Is this the view you're looking for while you're on vacation? Something really close to the ocean so that you can scamper down and get your feet wet any time you want? Well, we have it waiting for you, here at the Grande Shores!
For the past several months, school-aged children, indeed children of all ages, have been counting down to the day when their summer vacations can begin. Freedom of movement! Bare feet in sand and surf! Relaxation from the sun's warmth!
Those who planned their vacations back in winter are arriving now with their beach blankets, umbrellas, and inflatables, ready to have the experience that they longed for all during the cold months. Others booking for later in the summer, perhaps to enjoy Fourth of July here at Grande Shores, can't wait! We know this from reading the comments in Facebook!
Have you made plans yet for the 4th? Consider spending it at oceanfront, cool beverage in hand, soft sea breezes wafting in over your gently bronzing body that feels absolutely rested in a horizontal position by the pool. We have the fun, sun, fireworks, food, and much more, so give us a call to line up something delightful for 4th of July, 2010, or perhaps for later in the summer, maybe even after Labor Day! Our warm weather is beach-quality well into October!
Insider's secret here at Grande Shores: come see our palm tree outdoor shower! More about this later in this newsletter.
Your Friends at Grande Shores Resort
What Do You Think of Our New Booking System
We would like to hear what you think of the new online booking system that allows our guests to select their preferred dates to come to the beach. Between the previous one and this new one, which system do you prefer?
Send your response to sue.duncan@mbseasideresorts.com and be sure to put "Grande Shores" in the subject line.
Your Golf Vacation at Grande Shores
Your golf adventure takes on new dimensions here along the Grand Strand when you play our Glens Group. The courses in this package offer a range of challenges and experiences: Glen Dornoch, Heather Glen, Shaftesbury Glen and Possum Trot. Each offers a distinctive Scottish links look and feel.
The "Glens" package exposes you to the less traditional course layouts found in most areas. The natural landscape and beauty of our Southern environment have been incorporated into the elements of play for each hole.
Save money when you select the Glens Group. The package includes 3 rounds of golf on the "Glens" courses of your choice (cart included), your accommodations from (based on 4 occupancy in a 3-bedroom condo), and breakfast.
Travel Guard Travel Insurance
Grande Shores invites you to protect your vacation investment through our new opportunity called Travel Guard. For more details, click here or contact Reservations.
Grande Shores' People in Action
We want to introduce you to some of our newest additions, some for the summer months and others to stay on through the fall.
- Summer Front Desk Interns: Iris, Jonathan, and Talisa ~ Iris Hendricks (left) from Venlo, Limburg, The Netherlands. Jonathan Kuester (center) from Washington, IL. Talisa Le Conte (right) from Zeeland, Middleburg, The Netherlands. These eager young business people are studying the hospitality industry through their respective degree programs at universities and hope to have permanent positions some day, preferably near a beach. In the meantime, they are enjoying all that Grande Shores and the Grand Strand has to offer.
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Meet Krisimir Enev from Bulgaria, now in his third summer working with the Grande Shores' Food and Beverage team. Last year he decided to work in Greece, but memories of Myrtle Beach lingered so strongly with him that he contacted us for a return this summer, 2010. We're so glad he did because he is very friendly and congenial with our guests, enjoying conversations about Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand. Feel free to stop by the pool bar and the Shoreline Café where you might find him working to make our guests' stays extra special. He will also be involved when we have special functions and banquets. His easy-going manner and loyalty to Grande Shores make him a delightful team member here at the Resort.
Myrtle Beach Seaside Resorts' Heart Walk
Heart Walk is the American Heart Association's premier fund raising event to combat heart disease. As the largest provider of funds for research than any other voluntary health organization in the country, the AHA hopes to exceed the one million walkers of previous events in a goal to save lives from America's #1 and #3 killers - heart disease and stroke.
Myrtle Beach Seaside Resorts is participating in Heart Walk through team organization by departments across our sister properties. The names of the teams are as follows:
- STRESS FREE - Upper Management/Administration
- FRIENDLY BETABLOCKERS - Food and Beverages
- KEEP ON TICKING - Front Desks / Reservations
- HEART CLEANERS - Housekeeping
- THE TRANSPLANTS - Maintenance
With an overall goal of raising $3,000 by the October 16th walk, participants are busy organizing their teams and accepting donations on their behalf for the walk. Look for more on this effort in coming newsletters.
Featured Recipe - Fantastic Tuna Salad
Tuna salad that serves 8 usually makes enough for lunch, but this recipe is so tasty that the entire amount might disappear with fewer people around the table. Only 205 calories per serving, too.
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 1 (12 ounce) can white tuna
- 1 (6 ounce) can crabmeat, shredded
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon sour cream
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed
- 1/8 teaspoon lemon pepper
- 2 tablespoons dill pickle relish
- 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
- 3/4 cup finely chopped onion
Directions:
- Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop finely.
- In a mixing bowl, combine tuna, crabmeat, mayonnaise, sour cream and mustard. Stir in chopped egg, dill weed, lemon pepper, dill and sweet relish and chopped onion. Mix thoroughly. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Serving options include on crackers, with sliced and toasted French bread, on a layer of salad greens, or stuffed into half of a tomato (scooped out). Be sure to refrigerate the final concoction, especially in our summer's heat.
Groups at Grande Shores:
Thank you to the following groups staying with us over the past month:
- The Black Family Vacation
- Lowrance Middle School
- Captain's Travel
- Lambry Family Reunion
- Moschak / Fiut Wedding Guests
- Dudley Family Reunion
- Lovelace Family Reunion
- Olentangy Warriors
- Boone Family Reunion
- Lion of Judah Cathedral of Praise
- Carter/Clements Wedding Guests
- Daughters of Doretha
- Franklin Heat Baseball Team
- Carolina Tigers
- Hebron Angels
Space plus location - just the right combination for a group meeting or fun time getting together. Our Group Sales Department can help you explore the possibilities. Call at 843.417.5510. Our meeting rooms come in various sizes and shapes to meet your needs:
- Conference Room A 532 square feet
- Conference Room B 520 square feet
- Conference Room C 529 square feet
- Combined A and B 1,061 square feet
- Combined B and C 1,057 square feet
- Combined, A, B, and C 1,598 square feet
Our experts in the Group Sales Office can help you design what you need. We're here for you, and Grande Shores is the right place for your perfect event!
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Guest Comments
This was the best place I have ever stayed at Myrtle Beach. The room was great, and the staff [members] were excellent and friendly. Anyone not staying here is missing out !
Email on Grande Shores quality control system from the Inman family, 05.31.2010
I liked the pools at this hotel. We went before Memorial Day, and it was not at all crowded. I like the location of the hotel.
Email on TripAdvisor.com from "adj75" on 06.02.2010.
I really loved our stay. My mother is disabled, and we were able to park very near our room. My 4-year-old daughter loved the beach access and the pools. My spouse and I snuck off and had a moonlight stroll on the beach. We were close to everything, but not overcrowded by people. We all couldn't have had a better time.
Email on Priceline.com from "Wendy" from Weaverville, NC, 05.26.2010.
Just home from a great week at Grande Shores. The 3 bedroom unit we had was awesome. I highly recommend this place.
Email on Facebook.com from "Linda," 05.23.2010.
Fun Facts
Here are just a few of the noteables in South Carolina's Who's Who:
- Though not born in this state, Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist known mostly for southwest Americana, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and later received a degree from Columbia University in South Carolina.
- Actress Andie McDowell was born in Gaffney, SC.
- Vanna White, television personality, hails from North Myrtle Beach.
- Jeezy (given name Jay Jenkins), a rap/hiphop performer, was born in 1977 in Columbia, SC.
- Now in his second term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke graduated from high school in Dillon, SC, in 1971.
According to a recent study, regular coffee drinkers gradually feel less energy from their caffeine intake with each day of coffee. Have you noticed that your morning coffee just doesn't perk you up as it once did? You're right. Your body's withdrawal from caffeine during the overnight hours prevents you from being pepped with the morning cup(s) of coffee. You are just less fatigued, not energized.
There are 1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S. What will become of all that with the trend to wifi?
There are 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail delivered each year in the U.S. What will become of that as we move into the age of G4, email, texting, wifi, cell phones, and super-electronics not yet out on the public domain.
The floating Ivory soap bar came about accidently. Its producers over-mixed the soap formula, causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote in, describing how much they loved that the soap's bouyancy. The soap has floated ever since.
The average American drinks about 600 sodas a year. If a 20-ounce soda contains 200-320 calories, then 600 of them contains 120,000 to 192,000 calories a year. A pound of fat is equal to 3,500 calories, so from soda alone that's approximately 35 pounds of added fat for the average soda drinker for a given year.
For weight loss, consuming just 175 fewer calories per day means a loss of 1 pound every 20 days.
Weight loss is hard, but when we gain control of our diet and exercise balance, then we can work on the consumption of the 35,000 cookies that some statistician said we eat in a lifetime. No word on whether those were chocolate chip or oatmeal, though.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after the movie characters Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's famous film "Its A Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart.
The English language is one of the more difficult languages to learn. Here is one example of why. How do you pronounce "ough" as in "rough"? Actually, those same letters can be pronounced 9 different ways:
"A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
Local Events Calendar
We have the beach, the sun, and the sand for you to relax from your many activities and adventures around the Grand Strand. Check here for some of the coming events: Click here.
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