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Provincetown :: Friday, May 24th 2013
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Guestus, Interruptus
A Guide to Being a Delightful Guest
By Laura Shabott
May 10th, 2010
Bang! The front door flies open and an unexpected guest yells “Surprise!” His video camera is on, recording my reaction to his visit. I wave, say hello and go hide in the powder room.
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After I look in the mirror at today’s wrinkles, I turn around to see a guest staring at me from the condo next door. She puts a magazine in front of her face. I close my blinds ala Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’. Summer is here.
Over 30,000 people will spend the night in Provincetown this season. Here’s my guide to being a delightful guest:
“Just because you can act out in Provincetown doesn’t mean you have to!” Lea Delaria
Tell us that you are coming to visit. “Let’s go to P-Town! And stay over my friend’s house!” you say to the new main squeeze. The door opens. It’s you and who? I’m asleep from a double. Please call, pretty please?
Arrive with a gift. Have flowers delivered to the host or walk in the door with a bag of freshly ground coffee. It says hello and thanks.
Give your Provincetown host(ess) a break. My father always said, “Guests are like fish. They both stink after two days”. Break up your visit with side trips to Nantucket, camping or a fun motel.
Have your hot night elsewhere. You vow to have a fling and meet him/her singing Karaoke. The two of you find our guest room, after knocking over a vase. You do it. He snores. You’re a screamer. I never needed to know this.
Leave the Designer at home. Countless pairs of sunglasses disappear in Provincetown annually. What were you doing out at Herring Cove with $400.00 Armani’s and not much else?
See you soon. Call ahead!
Artistic bon vivant Laura Shabott loves to write about Provincetown. A graduate of the SMFA, Boston, she is practiced in writing, acting and painting.
Postcards
www.provincetownhistoryproject.com
Flowers www.wildflowerprovincetown.com
Ferries
www.steamshipauthority.com
www.boston-ptown.com
www.bostonharborcruises.com
Camping
www.dunes-edge.com
www.coastalacres.com
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