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Things I learned from the leather-skinned old folks next to us on the beach today:
- Those kids are not being careful with that ball and they're going to hit someone and the lifeguard just turns the other cheek.
- We're all on medicine which says they shouldn't go in the sun but we don't know anyone over 70 who isn't on some medicine that tells them not to do something they enjoy and it would be a shame to miss such a nice day.
- Weren't we all in love once?
- They are never going to Vegas again over 4th of July weekend.
- Frank Sinatra's pianist died.
- We all look good for our ages.
Things I saw on the beach today that I'm just going to admit right here that I never wish to see again and also, when did bare ass become de rigueur in public:
- A Russian woman who had to be at least 65 in a thong bikini.
- A middle-aged Asian man in a thong Speedo.
- A girl with her parents in a thong bikini who couldn't have been a day over 16.
- A man with shorts so low, he was about one inch from dropping trou, I'm talking both the beginning and end of the happy trail in plain site here, folks.
- Myself making this face.
comments (13)
Multi-colored freckles!
Now, tell me more about the thongs....
1 | Santadad | July 16, 2006 07:16 PM
AWH! Your freckles!!
Wear them with pride, sister of the befreckled!
2 | Colleen | July 16, 2006 07:59 PM
Isn't it funny how freckles stand out when you get in the sun for a while? I always have some on my face, but after a day at the beach I look like I'm just one big mass of polka dots. Nice to see that I'm not alone! Thank god they mellow out once the burn sets in for good...
3 | Emily | July 16, 2006 09:37 PM
Um, no picture of the dude dropping trou? You tease us so!!!
4 | HeidiChick | July 17, 2006 08:54 AM
haha you have finally been graced by the oldrussianwomaninthongbikini scene! oh how many times have my youthful eyes befallen this site...
also oldrussiandudeinthong or speedo. you replaced that with asian dude.
go to brighton early - 7 or 8 am early. yo'll see all the russians doing their morning exercise routines.
i miss brighton...
5 | Mary | July 17, 2006 10:14 AM
I love the old dudes and their exercize routines! They're so cute.
Hands down, there is no place more fun to people-watch than Brighton.
(And it's also funny, considering all that I saw, that I actually worried for a moment that morning my bathing suit top was too low. Then I remember where I was going and how I'd likely be the most covered up.)
6 | deb | July 17, 2006 10:30 AM
I love your blog and am always check back for new posts!!!
this post reminds me of the days when i used to use the local gym locker room - old russian women walking around naked when they really shouldnt be... eek needless to say I don't use the women's locker room anymore.
Oooh and the men in spandex tights as i did my crunches... now i just shut my eyes and listen to my ipod
7 | sini | July 17, 2006 10:37 AM
That's what you get when you don't go to the beach in CT!
8 | jocelyn | July 17, 2006 12:00 PM
Emily, same thing happens to me! We are not monsters (or at least, not unique monsters ;))
Using extreme sun protection helps a lot. But I kinda like freckles... I think you should embrace them :)
9 | Sofia | July 17, 2006 12:57 PM
Hey I found this great website. It's like a reality TV show. If you have a great smile you should enter to win. If you don't enter your own picture vote on the people that have entered.
www.hotsmileornot.com
10 | Deanna | July 17, 2006 02:18 PM
You should check out the beaches in Europe...even as laid-back as I tend to be, there are some sights no one should see!
11 | ukyankee | July 17, 2006 03:11 PM
next up: the russian baths on 9th street. please report back soon.
12 | meep | July 18, 2006 08:16 AM
Looks like the only difference between the beach in Brighton & the beach in CT is that your underdressed old people are Russian and not Canadian. Then again, there's the overabundance of severely underdressed 12 year olds...I don't think they eat.
13 | LMB815 | July 24, 2006 09:14 AM