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From Blueberries to Baby Blanket: History’s Most Entertaining Efforts to Describe the Color of the Ocean

Sarah Stodola — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 19:04:37 +0000

During the several years that I researched The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach, I immersed myself in our cultural obsession with the beach. One byproduct of this obsession that kept me perpetually entertained: the writers major and minor the world over who have taken up the challenge to finally describe the ocean satisfactorily. Here, I’ve collected some of the best and most amusing attempts I’ve come across. [T]he beach itself is still the […]

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Playa Hermosa Ecolodge: An Elusive Oceanfront Stay in Nicaragua

Sarah Stodola — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:47:47 +0000

For all of its hundreds of miles of exquisite coastline, the Central American country of Nicaragua is curiously lacking in beachfront accommodations for travelers. A little digging makes the reasons clear: Land ownership has been ambiguous ever since the Sandinista revolutionaries expropriated large sections of land in the 1980s, resulting in endless title disputes today. Add to this a sensible national law dictating that no building may be erected within 50 meters of the high tide line, and you’re likely […]

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5 Beaches of Guadeloupe (One for Every Mood)

Erum Naqvi — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:29:25 +0000

With its easy blend of French and Caribbean culture, Guadeloupe offers a charming, homegrown feel—think restaurants no fussier than somebody’s back porch and sunset markets where men chop fruits with machetes while ladies sell homemade rum punch. It’s made all the more delightful by the array of beaches that fan about the little cluster of interconnected islands like petals, each a different shade of blue. Here are five of the best beaches, all but one to be found on Grand […]

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San Augustinillo: The Town Next To the Town (Next To the Town)

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:21:36 +0000

I’d seen the word “Oaxaca” in writing many times before I ever bothered to consider its pronunciation, much less what it represented. I chose unfortunate company in which to finally grow curious. What’s this word? I asked a group of surfers with whom I worked one summer at a taco shack, and was met with a level of guffawing and scorn that would have made Donald Trump want to crawl under a rock. One of them had owned another taco […]

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A Winter Guide to the Rockaways

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:44:38 +0000

[We updated this guide on January 21, 2018 to reflect notable openings and closings since our last update in January 2017. Added in 2018: Rockaway Beach Bakery, Whit’s End Pizza, The Dropout at Riis Park. Removed in 2018: Whit’s End at Riis Park. Added in 2017: Rockaway Brewing Co., Beach Bistro 96, Whit’s End at Riis Park. Removed in 2017: Playland Motel and Whit’s End, Wild Feast] Out where Queens meets the ocean, the community of Rockaway welcomes almost 8 […]

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The Viceroy Anguilla: Hedge Funders and Honeymooners

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:51:02 +0000

To get to the Viceroy resort on the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla, I flew first from New York to St. Maarten, where the closest sizable airport is located. During the flight, I sat next to a family of four, each member bursting with the pent-up excitement of an imminent vacation. As we chatted, I learned that the husband/dad worked on Wall Street and that the family would also be staying at the Viceroy. From the St. Maarten airport, I […]

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From Beach Bungalows to Artisanal Dinners, A Tulum Postmortem

Lionel Beehner — Fri, 08 May 2015 13:09:28 +0000

The cot was uncomfortable. Stiff, cramped, it would have sufficed at a youth hostel. But I was at a chic resort on one of the world’s most luxurious beaches and shelling out over $250 a night for our tiki-style bungalow. The structure gave me the impression of staying in a DIY tree fort perched above a bed of palm trees. On the bright side, it overlooked a sea as beautiful as any I’ve seen. At least I would be nursing […]

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