It depends on which side of the point-and-shoot you're on.
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moreOn a bench on the promenade at Pier Village in Long Branch, a mother and daughter had a heart-to-heart while the menfolk did what menfolk do, at least if you ask the women.
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moreAs seasonal as the weekenders who bask beneath them, palm trees on the Jersey Shore have to be replanted each summer, just ahead of the snowbirds who follow them north.
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moreMy stroll up the Long Branch boardwalk next brought me to a bench where a young woman in a funny hat was taking pictures of her husband and twin boys as they munched on floppy white bread sandwiches. Clouds had covered the sun, but their radiance was undimmed.
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moreAs I passed the refreshment stand (see yesterday's Plain Sight) and continued my stroll up the Long Branch boardwalk, a boy ran after me, waving a white piece of paper...
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moreJustine Pecora, a sophomore at Caldwell College, has spent the summer selling soft pretzels and ice cream and drinks and candy to people on the Long Branch boardwalk. It's a hard job, but there are compensations...
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moreSleep on a park bench, even at high noon, and a cop is likely to tap you on the shoulder and tell you to move on.
Do the same thing on the boardwalk and you are left to your sweet dreams...
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moreYou feel you will mess with the dude's vibe if you ask him to okay your beach badge.
Skateboarders get in free if they can grind the handrail alongside the stairs to the beach.
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moreWhile this fellow took the measure of the waves, two young women stood on the boardwalk, lost in thought.
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moreSunday on the boardwalk at Pier Village in Long Branch...
moreIt’s high summer, those hot days in mid-July, halfway between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The Jersey Shore is, of course, full of activity.
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