Sandy Hook, NJ

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Yay or nay?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 July 2003 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

where is it? Besides NJ?

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 21 July 2003 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't find a good map, but it is very close to the NYC by train and maybe even ferry.

http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/dpmc/Assets/Images/map_sandy_hook.jpg

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

That's not really that far at all.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:14 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a nudist beach there.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)

A ferry goes there from 33rd st. That would be cool. However, both bus and train are cheaper.

http://escapemaker.com/nj/highlands_sandyhook/highlands_sandyhook.html

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:34 (twenty-two years ago)

But the ferry!

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, it must be the ferry! (Actually it's from 38th st.)

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:38 (twenty-two years ago)

It sounds delicious, we should go there. I really want to take the ferry though. It's a faster ride and much, much nicer.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Great! Which should we do first, Long Beach or Sandy Hook? (Don't let it pass you by!)

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Well who is going to Long Beach? We obviously cannot go in two weeks because of Baltimore (we should go to a beach there too, even if they are two hours away)

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:52 (twenty-two years ago)

B-but that is what this weekend is for. Though with the Matos partay I guess we cannot go that far afield. I guess it comes down to if anyone can beach this coming Sun.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:56 (twenty-two years ago)

it's where all the NYC shit (syringes, medical waste, sewage) used to wash up on the beach. i hear that that doesn't happen anymore.

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:59 (twenty-two years ago)

(I'm always one step behind.)

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:00 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry to be negative -- it's a really nice beach and the surrounding area is also really nice.

of course, the real jersey shore is seaside heights, wildwood, and long beach island. heh.

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Of course, that's why SH get's it's own thread respective of The Jersey Shore.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Why are you ruining our joy, Tad? Are you going to come join us?

I could be up for doing stuff on Sunday I think. The problem is that Matos throwing a spanner in the works but we could always go post Baltimore also?

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)

i'll have to take my joisey-boy camaro out of mothballs ... and my hair's getting long, so if this thing is far enough in the future i might well have a mullet!

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

(long way of saying -- definitely maybe!)

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

!!! You definitely should come meet us out!

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:11 (twenty-two years ago)

all i need now are a pair of cavariccis and a guinea-tee, and i'll be all set.

― Tad Bag'o'Donuts (llamasfur), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:14 (twenty-two years ago)

We could also think Sat. and be fashionably late for the Matos-bash?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:44 (twenty-two years ago)

(Assuming the Matos-fap isn't in Coney Island, duh.)

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:45 (twenty-two years ago)

there is only one place this is all leading to...

Captain Hook FAP

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 21 July 2003 03:45 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/national_parks/gate_sand94.jpg

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 21 July 2003 13:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus Christ Gareth, that's huge.

Debating not going to Sat. bash anyway, email off board...I'm up for Sat. regardless.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 21 July 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

A co-worker went over the weekend. He liked it, but prefers Fire Island. The ferry appears to leave at 9 am.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

9am!! There are no other ones? That's not right in any way.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Sleepy Hollow then?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

There's just no way I could make it to that Ferry--I don't make it to work that early and I live across the street from it :(

We could do the bus/train thing I suppose? I'm up for Sleepy Hollow.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

There is an 11:20 ferry too.

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

haha in keeping with our insistance on doing things ridiculously early. One of us is not going to show. We should all tr to make the 9am ferry that way when we get there around 2 hours late, we'll be on time for the 11.20.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

From what I can tell the ferry is $26 and we are basically "stuck" out there all day. (Not a problem, but something to consider...)

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Bnw, where does the 11.20 ferry leave from? I think there are returns around 4 & 6. Heavens! Stuck all day at the beach :-) Yay, bnw is coming. Bring your own towel this time.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"Sandy Hook" makes me think I will find Sandy Claws from the Nightmare Before Christmas there, I don't know why.

― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

11:20 departs from World Financial Center

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Hasn't that been destroyed?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Threadkillah!

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

(anyway 11.20 sounds good then we can go back at 6 crispy sunburnt)

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Great -- who else is in for this swashbuckling adventure?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

(The title of this thread scares me now.)

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

That's why! The Sleepy Hollow reference. See how I get my ideas from things?

― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Let's just go to Amityville and be done with it then.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

"No ideas but in things."

So that means next stop is Paterson, NJ.

― William Carlos Williams (bnw), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Does this mean you are coming with us, Tuxedo Mask?

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)

To Sandy Hook? I think so. Maybe I will even bring a backpack with beach stuff. Maybe I will play volleyball like those guys in Top Gun but without the muscles.

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

volleyball!

― slider (gabbneb), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)

EVERYONE COME!!! VOLLYBALL IN BATHING SUITS!!

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Would gabnebb like to come or is he working? (We could go to Edison, NJ and eat Indian food.)

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

gabbbnebbbbb needs to stop with the ILXtainment and get some work done so he can come (don't know yet abt schedule as usual). also, new (any) beachwear u&k.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 22:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Edison! I wish we had a car, we could go to the Chili's in Wayne that I used to make Otis take me to for no good reason.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 23 July 2003 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Indian food = yum, obv. Overuse of lingo, obv.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 23 July 2003 01:51 (twenty-two years ago)

indian food is the only reason why anyone should want to go to edison.

― Tad (llamasfur), Wednesday, 23 July 2003 01:54 (twenty-two years ago)

B is correct. Ferry departs at 11.30 from World Financial Center.

http://www.nywaterway.com/sightsee_fullday.html#sandy

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 25 July 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I just called 1 800 53 FERRY. All systems a go for tomorrow. Recommended to get there at least by 11 am for the 11.20, ferry returns at 6.30 pm. (To return at 4.30 you need to leave at 9.)

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 25 July 2003 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

The ferry people suggest the 1/9 or the A/C to Chambers St. But any of the following may get you there.

1 or 2 to Chambers Street.
Exit train station onto West Broadway; walk west on Chambers Street and cross West Street; turn left on North End Avenue; left on Vesey Street.

4, 5 or 6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall Station.
Exit train station onto Centre Street; walk west on Chambers Street and cross West Street; turn left on North End Avenue.

A, C or E to Chambers Street.
Exit train station onto Church Street; walk north on Church Street; west on Chambers Street and cross West Street; turn left on North End Avenue; left on Vesey Street.

J, M or Z to Chambers Street.
Exit train station onto Chambers Street; walk west on Chambers Street and cross West Street; turn left on North End Avenue; left on Vesey Street.

N or R to City Hall.
Exit train station onto Broadway; walk north on Broadway; walk west on Chambers Street and cross West Street; turn left on North End Avenue; left on Vesey Street.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 25 July 2003 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

any gabbneb possibility denied by official persons today. super gabbneb will attempt to leap tall buildings to matos fap.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 26 July 2003 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

With any luck the Ally/BNW/MAJ triumvarate will attempt to all show up on time for the one reasonably hour-ish descent into the NJ. Wish us luck, and if you see our poly-trio, join us, please. Especially if you are a girl from Sarah Lawrence who has conveniently forgotten her swim suit and makes do with an insouciant rollled-up jeans + bra combo.

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 26 July 2003 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.jerseysucks.com/graphics/official.gif

― Dada, Saturday, 26 July 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

You can reserve tickets for the ferry. Reserving tickets for the ferry in advance is HIGHLY recommended, actually, because on nice summer days it tends to sell out and lots of people get really annoyed.

― Douglas (Douglas), Saturday, 26 July 2003 05:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Byron and my sister and me were there. Where were you?

― Tobias Rapp, Saturday, 26 July 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

We just missed you:( I arrived just as the first ferry was taking off (major NYC train trouble), Ally shortly thereafter, but luckily they sent another. Will you bring sis out tonite??

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 26 July 2003 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

My forehead is fire engine red.

― bnw (bnw), Saturday, 26 July 2003 23:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Gareth had that problem after Wildwood. What is it with you boys and your protruding foreheads?

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 26 July 2003 23:37 (twenty-two years ago)

My whole BODY is fire engine red, top that. I look like a gigantic cherry!

― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 27 July 2003 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Yum, I want a white bikini with red cherries on it.

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 27 July 2003 03:33 (twenty-two years ago)

http://bitchcakes.topcities.com/summer/kearney.jpg

http://bitchcakes.topcities.com/summer/skyline.jpg

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 4 August 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

woah, that is totally cool!

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 4 August 2003 23:50 (twenty-two years ago)

They named a street after me on the military base in Sandy Hook, it's so nice of them.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 00:10 (twenty-two years ago)

i got my hair chopped today ... no mullet-to-be ... what kinda jersey boy am i?

― Tad (llamasfur), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)

there's also a town in hudson county, nj named "kearney," fwiw.

― Tad (llamasfur), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 00:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I know, but it's not pronounced the same way as my name, they say it wrong.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)

they pronounce it "hanle y" over here!

― Tad (llamasfur), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

YOU BEAST.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Ally au natural and her many freckled shoulder.
http://home.earthlink.net/~brinkroad/images/ak.jpg

Mary hides from the camera and still looks good!
http://home.earthlink.net/~brinkroad/images/maj.jpg

Some geek and his shoe.
http://home.earthlink.net/~brinkroad/images/bw.jpg

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

It was so sunny that day, back when we were all poly, where did it all go wrong?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 02:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it all went downhill around Beach E.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)

twelve years pass...

http://voxpopulisphere.com/2015/12/11/10733/

I left early to help the advance team—the hardworking folks who handle logistics for every event—set things up, and I arrived at the local high school where the meetings and memorial service would take place. We prepared seven or eight classrooms for the families of the slain children and teachers, two or three families to a classroom, placing water and tissues and snacks in each one. Honestly, we didn’t know how to prepare; it was the best we could think of.

The families came in and gathered together, room by room. Many struggled to offer a weak smile when we whispered, “The president will be here soon.” A few were visibly angry—so understandable that it barely needs to be said—and were looking for someone, anyone, to blame. Mostly they sat in silence.

I went downstairs to greet President Obama when he arrived, and I provided an overview of the situation. “Two families per classroom . . . The first is . . . and their child was . . . The second is . . . and their child was . . . We’ll tell you the rest as you go.”

The president took a deep breath and steeled himself, and went into the first classroom. And what happened next I’ll never forget.

Person after person received an engulfing hug from our commander in chief. He’d say, “Tell me about your son. . . . Tell me about your daughter,” and then hold pictures of the lost beloved as their parents described favorite foods, television shows, and the sound of their laughter. For the younger siblings of those who had passed away—many of them two, three, or four years old, too young to understand it all—the president would grab them and toss them, laughing, up into the air, and then hand them a box of White House M&M’s, which were always kept close at hand. In each room, I saw his eyes water, but he did not break.

And then the entire scene would repeat—for hours. Over and over and over again, through well over a hundred relatives of the fallen, each one equally broken, wrecked by the loss. After each classroom, we would go back into those fluorescent hallways and walk through the names of the coming families, and then the president would dive back in, like a soldier returning to a tour of duty in a worthy but wearing war. We spent what felt like a lifetime in those classrooms, and every single person received the same tender treatment. The same hugs. The same looks, directly in their eyes. The same sincere offer of support and prayer.

The staff did the preparation work, but the comfort and healing were all on President Obama. I remember worrying about the toll it was taking on him. And of course, even a president’s comfort was woefully inadequate for these families in the face of this particularly unspeakable loss. But it became some small measure of love, on a weekend when evil reigned.

― j., Monday, 14 December 2015 18:41 (ten years ago)

Wrong Sandy Hook...

― Evan, Monday, 14 December 2015 18:50 (ten years ago)

durrrrrr sorry

― j., Monday, 14 December 2015 20:25 (ten years ago)

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