Long Beach Island Weekend
After returning to work on Thursday, It felt like as though I blinked and it was Friday. YAY! I love it! :-) We returned to Long Beach Island that afternoon hoping to catch a little sun before the sunset. In the evening hours, several of Shawn's siblings, relatives, friends headed to a dive bar on LBI. We enjoyed inexpensive cocktails and lively entertainment. My God, it's significantly less expensive to party outside of Manhattan (Friday night $2.50 bottles of beer). OY!
Saturday it was back to performing again. Uptown Express was scheduled to peform 2 shows at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park. Translation: early morning with lots of coffee. The 1600 seat theatre was amazing accompanied with the wine festival upstairs was so much fun. We met Dee from "Grape Beginnings" who explained the process of making wine and what the steps are in making a successful bottle of wine. Needless to say (after a couple glasses of wine) we were sold on the idea. After the 2nd show we headed to a popular club called "Paradise" for a congrats drink on a job well done. By the time we got back to LBI it was around 7, where we enjoyed gourmet pizza with the family. After the hilrous game of Celebrity, we spent a little alone time on the beach star gazing and killing mosquitoes...how romantic. :-)
Sunday: Another beautiful beach day. The water temperature was PERFECT. It felt rewarding to take a nap, catch a few waves, entertain Shawn's nieces and to watch Shawn's inner child appear. Awwwww, happiness! We finished the night off with a little Pinky's seafood (lobster, crab, clams & mussels) and headed back to Forest Hills shortly after that. I have a new affinity for the Jersey Shore....I LOVE IT!
Saturday it was back to performing again. Uptown Express was scheduled to peform 2 shows at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park. Translation: early morning with lots of coffee. The 1600 seat theatre was amazing accompanied with the wine festival upstairs was so much fun. We met Dee from "Grape Beginnings" who explained the process of making wine and what the steps are in making a successful bottle of wine. Needless to say (after a couple glasses of wine) we were sold on the idea. After the 2nd show we headed to a popular club called "Paradise" for a congrats drink on a job well done. By the time we got back to LBI it was around 7, where we enjoyed gourmet pizza with the family. After the hilrous game of Celebrity, we spent a little alone time on the beach star gazing and killing mosquitoes...how romantic. :-)
Sunday: Another beautiful beach day. The water temperature was PERFECT. It felt rewarding to take a nap, catch a few waves, entertain Shawn's nieces and to watch Shawn's inner child appear. Awwwww, happiness! We finished the night off with a little Pinky's seafood (lobster, crab, clams & mussels) and headed back to Forest Hills shortly after that. I have a new affinity for the Jersey Shore....I LOVE IT!
posted by Phil and Shawn's Blog @ Tuesday, August 08, 2006
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