March 2, 2008

To go Home

I thought that I'd posted a picture of this thing back in November, from nighttime, but it's not showing at the moment. Anyway, they've added a whole bunch more beach balls, and I think it's kind of cool.

My brother moved into a new place today. It was built in the 60's, originally as motel rooms. Long since turned into "condos", his place is two units (one on top of the other) combined in a very typical Wildwood slapdash fashion in that none of the rooms have logical proportion and there are all sorts of extra doors leading nowhere in particular. The bathrooms are quite distinguished, though...all with a set tile candy color scheme. The one bathroom has a purple toilet! Purple porcelain. The tub & sink are purple too. (Dunno why I didn't photograph, will the next time, though).

Today was a perfect "Wildwood in the Winter" day. The wind was whipping , street signs clanking against themselves, and the ocean howling quietly down empty, empty streets. You almost feel like you're sneaking into the store while the owner is away.

3 comments:

A.P. Cronin said...

Virginia Beach has beach balls but the painting is not as detailed..

Anonymous said...

What does the "s" on the end mean? Is it actually WildwoodS?

Carol Ann said...

The four cities housed in the tiny island(s)---(Wildwood, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, & West Wildwood) are collectively referred to as "The Wildwoods". It's really sort of ridiculous.