LBI Thoughts: It’s been a god-awful summer for some businesses and an ass-kickin’ godsend for others. Here’s to the many shops and businesses kicking tourist butt, so to speak. A slew of shop owners I know are having a lustrously black summer, which is a good thing – being in the black ink, that is.

From my visual read of Summer 2013, the Island isn’t lacking in visitorship. In fact, recent weekends in Ship Bottom have seen some of the most vehiculared days ever.