Jimi Thing

It's Sunday. This is traditionally what I consider "Family Day". It is the one day a week that I reserve for just us. After church, if there is nothing already planned, just about anything goes. We've been known to end up as far as the Mississippi River on some Sunday road trips, Cave of the Mounds in Blue Mound, WI (yes, Milwaukeeans, that is where Blue Mound Road eventually gets to), IKEA at Woodfield Mall, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Two Rivers for ice cream sundaes. We, generally, travel very well together. It is good family time. We can also just spend the day at home hanging out.

Long Island will give us new "Sunday Explorers" territory. It is about 120 miles long and 15 to 20 miles wide. There is, of course, NYC at the west end. There are vineyards, shopping and plenty of water and beaches at the east end. In between is what really amounts to one big suburb for NYC. It is similar to what the Milwaukee/Chicago I94 corridor looks like now or the Denver/Colorado Springs I25 corridor is beginning to look or pick your 45 to 60 mile stretch out of any major metropolitan area.

It has been a lazy weekend for me. I've taken to squatting in the surprisingly few coffee shops around the area. My favorite remains Sunset Café in Westhampton, though I think the girls might start to think me a bit creepy. You know me; I'll strike up a chat with anyone. In anticipation, I found another bakery/coffee shop in Riverhead yesterday. They have a nice comfy couch in the corner that keeps me away from the staff, though the coffee isn't nearly as good. I'll move between them until I find another to throw in the mix.

Surprisingly, there are no coffee shops in South Hampton to speak of. It would have been fun to watch the parade of people there over the rim of a latte. East Hampton, where the stars all hang out, is a long drive at 45 minutes or more for a cup of coffee.

There are, of course, the obligatory Starbucks. However, I refuse to pay good money for mediocre coffee and then have to pay $20 or more for monthly Wi-Fi. "Free the Internet", that's my motto.

Title by Dave Matthews Band