Kristina Forest

And particularly Wildwood Beach, which is where we went every summer.

It's also where we went after prom.

I think that might be a New Jersey specific thing.

I don't know if other states have this, especially if you don't have a beach.

But in high school after prom, we would spend the weekend at Wildwood.

Like everybody would go.

You would get hotel rooms or some people had like beach houses or whatever, but we would spend the weekend at Wildwood.

And so that felt quintessential to my youth.

My parents used to drive us to Wildwood Beach.

You know, we would sometimes go for the day, sometimes go for a few days.

And Wildwood has this huge boardwalk.

And along the boardwalk, there's places where you can get funnel cake and fried Oreo.

Literally, like you can get anything imaginable fried in dough and covered in powdered sugar.

It's there at these places.

And these huge slices of pizza, these huge cartons of lemonade.

It's like so sugary and sweet.

Saltwater taffy.

and the different sections of the boardwalk that have games and rides.

It's just so much going on, so many people.

And the beach itself is really long.