Personal
Information
The Big Picture
- Name: Shawn Paul Apostel
- DOB: June 18
- Married: YES, to my best friend Kristi
- Kids: Two, my daughter Hina and dog Walker Percy
- Origin: Born in Miami, FL. Lived in L.A., Tampa, Atlanta,
but mostly in Miami. I moved to Toccoa and lived there for seven years,
and curently live in Hancock, MI -- the upper peninsula.
- Hobbies: I'm a third generation surfer but obviously dropped
the habit when I moved to Toccoa. Now I enjoy vegetable and herb
gardening, brewing beer, hiking, traveling, working on my 1941 fixer
upper
house in downtown Toccoa and my 1871 fixer upper house in Hancock.
- Academic Goal: Develop a theory
of visual recruitment rhetoric
- Personal Goal: To put the needs of others above my own
needs
- Favorite Pastimes: hanging out with people from different
cultures, visiting small town festivals, taking long walks in big cities, smoking good "backy" in my
granddad's pipe, reading Money Magazine, keeping my 1991 Volvo 240 running, and having people over for dinner
Current Events
This section has been officially moved to the family blog found at: http://www.xanga.com/apostelhouse
(Older) Current Events (at least in 2003 it was current)
Recently I participated in the Toccoa Christmas parade with Keep Toccoa
Stephens County Beautiful. Our board has made a tradition out of
handing out litterbags as we march through the parade route. The kids
use the litterbags to hold their candy (thrown from floats) and
wrappers. We ask the adults to keep the bags in their cars. We hand out
a few thousand bags each year.
KTSCB has made a
tradition of handing out litterbags at the parade to encourage people
not to throw their candy wrappers on the ground. (Pictured from left
are, Rocky Harding, Bobby Kennedy, Quasar, Kristi Apostel, Victoria
Cox, Shawn Apostel, and Becky McGarvey. Photo by Oliver Bauman-Cole)
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One of the things I like best about small town life (Toccoa has a
population of about 10,000) is the town festival. Toccoa has several a
year. Recently Toccoa had a Christmas Fest. The downtown area was
filled with bundled up Toccoans braving the cold for a sip of hot cider
and the chance to hear the "living tree" sing all the holiday
favorites.
Santa arrived at the
Christmas Fest in a sled pulled by real reindeer. All the kids ran to
the fat guy in the red suit, but I know this guy, who was just hanging
around the reindeer, was the Real
santa. He was very happy to have his picture taken as he pet the
critters.
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