As yet another ridiculously beautiful Virginia Beach sunrise gently caresses the salt-kissed brow of my stoic scowl, I begin to ponder what’s left for me to conquer as King of these hallowed shores. Then, like a discombobulated seagull, it hits me. I shall shed my magnificently bronzed exterior and open up Davy Jones’s locker of mind-blowing local knowledge to the visitors of Virginia Beach. And so we begin our journey into the soul of me, King Neptune.
Like any storied writer, I have my influences–Twain, Hawthorne, the Shorelines bloggers. So I have channeled my inner Poe in the writing of this, my first of many randomly awesome blog entries.
Once upon a sunrise pretty, while I blogged this, bright and cheery,
Over a 3-mile boardwalk and curious picture-takers galore,
While I stand motionless, nearly frozen, suddenly there came some clapping,
As of some family gently laughing, laughing on my favorite shore.
“Just take the picture,” I muttered, “laughing on my favorite shore-
Living the beach life here, evermore.”
Maybe poetry isn’t my beach bag, but living the life is. Check back soon as I drop some local knowledge from 32 feet above sea level. Be sure to check out the posts from the other awesomely articulate Shorelines bloggers as we take you beyond the sandcastles of Virginia Beach as you know it and dig into a world of coastal charm you never knew existed.