A baby snapping turtle: this natural resident of East Hampton thought our pool would be a nice new home. They're a lot less scary when they're the size of a quarter!Well, this past weekend, we here at the Weho Expat took a little vacation to that truly Eastern-most East Coast get away: THE HAMPTONS! All I could think was, "Toto, I don't think we're in West Hollywood anymore!" A few observations:
- The train is for the little people. This is the most L.A. mentality I've yet seen on the East Coast. For those of you who don't know, the Hamptons is very spread-out and natural. Most of it is a really beautiful nature preserve chock full of woodland creatures that make you feel like Snow White when she's cleaning. For this reason, the transport mode of choice is definitely a car...and not just any car...but some kind of European sports car. If you have a large family (or in our case, a caravan of hungover gay men), then a Range Rover will suffice.
- Lobster Salad. Get ready to eat a LOT of lobster. Lobster salad is about as ubiquitous in the Hamptons as sunscreen in L.A. Every home you visit, you're offered lobster salad. And this is NO cheap appetizer, so you clean your plate!
- The sales rack at J. Crew. Ok, West Coasters. Have you have wondered who buys all that stuff that goes RIGHT to the sales rack at J.Crew. Well, I have an answer for you: residents of the Upper East Side who vacay in the Hamptons. Every heinous pastel pair of shorts...and even the ones with the little embroidered lighthouses and sail boats...are aplenty on the beaches of the Hamptons.
- Good old fashioned race exclusion. This is where the term "WASP" was invented. Truly. You'll know that when you overhear your first conversation about why EAST Hampton developed after SOUTH Hampton kicked out all the gays and jews. HA! Brown people aren't even on the radar. This place is so white...it was only really ever concerned about excluding other wealthy gays and jews. From my cursory (and tipsy) sociological research, I understand that Southampton still feels very strongly about keeping its community as waspy as possible. Wow.
- Croquet. Yes, folks, they do play croquet in these affluent playgrounds. I don't have much to say on this subject other than that (a) I suck and; (b) mike kicks into major Jackie O. mode (as denoted on his face in our waspy picture together)
5 comments:
I sure as hell hope you're wearing seersucker shorts in that picture above. *alex cho
ummm...yea...I still have a whole other commentary on seersucker. I didn't think people actually wore it...UNTIL I MOVED HERE.
you crack me up... this is an awesome little jaunt into non-work territory for lunchtime... thanks.
Wait - did the Jews move to East? Is that what you're saying?? Cuz lawd knows there's a ton of them there!!
So cute to see you two enjoying the Hamptons...my old stomping grounds. Actually the lobster salad thing is meant as a gauge of inflation. I think a few years ago it was pegged at $48/lb (at Loaves & Fishes)
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