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Florida, the Sunshine State, is home to about 20 million people who enjoy 300 days of sunshine annually. However, the state's allure extends beyond its warm days and casual atmosphere. Visitors on vacation and those moving to the state can explore various notable destinations.

Tampa, Florida, offers visitors numerous attractions, activities, and entertainment options. Busch Gardens' theme parks and the opportunity to catch major league sporting events are a few ways to enjoy the city. Nature lovers can experience animal encounters at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, famous for the Dolphin Tale movies. For cultural immersion, Tampa hosts special events like the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival (featuring enormous sand sculptures) and the Gasparilla Pirate Festival. The Tampa Bay area is also an arts and culture hotspot with world-class museums, including the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.

Well-known beaches in Miami, Panama City, Naples, and Clearwater Beach, among others, attract tourists from across the globe every summer. Their white sandy coastlines and emerald waters are perfect for relaxation, swimming, kayaking, fishing, and boating trips. Numerous beach bars with vibrant nightlife and high-end hotels and restaurants along Florida's coasts and resort towns provide world-class dining choices, including ocean-fresh seafood.

Fort Lauderdale, also a beach town, has a vibrant culture, tropical weather, and beautiful gardens. Intimate natural settings like Hugh Taylor Birch State Park and Bonnet House Museum & Gardens offer couples idyllic strolling paths. The Flamingo Gardens Wildlife Sanctuary is also a tourist magnet with its over 3,000 animals and plant species. Ft. Lauderdale is also known for its network of canals along the coast, where visitors can enjoy gondola rides.

A hidden gem previously under the tourism radar is the rural island city of Cedar Key, a popular spot for visitors who enjoy beach excursions, lush greenery, and wildlife. This small culturally rich enclave invites guests to tours through Manatee Springs State Park, the Cedar Key Historical Society & Museum, and Cedar Key Museum State Park for a close encounter with animals and to learn about the area's history.

Everglades Park is the state's best known national park. With 1.5 million acres, it is the nation's most extensive subtropical wilderness, home to а unique and diverse ecosystem. Among the creatures inhabiting the park and its mangrove swamps and coastlines are alligators and Florida panthers. Visitors can take an airboat tour to observe wildlife, and can also hike the park's many trails.

Another famous attraction is Cape Canaveral. Commonly referred to as the "Space Coast," this place features the Kennedy Space Center facility, from which some of the most significant missions in history, such as the Apollo moon landings, were launched. The Space Center offers tours around the facility, where space shuttles and rockets can be seen up close. On launch days, visitors can watch the rockets blast off from the visitor complex. Cape Canaveral also features the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum.

Florida is also widely recognized as a home to superstars. Jupiter, a high-profile town in Florida's Martin County, is home to Greg Norman and Tiger Woods, while soccer superstar Lionel Messi lives in Fort Lauderdale. Cementing its status as the nation's golfing capital, Florida has more than 1,300 golf courses, the most of any state. Year-round, celebrities and fans alike flock to the state to golf and explore the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine.

[chrancecriber]

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Too Old ... Moray III

[ Prior Chapter ]

The tinny, silver bell aloft of the pub’s door jingled as Moray entered.

A plump young woman sat behind the counter nearby. She looked up from her paperback as he came inside, the first golden shavings of dawn following him. Her voice was prickled with a tease, thumb resting on the page of her novel to keep her place, “... Fancied a wee morning swim, did we?”

Moray was soaking wet.

The water from Stormwind’s harbour still swelled his form, clothes and particularly his boots riddled with the briny fluid. If the sensation was ill-comfort, the odor was worse. While he had not sustained any injuries himself the prior evening -- prior being only hours past at most -- he did still endure quite a sweat. A mariner’s pungent, personal odor of effort combined with the spume of so boisterous and busy a harbour as Stormwind’s own?

It was no gardenia or rose blossom, that was for sure.

But it had been necessary to take the long -- long -- way around. After he was forced to abscond from the scene of his would-be pirate massacre, there was a flurry of attention to the harbour from the Stormwind Guard. He could not blame them, in truth. It was quite literally their job, and he had quite literally murdered two men and rendered the rest unconscious. Well, he and the Tidemother. While he was not a man of great providence in legality -- at least those legalities of such merit that were not so forthright as maritime law -- he could presume that ‘the Tidemother’ was not going to be listed as an accomplice, nor sought out with warrant.

He shouldered the blame. Despite being quite assured of the moral excellence of his actions, he knew that the legal system of the lands of Wrynn would not look so kindly.

So, he took the long way around. After determining that his gnomecorder was shot, swollen with the ichorous waters of the harbour, Moray had hid within the underbrush of the wee beach head he swam to. It was not comfortable. Especially not given the chilly Spring evening and his entire self being soaked to the bone. But he had to wait out the worst of the patroller’s bells and lanterns.

And so he waited.

And waited.

… And waited.

It took until nearly the first warm tones of sky to mark the false dawn that whatever investigation was underway had concluded. At least, concluded enough for him to be able to swim around the southern dockheads and make his way up -- surrepetitiously -- to the pub wherein he was staying.

The Modern Ox Pub & Tavernhouse.

Moray looked down to his soaking wet body and the mild puddling of seawater that his boots issued forth. A low, lung-worn sigh escaped him. “It would appear so, ma’am,” he spoke simply, looking up to give a tight-cheeked smile to the young woman running the front counter of the pub. She looked as if she was fighting to hold back the at-his-expense smile and laughter clearly bubbling from his ridiculous appearance.

He did not blame her.

“Uh-huh. Well nobody else is up, as you can see,” she informed with a wave of her free hand. The pub was distinctly empty. Not quite an uncommon state considering it must have been just before six in the morning. “-- nobody is up yet. May want to grab one of the tubs now before the hangovers start to run hot and everybody comes clamoring down for beer and bathwater.” The young woman spoke with a humor to her voice, a sort of lilt that -- perhaps once upon a time -- Moray would have found quite endearing, cute even.

But he was aching, soaked, tired and laden with a purposeful mind.

In reply, he merely gave a grunt of appreciation, nodding to the woman once. She arched a brow, but returned to her paperback as he began to slog past, leaving a trail of seawater across the floor of the pub. While he made his path along the well-worn, shiny wooden floor she spoke up again, “-- And it’s Amelia, not ‘ma’am’. I’m not that old and I’m not even married.”

Moray paused in his step, halfway across the empty pub with all it’s chairs upended on the numerous tables. Fine, aged wooden fractures of carpentry that spoke to an older styling of local house and tavern. He inhaled, head a bit spun from exertion and a lack of sleep.

“Amelia, right,” he replied quite flaccidly, turning back and continuing on to the bathrooms.

The Modern Ox Pub & Tavernhouse was an old, old institution.

A charming, wood and brass sort of public house that had withstood the test of time in Stormwind proper. It had exist for years before even the First War, a worn old symbol of alehouse antiquity for men and women of the working class to gather, drink, and discuss the troubles of the world. It bordered the Park District, laid along the canals through a small, blink-and-you-would-miss-it brass studded door. Famously, or infamously depending on if you were an irritated, new postal officer, the pub had no sign. Simply an old, well loved door that served as aperture to something of a time capsule.

When the Orcish Horde razed Stormwind and left nearly the entire city to crumble, the Ox died with it. Yet amidst the ruined stone and scorched landscape, two things survived: the original brass-topped bar counter, and the ancient wooden floors. Both were relics, craft of old Elwynn heartwood and Goldshire foundry metal. The floor was shit, in truth. It was warped in every fashion that could be. The old joke, even before the Cataclysm and the destruction of the nearby Park District, was that the floors were so fucked that everyone walked drunk even before their first pint.

After the construction of the greater Stormwind Harbour, the Ox ended up sandwiched in quite a unique position between the Park and the massive expanse of the harbour wall. Situated in a perfect little side-avenue, it retained its historical precedent and went, largely, untouched. Even when Deathwing himself came and assigned annihilation to the Park, the Ox was untouched. A proper piece of history for the Kingdom of Stormwind.

Moray had always liked the Ox. It was sturdy, smelled of old smoke, wood and good spirits. The notion of the locale had touched him, even as a man of Kul Tiras and her proper, emerald Isle. There was a beauty to the Ox and the providence it held, the perfect middling between old bones and new company. Not to mention it was one of the few places beyond the Isle where he had found a decent pint of grog with lime. Now, he really drank it for the flavor rather than the liquor. The old mariner did not really care for drunkenness. The few times he did indulge in a bout of liver abuse, he had tendency to take the expressway: goblin rocket fuel.

But such meanderings of thought were neither here, nor there. And Moray shook his head as he came into the bathing rooms of the Ox. Cleanse, return to room upstairs, regroup. That was as clear and simple a plan as could be imagined, and he engaged it with whole-heart.

Since he was fully, patently alone in the bathing room of the pub -- a large room reached by corridor past the bar and past the actual lavatories -- he found no cause to take a curtained wash tub. Indeed, he was too tired to even consider modesty. He simply began peeling off his sodden clothing with a ‘schhhlk!’. Profound as his form was, it took some grunting and maneuvering to finally achieve nudity.

Now, the plumbing of the Ox was not what one would consider ‘new’. It howled, screeched, gurgled and moaned after Moray twist the hot water knob. As he wait for the warm, clean water to begin to fill one of the washing tubs, bare ass facing the entry to the bathing room, he mentally reorganized.

What did he know?

The Red Fleet, the horrid conglomerate of faithful, devout pirates who sailed for their ‘Lord’, Abbidas Bonnet, had burned Birch Bay to the ground. The island and its eponymous harbour bay had been the place of berth for he and his Captain, Abighail Atwater. She helmed the Dancing Dolphin, and he stood beside as her First Mate, underneath and by command of the Anchor Trading Company …

The water finally began to pour, a whistling deluge that made the awkward, ill-fitted pipe hover above the tub to wobble to and fro from the pressure. He passed the back of one hand under it to test the temperature -- good. It was hot today. One could never be sure at the Ox.

Captain Atwater had ordered a retreat from Birch Bay while the crew were on shore leave. She had gone back to the burning city to try and rescue the missing crew members that were presumably captured -- or dead. She succeeded. He had gone to rescue her and acted in such brazen fashion that left him swinging his boarding axe at pirate skulls in the midst of the town square. There was a bonfire of .. corpses? Corpses and spent wood and --

Moray hissed as the water steamed, eliciting a pain from his hand. He grunt and twist the knob back a few inches in adjustment. The tub continued to fill.

Atop a horse, a damn brave mare from the outskirts stables of the city, he had lunged into the town square seeking his Captain. He found her, helped hoist her aboard the would-be warhorse and helped fend off the swarming pirates so they could make their escape. As they began to gallop away, he felt …

Something. A whisper of a memory of pain and heat in his chest, like a bad dream you were unable to forget. Something that had not happened, yet you could have sworn it had.

Only later did he learn from his Captain that he had died.

With the tub finally full of hot water -- but not too scorching -- he stepped inside. The volume of his person was extensive, and some water ‘slosh!’ed out of the washing tub as he sunk into the comfort of it. A low, belly-full and earnest groan of satisfaction left his salt-laced lungs.

He had died.

The Reverend -- or so the devout of the Red Fleet called him, second in command only to Abbidas himself -- Norric Hayhurst, burned him alive. The foul, portly and sunken man had stood at the helm of the great corpsefire, commanding the rapacious invaders. Apparently, in some branching pathway of the great Travel, the Reverend had seen fit to burn him alive with a holy fire. Moray had, as he was later told, gone up like kindling from the inside out, still riding the horse as he tried to ferry his Captain to safety outside the city.

But Captain Atwater had … moved the pieces around.

With some power of sorcery that was beyond his measured mind to understand, she had gone back through the expanse of the Travel and changed events. Done … something … to leave things as they had been but with the lacking of his demise.

And so he had lived, and so there he was, worn and aching and alive in a washing tub in the back of the Modern Ox Pub & Tavernhouse, having so recently worked to play folly to the men who called the Reverend their leader.

He did consider using the soap that was hung from a rope by the washing tub. But --

A grimace ate up his face, even as he felt such comfort and contentment from the hot water. The soap was fucking disgusting. Just because he was a sailor, a navyman by trade and profession for decades, did not mean he had no appreciation of personal hygiene. No, communal soap was not his destiny. Time had been worked to manifest his continued existence. To disparage such effort with hairy, publicly shared soap would be a great disgrace.

So, he rose from the pleasure of the hot bath and stepped out, dripping wet and nude, to walk down the toiletries closet. To those patrons of the ‘tavern’ portion of the Ox, there was a certain allotment of towels, soaps, napkins and other mild services. He sought out a fresh bar of soap.

They had escaped the burning of Birch Bay.

It had been a venture by the skin of their collective teeth -- in no small part due to the actions of Captain Atwater, quite literally in his own case -- but they survived. Only a few of the crew were lost, and so confirmed as such. Otherwise he had no doubt that the Captain would have gone back into that burning, ruined and plundered harbour city for even the chance of saving one more.

But they escaped. Losing the pirate’s chase in the foothills and then the forests of the island beyond the city, they regrouped with the shivering, terrified green-gill crew. To their credit, they had done as ordered and absconded immediately. No doubt it saved them all, fresh recruits to the Company as they were. And at least then they could say with truth that they had survived an attack from the otherwise mythical Red Fleet.

The Captain tore open a portal for them to Boralus, and so on carried the Travel.

Fresh soap seemed almost to be a pipe-dream. Moray’s chest sank, and he almost was ready to give up the search in the rather well-worn toiletries closet, bending over to unceremoniously present his backside to the large, empty room. But! Far at the back of the closet, hidden behind a trio of folded hand towels, there was a fresh bar still wrapped in butcher’s paper. He retrieved it, turned his eyes toward the sea and mouthed a short, ‘thanks, Mom’.

After Birch Bay came Hag Bay.

The Dolphin and her crew seemed to have poor luck with Bays of any kind, at least as such as were named to effect. Whereas Birch Bay had been -- had, being operative, considering -- a rather profitable mercantile port city, Hag Bay was a more open, neutral and in some ways ramshackle freewater port. But supplies were supplies, port was port, and for all its pomp Hag Bay was normally a rather calm place to lay anchor.

After anchoring off and a bit away from the razor-sharp reefs that made the Bay so hard to reach by common craft -- indeed, Hag Bay’s harbour was primarily staffed by tugboats, tiny sloops or rowboats -- the Captain went ashore. The rest of the crew had some sense of desire to shore leave, but there was not a great deal of shore to the Hag and -- in truth -- it was best time reserved for a port less likely to result in fisticuffs, gambling, or pregnancy.

Padding his sizable, wet feet back toward his washing tub, Moray began to hum a small tune. It was a memorable one for himself, as it set to recollection good memories of his time as a merchant mariner. Times before life became quite so … unique.

The marauders of the Red Fleet came for them in the night. With Captain Atwater ashore and the remainder of the crew mostly on board the Dolphin, the pirates snuck aboard. In retrospect, it seemed as if they quite literally scaled the anchor chain. A bold move, something more out of a paperback, pulp novel than reality. But when you possessed the kind of willpower and devoted action that the devout of the Red Lord did …

They sacked most of the crew, bludgeoning and sapping. But Moray had put up a fight, a proper one. The rest of the young lads and girls were green. A screaming, pyromantic pirate with sharp steel or a heavy cudgel was cause to howl and cry for mercy, if not simply flee. But Moray? He was disinterested in discussion nor in surrender. He fought to the nail.

A small smile began to eat his face as he sunk back into the hot water. He took four or five of them at least before they managed to stop him.

But they did stop him -- and the Quel’dorei that the Captain had brought aboard as a new crewman and sorcerer. Something silenced the elf’s magic and they nearly disemboweled him right there on the main deck. There was almost nothing Moray could do, simply watching and writhing against the pirates assaulting and apprehending him.

He had a gap in his memory then, as no doubt they broke his consciousness with a sap to the neck. But he would have preferred to lose it all from then until his return to Boralus far later the same night. What they did to him …

Moray sunk lower into the washing tub, the soap beginning to foam up in his hand as he ran it over his palms and then along his bare shoulders and chest. The water and the bubbling of simple, clean workman’s soap nearly covered the scars that were only just through the first stages of healing -- all across his body.

A trio of windows sat at the far end of the bathing room. They faced outward from the Ox’s footprint, out toward the harbour and lighthouse beyond. A grand view, in truth, especially for such a hideaway, working class tavernhouse. The view had only grown in time as the harbour was built up and the stature of New Stormwind grew.

He still thought of it as New Stormwind. He remembered coming to the reconstructed city to help train fresh, Wrynn-home naval cadets. That was before Kalimdor, though.

Seated deep in the water, merely his head visible above the soapy, foamed up bath’s edge, Moray cleared his throat. A little wobble pushed his chin port and starboard -- thoughts to discard. There was no time for such introspective indulgences. The men of the Reverend were in Stormwind now, and he had to find a way to contact the Captain without his gnomecorder. Not to mention he had to find out just what the fuck they were doing in Stormwind.

The only question was -- which would he handle first?

@abighail-stalsworth​ (mentioned!)

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Mel’s Big Fantasy Place-Name Reference

So I’ve been doing lots of D&D world-building lately and I’ve kind of been putting together lists of words to help inspire new fantasy place names. I figured I’d share. These are helpful for naming towns, regions, landforms, roads, shops, and they’re also probably useful for coming up with surnames. This is LONG. There’s plenty more under the cut including a huge list of “fantasy sounding” word-parts. Enjoy!

Towns & Kingdoms

town, borough, city, hamlet, parish, township, village, villa, domain

kingdom, empire, nation, country, county, city-state, state, province, dominion

Town Name End Words (English flavored)

-ton, -ston, -caster, -dale, -den, -field, -gate, -glen, -ham, -holm, -hurst, -bar, -boro, -by, -cross, -kirk, -meade, -moore, -ville, -wich, -bee, -burg, -cester, -don, -lea, -mer, -rose, -wall, -worth, -berg, -burgh, -chase, -ly, -lin, -mor, -mere, -pool. -port, -stead, -stow, -strath, -side, -way, -berry, -bury, -chester, -haven, -mar, -mont, -ton, -wick, -meet, -heim, -hold, -hall, -point

Buildings & Places

castle, fort, palace, fortress, garrison, lodge, estate, hold, stronghold, tower, watchtower, palace, spire, citadel, bastion, court, manor, house

altar, chapel, abbey, shrine, temple, monastery, cathedral, sanctum, crypt, catacomb, tomb

orchard, arbor, vineyard, farm, farmstead, shire, garden, ranch

plaza, district, quarter, market, courtyard, inn, stables, tavern, blacksmith, forge, mine, mill, quarry, gallows, apothecary, college, bakery, clothier, library, guild house, bath house, pleasure house, brothel, jail, prison, dungeon, cellar, basement, attic, sewer, cistern

lookout, post, tradepost, camp, outpost, hovel, hideaway, lair, nook, watch, roost, respite, retreat, hostel, holdout, redoubt, perch, refuge, haven, alcove, haunt, knell, enclave, station, caravan, exchange, conclave

port, bridge, ferry, harbor, landing, jetty, wharf, berth, footbridge, dam, beacon, lighthouse, marina, dockyard, shipyard

road, street, way, row, lane, trail, corner, crossing, gate, junction, waygate, end, wall, crossroads,  barrier, bulwark, blockade, pavilion, avenue, promenade, alley, fork, route

Time & Direction

North, South, East, West, up, down, side, rise, fall, over, under

Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, solstice, equanox, vernal, ever, never

dusk, dawn, dawnrise, morning, night, nightfall, evening, sundown, sunbreak, sunset

lunar, solar, sun, moon, star, eclipse

Geographical Terms

Cave, cavern, cenote, precipice, crevasse, crater, maar, chasm, ravine, trench, rift, pit

Cliff, bluff, crag, scarp, outcrop, stack, tor, falls, run, eyrie, aerie

Hill, mountain, volcano, knoll, hillock, downs, barrow, plateau, mesa, butte, pike, peak, mount, summit, horn, knob, pass, ridge, terrace, gap, point, rise, rim, range, view, vista, canyon, hogback, ledge, stair, descent

Valley, gulch, gully, vale, dale, dell, glen, hollow, grotto, gorge, bottoms, basin, knoll, combe

Meadow, grassland, field, pasture, steppe, veld, sward, lea, mead, fell, moor, moorland, heath, croft, paddock, boondock, prairie, acre, strath, heights, mount, belt

Woodlands, woods, forest, bush, bower, arbor, grove, weald, timberland, thicket, bosk, copse, coppice, underbrush, hinterland, park, jungle, rainforest, wilds, frontier, outskirts

Desert, dunes, playa, arroyo, chaparral, karst, salt flats, salt pan, oasis, spring, seep, tar pit, hot springs, fissure, steam vent, geyser, waste, wasteland, badland, brushland, dustbowl, scrubland

Ocean, sea, lake, pond, spring, tarn, mere, sluice, pool, coast, gulf, bay

Lagoon, cay, key, reef, atoll, shoal, tideland, tide flat, swale, cove, sandspit, strand, beach

Snowdrift, snowbank, permafrost, floe, hoar, rime, tundra, fjord, glacier, iceberg

River, stream, creek, brook, tributary, watersmeet, headwater, ford, levee, delta, estuary, firth, strait, narrows, channel, eddy, inlet, rapids, mouth, falls

Wetland, marsh, bog, fen, moor, bayou, glade, swamp, banks, span, wash, march, shallows, mire, morass, quag, quagmire, everglade, slough, lowland, sump, reach

Island, isle, peninsula, isthmus, bight, headland, promontory, cape, pointe, cape

More under the cut including: Color words, Animal/Monster related words, Rocks/Metals/Gems list, Foliage, People groups/types, Weather/Environment/ Elemental words, Man-made Items, Body Parts, Mechanical sounding words, a huge list of both pleasant and unpleasant Atmospheric Descriptors, and a huge list of Fantasy Word-parts.

Color Descriptions

Warm: red, scarlet, crimson, rusty, cerise, carmine, cinnabar, orange, vermillion, ochre, peach, salmon, saffron, yellow, gold, lemon, amber, pink, magenta, maroon, brown, sepia, burgundy, beige, tan, fuchsia, taupe

Cool: green, beryl, jade, evergreen, chartreuse, olive, viridian, celadon, blue, azure, navy, cerulean, turquoise, teal, cyan, cobalt, periwinkle, beryl, purple, violet, indigo, mauve, plum

Neutral: gray, silver, ashy, charcoal, slate, white, pearly, alabaster, ivory, black, ebony, jet

dark, dusky, pale, bleached, blotchy, bold, dappled, lustrous, faded, drab, milky, mottled, opaque, pastel, stained, subtle, ruddy, waxen, tinted, tinged, painted

Animal / Monster-Related Words

Bear, eagle, wolf, serpent, hawk, horse, goat, sheep, bull, raven, crow, dog, stag, rat, boar, lion, hare, owl, crane, goose, swan, otter, frog, toad, moth, bee, wasp, beetle, spider, slug, snail, leech, dragonfly, fish, trout, salmon, bass, crab, shell, dolphin, whale, eel, cod, haddock

Dragon, goblin, giant, wyvern, ghast, siren, lich, hag, ogre, wyrm, kraken

Talon, scale, tusk, hoof, mane, horn, fur, feather, fang, wing, whisker, bristle, paw, tail, beak, claw, web, quill, paw, maw, pelt, haunch, gill, fin,

Hive, honey, nest, burrow, den, hole, wallow

Rocks / Metals / Minerals

Gold, silver, brass, bronze, copper, platinum, iron, steel, tin, mithril, electrum, adamantite, quicksilver, fool’s gold, titanium

Diamond, ruby, emerald, sapphire, topaz, opal, pearl, jade, jasper, onyx, citrine, aquamarine, turquoise, lapiz lazuli, amethyst, quartz, crystal, amber, jewel

Granite, shale, marble, limestone, sandstone, slate, diorite, basalt, rhyolite, obsidian, glass

Earth, stone, clay, sand, silt, salt, mote, lode, vein, ore, ingot, coal, boulder, bedrock, crust, rubble, pebble, gravel, cobble, dust, clod, peat, muck mud, slip, loam, dirt, grit, scree, shard, flint, stalactite/mite

Trees / Plants / Flowers

Tree, ash, aspen, pine, birch, alder, willow, dogwood, oak, maple, walnut,  chestnut, cedar, mahogany, palm, beech, hickory, hemlock, cottonwood, hawthorn, sycamore, poplar, cypress, mangrove, elm, fir, spruce, yew

Branch, bough, bramble, gnarl, burr, tangle, thistle, briar, thorn, moss, bark, shrub, undergrowth, overgrowth, root, vine, bracken, reed, driftwood, coral, fern, berry, bamboo, nectar, petal, leaf, seed, clover, grass, grain, trunk, twig, canopy, cactus, weed, mushroom, fungus

Apple, olive, apricot, elderberry, coconut, sugar, rice, wheat, cotton, flax, barley, hops, onion, carrot, turnip, cabbage, squash, pumpkin, pepper

Flower, rose, lavender, lilac, jasmine, jonquil, marigold, carnelian, carnation, goldenrod, sage, wisteria, dahlia, nightshade, lily, daisy, daffodil, columbine, amaranth, crocus, buttercup, foxglove, iris, holly, hydrangea, orchid, snowdrop, hyacinth, tulip, yarrow, magnolia, honeysuckle, belladonna, lily pad, magnolia

People

Settler, Pilgrim, Pioneer, Merchant, Prospector, Maker, Surveyor, Mason, Overseer, Apprentice, Widow, Sailor, Miner, Blacksmith, Butcher, Baker, Brewer, Barkeep, Ferryman, Hangman, Gambler, Fisherman, Adventurer, Hero, Seeker, Hiker, Traveler, Crone

Mage, Magician, Summoner, Sorcerer, Wizard, Conjurer, Necromancer, 

King, Queen, Lord, Count, Baron, Guard, Soldier, Knight, Vindicator, Merchant, Crusader, Imperator, Syndicate, Vanguard, Champion, Warden, Victor, Legionnaire, Master, Archer, Footman, Gladiator, Barbarian, Captain, Commodore, 

Beggar, Hunter, Ranger, Deadman, Smuggler, Robber, Swindler, Rebel, Bootlegger, Outlaw, Pirate, Brigand, Ruffian, Highwayman, Cutpurse, Thief, Assassin

God, Goddess, Exarch, Angel, Devil, Demon, Cultist, Prophet, Hermit, Seer

council, clergy, guild, militia, choir 

Climate, Environment, & The Elements

Cold, cool, brisk, frosty, chilly, icy, freezing, frozen, frigid, glacial, bitter, biting, bleak, arctic, polar, boreal, wintry, snowy, snow, blizzarding, blizzard, sleeting, sleet, chill, frost, ice, icebound, ice cap, floe, snowblind, frostbite, coldsnap, avalanche, snowflake

Hot, sunny, humid, sweltering, steaming, boiling, sizzling, blistering, scalding, smoking, caldescent, dry, parched, arid, fallow, thirsty, melting, molten, fiery, blazing, burning, charring, glowing, searing, scorching, blasted, sun, fire, heat, flame, wildfire, bonfire, inferno, coal, ash, cinder, ember, flare, pyre, tinder, kindling, aflame, alight, ablaze, lava, magma, slag,

Wet, damp, dank, soggy, sodden, soaked, drenched, dripping, sopping, briny, murky, rain, storm, hail, drizzle, sprinkle, downpour, deluge, squall, water, cloud, fog, mist, dew, puddle, pool, current, whirlpool, deep, depths, tide, waves, whitewater, waterfall, tidal wave, flow, flood, leak, drain

Wind, breeze, gust, billow, gail, draft, waft, zephyr, still, airy, clear, smokey, tempest, tempestuous, windswept, aerial, lofty, torrid, turbulent, nebulous, tradewind, thunder, lightning, spark, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, hurricane, typhoon

Man-made Item Words

Furnace, forge, anvil, vault, strap, strip, whetstone, brick, sword, blade, axe, dagger, shield, buckler, morningstar, bow, quiver, arrow, polearm, flail, staff, stave, sheath, hilt, hammer, knife, helm, mantle, banner, pauldron, chainmail, mace, dart, cutlass, canon, needle, cowl, belt,  buckle, bandana, goggles, hood, boot, heel, spindle, spool, thread, sweater, skirt, bonnet, apron, leather, hide, plate, tunic, vest, satin, silk, wool, velvet, lace, corset, stocking, binding

Plow, scythe, (wheel) barrow, saddle, harrow, brand, collar, whip, leash, lead, bridle, stirrup, wheel, straw, stall, barn, hay, bale, pitchfork, well, log, saw, lumber, sod, thatch, mortar, brick, cement, concrete, pitch, pillar, window, fountain, door, cage, spoke, pole, table, bench, plank, board

Candle, torch, cradle, broom, lamp, lantern, clock, bell, lock, hook, trunk, looking glass, spyglass, bottle, vase, locket, locker, key, handle, rope, knot, sack, pocket, pouch, manacle, chain, stake, coffin, fan. cauldron, kettle, pot, bowl, pestle, oven, ladle, spoon, font, wand, potion, elixir, draught, portal, book, tome, scroll, word, manuscript, letter, message, grimoire, map, ink, quill, pen, cards, dice

Coin, coronet, crown, circlet, scepter, treasure, riches, scales, pie, tart, loaf, biscuit, custard, caramel, pudding, porridge, stew, bread, tea, gravy, gristle, spice, lute, lyre, harp, drum, rouge, powder, perfume, brush

bilge, stern, pier, sail, anchor, mast, dock, deck, flag, ship, boat, canoe, barge, wagon, sled, carriage, buggy, cart

Wine, brandy, whiskey, ale, moonshine, gin, cider, rum, grog, beer, brew, goblet, flagon, flask, cask, tankard, stein, mug, barrel, stock, wort, malt

Body Parts

Head, throat, finger, foot, hand, neck, shoulder, rib, jaw, eye, lips, bosom

Skull, spine, bone, tooth, heart, blood, tears, gut, beard

Mechanical-Sounding Words

cog, fuse, sprocket, wrench, screw, nail, bolt, lever, pulley, spanner, gear, spring, shaft, switch, button, cast, pipe, plug, dial, meter, nozzle, cord, brake, gauge, coil, oil, signal, wire, fluke, staple, clamp, bolt, nut, bulb, patch, pump, cable, socket

torque, force, sonic, spark, fizzle, thermal, beam, laser, steam, buzz, mega, mecha, electro, telsa, power, flicker, charge, current, flow, tinker

Atmospheric Words

Unpleasant, Dangerous, Threatening

(nouns) death, fury, battle, scar, shadow, razor, nightmare, wrath, bone, splinter, peril, war, riptide, strife, reckoning, sorrow, terror, deadwood, nether, venom, grime, rage, void, conquest, pain, folly, revenge, horrid, mirk, shear, fathom, frenzy, corpselight/marshlight, reaper, gloom, doom, torment, torture, spite, grizzled, sludge, refuse, spore, carrion, fear, pyre, funeral, shade, beast, witch, grip, legion, downfall, ruin, plague, woe, bane, horde, acid, fell, grief, corpse, mildew, mold, miter, dirge

(adjectives) dead, jagged, decrepit, fallen, darkened, blackened, dire, grim, feral, wild, broken, desolate, mad, lost, under, stagnant, blistered, derelict, forlorn, unbound, sunken, fallow, shriveled, wayward, bleak, low, weathered, fungal, last, brittle, sleepy, -strewn, dusky, deserted, empty, barren, vacant, forsaken, bare, bereft, stranded, solitary, abandoned, discarded, forgotten, deep, abysmal, bottomless, buried, fathomless,unfathomable, diseased, plagued, virulent, noxious, venomous, toxic, fetid, revolting, putrid, rancid, foul, squalid, sullied, vile, blighted, vicious, ferocious, dangerous, savage, cavernous, vast, yawning, chasmal, echoing, dim, dingy, gloomy, inky, lurid, shaded, shadowy, somber, sunless, tenebrous, unlit, veiled, hellish, accursed, sulfurous, damned, infernal, condemned, doomed, wicked, sinister, dread, unending, spectral, ghostly, haunted, eldritch, unknown, weary, silent, hungry, cloven, acidic

(verb/adverbs): wither (withering / withered), skulk (skulking), whisper, skitter, chitter, sting, slither, writhe, gape, screech, scream, howl, lurk, roil, twist, shift, swarm, spawn, fester, bleed, howl, shudder, shrivel, devour, swirl, maul, trip, smother, weep, shatter, ruin, curse, ravage, hush, rot, drown, sunder, blister, warp, fracture, die, shroud, fall, surge, shiver, roar, thunder, smolder, break, silt, slide, lash, mourn, crush, wail, decay, crumble, erode, decline, reek, lament, taint, corrupt, defile, poison, infect, shun, sigh, sever, crawl, starve, grind, cut, wound, bruise, maim, stab, bludgeon, rust, mutilate, tremble, stumble, fumble, clank, clang

Pleasant, Safe, Neutral

(nouns) spirit, luck, soul, oracle, song, sky, smile, rune, obelisk, cloud, timber, valor, triumph, rest, dream, thrall, might, valiance, glory, mirror, life, hope, oath, serenity, sojourn, god, hearth, crown, throne, crest, guard, rise, ascent, circle, ring, twin, vigil, breath, new, whistle, grasp, snap, fringe, threshold, arch, cleft, bend, home, fruit, wilds, echo, moonlight, sunlight, starlight, splendor, vigilance, honor, memory, fortune, aurora, paradise, caress

(adjectives) gentle, pleasant, prosperous, peaceful, sweet, good, great, mild, grand, topic, lush, wild, abundant, verdant, sylvan, vital, florid, bosky, callow, verdurous, lucious, fertile, spellbound, captivating, mystical, hidden, arcane, clandestine, esoteric, covert, cryptic, runic, otherworldly, touched, still, fair, deep, quiet, bright, sheer, tranquil, ancient, light, far, -wrought, tidal, royal, shaded, swift, true, free, high, vibrant, pure, argent, hibernal, ascendant, halcyon, silken, bountiful, gilded, colossal, massive, stout, elder, -bourne, furrowed, happy, merry, -bound, loud, lit, silk, quiet, bright, luminous, shining, burnished, glossy, brilliant, lambent, lucent, lustrous, radiant, resplendent, vivid, vibrant, illuminated, silvery, limpid, sunlit, divine, sacred, holy, eternal, celestial, spiritual, almighty, anointed, consecrated, exalted, hallowed, sanctified, ambrosial, beatific, blissful, demure, naked, bare, ample, coy,  deific, godly, omnipotent, omnipresent, rapturous, sacramental, sacrosanct, blessed, majestic, iridescent, glowing, overgrown, dense, hard, timeless, sly, scatter, everlasting, full, half, first, last

(verb/adverbs) arch (arching / arched), wink (winking), sing, nestle, graze, stroll, roll, flourish, bloom, bud, burgeon, live, dawn, hide, dawn, run, pray, wake, laugh, wake, glimmer, glitter, drift, sleep, tumble, bind, arch, blush, grin, glister, beam, meander, wind, widen, charm, bewitch, enthrall, entrance, enchant, allure, beguile, glitter, shimmer, sparkle twinkle, crest, quiver, slumber, herald, shelter, leap, click, climb, scuttle, dig, barter, chant, hum, chime, kiss, flirt, tempt, tease, play, seduce

Generic “Fantasy-Sounding” Word Parts

A - D

aaz, ada, adaer, adal, adar, adbar, adir, ae, ael, aer, aern, aeron, aeryeon, agar, agis, aglar, agron, ahar, akan, akyl, al, alam, alan, alaor, ald, alea, ali, alir, allyn, alm, alon, alor, altar, altum, aluar, alys, amar, amaz, ame, ammen, amir, amol, amn, amus, anar, andor, ang, ankh, ar, ara, aram, arc, arg, arian, arkh, arla, arlith, arn, arond, arthus, arum, arvien, ary, asha, ashyr, ask, assur, aster, astra, ath, athor, athra, athryn, atol, au, auga, aum, auroch, aven, az, azar, baal, bae, bael, bak, bal, balor, ban, bar, bara, barr, batol, batar, basir, basha, batyr, bel, belph, belu, ben, beo, bere, berren, berun, besil, bezan, bhaer, bhal, blask, blis, blod, bor, boraz, bos, bran, brath, braun, breon, bri, bry, bul, bur, byl, caer, cal, calan, cara, cassa, cath, cela, cen, cenar, cerul, chalar, cham, chion, cimar, clo, coram, corel, corman, crim, crom, daar, dach, dae, dago, dagol, dahar, dala, dalar, dalin, dam, danas, daneth, dannar, dar, darian,  darath, darm, darma, darro, das, dasa, dasha, dath, del, delia, delimm, dellyn, delmar, delo, den, dess, dever, dhaer, dhas, dhaz, dhed, dhin, din, dine, diar, dien, div, djer, dlyn, dol, dolan, doon, dora, doril, doun, dral, dranor, drasil, dren, drian, drien, drin, drov, druar, drud, duald, duatha, duir, dul, dulth, dun, durth, dyra, dyver,

E - H

ea, eber, eden, edluk, egan, eiel, eilean, ejen, elath, eld, eldor, eldra, elith emar, ellesar, eltar, eltaran, elth, eltur, elyth, emen, empra, emril, emvor, ena, endra, enthor, erad, erai, ere, eriel, erith, erl, eron, erre, eryn, esk, esmel, espar, estria, eta, ethel, eval, ezro, ezan, ezune, ezil, fael, faelar, faern, falk, falak, farak, faril, farla, fel, fen, fenris, fer, fet, fin, finar, forel, folgun, ful, fulk, fur, fyra, fallon, gael, gach, gabir, gadath, gal, galar, gana, gar, garth, garon, garok, garne, gath, geir, gelden, geren,  geron, ghal, ghallar, ghast, ghel, ghom, ghon, gith, glae, glander, glar, glym, gol, goll, gollo, goloth, gorot, gost, goth, graeve, gran, grimm, grist, grom, grosh, grun, grym, gual, guil, guir, gulth, gulur, gur, gurnth, gwaer, haa, hael, haer, hadar, hadel, hakla, hala, hald, halana, halid, hallar, halon, halrua, halus, halvan, hamar, hanar, hanyl, haor, hara, haren, haresk, harmun, harrokh, harrow, haspur, haza, hazuth, heber,  hela, helve, hem, hen, herath, hesper, heth, hethar, hind, hisari, hjaa, hlath, hlond, hluth, hoarth, holtar, horo, hotun, hrag, hrakh, hroth, hull, hyak, hyrza

I - M

iibra, ilth, ilus, ilira, iman, imar, imas, imb, imir, immer, immil, imne, impil, ingdal, innar, ir, iriae, iril, irith, irk, irul, isha, istis, isil, itala, ith, ithal, itka, jada, jae, jaeda, jahaka, jala, jarra, jaro, jath, jenda, jhaamm, jhothm, jinn, jinth, jyn, kado, kah, kal, kalif, kam, kana, kara, karg, kars, karth, kasp, katla, kaul, kazar, kazr, kela, kelem, kerym, keth, keva, kez, kezan, khaer, khal, khama, khaz, khara, khed, khel, khol, khur, kil, kor, korvan, koll, kos, kir, kra, kul, kulda, kund, kyne, lae, laen, lag, lan, lann, lanar, lantar, lapal, lar, laran, lareth, lark, lath, lauth, lav, lavur, lazar, leih, leshyr, leth, lhaza, lhuven, liad, liam, liard, lim, lin, lirn, lisk, listra, lith, liya, llair, llor, lok, lolth, loran, lorkh, lorn, loth, lothen, luen, luir, luk, lund, lur, luth, lyndus, lyra, lyth, maal, madrasm maera, maer, maerim, maes, mag, magra, mahand, mal, malar, mald, maldo, mar, mara, mark, marl, maru, maruk, meir, melish, memnon, mer, metar, methi, mhil, mina, mir, miram, mirk, mista, mith, moander, mok, modir, modan, mon, monn, mor, more, morel, moril, morn, moro, morrow, morth, mort, morum, morven, muar, mul, mydra, myr, myra, myst

N - S

naar, nadyra, naedyr, naga, najar, nal, naal, nalir, nar, naruk, narbond, narlith, narzul, nasaq, nashkel, natar, nath, natha, neir, neth, nether, nhall, nikh, nil, nilith, noan, nolvurm nonthal, norda, noro, novul, nul, nur, nus, nyan, nyth, ober, odra, oghr, okoth, olleth, olodel, omgar, ondath, onthril, ordul, orish, oroch, orgra, orlim, ormath, ornar, orntath, oroch, orth, orva, oryn, orzo, ostel, ostor, ostrav, othea, ovar, ozod, ozul, palan, palad, pae, peldan, pern, perris, perim, pele, pen, phail, phanda, phara, phen, phendra, pila, pinn, pora, puril, pur, pyra, qadim, quar, quel, ques, quil, raah, rael, ran, ranna, rassil, rak, rald, rassa, reddan, reith, relur, ren, rendril, resil, reska, reth, reven, revar, rhy, rhynn, ria, rian, rin, ris, rissian, rona, roch, rorn, rora, rotha, rual, ruar, ruhal, ruil, ruk, runn, rusk, ryn, saa, saar, saal, sabal, samar, samrin, sankh, sar, sarg, sarguth, sarin, sarlan, sel, seld, sember, semkh, sen, sendrin, septa, senta, seros, shaar, shad, shadra, shae, shaen, shaera, shak, shalan, sham, shamath, shan, shana, sharan, shayl, shemar, shere, shor, shul, shyll, shyr, sidur, sil, silvan, sim, sintar, sirem, skar, skell, skur, skyr, sokol, solan, sola, somra, sor, ssin, stel, strill, suldan, sulk, sunda, sur, surkh, suth, syl, sylph, sylune, syndra, syth

T - Z

taak, taar, taer, tah, tak, tala, talag, talar, talas, talath, tammar, tanar, tanil, tar, tara, taran, tarl, tarn, tasha, tath, tavil, telar, teld, telf, telos, tempe, tethy, tezir, thaar, thaer, thal, thalag, thalas, thalan, thalar, thamor, thander, thangol, thar, thay, thazal, theer, theim, thelon, thera, thendi, theril, thiir, thil, thild, thimir, thommar, thon, thoon, thor, thran, thrann, threl, thril, thrul, thryn, thuk, thultan, thume, thun, thy, thyn, thyr, tir, tiras, tirum, tohre, tol, tolar, tolir,  tolzrin, tor, tormel, tormir, traal, triel, trith, tsath, tsur, tul, tur, turiver, turth, tymor, tyr, uder, udar, ugoth, uhr, ukh, ukir, uker, usten, ulgarth, ulgoth, ultir, ulur, umar, umath, umber, unara, undro, undu, untha, upir, ur, ursa, ursol, uron, uth, uthen, uz, van, vaar, vaelan, vaer, vaern, val valan, valash, vali, valt, vandan, vanede, vanrak, var, varyth, vassa, vastar, vaunt, vay, vel, velar, velen, velius, vell, velta, ven, veren, vern, vesper, vilar, vilhon, vintor, vir, vira, virdin, volo, volun, von, voon, vor, voro, vos, vosir, vosal, vund, war, wara, whel, wol, wynn, wyr, wyrm, xer, xul, xen, xian, yad, yag, yal, yar, yath, yeon, yhal, yir, yirar, yuir, yul, yur, zail, zala, zalhar, zan, zanda, zar, zalar, zarach, zaru, zash, zashu, zemur, zhent, zim, ziram, zindala, zindar, zoun, zul, zurr, zuth, zuu, zym

A lot of places are named after historical events, battles, and people, so keep that in mind. God/Goddess names tied to your world also work well. Places are also often named after things that the area is known for, like Georgia being known for its peaches.

My brain was fried by the end of this so feel free to add more!

I hope you find this reference helpful and good luck world-building!

-Mel

[annemarieyeretzian]

Things I was grateful for in July 2019: The Laura Palmer (fresh-squeezed lemonade, Earl Gray Creme tea, and housemade blueberry sauce) from Bricks & Birch, an hours-long lunch date catching up with an old friend from college and @untitled1963, a chocolate chunk scone from Bricks & Birch, a trip to The Broad museum with two of my favorite couples, playing Cards Against Humanity with @untitled1963, @caesars-storm, and Alex, the veggie skewer from Bengal Barbecue at Disneyland, Cauldron Ice Cream Sun Moon & Stars ice cream in a red velvet puffle cone, a blueberry buttermilk bar donut from VG Donuts, eating hot dogs and watching the fireworks on the Fourth of July with @parrnesan, a last-minute Donut Friend date with @untitled1963, time and energy to box again, Vox Machina Origins Series II #1, finishing Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Mani Panic hair dye in Hot Hot Pink, a vegetarian corndog from the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, a deep-fried Smuckers® PB&J from the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and chocolate-dipped Almond Joes from Pacific Cookie Company.

[rowanheartjunior]

So I Go

I wrote a short story and thought I’d share it with all. Hope you enjoy.

Keller watched the old birch sway in the winter storm. It bent and bent, the young trunk able and strong in the gale winds of an Ontario breath. The wind whipped its lashes, fierce and cruel, beating away and carving in scars. River cold and river sliding cross icy beaches. He latched on to the sill, fingers digging into the wood, aching with temptation and glaciation.

There was a boy too. Not running from the snowflakes crashing down around him, nor was he moving to warmth of fire against frost. The shadow spilled from the birch’s branches, feeding in the night. Face cast in rhythmic calignosity, the boy stared out at the bitten river, ice wreathed eyes glazed with some unknown.

Austin pushed their hands in their coat pocket, the blisteringly shiver-inducing air creeping up their sleeves. It was close to midnight, the clouds a pitch darkness caught in callous fever. They didn’t notice the boy at first as they carefully picked their way past the frigid riverbank. The concrete was slick and their black boots were worn thin.

But there the boy stood, hunched over, back facing Austin. It was something out of a movie, but what genre was left unknown. Hunched shoulders, the vivid imagination left an imprint of winter mornings, alone in a sea of voices and people. It was striking, what they could not see. But the path did not lend Austin time as they hurried home to a furnace and knit blanket.

Levi stretched, arms above her head, out to scrap the walls of her tiny room, before them resting at her sides. The weatherman forecasted another three feet of snow with his bow tie and sweaty eyes. A lecture from her mother had her cross checked into her bedroom for the night without her gaming console. So she sat in darkness, swearing at the weatherman.

And out there, she swore she saw a pair of eyes, glinting across the river between whirlwinds of gusting snow. The river was not wide, but a narrow monster, twisting and rearing back at a moments notice. The eyes glinted under the birch tree, swarmed in fake fur of a winter coat. They rested below Levi, bequeathed in some story she could not know. Levi turned back to her pale green walls and complained.

Jenny and Jacob leaned against the bottled up bar door, the chill of glass seeping into their too thin clothes. They were California born and bred, people of heat and endless summer skies. But a steadfast lining of desire had brought them here. Brother and sister shared the comfort of rap music as skies rained down upon them in shivering streaks.

And there was boy, clothed in colorless binds. Grey and black and white shrunk his form, by the riverfront. Standing. Unmoving. Falling in and out of existence. Jenny whispered the rap music, tongue sharp with vowels and soft consonants. Jacob hesitated, falling out of sound. And back into it, with a harsh crack of youthful ignorance.

Samson, hitherto to be known and referred to as Otherwise. And he muttered to himself, I have all the pieces, I only need put them together. Otherwise sat in his dusty chair, in his dusty office, waiting for something. The big bay windows of the steel edifice hovered over him in a claustrophobic fashion, making the world so big, it turned tiny.

And he did not see. And he did not hear. And the snow muffled the skies and the howls and the vibrato of empty streets. Eyes closed. Eyes lost in a hundred shades of bronze spinning round in tetrahedrons. Geometric shapes, twisting like the river falling. Falling. And Otherwise was alone in an otherwise lonely way.

Maybe the boy had a name. But it wasn’t important. It rang and rang and rang, echoing in the night and solitude. It weakened under the harsh street lamp, fluttering away in the haggard wind. And those who saw, never saw. Those who turned, forgot. And those who looked on, were forgotten. So it goes.

So it goes, repeated the boy, hands clutched around a wearing worn novel struck thin and burdensome. Clutched by hand forth written to bear, inked in black hollows, under the birch tree young and strong. It bent and bent, able and strong, and broke free, bent and bent.

So it goes, said he.

So it goes, said they.

So it goes, said she.

No, the boy said, So I go.

[travelonlinetipsofficial]

Beach Hotels: Hotels in Fort Myers

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Beach Hotels: Hotels in Fort Myers

People come to Fort Myers for many reasons, but one of the most popular is to enjoy the beautiful, shell filled beaches. While some visitors are content with one day in the sun, others would like a few nights as well; as in overnights.

It’s a good thing that the beaches are lined with places to land; hotels, motels, resorts and condos. While most are adequate, motel mildew and sandy carpets do exist. 10Best is here to steer you clear of those. 

To be certain you’ll be greeted by nice rooms and fantastic service, check out the family friendly Pink Shell Beach Resort and Spa on Fort Myers Beach. Located on a quiet stretch of the island, this full service hotel has exciting water sports, a relaxing spa and everything in between. 

The Gullwing Beach Resort is on the opposite end of Fort Myers Beach, offering condominium accommodations so you can save money on dining out. 

On the tropical Sanibel Island, Casa Ybel has an old Florida Feel, beautifully maintained grounds and a quiet beach to sing you to sleep and gently wake you up in the morning.

All of these 10Best beach hotels have rooms that are just steps away from the sand. 

Photo courtesy of The Outrigger Beach Resort

If your idea of heaven involves sun, cool waters and a gorgeous seaside retreat in Fort Myers Beach, this hotel’s accommodations are just the ticket. A variety of room types and views makes it easy to pick one to match your vacation style. Located on a wide strip of Fort Myers Beach, the sand and water just seem more spectacular here. Enjoy water sports and breathtaking sunsets. Don’t miss lunch and libations at the Tiki Bar (where you’ll also find live music), or a morning shelling expedition on the pristine beach. A friendly staff and guest services provide all you need for the perfect trip.

Recommended for Beach Hotels because: A great location on a wide stretch of Fort Myers Beach and a locally famous tiki bar make this a choice beach destination.

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GullWing Resort provides condo-style accommodations facing the beach, with one to three bedrooms and fully equipped kitchens. There are separate living and dining areas, as well as in-room laundry to make you feel just like your at home; except for the phenominal beach front views. Locate on the more serene south end of Estero Island or Fort Myers Beach, the sand seems to be a little whiter here and the water a little more blue. You wont find any kids clubs here but there are Gulf-side swimming pools, tennis courts, gazebos and BBQ areas. If you want laid back, this is the place for you.

Recommended for Beach Hotels because: Offering all of the amenities of being at home, but with a breathtaking view of the Gulf of Mexico and white, sandy beaches.

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The Best Western Beach Resort is a great find on Fort Myers Beach. The hotel is on the north side of the island where it tends to be a little quieter. However, the walk to where the beach action begins is a short three blocks. There you will find lots of shops, restaurants, bars and more. The modern rooms have kitchenettes and private balconies overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, great for sunset viewing. There is even a guest cottage if you want more space and privacy. The grounds are always nicely manicured and the outdoor pool is heated for those occasional, chilly mornings. Other resort amenities include complimentary continental breakfast, shuffleboard, BBQ grills and water sports.

Recommended for Beach Hotels because: Located near the heart of Fort Myers Beach, this hotel has good service, nice beachfront rooms and lovely grounds.

Read more about Best Western Plus Beach Resort →

Photo courtesy of Gina Birch

Famous for being the site of the American Sand Sculpting Championship competition, the Wyndham Garden also enjoys one of the prettiest stretches of Fort Myers beachfront. The wide beach is a prime spot for national beach volleyball tournaments as well. There is something about this end of Estero Island where you’ll find even more soft, powdery white sand and room to roam. Sunset is a major event, whether enjoyed from the pool bar, the pool or the beach. It’s easy to get to the action at the heart of Fort Myers Beach, simply take a trolley to Times Square. However, you will find you have everything you need at this resort.

Recommended for Beach Hotels because: Found at the more quiet, south end of Fort Myers Beach, this hotel is home to world famous sand sculpting and volleyball tournaments.

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Photo courtesy of DiamondHead Beach Resort

Located in the heart of Fort Myers Beach and on the Gulf of Mexico, DiamondHead offers a variety of water sports and fantastic sunset views. In 2013, renovations were completed at the popular Cabana’s Beach Bar & Grille; a new thatch roof, flat-screen TV’s behind the bar and new beach seating, under colorful umbrellas. Shoes are not required to dine here, however, if you want more upscale dining there is Chloes, along with a lounge and piano bar. DiamondHead has numerous activities both on and off the beach; Hermit Crab Races, volleyball and corn hole to name a few. If staring at the waves from the balcony of your well maintained room is not enough relaxation, the hotel has a full service spa to make sure even that last little bit of stress gets left behind.

Recommended for Beach Hotels because: A well maintained hotel in a prime spot on Fort Myers beach, with super dining and great fun.

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The Sundial Beach Resort offers an inviting environment in which to relax and soak up the Florida sun. In the middle of Sanibel Island, this longtime favorite for locals and tourists, recently underwent a multi-million dollar renovation project including a new spa, a teppanyaki restaurant, sushi bar and there’s still more to come. Stay in your choice of well appointed condominium suites, with full kitchens, dining and living areas and enough space for the kids to have some privacy too. Not all rooms have direct views of the water so be sure to ask if that is important to your stay. The tiki hut is a fun place to hangout with live music and a refreshing pool to take a dip in.

Recommended for Beach Hotels because: You’ll find beachfront condos with lots of room, a fun tiki hut with live music and lots of family activities here.

Read more about Sundial Beach Resort & Spa →

Photo courtesy of ‘Tween Waters Island Resort & Spa

An historic Captiva Island property and longtime favorite of multiple generations, Tween Waters Inn and Resort stretches from beach to bay. While the main hotel rooms are quite basic, visitors who want a special room book one of the historic cottages; the Lindbergh cottages being among the most popular. These nostalgic one bedroom accommodations feature screened in lanais, surrounded by sea grapes and native vegetation as well as full kitchens and other amenities. You’ll find it all here; beaches, restaurants, bars, entertainment, tennis courts, a spa, and a pool big enough to accommodate not only the guests but the locals who often arrive by boat to party. The beach is a short stroll across the islands main road, but traffic almost always moves slowly, as driver’s strain to see the blue water and bright white sand.

Recommended for Beach Hotels because: This favorite local resort has a beach view, a bay view and fantastic restaurant. Condo-style rooms offer plenty of space for the entire family.

Read more about ‘Tween Waters Island Resort & Spa →

Photo courtesy of Casa Ybel Resort

Found on 23 acres of pristine, beachfront property, this historic resort offers wondrous views of the Gulf of Mexico, with a short walk to the beach. The one and two-bedroom condos give plentiful space and come fully equipped. The Kids Club has daily themes and offers activities such as lizard hunting, sand dollar painting, crafts and games. Typically scheduled in three-hour blocks, this gives plenty of time for the adults to enjoy some quite time or spa services. Sporty vacationers enjoy tennis, basketball, volleyball, croquet and horseshoes. The Thistle Lodge serves fresh seafood in a space once frequented by the likes of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. Casa Ybel’s beautifully landscaped grounds are slightly off the beaten path, but still a quick bike ride to shopping and nature preserves.

Recommended for Beach Hotels because: A beautifully maintained beach property, with amazing views, great service and lots of space to stretch out, both in the rooms and on the property.

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Photo courtesy of Courtesy Pink Shell Resort

This full-service resort on Fort Myers Beach truly has a little something for everyone with wide beaches, a marina, bike and boat rentals, casual and upscale dining, kids programs and a rejuvenating spa. Among other things, the Pink Shell is famous for it’s giant Octopool, a refreshing water experience for both kids and adults. Sparky’s Kids Kampp provides fun and educational activities for your 4-12 year-olds, like sailing schools, treasure hunts and Xbox games. The Pink Shell offers studios and villas so your family can spread out while at the same time and mom and dad can enjoy some privacy. Perfectly situated on the more quiet end of the touristy Fort Myers Beach, it’s a short trolley ride to the Town Square where people watching is unparalleled and entertainment is plentiful.

Recommended for Beach Hotels because: The beautiful and accomodating Pink Shell is just far enough away from the Fort Myers Beach party scene, yet close enough to join.

Read more about Pink Shell Beach Resort and Marina →

Photo courtesy of South Seas Resort

This luxurious, beautifully manicured beach-to-bay resort takes up the northernmost two and a half miles of exclusive Captiva Island with varied lodging options that are all fantastic. There are villas facing the Gulf of Mexico offering spectacular sunsets, cottages with nature views, or surrounding the nine-hole golf course, skimmed by the pristine gulf waters. All have ample space and kitchen facilities for family meals. Kids love the ScoutsAbout program; a giant scavenger hunt where they learn about landscape and wildlife on the island. The Sanibel Sea School is a hands on, sea-based education program and there is a family center offering crafts, arcade games and other family activities. The water is always blue and the beaches piled with shells. Once you check in here, you’ll never want to leave.

Recommended for Beach Hotels because: This award winning resort on the northern tip of Captiva Island is home to some of the most beautiful beaches in the area, paradise.

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Labor Day Mix 2021 - The Jersey Shore's "End of the Summer" Pregame Mix by DJ Hova After over a year of being locked down, we were finally reunited with the grails & green walls of D'Jais, the shot wheels of Bar A, the boom boom room of Osprey and God's Basement of the Parker House. While the near future is uncertain (fuck you Delta variant), there are three things that are certain: Death, Taxes and DJ Hova's annual Labor Day Mix! Another summer at the Jersey Shore is wrapping up, so let's go out with a bang. From Sandy Hook all the way down to Cape May, crack open those Long Drinks and crank up this mix for the final pregames of Summer 2021. Have a safe & happy Labor Day Weekend. Let's fucking go. FULL TRACKLIST: bit.ly/ldw21tracklist PLAYLIST: COMING SOON ⬇️ SAVE 15% OFF FRIDAY BEERS MERCH ⬇️ 1. Go to bit.ly/fridaybeershova 2. Use code 'djhov15' at checkout WEBSITE: djhova.com TWITTER: twitter.com/_djhova INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/_djhova Bring Me To Life (WAKE ME UP) [Case Ace VIP Bootleg] Freaks Party Till We Die Bed (Olive Oil ‘We Got Love’ Edit) Dreams (feat. Lanie Gardner) Internet Space Split (WeDamnz x Redliners Mashup) Wanna Go Dancin’ vs. Ten Feet Tall (DJ Taz Mashup) Xtasy (Luke LaRosa Mashup) Business Will Roll (DREZZ Mashup) Paradise (DJ Hova ‘Deep Youth’ Edit) Disco Inferno (Rivas ‘Devotion’ 2021 Edit) Bundles vs. Just Feels Tight (DJ UFOso Edit) Gimme Gimme Gimme (Freejak Remix) Levitating (Cream ‘Insomnia’ Edit) Hotel Rasputin Service (Veggibeats Mashup) Skate (Kue Remix) Bleeding Love (James Jager ‘I Want Your Love’ Edit) Unwritten (Pat C’s ‘Missing You’ Edit) The Only YMCA Swing (Basco Mashup) Don’t Cry For Me (Wilson & Smokin Jack Hill Remix) Kings & Queens (J Bruus Remix) Only One Domino (Discoid Mashup) Kill The Lights x Be Right There (BrandonAlex Mashup) Work Out My Head (THIERRY VON DER WARTH & JORDEN DUX MASHUP) Mr. Vain (Kastra ‘Sunny’ Edit) All Star (Rivas 2021 Bootleg) Mood (DJ Punxo EDM Bootleg Mix) House Party (Ligotti Remix) Beggin’ (Teddy Cream Bootleg) Stay (DJ Hova ‘Misery Business’ Edit) Girlfriend Going Down (Fresh Kiwi Party Smashup) Pepas I Like It (Kue Remix) La Mamá de la Mamá (Carnage x REDTAPE Remix) Edge of Seventeen (19Ninety Edit) Feel The Vibe vs. Tremor (VNCNT Mashup) Money For 17 (Ben Phillips Edit) Sun Goes Down vs. Me & U (WeDamnz VIP Edit) Do It To It Put Your Hands Up For Detroit (Angelo The Kid & Olive Oil ‘Turn Up The Speakers’ Edit) Be My Lover Gone (Sound Of Legend Mashup) Show me Love (David S Freddie Mercury) Show Me Love (feat. Robin S.) Pressure vs. Rhythm Of The Nights (Timo$ Re-Edit) The Only Way Is Burn Out Levels (IPN Mashup Bootled) Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous (Kastra ‘All Of My Heart’ Edit) Eenie Meenie (Angelo The Kid ‘Starlight’ Edit) Shed A Light All Of The Above (Reed Streets ‘Make Luv’ Edit) All My Friends (Hibell Remix) If I Lose Myself x Stars x Good Things Fall Apart (LUCAS Edit) Language vs. Dancing Queen (Make It Bump Mashup) More Than It Feels Like (MarziJ Mashup) Umbrella (Angelo The Kid ‘Lasting Lover’ Edit) Anyone (J Bruus Remix) Love Never Felt So Good (Fedde Le Grand Remix) Infinity (James Jager ‘In My Mind’ Edit) Love Tonight (Chachi ‘Million Voices’ Edit) Million Voices (DRKLight & DJ Ivan EP Mash-Up) Faded Scientist Calling (ANGEMI vs. Riggi & Piros Edit) Calling (Lose My Mind) Don’t Worry I Would Do Anything For Love (B-Fix ‘Valentines’ Mashup) D'Jais | Bar Anticipation | Joe's Surf Shack | Osprey | Leggetts | Parker House | Jenks | Tiki Bar | Ocean Drive Bar | Dead Dog Saloon | LaCosta Lounge | Porta | Green Rock | Wicked Wolf | Pig and Parrot | The Shannon | McSwiggans | Madhatter | Birch | Mike's Wild Moose Saloon | The Ainsworth | The Ashford | Texas Arizona | Cadillac Cantina | 80 River | Jersey Shore | Belmar | Lake Como | Manasquan | Asbury Park | Spring Lake | Sea Girt | Point Pleasant | Bay Head | Seaside Heights | F-Cove | Atlantic City | Sea Isle City | Cape May | Lavallette | LBI | Long Beach Island | Ocean City | Wildwood | Cape May | Morristown | Glassboro | Hoboken | Jersey City | New Jersey

[chrancecriber]

1.FM - Chillout Lounge Radio (February 01, 2023)

23:54 Pusteblume - Cold As Ice (Beautiful Chillout Mix) 23:48 James Bright - Set Me Free 23:42 Va - Red Muladhara 23:38 Kalabi - Clear Skies 23:33 Pensees - She 23:29 Sunsea - Light The Fire 23:25 Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart 23:18 Dj Lounge Del Mar - Sentosa Beach Cafe - Tribute To Cafe Del Mar Guitar Mix 23:13 Sinan - 99 Reasonsfeat. Omenzeter 23:08 Moorcheeba - Moog Island 23:04 The Angelica Project - Another Skin 22:58 Jjos - One More Night 22:52 Freemasons - Love On My Mind 22:49 Ben Leela - Dreaming A Dream 22:43 Dj Milews - Children (Ambient Del Mar Winter Cafe Mix) 22:39 Conjure One - Make A Wish 22:33 Melibea - Fusion 22:25 Toka Kakabadze - Urban 22:18 Magic Waves Feat. Mirjam - Tonight 22:14 3 Liquid Hz - Metropolitan 22:06 Alex Paterson - Flex-e-fun 22:02 Flume Feat. Andrew Wyatt - Some Minds 21:56 Blank & Jones Feat. Cathy Battistessa - Miracle Man (Beached Mix) 21:52 Mario & Vidis Feat. Jazzu - I'll Be Gone (Extended Original) 21:47 Dab - Pure Joy 21:42 Mahoroba - Faire On Tour (Jazzmatic Lounge Mix) 21:34 Chicane - Saltwater (The Thrillseekers Remix) 21:28 Lullaby Lounge - Chill Del La Mer (Blank Cafe Relax Mix) 21:24 The Avener & Mazzy Star - Fade Into You (The Avener Rework) 21:18 Sly - Like Love (Original Mix) 21:12 Coyoteeve Feat Saro - Tribastone 21:07 Amethystium - Isabliss - Strangely Beautiful 21:02 Gary B - Love Rain Down 20:57 Juan Belda & Carlo Galimberti - Wine Sessions 20:52 Bay Area - Santa Monica Blvd (No 17 Mix) 20:47 Orange Music - Islandlover (Monotonic Trip Mix) 20:44 William Orbit - Love My Way 20:39 Jeff Woodal - Silver Birch 20:35 Lemon Sol - Beautiful Morning (Piano Cafe Chillout To Ibiza Del Mar) 20:29 Man In The Moon Feat.debora Vilchez - Fragil 20:23 Cafe Del Mar - Leftfield - Fanfare Of Life 20:18 Peter Pearson - Bossalove 20:13 Ringo Orenji - Mikan 20:09 Ultraviolet - Ready Or Not (Chilled Out Mix) 20:03 Jerome Isma-ae - Underwater Love 20:00 Dragon Lounge - Saigon Sundown (Asia Cut) 19:54 Bright And Beautiful - Night Rains (Sound Of Ibiza Mix) 19:49 Ohm-g - Relax 2 The Max 19:44 Sofa Surfers - Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeis 19:38 Machomovers - Smooth Operator 19:32 Sweet Velvet - Recalling The Rising Sun 19:27 Liedschatten - Seaside (Original Mix 2006) 19:20 Fenomenon - Pacific Memories 19:13 Jean Martin - In My Dreams (Extended Remix) 19:09 Jjos - Know Me 19:04 Ac - Meditarrean Sundance 18:57 Kosta Rodriguez - Blue Grass 18:50 Milews - Miami Beach View - Sunset Del Mar Cafe Lounge Mix 18:46 Out Of Sight - Comfort (Afterlife Mix) 18:41 Skysurfer Feat Lovay - Circling Elements (Down By The 18:35 Guss - Milesing 18:29 Mobymusic - Whispering Wind 18:25 Chillwave - Massage Del Mar (Beach Cafe Mix) 18:18 Silent Poets - Moment Scale 18:12 Royspop - Mid Summer Nights (Luxury Deluxe Del Mar Mix) 18:05 Nautic - Freedom Of The Floor (Open Space Remix) 17:59 Schwarz & Funk - Night Over Bangkok 17:55 Va - For Want Of Her 17:49 L'art Mystique - Le Jardin Secret 17:46 Vibraphile - Waiting For You (Instrumental) 17:41 Aloha From Hawai - Sunset Cocktail Lounge (Cafe Bar Chillout Del Mar Cafe Mix) 17:34 Matenda - Orphean Layback Remix 17:30 Marc C. Griso - Sex, The First Time 17:22 Ibiza - Ibiza Blues Swing 17:17 Tranquillo - Elaborated Compassion 17:11 Alpha X - Nocturnal Trip 17:07 Mel. T Waters - Glass Reflections 17:01 4tunes - In The Middle 16:55 Sven Andersson Iii - Journey To Your Soul (Cosmic Cycle Buddha Lounge Bar Mix) 16:49 Atb - Remember That Day 16:42 Chicane - Low Sun 16:38 Lowland - Cafe Del Mar 16:35 Oh Wonder - Technicolour Beat 16:27 Dr Drummer - Galactica Soul 16:19 Detson Engeneering - Wonderland 16:14 Gxr And Kathie Talbot - 5 A.m. 16:09 Coastline - Adriatic Sea - Dj Lounge Del Mar Vs. Milews Ambience Mix 16:04 Manoa - Walk This Way 15:56 Roger Sanchez - Lost (Ibizarees The Unforgotten Mix) 15:51 Rae & Christian - Still Here 15:45 Réve De Cabaret - Trust Me 15:41 Lemon Sol - Beautiful Morning (Piano Cafe Chillout To Ibiza Del Mar) 15:35 De Clive-lowe, Mark - Day By Day 15:30 Jeff Woodal - Your Love (The Dark) 15:26 Moon De Lounge - La Mer Se Calme ( Mounier Oriental Sunset Dub Mix) 15:20 Synthetic Substance - Unreal 15:13 Sin Plomo & Torsten Stenzel - Sweet Suffering 15:08 Sofa Sweeper - The Sad Side Of The Street (Mellow Guitar Mix) 15:02 Pathetique - Dis Moi - Instrumental Cafe Costes Del Mar Sunset Hotel Chillout Mix 14:58 Autopilot - Seen It All 14:52 Timewarp Inc - Epic Tones Feat Rxn (Sundayman 14:46 Manoa - Jumaira Drive 14:41 Jjos - Lonely (Feat. María La Caria) Manu López-saxo (Lounge Mix) 14:35 Jo Manji - Lazy Loungin 14:29 Smooth Deluxe - Ibiza Sundown (Cafe Buddah Mix) 14:23 Royspop - Summer Nights (Luxury Deluxe Del Mar Mix) 14:17 Liquid Kings - Hang Up, Feel Free (Lounge Mix) 14:09 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart- Andrew Weatherall Mix 14:04 Boozoo Bajou Feat. Wayne Martin - Every Hour 14:00 Emapea - Laka 13:53 Chilloutlounge - Allstars 13:49 Chilling Crew - Frozen Time 13:44 Lounge Aura - Something (Geronimo Chillout Mix) 13:37 Balearic Lounge Boyz - Leaving Home (Feat. Guitaragi) 13:30 Pacator - Tränen (Marcielo Ambient Mix Instrumental) 13:25 Omnimotion - Cozy Life 13:20 Air - La Femme D'argent 13:16 Petit Biscuit - Sunset Lover 13:09 The Man Behind C. Feat.debora Vilchez - Fluye 13:05 Andras & Oscar - (I Know) What You Want 13:00 Freemasons Feat. Amanda Wilson - Love On My Mind 12:46 Fresh Moods - Solarcell 12:40 Sweet Velvet - La Realidad (Feat Debora Vilchez) (Ibiza Del Mar Cafe Lounge Vocal Mix) 12:36 A$ap Rocky - L$d 12:30 Joey Fehrenbach - Edison Cylinder 12:25 Triangle Sun - Beautiful 12:18 Chillsurfer Armada - Relax Your Mind (Cafe Buddha Del Mar Luxury Lounge) 12:11 Yagya - The Phantom Of Us 12:06 Brooke - 1 Want To Know What Love Is (Balearic Hypno Dub) 12:00 Schwarz & Funk - The Dawn 11:54 Soft Wave - Plenitude Part 2 11:49 The Sura Quintet - Relax In Sura 11:43 Klangstein - Deep Dive (Original Mix) 11:37 Ra-qi Gong - Rainy Days In Shanghai (Buddha Cafe Del Mar Bar Mix) 11:32 Green Lemon Feat Magica Fe - 11 O Clock (Pure Beach Cut) 11:28 K Vassiliadis Ft Marien - Den Efiges Lepto (Dub Mix) 11:23 Pilgrims Of The Wind - Nothing Can Pull Us Apart 11:19 Plasma - Spring 11:13 Blue Six - Love Yourself 11:09 Va - Serpentine 11:03 Gelka Feat. Phoenix Pearle - Million Nights 11:00 Urban Phunk Society - Spring 2 Summer 10:55 Mastermind - Wanna Give You Shelter 10:49 Aurosonic, Denis Karpinskiy & Kate Louise Smith - They Wait For Us (Chill Out Mix) 10:43 Rue Du Soleil - Essential Feelings 10:38 Bright And Beautiful - Night Rains - Sound Of Ibiza Mix 10:30 Rediophonic - Desert Wind 10:25 Luxury Traveller - Eagle Will Rise Again 10:21 Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line 10:16 Avalona - Empty Streets 10:12 Ben Leela - Dreaming A Dream 10:08 Vio Beach - Piano Chillout (Ambient Dream Mix) 10:03 Alex Cortiz - Smooth 09:55 Universe Music - Guitar Beach Lounge 09:51 Airstream - Electra 09:45 Gary B - Set Me Free 09:40 4tunes - Where Are You Now (Feat Hed) (Kandi Hotel Enigma Mix) 09:33 Dj Disse - Walk On The Wild Side 09:27 Cafe Americaine - Kashmir Wanderer (Nylons Cut) 09:21 Cdm - Many Rivers To Cross 09:17 Ibizarre - Smooth Temptation 09:12 Atjazz - Storm 09:08 Jjos - Don't You Want Me (Chilled Mix) 09:05 K. Vio & Tim Tonic - Out Of Atlantis 08:56 Va - Soar Angelic 08:52 Synkro - Memories Of Love 08:47 Kiss Audio - The Voice Of Freedom (Spiritual Version) 08:43 Pines - Tell Me (Feat. Water Park) 08:35 More Than Ever People - Levita 08:30 Ling Ludd - Waterfront Dub 08:26 Lange - Frozen Beach 08:20 Elmara - Training 08:15 Koolsax - Evasion 08:10 York - Bye Bye Baby (Chill Out Mix) 08:03 Groove Armada - Inside My Mind 07:57 Vargo - The Moment 07:52 Afterlife - Espalmador 07:46 Tosca - Mango Di Bango 07:40 Rhodescreen - Peace System (Original Mix) 07:35 Lux - Head Centre 07:30 Sam Swift - Wonderful World 07:24 Guenter Haas - Ai Fu Lin 07:18 Citrus Jam - Pacific Snow 07:13 Omega3 & Guitarigi - Food (Original) 07:10 Cold Blue - Underwater Love 07:05 Mercer - Scandal 06:58 Dab - Have A Smoke 06:53 Cesar Martinez Ensemble - Contigo Para Siempre 06:47 Exit Mars - Gliding (Comfort Version) 06:40 Thievery Corporation - Incident At Gate 7 06:36 Amethystium - Calantha 06:30 Nimino - The Back Of Your Hands (Ft. Ashe) 06:24 Puff Dragon - Lava 06:19 The Weeknd - Earned It 06:13 Good Chillaz - No Motion (Jazz Relax Mix) 06:09 Gelka Feat. Phoenix Pearle - Flying On Clouds 06:04 Alessandro Boschi - Sentosa 05:58 Chicane - Saltwater 05:52 Peter Linski Experience - Everything Flows 05:47 Monique Bon - La Musique 05:42 Blank & Jones With Jason Caesar - Hideaway 05:36 Beach Armada - Ocean Eyes (Oriental Chill Groove Cafe Mix) 05:31 Sangar - My Breeze 05:28 Michael Hummer - Coffee 05:24 Tall Paul Vs Inxs - Precious Heart 05:19 Noise Boyz - Honeytrap (Keys & Trumpet Mix) 05:14 Nujazzy - On A Sunday Morning (Facebook Affair Mix) 05:09 Kitty The Bill - Cabriolet Tour 05:03 Sunyata Project Feat. Miyabi - Inner Lights 04:58 Arrojas - Didascalias 04:53 Ohm-g & Bruno - Jungle Light 04:47 Mark Gorbulew's Manhattan Groove - Dreamsville 04:40 Lux - So La Ra Dsa 04:37 Adrien Aubrun - My Last Poem 04:33 Dr. Meaker - Need Love 04:26 Ficci - Edge Of The Night 04:20 Alex Cortiz - Deja Vu 04:15 Ziller - Pearl & Dean 04:11 Riccardo Eberspacher - I Feel Love 04:04 Rollercone - Daydreaming 03:58 Gary B - Set Me Free 03:54 Fidelity - You Don't Know 03:49 Sleepingroom Armada - Hope (Feat Inocencia Comas) (Easy Erotic Groove Lounge Mix) 03:43 Massive Gold - Follow Me (Feat Jaywee) (Chillout Del Mar Cafe Instrumental) 03:38 Dreamscape - Electric Emotion 03:33 Visit Venus - Home 03:27 Chilloutlounge - Letting The Cables Sleep 03:19 Salt Tank - Sargasso Sea 03:16 The Fairchild - Piano Colors 03:10 Michael E - Sark Of Searenity 03:05 T Mo - La Ritournelle 02:59 Polished Chrome - Mala (Original Mix) 02:52 Aural Float - Still Here 02:47 Noel - Chalito (Ibiza Chillhouse Lounge Mix) 02:40 Phil Mison - Lula 02:37 Afterlife - How Does It Feel 02:30 Kosta Rodriguez - Purple Sky 02:26 Thievery Corporation - Transcendence 02:21 Farbor Resande Mac - Stockholmsnatt 02:15 Pep Llado Feat. Antonio Martin - Vai Vedere 02:09 New Beginning - Another Day 02:05 Sunset People - Summer Madness (White Sand Cut) 02:01 Jjos - Breathe 01:55 Green Lemon Feat. Bernd Langer - Rauchy Stranger 01:48 Caya Levantado - Caribbean Daydreaming ( Jazzy Del Mar Cafe Lounge Mix0 01:43 Sine - Morning 01:38 Triangle Sun - Beautiful 01:34 Ravi Costes - Lion Sleeps - Cafe Groovera Hotel Bar Del Mar Mix 01:29 Peter Pearson - With All My Love (Bliss) 01:25 P.m F.m - Chinchilla 01:16 Tommy Awards - Hotel Odemark 01:11 James Bright - Be 01:05 Gold Lounge - Only A Dream 01:00 Chilloutlounge - Track 8 00:55 Jazz L'amour - Summer Dreams - See The Light Mix 00:49 San Martino - Es Cavalett (Piano Dream Mix) 00:43 Philip Aniskin - Evening On The Waves 00:38 Scott Simmons - Children (Mediterr-asian Chill Mix) 00:32 Joey Fehrenbach - Particles 00:27 Limelight - Oxygene 4 00:23 Washed Out - Face Up 00:17 Koru - I Believe 00:10 Laid Back - Sunshine Reggae (Peter Visti's & Stella Polaris Remix) 00:05 Mark's & Henry's - The Making 00:01 Camille - In A Manner Of Speaking

[dunmerofskyrim]

55

Simra padded along the dryboards that lined the way townward. Careful feet in two-toed boots, avoiding the worst of the mud. Shoulders bunched tight and back hunched over; hands crammed under his arms and wishing he had gloves.

He’d spent the morning crossing the marshes that middled the island. Burping stands of brackish water and straggles of hardy reeds. Spider-brown mushrooms with heads fronded like blowball flowers; slim-stemmed and tall as birches but flexile, bown one way then the next in the wind. No wading birds. Only sometimes a small slump of rock would move and shuffle through the muck, showing itself not a rock at all but a kind of beetle, tilling the waters for food. Only sometimes searchers out from town and the scatter of cottages across the rest of the island. With their ragged mantles and hoods and their bare black-stained legs, they trod through the waters, carrying lanterns, looking for fish, things in shells, veins of naft. Made Simra colder than he could bear just to look at them, so he tried not to. Just kept to the path through the marshlands, where stocky cairns daubed with white paint marked trails of solid ground.

Now, after the rot-sweet air of the middle marshes, came the smell of the sea. It was thicker here than up on the headland, where the air was too restive with wind to smell of anything much besides cold. With the shore in bowshot he saw it: a swash of glaucous grey, a black middle-distance and bluish horizon. Coursings of white toward the searocks that edged the bay, in waves waist-high and spitting. And Branoristown sat in the bay’s lap. The crags around, the sea beyond, the marshlands at his back — it looked paltry next to all that. Small and pitiful and desperate; an unplanned little foundling of a town.

Simra had seen once, in the fuggy marshlands south of the Deshaan and towards the Blackmarsh border, a colony of things: vermin with clammy rat-sized bodies and thick-tapering tadpole tails and stubby grippy little forelegs. Boneless, they could fit into almost anything you wanted them kept out of. Foodstores most of all. The locals would cull them, boiling water down their burrows and standing by the burrow’s escape tunnel with sticks, cudgels, bills, mattocks. It’d seemed an easy enough way to make coin, standing with them. But when the things teemed out of their colony, fleeing the steam and scald of it, they came in a clambering heaping tide, all trying to claw each over the other. A mudslide, an avalanche, but made of bodies, heaped all on all for space and safety. He’d stood ready with his cudgel till he saw them, then found he wanted none of it. Not for such a pittance of coin. In hindsight he’d’ve paid never to have seen it at all.

To him, that was how Branoristown looked to’ve been built. A slow-fought scrummage of buildings, all having chosen the same place to put their foundations. Roofs crashed into roofs likes punches. Alleyways formed where two houses refused to touch. And in the little cove where the piers reached out, the structures scrambled all up on each other, dense and mad and jealous.

In the main they seemed made from driftwood. The sodden-once sort of wood that’s been planed and planked to hull boats and come together as clinkers, and looks now swollen through the grain, and dark even when dry. Shards of it and scraps of it. Sides of it taken wholesale off from a scuppered ship, still caulked with pitch or resin. They came together, clapped into houses and shopfronts. Doors that hinged to their frames like rudders and barred with what could have been oarshafts. Struts and stilts, creaking above the baywater, with buildings balanced haphazard atop them. Boats and houseboats, at jostle for moorings. And out beyond, a ways into the deeper waters, ships at anchor. An arbour of masts.

A patchwork, Simra thought. Or a mess if you weren’t feeling kind. All that pitch and seasoned wood, and the galewinds off the ocean — it was a wildfire waiting to happen.

He walked the one street. It struck out from inland, straightish towards the jagged crescent bay, the docks. A scuttle of buildings lined it on either side and alleys broke off like the veins in a leaf. They were built for rain, built for storms, angled against the north, and f0r all they looked haphazard, they were strong at the foundations, squat-rooted to the sloping ground. Built to stand still when the earth shook beneath them. Built to stand firm and to shrug when the mainland sent ash or the ocean crashed up from the harbour and into the streets.

The boards carried on down the street’s two sides, but worn and sunk with use. Slat to slat Simra picked his way, ankles braced and stiff against the uneven footing. The street dug through town, high at its dryboarded walkways, but sloping muddy to midway like a near-dry riverbed. Trenches and pools of water and glints of mirrored sky.

A cart stood abandoned a ways ahead, buried to the axles in mud. Beyond it, stones began to litter the dirt road as it bit out towards the beach. Those that walked the streets walked fast, heads down; ducked into alleyways soon as they could, like insects back to their holes at the first show of sun.

On the far side of the street a sign clapped in the breeze above a porch that pitched over the dryboards and looked half-fit to fall into the mire of the road. A few slats of wood, painted with a pair of scales, weighing a sun and pair of moons. The picture was well done. Unexpected here, out of place, but Simra reckoned he knew a tradehouse when he saw one.

He cast up and down the street for a way over. “Blight.” He looked at the mud, down at his boots, then back. “Fucking blight . . . ”

A pair of old Dunmer sat under the tradehouse porch, sharing smokes from the same clay waterpipe. The parts of some game lay between them on a cratebuilt table. Cards or dice; board and pieces. One with a long thin chinbeard caught Simra with his eye. Looked to his friend with the kind of spendthrift gesture that comes only from long acquaintance, and then they were both looking at him. Smirking from out their deep-lined faces and peering over the mudcourse with narrow-smiling eyes, dark red and making his neck burn, his scalp prickle.

A twist of Simra’s mouth then a sharp parting as he kissed his teeth. He tramped on down the street to where the stones began. Long strides, a shame and frustratement of longstretched time, and every motion he made in it felt false and forced as he felt their eyes on his back and their quiet laughter pronging at the settle of his insides. At last he crossed where it was easier to cross, boots growling on the beachstones, then up the street again.

His face had gone to thunder by the time he was back to the tradehouse. Must have, for how their faces fell and went blank, and their eyes went back to their game.

They were playing at maze, cards facedown across the tabletop in tangling paths and dead ends. Caselif had been good at the game, same as he’d been good at most every game he turned to. Tried to teach Simra more than once, but he only ever learnt enough to know when Case was winning, and that was more from watching, game after game after game, than from any of those meandering halfhensible lessons. The second of the two had that look now. A blank comfort in his gaze and patience in the shape of his small sagdown mouth. Beyond that he was beardless and bald, and bare even of eyebrows, so he seemed two ages at once. A crag-faced sharp-nosed infant with a labyrinth of lines round his eyes.

Simra made to move past them, through the heavy curtain that covered the doorway.

“No use on that,” said the bearded one.

“Eat inkstones, can you?” said the other. “Pots and pans and wholecloth? What you’re here for, intit? Provisioning? You look the sort.”

“Sword. Boots. Jangling every step. Wear your wealth, eh? Such as it is.”

“Such as it is,” said the bald Dunmer. His smirk was returning. “No food to be asked for if that’s what you’ll ask. Not by your means . . . ”

Simra’s head turned, hard, hurting with the motion. Fuck did they know about his means? His sort or sword or boots? But he forced himself calm, dragging in a long thin breath through his flaring nostrils. Blinking once, hard, as his left hand slid down to his swordbelt and stopped incidental just over the hanger. “No food at all?”

“Not for murder nor money.”

“Pity,” said Simra. His belly clenched. It was worse than he’d thought, and sooner too. “Can still hear voices inside though. How’s that?”

“Narywhere else to be. Tell you, everything’s to a halt round here.”

“Where’s the sense working if coin won’t feed you?”

“What’s left to do?”

“Piss your coin away somewhere warm, I s’pose is the reasoning.” The bearded Dunmer took a bubbling drag from the pipe.

“Then how come you’re both out here?”

“We’re only where we always are.”

“Been famines before.”

“And there will be again.”

“No reason to change from doing what you love.”

Famine. Simra had felt the word all this time but the bearded Dunmer was the first he’d heard say it here. “Well.” He shrugged to hide the slump in his shoulders, the doomed feeling in his spine. “Drinking on an empty belly does work out cheaper . . . ” That, and there’s uses for taproom talk — small victories to suck from defeat.

He passed through the curtain and into the bodywarmth, the murmur and bellow of voices, and the sourness of worried sweat.

“Good preparation, probably,” he said, back encamped that evening and on his way back to sober. “Gets us in the spirit. It’ll be worse on Vvardenfell.”

“What will be?”

He shrugged. “The cold maybe. The hunger for certain. The exposure and unrest and sense of nothing coming along quite right. Everything struggling along like no-one knows what they’re doing. Suffering along in the shadow of no-one having enough of anything. Whole island made of too many mouths and too many bellies and too many greedy hands, and little enough to fill any of them.”

“The plain’s no different,” said Noor.

“Nor any other wild place in the world maybe,” said Tammunei.

“Nah. There’s differences. People don’t crowd to the plain expecting to find anything but grass, grazing. Vereansu if they’re unlucky; freedom if they’re Vereansu. But Vvardenfell—? Fuck . . . I’d ask what rock you’ve been living under if I didn’t already know.”

Noor frowned and crossed her arms.

Simra kissed his teeth. Still the faintest slur in his voice when he spoke at length. “Glass. That’s part of it. Red Mountain splits open, bleeds ebony, spits trueglass every which way. People’re mad enough for it on the mainland, but on Vvardenfell it’s a fucking disease. Reckon the why of it’s simple though. There’s just more of it there. In the dirt, in the rivers, in seams and filled foyadas. Just . . . imagine a place coin grows from the ground but nothing else will. And the Houses peddle it as free land for settlers. Reclaimers, they say. Rich with opportunity, all that shit. But you find soon enough you can’t eat opportunity — or glass, or ebony either.”

“You asked me before,” said Tammunei. “Long before, it seems. You asked me if Morrowind is getting better. Healing.” They tailed into a wordless question.

“Right. Right . . . ” Simra tried not to falter; flush like he’d been caught out in something. “I asked because I’d seen one of the answers. Vvardenfell’s what happens if the answer’s no. Hunger and hopeless hope, and the things they do to people, and that people do to people because of them.”

“Ah.” Tammunei’s face broke a little, conflicting itself in two pieces. Understanding and wishing they didn’t, or had, long ago, earlier. A twitch in their mouth like they wanted to say more.

“It’s bad there. People too. I’d like to put a fair face on it, but I don’t want you thinking elsewise so I reckon it’s best I’m clear now. What’s it you said about reasons, Noor?”

“The right reason’s the one that moves you.”

“Right. I just . . . I wanted to give you your chances to get your reasons straight.”

Tammunei’s voice was smaller now when they spoke. “And what about yours, Simra? You’ve seen it. Why go back?”

Simra’s face shifted. A sharp twitch down its left side, stopping sudden at the knot and stubbornness of scars near his mouth. He forced it into a lopsided smile. “You know my reasons.”

“Grazelands,” said Noor. “Ghosts. That bag you carry in your bags. Bones, is it?”

“Teeth,” said Tammunei.

Simra frowned. “You could tell?”

Tammunei dipped their chin. A lingering nod. Of course they could tell.

“Well then,” he said. “Grazelands, ghosts, and a bag of rattling teeth. Sentiment.” He pulled a long mock of a smile. “Straight enough for you?”

[architectnews]

Bookend House, Santa Monica

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Bookend House in Santa Monica

Nov 19, 2020

Bookend House

Architects: ORA

Location: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Southern California, United States of America

Located blocks from the beach, the 4,820 square foot bookend house is a private compound with three distinct uses – a family home bookended by a guest house and a music studio.

The program for Bookend House mandated optimized site planning, functional relationships, circulation and access among the three uses to reduce the overall building size. Each use required separate access to give the family privacy in their home and garden while hosting long-term guests and daily visitors to the music studio.

Sustainable design strategies influenced by the local climate were required along with low-maintenance, natural finishes to limit resource use.

Informal living spaces housed in a wood and glass bar float over two submerged brick boxes containing the guest house and music studio. Strategically located to organize both indoor circulation and outdoor garden uses, the boxes’ heavy mass with punched openings playfully arranged to juxtapose scale, privacy, daylight and views, contrast the lightness and transparency of the wood bar above.

In response to the context and unique program, the long, narrow building form is oriented to capture westerly ocean breezes, utilizing an active passive cooling system. Glazing is minimized on south and west façades. To the east, deep overhangs and movable wood screens afford shade and privacy, while expansive glass openings take advantage of neighborhood landscape views.

A low-maintenance, drought resistant, native and adapted landscape design is implemented throughout, including topping the brick boxes with a green roof of native grasses connecting the landscape to second floor family spaces.

The Brief The owners’ desire was to build a garden compound with three distinct uses; a modest three-bedroom family home, a guest house and a music studio.

Key Challenges The program mandated optimized site planning, functional relationships, circulation and access among the three uses to reduce the overall building size. Each use required separate access giving the family privacy in their home and garden while hosting long-term guests and daily visitors to the music studio. Sustainable design strategies influenced by the local climate were required along with low-maintenance, natural finishes to limit resource use.

The Solutions The Bookend House is a private compound with three distinct and separate uses. A modest family home bookended by two solid volumes containing a guest house and music studio, contrast the home’s lightness and transparency and organize indoor circulation and outdoor garden uses.

Conceptualized as a bar floating above two boxes, informal living spaces are housed in a simple wood and glass bar, bookended by two brick boxes containing the guest house and music studio. Strategically located on the site to create garden wall enclosures for the outdoor patios, the boxes are submerged below grade, sliding under the bar above.

The bar steps up the site in response to a five-foot site grade change. Conforming to the natural contours, each of the main living spaces has a direct connection to the garden. Glazing is minimized on the south and west façade, and to the east deep overhangs and movable wood screens afford shade and privacy at expansive glass openings.

The heavy mass of the brick boxes contrast the wood bar, with punched wood windows playfully arranged juxtaposing scale, privacy, daylight and views. Topped with a green roof of native grasses, they connect the landscape to second floor spaces. The guest house is accessed from the street through a private courtyard. The music studio functions as a detached space with a separate entry for visitors through a lush submerged courtyard.

The garden was designed with a rugged sensibility and nothing too precious or delicate. A ‘beach meadow’ of native and adapted planting requires minimal water and maintenance. A kitchen patio for art projects is surrounded by an edible garden with a composting area for household waste. The family entry courtyard marked by a shade trellis houses a bicycle rack with storage for bike gear and an outdoor shower, encouraging biking around the neighborhood.

Key products used: Roof: Sarnafil G476, 60 Mil (Green Roofs) Flintastic GTA-FR Coolstar Torchdown, Energy Star-rated Siding: Western Red Cedar, with Eco-stain Cement: Plaster, custom color, steel trowel finish Sheet Metal: Bonderized Sheet Metal Brick: Endicot, Norman Manganese Ironspot Flooring: Concrete, Schofield, Winter Beige Decks: Ipe Doors & Wns: Spanish Cedar Skylights: Velux Cabinets: White Birch, Douglas Fir, White Oak Stair: Rift White Oak Tile: Heath Countertops: Boxy Blue, Leather finish Pietra Olivo, Honed finish Paint: Benjamin Moore Appliances: Miele, Best, Subzero Plumbing Fix: Toto, Hansgrohe, Duravit, Kohler Entry System: Siedle Vario + Classic systems Fireplace: Ecosmart, XL900 Hardware: FSB door handles Waterproofing: Tremco Paraseal

The clients The clients are a young family. The father is a musician and the studio is his workplace. Their home is a true live-work space.

The Unique Project The project is conceived in direct response to its site, context and unique programmatic requirements. In contrast to the housing vernacular typical of the neighborhood, where the tendency is to build large volumes to the maximum allowable footprint, the long, narrow building form responds to the site’s orientation towards prevailing ocean breezes from the west and lush borrowed landscape views to the east.

Sustainability Features Sustainable strategies integrated into the design include: • Optimized site planning, functional relationships, circulation and access between the three program uses reduced the overall building size. • Air-conditioning was forgone except in the music studio. Radiant heating tubes are installed throughout eliminating the need for ductwork, lowering operating temperatures and energy usage. • Active passive cross ventilation is accomplished through series of operable windows and ceiling fans in each space that pull cool prevailing breezes through the house. Warm air is exhausted outside through operable light monitors which serve as solar chimneys. • Solar heat gain is reduced by favoring larger openings to the north and east and through the use of low-e glazing throughout. • Deep overhangs and movable screens protect large glass openings from heat gain while allowing the main spaces to have expansive outdoor connections. Motorized exterior shades protect the light monitors from late afternoon sun. • Submerged below grade, the heavyweight concrete structures of the guest house and music studio with smaller, more discrete windows result in an exterior envelope with a high thermal mass. • A combination of radiant heat barriers installed below an energy star cool roof on the residence and green roofs on the bookends reduce solar heat gain. • The building envelope comprised of FSC certified wood siding, brick, cement plaster and glass is both low maintenance and long-lasting. • Inside, environmentally preferable materials made or harvested within 500 miles, sustainably grown woods and plywood made from rapidly renewable materials, and finishes free of toxins were used whenever possible. • Ultra-low flow water fixtures and solar hot water heating systems used for domestic hot water and pool heating reduce both water use and energy demands. • A low-maintenance, drought resistant, native and adapted landscape design was implemented throughout. • Storm water runoff is captured and filtered on site before being returned to the aquifer. • Solar panels provide 80% of the buildings energy use. • Two car charging stations power the owner’s cars

Building Methods Designed to create a muted backdrop for the informal landscape, the home is constructed of a neutral, earthy palette of manganese iron brick, smooth cement plaster and aged cedar. The brick transitions inside at the bookends contrasting the lightness and transparency of the wood bar. Inside, simple utilitarian interior finishes were selected including; white plaster walls, handmade tiles, warm concrete floors, birch cabinets and custom designed and fabricated cedar doors, windows and movable privacy screens.

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Project size: 4820 ft2 Completion date: 2016

Photography: Eric Staudenmaier

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Beach House Tour

  Built and designed by Marnie Oursler of Marnie Custom Homes (recently featured here), this spectacular oceanfront beach house is just steps from the Atlantic ocean, in Fenwick Island, DE which served as the muse for the home’s design and aesthetic. Crisp whites, beachy blues, and faded driftwood serve as the palette for this light and airy home. Inside creativity is abundant with custom bunk bed, built-ins, remote controlled sky lights in the master bedroom and bath, custom tile work and even a separate 50’s retro kitchenette for house guests. This home was designed with the view in mind featuring five balconies and a spiral staircase leading to a rooftop deck with gorgeous views of the Atlantic. No detail has been overlooked for this dream beach home with ocean views from every angle.

Pin your favorite interiors and exteriors photos of this inspiring beach house tour!

  Beach House Tour

Featuring blue shingle siding and white trim, this beach house takes your breath away the moment you see it. Isn’t it stunning?!

Siding

Siding is NuCedar Siding in “Bracing Blue”.

Front Door

The door paint color is similar to “Behr Sunken Pool”.

Home-Sweet-Home

Oh, wow… Just imagine opening the front door of your home and be embraced by this view! (Take a look at the ocean for a few second and take a few deep breaths…).

Decor

Sofa: Four Seasons Slipcover Sofa from Creative Concepts – similar here.

Swivel Chair: Comfort Design Maco Power Swivel Glider from Creative Concepts. Custom fabric – Others: here, here, here & here.

Beautiful Coffee Tables: here, here, here, here & here.

Ceiling Fan: Fanimation Islander Pewter w/ Natural Palm Blades.

Rug: 8×10 Jaipur collection area rug.

Dining Room

Ocean views surround this coastal dining room.

Table: Canadel Champlain 60” Round Table from Creative Concepts – Others: here, here, here, here & here.

Slipcover dining chairs from Creative Concepts – Others on Sale: here, here, here & here.

Chandelier: Malibu 24 w/ Mother of Pearl from Ro Sham Beaux – Other Beaded Chandeliers: here, here, here, here & here.

Paint Color

The shiplap is painted in “Sherwin Williams Pearly White”.

Kitchen

This kitchen features a great layout. A butler’s pantry is located on the far left and open shelves beautifully accentuates the slab backsplash on the far right.

Kitchen Cabinets: Décor Cabinets Maple painted Benjamin Moore Decorator’s White.

Stools: 24” Amisco Ronny barstool – Others: here, here, here & here.

Anchor: Custom by @tobacco_barn_craftsman.

Appliances: Sub Zero & Wolf.

Kitchen Island Paint Color

Blue Kitchen Island Paint Color: “Santorini Blue 1634 by Benjamin Moore” – I love this color on islands!

All hardwood: Castle Combe West End, Color: Beckton by US Floors – similar here & here.

Island Countertop

Island countertop & open shelves are Butcher Block Reclaimed Chestnut from @grothouseinc.

Mixer: Kitchenaid mixer with KitchenAid Watercolour Ceramic Bowl.

Lighting

Pendants: Menton Brushed Nickel Clear Glass by Matteo Lighting. Other Pendants on Sale: here, here, here, here, here, here, here & here.

Kitchen Sink

Sink: Apron Farm Sink from Kohler.

Faucet

Kitchen faucet is by Kohler.

Cabinet Harware

Hardware: Grafton Pull in polished chrome from Restoration Hardware – Other Recommended Hardware: Pulls, Cup Pulls, Knobs & Appliance Pulls.

Stone

The perimeter countertop and backsplash is “Sea Pearl Quartzite”.

Butler’s Pantry

This practical butler’s pantry/bar is located just off the kitchen.

Cabinet Paint Color

Cabinet is painted in “Benjamin Moore Decorator’s White“.

Coffee-Time

This Miele built-in coffee machine is one of my favorites!

Trim Paint Color

All Trim: Benjamin Moore Decorator’s White in High Gloss.

Shiplap Paint Color

All shiplap is painted in “Pearly White SW 7009 by Sherwin Williams”.

Chandelier

Chandelier: Ro Sham Beaux Lily 18” light with Aquamarine chip quartz beads – Other Stairway Chandeliers: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here & here.

Built-in Gate

This built-in safety gate was custom-designed by the builder and it mimics the exterior railing.

Shiplap Barn Door

A custom sliding shiplap barn door conceals the washer and dryer.

Powder Room

This powder rooms feels beachy and fresh. You can make any smaller bathroom look bigger if you apply the tile from floor-to-ceiling.

Tile: Fan shaped Aquamarine #1383 with Capri #1384 by Quemere Designs Tile – Other Fun Tiles: here, here, here, here & here.

Sink: Kohler Memoirs Pedestal Sink.

Toilet: Kohler.

Mirror: Pottery Barn – Others: here, here & here.

Light: Elk Lighting.

Guest Bedroom Paint Color

Paint Color: “Evening Shadow SW 7662 by Sherwin Williams”.

Bedding: Restoration Hardware – similar here & here.

Throw Blanket: Kaley Throw (slate) by Alcott Hill from Birch Lane.

Bed: Remington bed from Wesley Allen (Custom Color).

Side Table: Bungalow 5 Dakota 1 Drawer Side Table (white).

Side Chair: CR Laine – Other Nice Chairs: here, here, here & here.

Ceiling Fan: Fanimation Islander Pewter w/ Natural Palm Blades.

Painting above bed: Alison Junda @a.junda_paintings.

Bathroom

Paint Color: “Sherwin Williams Evening Shadow”.

Vanity: Custom from Yorktowne – similar here, here, here & here.

Counters: Q Quartz Calacutta Verona

Lighting: Ashbury Double Sconce – Polished Chrome from Restoration Hardware.

Shower Tile: Mosaic: Lunada Bay Tile – Tommy Bahama Collection – Cocos Keeling Color – similar here.

White: 3×6 Bright White Ice Subway Tile.

Floors: 8” x 36” Panaria Ceramica Wood Trend White Oak with Warm Gray Grout – similar here & here.

Distressed Shiplap Bedroom

The distressed shiplap accent wall was designed by the builder/designer. The ceiling paint color is “Open Air SW 6491 by Sherwin Williams”.

Wall color: “SW Pearly White”.

Side Table: Bungalow 5 – Others: here, here, here, here, here, here & here.

Bed: Creative Concepts.

Throw: here – similar.

Guest Bathroom

Wall paint color is “Pearly White by Sherwin Williams” – which is a great neutral color!

Floors: 8” x 36” Panaria Ceramica Wood Trend White Oak with Warm Gray Grout – similar here & here.

Vanity: Custom from Yorktowne Cabinetry – similar here, here, here & here.

Counters: Q Quartz Calacutta Verona.

Shower Floor/Wall Tile: Luanda Bay Agate Pisa with Pearl Finish 1” x 4” Brick Mosaic with Avalanche Grout – similar here, here, here & here.

White Shower Wall: 3×6 Bright White Ice Subway Tile.

Lighting: Ashbury Double Sconce – Polished Chrome from Restoration Hardware.

Mirror: Pottery Barn.

Guest Bathroom

This guest bathroom features a fun geometric floor tile and white walls. Paint color is “Pure White SW 7005 Sherwin Williams”.

Counters: Q Quartz Calacutta Verona.

Vanity: custom by Yorktowne. Similar here, here, here & here.

Mirror: Pottery Barn.

Tiling

Tile floor: Lili Hexagon Tile with custom colors – similar here & here.

Shower walls: 3×6 Bright White Ice Subway Tile.

Shower Niche: Lunada Bay Agate Umbria withPearl finish 1” x 1” Mosaic tile – similar here.

Neutral Master Bedroom Paint Color

Walls are “Drift of Mist SW 9166 Sherwin-Williams”.

Doors open to a private balcony with dreamy ocean views!

Chest: Balboa Island Raffia Host Chest.

Bed & Bedding

Bed: Barclay Butera – also available here.

Side Tables: Bungalow 5 Frances 2 drawer side table – Other Nightstands on Sale: here, here, here & here.

Comforter: Eastern Accents – complete set – just Duvet Cover.

Shams: Eastern Accents Euro Shams – Other Beautiful Bedding: here, here, here, here & here.

Lumbar Pillows: Blue/Green Scallop Design Hand-painted.

Decorative Pillow: Sumba Hand Painted Coral.

Master Bathroom

The master bathroom feels luxurious and welcoming at the same time. Wall color is “Drift of Mist by Sherwin Williams”.

Bath: Archer Whirlpool Bath by Kohler.

Wall Tile

Wall Tile: Ming Green 3” x 6” Polished Marble Tile.

Floor Tile

Floor Tile: APE Project White 8” x 45” staggerd layout – similar here & here.

Accent Tile (Niche): Luanda Bay Agate Luccca Pearl Finish 1”x1” Mosaic.

Countertop & Mirrors

Counters: Q Quartz Calacutta Verona.

Mirrors: here.

Sinks: Kohler.

Sconces: Ravelle Sconces Polished Nickel from Restoration Hardware.

Hardware: Kara Pull 6 15/16” Polished Chrome & Top Knobs Knobs.

  Bunk Room

The bunk room features custom bunk beds with storage staircase, custom railing and shiplap.

Wall color: Drift of Mist 9166 by SW.

Bunk Beds: Custom made by Marnie Oursler.

Quilt: Nautica Briars Navy Quilt.

Whale Sheets: Pauls Whale Sheet from Birch Lane.

Anchor Pillow: Williford Anchor Cotton Throw Pillow by Breakwater Bay.

Fan: Minka-Aire Vintage Gyro 42” Brushed Nickel.

Bathroom

The bunk room bathroom features a fun blue and white color scheme. Walls are “Sherwin Williams Pure White SW 7005”.

Sink: Brockway Utility Sink K-3200 by Kohler (custom color).

Tile: Popham Hex Star Tile – Others: here.

Lighting: ELK LightingEnglish Pub Light 2 Light in Satin Nickel.

Kitchenette

This kitchenette is located on the lower level of the house and it’s perfect for guests, as a rental or to prepare some quick snacks after a day at the beach.

Pendant Light over sink: Hudson Valley Massena Light in white & polished nickel.

Cabinet Paint Color

Kitchen cabinets are Shaker-style, painted in Decorator’s White by Benjamin Moore.

Counter: Q Quartz – Calacutta Verona.

Hardware: Charlotte Pull 3 ¾” Cup Pull by Top Knobs & Bergen Knob 1 ¼” Knob by Top Knobs.

Appliances

Appliances are Northstar.

Backsplash: 3×6 Bright White Ice Subway Tile.

Pet Shower

This open pet shower is perfect for large dogs!

Shower Wall & surrounding floor: Charm Bianco 6” x 36” from Charm by Isla – similar here.

Shower Floor Tile: BG14 Spindrift Azure Glass Pebble – Others: here, here & here.

Outdoor Shower

An “outdoor shower” is always welcoming when you live by the beach. This one is located in a covered area and I think it’s a great idea!

Backyard

Life is better when the ocean is your backyard, right?!

Railing

Decorative Panels & Railings: Intex Millwork.

Windows

Windows: Andersen Windows.

Beach House Goals

How gorgeous is this home?! I am so honored to be sharing Marnie’s beautiful work with you guys!

Get Inspired

This beach house is perfect for this narrow lot.

Coastal Life

I honestly hope you guys had as much fun as I had with this beach house tour!

  Many thanks to the builder & designer for sharing the details above!

Builder: Marnie Custom Homes (Instagram)

Photography: Dana Hoff Photography.

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Beach House Interior Design ideas

  Beautifully designed by the host of HGTV Dream Home 2018, Marnie Oursler of Marnie Custom Homes, this beach house features plenty of coastal interior design ideas.

The 5 bedroom, 5.5 bath beach home is located just blocks from the ocean in Bethany Beach, DE with a sophisticated beach vibe. A calm, neutral palette reminiscent of refreshing salt air mixes with a variety of textures, wood tones, and rough stone, making this the perfect summer getaway.

This coastal home features many unique design elements by Marnie Oursler, including custom built-ins and molding throughout, reclaimed wood accents, hanging beds, exposed beams and French doors leading to a private balcony.

The custom designed kitchen is truly the heart of this home boasting white maple cabinetry, gorgeous white quartzite countertops and adding a touch of glam with a white pearl mosaic backsplash. White Oak floors throughout offer a feeling of casual beach elegance.

Outside the home, the entrance welcomes guests with a front porch and an extra wide blue custom front door, a signature of Marnie Custom Homes. The unique exterior design is accentuated by the cedar siding gives a classic beach house look. This home feels comfortable yet elegant and was built for generations to enjoy.

Pin your favorite coastal interiors and take notes on all sources shared by the designer!

  Beach House Interior Design Ideas

A cheerful turquoise front door brings a coastal feel to the exterior. Paint color is Benjamin Moore CSP695 Antique Glass.

Outdoor Lighting: Hanging Light & Outdoor Sconces – similar.

Siding

Siding is White Cedar Siding with Envirobleach stain.

Foyer

I really hope this home inspires you as much it’s inspiring me. The color scheme and the decor are perfect for this time of the year, so go ahead and start getting the ideas to refresh your own home! Wall paint color is Balboa Mist OC-27 by Benjamin Moore.

Paint Trim & Front Door Interior: Benjamin Moore Steam AF-15

Paint ceiling: Benjamin Moore Decorators White

Console Table: Ro Sham Beaux leafy console (discontinued) – Others Similar: here, here, here, here, here, here, here & here.

Mirror: Made Goods coco mirror – Other Beautiful Mirrors: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here & here.

Light fixture: Markos hanging shade in natural brass – not shown.

Rug: Natural Sisal from Carpet Palace Bethesda – similar here & here.

Kitchen & Dining

I have to be really honest with you guys… I might feature almost all types of homes (to keep inspiring you) but this is the type of home that really makes my heart sing.

I love, love, love coastal homes and this one is perfect from every angle. Just take a look at this kitchen! It features beautiful white cabinets and white pearl mosaic backsplash. How dreamy is that?

Kitchen Cabinetry

The kitchen cabinets are Brookhaven II by Wood-mode. Finish: Nordic White

Cabinet Hardware

Cabinet Hardware: Pulls & Appliance Pulls.

Appliances: Wolf range & Sub Zero refrigerator.

Backsplash & Pendants

This gorgeous backsplash is Milestone White Pearl 1/2 x 1 mosaic – similar here.

Beautiful Backsplash Tiles: here, here, here, here & here.

Kitchen Faucet: Delta.

Kitchen Sink: here – similar.

Island Pendants – Visual Comfort Katie Conical Pendants – similar here & here.

Similar Runners: here, here, here, here, here, here & here.

Countertop

Countertop on island and perimeter cabinets is Taj Mahal Quartzite from MSI.

Dining Table: Bernhardt Marquesa.

Counterstools & Chandelier

Counterstools: DesignMaster – Other Beautiful Counterstools: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here & here.

Dining Table Chandelier – Ro Sham Beaux Fiona chandelier – similar here, here & here.

Dining Chairs

Side Dining Chairs: Bernhardt Marquesa Marquesa Carved Back Upholstered Dining Chair.

Host Chairs: Bernhardt Marquesa Upholstered Dining Chair.

Paint Color: Balboa Mist OC-27 Ben Moore.

Bar

The kitchen bar is located just across from the dining table and it features the same Taj Mahal Quartzite and White Pearl Mosaic Tile. Notice the glass cabinet doors with X mullions.

Hardware: Pulls & Knobs – similar.

Cabinets: Brookhaven I by Woodmode. Finish: Nordic White.

Living room

The dining room opens to a tailored living room with a soothing color scheme.

Sofas & Coffee Table

Sofas: Vanguard whitaker sofas, theodore natural fabric, brushed brass nailheads, antique brass ferules (Available through the designer).

Tailored Sofas: here, here, here & here.

Rug: Natural Sisal – similar here & here.

Coffee Table: Bernhardt Marquesa cocktail table.

End Tables & Pillows

End tables are Lewiston. They’re even more beautiful in person.

Blue side lamps: Simon Blake Interiors -similar here – Others: here, here, here, here, here & here.

Throw Pillows: Michael Alan Ikat Pillows, #APA-A1000377 (Available through the designer) – Other Beautiful Pillows: here, here & here.

Paint Color

Wall paint color is Balboa Mist OC-27 Benjamin Moore.

Fireplace Grate: Dessau Home antique gold oval loop firescreen.

Powder Room

The powder room features a wood flooring in a criss-cross pattern with tile insets.

Vanity: Custom – Small Vanities: here, here, here, here, here, here & here.

Bathroom Faucet: Delta.

Mirror: Birch Lane.

Staircase

The interior designer carefully designed the staircase spindles and the white board-and-batten wainscoting.

Hardwood Flooring

Floors: White Oak Hardwood stained Classic Gray (this goes for entire house).

Lighting: Visual Comfort – similar here.

Upper Landing

The upper landing is one of my favorite spaces in this house. It features exposed beams and French doors leading to a private balcony.

Paint Color

Paint color is Balboa Mist OC-27 Benjamin Moore.

Decor

Chairs: Bethany Resort Furnishings, Capri Furniture – similar here, here, here & here.

Throw Pillows: Home Goods

Throw Blanket: Cashmere throw, Nordstrom – similar here & here.

Chandelier

Chandelier: Custom, Wish Design – similar here (smaller) – Other Beautiful Coastal Chandelier: here.

Laundry Room

The laundry room paint color is Benjamin Moore Colorado Gray.

Flooring: Charleston Multicolor 3×36 – similar here.

Hanging Beds

How fun are these custom rope hanging beds?!

Bedding: West Elm Belgian linen quilts

Throw Blankets: Crate & Barrel – similar here.

Accent Pillow: Elaine Smith

Nightstand: here, here, here & here – similar.

Rug: Jute patterned rug – similar here & here.

Lighting: here – similar.

Twin Beds Bedroom

Paint Color: Muslin OC-12 by Benjamin Moore.

Dresser & Nightstand: Durham Furniture – Others: here, here, here & here.

Beds: Kubu Rattan woven headboards, Pier1

Bedding: West Elm.

Rug: Greenfront – similar here.

Mirror: here.

Coastal Vibes Bedroom

Paint Color: Decorator’s White PM-3 Benjamin Moore. Ceiling paint color is Horizon OC-53 by Benjamin Moore.

Bed: Lexington.

Bedside tables: Lexington.

Dresser: Lexington Oyster Bay.

Rug: Pier1 Imports popcorn jute rug in mist – similar here, here, here & here.

Fixture: Ro Sham Beaux, Malibu up – Other Coastal Chandeliers: here, here & here.

Blue & Ivory Bathroom

Isn’t this bathroom adorable? I am loving this blue vanity with louvered doors.

Cabinets: Woodmode Brookehaven I Maple Cabinet. Finish: Aqua Shade. Door: Key West

Mirror: Pottery Barn – Other Beautiful Mirrors: here, here & here (Floor mirror – on sale!).

Floor Tile: Chelsea Blanco (similar here) – Shower Tile Wall: Profiles Ice White 3×6 (similar here) – Shower Accent Tile: Milstone White Naomi mosaic (similar here) – Shower Floor Tile: Color Palette Pale Matte 1×1 mosaic (similar here).

Neutral Coastal Bedroom

Paint color is Benjamin Moore Muslin OC-12.

Bed: Stanley Furniture – Discounted – Other Beautiful Beds: here, here & here.

Rug: Local store – similar here & here.

Side Lamps: EF Chapman.

Bedding: here – similar.

Bathroom Cabinet Inspo

This guest bathroom features a custom vanity with X inset mirrored doors in a Pewter Glaze finish.

Tile: White Carrara Basketweave II w/gray dots – similar here.

Hardware: here.

Kids’ Rec Room

This rec room features five daybeds so the kids can have plenty of sleepovers!

Bedding: Pottery Barn pick stitch quilts and shams.

Paint Color

Paint color: Benjamin Moore OC-27 Balboa Mist.

Flooring: Custom.

Bathroom Inspiration

Bathroom Cabinet: Wood-Mode Brookehaven I. Wood: Maple. Finish: Nordic White. Door: Edgemont Recessed.

Floors: Charleston White 3×36

Counter: Quartz Arctic White.

Faucet: Delta.

Master Bedroom

The master bedroom features a barn wood shiplap accent wall. Also, notice the beautiful color scheme found in this space,

Bed: Upholstered bed by Willams Sonoma Home.

Bedside chests: Bernhardt Marquesa.

Bedding

What an inspiring and comfy look! I would never get tired of it.

Bedding: West Elm coverlet and shams, beaded pillow by West Elm – Other Recommended Bedding: here, here, here, here & here. Other Lumbar Pillows: here, here, here, here & here.

Throw Blanket: Home Goods – Others: here, here, here, here & here.

Paint Color

The bedroom paint color is Benjamin Moore Cool Breeze CSP-665.

Chandelier: West Elm round capiz chandelier.

Bench: Bernhardt Criteria.

Rug: Loloi Rugs Dorado DB 04 grey on grey

Master Bathroom

Cabinet is Wood-Mode Brookehaven I Maple. Finish: Nordic White. Door: Edgemont Recessed. Wall paint color is Cool Breeze by Benjamin Moore.

Countertop: Elegant White Marble.

Floor tile: Bianco Neve 12×12 Select – similar here.

Mirrors: Uttermost.

Hardware: here.

Shower

Accent Tile & Flooring: (mosaic): Lunada Bay Agate Rio Lucca Pearl-Silk – similar here.

White tile: Bianco Neve 12×12 Select – similar here.

Millwork

All molding/trim work is custom by Marnie Custom Homes. Wall paint color is Balboa Mist OC-27 by Benjamin Moore.

Lighting: Visual Comfort – similar here.

Mudroom

Paint Color for built ins/trim: Steam AF-15 Benjamin Moore. Wall paint color is Balboa Mist OC-27 Ben Moore.

Baskets: Serena & Lily striped La Jolla baskets (similar)

Hardware: Atlas Pulls.

Architecture

This beach house features some impressive architectural details. Notice the beautiful arched porch entry and the unique tampered porch columns.

Outdoor Shower

A beach house isn’t a beach house without an outdoor shower…

Windows

Windows are Andersen Windows and Doors.

Beach House

Who would you invite to spend a weekend in this beach house with you?

  Many thanks to the designer for sharing all of the details above.

Interior Design: Marnie Custom Homes (Instagram: @marnieoursler & @marniecustomhomes)

Marnie Oursler is the host of HGTV Dream Home 2018, DIY Network’s Big Beach Builds, and the President of Marnie Custom Homes  – based in Bethany Beach, Delaware – which specializes in building sustainable beach homes using locally sourced materials. Her innovative use of materials, impeccable craftsmanship, brilliant design sense, and unparalleled work ethic have earned her a thriving business. Every Marnie Custom Home is unique and perfectly tailored to the homeowner. The result? An ideal luxury beach retreat, built in harmony with nature.

Photography: Dana Hoff Photography.

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Things to do in San Diego this Weekend

North Park Thursday Market 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., North Park Way & Granada Avenue (North Park) North Park is known for its interesting small businesses and, on Thursdays year-round, local vendors and artisans are showcased at this popular farmers market located on the corner of North Park Way and 29th Street. On the shopping list: farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, sauces, bread and even handcrafted gifts from local, small businesses. The free event also features live music. Oceanside Sunset Market 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Main Street Oceanside Each Thursday, the Oceanside Sunset Market brings about 200 local merchants together for this sunset marketplace spanning four blocks in downtown Oceanside. Shoppers can expect vendors showcasing homemade goods and tasty grub, plus live music and, of course, an incredible ocean view. The free market is located on Pier View Way; if it rains, the market usually gets canceled, so check the weather before making your plans. Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band: The Final Tour 7:30 p.m., Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl at San Diego State University Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band bring “The Final Tour” to San Diego Thursday night, playing Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl at SDSU. Tickets still available to this concert start at $75. Circus Vargas 7:30 p.m., Plaza Bonita in National City Circus Vargas – celebrating its 50th anniversary and the golden era of the circus in America – returns to San Diego bringing with it acrobats, daredevils and flying trapeze under the big top. The show started its run earlier this month at Westfield Mission Valley but on Thursday it’ll start its run at Plaza Bonita in National City, where it’ll stay through March 4. After that, the “Big One” travels to Escondido’s Westfield North County (March 7 to March 18). General admission bleacher seats start at $15, while arena seats start at $27. Kids under 2 who sit on an adult’s lap get in free. International Guitar Night 7:30 p.m., California Center for the Arts in Escondido The California Center for the Arts in Escondido hosts International Guitar Night, now in its 19th year of touring, Thursday night. This year’s guest host is Italian musician Luca Stricagnoli, who will be joined on stage by swing guitarist Antoine Boyer and Flamenco guitarist Samuelito, both of France. Turkish fretless guitarist Cenk Erdogan rounds out the lineup. Tickets to this concert start at $35. Friday, Feb. 22 Museum Month: Half-Priced Admission Museum Times and Locations Vary (Entire Month of February) Quite possibly the best part about February: the Museum Discount Pass. All month long, more than 40 museums in San Diego County – from the Birch Aquarium and the USS Midway Museum to the San Diego History Center and Whaley House – will offer half-priced admission. The Museum Discount Pass,presented by the San Diego Museum Council, is free and available for pick-up at local libraries. Bring it with you this month to select museums on this list to snag deep discounts on admission.  San Diego Whale Watching Tours 9:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m., Flagship Cruises & Events Whale watching season in San Diego typically runs from December to April, when approximately 20,000 gray whales migrate along our coast. Flagship offers daily whale watching tours to catch a glimpse of the magnificent giants of the sea, led by marine experts from Birch Aquarium, who will explain the intricacies of the ocean ecosystem. The tours are aboard the two-story yacht, the Marietta, and last about three-and-a-half hours. Weekend prices cost $48 for adults and $24 for children ages 4 to 12. Check the Flagship website for departure times, depending on the day you choose to cruise. Musica En La Plaza 7 p.m., California Center for the Arts Escondido From cumbia and huapango, to salsa and norteña, the Musica en la Plaza series at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido will get you up and dancing under the stars. The concerts have been going on for a while at the center’s Lyric Court, but this year, they are happening on the last Friday of every month. This Friday, Los Montaño lends its talents to the party, a four-man band that plays cumbia, norteña, corridos and much more. The event is free; seating at bistro tables is available for $12 per seat or $40 for a table for four. Those seats are very limited, so reserve your spot ahead of time. Food trucks and the Center Bar will be open during the concerts so attendees can purchase snacks and drinks. Hops on the Harbor: Burgeon Beer Company 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Flagship Cruises & Events Enjoy a craft beer dinner cruise around the San Diego Bay paired with suds from Carlsbad’s Burgeon Beer Company, known for its Treevena American IPA. The menu from this installment of “Hops on the Harbor” includes four 6-ounce beer tastings expertly paired with four courses. For instance, Burgeon’s Burl, a nut brown brew, will be paired with Coffee-Rubbed Beef Sirloin. Also on the beer list: Burgeon’s German pilsner, Pistil, and its hoppy pale, Canopy Tour. The dinner cruise boards at 7 p.m. from 990 North Harbor Dr. and sails past the San Diego skyline, USS Midway, Star of India and other Maritime Museum ships and the Coronado Bay Bridge. Tickets cost $79.50 for adults and $47.70 for children ages 4 to 12; kids 3 and under are free. Reservations are recommended. 4th Friday Swing Dance 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Queen Bee’s Art & Cultural Center Swing Dancing San Diego brings dance lessons to the Queen Bee Art & Cultural Center on Ohio Street with this lively event Friday night. Swing dance lessons start at 7:30 p.m.; after that, a live band and a DJ will keep the dance party going so everyone can boogie, swing or freestyle. Tickets – available at the door – cost $20 for the lesson and dance party, $15 for the lesson only, or $15 for the dance party only. 'Familiar' 8 p.m., The Old Globe “Familiar” – a family-centric comedy-drama – is on stage at The Old Globe in Balboa Park now through March 3. The production is about a couple living the American Dream since emigrating from Zimbabwe and their daughter, who is getting married. Along the way, there’s a lot going on with the blending of cultures and family members. Showtimes for “Familiar” vary weekly; Friday’s performance is at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $35 all the way up to $91 premium seats. A Celebration of Frank Sinatra 8 p.m., Copley Symphony Hall Cabaret artist Michael Feinstein and his trio celebrate the magic of Frank Sinatra in this “Seasons of Sinatra” show at Copley Symphony Hall. The concert will span several decades of the swinging American standards made famous by Ol’ Blue Eyes. Tickets range from $20 to $80. 'A Star is Born' 8 p.m. (Friday & Saturday), Cinema Under the Stars The Oscar-nominated film, “A Star is Born,” starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, plays on the big screen this weekend at Cinema Under the Stars – at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The outdoor theater on Goldfinch Street is currently hosting its winter/spring screening season and, since it can be a bit chilly out, the theater offers blankets, space heaters and other amenities to keep patrons warm and cozy. Admission is $18 at the box office, or you can reserve your seat in advance for $20. Saturday, Feb. 23 9th Annual Randy Jones Run/Walk for Independence 8:30 a.m., Crown Point Park San Diego Padres legend Randy Jones and the Home of Guiding Hands join forces for the 9th annual Randy Jones Run/Walk for Independence, an event that supports 3,200 infants, adolescents and adults living with a developmental disability. Check-in and registration for the run/walk begins at 7 a.m.; participants will hit the pavement at 8 a.m. Throughout the event, participants will have a chance to meet Jones. Registration fees cost $40 for adults and $35 for students ages 6 to 21, seniors, and military.  Legendary Tour: Hotel Del Coronado 10 a.m., Hotel Del Coronado San Diego history buffs, this one’s for you. The iconic Hotel Del Coronado is currently offering a daily tour at 10 a.m. dubbed the “Legendary Tour,” which explores the landmark’s rich 130-year-old heritage. Learn about the celebrities, royalty and beach-loving families who have gravitated toward The Del over the decades, and the hotel’s most notorious guest, Kate Morgan, who checked into the hotel in 1892 whom some believe never really checked out. The 90-minute tour costs $40 for adults; kids 5 and under can join for free. You must register ahead of time. Orchid Kokedama Workshop 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., San Diego Botanic Garden This workshop at the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas will focus on Kokedama, a traditional Japanese living art in which moss is used as a container for a plant. Students will learn the skills behind the art and make a kokedama using an orchid. The 1.5-hour class costs $62, which includes all fees for materials. San Diego Metal Yoga 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., Societe Brewing Company Offering quite the twist on yoga is San Diego Metal Yoga, a 1-hour, instructor-led class at Societe Brewing Company on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard set to music from metal icons like Slayer, Black Sabbath and Pelican. Tickets cost $15 (cash only if purchased at the door) and include a beer after the yoga session. The class is open to all levels, ages 21 and up; bring your own yoga mat. Beachtown Throwdown 2019 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Ocean Beach Brewery Five beloved San Diego craft breweries will partake in this West Coast IPA blind competition Saturday at Ocean Beach Brewery: Modern Times Beer; Amplified Ale Works; OB Brewery; Pizza Port of OB; Bay City Brewing Company. Patrons will taste 5-ounce samples from each brewery and will get a commemorative pint glass as a keepsake. Pizza Port OB is the defending champ, trying to hang on to its title from the last Beachtown Throwdown. Coasterra Tequila Fest 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Coasterra Love tequila? Well, then, this festival dedicated to tequila, mescal, tacos and paella is right up your alley. Coasterra will host its Tequila Fest on Harbor Float, where attendees can sample a variety of the good stuff, as well as partake in a blind tasting challenge and margarita-making competition. A ticket – priced at $40 in advance or $50 at the door – includes unlimited access to food stations and tequila tastings. R&B Block Party 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Quartyard Downtown’s hip hangout, Quartyard, hosts this R&B Block Party Saturday night featuring DJ sets, live entertainment and special guests. A $5 pre-sale ticket gets you guaranteed entry to the 21+ outdoor party. Stand-Up Comedy 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., American Comedy Co. and The Comedy Store Looking for a good laugh? Try a stand-up comedy show at two prime San Diego venues: downtown’s American Comedy Co. or The Comedy Store in La Jolla. On Saturday night, New York City funnyman Andrew Schulz takes the mic at American Comedy Co., with 21+ shows at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets start at $22. Over at The Comedy Store, moms may really like this show: Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley of the web series, “I Mom So Hard,” will bring their standup to the stage. The comics will discuss all of the craziness of mom life – from snot to sleepless nights. They perform at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.; tickets cost $45. Jai Ho! Bollywood Night 9 p.m., Kava Lounge Every fourth Saturday of the month, the Kava Lounge on Kettner Boulevard invites patrons to dance to Bollywood/Bhangra music. This weekend’s jams will be cranked out by Bollywood entertainer DJ Prashant, with special guest DJ Harshal. The doors open at 9 p.m.; there’s an “interactive dance lesson” at 10 p.m. If you buy your ticket ahead of time, you can score a $9 ticket good for groups of 4 or more; at the door, tickets will cost $15 per person. Sunday, Feb. 24 Guided Nature Walk 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Mission Trails Regional Park Start your Sunday with a little nature walk at Mission Trails Regional Park. A trail guide will take visitors through one of three trails -- the Oak Grove Loop, the Visitor Center Loop or the Riverside Grinding Rocks -- while talking about the plants, animals, geology, history, and ecology of the park. These weekly guided walks are free and open to the public and begin at the Visitor Center. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water, a hat, and sunscreen. Rain cancels the walk. Gaslamp Artisan Market 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Gaslamp Quarter (Fifth Avenue) Peruse more than 30 local artisans offering carefully-curated, handmade products at this weekly outdoor market in the Gaslamp Quarter. The Gaslamp Artisan Market sets up shop every Sunday on Fifth Avenue, between Market Street and Island Avenue. Live Music: The Ideas 1 p.m., Liberty Public Market The Ideas, a high-energy, vintage rock ‘n’ roll SoCal band brings its talents to this free lunchtime concert on the patio at Liberty Public Market Sunday. To make a day of it, grab a bite from one of the vendors inside Liberty Public Market, take your food to the patio and eat while enjoying the live music. San Diego Fleet vs. San Antonio Commanders 5 p.m., SDCCU Stadium San Diego Fleet – our city’s Alliance of American Football (AAF) team – squares off against the San Antonio Commanders at this Sunday evening home game at SDCCU Stadium. With the Chargers long gone, this is one way to still enjoy football in San Diego. Tickets start at $20. An Evening With Gregory Porter 7 p.m., Balboa Theatre Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist Gregory Porter brings his band – and his pipes – to the stage at Balboa Theatre to perform songs from his highly-acclaimed five albums. Tickets start at $40.     Read the full article