“I grew up in southwestern Virginia. I was born in South Carolina, but only because my parents had a vacation cabin or something there on the beach. I was like a summer baby. But I did grow up in the South. I grew up in serious, serious Appalachia, in a very small town.” GrowsParentBornGrowing UpSeriousBabyGrewSummerGrew UpTownsSouthBeachVacationSmall TownVirginiaCarolinaCabinsSouth CarolinaAppalachia Author:William Gibson
“Our family life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich, and we had the advantage of their wonderful community, with great beaches and beautiful parks.” BeautifulCommunityWonderfulFiguresNormalAdvantageTownsBeachOur FamilyParksFamily LifeUpside DownSkatingFigure SkatingConnecticutOur TownGreenwichRiverside Author:Dorothy Hamill
“Port Talbot is a steel town, where everything is covered with gray iron ore dust. Even the beach is completely littered with dust, it's just black. The sun was setting, and it was quite beautiful. The contrast was extraordinary, I had this image of a guy sitting there on this dingy beach with a portable radio, tuning in these strange Latin escapist songs like 'Brazil.' The music transported him somehow and made his world less gray.” WorldMadeBeautifulGuySongBlackSunStrangeSittingTownsExtraordinaryRadioSettingSettingsDustBeachIronLatinCoveredGrayContrastSteelPortBrazilTuningEscapistsIron Ore Author:Terry Gilliam
“Heather Lende's small town is populated with big hearts--she finds them on the beach, walking her granddaughters, in the stories of ordinary peoples' lives, and knits them into unforgettable tales. Find the Good is a treasure.” HeartStoriesBigsWalkingOrdinaryTownsTreasureTalesBeachSmall TownOrdinary PeopleUnforgettableGranddaughterBig HeartHeathers Author:Jo-Ann Mapson
“Sanford is a little redneck town north of Orlando. It's right off Lake Jessup.Lake Jessup is the most alligator infested lake in the United States and I live literally 5/10ths of a mile north of that lake right off the swamp down here. I've lived here since '94. When I left Nebraska my dad got a job at a private Christian school in West Palm Beach. People will say "You're not really a country boy. You're from Palm Beach, Florida." Well, I moved to West Palm Beach, FL which is a far cry from Palm Beach, FL. There's a reason it's called West Palm Beach.” PeopleWellsLittlesCountryStatesReasonSchoolChristianJobsLeftUnitedBoysUnited StatesCryDadTownsMovedWestMy DadMilesBeachLakesFloridaPalmsRedneckSwampsAlligatorsNebraskaOrlandoCountry BoyChristian SchoolsPalm Beach Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“I always wrote about girls that went to the beach and had that summer that changed everything. So I was interested in what it would be like to live in a tourist town where everyone has these life changing experiences, but your whole life is there.” WholeWould BeLife IsGirlChangedSummerTownsWhole LifeBeachLife ChangingTouristsLife Changing Experience Author:Sarah Dessen
“My great love is my home county of Cornwall, I love to sit and watch people enjoying themselves on the beaches and in the harbour towns of Cornwall.” PeopleHomeEnjoyLove IsWatchesTownsBeachGreat LoveCountyHarbourOur TownCornwall Author:John Dyer
“I didn't want to have to call a cab if I went to the supermarket. So I eventually got a bike, just a beach cruiser, and I rode that thing all over town. I rode it everywhere. I rode it in the rain, I rode it as much as I possibly could. Anytime I could afford the independence of the bike, I used the bike.” IfsWantUsedRainTownsIndependenceBeachBikeSupermarketsCab Author:Paul F. Tompkins
“Almost all of "Julie" was shot on location in Carmel, which is a lovely resort town a little south of San Francisco. My co-star was Louis Jourdan, whom I liked very much. An amiable man, very gentle, very much interested in the people around him; we had a good rapport and I found talking to him a joy . . . We would take long walks on the beautiful Carmel beach, chatting by the hour.” PeopleMenLittlesLongBeautifulJoyFoundStarsHoursWalksTalkingShotsTownsSouthLovelyBeachGentleLocationResortsSan FranciscoAmiableRapportChattingLong WalksTalking To Him Author:Doris Day
“My favorite place in L.A. is Manhattan Beach. It's an intimate, friendly little beachside city within a city-smaller than most of its neighbors, so it reminds me of a British seaside resort. If my three teenage sons are in town, we'll play some cricket on the flat, hard sand where the water breaks, just to really confuse the locals!” IfsLittlesHardPlayThreeWaterCitiesBreakSonTownsMy FavoriteBritishNeighborLocalsBeachIntimateSandFriendlyFlatsTeenageCricketResortsManhattanFavorite Places Author:Piers Morgan
“Well, when it comes to inspiration, I come from San Diego originally - it's an un-media-hyped, sleepy sort of town, big on beach culture you know?” KnowsWellsBigsInspirationCultureMediaTownsBeachSleepySan Diego Author:Gary Jules
“I've got two dogs - one's a Jack Russell and she's one year old now, and I've got another dog called Kanga, and I got him from a rescue shelter, and there's nothing I enjoy more than just walking them on the beach in Cape Town. I find that very destressing and very relaxing.” YearsTwoEnjoyDogWalkingTownsBeachRescueShelterCapesTwo DogsCape Town Author:Lewis Pugh
“Cape Town's beaches are superb and while the water on the Atlantic side is damn cold, it's very pleasant on the other side. Bring your golf clubs if you play - Cape Town has some fabulous golf courses.” IfsPlayCoursesSidesWaterColdTownsGolfClubsBeachDamnPleasantFabulousGolf CourseSuperbCapesGolf ClubsCape Town Author:Wilbur Smith
“But my husband came from a small town and hardworking parents like I did, and I don't think we've lost that mind-set. We don't have a bowling alley in our basement. We don't have houses on the beach and one in New York and one in L.A.” ThinkingMindHouseLostParentNew YorkHusbandTownsBeachMy HusbandSmall TownAlleysBasementsMind SetHardworkingBowlingBowling Alleys Author:Carrie Underwood
“The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad, beach and concrete, the familiar and the unknown, big talkers and small towns.” NeedsRealBigsTownsFamiliarBeachBeing RealConcreteSmall TownGood And BadTalkersReal You Book:The Moon and More Source: The Moon and More
“When a fissure off the California coast started pumping and dumping oil on the nearby towns and beaches, everybody started dumping on Union Oil. Matters weren't helped one iota by a manufactured quotation attributed to Union's president, Fred Hartley, alleging his amazement at the publicity for the loss of a few birds.... Fred Hartley never said what the press reported, as the transcript and the Senate committee members definitely established. But I don't suppose the truth will ever catch up with the more colorful falsehood.” SaidMatterPresidentNatureLossMembersBirdTownsPressesUnionsOilBeachCaliforniaSenateFalsehoodCommitteesQuotationsCoastPublicityColorfulAmazementCalifornia Coast Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains; another, a moonlit beach; a third, a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth.” LoveYearsMemoriesVisionLandChildhoodMinesSweetMountainSummerMassThirdsTownsMadComplexesDinnerSmellBeachMemorableUnexpectedLakesLeapPotScentFleetingPotatoesOur MemoriesAugustMomentaryPoignantMyrtleFamily DinnerSweet PotatoesSweet Memories Author:Diane Ackerman
“My only failure was the restaurant in Myrtle Beach. I kept it open for four years. It was in a tourist town, it was only busy four and half, five months of the year. But the bills kept coming all year.” YearsHalfFiveFourMonthsTownsBillsBusyBeachRestaurantsFour YearsTouristsTourismMyrtleMonths Of The Year Author:Mickey Gilley