Where To Go Next for Friday, July 18

Keep A Secret and Surprise Your True Love

Hey, guys (or dudes, depending on your generation), here's a slick way to surprise the one you love with a secret romantic getaway. Assuming you can keep a secret until it's time to pack and go. It's a Getaway Grand Prize for the person with the best strategy for "Keeping Romance Alive." 

The historic Casablanca Inn (circa 1914) in St. Augustine (circa 1565) has announced a cute contest to reward someone who has, in their opinion, the best way to keep the romance alive. So they're asking guys/dudes to send them a quick essay (150 words) about their secret strategy(s). There's plenty of time to think about it - the deadline for submitting entries is November 1, 2008 - so sharpen your pencil or tune up your PC/Mac.

The Casablanca Inn, a 23-room Mediterranean Revival beauty, formerly the elegant Matanzas Hotel during Prohibition and a center of bootlegging activity, is now refined with fine Southern hospitality: verandahs overlooking Matanzas Bay, cool ocean breezes, quiet sunsets, relaxing hammocks and dining on gracious Southern sunrise breakfasts, plus horse & carriages at its doorstep. Its cozy oak Tini Martini Bar, surrounded by colorful art with tables under the stars, maintains an aura of foreign ports o'call. Everything creates a pretty good St. Augustiniana vibe as befits its listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

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