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So, after losing Dean, it made sense for Melissa and me to get out of dodge for a bit, and we went to visit my Mom and Aunt on the Jersey shore for a few days. (A small silver lining to the grey cloud of Dean being gone is that it's easier to make these kind of trips together without having to arrange for a cat sitter.)

We had a great day on the beach - I grew up jumping through can-knock-you-over-waves and it's nice to go back to them. That night we went into the city to The Comedy Cellar - we had a table right at the front row corner and got a ton of interaction with the comedians - including getting Comedy Married by emcee Ardie Fuqua. But besides seeing one of Melissa's favorites Ari Shaffir the highlight was probably a surprise set by Aziz Ansari (of "Parks and Rec" fame), and the front row interaction with him was really fun, Melissa was over the moon.

The next day we went to Point Pleasant where there's a lot of attractions on the boardwalk there. We went through 2 different halls of mirrors and a crazy vertigo inducing rotating room...