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One for the books, for sure!
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Birthday beach pic!
my 40th birthday
August 08, 2016
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Around five we head to head back so I could return the Zipcar.
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The waves were big and messy and choppy and we swam in them until 6:30.
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Slept-in late recovering from Cynthia's party and was resigned to spend the day doing nothing, when I got a 2pm "beach?" text from Astra.
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We made it out to Jacob Riis by two.
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Astra and her friends like to sit at "the gay beach," specifically at a spot they designate as being close to "The Tranny Fortress" (which is the "rainbow-fenced" area you see to the left in this photo).
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Monkey & Astra.
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We returned from a swim to find we'd gotten a new neighbor, who from our vantage point, seemed to be completely naked. Leigh tiptoed in for a closer look.
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Sandyblanket Silverman
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He ended up drawing a crowd. Haha.
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The bark like dogs when they're out of the water. Look at his gorgeous fin.
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There was a guy fishing from the shore and he hooked a good-sized sea robin.
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Happy birthday, Cynthia!
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We picked up Craig and made it out to Jacob Riis before 1130!
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We walked all the way over to Fort Tilden beach and checked out the sandy pathways...
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I love this kind of foliage near the water.
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Ladder up!
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Return to the surface.
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This slit was so that you could shoot a giant .50 caliber gun. Crazytown.
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The view from inside.
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Climb on down!
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View of the beach from the pillbox roof.
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...eventually, you'll find a pillbox bunker from when Fort Tilden was an active fort.
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There's a path that runs behind the beach.
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If you follow it for a bit...
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Not a single person in sight in either direction.
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It's really surreal to be on a beach as deserted as Fort Tilden sometimes is on a weekday.
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...time to head back!
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Back over the dunes...
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Double-fisting treats! <3
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Cynthia is a beach professional. Blankets, snacks, you name it.
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Squinty David and Winky Miye.
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Yay, pride!
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In a crazy-ass coincidence, later that afternoon Colin and Heather showed up! They parked their set up a good 25 yards from us (so they could cannoodle in peace).
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David and Miye on the other hand, actually brought a jar of coconut cooking oil and slathered themselves up in it.
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As their bodies heated up in the sun, I couldn't stop thinking about how badly I wanted a piña colada.
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Meredith, being of the fair-skinned persuation, lotioned up with full-on sunblock (including a little dollop for where her hair parts so that her scalp wouldn't burn).
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Meredith, David, Grant, Rachel and Miye.
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Voila! From Manhattan to the beach in less than thirty minutes.
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Just me and tha Grizza.
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The beach was absolutely deserted. No one was there.
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So long sweet summer.
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By the time we got out there and took a quick swim, the sun was already beginning to set.
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Grant reading. Oh, and see those sunglasses he's wearing (which were borrowed from Tara)? Say goodbye to them, because it's the last time you'll ever see 'em! Shortly after this pic was taken, Grant accidentally threw the frisbee into the water and when he went in to retrieve it, he got utterly clobbered by a giant wave....and he lost both the frisbee and the glasses for good. Nice going....JERK!
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Craziness, right?
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We arrived to find our lovely beach even more deserted than usual.
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Colin lounging in the (*stiffles laughter*) fold-up beach chair he brought along.
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See? Deserted!
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Crazy, right?
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Later on in the afternoon, Frank and Liz came out and met up with us. Here's Frank striking "sexy beach pose #482."
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My "Karate Kid Crane Kick" impression was quickly put to shame when...
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See? Nobody's there! This beach is literally a 15 minute drive from Manhattan, can you believe that?!?
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On Saturday Grant, Sarah and I woke up to a beautiful sunny day and scrambled to get out to our secret beach as fast as we could.
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Sarah!
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Immediately afterwards, Grant decided to run into the water to "take a swim" (a.k.a - hide the big, beach boner he popped in his tight, little Euro-swimtrunks he got from STARING at Sarah's titties.)
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So long sweet summer...
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Look at Grant's butt dimples! Ha!
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Sarah and Grant in his Euro BananaHammock.
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We promptly busied ourselves turning him into a sand-bodied hermaphrodite; complete with boobies and a sand-crafted cockn'ballz. (Yep, we are mature.)