A Trip to the Hamptons

UPDATE -  Check this out! http://taxidiaris.blogspot.com/2010/09/hammptons-new-york-usa.html

I've always wanted to go to the Hamptons so you can imagine how excited I was when my friend suggested we get up early, put on a sundress and head to the Hamptons.   We did really well with traffic early on Saturday morning, until we got near Sag Harbor.  We took a side road and decided to check out the beach. 

This was one of the South Hampton beaches.  We walked on the beach a bit and headed to the downtown.  Sag Harbor was full of all kinds of great shops, including an incredible hardware store.   I did get a little frustrated with the lovely French shop that had beautiful one-of-a-kind couture - all size 4 and 6!!!!  

Sag Harbor was a lovely way to start our day.   After plenty of looking around we decided to head to East Hampton for lunch.  After finding parking and walking around the East Hampton's LVIS Fair we found our way to a lovely restaurant called CittaNuova.  The restaurant was packed but we asked if we could get a table on the patio.  We were so lucky!   The only available table was in a perfect spot by the garden wall and it came with the cutest waiter too!

I didn't take enough pictures of the streets and storefronts (I was busy watching for celebs) but I did appreciate how everything was so well appointed.   Did you know they have their own home and garden magazine?  HC&G and for all you pink lovers, you might like reading the Pretty in Pink article in the current issue.

 And the architecture was exactly as I imagined.

 So guess where we headed off to next?   Take a look at the picture below and see if you recognize this place.  My next posting will be long and full of pictures.   Hope you come back soon.