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Olympic Hopeful HIts the Lanes
Olympic (Onion) RINGS!
Sister Susan, practicing for the 2014 Winter Olympics BOWLING competition. With ball in hand, pizza and beer by her side, Susan stands ready to begin her tedious training in earnest. I think this is perhaps her "promo pose" for the upcoming Wheaties box... me thinks she needs a poodle skirt and monogrammed bowling shirt!!!!! Stay tuned for more riveting stories about strikes, gutter balls and more fashionable bowling shoes (do they make them in stilettos???)
The Last Song Comes to Savannah March 31st!
You are invited to
THE LAST SONG "Flip Flop" Red Carpet Party!
Join Tybee Island in celebrating our premiere on the big screen!
March 31st 5 PM - 6:30 PM
Seaside Sisters
1207 Hwy 80 East/ Tybee Island, GA
Reserve your tickets TODAY!
912.786.9216 / tybeeseasidesue@aol.com
Introducing the appearance of The Chapel on Tybee/www.tybeewedding.com
$18.00 ticket includes:
Music by Randy "Hatman" Smith (www.hatmanentertainment.com)
Cocktails, Food by Papa's Bar-B-Que & Seafood (www.papasbar-b-que.com)
Movie ticket and Goodie Bag
$30 ticket includes:
All of the above PLUS a glamorous trolley ride to/ from the theater
Continue the fun with a Post-Premiere Party and Paparazzi at
Huc-a-Poos / Tybee Oaks
Funds collected over & above the movie and transportation costs will be donated to the
Tybee Island Marine Science Center for the Sea Turtle Conservation Project!
Books and Blizzards
Yours truly spent yesterday volunteering for the Savannah Book Festival ...as always this local, FREE, festival is a delight for the mind and soul! Amazing authors, thought-provoking discussions and gorgeous venues in the Historic District.
This year offered a DELIGHT of hilarious Southern wordsmiths... really, just bust-a-gut, knee-slapping, snorting milk out of your nose kind of funny!
First was Lauretta Hannon (www.thecrackerqueen.com). Lawd have mercy, this girl is FUNNY! She is proud of her cracker past...she really did grow up in a double-wide in Warner-Robbins, GA with parents who gave out ammunition as baby shower gifts and tossed packs of smokes to "family members" in the local chain gang! There wasn't a dry eye in the Jepson Auditorium as she told story after story about her crazy yet loving family...her aunt who enjoyed "frequent flyer" status in the local jail and the love story about her parents meeting at a moonshine still! This is all true girls, and if we're lucky, we're going to try to get Lauretta to visit us real soon and hopefully sign some of her books.
The next author, Rick Bragg was standing-room only...folks were lined up down the hall of the Jepson to hear this sweet and funny Alabama boy (Pulitzer Prize winner, no less) share the stories he wrote about his family. "All Over But the Shoutin", and his newest, "Ava's Man"...are books about what he calls "his south"...written for and about the waitress in The Waffle House, the cement worker or the local roofer. "The Prince of Frogtown" was written (a painstaking 5 year journey) about his father.. a whiskey-maker, roofer and a prolific fighter! This guy is FUNNY and his sleepy Southern humor had the entire crowd in tears...!
Two other Southern writers had us in stitches...first Robert Leleux from Houston, TX. His book, "The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy" about his life as a boy during his mother's torturous (yet hysterical) divorce was a side-splitter! He spoke of the post-divorce trauma of being "nouveau poor" and how his father left his mother for a pregnant jockey. When he confronted his mother (a Southern belle if you've ever seen one...Bless her heart!) about getting a job, she replied, "Going to work just ruins the whole day"! Do we love her or what??
The last author was Janis Owens, with her newest novel/cookbook, "The Cracker Kitchen".She shared her views on being raised in backwoods Florida as well as a hip-slapping history on all things Cracker (the originals hail from Florida), to her Pentecostal upbringing (food was the only sin allowed) to her use of lard in cooking. The book is full of fabulously fattening and comforting recipes as well as stories about her own Cracker Clan!
Pass the suntan oil!
Where are the palm trees??
Let It SNOW....NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sister Susan is up in the MD/PA area visiting family and checking out some fabu items for the store for this spring...gotta keep things fresh at Seaside Sisters! Little did she know she was heading for Snowpocalypse 2010 or otherwise called Snowmaggedon....she's fanny deep in snow, but just fine! She'll be flying back to us tomorrow! I'm sure she'll be glad to get back to warmer climes and all of you Sisters!
Till next time ladies...stay warm and keep your chins up (all of them)!!!!
Island Wide Sidewalk Sale - Tybee Island, Where Else???
Hey, did you hear???
The ISLAND-WIDE TYBEE ISLAND
SIDEWALK SALE
is THIS WEEKEND!!!!
Sponsored by Tybee Island's Better Hometown Initiative
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Resident Sale Time: 8:00 am until 12:00 pm
Seaside Sisters Sale Time: 9 am until 6 pm
(we believe in SERIOUS shopping!!!!)
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Resident Sale Time: 8:00 am until 12:00 pm
Seaside Sisters Sale Time: 9 am until 6 pm
(we believe in SERIOUS shopping!!!!)
and garage sales...now come to the Tybee Island Merchant's and Neighbor's Sidewalk Sale ... the whole dang island!!!
But OF COURSE, you need to make a stop at
Seaside Sisters!
70% Off Table!!!
Assorted Vendor Sales!!!
Store Wide 30% Off Bargains!!!
ONE DAY ONLY!!!
REST UP for some February Fun!
Rest up ladies... there's a whole lot of fun coming your way starting in February!Attencion!
The weekend of
February 12-14 marks Tybee Island's second Mardi Gras celebration! The party
continues to grow, so check out the website below for more details on all of the
festivities... a Masquerade Ball, a street party and so many King Cake fetes you
can't count em!
http://tybeeisland.com/mardigrastybeeAnd of course,
Seaside Sisters is Tybee's headquarters for all things ragin', Cajun and
Krewe-related! Hats, jewelry, masks, boas, glasses... stop in before the
fabulousness is all gone, oui???
Renew your vows or take the maiden voyage of matrimony... a group wedding ceremony on Sunday, February 14th at 6 PM inside the American Legion!
info@tietheknotontybee.com
for more details on your big day!!!
And of course the shop has some lovely items for your romantic evening... shimmery jewels, glimmery candles and great items for gifts for your special someone!
For the month of February we'll be donating a percentage of our sales to local pet rescue/shelter organizations... namely The Milton Project (cats) and Coastal Pet Rescue. Stay tuned for more info on our fur-filled, fun-filled fundraiser!!!
MARCH:
Book signing by our fav Irish lassie, Janice Shay with her new "Savannah Classic Desserts" and "Savannah Classic Seafood" releases!
Our sassy "Spatularette Party" celebrating a new cookware/utensil line which we'll be carrying at the shop!
St. Patrick's Day... NEED WE SAY MORE? Where else would you celebrate the wearin o' the green except SAVANNAH??? Seaside Sisters will, of course, be HQ for all things green, glittery and gorgeous!!!! Let the wild rumpus begin!!!
APRIL:
April 2nd, the Nicholas Sparks' movie, "The Last Song" hits movie theaters. We're hoping for a Tybee premiere... and we'll keep you posted! But stop in the store Saturday afternoons March 27th through April 10th for your chance to win 2 movie tickets on us!
Renew your vows or take the maiden voyage of matrimony... a group wedding ceremony on Sunday, February 14th at 6 PM inside the American Legion!
info@tietheknotontybee.com
for more details on your big day!!!
And of course the shop has some lovely items for your romantic evening... shimmery jewels, glimmery candles and great items for gifts for your special someone!
(and other furry kids too!)WE LOVE OUR LABS
For the month of February we'll be donating a percentage of our sales to local pet rescue/shelter organizations... namely The Milton Project (cats) and Coastal Pet Rescue. Stay tuned for more info on our fur-filled, fun-filled fundraiser!!!
OTHER FUN
STUFF!!!
MARCH:
Book signing by our fav Irish lassie, Janice Shay with her new "Savannah Classic Desserts" and "Savannah Classic Seafood" releases!
Our sassy "Spatularette Party" celebrating a new cookware/utensil line which we'll be carrying at the shop!
St. Patrick's Day... NEED WE SAY MORE? Where else would you celebrate the wearin o' the green except SAVANNAH??? Seaside Sisters will, of course, be HQ for all things green, glittery and gorgeous!!!! Let the wild rumpus begin!!!
APRIL:
April 2nd, the Nicholas Sparks' movie, "The Last Song" hits movie theaters. We're hoping for a Tybee premiere... and we'll keep you posted! But stop in the store Saturday afternoons March 27th through April 10th for your chance to win 2 movie tickets on us!
HELP FOR HAITI!
A manufacturer that Seaside Sisters does business with (Kalalou) is located in Haiti... you may have one of their lovely products in your home as we speak!
To that end, Haiti Care Packages (as seen above) are being put together, to be sent to Miami and shipped DIRECTLY to Haiti. These packages are valued at about $100 each... the goal is to ship 200 full packages as soon as possible!
If you are interested in helping, you can drop your cash contributions at Seaside Sisters or send it to:
"Doug and Susan's Kids Foundation"
C/O Haiti Care Package
3844 W Northside Drive
Jackson, MS 39209
or via internet: http://pledgie.com/campaigns/426
100% of the proceeds go to these Care Packages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Critz Tybee Run
Half-Marathon and 5K!
Saturday february 6, 2010
Tybee Island, GA
Saturday february 6, 2010
Tybee Island, GA
That's it for now ladies... your day planners must be SMOKIN' by now...so much to do, so many new outfits to purchase so we can do them ALL! I'll be talking at you real soon!
And don't forget to stop in the store... THE most fabulous Tybee shopping on the planet!
Snuggie Weather
"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens".... Bling rings and candles and aprons with ruffles... mermaids and Bomb Squad and cute canvas duffles.... simply some of our most favorite things!!! Now everyone.... SING!!!
Nothing like a little piece of Lalo jewelry to make all things warm and fuzzy again. Just
Or maybe give that cold blank wall a little "mermaid magic" to remind you of twirling your toes in the Tybee summer tide...
All is not lost... this cold snap (hell, we could be in Buffalo, New York!) will pass and the balmy temps will remind us why we live here or visit so often!
So in the meantime, we've got some fabulous events coming up in February...so rest up sisters, you're gonna need it!
February 12/13/14....so much to do! Tybee Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day and Tie the Knot on Tybee... details to come! Of course, Seaside Sisters is HQ for all things Mardi Gras...hats, glasses. boas and jewelry! Et toi...bring on the beignets!
End of February, our first "Pet Project"... the "We Love Our Labs" (and other furry critters) Fundraiser. We'll be working with Coastal Pet Rescue and The Milton Project... proceeds from Seaside Sisters sales will go to help these valuable animal rescue/aid organizations. Check out our fabulous Labrador and charming cat pillows in the store...or grab a copy of "Bad Dog" or "Bad Cat" for the pet-lover in your life! (these books are "wet-your-pants funny!!!)
Alas girls, time to add another layer of wool, another pair of socks and and dust off the long underwear. Y'all stay warm until next time....and pppsssttt...no one need know about the "strength" of your coffee...it's between us girls!
Happy Yew Near!!!!
Well gang, it is now officially 1/1/10...kinda weird ain't it??? Now we can all spend countless days ripping up checks with 2009 on them... it may take awhile, but me thinks 2010 could be a vast improvement over 2009!
Seaside Sisters had a pretty decent year, thanks to Tybee locals and our die-hard customers who drove from all over Savannah to shop in our store. Many thanks to all of you!
In case you haven't been in since this fall, we BUSTED out of our space and into the adjoining one...now Seaside Sisters is bigger and just FULL of even more fabulosity!
In February we've got Mardi Gras, Tie the Knot on Tybee and our first Seaside Sisters new "pet project" wherein we'll collaborate with Coastal Pet Rescue and the Milton Project to help raise money for the needy animals on the island. And after that, we start gearing up for St. Patty's Day!!!
So again, thank you for a wonderful year... we couldn't have done it without y'all! Happy New Year and don't be a stranger ...come on in and see us soon!!!!!
Just the Newest News!
As posted earlier, the 2009 Tybee TA-TAS Event was a HUGE success.... the girls raised over $13,000 for THE GIRLS! A great time was had by all! And is the 2009 logo AMAZING or what???? You can get your very own 2009 Tybee Ta-Tas T-shirt at Seaside Sisters...where else??? We'd be remiss and just plain LOSERS if we didn't share some more photos with you....there were truly some krazy Kodak moments...here ya go....
A TRIO of Ta-Tas!!!! Seaside Sue in the middle!!!!
Again, a heartfelt THANKS to all involved in this year's event....it was a labor of love for everyone and sure to be a bigger success with each following year!!!!!
SIZE MATTERS!!!!
As most of you know we have EXPANDED... and celebrated our new "girth" with a Grand Re-Opening this past weekend. In the event that you missed the unveiling, here are a few picks of the super-sized Seaside Sisters all decked out for the holidays!!!!]
Our FIRST customers.... THANKS folks!!!
Sister Sallie's Christmas BLING!
Putting on the PINK for Christmas!
LOOK...it's a BOOK NOOK!!!!
Bewitched, Betrothed and Be Bigger!
Lawd have mercy...so much has happened in the past 2 weeks, I'm feeling the vapors coming on....smelling salts, please!
First of all Halloween was frighteningly fabulous! As always, the folks on Lewis Avenue made it THE place to be on All Hallows Eve.... talk about going "all out". These folks know how to throw a party!!! Every single resident on the street decorates their homes to the HILT and has candy for the HUNDREDS of kids that make the trip to Tybee from all over Savannah! Check out this home.... gives me the creepy-crawlies just looking at it!
Second, yours truly, Seaside Cousin Linda, "did the deed"... indeed, she got married (who says its ever too late???). The evening was amazing...family, friends, food and ZYDECO! Dancing shoes were donned by all...plenty of blisters going around after this sassy soiree! A lovely honeymoon in Jamaica and it's back to Seaside Sisters!!!!!
Tybee Tatas BUST Loose!!!
The 2nd Annual Tybee Tatas "Save the Girls" Beach Party was held on Sunday, November 8th at Marlin Monroe's. The event, to raise money for breast cancer research, was stuffed (sorry!) and the money was flowing while the bras were overflowing! The party raised over $13,000 with the proceeds going to the local Young Survivors Coalition. As was the case last year, the Bad Boyz in Bras was the show-stopper! Men with a strong hold on their feminine sides, boasted, bragged and busted their way into raising big bucks for the cause. THANKS to everyone for a wonderful day....just wait until next year!
SUPER-SIZE SEASIDE SISTERS!!!!
We're blowing the walls down....literally! Seaside Sisters is now bigger, badder and more bloated with merchandise than ever! Stop in this weekend for our Holiday Open House and help us celebrate the expanded space and start your holiday shopping. MORE purses and jewelry, MORE holiday decor and gift items, MORE soaps and candles, MORE bar ware, art and coozies...you name it, we've got MORE of it! All weekend.... November 14th and 15th ...all day long... Seaside Sisters Holiday Open House!
for some retail therapy!
Fantastical Fall Fun
Lawd have mercy... we sure wish FALL would really get here! Rumor has it, it is right around the bend...but right now the whole world feels like one BIG hot flash!!!
But steamy October temps do not hinder the friends and fans of Seaside Sisters...no way, ladies! We've got all kinds of new stuff and news to share with our devoted domestic divas!
Well, PIRATE FEST was a wet one...again! Seems the clouds like to partake in the festivities as well!! But the crowds were undaunted by a few lousy raindrops (actually it was a DELUGE, but none were deterred!) The Pirate Fest Party went on as scheduled and the crowds had a bloody ball....arrrrggghhhhhh! It was like Wenches Gone Wild...fabulous costumes everywhere, albeit damp!
Our friends, the O'Neill girls, looking ravishing!
The shop was HOPPING with folks all weekend long! THANKS for all of those that stopped in to shop, chat and show off your pirate gear!
And speaking of dogs...no, we're not selling them at the shop, but Susan almost kept this little guy. Poor "Ziggy" was left in a hot car in the parking lot and Sister Susan was a tad concerned about the little baby! She rescued the distressed bundle, attached him to one of Sister Tracey's fabu doggie leashes (that we sell in the shop, of course!) and sought out the owners. Me thinks they were a tad embarrassed that we had "dog-napped" Ziggy but I think the ASPCA would be VERY pleased! (P.S. Notice the striking apron.... NEW at the store!!!)
MARK YOUR CALENDARS, GIRLS!
We're turning TWO!! Potty-trained and everything!!!!
Join us October 17th-18th to celebrate TWO terrific years in business! We've got all kinds of great new items.... aprons, kitchen linens, candles, Halloween decor, purses, jewelry...we'll have specials on many items and yes, THERE WILL BE CAKE! And stop in to the Tybee Arts Festival on the Pier as well!
Also coming....
October 28th - Witchy Winey Wednesday
Celebrate Halloween with us...treats and tarot!
2nd Annual TYBEE TATAS "Save the Girls" Beach Party/Fund Raiser!
November 8th - Marlin Monroe's - 3-7 PM
Holiday Open House at Seaside Sisters
November 14th - great pre-holiday shopping specials!
Shop & Stroll
December 5th - participating shops on the island celebrate the holidays with food, fun and prizes!
There's more ladies...this is just a smidge of what's to come! So stay tuned for more!