(Note: This post is out of chronological order because we just found the photos again! Enjoy this hint of summer, from last summer.) I realized yesterday that of all the places I've featured on the blog, the one I've lived the longest is noticeably absent: New Jersey. Although I didn't grow up on the Jersey Shore, I'd thought often about the ease of taking the ferry straight to the beach since we moved to NYC. As it turned out, our friends invited us to join them to celebrate a birthday last sum…