Siesta Key Beach 
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Siesta Key Sandcastle Competition on Siesta Key Beach
Friday, November 18th, 2011 at 3:07pm. 215 Views, 0 Comments.
Siesta Key Sandcastle Competition
This past weekend was the 2nd annual Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Contest, held on the world famous #1 rated Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota, Florida. Siesta Key Beach was recently chosen as the #1 Beach in America by Dr. Stephen Leatherman (a.k.a.) Dr. Beach. Dr. Leatherman is the Director of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research.
This has become an annual organized event with thousands of spectators coming in to watch professional sand sculptors show off their trade with proceeds benefiting sea turtle research, conservation and rehabilitation programs at the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium located in Sarasota. What a great event this has become with live music on…
Lego Man Arrives on Siesta Key Beach
Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 11:15am. 333 Views, 0 Comments.
Lego Man arrived on Siesta Key Beach on Tuesday. Jeff Hindman was walking on Siesta Key Beach this past Tuesday at about 7am and came upon this giant brightly colored Lego Man. 
As reported by our local news paper the Sarasota Herald Tribune, Lego Man is about 8 feet tall and weighs about 100 lbs. and made of fiberglass. Lego Man has the words No Real Than You Are on his front shirt and “Ego Leonard” and the number 8 on the back of his shirt. Ego Leonard is the reported name of an artist in the Netherlands. An email was sent to the artist and the response was,
“I am glad I crossed over. Nice weather here and friendly people. I think I am gonna stay here for a while. A local sheriff escorted me to my new home.”
Photo by Jeff Hindman, who found Lego…
Siesta Key Sunsets
Thursday, June 16th, 2011 at 12:27pm. 151 Views, 0 Comments.
Siesta Key Sunsets
Siesta Key Sunsets are spectacular. We often enjoy going for long walks on the beach of Siesta Key and having Siesta Key on the west coast of Florida gives us breathtaking water sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico. Every time we are walking on the beach of Siesta Key you see rows and rows of people taking sunset pictures with their iphones, droids, small cameras, and very expensive large cameras on tri-pods. Siesta Key beach at sunset has become a very popular site for taking family pictures and for sunset weddings.
Enjoy some of the latest pictures that I have taken of sunsets on Siesta Key.
If you are thinking that you may want to enjoy this style of living on Siesta Key perhaps you would be interested in owning a piece of Siesta…
Siesta Key Beach ranked #1 in the Nation by Dr. Beach
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 at 3:35pm. 193 Views, 0 Comments.
Siesta Key Beach ranked #1 in the Nation by Dr. Beach.
Siesta Key Beach has been given the Number One spot by Dr. Stephen Leatherman a.k.a. "Dr. Beach" The residents of Sarasota knew this all the time. Now the whole world also knows! The following article appear in the Sarasota Herald Tribune, written by Tom Becnel.
"By TOM BECNEL
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 5:22 p.m.
SARASOTA - The powdery white shoreline of Siesta Key just got the ultimate seal of approval from “Dr. Beach.”
DR. BEACH'S TOP 10 U.S. BEACHES
1. Siesta Beach in Sarasota;
2. San Diego's Coronado Beach;
3. No. 3 was Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii.
4, Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y.;
5, Cape Hatteras in North Carolina;
6, St. George Island State Park, Florida Panhandle;
7,…
Siesta Key Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition
Friday, October 29th, 2010 at 10:34am. 2506 Views, 0 Comments.
Siesta Key Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition – The Siesta Key Crystal Classic
The Siesta Key Crystal classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition November 18th to the 21st. Siesta Key Beach in partnership with Mote Marine, The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, Sand Lubbers, and Sarasota County is proud to announce the 1st annual Crystal Classic Master Sand Sans Sculpting contest with over $25,000 in prize money. The proceeds from this event will go to benefit the Mote Marine’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research program.
Siesta Key Beach has been consistently ranked as either the #1 or #2 best beach in the United Sates by “Dr. Beach” aka Dr. Stephen Leatherman. Siesta Key Beach located on the barrier Island…
Sandcastles on Siesta Key Beach
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at 10:17am. 2766 Views, 2 Comments.
Sandcastles on Siesta Key Beach
This past Saturday on Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota, Florida was the annual sandcastles contest. Every year they have an organized contest.
As you can see from these pictures this is no ordinary beach sand. Siesta Key Beach is consistently ranked among the best beaches in America year after year by Dr. Beach. The sand on Siesta Key is 99% quartz which makes it very white – very smooth – very fine and very cool even on the hottest of summer days. Because of the quartz make up of the sand it is very fine and stays together making it the optimum conditions for building any sort of sand design.
Siesta Key beach is on the west side of the barrier island of Siesta Key located in Sarasota, Florida. The beach faces the Gulf…
Siesta Key Beach ranked Second in America by Dr. Beach
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 4:07pm. 1700 Views, 1 Comments.
Another great reason why to live and work in Sarasota, Florida. Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman aka “Dr. Beach” has just ranked the top 10 beaches in America and Siesta Key Beach has posted #2 just after Hanalei Bay in Kauai, Hawaii. Dr. Beach called Siesta Key Beach, “Some of the finest, whitest sand in the world. Siesta Beach has clean, warm waters that serve for ideal swimming.”
After having lived in Sarasota over the past 10 years and having formally lived in New England and growing up on the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard I couldn’t agree more with the good Doctor. The beach sand consists of a white quartz powdery form that stays cool even on the hottest of days. It is like walking on cool white sugar. The beach itself is hundreds of yards wide and runs…