1. When is the last time you saw the ocean? Last December, when I was in Key West.2. Where is your favorite stretch of beach shoreline? Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. One of the most gorgeous spots in the whole country!
3. Are you planning a beach vacation this year? Back to Key West for New Year's.
4. Bikinis or one-piece? One piece. Green.
5. Do you sunbathe or sit under an umbrella? Under an umbrella. With a drink in hand.
6. Have you ever been to a nude beach? God, no! There are parts of my alabaster skin that should never see sunlight. Ouch! Sunburn. Pain!
7. Favorite activity at the beach while on vacation? Sitting under an umbrella with a drink in my hand.
8. Condo, hotel or cottage rental? Hotel. I'm not a very summery, outdoorsy gal. In fact, too much heat makes me growl.
9. What beach in the whole wide world would you like to visit for the first time? Blackpool in England. It sounds so veddy, veddy British.
10. Did you ever have a special romantic time at the beach? Not the beach, technically, but I have snuggled and kissed alongside the Chicago River.
11. Tell us about a favorite beach memory. I was probably 16, which would have made my kid sister about 8. We were staying at the same cottage in Wisconsin my family dragged me to every damn summer. She was on me like Velcro anyway, so I deigned to let her accompany me out, way out to the raft, the destination of choice for us older kids. Of course I wouldn't let her get on the raft with me. I mean, she was only 8 and would listen in on my conversations with the other kids and rat on me. So she hung on the side, just basking in our sophistication. Until I noticed her pudgy fingers let go and glub, glub, glub ... down she went. I slid off the raft to retrieve her. She grabbed hold of my legs and quickly crawled up my body like a little monkey. I can still feel her hands and legs as she climbed to my shoulders. And stood there. Holding me under for what seemed like forever. Finally one of the other kids pulled her onto the raft so I could surface.
Save yourself! Stay out of the dungeon!
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A beach, unbrella, book and a drink sound like a great day to me!
ReplyDeleteThat was one scary beach memory. You described it so well even I can feel her crawling up MY body. Shiver!
ReplyDeleteAh my friends and I had one of those rafts out in the middle of a Hume lake where the teenagers gathered. Nice Memory.
ReplyDeletei relate to the skin issue..in 10 minutes i'd be a crispyt critter without spf 5000
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