The Latest Breaking News from Rockaway Beach

A $225 shade cover ruined my beach day but America is smitten with them — enter the Shibumi summer

COMMENT: Shibumis are storming America’s beaches, promising a luxurious 150 square feet of shade. Ellie Muir spent a day with them at New York’s Rockaway Beach — and has a plea for fellow beachgoers

The Independent UK · Jun 30

Floating Failure

Plus: Taiwan heats up, Robert Moses and Rockaway Beach, CBDCs, and more...

Reason · May 24, 2024

"What a revelation! In-your-face, bare-boned, all Ramones, all the time, balls-to-the-wall": How Dee Dee Ramone's private teenage escape inspired a punk classic

After moving to New York to escape an abusive father, pre-Dee Dee Ramone Doug Colvin wrote a song about the coastal escape he frequented

Louder · Jan 26, 2024