The previous night at Misshapes, a bunch of us decided that we were going
to wake up early the next morning and have a Sunday beach day at
Rockaway Beach!
Meredith and I met up with Sean and Leigh at a bodega in the
West Village over by the ACE subway line. We quickly stocked
up on sorts of drinks and beach treats...
...and managed to be on the subway before 11am. A total record for us!
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You should always
eat a healthy breakfast
on the subway for energy! Otherwise...
...you could fall asleep!
Thirty five minutes later and we'd arrived at 67th
Street Station which drops you off two short blocks
away from the water! Sean and Meredith raced ahead...
...while Leigh hung back with me and did all sorts of neat flippy
hair tricks.
Dead End? Yeah, at the beach!
One block later we were on the beach!
Mer was so happy she did a little dance!
Ten minutes later, Nina showed up! Nina lives in Brooklyn so
she'd headed out separately.
As soon as Nina sat down, I swiped her beach hat. Only to have
Meredith...
...swipe it from me just a few minutes later.
It's suntan lotion! I swear!
Tinny smoked her little cigarette and practiced looking like
an elf while admiring the view.
The View. (heh!)
Then we pretty much did all the normal beach stuff. You know,
swimming, reading, napping, Scrabble playing...
...there was even a grocery run to the (totally scary) local
supermarket for snacks...
...like oranges!
And bananas! Hahaha.
Many of you don't know this, but I smoke when I nap.
Swimming in the ocean + Falling asleep with wet hair = BEACH
HAIR!
Which I tried to fight by turning my shirt into a head scarf
(something I learned how to do from the roofers when I used to
frame houses back in college). Slick, right? (By the way, they
totally wouldn't let me on a plane with this).
Later on, I got everybody to get up and do a jump take for my
camera. They got it perfect on the first try. Every time I'm
having a crappy day, I can look at this pick and it will instantly
make me laugh my ass off. Everybody is pulling great faces too
(click here for hi-rez
version).
But the very best thing about this photo is...
...Leigh's turkey-claw hand! Hahahahaha.
Then Sean busted out his camera and took one of Leigh, me and
Nina jumping. Leigh was determined to look as serene as possible
and not pull any funny faces. She succeeded almost too well.
Sarah says she looks likes she in a douche advertisement.
"So fresh and so clean!" Hahahah.
A few hours later, we gathered up our stuff and decided it was
time to do all the normal post-beach stuff. You know, like get
ice pops...
...and, uh, inspect over-turned Snapple vending machines that
have somehow ended up in the middle of the boardwalk.
Look at everybody pitching in to try and figure out if there
was any money and/or Snapple left inside.
Get out of there you little Snapple-ferret!
Beach hair! Beach hair!
Then we all walked back towards the subway.
Farewell, Rockaway Beach!
My beach hair will miss you!
Waiting for the subway.
Making silly faces.
Tinnz busted out a comb and started trying to fix her beach hair.
Then her comb got stuck. Hahah.
Check out the results of my hair-straightening mishap! Hahaha. I should've stuck
with plain old tangly beach hair!
Sean took the smart approach and kept his beach-hair safely tucked
out of sight.
Nina's beach hair! Hahah.
Schubway Schnacks!
Later that night, Grant, Amanda and I headed over to Fatty's
apartment to enjoy the dinner that he and Meredith had whipped
up! First a little tomato, basil and mozzarella salad...
...followed by some penne with ricotta and pomodoro.
Mmmmmmmmmmm!
Then it was time for HBO Sunday TV Night! And then to top off
a PERFECT Sunday, after TV night was over we went down the street
from Fatty's to...
...Mary's Dairy to get some homemade ice cream.
Amander and Grant.
Fatty was shoveling the ice cream into his maw so quickly his hands were a blur!
Hahaha.
Best. Sunday (sundae!) ever.
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