Greenport, NY
There were a lot of us together for Thanksgiving, and then Friday, we went to Greenport, Long Island, not to be confused with Greenpoint which is in Brooklyn.
Greenport is this little old village at the northern tip of Long Island – on the north fork. You can see Connecticut from the shore, which is across the Long Island Sound.
We ran into a guy, who seemed to bore everyone else who wandered off, but he had me interested in the history of the town. He was about 70 and he was visiting from Brooklyn. He told me he grew up there and he was pointing out things in the area – where the old police station was, where the 5 & 10 was, where his uncle worked in a sailing mast shop, etc.
He explained the place as if it was Mayberry, with only two officers on the police force at the time.
My family and I shopped and hung out, spending money on Small Business Saturday, but it was Friday.
It was nice, but so far from the city, about three hours in and three hours back. We went to the Hamptons after that for dinner and hung out, then headed back to the city very late.
Usually we would go to the Southampton Christmas parade and tree lighting on Saturday night, but we did Greenport instead.
We enjoyed the non-Starbucks, one-of-a-kind village coffee shop.
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