KidMontauk

What better accessory than a REAL book. It will age beautifully. It will always be a reminder of your summer in Montauk. It will look so chic on your coffee table.
The 4th has past and now we are in the true lazy hazy days of summer. What better accessory to carry with you than a book. (Especially since clear hand bags are in style everyone can see how bookish you really are.)Now I do not mean some trashy romance novela found in the super market on a wire spinning rack. I mean a real hard cover with a beautiful dust jacket that you possibly bought just because the picture on the front caught your eye, like a box of candies in a special box just calling your name. You can practically taste how deliciously entranced you will be by the characters waiting inside to be your long lost friends. I have just the treat shop for you to go to. It is the Montauk Bookshop on the circle just 2 doors down from the Bakery. It is slightly set back from the side walk. A beautiful rose garden in front lovingly tended by the land lord. The new owner of this wonderful shop has the same name as I, Perry! But the boys’ spelling of course since he is a boy, well, man. So the shop must be good just based on that alone. ha.

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Continuing with my crazy retro ideas there is a NEW shop in Montauk called The Salt Box. It is on the same block as Naturally Good, Continental Market and around the corner form Joni’s. I am telling you all this so you know it is in GOOD company. You can shop and eat healthy after – so no guilt. Back to the retro idea. The Salt Box makes screen printed t-shirts for kids and adults. Real OLD FASHIONED screen printing! You can find Tony down stairs in the basement of Salt Box working on silk screens. Just like I learned in high school. They make the screens by hand and push the paint around by hand. No computers doing it for them. Kat is upstairs and can help you find what you are looking for. As well as t-shirts they have a very cool assortment of gifts that are all easy to carry home or great hostess gifts. Such HAND blown water glasses that are thick and sturdy and feel wonderful to hold (You can put a cocktail in them too after 5pm). Please make this shop a definite go see during your stay in Montauk.

Skinny Jeans Gone Bad

I recently got to go into NYC for a day. I was in the Chelsea neighbor hood visiting a friend. I was shocked that EVERYONE was wearing skinny jeans. Men and women and everyone in between. This has gone too far. Men should NOT wear skinny jeans unless they are under 25 and ride a skate board or they are over 25 and truly are rock stars. Otherwise wear a narrow leg but not one that causes me to stop and wonder how on earth did you get your big feet through those little openings. This terrible trend is creeping out here too. I saw a few men in tights in a favorite lunch spot. I was shocked. They looked so silly. As for the ladies the same holds. Jeans should have some room around the ankle. They are NOT leggings they are jeans. I tried on a pair and was really wondering what had happened to fit. The legs were so thin and the waist so big. Who was this for?
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How about we forget about clothes all together for the time being. I can not even think about putting something on only for it to get drenched in sweat 5 minutes later. A nice nudist colony might do well just about now. I don’t know if Montauk could handle that. Hmmmm, the next best thing is a bikini and a beach chair half way in the water,a cold drink in your hand, and your child holding a palm frond over your head. I made 2 huge containers of iced tea, one mint and one black. Quite nice to have ready and waiting for you in the frig. I was walking around with a high ball filled with iced tea and someone thought I had whiskey on the rocks. Mama’s not that bad off at the moment. Good gracious this weather is uninspiring. The fashion magazines are all showing fall looks now. I get hot just looking at pictures of jeans and sweaters. You know all the summer clothing is going on sale. Maybe some new bathing suits? I know! New bathing suits for the kids. At least they still want to run around. I dragged my butt over to Air and Speed hoping to feel the air speeding past me like wind. It worked. I found very cute bikinis and matching surf shorts for your young lady and rad surf short and Ts for your dude. While you are there sign the kids up for Surf Camp so they can hang ten before you know it. You can also pick up that beach chair that you will be sitting in in the water with your cold drink and palm frond.
Keepin’ it cool-

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I love to select gifts. I make sure it is something that I would want. Actually more than just want, more like covet. Then I wrap it up in beautiful paper with beautiful ribbon so the receiver can not wait to get at it and I am reluctant to give it up.

Giving good gift is a talent. It reflects the giver, that she knows the receiver well enough to carefully select something that will be appreciated and used. Giving good gift requires time and thought and good shopping skills. The Carriage House in the center of town on the South side of 27 has a gift fit for every one, especially babies and kids. There are the most adorable onesies made of cool white cotton, perfect for a hot summer day for your precious baby. Plush animals, towels, rain boots, PIRATE DRESS UP!!!, unicorns, ponies, art supplies, books and more. Each thing my eyes find is better than the next. I feel as if I am in Good Gift Heaven. If you see a Good Gift but don’t have a receiver BUY IT ANYWAY and put it aside. You will have a party to go to in no time and you may already have your Good Gift hidden away in your special closet (that your kids already know about).
Happy Shopping