45I took Daphne and Sabrina to the beach for the afternoon, to give Riva a break.
The boardwalk was full of bicyclers, dogs, old men playing chess, bodybuilders, weed dispensaries, you name it. We walked down to the pier and then stood in line for Hotdog on a Stick.
There was a guy my age behind us, holding his skateboard.
“What’s that?” Daphne asked.
“A skateboard,” said Sabrina, in her ‘you’ve got to be kidding me’ voice.
“I want to ride a skateboard.”
“Here try mine.” The boy put the skateboard down and helped Daphne stand up on it.
“Take a picture, take a picture,” said Sabrina.
Just then we were handed three big strawberry lemonades. Daphne wanted hers.
“I’ll hold her while you take the picture,” said the boy.
So I handed Sabrina our two lemonades and Daphne hers and got out
