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Salty waves crashing on the shore; soft, white sand sifting between your toes; the sun warming your shoulders; warm, gentle breezes caressing the leafy palm trees; and your best friend screaming “CABANA BOY! MORE MOJITOS!” at the top of her lungs. Ahhhh, the beach girlfriend getaway!




We're not embarrassed to admit that we used to watch "Laguna Beach" - the MTV reality show about high school kids.  This special offer popped onto our radar, and immediately brought on waves of nostalgia.  And now we have the Hilary Duff theme song stuck in our heads.

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How does Hawaiian surf camp in April sound?  You'll be coming off the winter cold, and possibly needing to kick-start your exercise regimen to prepare for summer.  Surf, sand and sun sound much better than the treadmill at the gym!

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Early September and Martha's Vineyard go hand-in-hand.  If there's one great place to bid farewell to summer, the Vineyard is it!  It's mellow, it's beachy, it's...well, we'll just let our guest blogger, Amy, tell you HER Top 10 Best Things About Martha's Vineyard.

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Blogiday Golightly:  Labor (Day) Pains

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Oh the pressure to have fun plans for the Big Labor Day Weekend!  "Hey, what are YOU doing?  Where are YOU going?  Who are YOU doing stuff with?"

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Alicia Keys

We love a great music festival, and to combine it with a fabulous beach trip to Bermuda is like a chocolate-new shoes-Christmas sandwich. Accompanied by a fruity drink with an umbrella.

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Top 10 Tuesday:  Top 10 Beach Reads

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At the beach you do not want to have to think too much about what you're reading. If the book is long and involved, with hundreds of family members with hard-to-remember names (I'm talking to you "Dr. Zhivago" and "100 Years of Solitude"), just leave it at home. You want fluffy, you want silly, you want racy. Yes, you do, admit it - no one is watching you.

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Top 10 Tuesday:  Top 10 Destination Weddings

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If one of your girlfriends is planning a wedding, try to talk her into having the ceremony out of town. Destination weddings are becoming more and more popular, and if you're invited, that's an automatic vacation!

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Those crazy kids over at the Fine Living Network want you to go to Cabo. With"your entourage" no less! Quick! Cultivate an entourage!

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On Our Radar:  Wailea Wahine Getaway

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Unless you live in Hawaii, this girlfriend getaway will make sure you get WAY away. That kind of sounds Hawaiian, doesn't it? Way-away?

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On Our Radar:  Rosemary Beach

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Beach vacation rentals are fantastic and fun and perfect for a group of girlfriends.  Check out what Rosemary Beach, in Northern Florida, has to offer:

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Golightly Getaways




Martha's Vineyard Getaway

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While a bit of a challenge to get to, Martha's Vineyard is relaxation personified once you arrive, and it is more than worth the trip.  The terms "quaint" and "charming" were coined, specifically, for places like "The Vineyard", as the kids call it. 

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