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Designer Kathy Whalen turns a tennis club in New Jersey into a Hawaiian beach. Sand-colored silk linen is set with monstera leaves as place mats.
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Fruit and flora give a tropical mood at an event by Kathy Whalen.
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The landlocked Coast Anaheim Hotel in Anaheim, Calif., creates a "Magaritaville" island party for a corporate event. The hotel's sales team performed their own take on Jimmy Buffet's hit "Margaritaville."
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The Coast Anaheim Hotel offers a dessert buffet backed by surfboards; the main meal was the Jimmy Buffet-themed "cheeseburgers in paradise."
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The seaside Balboa Bay Club & Resort in Newport Beach, Calif., hosts a clambake on its private beach. Menu options range from New England clambake stalwarts such as steamed clams to new takes such as grilled Norwegian salmon with champagne chive cream.
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This elegant wedding--by
Coronado Weddings in Coronado, Calif.--creates a "ballroom on the beach," thanks in part to a seashell chandelier and 60-by-60-foot deck on the sand. Photo by Tim Otto Photography.
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Messages in a bottle give guests their seat assignments at a beach wedding by Coronado Weddings. Photo by Tim Otto Photography.
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Coronado Weddings brings the beach into the ballroom of the stately Hotel del Coronado by turning to elements such as a bamboo archway. Colored intelligent lighting on the walls and ceiling creates the sense of the ocean's waves. Photo by Tim Otto Photography.
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Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based
Extraordinary Events creates a corporate beach party in Hawaii; low tables let guests dine while keeping their toes in the sand. Photo by Shirley Borchardt.
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Extraordinary Events entertains guests by setting beach loungers on the sand--all the better to watch surf flicks. Photo by Shirley Borchardt.
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Surf rockers Papa Doo Run Run hit the stage in Hawaii thanks to Extraordinary Events. Photo by Shirley Borchardt.
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Tentnology's giant Saddle Span structure provides an elegant setting right on Miami's South Beach sand for a BMW launch for 500 guests.
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Tentnology's tents showcase cars on Miami's South Beach.
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Los Angeles-based
Tom Bercu Presents oversees the 5,500-guest Beach Party event during Miami's Winter Party Festival, right on Miami's South Beach. A forklift stays on-site throughout the four-day event to rescue any vehicles stuck in the sand. Photo by Brett Hufziger.
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Tom Bercu Presents keeps the Winter Party going on South Beach by using dual bars. Photo by Brett Hufziger.
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The table design "By the Sea" by Designs by CP Ross brings the seaside tableside. Photo by Catch the Moment.
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The tabletop "Drift Ashore" by Events by Nouveau Flowers of Niceville, Fla., features an elegant mix of subdued sand tones and sparkle. Photo by Catch the Moment.
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Drift Ashore features sea life accents on its driftwood centerpiece. Photo by Catch the Moment.
