Seaside, Wildwood, Bud Dry and head punches
I’ve got some shore-themed odds and ends to get through today. By the way, you should remember I am a Jersey Shore expert. I once wrote the book on the Jersey Shore. Really. In fact, you can still buy it on Amazon used for $6.39, though I would caution against it as it’s a guidebook and it was written in 1999. I’m not even sure all the towns still exist …
Anyway, first up: Seaside Heights and their plan to forever change the town by banning teenagers from renting properties.
Christopher Vaz, the town’s business administrator, wants to keep it to 21 and over when it comes to renting houses, according to a story on NJ1015.com. He floated this idea via Facebook post, saying that he wants to stop “the craziness that occurs this time of year with prom and graduation parties in Seaside Heights motels/hotels and apartments.”
Well, yeah. He’s probably got a point. I mean, going to Seaside with 24 cases of Bud Dry was exactly what me and my friends did post-prom. I’m guessing we didn’t get our security deposit back. (BTW: It’s true. Twenty-four cases of Bud Dry. I bought it with my fake ID. I was John Mill from Pennsylvania.) (I also remember my answer involved “ah, we like to build beer can pyramids” when the liquor store employee asked why I wasn’t just getting kegs.) (Looking back, I’m 140 percent certain the liquor store employee was turning a blind eye to “John Mill.”) (OMG I miss 1990 so much. Anyway …)
Anyway, I get it, Vaz. Probably a prudent idea to stop the Bud Dry shenanigans. Look at me, having a responsible adult opinion over here!
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OK. That Wildwood arrest of the 20-year-old who had the Twisted Tea and blah blah blah.
Score one for the cops, I say. Watching the body cam footage, it’s clear the woman kept making the situation worse. She was going to be allowed to pour out the booze and continue on her merry way, but she ramped it up. And ramped it up. And ramped it up again. Having said that …
The punching was over the top. She was already on the ground. Punching her in the noggin seemed like overkill.
And while we’re here …
The fact adults can’t drink beers on the beach is ridiculous. I mean, we all do it anyway, so there’s that. Why do you think red Solo cups exist? Why not just make it legal and be done with it?
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Love this story: A realtor’s sign from New Jersey washed up on the shores of … Bordeaux, France. It blew away during Superstorm Sandy and nearly six years later completed it’s journey across the Atlantic.
A Diane Turton’s realtors sign blew away during the storm and some dude walking the beach in Bordeaux found out and called the number. Incredible, right? Story has gone international. So cool.
By the way, I refuse to capitalize the “r” in realtor even though you’re supposed to. No other profession comes with a capital letter. I mean, you write the “president of the United States.” That’s AP Style right there. It would be “President Donald Trump,” but when reversed, it’s “Donald Trump, the president.”
So there’s no way I’m going to write a “Realtor from Point Pleasant.” Zero chance. #realtorShouldNotBeCapitalized
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Holy cow get this: Just looked again on Amazon and two people are selling “The Best of Everything at the Jersey Shore” for over $70! As a collectible! That is … sad. Just very, very, very, very sad.