Water Taxi Beach

I guess we can all agree that living in the city during summer might (pardon the language) suck. If you're lucky, you can rent a summer house by the ocean or you can crash at a friend's/relative's house every weekend. But for those who are stuck in the city, Water Taxi Beach is offering the pleasure of a real beach with real New Jersey beach sand in the middle of the city. That is Long Island City. Transportation is super easy to Hunter's Point with Water Taxi from Manhattan, you even get a free ride. Once you get there, you can either turn your back to Manhattan's skyline and watch some beach volley while sipping your daiquiri and listening to DJ music and forget where you are or face the city and watch the sunset over the tall buildings. What I like the most is while I'm doing either of those, Tara happily plays with her sand toys without bothering me.

This is as close as it gets to the real thing and you don't have to drive for hours to get there. And if your colleagues ask you where you got your tan, you can always say that you were at Hamptons for the weekend.