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She took this group photo of us all!
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On Sunday a bunch of us met up at Rockaway.
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Excellent day at the beach!
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Post-beach smiles!
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New boardwalk and beach ramps they put in after Hurricane Sandy looks nice.
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...and then we hit the beach! They are planting new dune grass.
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Sky cleared up and we got a few hours of sunshine!
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One for the books, for sure!
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Solid day, party brahs.
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Excellent Rockaway Beach Saturday!
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Beach day!
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...we headed out to Rockaway Beach.
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August, 2015
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All beached out.
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On Saturday afternoon I went out to Rockaway Beach to celebrate Amanda's birthday!
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Beach birthdays are the best!
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Frozen drinks on the beach 4 life, son.
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Hit the sand by 11am!
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Ain't nothing like the beach on a weekday!
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Amanda, Leigh & Kim all have the same birthday! This mega-birthday extravaganza kicked off with Amanda's birthday out at Rockaway! Here's the birthday girl along with fellow beach heartbreakers, Naomi & Astra.
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Got to see this guy (whose birthday is just 4 days later!)
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Beach picnic!
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Bury me, underneath.
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Visor tastic.
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They are tiny and devastating. It's always a good idea to split it with a few people because you really have no idea how much alcohol is even in the thing. Probably not enough to kill four adults, right? Of course not, that's why you split it up!
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Saturday for the books! Biked down to meet Grant and get breakfast sandwiches at Dimes. Penny and Jared came to meet us...
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The best.
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...and we got frozen pina coladas from Connolly's!
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...to up our beach-pose ante. (Hat-hold and tricep-flexdown FOR THE WIN!)
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Later in the afternoon, we met up with Matt and a friend of his (who had the best Bay Watch-ish one piece!) and their beach picture was so good that it forced Grant and I...
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It was the first time I'd been out to Far Rock since Hurricane Sandy. Crazy to see that the entire boardwalk was completely gone and they had up fencing everywhere.
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These big trucks were all over the place hauling sand.
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Better luck next cove.
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Strong onshore.
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The entire boardwalk was washed away except where the light pole is screwed in. Similarly...
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Waiting for Hans & Ellen to park the car.
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Beach 86.
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August, 2012
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Po-po beach cruiser and no waves.
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Excellent day at the beach. After we'd gotten our fill of swimming...
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On Wednesday afternoon, Ellen came out to visit and hit the beach!
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...you guessed it!
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We took the pooch for a nice long beach walk...
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...and watched the marvelous sunset.
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We hit the beach early on Saturday.
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...and he and I headed to the beach and had serious life chats.
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August, 2011
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the august roundup
August, 2011
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And because it's right near JFK, there's all these low-flying jets all the time.
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There was a beautiful sunset almost every night.
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Me, the lifeguard and one other guy.
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August, 2011
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Maddy loves the ocean so much. Watching her run around and chase birds at the water line is so endearing.
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Happy Birthday to me!
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August, 2011
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...and hit the beach!
the august roundup
August, 2011
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...but then the clouds rolled in and there was thunder. GTFO.
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Still, awesome beach day!
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...we hit the beach for a bit! (Not much going on).
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Sexy neck-growth?
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...swipe it from me just a few minutes later.
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Check out that pristine white sand beach! Pretty sweet, eh? A lot of people I know scoff at the thought of New York City beaches, but those people are idiots! How sweet is it that I can hope on the subway, and for $2 be at a place that looks like this in 30 minutes?
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Fatty taking a picture of me taking a picture of him.
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What's better than a day at the beach?
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Squinty Fatty and Meredith.