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TheJournalNJ.com | JUNE 2020 15
My Visit to…
Sea Bright
This Summer
BY JULIA MORTIMER
As I drive from the Sea Bright Bridge onto Ocean Avenue, with
“Jersey Girl” by Bruce Springsteen playing and the salty air be-
summer ahead. While the sun begins to hide behind Chapel Beach
despite the regulations in place.
It was Mother’s Day while the sun was setting, when I had decided
to take a drive down Ocean Avenue. The weather was crisp, but the
enough to have the windows down, but cool enough to wear an oversized
sweatshirt.
Cars are lined up in front of restaurants to pick up their dinners
in support of their local favorites. Tommy’s Tavern + Tap had customers
patiently waiting in their cars for the sushi or wings they had all
been missing. Woody’s Ocean Grille appeared to have its pick-up
smiles from their masked customers.
With the ever-changing beach restrictions and regulations, it
foreseeable future. But, despite these strains, locals always seem to
While we continue to take part in Zoom meetings and accept
the fact that surgical masks are now a necessary accessory, the day
dreaming of sun-kissed beach days paired with a late lunch and happy
hour at Rory’s Pub begins. Outdoor seating and live music were
once just a part of the day but now have become something we long for. If
the pandemic has succeeded at anything, it is forcing people to appreciate the
little enjoyments of everyday life, the small snippets of the day that were once
taken for granted.
The mornings-turned-afternoons spent at Donovan’s Reef with best
friends or family are aplenty. Everyone enjoys chatting about future plans and
sharing belly laughs as well as the exchange of pleasantries with people you
had lost touch with and have been meaning to reach out to but life had gotten
in the way. (Has it gotten to the point where I long for small talk? It appears so.)
As everyday life persists and lifestyles have changed, it is far too easy to
grow exhausted and frustrated. Thinking of the summer that will (hopefully)
in Sea Bright is one way to help in feeling less discouraged through the uncertainty
of our lives.
Photo courtesy of Rory’s Pub
Photo by Jack Linkin
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