When Life's Not So Beachy

As with so many things in life, a summer day spent by the water often looks more appealing in the movies than it turns out in reality. From Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster's passionate embrace as they roll amid the surf in From Here to Eternity to young Dustin Hoffman's lazy lounging on a pool float in his parents' backyard in The Graduate, the beaches and pools depicted on film always seem so much less crowded than the ones we actually visit. And not surprisingly, many of us have gripes when it comes to the behavior of the hordes on the blankets and chairs next to us.

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