Kutyelelo lwam lokuqala eHamptons kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo, ndahlala nabahlobo kwindlu eqeshisayo eSouthampton. Saqesha inkonzo yeeteksi engasasebenziyo ngoku (iMercedes-Benzes, kunjalo) ukuba isise kwiivenkile ezinexabiso eliphezulu nakwiiklabhu zentambo ebomvu. Yayiyiyo kanye indlela endandiyibonisa ngayo ifolokhwe yaseSouth Island yaseLong Island-intwana yokuthanda izinto endizithandayo.
Kodwa bekukho into malunga nale ndawo iselunxwemeni eNew York eyathetha nam: iindunduma ezixhomis 'amehlo; oomatshini bomoya ababiweyo; kwaye okokukhanya okudumileyo okutsale amagcisa ngokwahluka njengoJackson Pollock kunye noWinslow Homer. Ke ndiye ndahlala ndibuya, ndiqesha izindlu nabahlobo kwaye ndihlala kwii-inns ukusuka eAmagansett ukuya eSag Harbour, eMpuma Hampton ukuya eMontanauk. Ekugqibeleni, ndathenga indlu encinci eAmagansett nomyeni wam (endadibana naye kwindawo yomlilo kwiAtlantic Beach).
Ukutyhubela iminyaka, ndiye ndafumanisa icala elahluke mpela kule yokubaleka elunxwemeni. I-Hamptons zam zizonke malunga nezitshixo zokutya kwaselwandle ezisezantsi, iivenkile ze-antique, kunye neendawo ezinendawo entle yokuhamba elwandle. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ungabaleka ungene kuPaul McCartney kwivenkile yendawo okanye ubone abantwana bakaGwyneth Paltrow abathengisa ilamunade kwindawo yokuma okwethutyana-kodwa obo bubungqina nje bobuso obuninzi beHamptons.
Funda kwisikhokelo sam esikhethileyo.
IiMaidstone Arms, indawo ethe tyaba yokuvuselelwa kwesiGrike ejonge echibini ledolophu, ibikhona i indawo yokuhlala eMpuma Hampton kwizizukulwana. Ulungiso olwamkelekileyo kakhulu luyinike igama elitsha, c / o Ilitye eliyintombazana , kunye noluvo loyilo lwaseSweden; Uninzi lwamagumbi ali-16 kunye namakhaya amathathu aphefumlelweyo aphefumlelwe ngabantu abadumileyo baseScandinavians (Arne Jacobsen, Hans Christian Andersen, noEdvard Munch). Ukuhla nje kwesitalato ngasemva kwefadade egutyungelwe yivy Indlu Yebhaka 1650 , enamagumbi amahlanu obuGcisa nobuChule kunye namagumbi amabini athandekayo angaphandle. Inkqubo ye- Ihotele yaseMelika , i-Victorian yezitena ezibomvu embindini weSag Harbour, ime ngokuchaseneyo: ayitshintshanga kangako ukusukela nge-1846. Kwaye zinjalo nje iindwendwe, njengokuphola kwayo, iitafile ze-backgammon kwigumbi lokungenisa, kunye ne-bartender ngubani kungekudala ndiza kulazi igama lakho. Enye into ethandwayo yethambeka: U-Southampton oneminyaka eli-152 ubudala UManor waseButler , engqongwe zizitiya ezichumileyo zamaNgesi. Kwigumbi ngalinye kula magumbi mahlanu ahonjiswe ngegama lathiywa ngegama apho uChristopher Allen wayesakuba ngumnini-ndlwana-wayesebenza khona.
Zimbalwa ngokumangalisayo iihotele ezintle emanzini kwiiHamptons, kodwa amagumbi acocekile kwaye alula eAmagansett Ihotele i-White Sands Resort , smack kunxweme oluhle lweAtlantic. Ukubhukisha kufanelekile kwimibono yolwandle kuphela yintaba yaseMontanauk IPanoramic View Resort kunye neendawo zokuhlala ; izindlu zangasese ze-pastel kunye nekhitshini zingcatsha ubomi bayo bangaphambili njenge-motel ye-1950. Kwisiqithi esincinci, i Ihotele yaseMontauk Yacht Club kunye neMarina inomfanekiso ophantsi we-lighthouse edumileyo edolophini, ndingasathethi ke ngamachibi amathathu, iinkundla zentenetya ezine, i-spa kunye ne-marina. Ukufumana idosi yobuhle ngaselwandle, jonga iShelter Island's Ukutshona kwelanga , enomfanekiso wentlalo odlamkileyo, uphawu lwerosisi, kunye nokutshona kwelanga okumangalisayo (njengoko igama lisitsho). Ihlobo lasehlotyeni, umnini u-André Balazs wazisa iStndAir, ulwandle olubomvu oluqaqambileyo ukusuka eManhattan ukuya e-East Hampton ngamanye amaxesha elihlala e-ceba phambi kwehotele. Iindlela zendlela enye ziqala kwi- $ 595.