Sea lions sunning themselves and chatting on the piers of neighboring King Harbor make for all-day entertainment. In the lounge, huge windows with long white drapes and white panes frame the Pacific with views of the sunset and sailboats coming home.
It’s the bleak midwinter—technically almost spring, but since most of the country is weathering an historic cold front/drought/insert-unpleasant-weather-system-here, this is the perfect time to cash in your Stash points for a beach vacation. These 10 beach hotels break the traditional beach-hotel mold—each offers ocean, sand, and a slice of culture unique to their particular stretch […]