Is This the Perfect New York Bar?
Joan Didion put it this way: “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” We’re doing it all the time. Storytelling, like dreaming, is a trick for enduring real life, especially when life falls short of our expectations. Sometimes a place — a restaurant, a bookshop, a bar — pulls us through the front door because it acts as a sort of cinematic backdrop for narrative therapy. You walk in, you sit down, you’re transported to a different sphere and a different self. For me, a great bar is the opposite of Cheers, the fictional ‘80s saloon where “everybody knows your name.” A great bar gives you life because it lets you pretend you’re someone else for a little while.
An Experts' Guide to The Hamptons
In celebration of Drake’s Hamptons pop-up and collection with Clementina, my brand of tailored clothes for women, we encourage you to explore Long Island’s East End and visit some of our favorite places.
When I only have a day and need to get out of the city, I wake up at sunrise and drive out to Long Island. Usually on a Saturday, any time of year, and in any weather except pouring rain. Many people look confused when I tell them I drive out for the day, around 2.5-3 hours each way. But this makes visiting the ocean more realistic when work and life get busy. I have favorite stops in each town that we’ll explore here.
