Like most late night beach parties, there is always someone with a guitar, starting a song circle huddled around a campfire.

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The inaugural event in 2012 had events ranging from surf film premiers to pop-up art galleries in shipping containers to beach parties and street theatre.

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On the other hand, people who grow up in warm, sunny climates, have warm, sunny personalities: They're friendly, lighthearted, attractive, physically fit, vapid ignoramuses who drive with the top down and create marshmallow art for beach parties.

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Convertibles are synonymous with beach bags, garden parties and ocean air.

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For parties at the beach, Ms. Acra likes dresses with a flowing silhouette that are "maybe a little bit open in the back" or have cowl necklines.

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Pulitzer, who was known for hosting parties barefoot at her Palm Beach home, also published two guides to entertaining.

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That included pizza-and-beer parties and company retreats to the beach.

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While many of these acts are performing at corporate parties, including the Bud Light Hotel and DIRECTV Beach Bowl, their presence in the city signals the impact music has had on restoring New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina.

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The event kicked off a week that is synonymous with art and parties, as most of the art world clusters poolside for Art Basel, the Miami Beach edition, year number ten.

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