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| Montauk Lighthouse |
One of the places on my BL ( bucket list) is Montauk, New York. I was talking to a friend, and Montauk was on
his list too (I later looked at his list and have since stolen half of it
making my list way longer than seems doable.) So I decided to crash his one person
trip to Montauk last weekend and we made it a group thing because there were
other crazies who wanted to go to this fabulous summer destination in the
middle of winter with us.
*Side Note: Reason
why I wanted to go to Montauk
10 years ago I was watching the Bachelor and Charlie O’Connell’s
family had a house in Montauk and they went there for a hometown date or something
and it was in the winter, and then I was like, “ I want to go to Montauk”. Not the most sophisticated of reasons, but
ever since that episode its been stuck in my mind.
So Saturday morning we made the drive to Montauk. Thankfully one of my friends has a cute
little Mini Cooper and super bad ass driving skills and drove us 2 ½ hours to
Montauk instead of a 4hr public transport time, which meant more time to
explore…or get lost. To get to Montauk
you have to go through the Hamptons. Yes
THE Hamptons, like white party, straight out of “Revenge” Hamptons.
Tons of cute little, expensive shops, and thrift and antique
stores. But, everything was kind of
vacant. I know the rich people had to be
somewhere, but they weren’t venturing out in the cold. They probably have bowling alleys and movie
theaters in their beach house mansions.
We got to Montauk and lost track of each other, there were 8 of us so it
was easy to go off in multiple directions.
A few of us went the opposite way of the Montauk lighthouse (my bad) and
walked along the shore for probably 2 miles.
Just taking in nature and reveling in the fact that this revitatlizing
views was just outside the concrete jungle we live in. We took our shoes off and let the sand squish
through our toes with no fear of gross subway germs attacking our skin. We walked in silence at times until we came
across something dead and then of course I would have to shriek and run over to
investigate it.We came across some interesting dead things that I was quite
excited about. I almost took one of the
giant finds home for a mantel piece, it was so cool and alien like. I was like a 5 year old running around on the
beach ( well walking, because I couldn’t run in sand if my life depended on
it.), was so excited to look at everything, it was like I had never even grew
up going to the beach all the time.
It was also a very emotional experience. I hadn’t been on a beach since before my
mission, since before my moms parents were both alive. My grandma collected seashells and had them
for decorations in her bathroom. I thought
of all my memories with them as I came across all the little shells on the
beach and it hit me that I’ll never see them again in this life. Their presence was very strong with me, and I
slightly held out both of my hands and pretended to walk between them and
talked to them about my accomplishments, my fears, and asked them for their
help. I felt their love so strongly, and
it really was the first time that I have spent grieving both of their deaths. I could have walked alone for hours with them
by my side, but I didn’t want to seem like a crazy person, so I rejoined the
boys I was with before they got worried that I was talking to myself too close
to the water.
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| Dylan and I |
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| Cam and I- The original ones with Montauk on our BL's |
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| Me Reveling |
After our exploring of the beach, we thought it’d be
appropriate to go eat some seafood.
Everything was closed, but we finally saw some people who directed us to
a little fish mongering shack and said that if we hunt the owners down they’ll
make us some lobster rolls. When we
arrived they took us back through their clear butcher curtains, past their “workshop”
and sat us down on some patio furniture that they had set up in the back of
their shop, with a space heater and some rockin 80’s music on the boom box in
the corner. Simple menu, simple food,
expensive prices, couldn’t get much more authentic. We sat there and took in the simple-ness of
our surroundings and our great company and felt very thankful.
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| Charles, Daryl, and Moi at Dureyas |
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| Shaylee, Emily, Danielle, and Dylan ( Cam taking pic) |
Afterwards it started snowing so we made our way home, but
not before driving down a few streets in the Hamptons to look at the big
mansions. A few hours later we were back
in the city, soaked and ready to get back to our fast paced lives. It was a wonderful day trip, with wonderful
people.
Quote of the Trip
“I knew you weren’t prim, proper, and wholesome right when
I met you”- Emily Arnold to Me
*Emily said this to me after saying my hair looked like “sex
hair” in one of my pics, and she knew I wouldn’t be offended by her saying that
to me. She was right, I wasn’t, I took
it as a compliment.
Much Love,
Lolo
Much Love,
Lolo
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| Happy New Year |
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