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Beach House
Abandoned in the Sand


Vegan Options At D’Matteos Pizza
Ronkonkoma, Long Island

It’s always nice to support a Long Island eatery who offers extensive vegan options. So after some exploring, a visit to D’Matteos Pizza in Ronkonkoma, Long Island. The sweet Matteo helped us and we were so endeared by him. We picked several items from the all-vegan menu… The vegan baked Read more…


A Brief Stop at Kings Park Psychiatric Center {Pictorial}


The Savory Fig
Delicious Treats on Long Island

Long Island’s The Savory Fig has been on my radar for a few months. With pop-ups here and there and ranging a broad geographic area on Long Island, I knew that if opportunity aligned with my plans, the delicious looking sweet treats I had been spying on Instagram would be Read more…


Green Street Eatery πŸ₯¬
Levittown, Long Island

I first learned of Green Street Eatery a few years ago when it was a food truck. Even though it wasn’t that long ago, I was way more on top of all-vegan eats then, especially on Long Island. But it wasn’t until January of 2023 that I found my way Read more…


Vice Doughnuts Storefront 🍩
Massapequa, Long Island

I was very excited to visit Vice Doughnuts‘ brand new storefront in Massapequa, Long Island. With errands on the Island, I made sure to add Vice to my list of things to do! Their doughnuts are soft and pillowy–and they have that perfect very light oiliness you want from a Read more…


Long Island Farm Colony
Kings Park State Hospital
Building 90: Business Office & Personnel Office
Building 94: Hospital Laundry

Long overdue, another visit to Kings Park Psychiatric Center! I’m happy to report on some new interiors as access points continue to change. Building 90: Business Office & Personnel Office Though I have been inside these connected structures, this was a first venture to the upper floor. The hallways were Read more…


Carousel Bake Shop
Wading River, New York

Along with some Christmas shopping, some cupcakes! Yes, Carousel Bake Shop in Wading River has sweet treat options for vegans. Ready for a newly discovered vegan cupcake option on Long Island… What to try! Luckily my friend was going to try a vegan flavor too. A sign of a good Read more…


ΓΌbergeek Brewery &
Eat Me, Drink Me Food Truck

A couple of quick stops as we deeply explore Long Island’s food and beverage options! ΓΌbergeek Brewery is an all-vegan brewery with some delicious beer offerings. And because the name of the brews are always part of the fun: existential meltdown is a vibe: raspberry, blackberry and vanilla fruit tart Read more…


Carnival At Dawn 🎑 πŸŽͺ

Dropping off a rental car early (Ok, really early), I got to see a carnival in Bellmore, Long Island in a beautiful state. The hushed and still amusements played wonderfully with dawn’s light. Also spied, the carnies trailers. I think I would like to be a carnie for a summer.


🌻🌟 Stars & Sunflowers on Long Island’s North Fork

A gorgeous night shoot within one of the North Fork’s sunflower fields… … these beauties are like no sunflowers I’ve ever seen! With lots of petals in the center, they basked in the night sky illuminated by an iPhone. Even at this late hour, there were many bees getting their Read more…


Some More Vegan Food on
Long Island’s North Fork

The North Fork Shack has a great vegan sandwich option that really hits the spot after a long day in the sun at the Merry Merfolk Festival. The S.L.T. is shiitake mushroom, lettuce and tomato… and avocado, minus the lemon-aioli to make it vegan. It was nice to see the Read more…


My First Merry Merfolk ParadeπŸŒŠπŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ¦ͺ
at the Maritime Festival
Greenport, New York

We were very excited to finally join Long Island’s Merry Merfolk Parade, part of the Annual Maritime Festival in Greenport. The celebration and parade is on a smaller scale than Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade (with a limit of 60 participants), but it is with a serious mission: to raise awareness Read more…


πŸŒŠπŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ¦ͺGoodbye Mermaid Season {2022}

With only a couple of mermaid shoots this season, I promise more crafted pieces (and shoots) once I gather more seashells. To tide us over (hehe), some of the pretty pictures of the mermaids of 2022.


Abandoned Farmingdale, Long Island

These decaying buildings are all that remain of the area’s aviation production history. The area produced thousands of fighter planes from 1939 to 1965. Most of the space has since been converted into strip malls.


Long Island Fun in the Sun

Mermaid scouting we found the most perfect beach. So perfect, so uninhabited that I am not even going to share the location. Just look at these rocks and imagine a beautiful mermaid perched on any or all or them. The water looks almost tropical This will motivate me to finish Read more…


Wild Berry Coconut Cream Tart

One of the differences between growing up in a rural vs. suburban area is an ingrained sense of boundaries. In the suburbs, where I grew up, nature exists between managed borders, named by an official sign. It’s on the way, in between, with a superficial depth indicative of the priority Read more…


Long Island’s Vegan Pride Enjoy
Wading River, New York

I was excited to learn that Pride Enjoy now had its own storefront on Long Island. Wading River now has a place for top quality gluten-free, vegan sweetness–in varying forms. Presentation comes first and all these treats spoke loud and clear–these aren’t your average gluten-free vegan options that you’ll tolerate Read more…


Arkansas, Carnival, Undated

Watch out. If I know you don’t mind photoshoots at the whim of my fancy, you may be a redneck… sipping on a tall boy, sauntering through a carnival, with nothing more to do than lean on the car. Though this shoot was initially planned to be at the monster Read more…


Noah’s in Greenport

Having some time to kill before the stars came out, we hit Noah’s in Greenport. The restaurant boasts their farm-to-table values, however there is really no satisfying vegan option on the menu unfortunately. But you can get an appetizer… and some sides… and spend a lot of money despite the Read more…


Long Time, No See, Milky Way 🌌

It has been a while since I saw the Milky Way. So I was delighted to see it immediately as we trekked to the dark secluded sky of Cutchogue’s Nassau Point, on Long Island’s North Shore. Though it sat ontop of one of the very lavish homes in the area, Read more…


Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet Sunflowers

What says summer more than a field of bright shining suns smiling your way?! For a teacher, the summer is a means to undo the damage of a dysfunctional school year. And this year was the absolute worst of all I have experienced. So I would seize summer with hearty Read more…


πŸ›Ό Roller Girls πŸ›Ό

Roller skating is such a fun summer activity. And I love that I have friends who want to roller skate with me! Even though I am not great, I really enjoy it… much like bowling. For my archive, a compilation of roller skating materials. Because I am getting slightly better Read more…


Getting Back Into Crafting
Mermaid Season 2022 πŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸš

I’m happy to be mermaid crafting again. Besides freeing up space by utilizing my stash of seashells, I am excited to be using some new bases for my shell collage: Thick-banded plus sized bras for a more sturdy top. So much surface area! This top has great shells, but looks Read more…


Another Long Island Excursion

Anywhere I’ve never been is a great place to go! So we hit the ferry to see what was shaking on Shelter Island, off Long Island’s North Fork, before the season starts and it gets way more annoying. View from the ferry, or the floating parking lot. Whichever you prefer. Read more…


Long Island Farm Colony
Kings Park State Hospital
The Beds of Building 93; Thorazine

When Building 93 was completely vacated in 1996, only 1/3 of the massive 13 floor structure was in use. Like many large psychiatric hospitals, the advent of psychotropic drugs returned many patients back to their homes. It was Chlorpromazine, or Thorazine, that was the first to offer mentally ill patients Read more…