"I'm going to Jersey Shore, Bitch!" -Nicole "Snooki" PolizziEven though Virginia has been rocked by three huge snow storms within the past few weeks, I thought I'd blog about a warmer, funner, more beautiful...well I don't know about that, but definitely more relaxing place- Seaside Heights, New Jersey aka the Jersey Shore. My inspiration for this blog came from the fun filled day long marathon of the show on Super Bowl Sunday. As a kid growing up in Northern New Jersey, we would take trips down to Seaside Heights all of the time during the summer. Since I was under the age of 10 I didn't notice the fist pumping, the GTL (gym, tanning, laundry), or the crazy fights that seemed to have happened in every episode of the Jersey Shore. The shore is an amazing place to go if you like the beach. Of course it has a lot of night clubs like we see the cast go to every day, but it also offers a lot of other stuff to do. One of my favorite things to do at the shore when I was a kid was go to the Casino Pier. There are a ton of rides, from the log flum to a ferris wheel. Not only are there rides at the Casino Pier, but there is also a waterpark and an arcade.
Seaside Heights has one of the best boardwalks in the entire country. During the winter months there isn't a lot open, but during the summer the boardwalk is the place to be. There are vendors that sell comfort food, fun games, and awesome shops (like the one the cast of Jersey Shore worked in).
Seaside Heights has a lot of decently priced hotel rooms also. After doing a quick search on kayak.com, I found hotels as cheap as $88 a night and as expensive as $400 a night. But lets be honest, there's so much to do that spending time in the hotel that doesn't include sleeping is out of the question. As for food... as long as you don't mind New York style pizza or other amazing Italian specialties, then you will never go hungry and your wallet won't go empty either because it is all pretty cheap.
Here are some other good sites:
- seasideheights.net
- Seaside Heights Tourism
- Discover Seaside Heights
- In case you haven't seen an episode, here's all of the Jersey Shore episodes
