Yeah, with all the icky effluence from D.C., it would be murky viewing indeed!

Now, the Maldives...the Travel Channel always has that as a Top Ten "beaches" contender...I would love to go there. The restaurant idea is not new, as the "Hedonism" resort in Jamaica has a restaurant/bar where diners view the inside of the pool that the guests swim in. I don't know though, I think I'd rather look at fish with gills rather than the "out-of-shape-Joe-having-a-mid-life-crisis-wearing-some-gawd-awful-Speedo-thinking-it-will-attract-other-fish-and-who-can't tred-water-gracefully variety (never been there, but heard).