For all the hype of Memorial Day, it always feels a little premature for the starting gun, as it’s followed by a few slow weeks where the Island can be heard catching its collective breath. The beaches get quiet, businesses still close a few days a week, the ocean temp rises and falls, and on any given weeknight, the Boulevard can feel as empty as a sleepy October evening.

Then the first quiet weeks of early June make Memorial Day feel like warm-up sprints – vigorous but short lived.