The Big Jump

Coney Island, parachute jump, boardwalk, summer vacation, Brooklyn, NYC, adolescence, childhood, boys

Steve Jaeger takes you back to his last summer in Coney Island, when he was finally tall enough to ride the Parachute Jump.

Shark Week: Close Encounters With Jeff Kurr

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Discovery Channel Shark Week producer and shark expert Jeff Kurr has more advice for finding—and avoiding—close encounters of the shark kind on your summer vacation.

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Shovels in the Sand

Shovels in the Sand   I do not love you yet. I love your voice, And I would take you To a beach in Delaware And ask you to lie in the sun While I, nearby, Sat beneath an umbrella, Playing in the sand With a Tinkertoy Construction Set And shovels and buckets, Thinking of [...]

Ten things I've learned from hosting stuffed animal parades with my sister as a child

Stuffed animals love being in parades. Many stuffed animals are named after the type of animal that they are. For instance: “bear” “owl” “big mouse” “fluffy bunny”. Other animals are named “Mr. Soldier” or “Sally”. The parades we held always had a trio of bad guys trying to stop the parades from happening. Those bad [...]