Barceloneta

the beach where:

• you can buy an entire outfit, including a dress, hat, scarf, and sunglasses from the different vendors walking around
• by the time may comes around, you hear more english than spanish
• you have to give your purses to the young girls next to you if you go in the water or there's no chance you'll see them again
• you can buy a beer for double the price than at the convenient store, but you do because you're too lazy to walk up to the store anyway
• you can buy a donut from a guy named Janga who is so high he can't even think straight, yet he manages to carry dozens of donuts on a wooden board, dances around, plays the triangle, and sings for everyone
• you have the vendors' voices in your head for the rest of the day because they all shout out what they're offering in the same voice and same way every time
• all the vendors come around at once, even if they're selling the same thing, but once the cops come they all just lay down in the sand like it's normal and they won't be picked out, yet they have pants and long sleeves on
• you get more looks if you're actually wearing a suit than if you went topless
• if you see a mound of sand in the middle of no where, you know it's one of the vendors hiding their merch, and the cops usually scope it out and dig it up
• it's not just a day activity, it's a 24 hours a day deal. the clubs right on the beach keep the people out there all night
• you can really say or do whatever you want