Every year, my fiance's family spends the middle two weeks of June on Long Beach Island, in New Jersey. His extended family also intermittently meanders onto the island through out the two weeks, and we all stay within the same block of each other.
Even though we were getting married in, ohhh, 10 days, we didn't let that stop us from driving across two states to spend five days on LBI with the fam. We only had about two and a half good "beach days," but we enjoyed ourselves nonetheless. Even on the days when it was too chilly to actually sit on the beach, I made sure to spend some time walking on it:
Do you have a summer escape relatively close by? Do you visit it regularly?
Even though we were getting married in, ohhh, 10 days, we didn't let that stop us from driving across two states to spend five days on LBI with the fam. We only had about two and a half good "beach days," but we enjoyed ourselves nonetheless. Even on the days when it was too chilly to actually sit on the beach, I made sure to spend some time walking on it:
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| Sweatshirt: J.Crew spindrift sweatshirt Shorts: J.Crew anchor shorts Necklace: Swarovski conch shell necklace (it was my grandmother's from many years ago) Sunnies: Gap |
LBI is a charming little island that's about 20 miles long, and only half a mile wide. I love it, because it's almost trapped in the middle of the century. There are lots of great old-school Italian restaurants, ice cream parlors, little beach shops and boutiques, and very few touristy-type spots. One of the few tourist attractions is a teensy tiny amusement park called - what else? - Fantasy Island. Every year, my fiance and I ride the ferris wheel, which is by far the biggest ride there:
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| The Fantasy Island Ferris Wheel, all instagram-ed up. |
I need to visit Long Beach. Been to New Jersey a lot but never there. Lovely top. I like the color.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's wonderful...you definitely should make an effort to get there at some point!
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