Most New Yorkers turn their noses up at the thought of New Jersey. Truth is, as much as we joke around about the dirty jerz, we can't get enough of the Jersey Shore come summer. I am no exception to this rule; My friends and I always kick off our summer in Avalon. Typically Avalon is notoriously expensive, this is true, but I think I may have found a glimmer of light that breaks this notion.
I just got back from my second trip down to Avalon this summer. I was down celebrating my friend's birthday and no doubt spent way more that I wanted to. The whole weekend my friend, who moved down the shore full time for the summer, couldn't stop talking about this antique store. She works at the White Brier, a restaurant directly behind the Princeton. Anyway, right next door is Avalon Antiques. It's this huge antique store that supports anything and everything from dinning room chairs to bracelets. You really need a good hour to rummage through this place but everything I stumbled upon I wanted to buy. It was like hunting for treasure inside a treasure chest. The best part about it was that everything was so cheap; and not the cheap that breaks, the kind of cheap that it's like a crime if you pass it up.
I bought a handful of jewelry, each piece for around 10 dollars, which is almost unheard of in Avalon. I always thought shopping in Avalon stopped at the Closet or the Preppy Palm, but, this antique store makes me want to drive the 3 hours it takes to get down to Avalon just to shop there.
