Life in the summer.
Some might know that I am occasionally driven to tears by living in Brooklyn. No escape, very little chance for physical activity, general noise and dirt, etc. So I run away to New Jersey or Long Island and hang out where there are trees and silence and hills and all that. This weekend started in NJ, where I swam in the quarry, jumped off the dock and met some new baby ponies. Then I went to LI where there were zero waves, so after hanging on the beach for 2 days, I busted it back to Williamsburg watched TV on the Radio play a concert (amazing, even if it was raining and everyone was soaked) then ordered Thai and watched Last King of Scotland (disturbing) with a friend.
My Long Island getaway is a friends house that I rented the downstairs in for a couple months. This is where I work now, on the deck:
These are the dunes behind the beach in West Hampton:
Another beach I hang at:
The view just as I get back to my house in the city, Morgan / Meeker exit on the BQE.
Comments
Hi Nate,
I've been keeping up on your blogs. Sounds like you've finally found a safe-haven. How is the photog business going? What kind of work are you getting yourself into?
Keep up the blogs, and the beautiful photos!
Posted by: Katie | July 30, 2007 11:13 AM
Nate, don't be telling people about the secrets of NJ... You'll lose your pass to the Quarry.. and then the mini ponies will attack.
Posted by: eva | July 30, 2007 05:38 PM