I think the beaches of Hawaii would be winners, but I’ve never been there. I thought the beach at Ipswich, Mass., was outstanding, and there was a great beach that I remember in Maine and one in Bermuda and one in Acapulco. I don’t know.
I’ll name Nantasket Beach in Hull, Mass., in the old days when Paragon Park was still there, an amusement park that was the most thrilling destination of my childhood. It’s still intact in my memory. Park in the morning, picnic on the beach, and then a bright, cold swim and hot sun in the afternoon. It probably wasn’t a bitchin beach, but I loved it the best.