Welcome to hell.

It’s officially the most disgusting time of year! Other than eating this tomato sandwich on repeat or watching these vacation movies or these TV episodes or these perfect summer movies, what shall we do to pass the time until the best time of the year arrives?

Tan on Governor’s Island. I have to get a tan somewhere, so why not there? I love the idea of renting a bike, taking the ferry, riding around that car-less paradise and then just lounging anywhere in the sun. Shit, is that maybe the answer… to life?
Make a summer buckle. I never have before and the main reason I want to? It has a fun name.
Visit Storm King. See what the big deal is.
Go swimming at least five times. This is really for my sanity, I need to be in water.
Visit the new Kim’s Video because it seems cool as hell.

Again, I encourage you to make a list of your own because this life is not long and you should maybe eat a buckle while you still can.

And if you can’t think of ideas on your own, here are some past summer lists of mine to peruse for inspiration.

Once in awhile (or extremely often, depending on your preference), you need to get out of the city. So when I was recently asked by my friend Jenn to accompany her and some friends on a day trip to venture across Long Island, I was eager to come along. What did we do? What DIDN'T we do is the more apt question.

We found a farm where we could pick raspberries & blueberries in Mattituck, which happened to have the largest and loveliest sunflowers I've seen in years.

And, I mean, look at these tomatoes. Are you kidding me with that ripe-ass red? So gorgeous.

We then headed onward to Macari Vineyards to sample some wines, which happened to be accompanied by the finest of truffle cheeses.

To finish the day, we stopped off for food in Oyster Bay. I've only ever heard of Oyster Bay because of that Cole Porter song, but I figured that hearing a place mentioned in a lyric is almost too great a reason to solely visit a town. And the oysters at Canterbury's were fantastic.

The above photo is of the Oyster Bay LIRR station - and it may not look like much, but I can't accurately describe how much I love seeing these older types of train stations. I love the fact that it never got torn down and completely redone. Doesn't it make so much more sense to restore buildings like these? Ugh. Love this old station so much.

Anyway, it was a great day. There are so many different paths you can take once you get off the highway heading to Long Island. I hope to make it to Montauk someday.

Summer List 2022

Long Island Day Trip