It's All About Lola

This is all about Lola. She is one tough passionate woman who loves Montauk’s intrinsic beauty and feels a responsibility to be a protectorate of it. However it is now Montauk that is protecting Lola Snow as she wages a battle against stage 4 cancer on her terms.

Lola, who also owns Lola’s Tattoo’s in Montauk, is of strong in your face New Jersey stock as is her daughter Kim Esperian. Together they have acted as the gatekeepers of Montauk, policing beaches and voicing opposition to all things harmful to Montauk.

Lola was very proud of the way her daughter Kim “strived” to make the Gurney’s Beach Bakery a loved brand on the east end. When the new Gurney’s management killed and destroyed the brand, Kim was cast away after giving most of her adult life to the brand in the form of taking orders, driving the delivery trucks, promoting the product and always keeping the morale high. She was lost after being dismissed, but now she has a more important job, taking care of her mom.

As Lola wages her winner take all battle with cancer, Kim is right by her side fighting it too. I am proud to know these two women. When I was writing stories for the now defunct Montauk Pioneer/Dan’s Papers and living alone in Ditch Plains they kept a watchful eye on me. Case in point, at 2 am one summer night my VW had a blowout on the Nepeaque stretch of 27E. While fixing the flat my car jack broke. The town police assisted in getting me road service and changed the tire. The next day there was a knock on my door. It was Lola and her partner Joel. They had located a VW useable car jack and presented it to me, 14 hours after the one I had broke. I am not sure how they even knew.

Now I write this short verbiage to help jack up Lola’s spirits and commitment to give her all to the preservation of her soul, tempered so brilliantly in Montauk. Her always-soulful wise words and counsel have nurtured a whole community in Montauk as their love also fuels this fight.

Lastly I want to again say, Thank You, to Lola who I know will read this. It is the beauty of writing a tribute like this. I get to very publicly thank Lola for being a special person in my life. She even gave me a thumbs up when I first introduced her to Cindi 7 years ago. Now Cindi is my wife.

Yes this short piece was “all about Lola.”