i keep a diary

July 10, 2005

Rockaway Beach

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!

leigh, meredith, sean d
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...
bodega ˆ leigh ˆ meredith ˆ sean d
leigh, meredith, sean d
...and managed to be on the subway before 11am. A total record for us!
subway ˆ leigh ˆ meredith ˆ sean d
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You should always eat a healthy breakfast on the subway for energy! Otherwise...
food ˆ subway
...you could fall asleep!
asleep ˆ strangers ˆ subway
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...
rockaway beach
leigh
...while Leigh hung back with me and did all sorts of neat flippy hair tricks.
rockaway beach ˆ walking ˆ leigh
meredith
Dead End? Yeah, at the beach!
rockaway beach ˆ sign ˆ walking ˆ meredith
leigh, meredith, sean d
One block later we were on the beach!
rockaway beach ˆ leigh ˆ meredith ˆ sean d
leigh, meredith
Mer was so happy she did a little dance!
rockaway beach ˆ leigh ˆ meredith
nina
Ten minutes later, Nina showed up! Nina lives in Brooklyn so she'd headed out separately.
rockaway beach ˆ nina
me
As soon as Nina sat down, I swiped her beach hat. Only to have Meredith...
hat ˆ me
meredith
...swipe it from me just a few minutes later.
beach ˆ best ˆ pretty ˆ rockaway beach ˆ meredith
me
It's suntan lotion! I swear!
hat ˆ rockaway beach ˆ me
leigh
Tinny smoked her little cigarette and practiced looking like an elf while admiring the view.
rockaway beach ˆ smoke ˆ leigh
meredith, nina
The View. (heh!)
best ˆ booty ˆ rockaway beach ˆ meredith ˆ nina
meredith, nina
Then we pretty much did all the normal beach stuff. You know, swimming, reading, napping, Scrabble playing...
beach ˆ meredith ˆ nina
leigh, nina, sean d
...there was even a grocery run to the (totally scary) local supermarket for snacks...
rockaway beach ˆ leigh ˆ nina ˆ sean d
leigh, sean d
...like oranges!
rockaway beach ˆ leigh ˆ sean d
me, nina
And bananas! Hahaha.
banana ˆ rockaway beach ˆ me ˆ nina
me
Many of you don't know this, but I smoke when I nap.
asleep ˆ beach ˆ beach hair ˆ smoke ˆ me
me, meredith
Swimming in the ocean + Falling asleep with wet hair = BEACH HAIR!
beach ˆ beach hair ˆ sunglasses ˆ us ˆ me ˆ meredith
me
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).
beach ˆ squinty ˆ me
leigh, meredith, nina, sean d
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...
beach ˆ best ˆ jump ˆ leigh ˆ meredith ˆ nina ˆ sean d
leigh
...Leigh's turkey-claw hand! Hahahahaha.
best ˆ jump ˆ leigh
leigh, me, nina
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.
beach ˆ holga ˆ jump ˆ leigh ˆ me ˆ nina
leigh
Sarah says she looks likes she in a douche advertisement. "So fresh and so clean!" Hahahah.
jump ˆ leigh
leigh, meredith, nina
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...
ice cream ˆ treats ˆ leigh ˆ meredith ˆ nina
sean d
...and, uh, inspect over-turned Snapple vending machines that have somehow ended up in the middle of the boardwalk.
boardwalk ˆ rockaway beach ˆ vending machine ˆ sean d
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!
boardwalk ˆ vending machine
leigh
Beach hair! Beach hair!
beach hair ˆ boardwalk ˆ sunglasses ˆ leigh
Then we all walked back towards the subway.
rockaway beach ˆ walking
Farewell, Rockaway Beach!
rockaway beach ˆ sign
leigh, me
My beach hair will miss you!
beach hair ˆ sunglasses ˆ leigh ˆ me
meredith, nina, sean d
Waiting for the subway.
subway platform ˆ meredith ˆ nina ˆ sean d
meredith
Making silly faces.
subway platform ˆ meredith
leigh
Tinnz busted out a comb and started trying to fix her beach hair.
beach hair ˆ subway platform ˆ leigh
leigh
Then her comb got stuck. Hahah.
beach hair ˆ best ˆ leigh
me
Check out the results of my hair-straightening mishap! Hahaha. I should've stuck with plain old tangly beach hair!
beach hair ˆ subway platform ˆ me
sean d
Sean took the smart approach and kept his beach-hair safely tucked out of sight.
hat ˆ sean d
nina
Nina's beach hair! Hahah.
beach hair ˆ subway ˆ sunglasses ˆ nina
leigh, meredith, nina
Schubway Schnacks!
subway ˆ leigh ˆ meredith ˆ nina
amanda, grant, meredith
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...
222 e 3rd ˆ amanda ˆ grant ˆ meredith
...followed by some penne with ricotta and pomodoro.
food ˆ pasta
meredith
Mmmmmmmmmmm!
meredith
grant
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...
people we know on tv ˆ grant
...Mary's Dairy to get some homemade ice cream.
amanda, grant
Amander and Grant.
amanda ˆ grant
fatty
Fatty was shoveling the ice cream into his maw so quickly his hands were a blur!
fatty
meredith
Hahaha.
ice cream ˆ meredith
me
Best. Sunday (sundae!) ever.
ice cream ˆ shit teeth ˆ me