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Your Weekend List: 🎈A local to know, 🍴Myrtle Beach Restaurant Week + 🚗 plan your next SC roadtrip

The Grand Strand List for 1/19/24

January 18, 2024

Here’s your weekend list, Grand Strand community!

LOCALS TO KNOW: Kimberly with POP + Glam Balloon Company

What is POP + Glam Balloon Company?
I am balloon decorator/designer/artist. My specialty is organic balloon garland, but I offer a wide variety of balloon decor. 

How did you get into balloon designs? This is a very long story! But I guess I’ll try to shorten it. My husband and I took a leap of faith and left everything we know hoping for a calmer, less stressful life that allowed us more time together as a family. We are both in healthcare, at the time, in fast paced stressful jobs working 60+ hours a week. We decided it was enough! I quit my job and took some time off, enjoying my young boys. But I was quickly bored! The boys‘ birthdays came and while looking for decorations, I found some really cute balloon designs. I didn’t even know balloon designers/artists were a thing - I always bought balloons at the party store! I thought - “I can make that!”…and I sure could. It just took off from there.

Why do you love it? I love seeing people happy, and balloons are fun! 

“I take my work very seriously. I would never provide a client with a product I wouldn’t want for my own party. I do my best to meet or exceed expectations, every time.”

Kimberly



How long have you lived in the Grand Strand? 1.5 years. We took a chance hoping for a better life ❤️

Where are some of your favorite places to spend the day in the Grand Strand? Cherry Grove Beach, Huntington Beach State Park

What’s your favorite local hidden gem? The beach all the way at the end of Cherry Grove that you access by the tree covered walkway. If we are talking food, Capriccio’s 

Go to restaurant to meet a friend for lunch: Sneaky Beagle

Favorite spot for a fancier dinner? Frank’s 

What’s a cool local business you’d like to recommend to others? Ash Hoffman Jewelry and Studio 77

Where is your favorite place to shop? Amazon 😜 - probably Target, love Bullseyes Playground

When you have out of town friends visiting, where do you like to take them? Barefoot Landing, Tortuga Island

a POP + Glam Balloon Company Creation!

📆 WEEKEND EVENTS

🍴SeaBlue Restaurant & Wine Bar is offering a $49 prix-fixe menu in January

💪 Trying to stick to your New Years Resolutions health goal? Get a health coach + join the Y if you’re trying to create healthy habits this year. Did you know there are three locations? You can work out in Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island, and Georgetown!

Thursday, Jan. 18

  • Josh Brannon Band at Dead Dog Saloon (check out all live music at MyrtleLive.com)

Friday, Jan. 19

Saturday, Jan. 20

Sunday, Jan. 21

Coming up

Make your reservations now!

More things to do

3 Excuses for a Roadtrip

Here are some cool events happening in the next few months!

Southeastern Wildlife Exposition

Hilton Head Wine and Food Festival

  • What: An annual event showcasing many of the world's premier wines while shining a light on the Lowcountry's unique and thriving food scene.

  • When: March 24 - 30

  • Where: Hilton Head

  • The main event:The festival’s largest event is the Public Tasting at Lowcountry Celebration Park on March 30!  There will be 250+ wines, spirits and craft beer available for tasting from all over the world. In addition, see chefs in action at the Sysco Outdoor Gourmet Challenge and enjoy live entertainment.

  • Learn more: HiltonHeadWineandFood.com

Drink Pink RosĂŠ Festival

  • What: The Southeast's largest RosĂŠ Festival. Drink Pink RosĂŠ is dedicated to great wine, delicious food and music. Guests will enjoy sipping an assortment of fabulous rosĂŠ wines, while savoring the delicious food of chef Kristian Niemi!

  • When: May 19

  • Where: Hampton Preston Mansion and Gardens in Columbia

  • Learn more: F2TProductions.com

Do you sleep in socks?

Apparently, it’s pretty controversial!

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It might seem socks would make you too toasty. But counterintuitively, researchers say, socks help lower core temperatures, a process that assists sleep.

Chilly feet can raise the temperature by sending more blood, and heat, to core areas, according to the Cleveland Clinic, which explains: “So, what does adding in a fluffy pair of socks do? Those cuddly duds warm your feet, relaxing and widening blood vessels that constricted while cold. This improved blood circulation in your overall body helps release more heat through your skin.”

via “‘If You Sleep in Socks You’re a Psychopath.’ Health Tip Kicks Up Controversy”Wall Street Journal

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