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Dear Drift,
If I eat a lot of fish tacos etc., will it make my moustache grow longer and faster?
– Love, Jay S. (more…)

By Chris Bodor

Written words flowing like a babbling brook – from head, to hand, to pen, to notebook during my Monday morning lunch break. (more…)

Drift’s Guide to the World Cup
By Staff

It’s so ON. World Cup is here. Doesn’t matter whether you like soccer or not – the World Cup is an easy deal to get behind. Pick your favorite country that’s playing, go to a bar that’s showing the game on TV, scream your head off when your team puts the round ball in the other team’s net. (more…)

Seven stories about Mark Parrish
Photos and words - Rachel Bardin

How I met Mark Parrish
My friend is working as a census enumerator in Crescent Beach and on his last stop one day, this guy, Mark Parrish, invites him in for a beer or three. Mark tells him about an art show he’s having at Genung’s fish camp. I met Mark at the show. (more…)

By Nick McGregor
Photo by Jimmicane/Surfing Magazine

Drift interviewed Oldest City surfing hero Gabe Kling last summer, but a lot has changed since then. He underwent surgery in October to repair a debilitating torn ligament in his ankle. He aced his first ASP World Tour heat back in the water at Pipeline in December. He narrowly missed out on getting a coveted injury wildcard that would have given him another shot at the Tour. (more…)

Make your own jorts. Volunteer. Bring back the 90s, Part I — Saved By The Bell party. Bodysurf naked. That’s right, our 3rd annual list of things to do to make it a perfect summer is back!

And that means this is our 3rd annual plea for you to send us photos and stories of you actually pulling this stuff off. We’ll publish everything we can. Even the naked stuff.

Also this month:
* Drift’s Guide to the World Cup
* Seven stories about local artist Mark Parrish
* The Eat Sheet: What to cook this summer
* Local surf star Gabe Kling on the greatest win of his career

Blood Red Box
By Kyle Turner

This is the last thought I will ever have. (more…)

Every month, the Drift staff will answer your questions about life. No subject is taboo: work sex, love, burritos, music, movies, etiquette, whatever. You ask, we answer.

Have a question? E-mail us at editor@surfthedrift.com.

My boyfriend has a bit of a jealousy problem. Recently, I found out he’s been snooping through my e-mail account. I don’t think I’ve given him any reason to be jealous, and when I confronted him about it, he said he “was just curious” and he hasn’t acted mad at me. Still, I feel violated. I’m afraid to bring it up again because I really like him, but I kinda feel like I need to. Any advice?
– Amy (more…)

By Travis Hill

Is Casey O’Connell the Oldest City’s prodigal daughter?

It’s too early to tell – her story is nowhere near complete. For now, she’s just happy to be here.

“I love it,” said the Flagler College graduate turned renowned painter. “I never realized how special this place was.”

O’Connell has been back in St. Augustine for just about two months. But she is settling in more easily than she expected. She found an incredible apartment on the island with a panoramic view of the ocean. It’s doubling as her studio, which has three paintings nearly complete, a fourth on the way and a giant, smiling blue whale on the wall. (more…)

By Shannon McGregor

Cotton Jones brings together Page France alum Michael Nau and Whitney McGraw. Under this moniker, they make sun-drenched folk music, laced with glimmers of their rural childhood in Cumberland, Md. Their album, Paranoid Cocoon, finds these two harmonizing their way through a road-weary wanderlust – they’ve lived anywhere from Michigan to Georgia while not touring the country. Cotton Jones makes a pit stop at Café 11 on May 21. While Nau didn’t spill the beans on the true marriage of these lovely crooners, he did wax poetic about communal songwriting, touring’s alternate reality and bad Christian music. (more…)