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- OUR COOL NEIGHBOR It’s summertime in Galveston. Hot, Humid and Hurricane Season. This is just the time of year to think about our friendly neighbor to the north (no, not Oklahoma)… Canada! Like the United States it’s big and can offer something for almost everyone. Here’s the countdown of the 10 best vacation spots Canada has to offer. READ MORE
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 DIAMOND BEACH Randall Davis has pioneered some amazing transformations in the Texas skyline and coastline with his unique, contemporary high-rise condominiums. Known for elevating the multi-family residential real estate concept to the highest of heights, Davis has been adding a touch of luxury to Galveston’s West Beach. The construction of Diamond Beach Resort is almost completed and is already half sold-out, and it promises to be as lavish as any five-star Caribbean vacation resort vacation…except that you’d actually be living there. READ MORE GALVESTON'S
ART COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO FLOURISH DUNE
RESTORATION Galveston
Rebirth Race Seeks To Make Historic Impact
Remember Euonymus and Pittosporum? Remember Red-Tip Photinia and Ligustrum? Remember Azaleas, Begonias, Hybrid Roses and Marigolds? It was not that long ago that when planning a landscape design for a home, these plants were included as a matter of course. Then home landscape design became more popular as we realized that “outdoor rooms” ... READ MORE
“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life,” so said German novelist, Berthold Auerbach. If that’s the case, then downtown Galveston came clean on May 5 with the post-Ike resurrection of The Old Quarter Acoustic Café. Owner Wrecks Bell said going through Hurricane Ike and watching his patrons and fans rally to return it to life was a very humbling experience. “Our getting open was a miraculous undertaking,"...READ MORE
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I
believe it goes without saying (though I am saying it now)
that owning a bay or beach house means having to entertain
house guests from time to time. Dinner parties, friends over
for cocktails, being invited over to neighbor’s homes
and sometimes having those overnight guests that just don’t
want to leave, is all a part of being fortunate enough to
own an island home.
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“The
View from There,” an exhibition of oil paintings on canvas
by Hugh Dodd McDonnold, opens on July 11 at the gallery at DesignWorks
in historic downtown Galveston. The opening coincides with the Galveston
ArtWalk. This one-person exhibition represents the debut of McDonnold’s
painterly canvasses at DesignWorks. 
The
Island is showing dramatic improvements to the dune restoration.
All of the Islands dunes were destroyed by hurricane Ike ten months
ago. Coastal erosion happens naturally and even small tropical storms
can erode beaches while large storms like Ike take very noticeable
amounts of coastal property. 
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