Long Beach Island Guidebook & Map

48 ▲ ▲ Health & Fitness Clubs LYCEUM HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS 265 West 8th Street, Ship Bottom (609) 494-4393 685 Mill Creek Road, Manahawkin (609) 597-2222 www.lyceumhealthclub.com Please refer to our ad on page 46 and our listings on page 47. Two convenient locations. Lyceum Health & Fitness Club, at the center of Long Beach Island, offers a cardio studio and three full rooms of weight training equipment (including one for women only) in a kick back beach-like atmo- sphere. Lyceum II was named "Best Down the Shore" by Philadelphia Magazine. Located just over the bridge off Route 72 in Manahawkin, it provides a unique, upscale ambience. Refresh and reinvigorate by working out in a magnifi- cent spa-like environment. Five lines of weight training equipment, free weights, an ample and assorted selection of cardio machines (each with own TV attached), and private "New Life Fitness for Women" studio. Group Fitness classes include Yoga, Pilates, Zumba, Cardio Kickbox, Step, and more. Saunas. Professional Personal Training is available at both clubs. Both facilities are air- conditioned. Pets PURR'N POOCH PET RESORT 86 West Gilbert Street (just off the GSP exit 109) Tinton Falls, (732) 842-4949 2424 State Highway 35 (1/4 mile south of the Manasquan Circle) Wall Township, (732) 528-8100 www.purrnpooch.com Purr'n Pooch is an exceptional pet care resort with more than forty years of experience, state-of-the art facilities, and grounds uniquely designed for the comfort and care of your pet. Purr'n Pooch understands that no two pets are alike and celebrates the uniqueness of each guest by offering a wide variety of services and amenities that include lodging, daycare, catteries, boutiques, spas, grooming, training, swim parks, pet massage, individual and group play, aquatic exercise at our Wall Townhsip location, trans- STORES & SHOPS Continued from page 47 B O O K S B Y G O R D O N H E S S E What if people believed you were a God? What would you do with that power? Based on little-known historical events, Gordon Hesse tells the true adventure saga of the first European explorer to cross the North American continent. He depicts how this conquistador became a slave to Native Americans, yet rose to become a medicine man perceived by them to be a deity. My First Lie "My life was rather ordi- nary until I ended up in solitary confinement in a Cuban security prison; was put on house arrest in a mansion; expected to be shot by a firing squad; got thrown back into prison and started a riot; and was freed for telling my first lie." This is the author's personal account of months of captivity in Cuban prisons. NEW! NEW! CUBAN BLUES A Memoir E-book available at the Apple Bookstore. Details at levelonepublica- tions.com. CHILDREN OF THE SKY The Odyssey of Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca E-book available at the Apple Bookstore, Amazon.com, BN.com. Details at levelonepublica- tions.com. ALL SUMMER LONG Tales and Lore of Lifeguarding on the Atlantic A collective memoir about the beach as told by lifeguards in their own words All Summer Long captures behind-the-scenes stories of beach culture and life over a span of seven dec- ades (particularly the '60s and '70s) as seen and told by lifeguards in their own words. Whether you are a beachgoer or one of the few who has guarded our shores, many of these accounts will bring back memories of good days gone by. Hardcover available from Jersey Shore Publications, Amazon.com, BN.com, and various stores. See page 64.

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