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Kismet Party Pix July 4^th Weekend

Photos by Dennis

The 8th Annual Seabay Beach Potluck Dinner was held on Sunday July 3rd and even though there was threat of rain and storms, the party went on well into the evening on the beach at Seabay Walk.

Hosted by Jane and Gregg Weisser from Swept Away, the party got started at 6:30 and went on as long as people kept bringing the food down. The price of admission, a prepared dish of your choice, saw many hits on into the evening. Jane rocked the desert table with her stellar Lemon Merange pies, Lou Romanzi brought an amazing Lobster Linguini. Jon Williamsq Fair Dinkum brought a beef chimichuri dish and Carmine (the mayor) Padovano brought a 4 liter bottle of the '83 Napa red wine. Gregg carved a ham and the Welt girls brought some scrumptious brownies. Chef John made a Salmon wrapped in bacon dish and the dishes kept on coming.

The fun about getting the invite to the party is that over time, many people and dishes appear and disappear. This was the largest and best of the 8 seasons we have been putting this on said a guest who had been to every one of the Seabay dinners. Gregg suggested that the weather was a positive factor as it challenged people's commitment to show-up and bring their best food. People want to show off their skills in the kitchen and show it to the Seabay community.

East Lighthouse Block Party

Welcome to the party

The ‘Oolies left the house!

Yay! Team!

Kicked out of the Palace?

Lucky Gal…

Gets luckier!

Therer are all kinds of luck

Ditto!

Share and share alike

A trend………

A new trend?

Even luckier!

These gals are supposed to be working!

Put the guests to work!

Kismet July 4^th Parade pix by Jeannie

The 47th annual Kismet 4th of July parade was dedicated to the late founder Jean Wood. The parade went off without a hitch except for the gloomy weather. That didn't keep Kismetics, young & old from enjoying the Bay Shore and East Islip Fire Department Marching Bands and scoffing down food and drinks till they were sold out – but not as quickly as the new tie-dyed KFD T-shorts which were sold out in under an hour Friday of the Juky 4 weekend!.

The Artie Shiller award for most patriotic went to the "Betsy Ross" float starring little GiGi Villachi. The most historic award went to the Surfing USA float! The most topical prize went to the "weinergate" float and most creative went to the Pirate float by the Herrman gang. The First prize went to the Lambie family with the Alfred Hitchcock birds float.

A big thankyou to judges, Phyllis Shiller, Patty Lyons, and Joanne Padavano. Another great thanks to Phil Villachi for donating the large supply of kids watches. The Surfs Out, Kismet Inn,
Kismet Market, and Miss Alice's all donated gift certificates to the
winners.
Grace sang the National Anthem.

It was, as always, stirring.