The Background

This is the sixth year that I have gone to Rehoboth Beach, DE with my dear friend Lea. The trip began our summer going into 9th grade back when staying up late watching Friends DVDs and eating peanut M&Ms in our hotel room was a highlight of the trip. Since then, our idea of a fun time--and culinary tastes have matured. We have our favorite stores (the sunglasses spot, the boutique with over-priced but adorable dresses, and the always depressing but necessary California Sunshine bathing suit store) We have our favorite restaurants. Retro Cafe's smoothies and ultra friendly-fabulously gay wait staff, and the more upscale Planet X (Lea and her dad swear by their Tuna steak.) And we have our traditions (see below)

This town has really been here through some pivitol moments in both of our lives. We've come to Rehoboth to heal from heartbreaks, to escape from the stress and uncertainty of college applications, to celebrate our successes and dream about our futures (we've vowed to bring our families back here some day).

So this year, in what may be our last year for a while (but who knows!) we decided to document what goes on down here. Before we get going some basics:

Why we're here:
Lea's dad has run a medical conference in Rehoboth for nine years. He attends the conference by morning, golfs by afternoon and takes us to delicious dinners by night.

About Rehoboth: I've been to Ocean/Atlantic/Sea Isle City. I've been to Brigantine and all over Florida, but Rehoboth is pretty special. It's a family town first and foremost (nightlife is kind of lacking, though we've managed to find ways to have fun/get in a little trouble). The restaurants are numerous, diverse and delicious--though expensive, to eat well you have to be able to put up some money. The boardwalk is home to Funland with standard amusement park rides (Gravitron, bumper cars) and arcade games. Just a mile away are the outlets where we plan on burning most of our summer income thus far. There's a waterpark, minigolf, shops-a-plenty.

So that's the brief background, everything else we'll fill in as we go along.