Beach Blankets

There’s a very specific kind of betrayal that happens on a beach trip. You’ve packed the cooler, slathered on sunscreen, wrangled the kids into their swimsuits — and then you spread out your old towel-and-fleece combo and watch, in real time, as it soaks up seawater like a sponge and collects half the shoreline in … Read more

There’s a very specific kind of heartbreak that happens on a Canadian beach day: you’ve packed the cooler, wrangled the kids into sunscreen, hauled the folding chairs down to the water, and then the wind off Lake Huron decides your old bedsheet-turned-picnic-blanket makes an excellent kite. Sand gets in the potato salad. Someone’s towel ends … Read more

Let’s be honest about what a bad beach blanket does to a good day: it turns into a sand trap the second the wind picks up, it soaks through the moment someone sets down a wet cooler, and by the time you’re folding it up for the drive home, you’ve basically packed a small dune … Read more