4th of July on the Jersey Shore

I’d never once been to the Jersey Shore— all I’d ever heard about it was there was something called a Snooki and that it had great scallops. And lots of house-sized flags. It was the perfect place to

July 6th, 2023
Jersey Shore, NJ

I’m currently bonking my tilted head with my palm, trying to get sand out of my ear.

In nine full years of living in New York, I’d never once been to the Jersey Shore— al…