beaches
Brendan O'Connor · 07/19/15 10:00AM
New York Beaches Are Not Real Beaches
Jason Parham · 07/03/15 10:40AMThere is, among a particular cohort of New York City transplants, a belief that we hold dear. It is entirely based on our collective upbringing in a coastal city, small town, or neighborhood not named Manhattan, Brooklyn, or whatever other boroughs make up this fair metropolis. This belief: New York City-area beaches are not real beaches.
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Hamilton Nolan · 04/14/15 05:00PMFlorida Warns Beachgoers of Flesh-Eating Bacteria in the Water
Adam Weinstein · 07/28/14 02:50PMHealth officials in Florida today issued new warnings about high levels of a flesh-eating bacterium in the ocean and other recreational waters in the state. The state says that bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus, causes ulceration and rapid skin decay and is fatal in about 50 percent of people who get it in their bloodstreams.
Florida Beachgoer Hilariously Confronts Two Women Stealing His Stuff
Adam Weinstein · 07/07/14 12:30PMA Florida man celebrating the Fourth of July with his friends and family on New Smyrna Beach noticed two middle-aged women trying to make off with his tent canopy, beach chairs, boogie boards, and kids' toys. So he confronted them, with a cameraphone, and got an unexpected fireworks show.
KRS-One Sits on Beach In Flowing White Garment
Hamilton Nolan · 01/25/13 02:23PMThose We Lost in 2012: the Beached Whale
Max Read · 12/27/12 01:30PMIn August, a finback whale that curled up to die on a shore in the Hamptons was buried in the sand; in 1964, a whale found in the Hudson, off of 79th street, was towed out to sea and detonated with 500 pounds of explosives. For the last 24 hours, a 60-foot finback whale has lain mute and emaciated on the shore outside the burned husk of Breezy Point, Queens, slowly suffocating under the weight of its own, no-longer-buoyant body. This morning, it stopped breathing, and biologists from the National Marine Fisheries Service declared it dead.
Staten Island Beaches Full of Needles
Hamilton Nolan · 07/26/12 09:20AMIt's Nude Bathers Vs. Uniformed Officers On San Diego Beaches
Seth Abramovitch · 07/31/11 07:48PMSan Diego's San Onofre State Beach has long been a mecca for nudists looking for a genital-scorching day by the sea. But state park rangers have been cracking down on them lately, and the Camp Pendleton Marines Corps that leases the land to the state — and uses the neighboring Gold's Beach to train recruits in amphibious assault — has found itself dragged into the dispute, the LA Times reports.
Would You Vacation at a Nazi Beach Resort?
Maureen O'Connor · 07/20/11 05:08PMGermany's largest building is a six-story, four-kilometer Nazi-built resort called Prora, located on an island in the Baltic Sea. Originally called "Kraft durch Freude" (Strength Through Joy), it's big enough to house 20,000 people. It was supposed to be even bigger, but World War II disrupted its construction. The building languished mostly unused until three and a half years ago, when a youth hostel moved in. I sense a Hostel sequel coming on.