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FOOTLOOSE - fieesta

An Australian idyll gets colorful with bold art and Mexico inspired vibrance

Seeing Pink

Every year, hundreds of Lilly Pulitzer fans congregate in Palm Beach, Florida, to celebrate their muse and her inimitable fashion. MEG LUKENS NOONAN joined the party

SOUTH AFRICAN - SPLENDOR

Inspired by Kommetjie's rugged coastal landscape, a pair of South African designers use color and texture to create a year-round family retreat

MUSSEL BEACH

Mussels are perhaps the easiest seafood meal, ready in mere minutes. Their subtly sweet taste is enhanced in all types of recipes, from buttered pasta to spicy Thai soups.

LIVING IN COLOR

DESIGNER KARA MILLER STEEPS A WEST PALM BEACH FAMILY HOME IN HAPPY HUES AND THOUGHTFUL PATTERN PLAYS, ALL WITH ROOM TO GROW

BLUE AND WHITE DONE RIGHT

THE CLASSIC COLOR COMBINATION-AND COASTAL FAVORITEIS EXPLORED AND CELEBRATED

All the Right Ingredients

One of the first purchases homeowners Mary McDonald made for the house was a medallion that she commissioned sculptor Stan Bitters to create for the front entrance.

BORA BORA

It could be enough to linger in the enticing overwater bungalows of these famed French Polynesian islands, but the greater beauty lies beyond: in the mountains, amid the islets, and beneath the shimmering waters

FOOD & WINE CLASSIC

Gather with world-class chefs, wine and spirit experts, and industry leaders at America's most iconic culinary festival.

THE BAHAMAS' SERENE SECRET

The island of Eleuthera, just 50 miles east of Nassau, is lesser known in the Bahamas-and its fans are happy for it to stay that way.

BERMUDA'S HIGH-STYLE HATS

Bermuda shorts, you've had your day in the sun

WHAT'S IN YOUR BEACH BAG?

Travel expert Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon (aka Jet Set Sarah) shares her beach day essentials

LOWCOUNTRY ODYSSEY

Veteran journalist JOHN HUEY steps off the deck of his South Carolina coastal home to explore the tide-borne heart of the legendary region by boat

Haven in the Hills

A former one-story adobe house nestled in the hills of California's Marin County is reimagined into a rambling family home with a nod to its past

OFF THE GRID

A California designer transformed a rustic beach house in remote East Cape Baja into the chicest surf spot on the Sea of Cortez

THE INN & THE ISLE

It's hard to imagine a little island as quiet and quirky as Gasparilla could hold at its heart a grand hotel (that's just gotten even grander). But that's the beauty of this Old Florida secret

Open Season

In beachy Isle of Palms, a Charleston couple with design and hospitality chops (and a growing family) revive a tired 1960s ranch

SALT & SOUL

A South Carolina family rescues and restores an early 1900s dock house and turns it into a lively overwater hangout

20 Things Every Coastal Cook Should Know

THE ESSENTIAL TOOLS, CROWD-PLEASING RECIPES (THAT YOU CAN MEMORIZE!), AND GENERAL KNOW-HOW YOU NEED TO MAKE LIFE AT THE BEACH TASTE THAT MUCH BETTER

Treasure Hunt

A circa-1930 West Palm Beach house is reimagined and restored to its Old Florida glory

The Insider's Guide To Hanging Out in the Hamptons*

There's a summer's worth of carefree fun to be had in the fabled enclave. You just have to know where to look

ISLAND LIGHT

A SEATTLE DESIGNER REVIVED A MODERN HOUSE ON SAN JUAN ISLAND BY WHITENING ITS DARK INTERIORS AND USING A BOLD AND CHEERFUL COLOR PALETTE TO GIVE THE ABODE A SUNNY DISPOSITION

The Writer & the Deep Blue Sea

Best-selling novelist James Patterson shares his lifelong, deeply personal attachment to the ocean-particularly that view just out his window

FINE FOLK

Color, comfort, and a big gush of gingham enliven a formerly forlorn Maine family retreat

SLO RIDE

INSTEAD OF BOMBING UP THE CALI COAST FROM L.A. TO BIG SUR, THIS ROAD-TRIPPER TAPPED THE BRAKES AND DISCOVERED 80 MILES OF BIG BEACHES, QUIRKY SURF TOWNS, AND GREAT WINERIES

SUNDAE BEST

The secret to a sweet ice-cream treat? Homemade toppings. Here's the scoop on five favorites

WHAT'S IN YOUR BEACH BAG?

LainSnow swimwear founder Becca Ingle shares her beach day essentials

A SEASON'S LOVING SPOONFUL

Some things just taste like summer.

STRAW HATS

From genteel boaters to iconic Panamas, these resortwear classics make for vivid design vignettes