I thought the story here would be: “Group of friends goes on anthropological voyage to Atlantic City. Boardwalk Motel 8 and show featuring Don Rickles and Regis Philbin live at the Borgata feature prominently. Antics and possibly regret ensue.”

But, while all of those things did happen, I found that the textual signage enveloping us at every turn was the real star of this June outing. With all due respect to Messrs. Rickles and Philbin (however much that is), here are some of my favorites:

I’m So Fancy

See You Along The Way telephone

Shark Week donut

Strip Search

Checcs Cashed

Cut-to-fit-the-mouth

Kidz Bop Kids

Not A Newsstand

Readers! Hit me up with your best Notable Signs of summer.