rant · moment 21 of 33
Family Summer Traditions and South Padre Island
from #213 - Who's Gonna Put You In Jail | The Tim Dillon Show · #213
2 min
Tim reflects on lacking a real family summer tradition growing up compared to Long Beach Island or the Hamptons, and describes the unimpressive reality of Padre Island near Houston/Galveston.
- Tim's family rented houses on Long Beach Island, a working-class Jersey shore destination where many families go for summer.
- His parents never took him anywhere in summer—their house and life stayed exactly the same year-round.
- Tim's family went to South Padre Island in the Gulf of Mexico three years in a row, then stopped.
- South Padre is a shitty little place with a hotel and beach, but the sand cuts your feet on seashells and it's trash.
- You're swimming in oil by Houston and Galveston—literally doing backstroke in unleaded fuel.
- The wealthy have the Hamptons, Malibu, or Europe; middle class go to Long Beach Island, Shelter Island, Martha's Vineyard, or Nantucket.
- Tim's one tradition was trying to go to Coney Island with Ray Kump for a nice day.
Long Beach IslandConey IslandNantucketGulf of MexicoMartha's VineyardPadreThe HamptonsMalibu