Article: COASTAL CONVERSATION

The beach is the obvious attraction, but the Gulf Coast also offers plenty to do beyond sand and surf. New Orleans Magazine's travel editor, Christine Richard, reveals her favorite spots

Dining and luxuriating on 30A

Rosemary Beach, Fla. "You can't perfume a hog." That advice was subtly delivered, printed on the slip attached to the laundry bag hanging in the closet at WaterColor Inn. It seems most people that vacation on 30A, a Florida-panhandle country road that skims the Gulf of Mexico, follow that Lewis Grizzard piece of wisdom anyway. On 30A, quirky is good, as long as you're well put together and fragrant. While Florida's Gulf Coast towns to the immediate east and west cater more to ...

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