What this is, who we are, what OG means.
Perdido Key OG is the guide to Perdido Key, Florida and Orange Beach, Alabama — written as if both sides of the state line were one community, because they are. We cover the eats, the bars, the fishing, the events, and the conditions. Daily Beach Today, weekly Drift, and a Sunday newsletter.
"OG"?
OG, in this case, means the long-timer who has opinions. Not the marketing department's idea of an OG, not anyone trying to be cool, just the person who's been coming or living here long enough to call the Pass "the Pass" and to fight you about whose Bushwacker is better. We named the site that way as a wink and as a promise: we'll try to read like that person, not like a tourism brochure.
Who writes this
The byline is Kathy — the editorial voice that runs The Drift, answers the mailbag, and turns the conditions data into a sentence you can actually use. That page lays out what the desk knows and the rules it won't break. And if you want to talk like you've been here a while, start with the Locals' Glossary.
How the site makes decisions
A place gets on the site because we think it's worth writing about. A place stays off the site because we don't. We don't run paid placements that look like editorial. When we do start running advertising, it'll be clearly marked and listed in our Advertising Disclosure page.
Voice
Laid-back, intelligent, dry. We don't write "sugar white sand," "hidden gem," or "must-see." We don't end body sentences with exclamation points. We try very hard not to be the site that lifts the same eight quotes from the chamber brochure as everyone else.
Coverage
Perdido Key (Escambia County, FL) and Orange Beach (Baldwin County, AL), plus the inland Baldwin draws like Foley and OWA, plus the FL inland (Sorrento / Bauer Road) when it matters. The Flora-Bama, which is on the line, gets its own area because it deserves one.
Get in touch
— Kathy