Happy Little Cottages By The Sea

Cottage Charm, Coastal Calm

Mary Kay Andrews

Dish with MKA at SSS and support MOW, too

Dish with MKA at SSS and support MOW, too! It’s a recipe for a whole casserole of fun and hilarity and you’re the only other ingredient we need!

dish with mka at sss and support mow, too

Well, seeing as Seaside Sisters is the best little shore house on Tybee Island, it’s just even more delicious when Mary Kay Andrews comes to visit.  Our favorite New York Times best selling author has written …

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Ladies Night Out With Mary Kay Andrews

ladies night out with mary kay andrewsYou know it’s going to be fun when it’s Ladies Night Out with Mary Kay Andrews!  We’re celebrating the debut of MKA’s latest book, BEACH TOWN, and you’re invited to meet her, too.  This is a FREE EVENT to meet Savannah’s own New York Times best selling author Mary Kay Andrews and she’ll sign your book(s) purchased at the signing! 

This special evening event will be hosted by Scott West and presented courtesy of Marie Dalis of The Brice- a Kimpton Hotel , Laura Lamb Hale & Amy Collins Shippy of Maison de Macarons, Pamela Balmer-Murphy of Sisters of the New South Cafe, Chefs & Students of Virginia College Culinard, Tradewinds Casino Cruise, Vicky Buck of Above & Beyond Transportation Services and Michael Brooks of SOUTH Magazine!  MKA’s book sales are courtesy of ExLibris (SCAD Bookstore is setting up a complete Mary Kay Andrews bookstore on site at the hotel!).  Come enjoy “The Beach Town Brice Breeze” specialty cocktail along with complimentary appetizers by local chefs plus swag bags and great door prizes.  

ladies night out with mary kay andrews

This is a very special Ladies Night Out with Mary Kay Andrews and the guys are welcome, as well.  We’re celebrating BEACH TOWN and you can make it a great getaway to the beach, too.  Some of your favorite cottages are available and we’re happy to help you choose the right one for you.

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Tybee’s Winter Glow

Tybee's Winter Glow  photo: Melinda Martin Bailey
Tybee’s Winter Glow photo: Melinda Martin Bailey

We can’t guarantee you’ll leave with a deep tan, but during the off season we can assure you you’ll bask in Tybee’s Winter glow!  Winter is when the crowds are fewer and the traffic makes way for more bicycles and walking shoes.  Our cottages are warm and toasty and the sights and sounds of Tybee are just as luscious and vibrant as ever.  Now’s the time to dine at all the delicious restaurants  you’ve wanted to try and to make leisurely visits to our historical sites without deadlines or time limits.  Mermaid Cottages even has several attractive discount plans available this time of year and our Mermaid team is always excited to help plan your visit!

50% Rental Discount Sunday-Thursday Winter Special
Eisenhower's Retreat circa 1894 photo: Melinda Martin Bailey
Eisenhower’s Retreat circa 1894 photo: Melinda Martin Bailey

Mermaid Cottages is delighted to offer our best price EVER!  Sunday- Thursday nights through Thursday Feb 26, 2015 come enjoy our Cottage Charm and Coastal Calm during the quiet fall and winter weeks.  Many of our homes are Pet Friendly, all offer complimentary WIFI and our collection of …

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Mary Kay Andrews By Candlelight

mary kay andrews by candlelightHow ’bout a Tybee Christmas with Mary Kay Andrews by candlelight?  Our favorite author’s Breeze Inn Cottage circa 1942 is available December 19-25 and it’s all gussied up for the holidays.  MKA herself has hung the tinsel and set the colored lights to shining and she’s even having a wonderful holiday giveaway with some of her other writer friends to help make your spirits bright!

A Few of Our Favorite Things” Giveaway

This Christmas, how would you like to receive eight books in the mail from eight of your favorite bestselling authors? What if each author also sent you a personal gift specially chosen just for you? Well, all eight of them have gotten together to offer their beloved readers the chance at winning (more than) a few of their favorite things. Enter to win by noon EST on Friday, December 19, 2014.  The group of authors will choose one winner at random who will receive a series of eight different packages in the mail—one package personally sent from each author containing their book plus their special gift to you. Fill out the simple entry form and submit by the deadline. One entry per person. Open exclusively to residents of the US. Good luck!
mary kay andrews by candlelight
This Christmas, you could be getting one of Mary Kay Andrews’ lucky red currant aromatherapy candles in the mail along with a copy of Christmas Bliss.  “Christmas is coming, but Savannah antique dealer Weezie Foley is doubly distracted—both by her upcoming wedding to her longtime love, chef Daniel Stipanek and also by the fact that her best friend and maid-of-honor BeBe Loudermilk is due to give birth any day—and is still adamantly refusing to marry her live-in-love Harry. Readers have come to love these characters in Mary Kay Andrews’ three previous Savannah novels:  Savannah Blues, Savannah Breeze, and Blue Christmas.”
mary kay andrews by candlelight
Now, we say you should go ahead and pile in the car, forward your mail to Tybee and just wait for the packages to start piling up at Breeze Inn.  MKA’s circa 1943 cottage is an easy two block walk to the 9th Street beach walk-over and an easy stroll to the grocery store and restaurants. Totally restored and remodeled in 2009, the Breeze Inn has three bedrooms and three baths, a cook’s kitchen and a comfy living space with flat-screen TV.  The shelves are full of the author’s books and other wonderful “beachy” reads and there’s a private screened back porch where you can sit and read or relax and listen to the sounds of Tybee in winter. The cottage is decorated from top to bottom by MKA herself with family-friendly vintage and antique treasures collected from estate sales and flea markets around the country.  You’ll also have another autographed MKA novel waiting for you along with a welcome note.
 mary kay andrews by candlelight
Come on down and enjoy this Mary Kay Andrews By Candlelight Getaway.  It’s Christmas on Tybee we’d love for you to be here!

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Save The Date For Joey’s Pawtograph

Save The Date for Joey's pawtographSave the date for Joey’s Pawtograph this week.  Yep, suave and de-boner Joey, aka the shop dog at Seaside Sisters, will be signing pawtographs to celebrate Mary Kay Andrew’s latest novel.  In Save The Date, “a wedding florist finds love and trouble in this delightful new novel by The New York Times bestselling author of Ladies’ Night.  A Savannah florist is about to score the wedding of a lifetime-one that will solidify her career as the go-to-girl for society nuptials. Ironically, Cara Kryzik doesn’t believe in love, even though she creates beautiful flower arrangements to celebrate them. But when the bride goes missing and the wedding is in jeopardy, Cara must find the bride and figure out what she believes in. Maybe love really does exist outside of fairy tales after all.”  Our pal Joey was the inspiration for a couple of the canine characters in the book and yes, his ruff-n-ready good looks do translate well to the written word.

Save The Date for Joey's Pawtograph

Joey’s time in the spotlight kicks off this Wednesday, July 2, from 1-4 p.m.  Be sure to grab some gelato from Sweetie Pie’s (YES, she’s OPEN!) while you shop and chat with Mary Kay Andrews and Joey.  There’ll also be “nibbles and bits” and fun swag bags for the first 30 people in the door to buy a book!  We’ll continue our howling good time with great gift basket drawings all day from our wonderful vendors, too!

Save The Date For Joey's Pawtograph

Save the date for Joey’s pawtograph and enjoy Save The Date by Mary Kay Andrews.  It’ll also be a great time for you to stock up on your favorite Mermaid Goodies, including our signature Mermaid tee shirts and caps, candles, note cards, Beach Bum Biscuits and our famous Mermaid Morning Bliss Coffee. While you’re here, be sure to save the date for your next staycations and getaways to Mary Kay Andrews’ Tybee Island beach cottages, Breeze Inn circa 1942 and Ebbtide circa 1932.  Joey says, “It’s pawty time!” and that’s something to bark about.

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