August 12th

Still on our vacation to the Jersey shore, we went to the beach today. I don't do too well at the beach (fair Irish skin and all) but I have many fond memories of playing in the sand as a a young kid and testing the ocean's tide. I'm going to write to some people that have connections to the beach and beach related things.

Mike Love - Beach Boys original member

Frankie Avalon - star of "beach" movies of the 1960's

Annette Funicello - co-star of those same movies

James Patterson - bestselling author of "Beach House" and "Lifeguard"

Bette Midler - star of the 1989 film "Beaches"

Barbara Hershey - co-star of "Beaches"

Fred Hassan - CEO Coppertone suntan lotion