Beach Life Must-Haves for Laguna Locals: 10 Things Worth Buying If Sand Lives in Your Car
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If you live your life at the beach in Laguna, you know the drill. Sand in your shoes, sand in your car, and somehow sand in your coffee the next morning. You love it anyway, and these are the things that make that life easier, cooler and a lot more fun.
We'll always be the first to tell you to shop local. But if an Amazon box is headed to your doorstep anyway, we did a little digging. From beach-day upgrades and hot-day lifesavers to a few completely unnecessary backyard splurges, here are 10 finds that caught our eye.
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What should you buy for the beach itself?
Start with the stuff that actually goes to the sand with you.
Cute enough to carry around town, but actually made for beach days. The ALOHA Collection Day Tripper is lightweight, water-resistant and roomy enough for towels, sunscreen, snacks and everything else you somehow end up bringing.
Beach Wagon with Balloon Wheels
You know the walk. Chairs, cooler, towels, a kid, a dog, and a path that is 100% soft sand. Balloon wheels are the fat, wide kind built for exactly that, so you roll the whole load instead of doing three trips and a lot of swearing.
Inflatable means it deflates, so it lives in a closet instead of taking over your garage. If you have been telling yourself you will get out on the water more, this is the lowest-drama way to find out.
If you're at the beach all day, shade is the thing you will wish you had spent money on. Buy once, use it for years. And Beach & Pleasure Co. is local!
One Laguna note before you shop: the city now limits beach shade to a standard beach umbrella. Pop-up tents and bigger canopies are only allowed in designated zones at Main Beach and Aliso Beach, and breaking the rule can mean a fine of up to $500. So an umbrella is definitely the move!
Consider this your upgrade from sitting on a towel. Multiple reclining positions, a cup holder and backpack straps make this one of those simple beach-day essentials you’ll wonder why you waited so long to buy.
What keeps you cool when the heat hits?
Misting fans cool you with a fine spray plus airflow. Put one next to your chair and your whole afternoon changes.
This one is for home. It is a smart fan, so it is a step up from the sweaty-box-fan situation most of us have going on.
Nugget ice is the soft, chewable kind. People get weirdly passionate about it. If you are one of them, you already know. If you are not, you may be about to become one.
What makes the backyard hang better?
Hang a sheet, pick a movie, call everyone over. Backyard movie night, whenever you want.
Cordless means no extension cord snaking across the patio. Put one on the table, and dinner outside runs well past sunset.
This is the real splurge on the list. It is also the one that turns "come over for dinner" into a partyyy.
What about recovery after a big beach day?
If you surf, swim, paddle or just love the cold-plunge ritual, this is the home setup for it.