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Hooked on Rhode Island

Hooked on Rhode Island

A Michelin Green Star chef leads a three-day tour of the Ocean State — fishing at dawn, clam cakes at a red shack, and oyster shooters...

Aerial view of the Walton County shoreline

Plates with Purpose

Florida's Scenic Walton/30A specialty tag puts Western Lake on your bumper — and every dollar of it back into bike paths, buried power lines, and safer...

Journey to Joy

Journey to Joy

Kristin Cavallari on Laguna Beach, building Uncommon James without a business plan, and why happiness turned out to be an inside job.

Photo: Alex Lewis

The Joy of Coastal Creatives

Three 30A artists — Doug Foltz, Andy Saczynski, and Allison Wickey — on how the coastal dune lakes, the turquoise Gulf, and forty years of unchanged...

Bugaloe Bliss

Bugaloe Bliss

On a wooden pier off Aruba's Palm Beach sits a bar with no TVs, singing waitresses, and regulars of thirty years who never see the rest...

The 30A shoreline from the air

The Hamptons of the South

Twenty-four miles, eight beach towns, and no high-rises. A guide to why Scenic 30A earned its nickname — and why it feels less like a vacation...

Kiley Miller on a 30A beach boardwalk

Building Balance

Fifteen minutes, one set of dumbbells, and 6,000 steps. Fitness creator Kiley Miller on progress over perfection — and never skipping the Blizzard.

Riding Helene

Riding Helene

A decade of waiting for one swell. Jonah Allen on the day Hurricane Helene turned the flat Gulf into 20-foot barrels — and the shot he...

The Happiest Cafe on the Gulf Coast

The Happiest Cafe on the Gulf Coast

Amavida coffee, Charlie's Delights donuts, a Mango Sunset smoothie, and a wall of surfboards — inside Beach Happy Cafe in WaterColor.

Hearing Hope

Hearing Hope

A Christmas tree farm, a cochlear implant, a season of The Bachelor, and the sound of her grandmother's laugh — Daisy Kent on acceptance and what...

Sadie Robertson and Christian Huff on a 30A porch

A Lasting Legacy

They met at the Seaside Tower on a Fourth of July she'd sworn off dating. Sadie Robertson and Christian Huff on faith, parenting, and the coast...

Mozambik Ballito on the South African north coast

Ballito Bliss

Forty-five minutes north of Durban: four surf breaks, tidal pools, a pro tour stop, and twenty of the best prawns you'll eat for sixteen dollars.

Aaron Barrett pitching for the Washington Nationals

Pitch-Perfect

Tommy John surgery. A broken arm with two plates and sixteen screws. Four years back to the mound — and a 2019 World Series ring. Aaron...

Pickleball in Paradise

Pickleball in Paradise

Named after a dog, played by 4.8 million Americans, and now on courts up and down 30A. Where to play, how to start, and why the...

The Decker family on the beach

Life in Balance

Fourteen moves as a military kid, a talent show win at nine, four kids, three cookbooks and a clothing line — Jessie James Decker on the...

Mason Ramsey

Coming of Age

He was 11 and singing Hank Williams in a Walmart. At 17, Mason Ramsey released his debut album and sang with Lana Del Rey at Fenway.

Nautical Illusion No. 6 by Jonah Allen

Waves of Inspiration

Peaks, sea studies, and veins of sand — a portfolio of Jonah Allen's coastal photography, and the artist behind the lens.

Amanda West and her husband on the 30A shoreline

Fashion Forward

A stay-at-home mom in Indiana started posting her outfits to keep herself getting dressed. Eleven years later, Almost Ready Blog has 750,000 followers and a second...