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[caption id="attachment_11077" align="alignnone" width="614"]<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2012/09/11/playdate-33-my-favorite-ocean-beaches/olympus-digital-camera-756/" rel="attachment wp-att-11077"><img class=" wp-image-11077 " title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/P8170001-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="461" /></a> Me and Nana. End of August 2012. Hampton Bays, NY.[/caption]

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There's no place like home.

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I have been to beaches up the West Coast, down the East Coast, across the Gulf, and over to Hawaii, the Bahamas, British Columbia and Italia.  I love them all.

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(Well....I'm not particularly fond of the Gulf of Mexico.  Especially the tar-filled Texas Gulf beaches.  Bleck.)

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But none of these beaches stir my soul like the beautiful beaches of Long Island.

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Within seconds of stepping onto these beaches, I am 5 again.
I am completely at peace.
Not a care in the world.

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[caption id="attachment_11080" align="alignnone" width="614"]<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2012/09/11/playdate-33-my-favorite-ocean-beaches/olympus-digital-camera-758/" rel="attachment wp-att-11080"><img class=" wp-image-11080 " title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/P8170010-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="461" /></a> Nana*, Auntie I and Uncle John (who is known to fall asleep ANYWHERE, including an impromptu visit to the ocean) (and yes, he really does smile in his sleep!)[/caption]

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I filmed this Long Island Beach Immersion Experience just for you. Savor the sights and the sounds. I only wish that I could pump in the salty breezes for you.

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Come to think of it, I also wish that I had thought to bring along my iPad for a more pleasantly professional video experience.

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But this video captured with my point-and-shoot will give you the illusion of 1974. When I was really 5.

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How accidentally retro of me.

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*  Nana just celebrated her birthday.  How old do you think she looks?  Guess in the comments section below. You're not going to believe her biological age!

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** P.S.  She started her birthday with a Zumba class in the morning. ZUMBA!!! Yep. You're not going to believe it, all right.

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