Our Fourth of July Photos
I always enjoy sharing photos from holiday gatherings.
Before major holiday weekends, I often send a general email to employees, extending my very best wishes for a safe and lovely time with family and friends. I also urge everyone to take photos of their feasts and decorations - I love seeing how others observe these special occasions and I am always excited to see the pictures and to read the many interesting stories that accompany them. This year, I received many wonderful photographs. My long Independence Day weekend was also very fun. I spent part of it with my daughter, Alexis, and her beautiful children, Jude and Truman. We enjoyed two lovely days in East Hampton, New York - playing at the beach and gathering for delicious meals with friends. The weather here in the Northeast was sunny, warm, and quite humid, but everyone had a splendid time.
Enjoy our photos.
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- It was a beautiful day at East Hampton Main Beach with my daughter, Alexis, and my grandchildren, Jude and Truman. Alexis makes sure everyone is well protected from the sun with umbrellas and sun-protective hoodies.
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- Both my grandchildren love the water and are excellent swimmers.
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- Here is Truman playing in the sand.
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- And Jude running along the beach. She is growing so fast.
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- In the evening, we went to Montauk Beach. Here are Jude and Truman walking on the rocks, with their mother watching nearby.
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- I love this photo of Truman as the sun sets.
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- My makeup artist, Daisy Schwartzberg Toye, and her husband, Eugene, met us for dinner at Duryea’s Lobster Deck in Montauk.
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- Here is another great photo of the children on the beach.
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- Jude loved playing with the scarf as it blew in the wind.
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- My precious grandchildren are so curious about everything. They love to explore all the time.
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- My driver, Rock, spent the weekend with his family in Maine. They stayed at my home, Skylands. During their stay, they hiked about 20-miles of carriage road through Acadia National Park. Rock said the hiking was great – it was about 69-degrees Fahrenheit and partly cloudy, but the breezes felt very good.
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- Rock and his son, Nicholas, stopped for a photo by the entrance to Jordan Pond.
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- Rock took this selfie with his wife, Marisol, and Nicholas. This is at Jordan Pond with the Bubbles behind them.
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- This photo was taken at the Eagle Lake carriage road bridge. Nicholas is 13-years old, and did just fine covering all those miles on the carriage roads!
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- Here are Rock and Nicholas on top of Cadillac Mountain. The Porcupine Islands can be seen behind them.
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- Rock and his family are on top of Cadillac Mountain. Oli’s Trolley, a tour trolley, is parked right behind them.
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- The family also visited Thunder Hole – a natural rock inlet where waves crash with high-flying foam when seas are up. On this day, the waters were pretty calm.
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- The seagull was hovering above and stopped to rest just as Rock and his family walked down the Thunder Hole steps.
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- Rock captured this photo of the moon right after photographing the seagull. What a stunning photo.
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- Cheryl Dulong, who works at Skylands, attended the Parade in Bar Harbor. This is The Anna Temple Shriners Flag Guard.
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- And the Friends of Acadia.
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- Here are some flags flying in Seal Harbor.
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- Cheryl stayed for the fireworks.
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- Fireworks are always so beautiful against the night sky, no matter where they are.
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- One of our executive administration interns, Samantha Frisoli, went to duBois Beach in Stonington, Connecticut – her family has a summer home there. What a beautiful sunset.
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- Here is another pretty photo off duBois Beach.
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- Here is Samantha’s German Spitz, “Baby”, enjoying the ride on the boat.
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- As night fell, Samantha also enjoyed some of the fireworks.
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- On the Fourth of July, Samantha viewed the Macy’s Fireworks in New York City, where she is living for the summer.
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- Emily Morse, also our executive administration intern, spent the Fourth with friends in New York City. This photo was taken from the rooftop of the Hugo Hotel – it was a lovely sunset over the Hudson River.
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- Claire Basile, associate designer of crafts, shares this photo of a pound cake her sister, Mary, made at the family barbecue in Mt. Vernon, New York. It looks very patriotic with the berries and whipped cream.
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- Claire also captured this photo of a neighborhood lawn covered with tons of small American flags and pinwheels. She said this family usually goes all out with lawn decor every holiday.
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- Here is our video creative director, Anduin Havens, with her fiancé, Cedric, his daughter Maina, and Anduin’s daughter, Harper. They are having a great time at New York’s Jones Beach.
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- Anduin and Harper posed for this photo – they also saw the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks this year.
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- IP paralegal, Gianella Domdom, on the right, and her sister, Guen, watched an off-Broadway production of “Hamlet” over the holiday weekend. Here they are with Keegan-Michael Key who played Horatio.
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- In this photo, the sisters are joined by actor, Oscar Isaac, who played Hamlet.
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- Here are Gianella and Guen holding their playbills – they had a great time.
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- This is Dan Castle, our SVP managing director of corporate development, and his family – his 94-year old grandmother, his wife, Carly, his daughters, Camryn and Remi, and his sister, Alexis, with her husband, Seth, and their daughter, Maddie. They spent the holiday weekend at Westhampton Beach, New York.
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- Here, Dan is with his daughter, Camryn, who just turned three-years old.
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- Marketing manager, Emily Archer, shows us her “before” image of the blueberry-cherry pie she made for her family’s Fourth of July celebration.
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- SVP licensing and brand management for our lifestyle department, Krystle Healy, shared a few photos from her weekend – her husband, Liam, and her son, Alexander, are standing with “President Teddy Roosevelt” at the Nationals Park in Washington, DC.
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- Here is a closer shot Alexander. The family attended a baseball game between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals. Alexander is cheering for his team, the Mets.
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- At night, Krystle and her family watched the fireworks there.
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- On July 4th, Krystle and her family went to the American Museum and volunteered in opening the United States flag for the holiday ceremony.
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- All the volunteers sang the National Anthem at the museum.
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- The Flag ceremony was followed by a parade on Constitution Avenue with fireworks over the Washington Monument. Here is Paddington Bear.
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- And, a “LOVE” float
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- Here is the majestic Washington Monument.
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- Krystle’s entire family enjoyed the festivities.
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- And more beautiful fireworks in our nation’s capital.
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- Here is a spectacular photo of the bright colored fireworks.
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- Each one more amazing than the last.
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- Here is Zaki Kamandy, AVP design director, with his friend, Colin Chellman.
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- Zaki spent his Fourth on a rooftop with friends in the East Village of New York City.
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- The views were fantastic.
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- It was a great place to view the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks.
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- Senior marketing manager, Kristina DeGeorge, shares this view of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains from the resort where she stayed.
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- These are some of the beautiful buildings on the resort’s property.
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- During her visit, she made a pit stop with her boyfriend to Grafton Village Cheese in Brattleboro, Vermont. Grafton Village Cheese began as The Grafton Cooperative Cheese Co. in 1892. They sampled some of their award-winning Cheddar cheeses!
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- The next few photos are from merchandising director, Kelly O’Connell. She spent the Fourth on Cape Cod with her nieces and nephews. This is Kelly’s niece, Kalli.
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- Here are Matt, Carleigh and Davis, Kelly’s nieces and nephew, getting ready to walk the parade.
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- This is Davis and her patriotic wagon at the parade.
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- Here are Kelly and her sister in law, Rebecca, at the Barnstable Village parade wearing patriotic flower crowns.
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- Kelly’s nieces and nephews – Ava, Paul, Anna Kate and Julia – waiting for the parade to start! They were looking forward to all the candy thrown from the floats!
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- Here is one of homemade lobster rolls Kelly and her family enjoyed after the event.
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- Kelly also captured this photo – the Sandy Neck Beach colony and light house.
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- Samantha Perlman, product manager for home textiles took some great photos too. She spent the weekend in upstate New York near Hunter Mountain at her fiancé, Chris’s family summer home. Here is a beautiful sunset.
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- And here’s another beautiful sunset.
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- This is the family house from behind a field of wildflowers.
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- When they weren’t grilling or hanging on the hammock, Samantha and her fiancé were off riding the trails – always wearing a helmet, of course.
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- They spotted a Giant Leopard Moth on the porch – there is so much wildlife upstate.
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- And they grilled all of their meals since the weather was so nice.
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- My new property director at my Bedford farm, Fred Jacobsen, spent his holiday at Martha’s Vineyard. Here he is with his daughters Ava and Grace, and his parents Lynn and Alfred Jacobsen.
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- Grace is 17-years old and starting college in the fall.
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- 11-year old Ava stopped for this quick snapshot on a rock marking the landmarked Gay Head Cliffs of Aquinnah.
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- Our EVP executive design director, Kevin Sharkey, spent his holiday in Forte dei Marmi, a sea town and comune in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany. He posted several red, white and blue photos on his Instagram @seenbySharkey to celebrate the holiday. Here are some delicious red tomatoes.
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- And some beautiful, organic white onions @seenbySharkey.
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- These are fresh blue plums in Italy. See more of Kevin’s photos @seenbySharkey.
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- Back at my Bedford, New York farm, my stable manager, Sarah Levins, who lives on the property, hosted a July 4th party. Here is Silas, the beautiful son of my niece, Sophie Herbert Slater.
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- And here I am with Sophie, her husband Dan, my dear friend Memrie Lewis, neighbors and Sarah’s family – Brooklynn Levins, Virginia Saylor, Sonny Levins, Ava Richardi, Rina Richardi, Kevin Richardi, Denis Leary, Devin Leary, Zac Clark, Dolores Levins, and Ann Leary. It was a wonderful holiday for all.
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