new jersey signs

From a morning bike ride when I was in the US for my brother's wedding: The Wildwood, New Jersey boardwalk has the best signs (with a sneaky guest appearance from a Stone Harbor hotel).

sardinia IX: blue

Amazing blue sea and looking down on a tiny deserted beach that we drove down dirt roads to find. And with that we conclude our coverage of Sardinia (for this year's trip, anyway).

sardinia VIII: spiaggia della pelosa

More of my favorite aesthetic ever, brought to you by Spiaggia della Pelosa just north of Stintino, Sardinia in mid-July. Finding parking was crazy and those colorful umbrellas on the tiny strip of sand look pretty packed together, so we admired the colors from afar and chose two loungers and a blue umbrella at the less crowded beach up the way, which was across a narrow straight from an abandoned Spanish watchtower. We swam out into the straight and I explored the island while Stephen chased fish all through the underwater plants. We drank cans of Ichnusa beer that didn't stay cold for long (gotta love the Italian summer sun!) and ate a picnic lunch of cheese and bread and olive oil and were delighted about our lives.

sardinia VII: birthday beach II

Floating. Santa Teresa di Gallura.

sardinia VI: birthday beach I

This is where I spent (part of) my birthday: Santa Teresa di Gallura, on Sardinia's northwestern coast. We weren't really sure whether it would be nice or not, and in terms of the beach experience it wasn't necessarily the greatest -- crowded! as you can tell -- but in terms of my favorite aesthetic that ever was, a.k.a. tons of colorful beach chairs and brilliant blue water, it was the jackpot.