Discover what to see and do in the historical village of Sag Harbor in the Hamptons, NY, USA.
The days are short so we just went for a ride to Otter Pond not far away from the end of our road. Practicing Swan Lake on scooters. The ducks scooted but the swans approached. No crossbows were aimed instead bread was offered. But the seagulls began swooping in like minions of a sorcerer. The swans […]
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A beach and kids would not seem to equal beachcombing Zen. But it did. It did indeed. Two buckets and a beachcomber’s guide were all we brought. Winter’s dusk headed our way as my children searched the shore of the bay. And soon listened to the whispers of the sea. And found the washed up remnants
Home from school for the Thanksgiving break, on a chilly but sunny day, I took my two to the Morton National Wildlife Refuge. Instead of feeding the ducks in the pond at the end of our road, we went and fed wild birds from our hands. We filled two bags up with seeds and nuts
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What’s the difference between a pond and a lake? My children recently asked. I decided to answer their question yesterday. I needed to press the pause button and be outdoors. So after school I took them to a wood a mile away. Head towards the broken tree and you’ll soon see water. And as we
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Luce and Theo marching by sculpture of legs in Sag Harbor in the Hamptons When I took this photo in 2013 of Luce and Theo walking under the Leg sculpture, little did we know that ‘Larry’s Legs’ was already the focus of a zoning battle. The 16-foot-high pair of legs by artist Larry Rivers were
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My kids were just expecting to do some trick or treating and wear their spooky costumes but they experienced a full-blown wild day of celebrations when we had Halloween in the Hamptons. in 2012 we moved here from London in mid-October. Then woosh Hurricane Sandy swept in two days before All Hallow’s Eve. We emerged from a night
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