Yesterday I drove to Hampton Bays for a much needed morning at the beauty salon. (I probably would have been better served by a couple days there, but alas, a few hours was the best I could manage...)
People often ask me why I drive "all the way to Hampton Bays" when there are so many salons much closer than that. There are two reasons, really. One is that I've been seeing my stylist there for over twenty years now, since we met doing community theater at Guild Hall. We're friends now, and I enjoy my time with him every five weeks!
But aside from that I've learned to look forward to my trips to Hampton Bays because I like it there! The name means "good ground" and it is that - it's lovely. I like to drive up through the back roads, Hill Street and Montauk Highway, winding my way along behind the college campus and through the Shinnecock Hills. When I come around that corner, just on the fringe of Hampton Bays, and that spectacular view opens up before me - across the water on my left and all the way over to the Ponquogue Bridge - well, its one of my favorite vistas on the East End. Its breathtaking at any time of the year.
Plus, I find Hampton Bays to be a quaint little village, untouched by the ravages of traffic being that it's off the main drag as it is, and it feels sheltered and protected from the world. It reminds me of the East Hampton of my youth because there are still nice little shops I can afford to shop in, and there is still room for building things - like the new grocery store (with a bakery!) where I enjoy buying some goodies before I head home. There's just a different feeling in Hampton Bays. I think the word "homey" fits. I love it there.
So I come back to East Hampton from my trip to Hampton Bays and I find I am refreshed in both body and spirit. I know that I look better, thanks to my friend John. But I think I also feel better. Because Hampton Bays is that kind of place.
People often ask me why I drive "all the way to Hampton Bays" when there are so many salons much closer than that. There are two reasons, really. One is that I've been seeing my stylist there for over twenty years now, since we met doing community theater at Guild Hall. We're friends now, and I enjoy my time with him every five weeks!
But aside from that I've learned to look forward to my trips to Hampton Bays because I like it there! The name means "good ground" and it is that - it's lovely. I like to drive up through the back roads, Hill Street and Montauk Highway, winding my way along behind the college campus and through the Shinnecock Hills. When I come around that corner, just on the fringe of Hampton Bays, and that spectacular view opens up before me - across the water on my left and all the way over to the Ponquogue Bridge - well, its one of my favorite vistas on the East End. Its breathtaking at any time of the year.
Plus, I find Hampton Bays to be a quaint little village, untouched by the ravages of traffic being that it's off the main drag as it is, and it feels sheltered and protected from the world. It reminds me of the East Hampton of my youth because there are still nice little shops I can afford to shop in, and there is still room for building things - like the new grocery store (with a bakery!) where I enjoy buying some goodies before I head home. There's just a different feeling in Hampton Bays. I think the word "homey" fits. I love it there.
So I come back to East Hampton from my trip to Hampton Bays and I find I am refreshed in both body and spirit. I know that I look better, thanks to my friend John. But I think I also feel better. Because Hampton Bays is that kind of place.
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