What gives you that tropical beach feeling?
March 24, 2013 4:07 PM Subscribe
Help me create my best happy place: I want recommendations for what gives you that all-around lazy, sun-kissed, salt water, beachy feeling. Music, books, movies, scents, art, images, anything you can think of that puts you there.
Anything that smells like coconut, and the taste of pineapple.
posted by xingcat at 4:14 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by xingcat at 4:14 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
I have a full spectrum light for the winter months. 20 minutes in front of that while listening to ocean waves via any number of free youtube videos... and that usually does it for me.
posted by bobdow at 4:15 PM on March 24, 2013
posted by bobdow at 4:15 PM on March 24, 2013
Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion
Bob Marley
orchids
Plumeria shower gel and lotion from Bath and Body Works
posted by Fairchild at 4:16 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Bob Marley
orchids
Plumeria shower gel and lotion from Bath and Body Works
posted by Fairchild at 4:16 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
As far as music is concerned, there's a band I love called Tennis. Most of their catalogue puts me in a very laid-back, summery mood. Especially "Marathon."
For smells, my money is on Bath & Body Works' Exotic Coconut. (Although I do second amtho, coconut oil itself is a really nice smell -- I think the B&BW scent is very nostalgic for me).
posted by nohaybanda at 4:18 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
For smells, my money is on Bath & Body Works' Exotic Coconut. (Although I do second amtho, coconut oil itself is a really nice smell -- I think the B&BW scent is very nostalgic for me).
posted by nohaybanda at 4:18 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Cold drinks like lemonade or mai-tais. You can even add little umbrellas.
posted by entropyiswinning at 4:25 PM on March 24, 2013
posted by entropyiswinning at 4:25 PM on March 24, 2013
Yankee Candle "Sun and Sand" is astonishingly beach-scented.
posted by erst at 4:25 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by erst at 4:25 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Apps that play the sound of waves crashing on the beach.
Burt's Bees coconut foot cream.
Mangoes.
posted by raztaj at 4:32 PM on March 24, 2013
Burt's Bees coconut foot cream.
Mangoes.
posted by raztaj at 4:32 PM on March 24, 2013
Recording of tree frogs
posted by jgirl at 4:41 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by jgirl at 4:41 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Pearly Shells
Quiet Village
The Beach
Put the Lime in the Coconut
Riviera Life
Caribbean Moon
Don't Stop the Carnival
She's a Carioca
Berimbau
And, strangely, this version of Ain't No Sunshine.
posted by rongorongo at 4:49 PM on March 24, 2013
Quiet Village
The Beach
Put the Lime in the Coconut
Riviera Life
Caribbean Moon
Don't Stop the Carnival
She's a Carioca
Berimbau
And, strangely, this version of Ain't No Sunshine.
posted by rongorongo at 4:49 PM on March 24, 2013
Any music by IZ.
posted by eleslie at 4:51 PM on March 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by eleslie at 4:51 PM on March 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
I watched Blue Crush over and over one February in Chicago.
Anything that smells like gardenia, plumeria or tuberose. (Whole Foods carries Alba Tuberose body wash-- highly recommended).
posted by BibiRose at 4:52 PM on March 24, 2013
Anything that smells like gardenia, plumeria or tuberose. (Whole Foods carries Alba Tuberose body wash-- highly recommended).
posted by BibiRose at 4:52 PM on March 24, 2013
Where the Boys Are
A Room with A View
Splash
The Black Stallion
The Talented Mr Ripley
The Flamingo Kid
American Graffiti
What About Bob?
posted by marsha56 at 5:22 PM on March 24, 2013
A Room with A View
Splash
The Black Stallion
The Talented Mr Ripley
The Flamingo Kid
American Graffiti
What About Bob?
posted by marsha56 at 5:22 PM on March 24, 2013
I love Susan Orleans' article Life's Swell, which inspired the film Blue Crush.
posted by Juliet Banana at 5:30 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Juliet Banana at 5:30 PM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Watching the movie Something's Gotta Give always puts me in a beachy mood. The soundtrack is great too. Watch it with a good caipirinha and some seafood with lots of citrus, maybe some red pepper flakes.
posted by theuninvitedguest at 5:50 PM on March 24, 2013
posted by theuninvitedguest at 5:50 PM on March 24, 2013
ooh to expand on the seafood idea, fish tacos. I think if I slathered on sunscreen, played some beachy music (Tennis is indeed good) and made some fish tacos, I'd be about there.
posted by sweetkid at 6:27 PM on March 24, 2013
posted by sweetkid at 6:27 PM on March 24, 2013
This might work for only me (and it's more like springtime), but the first movement of Barber's Violin Concerto is the aural incarnation of sunshine.
posted by batter_my_heart at 6:50 PM on March 24, 2013
posted by batter_my_heart at 6:50 PM on March 24, 2013
Desmond Dekker & The Aces - It Mek, crisp white sheets, barbecued sardines (barbecued anything), proper tomatoes with just salt, volleyball.
posted by nelljie at 7:22 PM on March 24, 2013
posted by nelljie at 7:22 PM on March 24, 2013
Cocoa butter!
posted by ArgyleGargoyle at 7:46 PM on March 24, 2013
posted by ArgyleGargoyle at 7:46 PM on March 24, 2013
I'll second the "sun and Sand candle" it smells like suntan lotion and mix of beach not like fake ocean. I also listen to Island Radio 98.5 on iheartradio. (out of HI)
posted by ibakecake at 8:02 PM on March 24, 2013
posted by ibakecake at 8:02 PM on March 24, 2013
Sorry for no links due to phone, but:
Washed Out - Life Of Leisure
Sea And Cake - Everybody
Are two very sun kissed albums I strongly associate with summer.
Orbital's The Girl With The Sun In Her Head and Hybrid's remix of Summertime are two tracks that get me in a summer mood, too.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 11:45 PM on March 24, 2013
Washed Out - Life Of Leisure
Sea And Cake - Everybody
Are two very sun kissed albums I strongly associate with summer.
Orbital's The Girl With The Sun In Her Head and Hybrid's remix of Summertime are two tracks that get me in a summer mood, too.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 11:45 PM on March 24, 2013
This song was playing everywhere in the carribean last summer.
posted by empath at 6:03 AM on March 25, 2013
posted by empath at 6:03 AM on March 25, 2013
Best answer: The Sincerely Yours label has this vibe going on. Some faves:
jj - Things Will Never Be the Same Again
Tough Alliance - A New Chance
Air France - No Excuses
ceo - Come With Me
posted by naju at 12:08 PM on March 25, 2013
jj - Things Will Never Be the Same Again
Tough Alliance - A New Chance
Air France - No Excuses
ceo - Come With Me
posted by naju at 12:08 PM on March 25, 2013
I buy tropical island calendars, cut them up, and put them on the walls.
posted by jenfullmoon at 2:21 PM on March 25, 2013
posted by jenfullmoon at 2:21 PM on March 25, 2013
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posted by amtho at 4:09 PM on March 24, 2013 [2 favorites]