!
850.231.0802 / www.sweetwilliamsltd.com
Willow+Woods
An exclusive boutique for both men &
women designed to cater to all your fashion needs - fun & flirty for her, relaxed &
casual for him. 850.231.0433
www.willowchicboutique.com
Take us with you!
You can download the latest map and list
of places to shop and dine at
theseasidetimes.com/SSTShopandDine2014.pdf
Link to any of our advertisers.
Visit us at www.theseasidetimes.com
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CALENDAR
September/October Calendar of Events 2014
September
“First Friday” ArtWalk
Friday, Sept. 5, 5 – 8 p.m. –
Ruskin Place & Central Square
Enjoy live music and view beautiful
works of art and artist demos at the
galleries and shops of Ruskin Place
and select
Central
Square
merchants.
Seaside Farmers Market
Saturdays, Sept. 6, 13, 20, &
27, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Seaside
Amphitheater
Get your pick of fresh produce,
baked goods, dairy products, native
plants and other unique offerings
during our market on Saturday
mornings. Find local specialties
that will help sustain our growers.
Enjoy special cooking demos and
activities sure to liven up your
morning. Held behind Raw & Juicy.
Central Square Cinema –
Classics on the Big Screen
Fridays, Sept. 5, 12, 19, & 26, 7
p.m. – Seaside Amphitheater
Join us as we continue our summer
movie series through September
with a variety
of films geared
towards the
whole family on
the 35’ screen.
Sept. 5 – “The Blind Side”
Sept. 12 – “Pirates of the
Caribbean”
Sept. 19 – “E.T.”
Sept. 26 – “Miracle”
Bud’s Birthday Party at
Seaside Kids
Join us Sept. 20, from 2 – 4 p.m. for
a tail-wagging good time! Cupcakes,
balloons, games, and more!
October
“First Friday” ArtWalk
Friday, Oct. 3, 5 – 8 p.m. –
Ruskin Place & Central Square
Enjoy live music and view beautiful
works of art and artist demos at
the galleries and shops of Ruskin
Place and select Central Square
merchants.
Seaside Merchant Sidewalk Sale
Saturday, Oct. 4, Seaside
The Merchants of Seaside host
their annual sidewalk sale, where
guests have the opportunity to find
great deals from many of their
favorite boutiques throughout
town. Don’t miss it!
Seaside Farmers Market
Saturdays, Oct. 4, 11, 18, &
25, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Seaside
Amphitheater
Get your pick of fresh
produce, baked goods,
dairy products, native
plants and other
unique offerings
during our market
on Saturday mornings. Find local
specialties that will help sustain
our growers. Enjoy special cooking
demos and activities sure to liven
up your morning. Held behind Raw
& Juicy.
Bud’s Birthday Party
at Seaside Kids
Sept. 20 • 2 – 4 p.m.
Cupcakes, balloons, games and more!
5th Annual Halloweener Derby
Saturday, Oct. 25,
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
If you missed this event in 2013,
make your plans now to be in
Seaside for the hilarious races
featuring some of the area’s
top dogs, including our very
own “Bud!” This fundraiser for
Shelter House brings together
our four-legged friends for a day
of fun in the sun! For more info,
visit the event online at:
www.halloweener.org.
Trick or Treat in Seaside
Halloween, Friday,
Oct. 31, 4 – 6 p.m.
It’s time for ghosts, goblins and
princesses to go door-to-door
collecting candy from the Seaside
merchants to feed their sugary
appetites. Hop on the haunted
hayride with our friends from
Cottage Rental Agency, hear
spooky stories with the Seaside
Repertory Theatre and do the
monster mash with terrifying tunes
from 30A Radio, our community
radio station!
All events are subject to change.
Please refer to SeasideFL.com
and Facebook.com/SeasideFlorida
for updates on event details,
including location.
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ARTS & CULTURE
to Host Joffrey
to Host The
Nutcracker in November Ballet; Auditions in Ocboter
Seaside’s adaptation of The Nutcracker wrapped up auditions in
August, picking a new company of
talented dancers for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays’
most anticipated performance.
From the ballet that launched a
national holiday tradition, handchosen local and regional dancers
and the Alpharetta Dance Theatre will perform the third annual showing of The Nutcracker,
based on the critically acclaimed
Russian ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s
beloved score. The dazzling story
has introduced audiences to one
of the most magical ballets of
all time, and the performance in
Seaside is expected to be just as
breathtaking.
Seaside founder and patron of
the Arts, Daryl Davis invited Alpharetta Dance Theatre to perform the first Nutcracker in Seaside in 2012. And with the third
year’s performance, The Nutcracker has become a Seaside annual holiday tradition.
Read more about The Nutcracker
in Seaside in the November/December issue of The Seaside Times. c
The Merchants of Seaside have
announced that America’s premier ballet company, The Joffrey
Ballet Concert Group, the performance company of the Joffrey
Ballet School in New York City,
has set its debut performance in
Seaside for May 2, 2015. The show
will include 26 Joffrey company
members performing a variety of
dances ranging from modern and
jazz, to classical ballet. The Joffrey
Ballet Concert Group is under the
direction of Davis Robertson, choreographer and artistic director.
In addition, Robertson will conduct a workshop for 15 local dancers April 30-May 2, 2015. Dancers
from the surrounding area must
audition Oct. 4-7, 2014, in the Seaside Assembly Hall in order to be
selected. Intermediate to advanced
dancers ages 13 and up from the
Northwest Florida regions are eligible to participate in the audition
and workshop.
These 15 local dancers selected
and trained by Robertson will perform Robertson’s work in Seaside at
a later date. Robertson is planning
to bring his Joffrey Ballet Concert
Group dancers as demonstrators
and teaching aids for the four-day
Photo courtesy the Joffrey Ballet
workshop. Rehearsals will be conducted by Seleta Hayes Howard,
Seaside Nutcracker ballet mistress
and ballet teacher of the Dance
Academy of Seaside Neighborhood School. c
Connect with SEASIDE®
Twitter.com/seasideFL_
Seaside Nutcracker Performance. Photo by Goode Green Photography
Page 18
INSTITUTE
Fall Workshops Scheduled at the Academic Village
By Diane Dorney
The Seaside Institute is hosting
two creative workshops in the Academic Village this fall. Both commuters and visitors are welcome
and accommodations are available
at the Village for attendees.
of the writing business. Dufresne
says, “You’ll come to the conference with an agenda — what it is
you hope to learn — and we’ll do
our best to see that your agenda is
met.”
Dufresne is the author of five
novels and two short story collections. He has written two books
on writing and creativity: “The
Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to
Writing Fiction” and “Is Life Like
This? A Guide to Writing Your
First Novel in Six Months.” He
was a 2012-13 Guggenheim Fellow
and teaches in the MFA program
at Florida International University
in Miami.
Steven Brooke’s
Architectural Photography
and Composition
Workshop: Oct. 22–26
John Dufresne
John Dufresne’s Creative
Writing Class: Oct. 9–11
After a successful spring workshop at the Academic Village, John
Dufresne is returning for another
course. The short fiction workshop
will be held from 9 a.m. to noon
to discuss the stories participants
have written. Dufresne will lecture on narrative techniques and
the fiction writing process. He
will incorporate writing exercises
into the mix and meet individually
with each student. In the late afternoon, students will gather for social time and informal discussions
Steven Brooke, an internationally renowned architectural photographer, will teach a five-day
workshop at the Academic Village,
combining the history of architectural depiction and composition
with an accessible approach to the
technical demands of photographing architecture, landscape, and
interiors. The workshop is suitable
for students of all ability levels and
backgrounds. Covering the photography of individual buildings,
streetscapes, landscapes, interiors,
and night photography, Brooke
will include instruction in photographic techniques, composition
and post-production.
The Seaside Institute hosts fall workshops featuring award-winning speakers. Photo by Brandan Babineaux
Brooke has been a leader in the graphed 40 books on architecture
field of architecture and design for and design, including nine that he
more than 35 years. He has photo- has written. In addition, Brooke
has been Seaside’s photographer of
record since its inception. His numerous awards and honors include
the AIA National Honor Award,
the highest honor award in the
field, and the Rome Prize awarded by the American Academy in
Rome. He is an adjunct professor
at the University of Miami School
of Architecture.
For more information and to secure
your place in this class, visit www.
seasideinstitute.org or email Seaside
Institute Director Diane Dorney at
ddorney@seasideinstitute.org. c
Steven Brooke
Page 19
It’s All in the Racket
By Tracy Townsend
Want to “buy” a better game?
These days you can with the incredible advances in racket technology. Every company makes
a great frame, but they all differ
slightly in their design and belief of
what is optimal for performance.
Some manufacturers distribute
the weight more in the head of the
racket while others believe in a
center weight for balance, and yet
others believe in taking weight out
of the head.
Game-improving rackets provide weaker players with more
power. Thicker beams and improved materials such as titanium,
ceramics, and basalt are just some
of the components used in today’s
rackets that amp up the power potential. Oversized heads are also
easier to hit with and provide bigger “sweet spots” for those players who don’t hit it perfectly every
time. Nothing like a little forgiveness in a racket.
Good players benefit from thinner beams and spin technology in
the stringing patterns. The added
power of a weaker player’s racket is not always a good thing for
the big hitters in today’s power
game. Smaller head sizes are faster through the air and can create
their own power. Really good players have both power and variety in
their games, and the racket is like a
magic wand in their hand.
frame may bury you. Come try the
new Pro Staff Federer racket at Seaside Tennis and see if it is the correct one for your game. See you on
the courts. c
TENNIS
Tracy Townsend is a resort Tennis
expert and his company, 30A Tennis, manages Seaside Tennis on
behalf of the Seaside Community
Development Corp. You can reach
him at tennis@seasidefl.com or call
(850) 231-2214. For news events
and court conditions, find Seaside
Tennis on Facebook.
Pro Shop Hours:
Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday-Sunday 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Tracy Townsend, Seaside Tennis
One of the most anticipated new
racket releases is going on right
now. Roger Federer has switched
rackets, and the wait for his new
frame, the Wilson Pro Staff RF97
Autograph, is over. After going
through 127 prototypes, Federer is
switching to a more modern racket
in hopes of gaining more power to
keep up with younger, stronger hitters. His racket is not for everyone,
though. Most of you would think
it is too heavy with too small of a
head. He seems to have no trouble
hitting the center of the racket, and
the additional weight, once he gets
it moving, adds the power needed
at his level.
The bottom line is you need to
demo a new racket soon. Otherwise your friend with his or her new
Eye-Opener Clinic:
Monday-Thursday 9-10 a.m.
Round Robin:
Friday-Sunday 9-10:30 a.m.
You’re invited to
play tennis for a
great cause.
Check out our
online version!
Join 30A Tennis at Seaside
Tennis and WaterColor Tennis
Friday, Sept. 12 from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. for the 4th annual
LOVE ALL Round Robin. All
proceeds benefit Food For
Thought Outreach Inc. Lunch
will be provided by CUP Food
You Pick Up. $35. Register
online now at lovealltennis.net
and pick the CUP you want
for lunch. See you on
the courts!
David Naughton
Beloved friend and staffer
for the Seaside Community
Development Corp.
Oct. 20, 1952–Aug. 16, 2014
David Naughton, 61, passed
away Saturday, Aug. 16. He
lived in Panama City Beach and
was an employee with Seaside
Community Development Corp.
for eight years as the painter
for the commercial area of
Seaside. David is survived by his
wife, Mary Lou Naughton. He
enjoyed working in his yard and
was a big Philadelphia Phillies
and Miami Dolphin fan.
David will be missed by all his
Seaside friends and family.
#SeasideFL_
The Dawson Group hosted a nine-week work experience at their five stores for 20 students, members of the
Kaleo mission. This faith-based program reaches out to fortunate business leaders to hire the students for a
summer to get an amazing and nourishing work experience. Bill and Heavenly Dawson, along with their managers, work closely with each student, training them in customer service, salesmanship skill and business team
work. This year’s crop of students did not disappoint. They received accolades from Seaside guests along with
fellow associates of the Dawson group. As Heavenly Dawson says, “It’s important for us to set our employees
up for success.” And in the case of the Kaleo team, it was a pure joy this year to have them on board.
Photo by Brandan Babineaux
Page 20
ABOUT TOWN
Fitness Fetish Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Shopping Spree winner- Liza Robinson from
Texas won a $500 gift certificate.
The Fitness Fetish owners, Laurie and John Olshefski, and their children Landen and Alina.
Photos courtesy The Fitness Fetish
Reece gives a starry eyed look to his master
Sheila Eichberger.
Movies on the lawn make for a favorite family pastime in Seaside. Photo by Jacqueline Ward
Airstream Row is the hot place to be on a warm summer night. Photo by Jacqueline Ward
Seaside celebrates Independence Day with a concert by the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, followed
by a spectacular fireworks display. Photo by Modus Photography
She said yes! Simone Gaspari, visiting the U.S. from Italy, asked Silvia for her hand in marriage using
the skilled artistry of Sand Odyssey’s Mark Flynn. Photo courtesy Sand Odyssey
Page 21
BEHIND THE SCENES
Paula Simpler loves the outdoor life
By Wendy O. Dixon
Freeport native Paula Simpler
has been working for the Seaside
Community Development Corp.
for 24 years, since she was hired
on the spot for the accounting office. In her role as administrative
services manager, Simpler manages
the payroll and benefits for Seaside
Community Development Corp.,
Seaside Associated Stores, Beachside Linen and Seaside Community
Realty.
But in her spare time, she’s likely
to be found freshwater fishing in
her kayak for red fish in the bay, or
in a deer stand waiting patiently for
a nice buck to come along. She, her
husband Brian and 15-year-old son
Dalton consider spending time outdoors their favorite family pastime.
Dalton also plays football and baseball for Freeport High School and
she enjoys cheering him on.
Simpler, who celebrated 20 years
of marriage in June, married Brian
at Seaside’s Tupelo Gazebo in
front of 75 guests, who celebrated
the couple with a reception in the
Seaside Meeting Hall. “Back then,
it was much more quiet,” she says.
“It’s grown so much since then.” c
Paula’s Tomato
Gravy with Venison
For a hearty breakfast of biscuits and gravy, Paula’s tomato
gravy with venison is a real
crowd pleaser for the hunters
in her family.
Paula and Brian Simpler during their Seaside Wedding in 1994.
Recipe:
Cut deer back strap into small
pieces. Combine salt, pepper
and flour in a bowl and coat the
meat. In a heavy skillet, heat oil
and fry the meat. Remove meat
from skillet, keeping pan drippings.
In the same skillet, blend
3 tablespoons flour with the
drippings, stirring constantly,
scraping cooked juices on the
bottom of the pan until bubbly. Add salt, pepper and diced
tomatoes and continue cooking over medium heat until the
gravy thickens and bubbles.
Simpler and her family enjoy hunting and fishing locally.
Page 22
WHAT’S NEW
Amavida Coffee & Tea and
30A.com launch 30A Coffee Raw & Juicy
Congratulations to Raw & Juicy
in Seaside which has been ranked
as one of the Top 10 Best Juice
Bars in America by USA TODAY’s
10BEST. The only one in Florida,
and one of three in the South. c
Contributed by 30A.com
The new 30A “Florida Sunrise
Blend” coffee is available for purchase at Amavida Coffee & Tea
locations in Seaside and Rosemary Beach, at YOLO Board Adventures in WaterColor, at Sunrise Coffee Co. and the 30A Gear
Truck in Gulf Place, and online at
30Agear.com and additional retail
locations along Highway 30A.
“We’ve worked together with
30A in many different ways over
the years, especially in support of
local charities, and we couldn’t be
more excited to produce the first
30A-brand coffee,” said Dan Bailey,
Founder of Amavida Coffee & Tea.
Like all Amavida Coffee, the new
30A Coffee is Organic and Fair
Trade, directly sourced from the
finest coffee farms in the world.
“Amavida is an authentic local brand, but one that truly has
global vision and reach,” said
30A’s Mike Ragsdale, whose son,
Carlton Ragsdale, recently visited
Amavida’s coffee-growing partners in Chiapas, Mexico. “Amavida not only supports our local community, but they’re great
global citizens as well.”
30A Beach Blonde Ale (30Abeer.
com), which launched in February
and is brewed by Grayton Beer
Company, is already one of the
top-selling craft beers in North-
FUN & GAMES
west Florida. Ragsdale said that
he expects 30A Coffee to quickly
reach the same level of success,
with additional retail partners to
be announced soon. c
Crossword Puzzle
in the fall
Across:
3. Seaside’s favorite feature film, starring Jim Carrey
(3 words)
5. artists’ community in Seaside (2 words)
7. authentic gelato, espresso and shortcake shop
9. Seaside’s founding dog’s feline counterpart
10. famous grilled cheese restaurant housed in a vintage Airstream trailer on 30-A
12. Dachshund dog race that celebrates wieners and witches (2 words)
15. monthly art event in Seaside featuring art demos,
live music and beautiful artwork; First Friday
__________
16. pelican-topped beach pavilion’s street name
18. Fair-trade coffee and tea spot on 30-A
19. street location of Seaside’s first two cottages
20. fresh, natural and delicious shopping every
Saturday morning in Seaside; Farmers _______
Down:
1. Northwest Florida’s premiere live theatre (2 words)
2. street location of The Truman House
4. two-wheeled Seaside transportation
6. independent record store with an eclectic taste
8. Seaside’s founding dog
10. gourmet grocery with Southern hospitality
(2 words)
11. Open-air bazaar featuring Bohemian each styles
13. Seaside founders Robert and Daryl
_______________
14. A Can’t Miss Fall Wine Festival (2 words)
17. swimwear and surf shop steps from the Gulf
of Mexico
Page 23
Page 24
CHARITY
Children’s Volunteer Health Network
Children’s Volunteer Health
Network is celebrating fall with
the force of a hurricane. Bud &
Alley’s in Seaside will again host
the charity’s 10th annual Hurricane Party Friday, Sept. 26. The
doors will open at 7 p.m. with
heavy hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment, a silent and live auction
and a cash bar.
Guests are encouraged to channel the tropical island theme by
sporting beachwear and straw
hats with plenty of Seaside spirit.
“We are so pleased to be hosting the Hurricane Party benefiting CVHN again this year,” said
Dave Rauschkolb, owner of Bud
& Alley’s. “We are drawn to this
cause because the heart of this or-
ganization is about enriching children’s lives.”
CVHN was established in 2005
as a non-profit organization committed to giving children in Walton and Okaloosa counties access
to medical, dental, vision and
mental health services by utilizing
a network of more than 95 local
volunteer healthcare providers.
Lori and Bob James with Demetria and Richard McNeese at the 2013 Hurricane Party. Photo courtesy Children’s Volunteer Health Network
Since it began, CVHN estimates
it has provided more than 35,000
medical procedures.
Tickets are $75 with proceeds going to help the Children’s Volunteer
Health Network (CVHN). To purchase tickets, call (850) 622-3200 or
visit cvhnkids.org. c
Page 25
FOOD
Sóng: Southeast Asian Street Food is Riding a Wave
to Success in
Article and photos by Susan Benton
Sun-kissed
days, warm salt
air breezes and
a seaside-setting make the
perfect venue
for al fresco
dining
along
“A i r s t r e a m
Row” on 30A.
Local boy Tommy Stein has returned home after a decade away
to showcase his food truck concept called Sóng, where he shares
his passion for Southeast Asianinspired cuisine with locals and
tourists alike.
In the fast passed high-end
kitchen of Johnny Earle’s former famed restaurant Criolla’s is
where Stein cut his teeth in the
culinary arena, working for six
years until graduation. At the age
of 19, he struck out for San Francisco to work with his aunt and
uncle’s catering business, and by
age 22 he was ascending the ranks
as sous chef for Aqua, a two Michelin-star Bay area restaurant. “I
Sóng, featuring Tommy Stein’s Asian street food,
adds exotic flavors to Airstream Row in Seaside.
attended the California Culinary
Academy, but learned the most
from the talented people I worked
with and for over the years,” Stein
explained.
Growing up in South Walton
so close to the water’s edge, Stein
also found his passion for surfing.
From San Francisco he was drawn
to a job offer in Australia, where
he could ride the waves during
the day and show off his cooking
skills at night, while also dipping
over to Asia on occasion to enjoy
its lively street food scene.
Along his journey, he met and
married wife Patty, a Vancouver
native, and they most recently
added son Kato to their family.
The new addition brought many
changes, but most of all a longing
to return home to the beaches of
South Walton, where the couple
decided to raise their family.
Driven by flavor and spice,
Stein approached Seaside founder
Robert Davis in January about the
lack of Asian food options near
Seaside. He cooked for Davis, who
then made the offer to join Airstream Row, saying, “Let’s do it!”
By February, Stein was the proud
owner of a 1975 Airstream and
spent many months and countless
hours with family and friends retrofitting it by hand, opening Sóng
in July to rave reviews.
Onsite daily, Tommy and Patty
Stein relish being in their unique
family-run business and chose
the name Sóng, meaning wave
in Vietnamese, for their return
home to the Gulf Coast and
Tommy’s love of surfing. The accent over the ‘O’ was chosen to
be a Blue Heron, as it is a native
bird to the area. With the help of
Marcus Walton and Fred Sawyer,
the Heron flies strong, high and
proud above the eatery.
Serving his fun and fresh Florida version of Asian street food,
with five menu choices updated
daily on the exterior blackboard
of the truck, Stein sources his
seafood from third-generation
Buddy Gandy in Panama City and
hand selects the produce from local farmers and those at the Seaside Farmers Market.
Layered beautifully with pickled cabbage, beets, fresh Gulf
grouper and kimchi ketchup, I
was moved by my first taste of
the Korean fish tacos served on
fresh-griddled corn tortillas. The
bright flavors popped against the
delicate fish and spicy (not hot)
sauce. “Our food is about creative
simplicity, as well as integrity and
flavor,” he explained.
As a big fan of the Vietnamese Bahn Mi sandwich and having tasted many over a lifetime
of travel, I was more than happy
to bite into the one at Sóng. It
did not disappoint, with its bold
flavors exuding from the luxurious heritage free-range black
pig that had been slow cooked
over night and then stuffed in a
fresh baguette created specifically for Stein by the Santa Rosa
Beach bakery, Crust. The texture
of the pork is extra tender due to
the short muscle fibers that have
earned it a place in some of the
most exclusive restaurants in
New York and Europe. The pickled farmed vegetables and herbs
from the onsite garden added the
perfect acidity and balance to the
sandwich. While most Bahn Mis
are known for their thin layer of
liver pate spread on the bread, I
really enjoyed the refreshing layer
Thai green mango and papaya salad with Gulf shrimp
Korean Fish Tacos
Vietnamese Bahn Mi sandwich
of avocado-lime aioli used instead.
Other noteworthy menu options are the made-to-order Thai
green mango and papaya salad
with Gulf shrimp that I found so
refreshing with its ginger, tamarind and cilantro root salsa, and
the Vietnamese cold coffee. The
Seaside community employees and
those running beach chairs are lining up to get a refill, as it is brewed
dark with a touch of condensed
milk, energizing them for the day.
“The ingredients are the stars of
each dish,” Stein said. “I want to
serve a product I believe in, and
create good things.”
When in Seaside just look for
the Airstream with a Blue Heron
on top. Gluten-free options and a
children’s menu is available. For
more information, find them on
Facebook or call (850) 231-1815. c
Susan Benton is a food and travel
journalist, the owner of 30AEATS.
com and partner in GulfCoastRestaurant.com where she shares her
passion and her commitment to
promoting local farmers, fisherman, chefs, artisans and restaurants along the Gulf Coast.
www.seasidefl.com
Page 26
WINE
Beyond Chardonnay and Cabernet
Break your wine rut by exploring the grape flavor spectrum
By Karen Granger
Chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon are two classic and noble
grapes that can be beautiful and expressive. On the flip side, they can
also be the ubiquitous juice poured
at a banquet. I say cherish the quality
bottles, but if you are just ordering
these out of habit you are missing out
on new experiences. This fall I challenge you to take a small step outside
your comfort zone with grapes that
have similar qualities to these classics, yet will give you something new
to indulge in.
Generally, chardonnay is a medium to full-bodied wine with flavors
of green apple, pear, lemon, vanilla
and butterscotch. Its texture can be
creamy and lush, making it a lovely
pairing with many dishes, from pasta to chicken to lobster.
One of my favorite alternatives
to chardonnay is viognier. With a
round body similar to chardonnay,
viognier is even silkier with aromas
of honeysuckle, peach, melon, orange and white flowers. Often described as chardonnay’s exotic and
sensual cousin, this wine is most
famous from the Rhone region of
France and, increasingly, California.
Arneis is another delightful substitute to chardonnay. Grown in the
Piedmont region of Italy, this dry
white has a medium to full body and
can be both crisp and floral, with
notes of pears and apricots. While
it is a difficult grape to grow (arneis
means little rascal in the local dialect), it has been planted for centuries in the region.
Cabernet sauvignon shows blackberry, currant, eucalyptus, cedar
and leather aromas and is characteristically full bodied and tannic. Tannins come from the skins and pips of
grapes, as well as the oak in which
it is aged. Tannins smooth out with
fat, so pair these or the following
with roasted meats.
Sangiovese, the grape of Chianti
in Tuscany, is another bold tannic
grape with similar characteristics to
cabernet. With aromas of mulberries, prunes, spice, tobacco, leather
and chestnuts, this grape is an easy
substitute for cabernet.
Another grape rich in color and
tannin is Touriga nacional from Portugal. Thick grape skins give wine
excellent structure and ability to
age, which is why it is the primary
grape in port wine. This grape, however, also makes a beautiful still wine.
Touriga nacional has intense flavors
both fruity and floral, showing black
currant, raspberries, herbs and anise.
So next time you are in the mood
for wine and you are about to reach
for the old stand-by, seek out these
different yet comfortably familiar alternatives. Cheers! c
Karen Granger is a Sommelier and
manager for Crush in Seaside. While
new to the area, she is not new to the
lifestyle. Granger has poured wine in
Chicago, Ill., Columbus, Ohio, and
previously designed wine lists in the
U.S. Virgin Islands.
Page 27
Fresh, Sweet & Exotic
FARMERS MARKET
Derryck’s Pastries serves up a one-of-a-kind flavor
Article and Photos by Laura Holloway
You may venture into town on
Saturdays specifically for the Seaside
Farmers Market, or you may be one
of many lured into the market by
the delicious smell of fresh-baked
breads, pastries and mouth-watering Sri Lankan food at Derryck’s
Pastries. It’s not just the dreamy baklava that keeps visitors coming back,
or the sweet and spicy flavor of the
exotic sauces that adorn each dish,
but it’s the people behind the counter that stay with your memories,
reminding you of the value of hard
work and delicious food.
Chef Derryck Adams has a warm
smile and a frequent laugh, someone you instantly like, and for
someone with so many prestigious
recognitions attached to his work,
he’s entirely personable and gracious. He said, “It never crossed
my mind the opportunities that
were brought to me from cooking.”
Originally from Sri Lanka, Chef
Adams has worked for such organizations as Tai Samudra Intercontinental, Hilton, Renaissance and
Sheraton, and his celebrated cuisine creations have won gold medals nationally and internationally,
with his Cappuccino Chocolate
The scent of fresh baked bread lures customers to the Derryck’s Pastries table at the Seaside
Farmers Market.
Delight taking highest honors in a
Hilton-hosted contest.
Seaside is the perfect spot for hosting Derryck’s Pastries, a unique cuisine
offering guests to sample the spice of a
Sri Lankan life, and every Sunday Chef
Adams is happily waiting to serve up
a dish to the line of guests that often
gathers in front of his booth. Roasted
eggplant and legume, Sri Lankan curries, kadala parippu and a mixed lentil
salad are some that set the taste buds
on end. Adams describes his culinary
work as “fresh, sweet, exotic and made
with love,” something made evident
from the first taste of his Sri Lankan
delicacies.
But Chef Adams is much more
than traditional Sri Lankan cuisine; he is also an in-demand pastry
chef, specializing in wedding and
special event cakes. Some tempting offerings include vanilla and
fresh fruit, chocolate, vanilla buttercream, mocha, red velvet, chocolate mousse, coconut, cappuccino
and many more, all whipped into
beautiful cakes that leave guests
lingering for a second piece.
Visit Chef Derryck Adam’s booth
at the Seaside Farmers Market every
Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon; he’s always happy to share a sample or two
and tell you more about his unique
flavor. A gallery of his creations and
more information about menus, catering and cake orders can be found
at www.derryckspastries.com. c
Chef Derryck Adams, with his wife Chandrika, also offers a taste of Sri Lanka
at the Farmers Market.

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