Greetings From Easthampton

Here I am posting from the Hamptons (yes, I did bring my computer with me, the compulsive blogger that I am) and I have been having a wonderfully relaxing time. The kind of time that I have needed for so long. Not only that, but I have been working on a killer tan, slowly roasting my skin in the sun to get the kind of tan lines I can show off drunk in a bar to willing spectators...

But anyway, now, I have not been partying it up like so many stories of posh debauchery and trendy bastards living it up out here. Quite the contrary. I have been chilling out with my mother and a friend of hers and her friend's brother--all older hippies. (As you know, straight up my alley!!) And I have had a great time listening to gossip about families, Wall Street-ers, celebrities that bring their kids to the same school as my mom's friend's grandkid's school, the history of the town, etc. I must admit, I did at once get a pang to maybe hang with someone my age, but then that passed when I saw a few and they were just posing for each other trying to been seen more than the other and get totally laid.....although you know I have nothing against getting laid. But in layman's terms, not my scene to be a spotlight hound.

Check this out. Here is the view from the kitchen of my mom's friend's house. Freakin' dynamite, yes?? You should see it in real life, this picture does it no justice. We spent a lot of time in the kitchen talking and hanging out. I could live in this kitchen forever. Granite countertops, two dishwashers, couches, tons of cabinets and yeah, the freakin' BEACH right outside the door!!

Here is the pool. Need I say more than if you don't feel like getting sand in your bottom, you can just g to the pool and have a margarita. Doesn't hurt to have the swim instructor come once a week to train you in water conditioning...

Here is a shot of the rafters in the guest cottage. I am a big fan of wooden beams/rafters in cottages and especially if they still smell all woodsy and make you feel like you are in a cabin somewhere deep in the forest. And this guest cottage did just that. It was decorated in warm tones and I just melted. I swear if there were a fireplace in there I would swear that I was in a mountain cabin that could be a ski lodge!! Dare I say this cottage was very romantic? The beams also went down the length of the walls and of course the floors were wooden and there were windows all around the walls and each one was big and had screens in place so you could air the whole place out during the summer, sans the bugs from the garden just down the path. Ahh, beauty and nature!!

So you see, I didn't need to be livin' it up, rubbing elbows with the rich and "fabulous" in order to enjoy the great understated beauty of the Hamptons and Long Island in general. Because lord knows I have made fun of Long Island my entire life, until I got older and realised there was more to it than just the bars and shopping malls....

And Guidos....

But I like Brooklyn Guidos.....