ENBB's New England Cultural Corner

i do wish though that the ocean in new england was just a little bit warmer, i love being near it but i find it hard to swim for very long b/c i get so cold. southern oceans i can spend hours in

http://38.media.tumblr.com/9f6b38f877e2706074eb9da4ed62af90/tumblr_n7aqjvJsXR1qd532so1_500.gif

And here we have a gif that combines two of my favorite things.

http://38.media.tumblr.com/46127b1032207c0804a8db44ad924df0/tumblr_msqhterKNt1ry46hlo1_500.gif

Where are the good beaches in New England?

And what are y'all's favorite swimming holes?

Also show me a good crab shack in Maine

http://www.watermansbeachlobster.com/

Thanks!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_Beach

I saw a nice NE beach in a movie. I think it was in Rhode Island

xp

many incredible beaches on cape cod obvs

yea xp crane beach is gorgeous

don't go nantasket beach, i'm warning everybody here

i don't know a whole lot of swimming holes, in western mass there is a very nice one that is a short 5-10 minute walk from the montague book mill. the book mill is one of my favorite places in the world, no hyperbole. admrl you probably know of it already but it's a used bookstore built into an old mill building on this creek and there's a really good cafe with sandwiches and beer and coffee, plus a small art gallery and a record shop. it rules. it's kind of a perfect summer day to go to the book mill for lunch, browse for a while, and then do the short walk to the swimming hole and hang out there for a while.

Yes, I know it, though not the swimming hole!

I love the Book Mill but their book selection is pretty naff. I'm a reasonable bibliophile and have never found anything I want there. But it's a nice place to lunch/snack/work if you can find somewhere to sit.

I am into this weather though. I never lived anywhere with this sunny/humidity/thunderstorm cycle and that is cool. I like sitting on my porch and watching storms. It rains more in one day here than it does in an entire year in LA!

don't go nantasket beach, i'm warning everybody here

― marcos, Friday, June 20, 2014 9:30 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol I don't mind Nastasket. I've never been to go to the beach there but I kind of love cheesy beach/boardwalk towns every now and then for the people watching, arcades and ice cream. :)

oh yea they can be super fun. just walking by a long slew of greased-up older dudes in speedos w/ gold chains in beach chairs RIGHT ON THE BOARDWALK makes my ice cream not taste as good

another vote for crane, its just a beautiful place

Looks beautiful, sounds cold! Maybe I wait for a super hot day.

yea as i mentioned upthread i don't feel like there are any "warm" places to swim in the ocean in new england. on a super hot day i might go in for 5-10 minutes at crane.

=/

hey it's not that different in LA, right? the pacific is pretty cold iirc and when i went there everybody was wearing wetsuits

I dunno. I never went to the beach in LA

this time of year the water is p cold in mass but by the end if the summer is not bad imo

oh yea they can be super fun. just walking by a long slew of greased-up older dudes in speedos w/ gold chains in beach chairs RIGHT ON THE BOARDWALK makes my ice cream not taste as good

This is hilarious to me! Why do they do that? They all look like leather and you know they sit out there from 8:00 am to sundown every single warm day. It's a thing. I like to observe.

haha totally

This is beautiful.

http://31.media.tumblr.com/0c92f1eb63326d9111b5ead7980bcdba/tumblr_n7h6qwMZVD1rllm0xo1_500.jpg

And it makes me excited to go back to Arizona and see my best gal.

And this is hilarious.

http://38.media.tumblr.com/0a239a133e199a8625f115118abd550c/tumblr_n7jthnZrR61qewacoo1_500.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM

also

http://37.media.tumblr.com/0d25fec941761c99528bf882d4121d1b/tumblr_n7emw7Emy41sjcqg0o1_500.jpg

and finally, today's happy place

http://33.media.tumblr.com/19d7233c29288c3a4621451d858da678/tumblr_n5mbuq6uFo1qmnl72o1_500.jpg

I think that people would generally have a kinder view of the pigeon if they all looked like Lisa Frank creations. Also, LOOK AT THIS FUCKING FOR REAL NOT PHOTOSHOPPED PIGEON.

http://33.media.tumblr.com/9c8b8c509f432dc9c0e1af0afcb4e2c6/tumblr_mgxgi89K5c1r8x2ybo1_500.jpg

whoa!

Also wait look at this crazy-ass fabulous moth I found out about the other night:

http://33.media.tumblr.com/4fc91fc87705bccec8ccd3c8c7a5ae65/tumblr_mjpryzj11M1r7180yo3_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2rqk8Ip0y1r38hk2o1_400.jpg

>:~

It is a Rosy Maple Moth.

http://31.media.tumblr.com/99ed8b3fbe7367f698a655591306cfbc/tumblr_mp4rfvi9wG1rmrq5zo8_1280.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VUTQOty.jpg

'Sup

aw dat's cute

(btw the rosy maple moth lives in the eastern parts of North America (so New Engalnd!) and the psychedelic pigeon lives in like Vietnam and other such tropical climes.)

I'm in Bar Harbor- it's beautiful! Tell me how to order and eat a lobster. What do I need to know?

I also ate in St. Johnsbury last night but did not see Neko Case or lagoon.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5543902

Lobster tomalley is the best part, eat that and discard the rest xp

lobster rolls imo

I do not know what to make of this picture where Kim appears to be flying out of the "hamps" in a private helicopter so that she can return to the city for strategic instagramming purposes. What a world.

http://37.media.tumblr.com/78db569b4b0c181c9c2b6b770bb28f6b/tumblr_n8cphx1cf91qiavcao1_r1_500.png

what a disaster for the hamps

hampsterdam?

my hamps
my hamps my hamps my hamps
my hamps my hamps my hamps
my lovely lady lamps

check it out

lol DJP

I grew up about 20 mins from The Hamptons and have NEVER heard anyone call it that but what do i know maybe it's a thing.