Le SUMMER List

Desk Note 03

I find it hard to believe we’ve arrived at the end of May. It’s not that I feel as if it has flown by, but perhaps, I’m just reluctant to say au revoir to my absolute FAVORITE month of the year. If anything, May has been slow, relaxed…a gentle pace. I savored each sip of an Aperol spritz that May slipped in between my fingers. I smiled (really big) each time I took one step down my Upper West Side stoop and immediately felt the humid-less, air welcome me outside. I spent quality time with family and friends across three cities. The compromise with turning over the calendar page, thankfully, looks bright, sunny, and blue. ENTER SUMMER.

Wearing white, sipping a Spritz, and starting summer at Westlight.

As we celebrate Memorial Day weekend in the States, we also welcome the unofficial start of summer. So, now that I’ve kept you reading this far…allow me to present a curated list of everything I’m embracing this summer, my first summer in New York City.

LE SUMMER LIST

Eat oysters

Sip bubbly & eat fries during golden hour at Grand Banks

See the Barbie movie (and dance to Dua’s new song)

Travel from home by hosting an Italian Riviera-themed dinner for six friends

Grab a best friend and channel Lee & Jackie O. (you know the Capri photo)

Wear lots of linen (preferably Italian)

Drink white wine (again, Italian) …more on this to come in a future desk note

Buy a silk shirt

Wear denim shorts

Go for a morning run along the Hudson, then grab coffee at Yanni’s

Write, write, write

Experience a show in the newly renovated David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center…also more on this to come in a future desk note

Read five books

Go to art museums (like Friday nights at The Whitney)

Play tennis

Make friends through sport

Spend a weekend in the Hamptons

Pick out a summer stripe sweater from La Ligne…then throw it over your shoulders and head to L’apero

Wear sunglasses

Laugh with friends over a big bowl of salad

Be present

And don’t forget to apply sunscreen.

3pm on a Sunday. Oui.

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In lieu of our usual MORNING, NOON, NIGHT ending to each desk note, this week I decided to call up two friends, Cody and Emily, to ask what was on their summer lists. They happily agreed to share with you all…

LE SUMMER LIST, CODY’S VERSION

Discover your attachment style in relationships (refer to this NPR article and take this quiz by Dr. Morgan)

Read more books (including You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay)

Try out No. 32 Original Hydrating Self-tanning cream

Be confident at work

Practice yoga routinely (Cody’s favorite pose is ragdoll)

LE SUMMER LIST, EMILY’S VERSION

Drink Aperol spritz all summer (priorities, am I right?…ps-please come visit me so we can drink them together :)

Invite a friend to visit for a weekend & show them around the city

Road trip reunion from ATL to DC with high school best friends

Picnic in the park with said high school besties

Go to Austin in August (we love alliteration…and Torchy’s Tacos)

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Now, let me know what’s on your list - comment below, share this blog with a friend, or email me! I can’t wait to see what’s in store for summer in the city, 2023 edition.

Ciao, May!

Ethan