Finally, armed with some bourbon, we went back, only to find white plastic ice buckets the size of sand toys.

The attendant who sold hats and sunglasses, sand toys and sunscreen was busy putting away things at his little stand, closing up for the night.

If you have small children, you'll need to bring sand toys for them.

There's a computer room, though, as well as table football, Little Tikes ride-along cars and lots of sand toys, which can be borrowed for the beach.

His own sand toys are basic models with an average price of $4,500.

It was full of junk: old sand toys that the boys hadn't used for years, newspapers that had yellowed with age, torn paper bags, and an empty juice bottle.

No one of sound mind says, "Well, I'll just toss this copy of 'Customer Satisfaction/ Measure and Management' into the bag with the sun block and the sand toys."

Along with a fitness center, a library and espresso makers in the rooms, there are cribs, high chairs, sand toys and baby sitters available.

"But that sign will do nothing to limit your homeowner's liability if an unsuspecting houseguest gets crushed by sand toys."

Beachhouse tenants frequently leave behind the summer's paperback bestsellers for the library or a pile of sand toys that just wouldn't fit in the car for the trip home.