Oct. 31 - Halloween costume bash: Join the band The Falling Bones for a costume party starting at 9 p.m. in Scarlett O’Hara’s, 70 Hypolita St., downtown St. Augustine.

Oct. 31 - The Classic Blends Good & Evil Halloween Bash: Papagallos, 300 A1A Beach Blvd. in the St. Augustine beach front resort next to the pier. Costume contests, guest angels from AFM Models, and performances by ATM, DJ-HU, Dipset, TNT Dance Troupe. Call 471-2575 or go to myspace.com/classicblends.

Oct. 31 - Halloween Costume Party: Auggie Doggs, 200 Anastasia Blvd. $1,000 in cash and prizes awarded by crowd applause. Free Witch’s Brew at entrance. $2.00 vaccine shots all night. For more information, call 819.0000.

[ October 20, 2007; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Little Richard is Coming to St. Augustine!
with special guests Falling Bones
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Tickets: $15, $25, $35
Doors: 6pm, Show 8pm

Tickets to Little Richard will go on sale on Saturday, September 22. They can be purchased at the St. Augustine Beach Pier (cash or check only) or on www.ticketmaster.com

There could not have been a Michael Jackson […]

This month, some of the biggest names in burlesque dancing will be in St. Augustine. Well, at least some of their key body parts will be.

As part of the 2007 St. Augustine Art Walk For Breast Cancer, Screen Arts teamed up with Keep A Breast Foundation to bring a special exhibitionist exhibit to the Casa Monica.

Breast Defense will feature plaster busts of women from the Burlesque Hall of Fame painted by artists famous on a local and national scale.

By Paulette Perhach

The man was just a stranger with a smile when Eric Hires bought him a Coke in an Indonesian café.

Eric, 23, of St. Augustine, had been cruising the Indonesian island of Nusa Lembongan on a rented bike during a trip in 2006 with Surf the Nations, a humanitarian surfing organization.

Eric knew he was there to help people, but had no idea at the time to what degree he would change the life of that man with the smile.

The little air bubbles popped and hissed as my fish feet ran into the waves. Alex, my surfing partner and better half, waited on shore a while before starting the fight against the long-arriving swell. He waited for me to get about halfway out, due to my struggle during the intense paddle out the day before. A little north of 11th Street, we sat in awe and anticipation for the next wave. Glassy rollers steamed in. Nearly the whole town was out. Looking toward the pier, I saw a few people on some waves, flailing arms, legs and boards with the white water ready to knock them on the shoulder. The waves had pretty good size, a little overhead on average and then there were some larger sets. Everything was pretty much perfect for a St. Augustine surfer.

At 22, St. Augustine native Jimmy Wilson has already made an indelible mark on the saturated world of surf photography. Skyrocketing from teenage hobbyist to Photo Editor of Eastern Surf Magazine (ESM) in five short years, Jimmy has traveled the world and won an international action photography competition, all before most people graduate from college.

Drift: When and how did you start surfing?

JW: I started when I was about 10 with my sister, Kristin. Our mom would take us down to Crescent Beach, and we competed with each other the whole time.