Saturday morning in Southold, New York…

August 10th, 2007 category: People and Places

A sunny Saturday morning in Southold, New York is a day that I relish. While weekdays are often packed with things to do in the North Fork of Long Island, Saturday for me is special in the summer.

This Saturday, the North Fork was full of tag sales. It’s in the Yard Salers Corner section of the Suffolk Times newspaper, right after the real estate section. In the summer, there are two full columns of enticement, and this Saturday was no different.

Some people in the North Fork take these tag sales very, very seriously. It was last year when we dined at Cliff’s Elbow Room that we overheard a group of people discussing their “strategy” for the following Saturday morning. We’re talking HARDENED TAGGERS.

The thing is, the early bird absolutely catches the first worm. I know this, because just as I’m pulling up on the dot, someone is leaving with an item that I want. Every time. This gets the pulse going early- jumping out of the car and nonchalantly speeding up my walk to view the “goods”, often up a winding woodsy driveway.

I don’t know if it’s the odd camaraderie (saying hello to the same “taggers” at each sale) or the quiet mood of these sales, but it’s FUN. It’s also relaxing. This, without mentioning that the sales held by centuries old families of the North Fork (or, the artsy NYC contingent) have GREAT THINGS. These are not your ordinary sales. The occasional baby sale notwithstanding, it is COMMON to locate vintage linens in perfect condition; antique fine china in full sets, no cracks; antique dressers for thirty bucks (solid wood with the mirror intact, and little drawers just below the mirror frame)- just GREAT STUFF.

Returning home by 10 a.m., you’ve seen your “friends”, found some steals, and had a terrific Saturday morning along the way…and some eggs over easy in that $200. frying pan that you found, still in it’s box, for a buck!

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