{"id":95447,"date":"2026-09-07T01:48:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=95447"},"modified":"2026-09-07T02:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:08:10","slug":"to-tryst-or-not-to-tryst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2026\/09\/07\/to-tryst-or-not-to-tryst\/","title":{"rendered":"To Tryst Or Not To Tryst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got an intriguing <strong><em>Ask Billy<\/em><\/strong> question from <strong>George <\/strong>in NYC: \u201c<em>I read your story about what is happening at <\/em><strong>The Crown &amp; Anchor<\/strong><em>.&nbsp; Did you know the same thing is happening on <\/em><em>Fire Island<\/em><em>?&nbsp; Is this all a <\/em>Ponzi <em>scheme?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I assume George is referring to our report that <strong>Tristan Schukraft<\/strong>, self-proclaimed billionaire and proprietor of <em>The Crown &amp; Anchor <\/em>in Provincetown opted to not open the hotel rooms for his first season.&nbsp; He claimed they needed to be renovated.&nbsp; I wondered if that was a task best tackled off season.&nbsp; There are similar concerns over one of his Fire Island investments.&nbsp; Back in 2024, Tristan acquired a number of properties in the <em>Pines Commercial District <\/em>which include <strong><em>The Blue Whale<\/em><\/strong>, the <strong><em>Pavilion<\/em><\/strong>, the <strong><em>Canteen<\/em><\/strong>, and a shuttered hotel.&nbsp; He announced that this will be called <strong><em>The Tryst Fire Island<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; While the businesses were operating this season, the hotel was not.&nbsp; I\u2019m told it is an eyesore and people constantly whisper, \u201cI thought this was supposed to be done by now.\u201d&nbsp; Tristan issued a statement: \u201cDevelopment of The Tryst Fire Island hotel continues to move forward as we work through the permitting process with the Town of Brookhaven.&nbsp; In the meantime, guests can expect ongoing upgrades across the Waterfront this season, including enhancements like a new awning at The Blue Whale and refreshed bathrooms throughout the property.\u201d&nbsp; A new awning?&nbsp; Some WCs?&nbsp; My, my, my \u2013 what a busy weekend he must have had!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><br \/>\nWhen Tristan is drawn to fixer-uppers when it comes to properties and boyfriends, it\u2019s definitely time to end yet another column.&nbsp; Talk about having a lot of balls in the air!&nbsp; I just discovered this column has some symmetry \u2013 both Marilyn Maye and Tuc Watkins are from Kansas City.&nbsp; You can find more fun facts on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/\">BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 the site that always fills in those pesky gaps.&nbsp; If you have a question, send it along to <strong><a href=\"mailto:Billy@BillyMasters.com\">Billy@BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> and I promise to get back to you before <strong>Harry Hamlin <\/strong>plays <strong>Abraham Lincoln <\/strong>to Rinna\u2019s Mary Todd (even I\u2019d buy a ticket to that)!&nbsp; So, until next time, remember, one man\u2019s filth is another man\u2019s bible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got an intriguing Ask Billy question from George in NYC: \u201cI read your story about what is happening at The Crown &amp; Anchor.&nbsp; Did you know the same thing is happening on Fire Island?&nbsp; Is this all a Ponzi scheme?\u201d I assume George is referring to our report that Tristan Schukraft, self-proclaimed billionaire and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95449,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95447\/revisions\/95449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}