Ya Baby! Here we are in The Hamptons with the glitterati. I have been on the lookout for movie stars - like Lassie, Beethoven and Benji - but can't seem to find a glimpse of any famous pets - even that evil white furball kitty in the Fancy Feast commercials. Here at East Harbor Point Marina, Inn, Restaurant, Spa, Pool.... I have only found one rather mangy looking beagle - no slick poodles with special dos - no yorkies in stuffed in a Gucci pouch here or there - nothing!
We left Sag Harbor yesterday am after a hike around town before the heat set in. We headed out for Coecles Harbor where we planned to drop anchor and raft up - but just cruised around as the fog seemed to be settling in. We beat it over to Three Mile Harbor and a mooring field just off the East Hampton Point Marina. We picked up the scummiest, disgusting (even for a dog like me!), barnacle-encrusted line from a mooring and tied up to have lunch and take a swim before making our grand entrance into the marina. Word has it that Three Mile Harbor is only 2 miles long - but THREE miles from East Hampton - which seems to be way more important.
We had a wee bit of trouble docking due to the fact the dockhand giving directions put us in a slip better suited for the 54 Bertram next to us and had no clue what to do. To be 16 again and gorgeous! Besides - her dad probably owns the joint. But we made it - and more importantly, I made it to the grass nearby. Good thing the grass is bordered by a plank walkway - as it is an absolute minefield of deposits left by previous desperate doggies. I guess they don't have baggies here in the Hamptons. Gee - they seem to have everything else with a label on it!
We caught the van into town to mingle with the beautiful people and dogs. Seemed to be a nice town with lots of shade trees (makes me happy) and lots of yuppy little stores. Not a Walmart in sight. Joel tried to chat up the van driver to start a new business he calls Mana-tea. Sounded to me like he had a name but was short on ideas of what to do with it - but he was really in distress when the kid expressed ignorance of ever having heard of Paul Newman or the Newman's Own brand. Even I felt old on this exchange!
Dinner - no leftovers - was out on the deck at the Marina/Inn Restaurant. They took one look at us and told us: Formal attire and Reservations at least a year in advance in our case required. And they didn't even bring me along on that exchange!
I am celebrating the end of my antibiotics last night. No more choking courtesy of what's her face! Now I can get back to licking my paws and infecting them again. Yay!
Today they are booting us out of the Marina at 10am so we are heading for Montauk. Til next time! W
Hi Watson & friends..
ReplyDeleteHaving much enjoyment reading your Posts. Very informative and Photo's are very professional looking.
We miss our boat and the fun of being on the water visiting interesting places. Thanks to you we can relive some of those memories.
The Kramer's