By
grace.g.yang
· August 29, 2011
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American,
My Life After going to the main part of town for the afternoon, we drove home and got ready for our late night dinner. John was at the grill once again:
He prepared a great meal with burgers, hot dogs, sausages, grilled veggies and corn:
The other guys also prepared dinner and cleaned up after we ate so the girls didn’t have to do anything but relax and play Buzz Words! Our dinner party was a white party so everyone had to get dressed up in all white (Jordy actually went out to buy new clothes for the trip!) Here we are in all white with the leftover marshmallows:
After taking lots of photos, we set up the dining room table for some drinking games – baseball and musical chairs. Ken and Peter were extremely excited for baseball:
In the middle of a very intense game of baseball:
After staying up way too late, we went to the beach and into the water (which was freezing). It was such a fun trip and I hope we can make it an annual event!
After grabbing ice cream at Bridgehampton Candy Kitchen, we drove to Rowdy Hall for a quick bite to eat. They were just switching service from lunch to dinner so we had to wait an hour, but it wasn’t too bad since we ended up walking around while we waited for our table to be set up. When we walked out of the restaurant with our buzzer, we ran into Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy, who were sitting down for a quick bite to eat as well.
The restaurant is located on the main drag in east hampton but located in a little alleyway, similar to how Freeman’s in the city:
When we got back at 5 for our table, we sat down (all eight of us) and immediately started playing Buzz Words, the game of the weekend, while we waited for our food:
Ken ordered the French onion soup:
And I ordered the escargot:
With a side of fries:
Everything was prepared well, especially the escargot and fries. Ken and I did our mid-meal switch but I thought the French onion soup was too sweet so we immediately switched back. I loved the escargot drowned in butter, parsley and garlic with the rustic baguette slices.
After dinner (and after watching Claire Danes eat lots of Buffalo wings) we headed home to get ready for a night in (and another dinner!)
On Sunday of our hamptons trip, it ended up raining for the majority of the day which ruined our plans of laying out and playing in the sun again. Since we had to change plans, we decided to drive to east hampton to grab a quick bite to eat and to walk around the shops.
We were initially going to grab food but then ended up getting dessert first – we stopped by Bridgehampton Candy Kitchen for some of their homemade ice cream:
The candy kitchen also serves lunch but we decided to sit on the barstools and order ice cream:
Julie and Jordy ordered a scoop of the mint chocolate chip:
And we ordered the oreo cookie and the strawberry:
The strawberry was the best flavor (by far) – the ice cream was very creamy and smooth and we all liked the strawberry the most (although the oreo cookie was a close second!) Their ice cream is super pricey – $3.50 a scoop no matter how many scoops you order – but it’s worth it!
For our first dinner in the hamptons, we decided to go somewhere casual – Canal Cafe by the water:
They were closing the kitchen as we arrived but since we were such a large group, they were able to accommodate us (after a little begging since we were all starving). We started off with Manhattan clam chowder – a little watery but surprisingly good (both Ken and I ordered the Manhattan clam chowder). For our entree, Ken ordered the flounder sandwich:
And I ordered the lobster sandwich:
Look at how much lobster was in the sandwich:
The flounder sandwich Ken ordered was a little too plain for me so we ended up doing our initial half-way switch but then ended up switching again (something we actually do a lot because our tastes are quite different). The lobster sandwich had a bad meat to bread ratio so I ended up eating the lobster without the top of the bun. The lobster was a little tough and didn’t have enough mayo for my tastes, but still pretty decent.
On another note, their margaritas are really delicious and they use fresh limes (not lime juice with corn syrup). We all ended up ordering a round and almost wanted to order another because they were so fresh.
All of us at dinner:
After dinner, we walked back to our car and headed out for the night. The bar ended up being a little on the strange side so we went home, create a bonfire on the beach, and ate s’mores on the beach until we had to be rolled back to our rooms:
Our friends came to New York to visit us last week and we had an amazing time hanging out with them and showing them around the city. Ken and I wanted to make the trip really fun for everyone so we threw out the idea of renting a house in the hamptons for the weekend. Everyone was on board and even though we made plans back in April, we would send weekly updates of where we should go and what we should do while we were on our mini-vacation. We hosted one couple at our apartment (and the other guys ended up staying at a nearby hotel) and drove out to the hamptons last Saturday morning.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous and when we arrived, we immediately started playing games:
The house was really beautiful and had a little private beach in their back yard:
John, our friend, took care of all of the cooking (all weekend!) and made great cheeseburgers, hot dogs, and sausages:
On Saturday night, after we ate a late lunch and showered, we got dressed up to go to a late dinner:
More photos tomorrow!
