Fat Beach People

When I was on the beach in Pt. Pleasant over the 4th of July weekend, I saw a family of about 9 bring hot buffet style chafing plates onto the beach, with burning sterno. They were eating sausages, rice and beans and other assorted hot foods right there on the beach like some kind of public barbeque. It looked disgusting, and reminded me why beach clubs have so much appeal.

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[There, on the Avalon beach, we saw a portly young father feeding chips to his toddler. With what looked like fascination (or pride), he watched her eat until, with her mouth full, the once-little girl finally said, "No more." There were inflated bellies hanging over men's swim trunks, and women ranging from overweight young mothers to way-large matriarchs, invariably wearing floral swimsuits. None of it "fit fat."]

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