Sag Harbor & Environs. Notes From the Field 3.
Notes & Observations from an Early August Weekend in Sag Harbor
Saturday night I picked up our granddaughter from a friend's house off Narrow Road in Bridgehampton and dropped her at home. On my way back from there--it’s only about a mile within Sag Harbor Village to our home off Main Street closer to Division--the Village was PACKED.
I had no idea that Sag Harbor was waking up for Round 2 when I was ready to go to sleep. So Main Street, needless to say, was "mobbed," in the best possible way for businesses. To avoid it, I scooted around to Main Street using Long Island Avenue, making a right at the "old Corner Bar" onto Division.
You can imagine my surprise when I saw a line, yes, a real line, to get into Murf's BackStreet Tavern, with someone sitting at table "checking" people in before entering. WOW.
Open until 2 a.m.!
Then, another observation on both Saturday and Sunday when on Walk 2 with the one and only DaisyMae. Walk 2 usually starts off sometime between 9:30 and 10:30. Coming home incorporates the steep uphill on Sage Street, which extends from Madison to Division. Sage & Madison is on the corner.
Sage & Madison serves all kinds of coffees and teas from their barn serve-thru in their charming courtyard. They have beautiful gardens, sculptures, artifacts and outdoor seating.
Talk about a line! At least 10 people were waiting to order their coffees and pastries. The courtyard looked full and fun in a quiet, not Main Street kind of way. Good for them! Of course there are also their "pop-up" boutiques that run all summer, and all year, except for the short time they are closed in the winter.
I noticed that most of he people waiting on both lines were young and vibrant.
People on line at Sage & Madison were mainly dressed for an active out and about day.
I wanted to see if there was something special that was driving the level of interest in Sage & Madison. Of course, I poked around and saw that Sage & Madison promotes their concept on social media and through PR. I think this also offers insight into the well-funded younger clientele. Smart.
Also noticed while walking, traffic on Union Street into the Village stretched from Union at Main Street, all the way back to Church. Cars were turning into the Village from Union & Madison and Union & Main. Of course they funnel together up just one block, so I was glad I was on foot where that happens right around BuddaBerry.
Final note. Most people are pretty nice about letting an adorable puppy (Daisy) and her old human (me) cross in front of them and not running us over in the crosswalk to get one car ahead. It is appreciated. Except this morning one car honked, not at us, but at another car that must have tried to cut the stop sign rotation at the 4-way at Madison. Daisy and I jumped a mile high as it disturbed our reverie and inner peace. (Big smile here.)
Ah, summer in Sag Harbor. It's pretty great.
