I've been a little behind on posting completed items for the past few weeks, but this one will bring me up to speed (lies!). Things have been busy since the holidays ended. I started full-time in the Tax LLM program at Villanova Law and have cut my hours back at the firm, but am still working nonetheless. I'm really enjoying the program, but I don't have time for many non-work/non-school related activities during the week anymore. And while I've managed to post a few updates this (now last) month, I didn't want to zip through this one with reckless abandon...or something.
Jake and I returned to the North Fork this year anticipating a fun-filled weekend stacked with delicious food, coastal views, scrabble games, and glass after glass of delicious wines. For those of you who don't know what the North Fork is, it's the region north of the Hamptons as far east on Long Island as you can go. The island forks at the end, and the fork on the north is known very cleverly as the "North Fork." The area is Long Island's wine country and the roads are lined with vineyards. I can imagine that it gets very crowded in the summer, but the winter keeps a relaxed buzz with locals and city-escapees alike flocking to taste the fruit o' the vine.
The weekend exceeded our expectations. We stayed once again at the wonderful Shorecrest B&B, where our hostess Marilyn welcomed us back with open arms and plenty of delicious spiced cookies. And I must say that there's something about a British accent that makes everything taste better and feel cozier. We settled in on Friday afternoon, took a walk on the beach, had a couples massage, and went to a delicious dinner at the restaurant for the town's movers-and-shakers, The Frisky Oyster. We spent the next day vineyard hopping with our newly made friends, Sara and Mike, who were also staying at the B&B. I was lucky enough to convince Jake to drive us around this year, so I could be sure to fulllllly enjoy my wine tasting experience. I did it last year, so it was only fair...
For New Year's Eve, we celebrated with a dinner at the relaxed, and absolutely delicious, Noah's. Happy with our low-key, yet elegant, dining experience, we joined Sara and Mike at The Frisky where it seemed that everyone from the area was engaged in the North Fork equivalent of Jersey Shore's fist-pumping. We danced, we drank, and had an absolutely wonderful time, despite the DJ's outright refusal to play any Beyonce as requested (multiple times) by both Jake and Sara. Simply unforgivable.
We headed back Sunday, being sure to stop at the outlets on the way out, after a wonderful weekend . The North Fork is an absolutely fantastic place to visit for a few days away, and I would recommend it to anyone. The area and the Shorecrest will always have a special place in our hearts, and I hope we can return again and again.
Oh, yeah, and THIS happened:
love. love. love.
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