On Tuesday night we went to Philippe's, which is a Chinese restaurant by the famous Mr.Chow. It must be one of those overcrowded spots on weekends but during the week it's pretty quiet and they have a three-course menu worth going. Also during the week they won't refuse you at the door if you come with your three-year-old (in fact we weren't the only ones with young kids).
I wore one of my favourite summer dresses, a jersey strapless by Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren jersey (or at least this dress) is very substantial and not clingy at all and I just love the color. I only have a crappy pic of this dress (in front of the Ralph Lauren boutique in East Hampton, by the way):
And here we are at the restaurant:
Wednesday night was the only night when we ate in. We had a monster storm that night and we just went out to get a pizza that we ate in our apartment in front of TV (watching "Legally Blondie 2" because of our daughter). So no outfits, unless you want to see me in my pajamas.
On Thursday night we went to Sag Harbor. Sag Harbor, as the name might tell you, is the only village in the Hamptons that vaguely resembles to what us European think of when we think of a seaside village, in that it is actually on the water and it has a harbour (shocker, I know).
I would call the outfit that I wore that evening "a wasted occasion to wear something else". I absolutely wanted to wear the JCrew sequin necklace tank but I didn't have any bottom to pair it with, so in the end I wore jeans (I always tend to bring too many tops and too few bottoms and in this case the only pair of non denim bottoms that made it into my suitcase were the scout white chinos, that my husband didn't like with the top). This is a "city outfit" and I could have saved it for the city (but I absolutely ADORE this tank, in case it pops back I highly recommend it):
Friday we had rain pretty much all day. We went at friend's for cocktails and then the three of us had dinner at a family-style eatery in Amagansett. I wore the exact same outfit that I wore the Sunday before, with the aqua Piazza dress and the metallic beach cardigan. The only new element was the tan, as we were now towards the end of our vacation. The funny thing is that my friend didn't stop telling me how tanned I was, so that I actually believed her and I managed to get a sunburn the day after, the LAST DAY of my vacation. Apparently I wasn't that tanned. Yet. Again, this outfit didn't get photographed because it was raining and when it stopped raining it was too dark anyway.
Saturday night was our last evening and we went to our favorite restaurant in Montauk, Harvest. As I said, Montauk is low-key, so I dared to break out my fringed tunic and my equally (but involuntarily) fringed denim bermudas. I thought that my husband would be horrified and that he would ask me to change, but he was quite amused by the tunic's tassels. Men!
Here I am posing before getting into the car:
And in case you think that I must have had a change with me, here I am at the restaurant (still in my fringed tunic), in one of the rare pictures without my daughter:
We left on Sunday afternoon after lunch. Now I don't know why exactly I saved the vintage cotton v-neck tee in neon flamingo (that I had bought exclusively to wear on the beach) for the return trip in the car where nobody could see it. I guess that I didn't want to look like a traffic light on the beach but that's the point right? If you buy a neon-y tee you know that you are going to be seen from afar...
Anyway, here we are, finally home after four and a half hours in the car and at least three hours of my daughter asking if we were there yet (but no throwing up, unlike last year, yay!):
And to all of you who are going on vacation soon or are on vacation right now, enjoy it as it only happens once a year and it won't last forever! And don't forget to take pictures so this winter you will be able to feel the warmth when outside it's cold and grey:
