If it looks like a duck . . .

National Register of Historic Places 1997 . . . seriously  

Q.  What starts with a duck, then slowly winds 30 miles along South Fork bays and hamlets before ending at a lighthouse? 

A.  The NY-NY South senior missionary Mecca to Montauk. 

(One of the semi-monthly social excursions to New York environs. You don't need a senior discount card to join the group. But it helps.) 

BIG DUCK - Flanders, NY.  #1 among the 7 wonders of Long Island, just ahead of the Commack Motor Inn and inspiration for the architectural term: Duck - "a building in which the architecture is subordinate to the overall symbolic form." Venturi, Robert, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour. Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1977;  Representational Architecture, Roadside Attractions, NPS 

BIKE RIDING IN THE HAMPTONS 

TOURIST STYLE . . . . . . . . . . . . and LOCAL STYLE 

The Montauk Point Light, hamlet of Montauk, Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York
A popular location for marriage proposals and weddings  

View from lighthouse dome west toward Manhattan 

Stefanie watched one wedding while we were on the point. An older gentleman was marrying a very youthful bride. The minister began. "We are here to witness the union of a young bride and her financially comfortable groom."   A little hamptons honesty?   Refreshing.











Locals are fond of travelling to Montauk Point and watching the sun rise. One hopeful young man in our YSA branch recently included this celestial tradition in his wedding proposal: Sunrise at Point Light and Sunset in Central Park, where he presented the ring. Vanessa accepted. 

https://www.facebook.com/vanesa.villanes

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