"The Peoples Beach": +1 New York

Well the Philly kids have already been there, so duh it's awesome. But I figured it should be recorded for posterity. Plus, I'm headed there, like, in two minutes. Srsly. I'm hooked.

Jacob Riis Park rules because of the following:

- Very little commercial space- just a concession stand for the

necessities.

- You can bring a cooler of beer.

- The gays know how to party, even when it rains, briefly, as it did when we went there.

- The eastern part, Bay 1 and Bay 2, has a topless section. Holy boobs!

- It's easy to forget you are in New York City.

- Queens is slowly beginning to reveal its awesomeness to me, finally, after 5 years of living here.

- The original Riis originally opened the beach because he sympathized with the "plight of the poor." Wow.

- It's everything Coney is not.