Fashion In The Sand- Shoe Inn Sale

OMG!!! It is the SHOE SALE! HURRY! I think I have some space to put a few more pairs. Hmmmmm what do I need. Need?!&^$@$#@ I WANT more shoes. Always. Guess what? You too can get more shoes for cheap at the Shoe-In shoe sale in Amagansett at the American Legion. It’s right across the highway from Brent’s Deli. I am sure you have seen the huge poster hung up on the fence. I can’t tell you how many pairs of great shoes I have bought there. It is definitely something I look forward to every summer. If you are around into next week wait and go Monday the 22nd. They will have BOOTS and HANDBAGS!
I have a few shopping tips:
- Do NOT take your kids. Shoes require all your attention. It is very tight between all the tables filled with shoes. You can’t be chasing kids and shoes.
- Buy your size! Don’t think the shoes will stretch. They never do. All you get is vicious blisters. Your feet will not grow into them either like your kids.
- Do not buy the crazy pink polka dot feather embellished shoes that you may wear next summer – you won’t.
- If you never wear heels you are not going to start now.
- If you never wear flats you should start. Especially if you have kids.
- If you see a basic pump that will go with everything and you do not have a good basic pump BUY THEM! They won’t go bad.
- If you see your favorite shoes in brown that you already wear to death in black BUY THEM!
- Don’t hyper ventilate. In through the nose out through the mouth.
Have fun shopping.
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Montauk Lighthouse Weekend

 

Featured this year are:

  • Colonial Toys and Games featuring Shari Crawford
  • Boat Safety and Knot Tying by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
  • Book Signing by Henry Osmers, author of ON EAGLE’S BEAK: A HISTORY OF THE MONTAUK LIGHTHOUSE
  • Leather Crafting by Steve Crawford
  • Traditional Pottery by Mary Scott
  • Trap Fishing by Town Co-Historian Stuart Vorpahl
  • Signing of Art Work by famed local artist Terry Elkins
  • Face Painting
  • Presentations by Kings of the Coast Pirates
  • Bonac Radio Club (Sunday only)

Admission prices are $9 for adults (ages 13 to 61), $7 for Senior Citizens (62 and older), $4 for children 41 inches in height up to age 12. Children under 41 inches in height are free but may not climb the tower nor may they be carried up the tower. Please be advised that NY State Department of Parks charges a parking fee.

13 Things to do with the kids in Montauk & Amagansett in the rain:

Rainy Day at Pathfinder Day Camp

Rainy Day at Pathfinder Day Camp

Click on “Indoors” to get more information on these destinations.

1. Enroll your kids in Surf Craft at select locations (Fri-Sun in Season) and have a couple of hours to yourselves.

2. Play Bingo at Rick’s Crabby Cowboy Cafe!

3. Spend some time playing in the Montauk Community Center’s Gym.  Check in at the front desk.  Bring your own balls or ask the person on duty.

4.Visit the museums: The NEW Montauk Lighthouse Museum, Indian Museum at Third House off 27,  Second House Museum, Marine Museum on Bluff Road in Ammagansett.

5. Bring the older kids to the Game Room upstairs at Puff and Putt on Main Street.

6. Take a class at the Art Barge on Cranberry Hole Rd on Nappeague Harbor.

7. Visit the Libraries:  The Montauk Library has a sweet children’s section filled with books, puzzles and puppets.   Bring the older kids up stairs in Montauk to read while surrounded by the best views in town.  They also currently have a photography exhibit called “Children of the World“.  The Amagansett Library has a children’s librarian and play area inside the children’s section.

8. See the Poison Dart Frogs and Tree Frogs at Fort Pond Native Plants- one block north of Chase Bank.

9.  Depending on the rainfall, collect some rocks, shells and driftwood from the North Side Beaches.  Buy some children’s water soluble paint and do art projects.

10. Treat the whole family to Children’s Swim time at Gurney’s Salt Water Pool. 12-2pm or 6-9pm.  Buying the day pass will also allow adults into the Spa and Work out Room.    631.668.2345

11. Visit Rita’s Stables Indoor Barn and Petting Zoo.  The Animals roam free and like to come say “Hello”!

12. Take in a matinee at the Montauk Movie Theater.  631.668.2393

13. Eat and Shop!  Go to www.kidmontauk.com to get some advice.  Read “The Skinny on Eats” and “Fashion in the Sand”.

Rell Sunn Surf Competition

Fashion in the Sand for Montauk!

What better garment to wear then one that shows you support a GREAT cause. Our cause here in Montauk is our Community Center or The Play House as we call it. So far we have a day care for our little ones AND a senior center for the older members of our community. We hope to soon have a pool and a theater. This is where the T-shirts come in and all the other great events at the Play House this summer.
We designed these T-shirts last summer to try to raise awareness of our center. They come in adult and kids sizes. I drew the house! So you really need to buy one. Can you imagine what it would be like to be able to swim year round?! Inside no less!! No more dry suits in the middle of winter. Just a sleek bathing suit under a stylish cover up. We could have a swim team! A swim team has a uniform! More great things to wear. A team Montauk swim suit! Could you just imagine?! What do you think the name of our team would be? JAWS? GREAT WHITE? TIDAL WAVES? I think I need help with a name. We also need help with a donation. THANK YOU!

Fashion In The Sand

The American Girl
I not only make sure you all look great, I make sure your dolls look great too. If you forgot to pack your doll’s out to dinner frock or even her crocs for strolling town – no worries! Pop into Willow, next to Fudge n’ Stuff, where you will find a HUGE selection of all the latest trendy styles for your American Girl Doll. You can even find an “I Love Monatuk” t-shirt for her so she too can have fond memories of our little town. The shoe assortment blew my mind. Crocs, fuzzy bunny slippers, snappy strappy sandals, and even rain boots. Makes you wish you were 18″ tall too. (A whole lot cheaper to dress yourself in doll clothes than real life sizes).

Beach Safety

The swells have been big, the beaches full and the weather is bright and perfect!  If you haev been to the ocean beaches over the past week, you know that there have been people talking about rip currents and rip tides.  It’s important to know the difference.
An Undertow is a strong backwash off beach caused by big waves crashing on the beach face.  It extends 10s of ft from the shore.  The water depth could be inches to several feet.  The danger is that you could be knocked aroudn by waves.  This situation is most dangerous for small children.  Escape between breaking waves by walking or crawling up beach.
Rip Currents are strong offshore flows at certain locations.  They extend 100s of feet offshore along the south shore of Long Island.  They occur in 2-10+ feet.  You can be pulled offshore into water over your head.  You escape by swimming parallel to beach of let current take you beyond the breakers while floating and then swim diagonally back to shore.
Riptides are strong offshore currents at inlets. They extend 1,000s of feet offshore at Shinneock Inlet in water 10s of feet.  One can be pulled far offshore by ebbing or falling tide.  You escape by waving for help to attract attention of fishermen or boaters.
This information is provided by the School of Marine and Atnospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University.

Benefit for the Hartstein Family

Fashion in the Sand- Get Bookish

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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