Sean's houseboat La Dolce Vita, is a great place to stay in Lauderdale. It's a short walk and right between the beach area of Las Olas and the shopping and restaurant district. Of course you can just sit out on the covered upper deck and watch the party pass by on Las Olas as folks troop back and forth, as you have a great view of the boulevard, while being far enough away that neither the sound nor any exotic anomalies are ever a problem. Of course the view otherwise is a 360 degree vantage on boats of all sorts along the four canals that you can see from the deck. The place is spotlessly clean, and unlike regular boats pretty much a normal apartment on the water. We were initially a bit worried about the street parking in such a setting, but it was never any problem at all. Five stars and two thumbs up.