They served blueberry lime alco-pops to us as we stepped out of the frigidly air-conditioned van onto the seashell trimmed front lobby of our hotel. You could already feel the wind coming off the ocean and smell the salt in the air. I welcomed the heat as a promise of a week to come- baking on the long stretches of Vero Beach, sipping fruity cocktails. The essence of the beautiful Vero Beach is captured in the Vero Beach Bookcase, which is handcrafted from the finest plantation grown mahogany and styled to imitate the beach’s wood and natural beauty.