It was time for a week at the beach which excited us all. We did our last errands, made the stop at Sam's Club and headed down to this year's beach house which was a bit tiny -- aka a mouse house, but was extremely well located. As opposed to previous beach years, I was tamer about photo ops and so this story will be shorter than those of previous beach vacations. Michael and Carolyn had been at the beach, so they stayed for Saturday dinner ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050587 as Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050588 Ben ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050589 and Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050590 acclimated to the house while Michael and Carolyn posed for the artistic photo ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050591 and Lucy and Jane were in the kitchen ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050592 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050593 as the vegetables were spread ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050594 and Ben posed ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050595 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050596 though he was less interested in the wine ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050597 than the pretzels ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050598 and no one seemed interested in the deathers in my hat ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050599 as the corn was shucked ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050600 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050601 and the gin ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050602 and limes ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050603 were brought out for the gin and tonics (no diet tonic) ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050604 which led to a group toast ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050605 as the corn was prepared ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050606 and Carolyn ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050607 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050608 opened the Tapanade ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050609 even as I explored the view ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050610 while Jane and Lucy came up to the deck ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050611 to inform us that dinner was served at the table ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050612 with various seafoods ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050613 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050614 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050615 French fries ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050616 more fish ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050617 mozarella and tomato ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050618 cocktail sauce ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050619 which made for this beautiful plate for me ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050620 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050621 even as the college bound girls ate at the table ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050622 and the rest of us spread around the living room with less light ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050623 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050624 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050625 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050626 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050627 and then more light ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050628 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050629 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050630 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050631 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050632 before Catherine Marchetta brought out the fudge ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050633 and we chose our pieces ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050634 ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050635 while finding the right light ../../../Sabbat/2006/08.19-29.06LongBeachIsland//P1050636