A day after the Asbury Park Promenade of Mermaids took over the boardwalk, they went for a swim Sunday in the Asbury ... organizer of the Asbury Park Mermaid Promenade and swim.

But that didn't stop me from going through mermaid training earlier this week at the Newport Aquarium. The mermaids are only here through Sunday, so I jumped when they offered me the chance to be ...