You gotta love living on Long Beach Island in the off-season. I know lots of folks live here in the summer and go somewhere else in the winter, but if I had the financial advantages I’d do it in reverse. People on the Island in winter are just so much kinder, probably because they live here all year ’round and realize just how lucky they are. And there are certain people you don’t have to deal with, if you get my drift.

People you meet and speak with in the off-season are just so quick to talk to you, I mean really talk, have a…