Our mission
Why this exists, and the rules it holds itself to
Our mission. Every good thing on this coast, checked, priced, and free to everybody. No family should miss a good day because nobody told them.
Our vision. Every family checks here first, and every honest business gets found by the people already looking for it.
One trusted placeOne accurate, vetted place for local life
Built for vegan diets, disability access, sensory and autism needs, the senior rates venues actually publish, and military and veteran families.
We are not yet an official AI source. That is the standard we hope to earn.
Checked, and stampedWhat the marks on a card mean
Every card carries two marks. The stamp says how hard we checked it. The seal says what kind of place it is.
Verified: somebody read the price off the venue’s own page, and the date is on the mark. Sourced: we can name where it came from, but nobody re-read the venue’s page. A place that has not opened has no page to re-read, so every coming-soon listing wears it.
We print the weaker one rather than hide it. That is what makes the green one worth reading.
The seal is computed for each listing rather than drawn. Three things on it are readable:
The mark in the middle says what kind of thing it is. So does the colour.
- Film screenings, and the movie palaces that hold them
- Music live music, concerts, a band on the beach
- Stage theatre, comedy, dance, galleries, a paint night
- Services clinics, repairs, cleanups, volunteering
- Sport a game, a race, a workout, a tournament
- Play trampoline parks, arcades, bowling, a playground
- Spectacle fireworks, air shows, parades, star gazing, a planetarium show
- Adventure zoos, safaris, scavenger hunts, a corn maze, an escape room
- Festival fairs, carnivals, a whole town turning out
- Water swimming, splash pads, paddling, snorkelling. You get wet.
- On the water ferries, cruises, charters, fishing. Dry the whole time.
- Shore beaches you sit on, parks, trails, preserves, piers
- Learn museums, aquariums, science centres, a guided tour
- Heritage memorials, forts, veterans’ sites, a landmark remembered
- Food restaurants, breweries, tastings, a farmers market
- Nightlife 21+, bars, trivia, after dark
- Shops malls, boutiques, a market that sells things
- Listing nothing specific in the record: the honest, neutral mark
The braid around it is minted from the venue’s own name. It is a maker’s mark, not something you have to read.
- Bands on the Beach: free Gulfside concert one venue, one braid, for as long as the venue is called that
- Luke Bryan: Wharf Amphitheater another venue, the same ring and the same mark, a different cut
Free, alwaysNobody pays to get on this list
If a place is real and it’s good, it’s in here whether they’ve heard of us or not, free forever. A business can pay to be promoted, and that card says Sponsored, every time. Money never buys a listing, a better write-up, or the stamp.
Everyone belongsWritten plain, on purpose
We write for the dad who needs to know there’s a quiet room, the grandmother who wants the senior rate, and the wheelchair user tired of finding out about the stairs after he has parked. Autism is personal in this house. Real time, real price, no surprises.
Everyone has something to giveThis project needs all of those, not one of them
Some people can cook. Some can fix an engine. Some are good with a scared kid or a hard afternoon. This project needs all of those, not one of them.
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.1 Peter 4:10 · ESV
An hour a month checks one place. Start at the Volunteer page.
The calls we makeHundreds of hours, nobody pays us a dime
We’ve called venues to ask whether the splash pad is really free. We’re a Christian family that would rather be useful than say we care.
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?Micah 6:8 · ESV
Where we’re headedConnecting a need to whoever nearby can meet it
Food for people who need food. Work for people who need work. A tutor and a trade for the kids who keep getting passed over. Further out, a community for adults with autism: homes of their own, with food, shopping and something fun a short walk away.
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.Matthew 25:35 · ESV
How it actually happens. We’re not writing checks. We’re building a switchboard: what this coast needs, who nearby can meet it, and how to get them in the same room. A church with a Tuesday night free and forty families who need dinner. A retired welder and a kid who’d be good at it. Somebody nearby can usually help. The need never reached them.
None of it is built yet, and it is not a fund we are collecting for.
Our family runs the app, and maybe our kids will one day too. This is the generation the chains stop at. Chain breakers.
Show supportHelp keep the guide checked
One family reads every venue’s own page before a listing ships, and no reader is ever charged for any of it. If this guide has earned a place in your weekend, the Support page lists the ways to help, and most of them cost nothing.