Surf Shop Sandals

On browsing for flip flops and traveling to Ocracoke Island

I’ve been catching myself saying “hi” to strangers on the street, then remembering I’m not in the South anymore when they don’t respond, or look at me funny. It’s not that people are rude in New York, far from it—it’s just that if you said hi to every single person you passed, you’d never make it beyond the block.

Last week I returned home after travelin…