(a) the claw machine (now in epic proportions
(b) shoot the clown in the mouth (I don't like clowns, and I like to win),
(c) eat a slice of Sawmill Pizza from Seaside (the slice is about 12" x 18"),
(d) get a Kohr's orange-vanilla twist cone (photo right).
For those of you who haven't experienced this east coast phenomenon, it's a good time AND real slice of life. You can also get pretty much anything to eat. Lots of kids learn the hard way about "games" and "chance", I had lost a lot of money and youthful innocence before I figured out the score. One trick - always look at the prizes first so you don't spend $10 trying to win a large comb.
I've included a photo here of one food stand that I thought might be a good representation of the excess of fried options, like Fried Twinkies, Elvis sandwiches, and Oreos. If you don't know what a Zeppole (ZEP-oli) is, it's like a ball of fried dough with powdered sugar on it. Mmmmm! If I hadn't just eaten at Surf Taco down by B&B Department Store, I would have tried the Elvis Sandwich.Share YOUR boardwalk stories here... and see you at the Shore!
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Ah, summers on the Jersey shore! That was my childhood... at least every few years when my family made the three hour trek from central PA to Ocean City.
My Ocean City "boardwalk memories"include: soft pretzels, pizza, french fries, freshly squeezed lemonade, shark bracelets, black and white photo booths (and back when they were still cheap - less than a dollar for a strip of photos), and bike riding on the boardwalk early in the morning during the designated "bike riding" time.
I never played the chance games on the boardwalk - we left saved that for the 4th of July fair!
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