Beach writing inspires stories about life's quirky moments, from sandwich cravings to pretzel capers and cultural observations.
• Writing at Charleston's beaches with a packed lunch that inevitably speaks to me before lunchtime
• The peculiar phenomenon of everyone snacking at the beach, including wildlife
• Encountering a brazen grape thief at Walmart who offered to share her stolen goods
• The Great Pretzel Caper - witnessing a couple steal an abandoned Bavarian pretzel at a bar
• Smuckers acquiring Hostess and attempting to revive Twinkies despite their questionable taste
• Modelo dethroning Budweiser by attaching to fighting culture while Bud struggled with identity
• The "casualizing of America" and how dress codes reflect cultural shifts in respect
• Long Drive Competition culture and the surprising 515-yard record from 1974 by 64-year-old Mike Austin
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