One Thing I Like About the Beach

It temporarily dissolves our superficial differences. People with different political views, social habits, and lifestyles, who might simply scowl at each other on the street, come together to enjoy the day, to smile and make small talk. We discover ourselves to be the same kind of creatures who feel the same pleasure under the same sun, in the same sea. The beach is a place where we go to stare away from America—as one.