Author: Garden City Beach

“You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs, I look around me and I see it isn’t so. Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs. And what’s wrong with that? I’d like to know…” – Silly Love Songs, Paul McCartney While sitting in the office thinking of something fun to post on social… Read More “Silly Love Songs: A Valentine’s Day Collection of Favorites”

Here we are again. At the end of another year, and a new year is on the horizon. Heaven knows 2016 has been a bumpy ride from a crazy election season and numerous notable deaths to hurricanes and floods, I feel certain most of us are more than ready to bid farewell to 2016! In any event, with the new… Read More “Happy New Year: Resolve to “try” in 2017!”

Garden City Beach, SC – December 30, 2016 – Garden City Realty, Inc., a full-service real estate firm, announced that REALTOR Allison Stack has joined the sales team. “We are fortunate to have Allison join the Garden City Realty team. Her experience as a college athlete and coach gives her an advantage in that she has the competitive spirit and… Read More “Garden City Realty, Inc. welcomes REALTOR, Allison Stack”

The holidays bring out the inner baker in all of us…what’s Christmas without homemade cookies, right? From pecan pie to grandma’s fruit cake and everything in between, there is no shortage of delicious homemade goodies, and it’s fun to share them as gifts with friends, family, coworkers and others. The only thing about baked goods is they do have a… Read More “Hard Candy Christmas: Making Homemade Cracked Glass Candy”

Garden City Beach, SC – December 12, 2016 – Garden City Realty, Inc., a full-service real estate firm, announced that REALTOR Dalton Dellinger has joined the sales team. “We are fortunate to have acquired Dalton. His ability to embrace today’s real estate marketing techniques in addition to his knowledge of the vacation rentals business are sure to be an asset.… Read More “Garden City Realty, Inc. welcomes REALTOR, Dalton Dellinger”

The holidays are officially here, and on the Grand Strand that means there is no shortage of things to do to celebrate this “most wonderful time of the year”! Brookgreen Gardens’ Nights of a Thousand Candles has become a can’t miss event over the years, and since it runs every weekend from now until Christmas, there’s no excuse not to… Read More “Christmas at the Beach: Your 2016 Guide to Grand Strand Holiday Events”

Command Center When we think of deep cleaning our homes, springtime is usually the season that comes to mind, but what about going beyond cleaning? What about home organization? For some reason I always get the urge to organize in the fall. Not a bad idea either when the holidays are right around the corner! I recently did some organizing… Read More “Deep Clean in the Spring, Organize in the Fall!”

Living in a coastal area the risk of experiencing a hurricane is always there (at least from June 1 – November 1). In the event of such an emergency personal safety of residents, visitors and first responders is priority number one. Take a moment to review our hurricane preparedness tips and ensure you are prepared should a storm threaten our… Read More “Hurricane Preparedness: Tips and Information for weathering a storm”

In 1987, my mother and I were living in an oceanfront condo in Garden City Beach. When I finished school that year, my mother decided to return to her hometown (Hampton, SC) to renovate her grandparent’s home. Just two years later, the very place we had called home for many years was ravaged by the historic force of nature known… Read More “27 Years Since Hugo”

“Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, the summer’s out of reach.” -Don Henley, Boys of Summer When I hear this song I am automatically transported back to late 1984. I’m 11 years old and sitting in the passenger seat of my mother’s Volkswagen convertible, top down, riding down Highway 17. The streets… Read More “Post Labor Day: The Peace of the Beach”