American Beauties

American BeautiesLadies and gentlemen, the American Dream:The scene is Montauk, a fabled and historic spot on the extreme eastern verge of Long Island, one of those magic places whose very name suggests lobster bibs, yachting caps, the swelling splendor of the sea. The time is late afternoon on a perfect summer's day, the sun going slightly hazy, the breeze beginning to wheel offshore. We are on a little-traveled road, a gravelly affair that smells of salt and honeysuckle. The road has no name a...