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Tiny May be the Next Big Thing: Sylvan Beach, La Porte… Again!
Posted on March 29, 2015
The weather here on the Texas gulf coast has been absolutely stellar lately, and I am pleased as punch to have a beach easy walking distance from my home. Not unnaturally, one of the best parts about having a beach right next door is sharing that beach with my friends and family. Now, I realize […]
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Toes in the Sand and Lights on the Water: Sylvan Beach Fireworks
Posted on July 6, 2015
Some of you regular readers out there are probably a little Sylvan Beach-ed out by now, but I just keep having more to say about it! For one, I’m there every chance I get, and for another, many of La Porte’s awesome community events take place there. The one I’m featuring in this article is […]
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Sylvan Beach Festival 2015
Posted on May 6, 2015
I’ve been hearing stories about Sylvan Beach Festival since I started working in Pasadena in January 2014, and when the banners went up around La Porte in the early spring, I was pretty excited! The town sent out pamphlets with information about who would be performing on the stage, the town’s tiny monthly newspaper rejoiced, […]
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Walking With the Winter Waves at Sylvan Beach
Posted on December 31, 2014
Sylvan Beach in La Porte, TX, always a treat in the warmer months, can be equally awesome in the winter. The waves crash with a little more violence and froth, the seashells are as abundant as ever, the clean public restrooms are still open, and the birds are a heck of a lot bolder than […]
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Sylvan Beach Park ~OR~ Who would go to the beach to use the internet!?
Posted on February 12, 2014
Last month, when my mom and dad were visiting for my nephew’s birthday, I managed to reach whole new echelons of busy. I’m not going to go into detail here, but suffice it to say that I have four jobs, and they’re all over the very large Houston metropolitan area. Happily, one day during my […]
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S.H.A.R.K. in the Sky!
Posted on September 23, 2016
It isn’t really noticeable here in the Houston area yet, but it is officially autumn! Can you believe it? Summer just flew by. One way or another, we’re past peak beach season, which never really made much sense to me. In the autumn and winter months, I’m as likely to go to the beach as […]
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