Ah, summer. Double ah when it’s at the beach. Triple happiness when it’s down the Jersey Shore. We simply cannot get enough of this southern part of New Jersey. Why not? Because summer down the shore makes us happy without even trying.

Notice I wrote “down the shore” because we all know that if you’re from the Philadelphia area you never say, “I’m going to the shore” – you say, “I’m going down the shore.” That’s the expression that immediately identifies who’s really cool and who isn’t.