Two weeks at the Beach

<TITLE> Two weeks at the Beach </TITLE>
<THEME> Family
<THEME> Beach
Wednesday was a very windy day as we dealt with the fallout from Katrina so I went to get a haircut from this barber who used to own the Rialto in Princeton
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I also took pictures of the other barbers in the shop
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and this self portrait of myself neat and clean afterwards.
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After Ben posed for the obligatory phone booth picture,
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we came home and watched the Buddy Holly story
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before making our way to the 9th street beach
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where the lifeguards were posied for the heavy surf
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Suzanne had an artifact to show
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and Sarah
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Suzanne
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and Jane posed
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before Jane showed her driftwood.
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Afterwards I took numerous pictures of the surf as potential backgrounds
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including one with a passing fisherman in the surf
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and then some generic surf pictures
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before this lady happened past
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and then after a few more surf pictures, 
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it was time for a few self portraits
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and then another surf picture
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before this picture of my toes in a heavy wave
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another collection of surf pictures
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another passerby image
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and a few final surf pictures
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before returning home where Jane and Ben were playing double solitaire
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and then heading to the ATM
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on the way to SunSations
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where we admired the monster
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and the model in the window
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and then Ben posed with the monster
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before we went in so that Ben could try on some hates
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and then Suzanne could try on some hates
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and then I could take self portraits of myself in some hats
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before admiring this sign (no chance of that on vacation)
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and heading to the Chicken or the Egg where there was a long line
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so we went next door to buy a cigar from this woman
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as Sarah and Ben waited
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and we then posed for family pictures
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taken by this child who was too young for the cigar he had.
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Once inside, I opened my menu
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as Suzanne
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Jane
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Sarah and Ben studied theirs
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while I took this self portrait
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before the first wings arrived
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and we dug into our main courses
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before we realized that our neighbor was the ice cream man
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which inspired us for the walk to the play (The Music Man) though we decided to heed this sign
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even as we went to the ice cream parlor after the play as Sarah, Jane and Ben posed with the waitress
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Ben studied the menu
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and Suzanne posed with the manager, who was her former student.
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Once the ice cream came
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eating was a major challenge that amused Suzanne
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even as Jane and I were encouraged to sing
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and then we were outfitted with hats.   Here is my self portrait
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and Ben
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Suzanne
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Jane
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and the manager
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before another self portrait
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and pictures of Jane
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Ben
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and Sarah
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gave way to these family portraits
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before Suzanne paused at the tattoo shop
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and once home we made our way through the front door in the dark at the end of a nice evening.
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