Our Beach House is available – for Thursday (12/30) and Friday (12/31) nights. Weather forecast: highs of 68-71 degrees and SUNNY. Chilly nights so you can enjoy the fireplace inside. Don’t forget the fireworks on New Year’s Eve – what a great place to enjoy them!

Kick off 2011 in seaside style at the Beach Blastoff in the City of St. Augustine Beach! Enjoy a blast of flavor, icy sculptures, and fireworks when several of St. Augustine‘s favorite restaurants serve up chili for tasting and judging at the Fire and Ice Chili Cook-off from 4 to 8 p.m. After things cool

SATURDAY, DEC. 11 REGATTA OF LIGHTS Beginning at 6 p.m., a holiday parade of boats including sailboats, trawlers, shrimp boats, and many other vessels featuring brilliant lighted displays ranging from patriotic to whimsical will light up St. Augustine’s Matanzas Bay between the Bridge of Lions and Castillo de San Marcos. Awards will be made for

13th ANNUAL GREEK FESTIVAL * FRI SAT SUN * OCT 8-10 Everyone can be Greek for the weekend at the 13th Annual Greek Festival hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church from 4 to 9 p.m. on Friday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday at Francis Field

HAPPY 445TH BIRTHDAY, ST. AUGUSTINE! YOU DON’T LOOK A DAY OVER 400!

‘Nuff said!

ST. AUGUSTINE GARRISON AT FORT MOSE Experience living history demonstrations conducted by authentic 18th century colonial Spanish re-enactors from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. at Fort Mose State Park located at 15 Fort Mose Trail in St. Augustine. Admission is $4 per vehicle or $2 for pedestrians or bicyclists. For more information, call 904.823.2232 or

ST. AUGUSTINE CRUISERS: CARS OF YESTERYEARSee classic cars and street-rods on display from 5 to 8 p.m. Enjoy music, door prizes and plenty of fun activities in the parking lot of the Ponce de Leon Mall, located on US 1 South of SR 312 in St. Augustine. For more information, call 904.940.8819. HAWKS UP CLOSESpend

Stay during August or September: * Reserve a two-night midweek stay (Sunday through Thursday), pay full price for the 1st night, and the 2nd night is HALF-PRICE!* Stay during the same period for three nights, pay full price for the first 2 nights, and the 3rd night is FREE! Cannot be combined with any other

If you’re in Northeast Florida the answer is probably “no”, but we’re curious to see if any of you “out there” have seen the RED COUCH ads currently being run by our Visitors and Convention Bureau for St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches. We posted a Red Couch Ad from YouTube a couple days