JenniferS
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I know from The People’s Court, that vacation home rentals on Fire Island are big bucks!
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NYwdwfan
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Oh they are!! The town of Fire Island is only accessible by ferry or boat - no cars. So when you get there via water you have to carry or cart all of your belongings to your destination. The vacation rentals are particularly coveted because everyone just walks to the beach and the bars. There's no driving involved. So it's a quaint little way to spend the summer.
MinnieM123
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Holy cow. That's a lotta stretch of beach there!!
Question: Four lots -- 2, 3, 4 and 5. (Did Lot # 1 erode into the ocean, at one point in time?!)
Another question: So, you guys have these cool beaches on a long island. There are other beaches, too, right? When I was a kid, my family visited N.Y., and I remember we went to Coney Island -- we went on some rides and walked around, but isn't there also a public beach as well?
NYwdwfan
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There’s beaches all along the north and south shores. The north shore beaches are rocky and on the Long Island Sound which is generally calm and there are sand bars you can walk out to. The south shore beaches are the Atlantic (and some inlets that are on different bays. The main south shore beaches are Smiths Point, Robert Moses and Jones Beach (there’s an outdoor amphitheater there that’s awesome to see concerts) and then the Rockaways and Cooney Island with the amusement park. A lot of the North shore beaches are private. It’s weird there are beaches everywhere and some summers we never even go. They can be crowded and sometimes the water is mucky or cold.Holy cow. That's a lotta stretch of beach there!!
Question: Four lots -- 2, 3, 4 and 5. (Did Lot # 1 erode into the ocean, at one point in time?!)
Another question: So, you guys have these cool beaches on a long island. There are other beaches, too, right? When I was a kid, my family visited N.Y., and I remember we went to Coney Island -- we went on some rides and walked around, but isn't there also a public beach as well?
InnKpr
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I appreciate the attempt at humor here, but add another NO to this. I want absolutely no keepsake, whether silly like this or not, to make me reflect back on anything 2020.
MinnieM123
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Never realized how many beaches are spread out there. I can imagine with the NY and NJ populations, they must get really crowded in the summer. (I haven't been to a beach here in probably 10 years or more.)
NYwdwfan
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I won’t go on the weekend or if it’s a heat wave. It gets crazy crowded. The calmer North shore beaches are usually less crowded since they are rocky and don’t have waves. It’s really nice to go in the evening and just relax in the calm.
SteveBrickNJ
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New job Eve? You probably mentioned this in the past and I didn't catch it. If you are willing...fill me in.
MinnieM123
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Well, at least you'll have some decent sleep tonight with the clean sheeties, before you head back to the grind again!
(How many houses for sale this time?)
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Same job. New site.
It was offered to me on the 14th, start the 22nd.
It’s a very long commute (Google says 130 km / 1 hr, 38 mins to be exact), but Mike and I can carpool for 3/4 of it, 3 days/week.
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
26 to start, and then an undisclosed numberWell, at least you'll have some decent sleep tonight with the clean sheeties, before you head back to the grind again!
(I’m guessing another 80 or so) in October.
trr1
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are you putting up your Christmas tree?
trr1
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so you will have them all sold by the new year26 to start, and then an undisclosed number
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
That would be N-O-E-L. Too soon. Even for me.
Turkey before tree.
trr1
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Songbird76
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Thank you! And thank her for me! Yes, we have a lot of Asian Supermarkets here. My friend from Malaysia works in one, and I have a friend from Indonesia who has her own restaurant. She taught us how to make lumpias.....soooooo good. Anyway, I should be fine on getting ingredients here.
Songbird76
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Before I catch up, I thought I'd share a few pictures from our short trip down South. We left Monday afternoon (I had a doctor appt. in the morning for my diabetis) and came home Thursday. We stayed in Aachen, Germany, which is right across the border and we visited the town of Monschau, which was amazing! So quaint and beautiful and there's a glass blower who does demonstrations, etc. We also visited the Roman bath house in Heerlen, the Netherlands, and we visited the ruins of a castle in Valkenburg, Netherlands on our way home. So just a short trip to get away and do something fun. Masks were required everywhere inside in Germany, and everywhere we went we had to fill in contact info and do a health check in case of covid. You can thank my daughter for the food pictures, because I would never remember if she didn't remind me every time food was brought to the table.
The first night was the Three Country Point, where Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands all meet. It was about 20 minutes from our hotel. There is an obervatory tower there, and there was a maze you could go through....man it took us a while, but we got there.
We went back to Aachen and found a little Italian restaurant. It worked well for us that we eat around 5:30 or 6pm, because Germans typically eat much later and it was no problem to get a table there. We were the only guests until we were almost ready to leave.
E and I shared the Mushrooms with gorgonzola cheese, and we also shared a pasta with a mushroom cream sauce and a steak with gorgonzola cream sauce. Everything was really good, but we LOVED the pasta.
They gave us free bread, which A ate an entire basket himself...he doesn't really eat much besides bread or chicken nuggets and fries, so we had actually taken him to McDonalds before we ate. They brought us the basket and some things to put on the bread like atrichoke hearts, dried tomatoes, peppers (only DH ate that) and we had to order another basket for A because he loved the bread. And my husband ordered a steak with pepper sauce.
For desert, E and I shared a Tartufo...it was chocolate ice cream with vanilla and nuts or something? It tasted like Ferrero Rocher in ice cream form. And my husband got Tiramisu. A just had some vanilla ice cream.
The first night was the Three Country Point, where Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands all meet. It was about 20 minutes from our hotel. There is an obervatory tower there, and there was a maze you could go through....man it took us a while, but we got there.
We went back to Aachen and found a little Italian restaurant. It worked well for us that we eat around 5:30 or 6pm, because Germans typically eat much later and it was no problem to get a table there. We were the only guests until we were almost ready to leave.
E and I shared the Mushrooms with gorgonzola cheese, and we also shared a pasta with a mushroom cream sauce and a steak with gorgonzola cream sauce. Everything was really good, but we LOVED the pasta.
They gave us free bread, which A ate an entire basket himself...he doesn't really eat much besides bread or chicken nuggets and fries, so we had actually taken him to McDonalds before we ate. They brought us the basket and some things to put on the bread like atrichoke hearts, dried tomatoes, peppers (only DH ate that) and we had to order another basket for A because he loved the bread. And my husband ordered a steak with pepper sauce.
For desert, E and I shared a Tartufo...it was chocolate ice cream with vanilla and nuts or something? It tasted like Ferrero Rocher in ice cream form. And my husband got Tiramisu. A just had some vanilla ice cream.
Songbird76
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Day 2, we wandered around Aachen. DH and I went there in September, so I didn't take any pictures this time, and we didn't really go in anywhere except E and I walked around the Cathedral, and we went to the City Hall, but that was it. Then in the afternoon we went to Heerlen to this Roman bath. We went there in September, too, so I didn't take any pictures, but I do have some from our first trip. It's a bit different now. They were still doing construction on the pathways when we were there, and they have added a few new things, etc. So the pictures aren't entirely accurate. You can actually walk around the lower level now and see everything up close.
Here's the Cathedral, as seen from the upper floor of the City Hall. The stuff in the town square wasn't there this time...that was just there for Oktoberfest last time.
We didn't bother to go into the treasury this time. DH and I did that last time, and while it was neat for US to see, we knew A would be bored. E might like it, but she didn't want to cause any trouble, and A was already complaining that he was bored, and that was after just getting some breakfast and seeing the city hall. We didn't go to the Roman bath house until the afternoon. We did stop and listen to a very cool string quartet outside the Cathedral for a bit. I loved what they were doing...it was a classic string quartet, but they were playing more modern music. Bohemian Rhapsody, the theme from Last of the Mohicans, Shape of You, Despicito, etc. It was cool, because it's a great way to get kids into playing an instrument. So many kids associate stringed instruments with stuffy music that they find boring. This was a good way to show them that you can also play stuff you LIKE and think is cool. Once they start playing, they get exposed to all different genres. I thought it was a pretty amazing approach, just out on the street where everyone can listen. My kids were both enthralled.
After the Roman baths, we went in search of food. We found a Tapas restaurant that ended up being pretty good. I didn't take pictures of the food we got....you order several things per round and they bring it when it's done. It's not conducive to good picture taking, and it's not really spectacular looking for the most part. It's stuff like a couple of spare ribs, or half an ear of corn, or a bowl of olives, a little dish of mushrooms in a garlic marinade, etc. But here is the dessert plate: Crema catalana (like creme brulee), lava cake for A, churros, and ice cream, and profiteroles. E and I shared the churros and the profiteroles, but each had our own crema catalana. DH ate a crema catalana, a tiramisu, and the ice cream.
Here's the Cathedral, as seen from the upper floor of the City Hall. The stuff in the town square wasn't there this time...that was just there for Oktoberfest last time.
We didn't bother to go into the treasury this time. DH and I did that last time, and while it was neat for US to see, we knew A would be bored. E might like it, but she didn't want to cause any trouble, and A was already complaining that he was bored, and that was after just getting some breakfast and seeing the city hall. We didn't go to the Roman bath house until the afternoon. We did stop and listen to a very cool string quartet outside the Cathedral for a bit. I loved what they were doing...it was a classic string quartet, but they were playing more modern music. Bohemian Rhapsody, the theme from Last of the Mohicans, Shape of You, Despicito, etc. It was cool, because it's a great way to get kids into playing an instrument. So many kids associate stringed instruments with stuffy music that they find boring. This was a good way to show them that you can also play stuff you LIKE and think is cool. Once they start playing, they get exposed to all different genres. I thought it was a pretty amazing approach, just out on the street where everyone can listen. My kids were both enthralled.
After the Roman baths, we went in search of food. We found a Tapas restaurant that ended up being pretty good. I didn't take pictures of the food we got....you order several things per round and they bring it when it's done. It's not conducive to good picture taking, and it's not really spectacular looking for the most part. It's stuff like a couple of spare ribs, or half an ear of corn, or a bowl of olives, a little dish of mushrooms in a garlic marinade, etc. But here is the dessert plate: Crema catalana (like creme brulee), lava cake for A, churros, and ice cream, and profiteroles. E and I shared the churros and the profiteroles, but each had our own crema catalana. DH ate a crema catalana, a tiramisu, and the ice cream.