In Honor Of Prince Harry's Visit To The Jersey Shore

Prince Harry to visit the Jersey Shore.

Prince Harry will be visiting the Jersey Shore tomorrow to see the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy.  He will be visiting two of the hardest hit towns - Mantoloking and Seaside Heights.     It will be the first time in 74 years that royalty has visited the Jersey Shore.   Prince Harry will be touring with Governor Christie who was (and continues to be) so instrumental to all those impacted by the hurricane.

In honor of Prince Harry's visit to two of our top delivery towns in the northern Jersey Shore region - we are temporarily renaming our Single (a.k.a. Twin) rental sheets "Prince".

We've always offered Queen and King linens without ever really associating them with Royalty.  We thought this would be a great way to welcome Prince Harry and spread the word:  THE JERSEY SHORE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

By no means are we going to rename our Full size rental linens for anyone else on the tour. :)

We look forward to seeing you this Summer at the Jersey Shore.

(For those interested in the history of bed sizes - check out this wiki.)

How We Spent Our Weekend

We are happy to be up in the northern beach area for a few more weeks before moving back to Ocean City.  We usually move back down in early May but this year we are staying a little longer since its closer to my husbands office.  

This weekend we enjoyed walking around the stores in Manasquan on Saturday.  We finally checked out Root, home furnishing store.  I pretty much want everything in there.  We made our standard stop over at Waterlilly where my mom bought me the cutest Tom's lace shoes as my Mothers Day gift.  We also stopped into Palm Place to check out the Lily stuff.   After all that walking, we got some delicious iced tea at Sweet Tease.

For Mother's Day we stayed local for the morning and early afternoon.  We attempted to go to a few favorite breakfast spots but we didnt have reservations.  We normally dont have a problem getting in at our normal breakfast time (8am) but now with the baby we got the show on the road a bit late.  That was just fine with me cause we got to hang out and enjoy.   We wound up at Harrigan's in Sea Girt for their Sunday brunch.  It worked out just fine - especially after their delicious Bloody Mary:)   Afterwards we sat out on the beach and played in the sand until we headed out to visit our moms.

Happy Mothers Day

Im so excited to be celebrating my first Mothers Day as a new mom.

I'm so lucky to have such an amazing mom who has always been supportive of everything I've done. She has been so helpful in making Relax a success.  My mother in law has also been so wonderful with the baby and with Relax projects.  This summer both moms will be helping out with the baby while I'm at the office.

We wish all moms, grand moms, aunts and dads acting as moms a relaxing Mother's Day. Enjoy your time together.

Congrats To Dawn!

Congratulations to Relax team member Dawn on her new job at the Long Beach Island Foundation.    

ARTspiration By Dawn

The LBIF's mission is to promote the arts and sciences on Long Beach Island and in the surrounding communities by enlightening, educating, and stimulating thought and discussion about current trends in the arts and sciences and by providing broad educational and cultural programs for all ages.  

They offer many summer camps and classes to those living and visiting LBI.   You may be in a class led by Dawn.

Dawn is a very talented artist.  She has a great studio at her home where she creates many creative works of art.  You can find some of her work on ETSY and at dawnmcdonnell.com.  We are excited that Dawn will continue to Relax with us this summer.   

Way to go Dawn!

You Don't Get An Order For This Every Day

We received a request from a homeowner for linens for their home for tenants during the summer.  They have several twins, a full, queens, kings and also california queens.... California kings? Nope. Queens.  Even we had to look this one up.

The California Queen is 4 inches longer than the standard queen making it the same length as the California King.  Our queen fitted sheets are 60x80 but for california queens its 60x84.

You learn something new every day.  In any case - we are happy to fill this request.

Jersey Shore Marathon

Congratulations to my sister (and Relax volunteer), Katie, for completing her first marathon! The slogan for the marathon was "up and running" since the jersey shore was affected by superstorm sandy. Between the runners, stores, streets and homes many are definitely "up and running"!

It was a beautiful day to run (or watch in my case). We first saw her on Ocean Ave in Deal. The homes and streets in Deal looked great. From there, we went to Asbury Park to see her race past the Stone Pony.  We popped into the Pony to show the kid a good bar and a place where legends are made.  After a quick tour "we" raced to Long Branch to catch Katie at the finish line.

Fun Day In Point Pleasant

We've been having so much fun now that the weather is getting nicer at the shore.  We've been taking short day trips before I head back into the office full time.  We had a great time visiting the boardwalk at Point Pleasant with my sister, mom and of course my baby.   It was so nice to see activity on the boardwalk.  The shops and attractions near Jenkinsons looked great!  Our first stop was over to Martells for a drink.  My sister convinced me to try their fresh squeezed orange drink... Wow.  Glad we were there for one drink and not a whole day at the beach.  The newly rebuilt tiki bar looked fantastic.  They have a great new bar at the waters edge too.  From here we stopped at Jenkinsons candy shop.  It's a must visit whether you are in the mood for fudge or any sweet treat.   Our main destination was up next - Jenkinsons Aquarium.  I've never been before and only live 5 minutes away.  I don't know what I've been waiting for.  It was so much fun to visit with the baby.  It may not be the Baltimore or Camden Aquarium but its a great place to visit at the shore. While we were having fun we totally forgot to make dinner. Thanks to joe leones we picked up some delicious chicken Marsala to end a perfect afternoon.