(cue Andy Samberg)

It’s been hot in the city lately…concrete, exhaust, and 8 million people all crowding around makes the 90+ degrees feel like 110. So when a Saturday free of work rolled around, I fled.

Where to?

The Larchmont Yacht Club for an afternoon of boating, tubing, swimming and most importantly, relaxing.

While the views and fresh air were amazing…there was one little tidbit that made it even better.

My favorite Bess and our favorite men were there as well!

There was really only one reason to trouble ourselves to leave that position…

A few gloriously thrilling minutes of getting dragged behind a boat running at top speed. Oh, to feel like a 12-year-old again.

But as the sun slipped towards the horizon and our supply of snacks and drinks dwindled away, we headed back in, cleaned up, and reconvened on the veranda for what proved to be a most delicious evening.

A tequila for the lady (tequila, lime juice, club soda and just.a.splash.please of triple sec = a relatively low cal and refreshing cocktail).

And then dinner. Oh gosh, dinner. After appetizers of fresh spring rolls and crispy calamari I didn’t know if room could be found. But then this arrived and I was salivating all over again…

Red snapper topped with grilled papaya and pineapple, sautéed spinach, pearl onions and toasted coconut rice.

I hope the picture is enough because truly, I’ve no other words to make it appear any more amazing.

Murmurs of delight made up the majority of conversation as the sun faded behind the sails of all the beautiful boats.

It was the loveliest of lovely evenings. If anyone is ever so generous and invites to you the LYC (thank you Mark!), do take them up on the offer!