Saturday 9 with Mimi Queen of Memes: At The Beach

Every Saturday Crazy Sam promises her readers "just a silly meme" of nine questions on her blog Saturday 9. This week she is right on time with a crazy summer meme. What does Samantha want to do this week? She takes her meme to the beach. Let's go along, shall we?







Saturday 9: At the Beach

1. Do you plan to be at the beach this summer?
I would like to be at the beach this summer, yes.

2. Do you have a favorite beach?
That would be like having a favorite meme or a favorite crown. I cannot choose.
All beaches are good.

3. How old were you on your first beach trip?

I was around 10 years old. My parents always rented the same beach cottage every year at Salter Path, North Carolina near Emerald Isle, Indian Beach and just south of Atlantic Beach. My favorite memories of the beach are of the four of us covering my dad with sand (he would stay there forever!) - he said he was "cool" under there with only his feet and head sticking out - and then we would build a huge sandcastle around him so he couldn't "escape." I always hated to see the sand break up around his body when it was time for him to get up. We worked so hard to get it just right! Funny the things you remember.....

4. Did your folks own or rent a cottage at the beach?
See #3. The same cottage every year for years. it was called The Susie-Q! My parents usually had couple friends down throughout the week, my grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins would drive down. A house full of kids (four of us) and sometimes our best friends came along too. Lots of people. At night the grownups would play cards until the wee hours of the morning around a round table on the deck. They laughed so much we couldn't sleep!



We'd tiptoe through the living room to spy on them and before we could even think about faking them out with a "I'm thirsty" story we'd hear "Get back to bed!"




I now understand about grownup time but back then it was sooo mysterious and going to sleep was just boring. My uncles liked to fish and the back of the cottage faced Bogue Sound. I remember my mother and her chatty friends would lay out in the sun for hours while we played in the sand or walked on the beach hunting sanddollars and shells.


5. Have you or would you bring your kids to the same beaches you went to as a kid?

My ex-husband and I did take our son to the same beach and stayed in the Susie-Q many years later with my parents and other family members for a week.
My son was two at the time. We had a great time that year.


6. What type of bathing suit do you wear at the beach?


Queens do not wear bathing suits, silly Sam.

I always wore bikinis but now prefer one-piece royal blue suits (ha ha) since taking to my throne. The sun does not suit my royal delicacies and I'm always slathered with SPF55. I burn to a crisp in the summer without it. Like my predecessor Queen Elizabeth I, I have rather pale skin that does not fare well in the heat. And no, Sam, Queens do not sweat. We "glisten."

I did find a rather wind-blown bikini photo from sometime around 1983 taken at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina while staying at the Susie-Q.

It would take a minor miracle for me to reveal it here.
Or a severe sunburn to the head.


7. Do you have favorite food you like to eat at the shore?



There is nothing like fresh seafood (duh) at the coast.
Scallops are my favorite.


8. Do you have a favorite drink you like at the shore?
I know it's un-American not to say something really cool like Fruity Margaritas (Bud will laugh at that....Are there fruity margaritas?) or some exotic sounding alcoholic beverage with a sassy umbrella on the side but the truth is, no.


I love iced tea (as in Southern iced tea) but a boyfriend once taught me NEVER to order Long Island Tea.
That's my answer and I'm stickin' to it. Anything added to the tea and Queen will pass out in the sand. Head first.


9. When is the next time you will be beach bound?
That is an excellent question! For which I do not have an answer...however, being "bound" on the beach does not sound like a lot of fun. Sam! Really!








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