Where the Boys (and Girls) Were!

Once upon a time there was a

sleepy oceanside town in South

Florida that came to life for only

two weeks every springtime. Then

a midwestern English professor

wrote a cheeky novel based on his

observations of college guys and

girls on Spring Break 1959 as they

chased each other across the surf

and sand in search of that perfect

someone.

When the novel Where the Boys Are

was released in early 1960 and the

movie version debuted at the end

of that year, it put Fort Lauderdale

on the lips and to-do lists of millions

of North American college

students and other fun-seekers for

much of the next three decades.

The city dubbed "The Venice of

America" welcomed everyone and

the party still hasn't stopped!