Music Monday Tribute to Bay Head NJ Beach Rentals: Stay-cation by the Go-Gos

Welcome Music Monday visitors... Rex, London, Maddie and I are enjoying another perfect weekend at our beach house in Bay Head, NJ, and the theme of this week's Music Monday is "Stay-cation"... renting Roxy's beach house at the Jersey Shore instead of traveling far away for your summer fun. I've taken some liberties with the lyrics of my favorite tune by the Go-Gos:

It's June and the kids are out of school
Back here at home there's nothin' to do
Don't go far away
You'll wish you'd stayed
Head down to Bay Head for a beach house to stay in

A week at the beach and in the sun
Nights at the boardwalk lots of fun
I know I'm not wrong
And it won't be long
Before you're on the porch painting a sea shell

A week in Bay Head
You won't forget
Two weeks in Bay Head and you'll
Make plans to do it all over again

CHORUS
Stay-cation
All I ever wanted
Vacation
Had to get away
Stay-cation
Bring the family along

A week in Bay Head
You won't forget
Two weeks in Bay Head and you'll
Make plans to do it all over again

CHORUS

For all the wonderfu times our family shares at the Jersey Shore, we feel like our beach house is going to waste when we don't get the chance to use it due to our work schedule or London and Maddie's activities in the Roxiticus Valley. We were glad to be able to rent it for two weeks in late July and early August when we'll be busy up north (and west) with Roxy's 25th high school reunion (that will certainly inspire a Music Monday post all its own!) and a visit from Aunt Veg and Uncle Quiet. If you're interested in renting Roxy's beach house in Bay Head, NJ this summer, please call or visit Diane Cornell at Van Sciver Realtors, 431 Main Avenue, Bay Head, NJ, phone (732) 898-0038 and be sure to tell her Roxy sent you.



Can't seem to get my mind off of you
Back here at home there's nothin' to do
Now that I'm away
I wish I'd stayed
Tomorrow's a day of mine that you won't be in

When you looked at me I should've run
But I thought it was just for fun
I see I was wrong
And I'm not so strong
I should've known all along that time would tell

A week without you
Thought I'd forget
Two weeks without you and I
Still haven't gotten over you yet

CHORUS
Vacation
All I ever wanted
Vacation
Had to get away
Vacation
Meant to be spent alone

A week without you
Thought I'd forget
Two weeks without you and I
Still haven't gotten over you yet

CHORUS

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Best of the Jersey Shore: The Crab Shack on Mantoloking Road in Brick, NJ

When we're at our beach house in Bay Head, New Jersey, Rex cooks a lot of seafood: clams, salmon, scallops, lobster...you name it and we get it from the Crab Shack.

I may have mentioned before that my girls are Jedi Clam Eaters, and we'll buy 100 littlenecks and topnecks. Over the long Memorial Day Weekend, we had clams on Friday night and lobsters on Sunday night. I meant to take a picture of the Crab Shack for you, but for now we'll stick with a happy crab.

If Rex is cooking seafood at home in Bay Head, the Crab Shack is the only place we'll go for fresh seafood. Open all year round, the Crab Shack has a large variety of fresh seafood daily, including live and steamed crabs, homemade specialties and prepared seafood dishes. If you don't feel like cooking, you can eat there, inside in the fish market or outside in the sunshine.


Visit the Crab Shack!
74 Mantoloking Road
Brick, NJ 08723
732-477-1115

The Mermaid Swim Team of Bay Head, New Jersey

Rex and I just wandered into the Anchor & Palette Gallery on Mount Street in Bay Head, NJ, and walked out with the Mermaid Swim Team by local Wall, NJ, artist Wendy McCarthy.

Actually, that's not quite true. We purchased the Mermaid Swim Team, which is part of the Mermoments trilogy that Wendy McCarthy is working on for her show at the Anchor & Palette from July 25th through August 4th on Mount Street in Bay Head, NJ. We're planning to hang it in the girls' bedroom in our beach house for the summer, but since we probably won't be at the beach for a couple of weekends, we left it at the Anchor & Palette for you and our neighbors to enjoy.

An extra special treat...we met artist Wendy McCarthy today...she was so pleased to be there when the first of her beautiful Mermoments paintings was sold. Wendy put a lot of love into the painting, but she could see we would give it a good home.

Jersey Shore Restaurants: Latitude 40 Degrees North in Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ

Rex has our Memorial Day Barbecue all planned out, but I just got an e-mail from Latitude 40º N, a restaurant in Pt. Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, reminding me that they will be open tomorrow on Memorial Day.

Latitude 40º N features casual dining in a bright, welcoming and tranquil atmosphere. Executive Chef and Owner Randy Pietro, a Point Pleasant resident and Ocean County native, is a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America. He brings many years of culinary expertise including 15 years as the executive chef at the famous Mickey Mantle's restaurant in New York City. Randy Pietro opened the doors to Latitude 40º N in July 2004. Since then, his mission has been to offer moderately priced, beautifully presented dishes, prepared using top quality ingredients and outstanding recipes that are both unique and traditional.

While Rex and the girls and I tend to favor Dennis Foy's Bay Point Prime, ever since Dennis closed Dennis Foy's in Pt. Pleasant Beach, Latitude 40º N has been an attractive restaurant for expanding our options without driving too far from Bay Head. If you'd like to experience Latitude 40º N, I'd recommend calling ahead for reservations: 732-892-8553. Latitude 40º N is located in the heart of the Pt. Pleasant Beach downtown area, at 816 Arnold Avenue. And save room for dessert.