Happy Labor everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your day off, coupled with the weekend. Here in Driftwood Estates, on the Northwest Florida Gulf Coast, Santa Rosa Beach, near Destin, Miramar Beach, Fort Walton Beach, and across Choctawhatchee Bay from Niceville, we all have a close eye on Gusta
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09/01/2008
Driftwood Estates is a little-known jewel in the crown of coastal living. Located in Santa Rosa Beach on Choctawhatchee Bay, only minutes from the Gulf of Mexico, Driftwood Estates enjoys boating, fishing, biking, convenient shopping, restaurants, a new hospital, several inland lakes, and a coun
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08/26/2008
Can we open a dialog about interest rates...? Question: Why is it that when the 'Fed' lowers interest rates and none of this discount ever reaches the consumer? When the Fed lowers an interest rate, it is doing what, exactly? Is the Fed just lowering the amount of interest it charges to its own
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08/25/2008
On December 3, 2007, I wrote this blog about Russian capatilists and the Vladimir Putin. I wonder if it will get more attention today, in light of recent events in Georgia. "Russia is now a very wealth country. Vladimir Putin has created a disciplined nation, and the young majority don't like A
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08/14/2008
I just received the following message from Miss Prisca Doudou. I can barely contain my excitement?!! Prisca must be extremely wealthy and kind, as she would like to invest $9,500,000 in US manufacturing. That's great for the US economy because we don't manufacture a lot of things, we import m
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08/14/2008
Yesterday morning, around 8 am, I checked my time, and it was eight minutes after eight am on the eigth day of the eigth month of the eigth year into the 20th century following the death of Christ. This made me very hungry so I went str8 to the kitchen and 8 breakfast. The Chinese chose that d8
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08/09/2008
Let the games begin. I suppose most everyone say at least some of the festivities presented by the Chinese in Beijing to introduce the Olympic games of 2008... Guess everyone was impressed so far... We were shown much about the technological capabilities of the Chinese. We got a glimpse of wha
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08/08/2008
Here are a few pictures of sunsets on Choctawhatchee Bay, from Driftwood Estates, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. Amazing sunsets appear everyday, but today was special. Hope you enjoy. Isn't that breathtaking?! When you have scenery like this to work with, you don't need to be a great photographer
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08/04/2008
Let the games begin. They will withing a week, and in China. So many of us, probably like myself, respect the athletes, and enjoy a perfomance/contest from time to time, but probably prefer a good football game to spend our television time on. However, recent programs on the travel channels are
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08/03/2008
Hi, sunset in late July, from Driftwood Estates in Santa Rosa Beach, Walton County, Florida, across Choctawhatchee Bay, Mid-Bay bridge, Destin, Sandestin, Fort Walton Beach. Sunsets are spectacular all year long, and change by the second. Choctawhatchee Bay widens across the intracoastal waterw
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08/01/2008
