Another hot, sunny day on the island. The morning began with yogurt and fresh fruit, followed by a run to Watch Hill. That was followed by a dip in the cold ocean where I got pounded by waves and came out with my arm in a sling. Ouch.

I couldn’t help prepare tonight’s dinner of beef tenderloin, grilled mushrooms, and potatoes sauteed with garlic and onions. Someone even had to cut my meat for me. Hoping the injury improves by tomorrow because I have a birthday cake to make and lots of fresh cream to whip (by hand).

The clouds parted on our second day and we continued to eat well: local little necks and sea bass cooked on the grill, white beans and broccoli rabe, and for some, the requisite 3 o’clock hot dog. I think I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.

Blogging from the beach! Came out here to Davis Park this afternoon on the 1:15 ferry after getting provisions at the Fairway in Plainview. It was a mad dash to Patchogue to catch the boat otherwise we would’ve waited two hours til the next one.

It’s cold and rainy and when we went down to the beach it was abandoned except for a lone seagull.

Amy, Christian, Yuji, Annette, Stefan and I made a beach dinner of grilled chicken, lacinato kale salad dressed with olive oil, lemon, mustard, salt, pepper and Parmesan, and linguine in a sauce of salt water (not the Atlantic variety), egg, olive oil and Parm.

We managed to grill despite the drizzle and weird organic charcoal from Fairway (“useless expensive charcoal from Long Island”).

All food tastes better at the beach, period. Glad to be here, writing near the fire, eating chocolate with friends. And I’m blogging from my iphone with the wordpress app so please excuse typos!