tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11741828302014522162011-07-28T04:31:17.831-07:00A view of all things Gulf Shores & Orange Beach.Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-39960724348042452122010-09-02T11:12:00.000-07:002010-09-02T11:13:44.546-07:00

One of the great things about Gulf Shores and Orange Beach is the scenery—the area is just beautiful! I’ve always known this, but one thing I’ve discovered over the last several weeks is just how photogenic the area is.My parents got me this awesome digital camera for my birthday, and I have had the best time photographing everything from flowers and plants to Gulf sunsets to whatever wildlife I

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I’ve discovered a new love: art. I really started exploring my artistic side over the summer, and I’m even taking a beginner art class this semester.And I love checking out the local art of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. LuLu’s Fresh Art Market has been a fun activity this summer (it’s every Saturday until Labor Day). Not only are the arts and crafts from local artists, but part of the sales

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Let’s face it: summer jobs for vacationing students just don’t pay that well. On top of that, I’m trying to save some money to put toward a car. So there just isn’t much left over for recreation.Luckily, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach offer lots of activities that don’t cost anything. Hands down, the beaches alone are a great place to just hang out, walk around, sun bathe, play a little beach

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I love nature. One of my favorite things about the Alabama Gulf Coast is all the places to observe and learn about nature (learning during the summer can be cool!). There are lots of parks and nature trails that are really pretty (and free). And the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo is always fun.One of my favorite places is the Biophilia Nature Center. This place has all kinds of stuff: carnivorous plants,

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I’m taking tennis lessons this summer, which is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time but have never gotten around to. As it turns out, I’m pretty good at it—Wimbledon, here I come!Ok, obviously I’m not that good. But I am looking forward to challenging a friend of mine who’s coming down later this summer with her family. She’s always been really into tennis and, of course, would always

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A perfect summer day for me is spending the morning on the beach, then heading to a spa for a little me-treatment: a facial, a pedicure, maybe even a massage (once in a while). So relaxing!My biggest problem concerning the spas in the Gulf Shores/Orange Beach area is that there are so many to choose from. I wish I could try them all! But obviously I don’t have the time (or the money) to do this.

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Now that school’s out, I am totally enjoying every lazy moment I can (when I’m not at my summer job or hangin’ with friends, of course). One of my favorite ways to be lazy is to seek out a lazy river and let the current carry me along.I don’t know what it is about these rivers, but they never get old for me. They’re so refreshing on a hot day, and I love the feeling of floating languidly without

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So the 6th Annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival is coming up on Friday, June 18th (it goes until the 20th). I absolutely love this festival. First of all, there are like 45 balloons floating around the sky, which is almost surreal to see.But there’s more involved than just the balloons: live entertainment, arts and crafts, and, my personal favorite, a Frisbee dog show. And I heard that this

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Ok, beach season is right around the corner, and I desperately need to go shopping. No way can I be seen on the beaches of Gulf Shores in the same clothes as last year!I have two favorite places for summer shopping. The first is the Tanger Outlet Center in Foley. They have everything—brand name merchandise and discounted prices. That’s just a magical combination.My other favorite shopping spot is

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Ok, sometimes it is really fun to do the things I enjoyed as a kid, and one thing I personally always enjoyed was going to the zoo. I’ve always loved animals—my dream job as a child was to become a vet (not anymore, as I’ve discovered I’m not so hot at biology).The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo has so many different animals and exhibits. My favorites are the Outback and tiger encounters. Yes, I said “

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-54047890075946288852010-04-11T19:07:00.000-07:002010-04-11T19:08:25.981-07:00

Spring break at the Alabama Gulf Coast is awesome. The weather’s been great—plenty of opportunities to show off my new bikinis on the fabulous beaches.But it’s not just about the beaches. There are so many fun activities going on in April: an arts festival, the Foley Flower and Garden Extravaganza, and Tim McGraw is performing at the Amphitheater in Orange Beach. So fun!There’s other stuff coming

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-23757313977906296982009-11-03T14:53:00.001-08:002009-11-04T06:16:55.462-08:00

The Wharf is a community of shops, restauraunts, a movie theater, an amphitheater, and even a Ferris wheel! Among all these things The Wharf has recently included a a conference center that houses large meetings, exhibits, banquets and more. Saturday, November 14th, the Mystical Order of the Mirams (a local Mardi Gras group) will be putting on the event "Taste of the Islands" which will be

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-72174457989624013722009-10-13T14:43:00.000-07:002009-10-13T14:49:18.650-07:00

October is one of my favorite months, second only to December (for obvious reasons of course:) There's gonna spooky Halloween stuff going on all month long. The Wharf is putting on a couple of different activities. First, there's gonna be a haunted house going on from the 16th-18th, the 23rd-25th, and the 30th and 31st. 6pm-8pm will be spooky family fun hours and 8pm-10pm will be spine

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Hey to everyone out there. In case you're not savvy on weather in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores around this time of year, I just want to let you know that it can be pretty back and forth. Even though it's the beginning of Fall, our weather can be in the lower 90's one day and the 60's the very next day. But don't be discouraged from going out to the beach if you step out onto your balcony

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Bayfest is here again, this very weekend, the 3 day music festival will be celebrating it's 15th birthday in the heart of Mobile. The music festival features artists that cater to everyone's tastes. For example artists who will be playing live, include: 3 doors down, akon, alan jackson, jon miller band, steve miller band, stone temple pilots, t-pain, and a bunch of other artists along with

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The first annual Beach, Blues and BBQ Festival will be held on Sunday, September 20 at The Hangout, which is located at the corner of Hwy 59 and Beach Road. Throughout the day, The Hangout will be featuring live music from national recording artists Eric Lindell, Cedric Burnside with Lighting Malcolm, American Idol contestant Kristy Lee, Papa Mali and local boys "The Rez". BBQ teams from across

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Well it's that time of year again, the season of hotdogs, hamburgers, and totally wrong (but sometimes right) referees. High school football is back everyone and Gulf Shores is by no means slacking this year. We've already kicked off the year to a great start considering last Friday we beat Robertsdale Bears at our first game, wasn't even a home game! I sure hope ya'll plan on going because

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August 29th is the day you will want to be in Orange Beach. Whether you're just down here for a visit, lived here before, or you're a life-long resident, you are invited to help Orange Beach celebrate it's 25th birthday. In conjunction with Baldwin County's bicentennial celebration, Orange Beach will be throwing a block party from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The block party will be held just behind

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For those of you who have been staying with Brett/ Robinson and coming down here to Orange Beach and Gulf Shores for years now, ya'll probably know about that restaurant that shut down a couple years ago that was called Nolan's. I never was able to eat there, just because when it was open, I wasn't even living down here, but I've heard from family members and a couple of friends that when it

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Looking for something faster than a dolphin cruise, or a glass bottom boat? Well then I would recommend the "Sea Rocket". Its' the only tourist speed boat on Pleasure Island. It's family friendly, safe and it's also coast guard approved! While you cruise, there are many sightings of dolphins if the kids are worried about that. The place that does it is located in Sun Harbor Marina, which is

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One of the best thing's about being on a vacation, is the fact that your diet won't follow you to your destination. What does that mean? Well I believe that while you're on a vacation, you shouldn't be worrying about a diet, or eating well. But with all of this good seafood down here, you might be feeling a little too full. So if you want to work off those calories and carbs, all the

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So when you first check into your Phoenix, whether its at night, or during the day, you want to explore a little. Of course, if you get settled in before nighttime falls, you'll definitley want to go outside and catch some rays. At most of the Phoenixes, the pool area closes at ten pm, sometimes eleven pm. If you just want to walk on the beach, look around in your condo kitchen and there

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July Fourth is less than a month away, so its time to start making plans, as in where to go and what to do? The Wharf is the perfect place to go, they're gonna have awesome fireworks and on top of that they'll have Montgomery Gentry playing before the fireworks go off. Not only will they have those country music stars, but they will also have special guest "Little Big Town". I would recommend

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The great thing about our Orange Beach Rec Center is that during Summer time, they offer many different kinds of classes. They have simple art classes, culinary classes, golf lessons, and even more exciting things like sailing camp and kayaking lessons. Some of these are meant to be only single session lessons, for instance, golf. Other classes are spread out over a week's time, like sailing and

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Guess what! It's Memorial Day Weekend, which means Summer has officially started. Gulf Shores High School and every other Baldwin county school is out! It also means that the Summer schedule for The Wharf is coming out, people like Three Dog Night, Earth Wind and Fire, and even Kenny Chesney will be playing! If you plan on going to a concert though, its best to get your tickets now because

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The weather is hot and the fish are biting, so I think it's about time to talk about bait! My place of choice? Mo's Fishin. It's on Beach Road right pass Zeke's Marina, it's a great place with friendly people. My brother recently came down, wanting to fish that night with live bait, he was worried that he wouldn't make it in time to get some shrimp. So my mom went down to Mo's with a cooler,

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The one thing we have a whole lot of down here is seafood. I know with all the restaurants, it's hard to pick out the best ones so don't worry I'll let you know which is the best one on the beach, in town, and which one has the best atmosphere. If your looking for an absolutely gorgeous beach view and some top of the line food and service, I would recommend Bahama Bob's. It's on beach road

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-22491200017510034012009-04-24T14:50:00.000-07:002009-04-29T14:55:36.954-07:00

Looking to get your yoga fix on your vacation? Well don't worry we have plenty of places down here that teach and give yoga classes.One of the places is the Original David's Counter Culture. You can find it on 59 just a couple miles north from our friends at the Hangout, it'll be on the left. Another place to go is the Orange Beach Rec center. Turn right off 161 onto Canal Road and drive a

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-85427996763614406432009-04-21T14:38:00.000-07:002009-04-29T14:55:18.250-07:00

If you're looking for some really great breakfast places, but don't want to go to Waffle House, we've got some of the best down here. There's Duck's Diner that's located on Canal Road in Orange Beach. It's on the right when your going towards Gulf Shores, right behind the Brusters and in front of the golf course. But make sure you go before 2:00PM, because that's when they close. Then, on Hwy

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Its that time again! For the younger crowd and possibly older, Widespread Panic is doing a 3 day concert at the Wharf again! The dates are Friday, April 17 through Sunday, April 19th. You can buy your tickets on Ticketmaster. Its an oppurtunity I wouldn't pass up if I was visiting down here, its very interesting because in 2008 Widespread Panic was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of

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One thing I love about living down here is the wildlife. Sometimes, when your out at the beach or even on your balcony, you can see sting rays and sometimes dolphins swimming around. But if you want a real close up, we have Dolphin Cruises! They have glass bottom boats, which is really cool because you can see all sorts of wildlife, not just dolphins. And when you get off your "cruise" they

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-1655144387757871672009-03-25T09:19:00.000-07:002009-04-29T14:46:48.375-07:00

Hey ya'll. Hope everyone's doing good. For those of you down here, the weather is going to be a little yucky this week...but don't be too bummed out because as always I'm here to let ya'll know what's happening in our town. Remember me talking about the Tanger a few blogs back? Well they're still having those amazing sells, at QuickSilver everything in the store is 50% off! Crazy, huh? Its

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-11265314491112791382009-03-19T07:13:00.000-07:002009-04-29T14:47:03.779-07:00

Hey everyone, hope your vacation is going well and for those of you who aren't here yet, I hope your getting excited because we could not ask for better conditions. I'm just now getting over the stomach virus, ugh I'm so glad that it's gonna be gone before the weekend! One thing that I've missed so much about spring and summer is the jet skis, or wave-runners to some of ya'll out there. For

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-59552060957906524522009-03-11T08:40:00.000-07:002009-03-11T08:42:34.671-07:00

Aight so I hope ya'll are getting really excited for Spring Break, as for me I can't wait. I already told ya'll about what your gonna need to bring to the beach. You know stuff like sunscreen (and how you need to use it, which you definitely will) and chairs along with a radio. Some of ya'll also like to bring floats to the beach, which I recommend for little kids (who wouldn't?) but the big

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-78358107316937933472009-03-06T08:30:00.000-08:002009-03-11T08:43:05.977-07:00

For all of ya'll out there that our about to come visit our little town, I gotta say...the weather is absolutely positively awesome! There's just no beating it, during the spring is the best time to come down here because the humidity is lower than it is in the summer and the breeze coming off the shores are so nice. I was thinking about all the out-of-towners that come down here, or what we

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Hey everyone out there. Hope y'all aren't as cold as I am! For some reason a cold front came through, but don't worry because our warm weather will come back just in time for all the Spring Breakers. But while we wait for that I'll be headed to Coastal Video. I like the one that's in Orange Beach by the Brunos and Winn Dixie because they have a lot of great books if your not wanting to watch

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-84640202426658157262009-02-27T09:10:00.000-08:002009-03-09T13:33:40.777-07:00

  Hey everyone! Hope y'all survived Mardi Gras okay, unfortunately I didn't get to go to many parades because I took a trip to a little place called Disney World which was pretty awesome if I do say so myself. Now that I'm finally back though, I can't wait for all the Spring Breakers to come to town. Yes, it's a little early for that....I know. But my brother, who's going to college in

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-65451939334811703822009-02-19T09:41:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:47:31.736-08:00

I don't know about you but sometimes I get restless during the week and get tired of waiting for the weekend. So one of the places I like to go that calms my mid-week blues is the Coffee Merchant. Every Thursday they have an open mic night, and sometimes in between those, they'll hire some live entertainment (who of which are always locals).. They're located right off of East 20th Avenue, right

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-13604437512444347112009-02-10T08:02:00.000-08:002009-02-10T08:04:32.927-08:00

And its finally here!!! Our famous Mardi Gras parades have started. In case you didn't know what Mardi Gras is, its a series of awesome parades that start happening around this time in Febuary. It originally started in the 1700s and has been around ever since. I know at one point in your life you've heard of Mardi Gras, and I don't blame you if you instantly think of New Orleans, but just to set

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  Hey whats up everyone! Jeez this weekend sure has been a busy one for me. It was really cold Friday, and since I love warm weather, after school let out I went over to Phoenix West, worked out in their gym, and swam in the heated pool (it feels awesome after coming out of weather that's in the thirties..) Afterwards I met up with a couple of friends and headed down to Indigo Joe's in Foley, its

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-68995741403909335432009-01-27T12:41:00.000-08:002009-02-13T12:43:12.765-08:00

Hey ya'll its me again just typing away admiring my newly bought clothes. This weekend a couple of my friends and I headed to the Tanger Outlet stores where clothes are on sale by the dozen. Can you believe that The Gap has most of their clothes for sale off 70%!?!?!Places like American Eagle and Pac Sun are trying their hardest to get rid of those winter clothes and bringing in the summer

Brett Robinson Blogsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174182830201452216.post-28482879089695481062009-01-21T07:14:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:13:51.767-08:00

Hey everyone out there, this is Evan here, just recently added as an official blogger. Sorry if the name confuses you, but yes I am a girl who attends Gulf Shores High as a junior (same grade, same school as Beachin' Brett). I'm just here to tell you about what all there is to do in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach from a local's point of view, I know its probably confusing when you first visit

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