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Peter Kriss

Peter Kriss

Fire Island Pines community member and hospitality professional who, with husband Nate Pinsley, discovered the historic Pine Walk Collection of DJ cassette tapes and managed The Botel.

Jul 30, 2026

Finding Fire Island

Finding Fire Island

Behind The Pine Walk Collection & Running The Hotel (w/ Nate Pinsley & Peter Kriss)

Jul 30 · 37m

Jess Rothschild
Jess RothschildHOST
13:47
Talk to me about discovering the DJ tapes in your house.
Peter Kriss
Peter KrissGUEST
13:52
Well, so that is when we decided to return to Fire Island.
Peter Kriss
Peter KrissGUEST
13:57
And a little bit of trickery on the behest of Bob Howard, because we were out there staying with him.
Peter Kriss
Peter KrissGUEST
14:03
And he was like, hey, you want to go see a house? And it's like, sure.
Peter Kriss
Peter KrissGUEST
14:06
We love seeing houses, especially if we've never seen them before.
Peter Kriss
Peter KrissGUEST
14:08
And he walked us into this little... three bedroom, 816 square foot bungalow that was totally hidden by bamboo on Pine and the Boulevard, like right in the middle of everything.
Peter Kriss
Peter KrissGUEST
14:19
And it was a house no one had ever seen in a while because it was hidden.

9 MINS LATER

Jess Rothschild
Jess RothschildHOST
23:23
What were some of the highlights of that? Or the stories you heard, people you met?

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