Long Island Living
Celebrating life on Long Island - food, drink, nature, the arts, and more!
Great write up on a friend’s restaurant in Long Beach. Baldoria Long Beach looks amazing! Need to get there soon! Congrats Maureen O’Brien Ciccone 👏🏼
L.I.L. PHOTO FUN!! 👀😀📸🐦
Can you spot the five differences in these two photos?
Belted Kingfisher by Jim Botta
Thank you to all the photographers that contributed their beautiful work with us this year. Your talent and care shine through with every photograph that you share with Long Island Living. It is truly appreciated! www.li-living.com
Tis the season on LI. Come and celebrate with us. https://www.li-living.com/
THIS SATURDAY!!! Don't miss our 10th Annual WOODEN WONDERLAND: Holiday Craft Show & Sale!
Saturday, December 3, 2022, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Free Admission! Fun for the whole family!
Join us for our special holiday event, our 10th Annual Wooden Wonderland: Holiday Craft Show & Sale! See our historic building and galleries come to life in a magnificent display of holiday arts and crafts. Dozens of vendors will offer ornaments, home decor, wreaths, soaps and candles, rustic Santas and gnomes, wood carvings, hats & scarves, clothing, stained glass, pottery, and other one-of-a-kind, locally made, hand-crafted gifts! There will be something for everyone on your holiday list! PLUS live woodcarving and woodworking demonstrations inside our historic galleries and outside on our Great Lawn! ADMISSION IS FREE to one and all! Fun for the whole family!
Suffolk County Historical Society MUSEUM
300 W. Main St., Riverhead, NY 11901
www.SuffolkCountyHistoricalSociety.org
631.727.2881 x100
A Rainbow Forest of Trees Holiday Bucket List item – check. Fuchsia tree anyone? Actually I’m a traditional green girl but these trees are a sight to see (hubby is still pushing for a white one but I’m not buyin’ it). Dart’s Tree Farm in Southold creates a walk-through forest of spray-painted trees - purples, blues...
It’s our Babylon Village Volunteer Corps taking care of our Village seniors…
Long Island Living...celebrating this special place we call home. Stop by sometime and say hello. www.li-living.com
“Gin is not just gin to us,” says director of operations Abby Gruppuso. “It’s a canvas that can be used as a medium to tell a story.” Cheers to Better Man Distillery in Patchogue - featured in Chilled Magazine! Great little round-up of their repertoire.
Inside a Gin Distillery, The Better Man Distilling Co. Go inside a New York gin distillery, The Better Man Distilling Co. has a story to tell.
Find out why this Sicilian gem is our go-to on the North Fork. https://www.li-living.com/post/a-sicilian-gem-on-the-north-fork
Amazing to see tropical fish right here on LI. Sadly it seems some will freeze before they get a chance to escape frigid waters.
2022 is a great vintage year for Long Island - cheers! The Grape Gods were listening. Learn why here: https://www.li-living.com/eat-drink-1
Stumbled upon Twin Forks Brewery in Riverhead. Hidden gem - literally. Explore here: https://www.li-living.com/post/tune-in-to-twin-forks-brews
SCHS Photo of the Week: Halloween Postcard, 1909. (Image from the Holiday Postcard Collection of the Suffolk County Historical Society Library Archives. Copyright © Suffolk County Historical Society. All rights reserved.) Back in 1909, when it cost two cents for a stamp, postcards were a popular way to share holiday greetings with friends and family. This postcard was addressed to Mrs. Kate M. Edwards of Sag Harbor, with a question from the sender: "Does this postal go the right way? - Olive." Click here for an interesting history of the origins of the Halloween holiday:
http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween
The Suffolk County Historical Society wishes all of our members and supporters a happy and safe Halloween!
Suffolk County Historical Society
300 W. Main St. Riverhead, NY 11901
www.SuffolkCountyHistoricalSociety.org