This is the Oakdale branch campus of St. John's University. It started out as the home of Issac Singer of the Singer Sewing Machine fame. Then it became an to be an exclusive private boarding school called LaSalle Academy. I recall their ads in the Boys Life magazine back in the 50s. About 10 years ago - St. John's bought it and turned it into a graduate center - a place where working people could go at night to obtain their advanced degrees. Lulu taught here many years.
They invited her back to give a workshop here. They offered us an apartment to use. The campus is right on the ocean - although the water is only 60 degrees - so not much swimming goes on here.
The picture of the boathouse is the place where Lulu used to park her motorhome when she made the 150 mile trip here from Tamaqua.
Sayville is a quaint little coastal town with lots of nice shops and places to eat. It is on the south coast of Long Island - about half way out to the Hamptons. Fire Island is off the coast here.
A funny aside - about 5 years ago - when Nancy was teaching for St. John's here - the boarding school in another building offered me a job as principal. I would have had to leave Panther Valley a year earlier - and take a dramatic cut in pension. I did not do it. Lucky for me - because the very next year - the school closed. Can I take credit for that?
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