Kapalua Bay Beach on Maui named 3rd Best Place to Propose in the USA

TripAdvisor has released their Top 10 places to propose in the country.  Coming in at number three is Kapalua Bay Beach on Maui.
This is just great.  Now people will think that they have to propose on the beach, get married on the beach, and go on a beach honeymoon.
Even more surprising is the fact that [...]

90,000 people in Ontario lose power ~ one of them goes surfing

This Dan Kappa photo is from a Toronto Star article:

What is the article about?  Well, a power outage of course. 90,000 people have been cut off due to the crazy weather.  That’s why the guy went surfing?
Huh?  What?  The article doesn’t even contain the word "surf."
Exactly.  Welcome to Rapidsea.
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Sunscreen killing off coral ~ 10% of reefs in danger

A few years ago, while on a scuba-diving trip to the Red Sea, I looked at a friend of mine who was sunbathing and told her that you could make a killing promoting "Coral-Safe Sunblock."  She freaked at me because she wasn’t wearing any.  Then she suddenly realized that no such product existed.  I looked [...]

Hawaii Chair ~ absolutely ridiculous (or is it?)

Back in November, we talked about the "Hula Chair" found in the SkyMall catalog.  Well, now the motorized version of the chair called the "Hawaii Chair" from a company called Perfect USA is making buzz around the Internets.  I have to say that it makes the Hula Chair look like a rocking horse in a [...]

Smile Train ~ Tropical Charity

When it comes to heart-warming charities whose impact is immediately obvious with two simple photos, it doesn’t get any better than The Smile Train.  They are "The World’s Leading Cleft Charity."
It’s an amazing cause, but I’m worried a bit that they’re using the same tropical-address-label fundraising efforts as everybody else (click to enlarge):

Yes, these are [...]

Coconuts kill?

This T-shirt popped up this morning:

Duck!
The headine that linked to this was, of course, that "coconuts kill more Americans each year than terrorism."  We must stop the killing.
Of course, the Joel Best publishing through the University of California Press says that they don’t.  Or more precisely: "Do 150 people actually die in this way? It [...]

Rudy Giuliani’s Last-Ditch Paradise Effort in Florida

I couldn’t help but love this quote from an article called "Giuliani Makes Last-Ditch Effort in Florida" by Bret Schulte at US News and World Report:
"On Sunday, in an arena-size [Cocoa Beach] Ron Jon Surf Shop festooned with psychedelic surfboards and garb for those who hang loose, Giuliani appeared in his signature New York power [...]

Happy 50th Anniversary LEGO!

As kids’ toys go, I am a fan of LEGO.  Not only are the kits themselves creative, but they are also infinitely customizable for even more layers of imagination.  Their advertising is also typically pretty great.  For example, there’s the "Imagine" campaign:

 
And one of my top ten all-time favorite Rapidsea-ready ads, the LEGO submarine periscope:

Fantastic.  [...]

Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For

Fortune has spiced up this year’s "The 100 Best Companies to Work For" with lots of escape and scuba.  Even the start of the article on page 61 of the February 4, 2008, issue opens with a profile of, well, not the number one company (Google) but instead with number 88!  Woo hoo!!  Number 88, [...]

Planet Green ~ levitating at the beach

The people over at Discovery Communications LLC have come up with a novel concept.  It’s called floating above the sand on the beach to avoid the microbes:

You wouldn’t want to borrow the resort’s beach towels anyway.
This banner was on the home page of the blog TreeHugger linking to their environmental sister site Planet Green.  Does [...]

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