Catapulted Into Fall

Happy New Year

Fall has so many new beginnings that it really is the unofficial New Year for many.   If you’ve been catapulted into fall activities, you know exactly what I mean.   Around Rye, warm days have already given way to the invigorating cool, crisp breezes, kids are back to school and people are getting back to business. 

Once the transitions at school and work take hold, but before we have pumpkins on our porches, it’s a good time to embrace some of the many wonderful events and activities around the sound shore.

Traditions, sometimes longstanding and sometimes instant hits, are all part of the mix.  There’s something for everyone, from cheering-on high school teams to huddling at the sidelines as our youngest take to the field in rec leagues, to family hikes through the many area parks, sanctuaries and trails, to annual fall festivals.    Maybe it’s an apple picking outing that signals a new season.  What are the moments that mean a new year for you?      

Summer along the Sound Shore

August along the sound shore, in the communities of Rye, Larchmont and Mamaroneck can evoke simpler times.  Small children excitedly tend lemonade stands on leafy streets, while clusters of tweens and teens in their sun drenched summer casual make their way by foot, bikes or long boards.  The way they traverse town safely and so self-assuredly is heartwarming.    

Time slows perceptibly here in August,  as end-of-summer getaways approach and a quieter business pace seems to take hold.  August offers a welcome, benign deception of September’s inevitable return, with its frenetic back-to-school and business-as-usual rituals. 

The slower pace also belies many of summer's late-blooming opportunities to enjoy simple and timeless pleasures.   So, dust off the folding chairs that know the sidelines so well in the fall, and plant them with a blanket and friends at an outdoor performance of Shakespeare in Rye Town Park, or for fireworks along the sound in Rye on Wednesdays and Fridays, or at a family-friendly musical performance at Memorial Park in Larchmont. 

Enjoy summer along the sound shore.  Fall will be here soon enough, with its own stories.

If you have a story or suggestion of your own for enjoying Larchmont, Rye and Mamaroneck, please share a comment!