Water Taxi Beach – With My Tween
Today I decided to take my tween and her friend to Water Taxi Beach for the first time. We drove down by the water in Long Island City and parked on a desolate street. The two girls looked at me like I was out of my mind, " there is a beach down here ?" they said sceptically. "That's what they say" I said and we walked toward the large yellow sign that indicated we were in the right spot.
As we got closer to the water we began to hear the sound of thumping house music and saw some college kids making thair way out. I had a brief moment of " what the hell am I doing bringing 10 year olds to a place like this" when a bouncer asked me for my ID. " This is kid friendly ?" i said. The bouncer nodded his head and we walked in. The music was so loud that the unborn child I am currently housing began to to summersaults in my belly. There was a football field sized sand " beach" with several bar areas, some serving what I was told to be good burgers, and plenty of picnic tables. There was also a tented dance floor area where the music was coming from. The girls headed straight for the dance floor to stand on the sidelines and watch in amazement at the dancers who were sweating it up with some pretty cool moves. There were children everywhere, babies, toddlers, and pre teens running around playing in the sand and having a blast. At first the girls were sceptical about the ability to have fun in such a strange place where adults and children alike were dancing and partying together, but they came around. By the end of our stay they had hooked up with a boy their age and were playing football in the sand. Had I not been pregnant, I would have had a beer, but instead I sat at a picnic table and chilled with some friends, and a bottled water. All in all it was a tween success. I was able to supervise them while they exercied their new found sense of " leave me the hell alone".
