The Sanibel Island Spring Festival is Here!

I absolutely love this time of year!

Easter, although a bit early this year, always represents a sort of renewal for me, letting me know that spring is well on its way and that a new page is about to be turned over.

The Spring Festival is coming up next Saturday, April 3rd, at Sanibel City Park and, as always, promises to be full of fun for families, as the children get to indulge in Easter egg hunts, pony rides, a bounce house, face painting and, of course, a photo with the Easter Bunny!

Your $10 armband allows access to all of the day’s activities with the proceeds going to the non-profit, Children’s Education Center of the Islands.

So, mark your calendars now to be sure not to miss this Annual Sanibel Community Celebration…

You can read more about the details over at the Island Sun:  Spring Festival is Next Weekend!

Hope to see you there!

Have a great “short” week ,

Sandy and Rob

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Sneak Some Website Search Tips on Captiva Island

Hey guys,

This post is a little out of left field, but not really.

I wanted to make you aware of a pretty nifty conference coming to Captiva Island in about a month and I wanted to give you time to think about either registering yourself or strategizing on exactly how to meet the people who actually do register and attend and “sneaking” some really great tips out of them (maybe at the hotel bar or even just out and about around Captiva over this weekend 🙂 ).

The conference is the Search Insider Summit to be held at the South Seas Resort on Captiva Island from April 14-17 and it will bring some of the brightest minds in web business to our fair islands.

Now, I will warn you that anyone can attend, however it’s pretty darn expensive at $2500 per person!

But, if you have a business (and let’s face it, most of us do!) and you are looking for more customers to therefore, make more money (let’s face it, most of us want that!) then there may be an opportunity to meet some people “in passing” and chat about what they do and explain your business and what your website goals are, and get some good ideas…

Hey, it’s a thought…

I know it may be a bit too “techy” to attend, but it’s never too late to learn something new to help you get more business and customers via your website…

I’m still contemplating whether to attend or not… actually snagging some tips over conversation and a drink at the South Seas hotel bar sounds like a lot more fun!  😉

Either way, a toast to all of our websites and web businesses!

Have a great week,

Sandy and Rob

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Captiva and Sanibel Voted #8 on Barron’s List of Building a Second Home

Ok, take it for what it’s worth, but it seems that Barron’s magazine has voted us into the Top 10 locations in the U.S. for building a second home.

It quotes our median home price as being $3.5 million, but that seems a bit high for me, especially working directly with homeowners every day, and the likes of a home in that price range are few and far between.

I’m going to check our MLS numbers this week and update this post with our actual numbers, but I would probably say off the top of my head that our median home price on the Islands is more around $1-$1.5 million of late.  We’ve seen a few for more than that price range, but the median range is probably somewhere in there.

So, I guess we’re in the right spot for the future, if people should want to come and build/invest here…  but, then again, we already knew that, right?  🙂

So, have a super weekend and we’ll catch up with you next week!

Sandy and Rob

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The 2010 Sanibel Music Festival Has Begun!

Once again, outstanding classical music has made its way to our beautiful Sanibel Island.

The 24th Annual Sanibel Music Festival, which runs throughout March on Tuesday and Saturday nights, will bring to us this year, yet another amazing group of artists.

All concerts begin at 8pm sharp at the Sanibel Congregational Church at 2050 Periwinkle Way and will cost $30 per person until the final week, when prices will go up to $40 per person.

The  2010 Program is as follows:

• Tuesday, March 2 – Borealis String Quartet
• Saturday, March 6 – American Chamber Players with Guest Violinist Janet Sung
• Tuesday, March 9 – the Boston Trio
• Saturday, March 13 – Escher String Quartet with Wu Han, Piano
• Tuesday, March 16 – Cliburn Piano Competition Silver Medalist Yeol Eum Son
• Saturday, March 20 – St. Lawrence String Quartet with Pedja Muzijevic, Piano
• Tuesday, March 23 – Opera Theater of Connecticut

You can read all about the details at their official website or the well-written article over at CaptivaSanibel.com

Hope to see you all there!

Have a great weekend,

Sandy and Rob

p.s.  SanCap One Source Realty