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Keep Your Trunks on Travel: NJ's Prudish Beach

5/01/2008 at 11:15 AM
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Last we heard, naked vacations were the newest hotness. Now The New York Times says at least one beach town isn't getting in on the latest vacation "trend." So if the idea of cavorting nekkid with other tourists isn't your idea of fun, perhaps you'll be more comfortable in Long Beach, New Jersey.

The beach town has just passed an ordinance outlawing:

The change of clothes in any public area or public street unless within a permanent enclosed structure.

Doesn't sound too draconian, really, until you realize that just about everyone in town--locals and visitors alike--hit the beach as often as possible. And since wet suits and swim trunks don't mix, that means, yep, some people change on the beach.

Locals are split on the new rule, as it satisfies some tourists (the prudes) while causing headaches for others (the surfers). But while other people have mixed feelings on the ordinance, Surfrider Foundation manager John Weber has his mind made up on how important it is:

I'd like to fight the polluters and doers of evil, but we've got to fight about people changing their wet suits.

Related Stories:
· A Beach Where Discretion Is More Than Just Advised [NYT]
· No Shoes, No Shirt, No Worries [NYT]
· Beaches coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: john w]

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There's No Airport Drama in the LBC

10/19/2006 at 4:26 PM
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Long Beach Airport How Do We Love Thee? Let Us Count the Ways:

· We love your one terminal.

· We love that you only cater to four airlines--US Airways, Alaska Airlines, Jet Blue and Delta Connection.

· We love how you let us climb up stairs to board the airplanes. It's so retro!

·We love how you only have two baggage claims for us to retrieve our bags from.

·We love how Parking Lot A always has open spaces available. We also love our Parking Lot C is still close by and only costs $9 a day.

· We love the Prop Room restaurant & bar. It makes us feel like we're in the movie "Pearl Harbor" starring Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett.

· We love your free WiFi that is available in the terminal and boarding lounges.

·Lastly, we love that you aren't LAX and you're still only about 45 minutes away from all the LA sites.

[Photo: Danny McL]

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Jesse James Eatery

11/01/2005 at 9:26 AM
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Tatted up West Coast Choppers owner and Sandra Bullock boy-toy Jesse James is rumored to be planning to open his own burger bar in Long Beach, not far from his house.

It's going to be called Cisco Burgers and will feature "burgers in the shape of crosses" just like the WC Choppers logo. Mmmm....what?

James is also going to be hiring tattoed waitresses that he's going to put in leather boots and biker gear. We think we know what the next stop on the Harley tour will be this winter...

Related Stories:
·   Bullock's Husband Plans Burger Bar [SF Gate]

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