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Summary graphic: A lone ice cream truck on Rockaway Beach at night

Rockaway Beach 2020: When the Most NYC Place in NYC Saved NYC from NYC

2021-09-10
On: 09/10/2021
In: New York, Northeast

After 2020’s spring of nonstop ambulance sirens and the daily 7 p.m. clap for healthcare workers, New Yorkers needed a vacation. Rockaway Beach was the only place they could trust.

Summary graphic: A shirtless man selling alcoholic beverages on Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Beach, Part 2: THE BEACH, and The Hustle

2021-09-10
On: 09/10/2021
In: American Travel, New York

New Yorkers make New York work for them. It’s no different at Rockaway Beach.

Summary graphic: An ice cream truck driver photographs fireworks at Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Beach, Part 3: Urban Filth and the Fourth of July

2021-09-10
On: 09/10/2021
In: American Travel, New York

Let’s celebrate the grit of Rockaway Beach, while taking a closer look at Fourth of July celebrations there during the first summer of the pandemic.

Summary graphic: Two photos of hamburgers from Rippers, in Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Beach, Part 4: The Food of Rockaway Beach (Go There Now!)

2021-09-10
On: 09/10/2021
In: American Travel, New York

A lot is being written about Rockaway Beach food these days. Let us show you the pictures.

Summary graphic: Gilets Jaunes protesters gather in a public square in Nice, France

Gilets Jaunes in Nice: What a City’s Protests Can Reveal About its Identity

2018-12-12
On: 12/12/2018
In: Europe

The violent protests by the gilets jaunes, or “yellow vests,” happening in Paris are not happening in Nice, France’s fifth largest city. This begged a question: How much can you infer about a city based on the protests that occur within it?

Summary graphic: A steak tip sub sandwich held in front of the small beach along South Boston, MA.

Steak Tips Vignette: Sal’s Ristorante & Pizzeria in Southie

2018-07-23
On: 07/23/2018
In: Boston

Steak tips, in a sub, and eaten on the beach? What sort of clash of cultures was this, and why had it taken us this long to find it?

Summary graphic: A two-photo montage: On the left is the neon sign for Dogma Grill, shaped as an arrow passing behind a hot dog bun. On the right is a scene from the patio showing two hot dogs in the foreground as a customer orders at the to-go window.

Welcoming the End of Endless Summer With a Pair of Hot Dogs at Dogma Grill (Miami, FL)

2017-09-05
On: 09/05/2017
In: Miami

Miami’s Upper Eastside is full of proof that “endless summer” is a false ideal to chase. Summer does end, but it also comes back, sometimes in a new shape and form.

Summary graphic: a hamburger and fries inside of a Styrofoam container, atop a bench beside a coastal view.

Burger as Memory: Grease-Fueled Recollections of Murray Beach, N.B.

2016-03-19
On: 03/19/2016
In: New Brunswick

I often read that food is love, but it’s also memory. Such is the case with the burger shack of Murray Beach, New Brunswick, in the Canadian Maritimes.

Summary graphic: A man and a woman behind the counter of their restaurant.

Peace, Love, and Tasty Grub in Old Orchard Beach, Maine

2014-04-22
On: 04/22/2014
In: Northeast

Hoss and Mary’s specializes in sandwiches and “Peace, Love, & Tasty Grub!” The grub was tasty enough, but it was the rest of the motto that brought me back.

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