THE EYES HAVE IT

Our most popular beach towels have palm trees on them. Our second favorite have some big green fern or some kind of elephant ear leaf on them. Mostly they stay outside covering our chaise lounges.

When we go to the beach, we take different generic ones to lie on the sand. Most of our towels come from Sam's Club or Cotsco. El Cheapos we used to call them.

But I could be in the market for a splurge if I found some like the one pictured on the right. Now that's a cool one. Although I would have to have two and place them next to each other for the effect.

About the only other quality I look for in a beach towel is size. I don't like the little bitty giveaways at major league ballparks. I have larger bath towels than some of those. The two exceptions are a Spuds McKenzie towel (remember him) our daughter still has and a Fredbird our son still has. I don't care how small those are, they are acceptable.

I think there's a market out there for designer or luxury beach towels. Untapped. Chance of a lifetime for a budding entrepreneur. But what do I know? Buyer of baseball cards, beanie babies and cabbage patch dolls.