It's that time of the year again! Time for the Ocean Bay Park Volunteer Fire Department raffle! Truthfully, I do not know what they are raising money for (I can only assume it is to buy the grossly overweight members of the motley "fire department" braziers). I was duped into buying this
The Day I Dug Up And Emptied A Septic Tank
Fire Island's noted absence of Domino's, 24 hour convenience stores and strip clubs has made me realize that, unfortunately, this cannot afford its visitors all the luxuries of the mainland. However, beyond the obvious there exists an entirely separate layer of absenteeism that plagues
Spikeball: More Fun Than You Think
The beach. A place for families, a place for the wealthy. A place for hobos, a place for marijuana enthusiasts. A place for fun and a place for games. What games you ask? Well besides the usual volleyball, football, soccer, frisbee, saddlebacking, and burnlegging there exists something known in some
Fire Island Weather: Heat In The Morning, Hail In The Afternoon
Across the world you can find people who love nothing more than to talk about the weather (yes, boring people are everywhere). For whatever reason (usually a desperate need of social interaction), to some people, nothing is more exciting than speculating on what torment mother nature is brewing
Jonesy the Cat
As a means of combating Fire Island's deer epidemic, the locals on the island have taken to training specially bred felines to hunt and kill the encroaching deer. However, not all of the chosen kitties make the cut and the rejects are usually offered up as sacrifices to the Great South Bay,
Sand Dunes: Fire Island’s Only Asset
The sheer amount of excitement here on this Island of Fire can sometimes be too much to handle. Between the absence of cars, the constantly changing populous and the daily siren tests (one blast for ranger's returning, two for wildlings) I can hardly find time to explore the Sunken Forest or make
Meeting Fire Island Locals: Hello Deer
These wretched animals run rampant on Fire Island spreading disease, hosting blood-thirsty ticks (and more disease), eating garbage, and defecating in the streets (what gives them any right to do that which man has been prohibited from doing). This particular specimen wanders all too
Welcome To Fire Island
Just over four miles off the coast of Long Island, New York you can find a lesser known strip of land known as Fire Island (or that place that parts of MIB II and III were filmed). At 31 miles long and just half a mile wide at its widest point, this 3,000 acre strip of land is home to just over