Summertime Sadness

Well by now I’m sure like me, you are sick of winter. Sick of the bitter cold, ice, snow and chilling winds. Everyday my mind wanders off to summer with sunny days and hot weather. I particularly think of my past summer vacation when I went to Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

For one week in July my two friends and I stayed in Hyannis, right on the harbor, or as the locals would say hah-bah. All around us were restaurants with the freshest seafood you could find. Just a short walk up the street was the main street with all the cute little boutiques and tourist shoppes and a short drive away there were many different beaches, all beautiful.

Everyday we pretty much had the same routine: wake up, make our lunches for the beach, go to the beach, go back to the hotel and then jump in the pool to get the sand off us, shower, go eat some amazing food and then end our night by sitting around the bonfire at our hotel … and repeat.

If you go to Cape Cod and don’t like seafood then I feel bad for you. For me, it’s one of the best parts about going on vacation. Every night I would try something new but I always made sure to get a side of clam chowder, or, chowdah.

Fried clam roll with a cup of clam chowder.

Stuffed salmon with lobster filling … amazing.

Steamed clams with butter.

If you need a break from seafood … wood fired pizza with pesto, arugula, and lemon zest. To die for.

Luckily, we had perfect weather the entire week so going to the beach was a must everyday. Even though the Cape Cod waters are notorious for being cold it felt so refreshing to dive into with the hot sun beating on you. When laying out in the sun would get boring after a while I would walk up and down the length of the beach to look for seashells and other ocean critters. 

Jetty rocks along the water.

Sand dunes lead the way to the ocean.

Shopping on the main street was fun because there are very unique things that you wouldn’t be able to find anywhere else. Lots of nautical inspired clothes, jewelry and home decor were to be found everywhere which I loved. Some cool things I got to remind me of the trip was a ring shaped as a whale tail, a gorgeous blue and white tapestry, and a simple shirt that said Cape Cod.

While I’m unsure if I’ll be going back to Cape Cod this summer, wherever I am, I am hopeful that it will be warm. I hope all of you stay warm as well and keep dreaming of summer.

As Henry David Thoreau said, 

Always maintain a kind of summer, even in the middle of winter.