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The Manzo Family Vacations Just Like You And Me

Fun-filled week included Seaside Heights, blk. and Frog Bog

By Tom Murro, CelebrityMagnet.com

Ever wonder how and where some of the Housewives Of New Jersey are spending their summer? Thinking somewhere exotic?

Well, think again.

Franklin Lakes resident, and Real Housewife Of New Jersey, Jacqueline Laurita, shared with me that her castmates and in-laws and rented a three story five bedroom house right on the bay in Lavallette last week, where they were all shacked up with 30 friends and family members.

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OK, so it wasn't the Hamptons or one of the Islands, however N.J. Monthly did rank the town its 8th best in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.

Jacqueline told me that their son Nicholas loved the water, the big boys had XBox wars, did some miniature golfing, and she is the least tan next to Caroline, but the real mystery is five bedrooms and 30 people.

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Who was bunking up with who? I'm seeing a special cot just for , cause we know he was certainly in there somewhere.

"It was a lot of people, with lots of laughs and lots of cleaning," Jacqueline said. "So many people to entertain, but we got it done."

Here are some of the other toe-curling details of their week:

  • All of the girls who haven't read it yet read 50 Shades Of Grey.
  • Lauren Manzo sang and performed for everyone Thursday night. It was a big production, where a huge flashlight doubled as a homemade stage-light.
  • Their coolers were filled with which ran out — panic then set in. (Can you mix BLK with vodka?)
  • Chris and Ashley played Frog Bog. (It's a Jersey thing).
  • Jacqueline went canoeing and jet-skiing with Caroline. (I'd pay good money to see that!)
  • They spent lots of time late-night barbecuing and marshmallow roasting.
  • Caroline didn't have much time to work on her tan, since ''she was cooking her ass off!''
  • Big Al knocked off and prepared on helluva large lobster for dinner.
  • The kids went crabbing right off of their dock, they also caught and released puffer fish.
  • Al and Caroline got up early every morning to walk the beach together (Al's quite the romantic)
  • They all spent 2 full nights on the Seaside Heights Boardwalk (home of MTV's ) where they won lots of fun prizes, including a huge monkey in dreadlocks and 12 hermit crabs. They were sorely disappointed they didn't bump into Snooki and the rest of the crew.

I know, I know, this is probably all just too much fun for you to handle. Even the Wakile's popped in for a visit with Kathy's flannel-wearing little sister Rosie Pierri in tow.

See, they vacation just like us, well sort of — they have bigger lobsters.

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