Some of the highlights:
1) the boardwalk – there’s tons of people, tons of opportunities to people watch, lots of music and dancing. Every 100 yards, or so, there’s a different music scene. To the right of the Cyclone, which to me is the major directional reference point of Coney
Island, we found a mini salsa club in the sun...To the left of the Cyclone we found a mini disco, where we found the most interesting and entertaining performer. This dude (60 year white male, still dressed for the disco era) was on point! His moves were impeccable. He was the wooer of all the disco-dancing ladies. They couldn’t resist his suave, his charm, his, well, the picture tells all…
2) shoot the freak – there’s tons of state fair-esque dollar and two-dollar games that can’t be missed. My favorite was shoot the freak. This game is located on the boardwalk just by one of the main boardwalk entrances to the amusement park and ride area. For two dollars you too can shoot the freak, or attempt to. When you pay your two dollars you are given a paint gun, fully loaded. The freak is about 25 yards below you. He is dressed in the usual freak attire – hockey goalie uniform and pimped out gas mask. He moves left, he moves right, he does the Barry shuffle. He’s a quick freak. The game host makes it more interesting by talking trash to you, the shooter, and the freak, saying things like, “come on freak, my granny moves faster than that. Come and shoot the freak, two dollars, shoot the freak.” The crowd is hypnotized. While we were watching, the freak got his coffee break. He took off his freakish attire. He was just a kid. There were crowds of people around us. One girl behind Jazzy and I said to her friends, “he ain’t no freak, he looks Dominican.” Freaky-deaky!
3) the cyclone – you must ride the infamous cyclone if you trek to Coney island. I say infamous because, BYOSC – bring your own seat cushion – it’s a bumpy ride.
4) the food – we ate two dollar tacos from a boardwalk stand and drank $6 fruit smoothies. Wait a second, did I just say $6 fruit smoothies…it is New York. Bring your $6 fruit smoothie money with you when trekking to Coney Island.
5) the pier and the beach – on top of all the roller coaster, game, food, and music madness, there’s more. On the pier you’ll find more music lovers, but mostly fishermen throwing out tyson’s chicken in a cage as bait. Seriously. A whole uncooked chicken leg is placed in a cage and thrown into the Atlantic. We only spotted one small fish catch and one crab catch. Maybe the fishes were looking for hot sauce as well...
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