Apparently, I've made the East End in winter seem so appealing in these blog posts, a lot of my friends want to visit. So, if I've romanticized it a bit, let me just clarify: People, the largest gathering of homo sapiens you will see here on any given day is at the Post Office.
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| The Post Office: Montauk's hub |
In any case, my friend Eileen arrived for a visit Friday, and, clearly, she'd been following the blog. "I want to get a photo of one of those sunsets," she said. "From the beach."
Since Eileen's an artist, we started with the new Parrish Art Museum, a place I was more than happy to revisit, since the first time I was there was with Rick, a guy who can do the entire Metropolitan Museum of Art in the time it takes me to do its American Wing. And, while he always tells me to "take my time," well, you get the picture. No pun intended.
I love the Parrish' collection of East End landscape painters, which makes up a large part of their permanent collection, and includes these oils of an East Hampton farm and Calverton.
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| East Hampton farm |
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| Calverton |
Lest anyone wonder why the East End light has inspired so many artists, roll past the Montauk Light just before sunset, as we did Friday.
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| Light washes the Montauk Light & its out buildings... |
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| ...in shades of Edward Hopper just prior to sunset |
I won't bore you with the other details of the day - except to say there was a fair amount of shopping and eating. Just a couple of comments on Bridgehampton's new Tom Collichio restaurant, Topping Rose House, where we had brunch to celebrate a milestone birthday. Food: 10. Two mains, one side, one dessert: $90. And the only libation on the table was coffee.
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| A break in the action at Wolffer |
As ordered, a memorable sunset. From the beach.
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| Great ball of fire |
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