You might have noticed a glaring lack of mahogany folding chairs and chambray game bags among a few thousand of your fellow beach-going Californians over the holiday weekend.

The change starts with you.

Lean on our Summer Beach Gear Guide, an ideal resource to aid in your quest for making the beach a little more handsome.

So check it out. Consider a towel with sandcastle blueprints and something in leather. Find yourself even a little more desirous of beach-friendly activity from now until...

Well, probably sometime next spring.