Plenty of Sun, Lots of Fun: Perfect Days in Myrtle Beach
Since our accommodation was a Studio, we ate out one meal, maybe two meals a day. Every evening, we ate at Gordon Biersch. I probably should inject more diversity in my life, but I wanted to try every item on their happy hour menu, and sample every specialty beer, with their one dollar happy hour discount. It was all delicious; especially the Asian Shrimp and the Middle-Eastern Tapas. - a rousing complement to the beer.
Market Commons is about 2 miles from the South Beach Timeshare Resort, and is a welcome change from the salt and the sand. View along one the streets of the mixed-use development: Above. The scenic Farrow Parkway, connecting Hwy. 17 business with Hwy. 17 bypass is named for Lt. William Glover Farrow. The entire development, along with other residential subdivisions, the Crabtree Gym recreation area, and other new commercial developments in contained within what was the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base. This huge tract of land was sold to the City of Myrtle Beach and other developers when the U.S. Department of Defense closed the base in the early 1990's. Market Commons has named all of their streets and common spaces for the U.S. Air Force heroes that have served this great nation. Read the plaque dedicated to Lt. Farrow to understand developers' patriotic motives: Below #1, the building housing Gordon Biersch - below #2.
Before we left Myrtle Beach late that evening, we visited the Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum to witness an expression of Gullah art through quilts made by the natives of the far eastern island of South Carolina. These many quilts hanging throughout the seaside, first floor galleries of the art center exhibited the resourcefulness of the low income people of that region that have traditionally used what was available to construct the perfect apparatus to their families warm at night. The last quilt handed down to me by my great aunt, Hallie Cutler, was used up a few years ago. Man, we loved that quilt. Today it would be considered art.
The Gullah quilts are a colorful representation of resorcefulness. Loretta Bennett completed this denim inspired quilt: Above. Rita Mae Pettway sewed these pastel patterns to achieve this colorful quilt: Below.
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