Casa Las Brisas is a seductively quiet enclave for walks on the beach, swimming in the sea or the pool, hours of lounging, reading or chatting with the other guests or the host, glorious sunsets and, if you can muster the energy, an excursion or two.
Across 45 glorious minutes, our host strives courageously to pick up his press credentials, has more than one encounter with right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and unsuccessfully schemes to get 60s chart-topper Chubby Checker inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Britain has a host of glorious piers, but any list of the finest would always include the Palace at Brighton, completed in 1899.
Yet, thanks to his courage on that memorable day, our Jesse joined a host of "glorious brothers" of Jewish heroes named the Maccabees.
"There was nothing to look forward to," she said, until she was 9, when the Fresh Air Fund sent her to spend two glorious weeks with a host family in St. Catharines, Ontario.
When T.N.T., Tinkerbell and Annie finished rapping and took to the stage for the night's encore, their song was not about sex or drugs, but a paean to Beijing's glorious bid to play host to the 2008 Olympic Games.
Team GB remain third in the London 2012 medal table, with Murray's singles triumph in just an hour and 56 minutes the 16th gold medal of a glorious Games for the host nation.
We had an enormous provisions store from which to snaffle our ingredients, and for a glorious two weeks we hosted endless dinners for anyone who stumbled upon our "secret galley".
Afternoons, under a glorious sun, Big Festival hosted Big Village, a cluster of white tents lined up along the surfer-heavy Côte des Basques, offering everything from 14-euro tuna burgers and beer to free surfing lessons, art classes for children and manicures and hairstyling for girls.
It does have a glorious history, and has been host to immortal horses like Secretariat and Seattle Slew and the nine other Triple Crown champs.
