The name of our ice cream

store is Gracie & the Dudes.

We make super premium homemade

ice cream.

This store is named after my

kids and after Sandy, there

was nothing left.

We were actually shocked.

We looked through the rubble

and we only found two pictures.

They've been in the store from

day one and they were the

pictures that we took when we

first opened the store.

And then we got a phone call

from a lady in Rumson who

basically said, "I have

something that's yours." I was

like, "tell her, if it's a

freezer, it's hers.

I don't want it back." And it

was one of the photographs.

The fourth one came back on

Thanksgiving and my wife

said.. my wife said "we're all

home for Thanksgiving."

Because you found the last

one.

We were fortunate of being one

of few people that actually

owned our building.

So we were able to refinance

and a lot of the small mom and

pop operations that were here,

that gave Seabright a nice

warm fuzzy feel, didn't come

back.

When we rebuild this time,

you'll notice my windows are

one inch thick.

This is now 18 inch

concrete floor.

The floors have been, the

walls have been all reinforced

with steel rebarb.

All the outlets are up

high on the wall.

I actually built to

withstand Sandy.

What do you think about the seawall?

Thank God.

I'm very happy that it's coming.

But they don't, people don't

realize, most of our flooding

comes from the river.

I mean it looks pretty and

it's going to be nice.

But all the flooding comes

from the river.

I think that you're going to

have climate change and you're

going to have water levels

going up and down.

I can get a whole lot smarter

people than me that'll say

it's hogwash and there is a

whole lot more people that say

it's not.

I think they'll figure out a

way to solve the problem

whether it means levees or who

knows what.

But I think that you're just

not going to do what?

Wipe every single town that's

on the ocean and all the

expensive houses.

I think they'll find a way.

Business has been fantastic.

Sea Bright is definitely a

much nicer town.

New parking lot, all new

buildings.

It's a gem of the Jersey Shore.