If I could spend every day of August in the salty, salty water, I’d do it.
In fact, I might make that a personal goal this month. Even if it’s just a toe (although preferably I’m lookin’ at full-body plunge), you may well find me early or late in the day walking or biking myself down to my local landing to be one with the bay.
Because, you know, not to be all doom’s day, but in a couple of months that won’t be an option.
We have a lot of sea-spray fun in this Endless Summer issue of Southforker, starting with getting geared up for surfing with the good folks at Flying Point’s Sunrise to Sunset, the Southampton shop that’s been supplying East Enders with all-things-surf-and-beach for over 30 years. We roam the streets and beaches of Hampton Bays — the East End’s most chill, unpretentious unHampton of the Hamptons — for fun in the sun , dive into the stellar seafood of Bostwick’s on the Harbor (ohhhh, those sunsets! ), we head on down to dock n’ dine dream spot, Salt on Shelter Island, for cocktails by the bay and, with a little help from sailor-in-training Emily Toy, we hoist a mast and set sail with some folks who are happy to teach any adult newbie landlubber the secrets of safe and successful seaworthiness.
And if you’ve ever wondered about what it takes to be one of the outstanding lifeguards on our Hamptons beaches, contributing writer Chrissy Sampson gets to the sea-heart of these excellent humans, who are indeed guarding your life.
But there’s some pretty great landlubber leaning stories, too, if water’s not your jam —speaking of which, you’ve got to read the sweet, sweet story of Briana and Halsey Surgan, whose jam-making company, Hamptons Preserves, started with recipes from Briana’s great-great aunt’s cookbook, written right in Westhampton Beach.
For our regular arts column, Culture Club, Emily got to check out Duck Creek, the Springs art center that’s keeping egalitarian art alive and well in a place that’s been the home and inspiration to many a creator. Our roving real estate maven Lana Bortolot (did you read her viral story recently in the New York Times on Irish house lotteries? Good stuff…) helps you illuminate your landscape with hot tips from in-demand experts and we even found a space at the bar at the American Hotel for a little insider chat with bar star Vinnie Rom, an old-school spirits slinger if there ever were one.
Salty or sweet? Out here, in August, you don’t need to pick. I’m sure not gonna pick. Let’s take it all in, friends, and seize the end of summer like we mean it.
Cheers,
Amy Zavatto
Editor-in-Chief
