The New York cliché is everyone leaves town for Memorial Day weekend. Residential parts of Manhattan can feel eerily empty while touristy areas are awash with crowds (and sailors: see yesterday’s post).

I escaped to a Connecticut beach for the one hot day this weekend. It was glorious, with an all-American barbecue and sand between my toes.

Happy Memorial Day. Hope you had a relaxing holiday weekend! Summer’s unofficially arrived!