We love to see animals enjoy the coast as much as their owners. Check out these images from The First Annual Surfin Paw Dog Jam recently held at Huntington Beach's Dog Beach. The event raised money for the Orange County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OCSPCA). If you missed this year's festivities you can continue your support by participating in the 12th Annual Walk for the Animals fundraiser in Huntington Beach Central Park (behind the library) on October 4th. For more information visit the OCSPA Web site.

Images courtesy of Luann Petrix

Seahorses sound like an elaborate April Fool’s joke.

Their courtship dance can last three days. The males become pregnant and give birth. And the species includes potbelly and zebrasnouts. (Shown above, a larger-than-lifesize dwarf seashorse, which tops out at just 1 inch long).

You’ll learn this and much more at a new exhibit, The Secret Life of Seahorses, at the famed Monterey Bay Aquarium. The new $2.25-million display includes 15 species of sea horses. The exhibit opens April 6 and continues through September 2012.

Whimsical balconies at Miami's Arsht Center.

Miami’s all about surf, sun, models and South Beach. So where does Madama Butterly and Mozart fit in?

The latter two are right at home at the new Adrienne Arsht Center, a stunning collection of concert halls in Miami, that taken as whole comprise one of the largest in the country.

I got a behind the scenes tour recently and soaked up the architectural details that make a project like this so exciting. Free tours are presented twice a week, every Monday and Saturday at noon.

The $472 million center was designed by Cesar Pelli, the man behind the Petronas twin tours in Malayasia,  and other global monuments. I loved the art incorporated into the building from whimsical iron work on the balconies showing off Florida themes, to an elaborate glass mosaic by a late Cuban artist.

If you’re heading to Oregon this month, you have a chance to sleep with the fishes.

No need to Twitter the FBI, this isn’t some online shakedown. The opportunity is provided by the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, reports the Oregonian newspaper.

The aquarium’s offering a special spring break sleepover for families. The fun starts at 6 p.m., March 27, and wraps up 15 sleepy hours later at 9 a.m. Kids ages 7 and up are welcome. Fee: $50 for members, $55 for nonmembers.