[kattykay]

LOVE THE JERSEY SHORE!! seaside is amazing. i dont see how you need to carry alot, i just bring a towel, lotion, ipod and sunglasses and im set. i love laying out and tanning, going in the water to cool off, then going back o tan and watch the hot guys. then i go to the boardwalk me and my friends seriously go to the beach for at least an hour everyday

[Sternchen]

I looooooooooooooove the beach!!

[bluemoon]

Love the beach!!! Wish I lived near a beach so I can go everyday. It's so nice and relaxing on a sunny day.

[tiffany089]

i just hate the beaches near me. ugly brown murky water, and don't even think about going in if you have any kind of open wound on your body. you will probably have to get something amputated.

[heffalump]

I it! I think I have to since I live on an island!!

[balihai88]

LOVE the beach. DH and I live the beach lifestyle (and pay an arm and a leg for too little house) - surfing, beach vball, bike rides, cookouts, walks, swimming - all at the beach. While we're not exactly on a secluded island, we are lucky enough to be in a beach community that we love, the beaches are well maintained, now too crowded, and gorgeous.

[Sweetpea83]

I like it..but don't love it. I prefer to be by the mountains, go hiking, cycling, and camping..

[lily25]

I love the beach. I think in a few years we will move into a beach house, if things continue to go well. I like empty beaches , not crowded. I like practicing my asanas on the beach, and playing with my dog....

[Woozy]

I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee the beach haha i think its cuz im in Alberta, and there r no nice beaches near me. When i went to Miami, I laid inthe sun and i loveddd it haha its soo relaxing!

[ash14vwb]

i live 15 minutes away from the beach have grown up "a beach kid." where i live in nj, i didn't know the phrase "down the shore" til college- it was simply "going to the beach." when people cut class in high school, they went to the beach. we also have a strong sense of pride and belonging, like the beach is ours. i have lots of friends from north jersey, but sorry - we hate the bennies. so, i have strong attachments to it and feel like it's part of who i am

i understand the whole "it's sweaty, hot, you have to bring alot of stuff" thing. this is my take on it:

it's not dirty, it's actually cleansing. salt water and sand are great exfoliators it's not like mud or dirt at all, and if the beach you are at is clean, you can really feel like you are in tune with nature the whole time.

there's something freeing about lugging all of that stuff with you, and once you get there, you really know that all you need is a bathing suit and your body. that's it. just you and the elements around you - air, water and sand. it feels like you are more in touch with yourself and your only obligation at that time is to just *be*. also - watching the tides change, the sun move in the sky, the people relaxing - you feel like you are at another place entirely. i LOVE laying on the ground, listening to the vibrations in the sand as people walk, look over at my boyfriend, and see him all sandy and shiny from sunblock, and just shut our eyes and tune out/tune in whatever we want. then going in the water and feeling like you are a part of something bigger than the mundane-ness and bs of life - like you can just be in the ocean and think about how big it is. it's awesome. i LOVE going to bed at night and still feeling like i'm tumbling under the water, or feel sand in my sheets it's like your little secret - a whole other place you can escape to.

i've been in the water at night (not skinny dipping but in underwear, lol) and it was so amazing to be in the ocean at night time. it's like knowing that anything can be in the water- whatever fish, animals - but you're still safe. i have alot of trust in the ocean. it's been around awhile, and it's a part of our world - a great alternative to cars and all the shit we have made on land.

so, that's my take on it. i LOVE the jersey shore (not the bennies, though, but the quieter and cleaner beaches) - i love campfires on the beach, guitar at night ... LOOOOVE it and actually miss it because the damn traffic in my town is terrible in the summer from all the people who DON'T live here, going "down the shore" uuughhh.

there are also lots of songs i associate with the beach - driving over the bridge over the bay that leads you to the ocean, in a convertible with the music up

dashboard - hands down
saves the day - this is not an exit
blue october - in the ocean
moby - porcelain
sugar ray - spinning away
3eb- motorcycle driveby

ahh, my teens, lol. watch the beach with leo dicaprio, too. it's great mile:

[chloe777]

I'm from Florida so I love the beach and miss it very much now that I live in Louisiana. When I visit family I always make it my mission to spend at least a few days at the beach just to feel the wind in my hair and smell the ocean. oh man I wanna hop in my car and drive there now.

[BagAngel]

Love the beach!

[talldrnkofwater]

i love the beach in the caribbean....but i hate sand. Luckily, I found what works to get sand off of the body. Baby powder- and the sand slides right off of your skin.

[SPOILEDkiwi]

I hate the beach too! I hate the sun and the heat. I have no desire to get sun damage or to be darker. I don't like the sand and how it gets in everything, and the water isn't particularly appealing (NY). My SO loves the beach because he likes to lay out and tan. My favorite thing in summer is going to a pool either in the early morning or late afternoon when it's not too hot.

[kattykay]

Originally Posted by ash14vwb

i live 15 minutes away from the beach have grown up "a beach kid." where i live in nj, i didn't know the phrase "down the shore" til college- it was simply "going to the beach." when people cut class in high school, they went to the beach. we also have a strong sense of pride and belonging, like the beach is ours. i have lots of friends from north jersey, but sorry - we hate the bennies. so, i have strong attachments to it and feel like it's part of who i am

i understand the whole "it's sweaty, hot, you have to bring alot of stuff" thing. this is my take on it:

it's not dirty, it's actually cleansing. salt water and sand are great exfoliators it's not like mud or dirt at all, and if the beach you are at is clean, you can really feel like you are in tune with nature the whole time.

there's something freeing about lugging all of that stuff with you, and once you get there, you really know that all you need is a bathing suit and your body. that's it. just you and the elements around you - air, water and sand. it feels like you are more in touch with yourself and your only obligation at that time is to just *be*. also - watching the tides change, the sun move in the sky, the people relaxing - you feel like you are at another place entirely. i LOVE laying on the ground, listening to the vibrations in the sand as people walk, look over at my boyfriend, and see him all sandy and shiny from sunblock, and just shut our eyes and tune out/tune in whatever we want. then going in the water and feeling like you are a part of something bigger than the mundane-ness and bs of life - like you can just be in the ocean and think about how big it is. it's awesome. i LOVE going to bed at night and still feeling like i'm tumbling under the water, or feel sand in my sheets it's like your little secret - a whole other place you can escape to.

i've been in the water at night (not skinny dipping but in underwear, lol) and it was so amazing to be in the ocean at night time. it's like knowing that anything can be in the water- whatever fish, animals - but you're still safe. i have alot of trust in the ocean. it's been around awhile, and it's a part of our world - a great alternative to cars and all the shit we have made on land.

so, that's my take on it. i LOVE the jersey shore (not the bennies, though, but the quieter and cleaner beaches) - i love campfires on the beach, guitar at night ... LOOOOVE it and actually miss it because the damn traffic in my town is terrible in the summer from all the people who DON'T live here, going "down the shore" uuughhh.

there are also lots of songs i associate with the beach - driving over the bridge over the bay that leads you to the ocean, in a convertible with the music up

dashboard - hands down
saves the day - this is not an exit
blue october - in the ocean
moby - porcelain
sugar ray - spinning away
3eb- motorcycle driveby

ahh, my teens, lol. watch the beach with leo dicaprio, too. it's great mile:

omg we must live near each other. i agree with you 100% on everything you say. i honestly never heard going to the shore until i read it online, it was always with my friends were going to the beach, i have lived in ocean county almost my whole life and thats the way we say it, its def a north jersey thing, the only time i call it the shore is when im talking about the whole nj beach i.e. jersey shore, like the jersey shores #1 hit music station..b985 lol (off topic but i miss that station do you know what happened to it it just dissappeared one day)