September Is a Summer Month September Is a Summer Month
The New York Times
Die-hard fans of the season say the best part starts after Labor Day.
The vacationers were gone. Signs of fall were everywhere. There were football games on TV and pumpkins for sale at farm stands. And yet Lexi Schultz, 25, and her friend Kate Krstevska, 22, were at Lighthouse Beach in Chatham, Mass.
“I’m happy,” Ms. Schultz said. “This is the best time for me.”
Skies were blue. The two women, who work at Wequassett Resort and Golf Club, a luxury hotel on Cape Cod, had the beach practically to themselves on Friday. They sat on a blanket amid the dunes and enjoyed a picnic lunch. When the temperature inched into the 70s, Ms. Schultz did some sunbathing.
For many people, summer ends, as if with a flick of a switch, on the morning after Labor Day. The kids are back in school. There is a feeling of business in the air.
But in the rush to embrace sweater weather, a simple fact can be overlooked: September is mostly a summer month.
