For those of us already dreading the fast-approaching month of September, take advantage of the final weekends of summer on the East End with some fresh air and fresher fish. Bring sunscreen, ban any mention of Fashion Week, and savor the sunset as much as you do your lobster roll.

The formerly sleepy surf destination's charms, unraveled

Apparently there’s a "new Gridskipper." Check out those nasty comments underneath the travel blog’s write-up of the Surf Lodge, Montauk’s new place-to-be. They both express anger at their beloved travel tome’s sudden propensity for what—writing about a new hotel? Isn’t that what a travel website ought to do? We hope that in also writing about the Surf Lodge, no readers are alienated, but here goes nothing.