Here are several photographs of the intersection leading out of my Myrtle Beach neighborhood.
Martin’s Golf and Tennis Superstore and Planet Hollywood are just two of the highlights at this very busy intersection. I’ve never quite gotten over Planet Hollywood’s blue ball. Doesn’t it kind of look as if it is sticking its tongue out at me?
When we turn into our neighborhood off of the 17 bypass, we make bets on whether the car in front of us will turn into Martin’s. Usually, the out-of-state license plates and people wearing caps makes it pretty obvious.
See those men getting stuff out of the back of their cars? They are what we call “out-of-town golfers.” When we were driving out of the Martin’s Superstore parking lot we saw one of them, bare-chested as Adam, changing into his new shirt for all of humanity to see.
Myrtle Beach is not Vegas, but visitors to the area often do things they wouldn’t dream of doing in their own places of residence. As another example, we don’t wear bathing suits to the grocery store – no, not even with a charming pair of cut-offs.
The shark billboard has been there for over 10 years. Wouldn’t it be great to climb up there, stand in the open jaws and have a family Christmas card picture taken?
Our Hard Rock Cafe has much better cheeseburgers than the real Pyramids in Egypt. This pyramid lights up and changes colors at night! How many pyramids do you know that can do that?
On foggy mornings the lighthouse at Margaritaville is the only thing we can see on the way to school. It looks pretty eerie and I’m just glad I know that this lighthouse is actually located several blocks inland. So far Margaritaville has not experienced one shipwreck!
Thanks to Unknown Mami for hosting this great way to see where so many different people live. I’ve been meaning to participate for weeks now!
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I would give my right arm for a snapshot inside that shark mouth!
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What lovely photos! You live in such an interesting town. I enjoyed reading your post today.
How wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this. That light house is just the bomb!!!
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We used to spend every spring break there when we had a condo. I love it there!
The shark’s head is a hoot! Thanks for the tour and for showing us your City.
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I love MB! My parents are some of those annoying tourists – they winter there. We try to get down there at least once over the winter to visit them. I mentioned that I love MB, right? It must be great to live there…
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My husband and I visited Myrtle beach one time about 22 years ago…seems not much has changed. IT is tough to live in a vacation destination. We have a bit of that here too, but I think the clientele it a bit different. The women at the grocery store wear their bathing suits, but also a cover-up. shame on ADAM.
Great post.
I would totally try the Christmas pic in the shark jaws.
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I’m so immature that I started cracking up because you wrote blue ball. Ha ha!
I love it. Thanks for the tour. I’ll be sure not to wear a bathing suit at the store when I visit.
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Great photos. It’s always fun to see how others see their town.
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You live smack in the middle of a SC tourist haven, don’t you? Not sure I’d want to put up with out of towners who wear bathing suits to grocery stores, but I know it’s also a beautiful area. Thanks for sharing.
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I triple-dog dare you to climb into the mouth of the shark once you get back from the grocery store in your swimsuit.
What an awesome place to live though!
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But the real pyramids have dead, dried out guys inside them. Does yours?
Oh, wait, it’s a bar. Probably.
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Those are great pics. You are lucky to live in such an interesting place. Thanks for sharing.
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I’m laughing at the blue ball too – what a fun post. It was very, erm, enlightening!
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I made my first journey to your town this summer and ate burgers at the pyramid… what a wonderfully odd place to call home.
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Great write! I love the photos… and you always make me smile.
I live on Myrtle street in Laguna Beach. I’m sure that’s the only similarity! LOL
Fun Fun!
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So basically Myrtle Beach is Orlando by the sea? I never realized it had so much of the touristy stuff (the Hard Rock, Planet Hollywood, Ripleys). When you were younger and/or drunk, did you ever want to go in one of those places and have fun with the tourists (like punk them or pretend to be an obnoxious parody of them)?
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It does look like it’s sticking its tongue out at you!
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Great pictures. The shark is kind of terrifying though. We’ve been wanting to go to MB for a while. Looks like a great family vacation spot.
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For some reason, it’s the lighthouse at Margaritaville that gets me.
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Photos are sensational and the text is just right. Particularly like the pyramid- believe me, the real thing is about as commercial as you can get (absent neon), only the hawkers are on camels and they don’t give up!
This is a great idea, I’d like to get in on this. Wait till you Sundays in my neighborhood, LOL.
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Funny pictures! I loved your descriptions. It must be interesting to live in a place where many people vacation.
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What a great place to call home
We don’t have pyramids in the Netherlands but you probably already knew that.
Thanks for sharing!
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I’m relieved that Margaritaville is preventing shipwrecks. So many land-based restaurants shirk that responsibility.
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