Bud, Seaside's founding dog, lived to the ripe old age of 21. For most of his life, until his legs gave out, he wandered around Seaside inspecting construction sites and restaurants.
Robert Davis grew up to be a student of history as well as business, and became an award-winning builder/developer in Miami in the 70's
When he considered making plans for the property near Seagrove,
he naturally thought about idyllic family vacations along the same coast and the small cottages the family had stayed in. If he closed his eyes and let his mind wander back, he could almost feel gentle sea breezes evaporating the moisture on his skin as he sat on a porch rocker after a shower at the end of a day on the beach, absorbed in stories being told by grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
The idea of Seaside started with the notion of reviving Northwest Florida's building tradition, which had produced wood-frame cottages so well adapted to the climate that they enhanced the sensual pleasure of life by the sea, while accommodating generations of family members, kids, if they were good, got to sleep on the porch...
