The Sofa King Invasion of Ocean Beach

The Lessard's came to Ocean Beach!! On tuesday, almost all of my family trekked out to Ocean Beach. Scoot, Ama, Cassie, JP and Jill, Nat and CC, Amanda and Jeanine all ferried over to see me and spend the day. We walked th 2 1/2 blocks to the beach, fortunately it was low tide and set up the chairs, blanket, umbrellas and paraphenalia. The kids immediately ran to the water. Jellyfish and sealice were also visiting Ocean Beach so we kept rinsing off alot. The kids got hungry so Scoot and I took them up to the Sandbar where I work for some kids meals. Pizza, hotdogs, chicken fingers and a couple of Rocket Fuels later we were off back to the beach. Jeanine had to leave early for work, so I set her up with a Rocket Fuel and said goodbye. When the adults got hungry, we packed up our gear and headed back to the Sandbar for sofa king good food and drink. Everyone ate and drank and had some laughs. I just want to thank my family for loading up and coming out to see me. I miss them all alot this summer and it meant alot to me. To those of you who couldnt make it out here - you were missed. We had a great day !! Sofa King great day!!!

T'was the Summer before Christmas

They told me the summer would pass in the blink of an eye. It must have since Santa was here on Fire Island last weekend. The restaurant was packed, band was playing and it was standing room only. When all of a sudden, I heard bells. In walked about 15 people ( maybe elves ) with Christmas Hawaiian shirts on and Santa hats. Then all of a sudden I heard the infamous.. HO HO HO, and what to my eyes did suddenly appear? Santa ! Hawaiian shirt, cutoff red velvet pants, suspenders, flip flops and a straw cowboy hat. Here he was, in Ocean Beach on Fire Island. His red bike and wagon were parked outside as he was handing out candy canes to the tourists and townies. The band started playing Christmas carols and Santa joined them on stage. I had to run out of the kitchen to be a part of it. Fortunately being THE CHEF here, I was able to get a picture of me and Santa. I was so giddy with holiday spirit ( exhaustion most likely the culprit ) that I couldnt get back into the kitchen. Orders had to wait, Santa was HERE!! I think I may be using the pic as my Christmas card this year. Now to top this all off, this weekend, we had a craft fair here in town in the square. Well after last weekend with Santa, what else could I possibly do? I pretty much finished my Christmas shopping!!! How cool is that? So I guess anyone reading this will know, your gifts will be from Fire Island this year....LOL.