AVENUE on the Beach June, 2013

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SOUTH FORK FORK’S NEWEST SWAN

Shoshanna Gruss gives a peek into her charming life in East Hampton

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letter from the editor

Dear Readers, summer is finally here, and for the first time, AVENUE is going to the beach. like you, we’ll be there for the next three months, soaking up the rays and bringing you the best and most interesting insider coverage of life in the hamptons. We have so much to share with you. our June issue is dedicated to style—both in terms of what you wear at the beach and the amazing interiors and exteriors in the hamptons.

We have brought on a new hamptons editor, cindi cook, who has an impressive résumé including stints at Hamptons Magazine and Hamptons Style. cindi has been going to the east end for years and she brings her discerning and expert eye to our little black book—a fantastic resource for anyone out in the hamptons. (oh, by the way, as we’d hate for you to have to rush back into the city for anything, our beach beauty products and objects of desire pages are all locally-sourced). cindi also interviews jewelry designer ippolita rostagno in her wellappointed and sculpture-filled house in the springs. our cover girl, fashion designer shoshanna lonstein Gruss, is the embodiment of laid-back glamour. if Truman capote were alive and writing today, i have no doubt that shoshanna would have been one of his famous society “swans.”

Thinking along that theme, we used slim aaron’s pictures of Babe Paley as our inspiration for the shoot with shoshanna. The magnificent pictures, by carlos ruiz, were taken in the norman Jaffe beach house she shares with her husband Josh Gruss in east hampton. speaking of Truman capote, michael Gross, our indefatigable real estate editor, has written his column about capote’s sagaponack getaway and the secret story behind its construction. While capote was unparalleled in his dedication to accuracy when he depicted american society, he was a little freer with some of the truths in his own life. read michael’s column, it’s a good one. i’m taking a break from cocktails this month (time to get into bikini shape for the beach); instead i’m delighted to have William norwich reminisce about the first time he went to the hamptons, how and why he fell in love with life out there and how, in spite of everything, his love endures. school’s out, grab your towel and head to the beach. i’ll see you there!

AVENUE is going to the beach.

Like you, we’ll be there for the next three months, soaking up the rays and bringing you the best and most interesting insider coverage of life in the Hamptons.

Daisy Prince

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letter from the president

Dear Readers, I am SO PLEaSEd to welcome you to the inaugural issue of AVENUE on the Beach. What has felt like endless planning and anticipation from all of us here at aVENUE finally comes to fruition in this issue, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to share the final product with you. as the longest-running society magazine in New York City, AVENUE has always covered the news, events and the heart of New York’s social elite.

With our deep understanding and knowledge of this world, it is only natural that we should join our readers as they escape to their summer Hamptons havens. AVENUE on the Beach will reflect the relaxed summer lifestyle of our readers as they head out east to play and enjoy family time.

Both readers and advertising clients have met the news of our new venture with enthusiasm. We speak to a very influential audience and gaining access to this group in their summer dominions is beneficial for all.

Our new venture brings exciting business opportunities, while also delivering a look behind the hedges, into the social set’s summer styles, activities and houses.

On the topic of houses, be sure to check out our Hamptons Real Estate Round Table. We invited our friends from Corcoran, Brown Harris Stevens, douglas Elliman, Halstead, Town & Country, Sotheby’s and Saunders to weigh in on the state of East End real estate. These insiders have a true understanding of not only the Hamptons market (which they happily reported to be on the incline) but about the ever-evolving and individual personalities of each town.

Just like our readers, I relish beach time in the Hamptons—I find it to be both a tranquil place to unwind and recharge and, of course, enjoy the must-not-miss social season. I spend my time hopping between friends and family, barbeques, visiting my favorite farm stands, perusing estate sales and just enjoying the fresh air.

Remember, this is just the first of three issues of AVENUE on the Beach this summer. So, do make sure to follow along on our first year at the beach with our July arts issue and august family and the next generation issue.

Issues will be available throughout the Hamptons and in the city as always.

Happy memorial day and hope to see you on the beach!

AVENUE on the Beach will reflect the relaxed summer lifestyle of our readers as they head out east to play and enjoy family time.

Cheers,

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SOCIAL BUTTERFLY

The ultimate Hamptons social schedule for the most anticipated events and parties all summer long.

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HAMPTONS Little BLACK BOOK

An insider’s guide to style, restaurant hot spots and the key names and numbers to keep your home sparkling from the inside out.

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SHOSHANNA SHINES

The glamorous fashion designer Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss takes us inside the Norman Jaffe home she shares with her husband Josh.

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ippolita

A look inside the jewelry designer’s serene Hamptons oasis.

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Gruss wears an ivory and black pointelle stripe Daniela sweater and a floral Brandis tab waist pant both by her own line, Shoshanna, available at shoshanna.com.

Gruss wears her own jewelry, sunglasses and vintage hat. Styled by Chiara de Rege, photographed by Carlos Ruiz, hair by Angelo David Pisacreta for Angelo David Salon and makeup by Julie Tussey for Angelo David Salon | Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.

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(clockwise from top) Flowerlace necklace in white gold and diamonds; two butterfly between the finger ring in white gold and stone combination; Frivole clip in white gold and diamonds all by Van Cleef & Arpels. Framed photos from Ippolita Rostagno’s Hamptons house.

Shoshanna Gruss in Daniela sweater and Brandis tab waist pant both by Shoshanna.

Accessories all her own personal pieces.

GEMS GONE WILD

The world’s finest jewelry—diamonds, rubies and sapphires—in their natural states.

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BEHIND THE HEDGES

A conversation with Fred Stelle, the über architect of the East End.

by haley friedlich

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REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE

Meet the most distinguished players in Hamptons real estate.

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Jay McInerney East End luminary and acclaimed writer Jay McInerney headlines our Hamptons arts issue. In his signature short story style, McInerney writes this history of the Writers and Artists Annual Softball Game which is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year.

Josephine Meckseper Just in time for her debut at the new Parrish Museum in Water Mill, NY, renowned German artist Josephine Meckseper opens up about the inspiration behind her sculptural works—four powerful installations found throughout the museum’s newly relocated exhibition space.

65th Artist and Writers Annual Softball Game An oral history of the much-loved tradition held each year in East Hampton since the late 1940s. Ken Auletta, George Plimpton, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline have all been regular players. As the event approaches on August 17th, we will take a look back at those who have played in the game over the years and what it means to the creative communities involved.

Hamptons A-List A who’s who out on the beach this year. Our annual list of the most influential people in the Hamptons. Find out which faces to look out for while shopping on Main Street in Southampton, who will be throwing the best parties in Water Mill and which power players you might bump into at the East Hampton Soul Cycle.

Swim, Sand and Sun The ultimate summer swimsuit and fashion story.

Everything about it will make you wish you were at the beach or out on the water soaking up the rays.

PLUS: The best parties of the month, a special Hamptons Unreal Estate edition from Michael Gross and more.

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CHRONICLES

Central Park’s annual hat luncheon, silver screenings and more.

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objects of desire

Your ultimate must-haves for the summer months.

by casey brooks

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BRONZE BEAUTY

Get ready for summer nights and beachside days with these beauty must-haves.

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HAMPTONS FLASHBACK

Reflections on my summers in the Hamptons.

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unreal estate

Inside Truman Capote’s summer getaway.

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Postcards from . . .

Haute Hippie founder, Trish Wescoat Pound, take us away to Cabo.

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Social Safari

Happenings in Manhattan and the South Fork draw out high society.

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World According To . . .

Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer lets us into his Sag Harbor world.

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The best parties from the past month: Gatsby, the Met ball, dinner dances and more.

From auctions to exhibits, here’s a look at what’s on view this month—in Manhattan and out East.

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FOOL’S FÊTE New Yorkers For Children’s Spring Dinner Dance heats up Manhattan

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ALL FOR THE ARTS

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The New Museum Spring Gala honors artist Christian Marclay

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mixed crowd of Upper East Siders and downtown denizens descended upon Cipriani Wall Street for an evening celebrating the arts. The sold-out event raised $1.6 million and attracted myriad industry power players, including Casey Fremont, George Condo, Annie Leibovitz and Anh Duong. Over a dinner of Wagyu beef and potatoes, Samantha Boardman Rosen, Fabiola Beracasa and Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld looked on as the honoree, Marclay, received his award for achievements in audio and visual arts.

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The Society of MSKCC and Harry Winston host the Sixth Annual Spring Ball

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ith spring’s party circuit in full swing, notable New Yorkers made their way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in support of Memorial Sloan-Kettering. The candle-filled front stairwell was aglow as Julia and David Koch made the rounds, saying hello to Arie and Coco Kopelman. Just as the crowd began to swell, guests, including Karen LeFrak and Tara Rockefeller, relocated to the Temple of Dendur for dinner and a performance by Diana Krall.

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GATSBY FEVER A frenzy of fêtes fit for Fitzgerald

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Tony Marx, David Remnick and Anna Wintour played host to a private lunch at The New York Public Library with a panel discussion from Gatsby’s cast. It was preceded by the premiere, where Jay-Z brushed shoulders with Leonardo DiCaprio. The week-long whirlwind closed with Peggy Siegal’s private screening and afterparty, hosted

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Spring in Full Swing The season peaked with a flurry of fantastic events

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pring’s virtues—light, new life and energy—are in inverse proportion to what the season does to us. I am weary and faded already, and the onslaught is just beginning to pop, along with those damn cheery daffodils. Of course, spring is the season of luncheons, too. Breakfast is the only simple, solitary, unfettered meal, but you don’t want to hear about that.

My grumbling is, of course, fairly disingenuous. I was only too happy to miss television’s The Voice to attend The Hollywood Reporter’s fête for the 35 most important people in media. No, I was not on that list, but I did share a boss with Janice Min, HR’s editorial director, and we compared notes.

Barbara Walters swanned in, looking nothing like the retiree she will be next year. Nicole Miller and I shared Berkshire notes with Hal Rubenstein and Marina Abramović (all dwellers, we). Ric Ocasek told me that in 25 years in New York, he’d never been to the Four Seasons (oh, those downtown rock stars), and I showed him the undulating metal window hangings that weren’t designed to, but actually have soothed and charmed us all for decades. Ric’s wife, the legendary model Paulina Porizkova, was still, at almost 50, the prettiest girl in the room. And then there were so many others: Harvey and Anna, Liza, Arianna, Kelly and Michael (and those with less iconic first names—Bill O’Reilly, George Stephanopoulos) that when I squeezed by to exit and saw Katie Couric arriving, I warned her, “You are too popular; it is a crush!” whereupon she smiled through gritted teeth, replied “twenty minutes” and forged ahead.

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Happily, before the dreaded place-card parties locked me in for the season, I got to spend several evenings doing my favorite thing: going to screenings and ogling the talent at the after-parties.

Andrew Saffir’s Cinema Society served up the best one. Fox Searchlight brought us Trance—a smart, sexy, confounding movie that stars Rosario Dawson, who received raves, and her new beau, the director Danny Boyle. Perhaps her very naked scenes accelerated that association. “My father and brother sat on either side of me at the premiere,” she told me. “Did they squirm?” I wondered aloud. “No, but I feel like I got them back for any childhood torture,” she asserted. She has four more movies coming out this year—the girl to watch. Even when she’s clothed.

Her co-star Vincent Cassel (how much did we love him in Black Swan and Eastern Promises?) sexily slunk around the event. Tony Danza and his BFF, Peter Cocotte (rumored to be Katie Holmes’ new beau, and I wouldn’t blame her) told us about their new musicals; and Paul Haggis told me that Trance was the best new movie he had seen so far this year. He should know (Crash and Million Dollar Baby are among his many great screenplays).

I probably wouldn’t have gone to see Pain and Gain, but when Marky Mark (Wahlberg) makes an appearance, so do I. The screening fell on the day of the Boston massacre, and many wondered if he would still show. In fact, that tragedy only fueled his appearance: “I wasn’t going to come, then I thought ‘#@%$ that! I’m not going to let that stop me!’” he said, adding: “We should send our thoughts and prayers to Boston.” Sadly, The Rock (Wahlberg’s co-star) couldn’t be there. “He’s

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He was making a reference to the movie plot, a true story that he described as “unbelievably brutal and strange,” adding that its reality was worse than what’s onscreen. See it and imagine how that could be possible. We had a quieter after-party than usual, but how wonderful it is, in retrospect, to celebrate the fact that two of our friends there, Billy Magnussen and Charl Brown, would, these few weeks later, receive Tony nominations for Motown and Vanya, Masha, Sonya & Spike, respectively. Reasons to celebrate and to be grateful that we can.

No other event so perfectly captures spring in New York as the Central Park Conservancy’s Frederick Law Olmstead Awards Luncheon, better known as “the hat lunch”—the 31st annual this year.

Chairs Betsy Pitts, Kamie Lightburn (sporting a robin’s egg nest hat so accurate, I’m sure it confused our feathered friends overhead), Lise Evans and Cathy Ingram welcomed 1,200 of their friends to the gardens and enormous white tent in the park. Imagine that many women, bursting with enthusiasm, commentary and delight. Mayor Bloomberg, in trying to get their attention from the podium a few 32 | AVENUE ON THE BEACH • JUNE 2013

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years ago, said, “I feel like I’m in high school again and I can’t get the girls to pay attention to me.” I’ll miss that guy. Jenny and John Paulson, the honorees, did get our attention. They donated $100 million dollars to the park, and specified that no plaque, statue or monument would announce that. It’s just for the park—everywhere.

My kind of philanthropy. And the lunch was totally underwritten by the board and committee so that the entire $3.3 million goes back to the park. The sun shone down on all this beneficence and on the crowd, which included Martha Stewart (alas, alone), ex-board president Gillian Miniter (glam in her Eric Javits hat—who else?), current president Anne Harrison, Cynthia Lufkin (chic as all get out in a custom Eric), Allison Rockefeller (magical in periwinkle blue), park docent Carole McDermott in a birdhouse hat, Hilary Geary, Robert Verdi in a glittered top hat, Lizzie Tisch in a serpentine topper, Lila Rose in a Dali-esque creation, Princess Alexandra of Greece, Margo Nederlander (who said she was wearing a Yankees cap next year—cool when you own a hunk of them), Ranjana Khan with feathers on top and hot pants below, and another thousand, just as fab. ✦

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hen AVENUE on the Beach asked me if there was a particular time that I realized how much I love the Hamptons, I had to think. Memories like beach seagulls took flight.

It wasn’t one thing.

Rather it was, and still is, really, a chain of people, places and parties.

It’s the summer and then the stillness of Tumbleweed Tuesdays, the day after Labor Day when the hot air goes home and the balloon falls to earth. It’s holiday lights and hibernating through winter, then spring chirpings and tiara boom! It’s that madcap season again when good privet makes good neighbors.

My love for the East End of Long Island—because my attachment also includes certain sunny spots in Mastic Shirley, Bellport, Quogue and East Quogue, not to mention the Starbucks in Manorville—is as much a romance at first sight as it is a love I learned. And I am still learning: this continuing, sentimental education of mine. Of course I’ve had some brilliant teachers here.

My first visit, at age 16, was to see a friend, Jamie Beck, at her family’s house on the beach in Westhampton. Jamie and I had bonded earlier that summer when we attended Choate’s Summer Program in England. It was an incredible summer to be in England. We experienced Ascot, Wimbledon, the Royal Henley Regatta, taking classes by day. If we weren’t off to see Laurence Olivier perform The Merchant of Venice, we were headed to the opera at Glyndebourne, or to hear the musical group Pentangle at the Royal Albert Hall. On my birthday that July, the program’s director found me the last seat, for 99 pence, in the ethers of Convent Garden to see the Royal Ballet. Margot Fonteyn danced Raymonda. Next, Antoinette Sibley danced Mahler’s The Song of the Earth, and in between, spying an empty seat in a first balcony box, I snuck in just as the curtain rose. “That’s not your seat, is it?” the woman next to me asked, but kindly. I remember explaining how much I wanted to see the ballet, how it was my birthday and how happy I was to find the last ticket left in London. “Well, I hope you enjoy it,” she said. “The seat is empty. My husband couldn’t come with me tonight.” I hadn’t noticed when I wormed my way to her side that the woman was Nancy Reagan.

But, never mind. Have you ever seen Song of the Earth danced?

Teardrops will fall. The night at the ballet concluded with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing an excerpt from Swan Lake.

Sorry, I digress. Lost in the blessings of summers past. That Sweet

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16 visit at Westhampton was the first time I ever slept in a house on the Atlantic Ocean. It was like living theater, lying in bed and gazing at the stars in the night sky through the windows and hearing big waves, real waves! Growing up in southeastern Connecticut, we had a beach but it was Long Island Sound—flat water. For this inland earthling, encountering the ocean was like landing on Venus.

Two summers later, my friend Serena Van Ingen, married the year before to the actor Breckinridge Costin, brought me along when she visited her best friend, Scarlett Leas, now Scarlett Robertson, a CLSW practicing in Manhattan. Scarlett’s mother, Fernanda Wanamaker Leas, lived at Westerly, one of the great houses in Southampton (now owned by Tory Burch).

Summer houses, generally speaking, weren’t centrally air-conditioned then; maybe there was something chilling in the bedrooms, but people wanted the windows open, and the curative effects of the sea breezes. And it was okay if something indoors got weathered and if the sea air aged furniture, chintz and even people.

The windows and French doors at Westerly were wide open. Mrs. Leas, the great-granddaughter of John Wanamaker, the philanthropist and founder of the Wanamaker department stores, had six children ranging in age then from their early teens to their early 20s. Westerly was very lively, and also liveried. I remember dinner for the family and their houseguests, with 15 or maybe 20 people seated at the long

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Gentlemen in black trousers and white jackets passed fried chicken on a silver tray.

Mrs. Leas wasn’t having dinner with “the young” that night; she was going out. But before she left, we had a drink on the terrace by her pool. Mrs. Leas wore a long body-hugging, orange-red evening dress with a crisscross bodice. It was the height of “cool,” so glamorous that the photographer Francesco Scavullo could have popped around the privet any minute for a great picture.

It’s hard to imagine now, but it was once rather startling to ask a lady whom she was wearing, yet that’s what I did.

Mrs. Leas wasn’t offended. The dress, she said, was designed by Giorgio di Sant’Angelo. Did I know the name? Of course I did.

I’d seen his clothes in Vogue! Serena laughed, and shook her head. Clearly, I wasn’t the houseguest this weekend to go to for the latest sports news.

Everything good that happened to me back then I credit to Serena. My father had died several years before, and then my mother died several weeks later that fall. Serena introduced me to other new friends, like the sisters Pamela and Frances Murdock, and Pamela introduced me to the artist Dora Frost, whose parents, Winston and Mardie Frost, basically gave me the key to their Southampton guest room. I was the luckiest young man.

I wish that everyone who ever has had or will have a house in the Hamptons could have known the Frosts’ place. Diana Vreeland famously said that the secret of life is to arrange to be born in Paris. And indeed Mrs. Frost was born in Paris, in 1913.

Margaret Lawrence Cochran Frost possessed great beauty, wit and artistic talent. In the early 1960s, the Frosts built a house on the Heady Creek side of Meadow Lane in Southampton. The decorator Billy Baldwin once told me that it was his favorite house in Southampton, and he hadn’t even helped with the decorating. The structure had three bedrooms, one imposing central living room with open kitchen, and a surrounding deck and small dock. There were herons in the grasses along the water’s edge. You saw members of the Shinnecock tribe fishing from canoes. When the tide was high, you felt like you were afloat in a serene Zen teahouse. The living room had huge, framed Audobon birds and a cathedral ceiling. There was also wicker, Harry Hinson’s blue and white cotton “splatter” for pillows—“accents” as they say nowadays in the decorating magazines—-and a wise old, teal-blue chaise on which Mr. Frost regularly reclined.

Many years later, when the Frosts moved year-round from the City to Southampton, they sold “August Moon” for a house in the village. The tycoon and his young wife who bought the place very decidedly brought it into the gilded 1980s, adding wings, garages and a guesthouse or two. I understand they did such a complete job upgrading the property that they managed to obscure the ocean breezes. A hint foretold, I suppose, of today’s McMansions and driveways filled with cars which, with their blackened windows and overall enormity, more resemble tanks than automobiles.

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Answered Lair For $15 million, Ross Bleckner will part ways with what was once Truman Capote’s bolthole

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t isn’t news that Truman Capote was a fabulist, as his barelythere novel Answered Prayers demonstrated. So the fact that Capote (falsely) claimed authorship of his longtime Sagaponack beach house shouldn’t be a surprise. He had it built to his specifications in 1962, he once told Architectural Digest, “by a local carpenter who’s dead now. He did it to my directions.”

In the years since Capote’s claim, it has passed into real estate lore. But the truth about the house—which its current owner, the painter Ross Bleckner, is selling for $15 million—beats Capote’s fabrication.

The Capote-Bleckner compound, half a block from the Atlantic Ocean, at 683 Daniels Lane, is an idyllic L-shaped, four-acre lot holding four buildings, including the modern saltbox Capote claimed as his own design. According to a 1992 article in the New York Times, Capote bought the compound in 1961. The legend continues that he moved in shortly after the release of the film version of his novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which was made in 1960 and came out the following fall. But deeds filed with Suffolk County reveal that it was three years later, in September 1964, that Capote bought his first two lots. He didn’t add the third until January 1967. All three came with houses.

Capote bought the middle of his three lots first, for $30,000; on it was the home he later claimed as his own, owned by Walter and Doris Dessauer, and designed by the latter. Walter, who came to New York from Germany in 1929, was the co-founder of a women’s clothing company, but during World War II, he quit fashion to join forces with his wife, who ran an East Side antiques and decorating business. The couple traveled to Europe regularly and brought back finds that, in a second career, Walter would reproduce and sell.

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house in 1959 for a grand total of $10,000. Its unfinished knotty pine walls, fireplace surrounded by white-washed brick and blue floor were all dictated by Doris.

“She designed and decorated the whole thing,” before Daniels Lane had even been named, says her son John, a retired homebuilder in Santa Fe. The house was featured in a two-page spread in House & Garden in June 1963. “They were the only ones on the street,” John says. “It was adjacent to potato fields, but it was kind of swampy. I loved growing up there. If you were a sensitive kid, you could just wander around and think about things.”

Capote bought his second, adjacent lot, which became his guest house, nearer to the future Daniels Lane, a few weeks later from Berthold Zoffer, an anesthesiologist who lived on East End Avenue. The man who sold him his third lot and house was, in his own domain, a legend like Capote. George H. Nelson, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, was a renowned industrial designer. A modernist innovator, he invented the modular Storagewall system; designed furniture, clocks and lamps for Herman Miller Co.; came up with the first pedestrian shopping mall; and created the American National Exhibition in Moscow in 1959, where Richard Nixon and Nikita Khruschev engaged in their epochal kitchen debate. Nelson was also a co-founder and editor of Architectural Forum magazine. Before his death in 1986, he was named scholar in residence at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Design (now the Cooper-Hewitt), where he campaigned against sterile offices and the “technological barbarians” who created them.

In 1969, Capote gave the Zoffer plot to his partner, the novelist and playwright Jack Dunphy. The duo shared the property until Capote’s death in 1984, when Dunphy inherited the rest of it. On Dunphy’s death

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unreal estate in 1992, it was left to the Nature Conservancy with the thought that the conservationist organization would sell it and use the proceeds to buy endangered undeveloped land. The following year, Bleckner bought the compound for $800,000 (well under the $1.25 million asking price), funding the purchase of twenty acres in the Long Pond Greenbelt south of Sag Harbor, where a granite marker honors Capote and Dunphy, whose ashes were sprinkled into the water of Crooked Pond, forever unobstructed thanks to the duo.

Bleckner had rented a studio near Capote’s home for years.

“It was actually very funky, low-key and undeveloped around here then,” he says. “Oy! How things change. I’d walk past the house. It was vacant, unkempt and overgrown. I liked that.

It was the un-Hampton.”

Told by a broker that it had been Capote’s, he grew intrigued and bought it. Then, he had lunch with Lee Radziwill, a former

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“IT wAs vAcAnT, unkempT And overgrown. I lIked ThAT. IT wAs The un-hAmpTon. oy! how ThIngs chAnge.” friend of Capote’s, who announced she would never visit. “She remembered that blue floor,” he says—and hated it. “I got rid of all that,” renovated the entire property, insulated, heated and enlarged all the buildings, added the pool and built a studio where George Nelson’s house had once stood.”

The problem was, others were doing the same, all around him, and by 2008, the neighborhood had changed so much, Bleckner says, “I had to come back to the city for peace and quiet. I used to hear the ocean. Now, I hear weed whackers and tennis balls. Who knew Sagaponack would become the destination of desire for hedge-funders.” So in 2008, Bleckner listed it for $14.6 million, but took it off the market after a fire.

Following another renovation, including the installation of radiant geo-thermal heating, it came back on the market late last year (in a listing shared by Corcoran and Sotheby’s).

Bleckner hopes to relocate to the Springs—the one-time artists’ colony—a few miles, but worlds away, from the weed whackers. Capote’s description of his house as “a place to be alone” may no longer apply, but its next owner will have the compensation of some impressive ghosts and some very wealthy neighbors. ✦ The dining room

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JUNE 15: The 13th Annual Midsummer Night Drinks to benefit God’s Love We Deliver, at Villa Maria, Water Mill.

Email development@gldw.org. www.gldw.org

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JUNE 15: Artists and Writers: They Played in the Game Exhibition — Opening Reception, The Museum at Guild Hall. www.guildhall.org

JUNE 22: 18th Annual Artists against Abuse Gala, to benefit the Retreat. Ross Lower School, 739 Butter Lane, Bridgehampton. www.theretreatinc.org

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Get Wild to benefit the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons, at the home of Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, Southampton.

Email Linda Shapiro, lbspro@optonline.net

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JUNE 29: 17th Annual Heart of the Hamptons Ball, the annual summer gala for the American Heart Association, The Hayground School, Bridgehampton. Email Barbara Poliwoda, Barbara.Poliwoda@heart.org www.heart.org/heartofthehamptonsball2013.

JULY 5: 26th Annual American Picnic to benefit Southampton Fresh Air Home, with fireworks

by Grucci, 1030 Meadow Lane, Southampton. www.sfah.org

JULY 12: GrillHampton, Sister event to Dan’s Taste of Two Forks, Sayre Park, 156 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton. www.danstasteoftwoforks.com

JULY 13: Third Annual Dan’s Taste of Two Forks, Sayre Park, Bridgehampton. www.danstasteoftwoforks.com The Parrish Museum Midsummer Party, at the new Herzog & de Meuron Building, Water Mill.

Email, benefitevents@parrishart.org Empire State Pride Agenda Tea Dance at Art Hamptons, at the Ark Project, 50 Millstone Road, Water Mill. www.prideagenda.org 54 | AVENUE ON THE BEACH • JUNE 2013

JULY 20: Long House Reserve Annual Summer Gala: White Night, honoring Richard Meier, Lisa de Kooning and Ai Weiwei, 133 Hands Creek Road, East Hampton. Email info@longhouse.org

The Hamptons Designer Showhouse Gala Preview Cocktail Party, 990 Brick Kiln Road, Bridgehampton, to benefit Southampton Hospital. www.hamptondesignershowhouse.com

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AUGUST 9: Guild Hall summer gala, celebrating Chuck Close, East Hampton.

Email ckaller@guildhall.org

9 AUGUST 3: The 55th Annual Southampton Hospital Summer Gala: Magical Madrid on the former grounds of the Elks Club, County Road 39A, Southampton. Email Kathy Lucas, klucas@ southamptonhospital.org

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August 17: Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Bow Wow Meow Ball, ARF Adoption Center, 90 Daniels Hole Road, Wainscott. www.arfhamptons.org 65th Annual Artists and Writers Softball Game, Herrick Park, Newtown Lane, East Hampton, to benefit the Retreat, East End Hospice, East End Daycare and Phoenix House. 631.537.0500

AUGUST 25 — SEPTEMBER 1: The Hampton Classic Horse Show, 240 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton.

Shanette Barth Cohen at 631.537.3177, www.hamptonclassic.com

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Chefs & Champagne New York, Wolffer Estate Vineyard, Sagaponack. www.jamesbeard.org Fifth Annual Children’s Museum of the East End summer family fair, 376 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton. Email Lara Sweeney, Lara@cmee.org

JULY 27: 20th Annual Watermill Center summer benefit: Devil’s Heaven, 39 Watermill Towd Road, Water Mill.

Email Pinki Patel, benefit@watermillcenter.org Super Saturday 16, Nova’s Ark Project in Water Mill, to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. www.ocrf.org JUNE 2013 • AVENUE ON THE BEACH | 55

HAMPTONS

BLACK BOOK ( LITTLE )

The only guide you need for enjoying every aspect of Hamptons life

by Cindi Cook

East Hampton

Montauk

1770 House: Contemporary American cooking upstairs and a more relaxed pub atmosphere downstairs. You will immediately be charmed by this restaurant inside a colonial house and its quaint outdoor patio. 143 Main Street, 631.324.1770, www.1770house.com

The Backyard at Solé East: Another star in the Montauk constellation has risen. This sophisticated spot adjoins Solé East, the chic resort in the center of town. Sip a Caiprinha poolside at the Bossa Nova brunch and let the weekend begin. 90 Second House Road, 631.668.2105, www.soleeast.com/restaurant

Babette’s: Stop by for lunch, brunch or dinner in a relaxed but upscale atmosphere.

Healthy Hamptons fare is served by a friendly staff and don’t skip out on the fresh juice-based cocktails—it is summer after all.

Closed on Wednesdays. 66 Newtown Lane, 631.329.5377, www.babettesrestaurant.com

Harvest on Fort Pond: Settle into a gorgeous garden on the waterfront to enjoy a fresh, muddled cocktail—served in a mason jar—and a couple of delicious TuscanMediterranean plates. 11 South Emery Street, 631.668.5574, www.harvestfortpond.com

CittaNuova: The Euro feel, small plates and carafes of wine served in stout glasses will have you frequenting this hotspot again and again. 29 Newtown Lane, 631.324.6300, www.cittanuova.com

DINING Amagansett Clam Bar at Napeague: It doesn’t get any better—classic steamers, clams, shrimp cocktail and lobster rolls are the fare that keeps them coming back season after season. 2025 Montauk Highway, 631.267.6348, www.clambaronline.com Bridgehampton Pierre’s: Solid French food, great wine and a convivial atmosphere form a nearperfect dining experience. 2468 Main Street, 631.537.5110, www.pierresbridgehampton.com The Restaurant at Topping Rose House: At this new hot spot, expect to get a reservation next summer—bookings are currently three months out. Tom Colicchio, star of kitchen and screen, runs the restored grand home, now a modern luxury spa and inn located right on Bridgehampton’s main drag. 1 Bridgehampton - Sag Harbor Turnpike, 631.537.0870, www.toppingrosehouse.com 56 | AVENUE ON THE BEACH • JUNE 2013

East Hampton Grill: Fantastic new and traditional American food—from stellar salads to fresh caught fish—with a fun vibe and chic crowd. The dark, woody décor lends something different to the beach-dining scene. 99 North Main Street, 631.329.6666, www.easthamptongrill.com The Living Room at c/o the Maidstone: With a wine cellar that beats all, afternoon tea and one of the coziest locales around, the Living Room lives up to its name. Take a drink in the Buddha garden while you peruse the menu filled with fresh local produce and organic foods at this self-professed New York slow food restaurant. 207 Main Street, 631.324.5006, info@themaidstone.com Nick & Toni’s: At this power center of Hamptons dining, everyone’s a VIP. Regulars love Nick & Toni’s meats, cooked in a woodburning oven, and the appetizer of crispy fried zucchini chips. 136 North Main Street, 631.324.3550, www.nickandtonis.com The Palm: Characteristic hearty portions go down simply when served at the charming Huntting Inn. 94 Main Street, 631.324.0411, www.thepalm.com/East-Hampton

Byron at The Surf Lodge: Montauk’s hip hangout brought the end of the South Fork back to life. Take in the ocean view over a crisp glass of summer rosé. You’ll be glad you did. 183 Edgemere Street, 631.483.5037, www.thesurflodge.com Sag Harbor The Beacon: Christie Brinkley is a regular and you will be too. The Beacon serves up some of the best food on the East End, with delicious fresh fish and a stellar wine list.

8 West Water Street, 631.725.7088, www.beaconsagharbor.com Dockside Bar & Grill: It’s just as the name implies. Seafood served in an unpretentious atmosphere and alfresco dining with marina views. 26 Bay Street, 631.725.7100, www.docksidesagharbor.com Estia’s Little Kitchen: Mouthwatering garden-to-table—grown in their own backyard—dining at its best in this little gem.

1615 Bridgehampton - Sag Harbor Turnpike, 631.725.1045, www.estiaslittlekitchen.com Madison and Main: New American seafood is on the menu here, the latest player to dive into the culinary competition in this harbor town. Proud Slow Foodie Michael Gluckman—of The Lodge, The Boathouse, and Phao fame—calls the Peconic Bay his “personal Mediterranean.”

126 Riemanns Alley, 631.725.6246, www.madisonandmainrestaurant.com

ANZIE LA VIE EN COULEUR

SOUTHAMPTON, 57 MAIN STREET 631.283.5757 PATCHOGUE, 74 EAST MAIN STREET 631.475.1441 www.rosejewelersny.com

HAMPTONS ( LITTLE ) BLACK BOOK Muse: The much more spacious home of the former Water Mill haunt still serves up delicious New American selections. They stick to local seafood and market-based nightly specials to keep your lunch, dinner or weekend brunch as fresh as possible. 16 Main Street, 631.899.4810, www.museintheharbor.com

Wainscott

East Hampton

Georgica: Wainscott’s favorite establishment, this large dining room packs them in during the season for innovative fine dining and a view of Georgica Pond. 108 Wainscott Stone Road, 631.537.6255, www.georgicarestaurant.com

Alice & Olivia: Newly opened (!!), Hamptonites can revel in Stacey Bendet’s signature style of perfect pants, blouson tops and all-around fabulous fashion. 79 Main Street, 631.702.7155. Or 58 Jobs Lane, Southampton, 631.204.0164, www.aliceandolivia.com

Tutto il Giorno: When this Sag Harbor bistro opened in 2005, it was an instant hit. Laidback surroundings overlooking the marina and delicious fare have made it a neighborhood haunt. 6 Bay Street, 631.725.7009. Or 56 Nugent Street, Southampton, 631.377.3611

Juice Lane: The organic cold-pressed juice movement follows its consumers out east, with the first Hamptons outpost of its kind. We will certainly be there on hot days. 354 Montauk Highway, 631.527.5057, www.juicelane.com

Shelter Island

Water Mill

Sunset Beach: Andre Balazs’ relaxed waterfront hotel never fails to attract a very sophisticated crowd. Upstairs dining for the view or a glass of André’s reserve rosé in the open-air rooms downstairs always appeal.

Cocktail hour highly recommended.

35 Shore Road, 631.749.2001, www.sunsetbeachli.com/restaurant.html

Dish: It may not be easy to get a reservation here, but once done, you’ll revel in organic ingredients that are served in an intimate setting. 760 Montauk Highway, 631.726.0246

Vine Street Café: An innovative menu is put forth by this husband and wife chef/owner team. The menu is ever-evolving to incorporate the season’s best local ingrediants and allowing the chef to be inspired them. What’s more, they also have a gourmet market to take Vine Street on the go, to the beach, or home for your own guests. 41 South Ferry Road, 631.749.3210, www.vinestreetcafe.com

Mirko’s: Expect to see myriad famous faces at this casual spot that has been a huge favorite for years. Pan-roasted salmon and striped bass as well as its homemade pappardelle with short rib ragout may have something to do with it.

670 Montauk Highway, 631.726.4444, www.mirkosrestaurant.com

Southampton

Sant Ambroeus: Southampton sophistication, writ large, Sant Ambroeus is the best meeting spot on the East End for an espresso by the bar or an elegant Saturday lunch. 30 Main Street, 631.283.1233, www.santambroeus.com Silver’s Restaurant: “The only place to lunch in the Hamptons and it only serves lunch,” pretty much sums it up. Exceptional fare in a downright charming atmosphere, what more could one want from a lunch spot? 15 Main Street, 631.283.6443, www.silversrestaurant.com 58 | AVENUE ON THE BEACH • JUNE 2013

Brunello Cucinelli: The menswear favorite has been a mainstay on the East End for years, delighting Hamptonites with superb tailoring, fashionable sweaters and suede pants and skirts. 39 Newtown Lane, 631.324.3400, www.brunellocucinelli.com Catherine Malandrino: If there were ever a designer who made a woman feel like a woman, it’s Catherine Malandrino. Her East Hampton outpost is filled with a smattering of dresses and separates, perfect for every occasion. 27 Newtown Lane, 631.324.4063, www.catherinemalandrino.com Christopher Fischer: Christopher Fischer specializes in one thing: cashmere, cashmere, and more cashmere, as his repeat customers know well. The large space on Main Street holds everything from scarves and hats to short- and long-sleeve sweaters to stylish home goods.

67 Main Street, 631.907.0900, www.christopherfischer.com Devi Kroell: High fashion as only Devi Kroell can do, including her luxurious handbags, shoes and ready-to-wear. 23 Main Street, 631.604.5050, www.devikroell.com

Delmonico’s of Southampton est. 1837: THE opening of the season, the legendary Manhattan steakhouse stakes its claim on the East End. Look for the same great menu but with a Hamptons twist.

268 Elm Street, 631.283.0202, www.delmonicosofsouthampton.com redIbar: Clearly the popular favorite—evidenced by the full reservation list and crowds packing the room each Friday and Saturday summer night. Go early or don’t go at all.

Expect classic favorites and fabulous service, with owner David Loewenberg’s going from table to table to ensure customer satisfaction. 210 Hampton Road, 631.283.0704, www.redbarbrasserie.com

Blue & Cream: On trend and always in fashion, this East Hampton go-to spot embodies the jet set lifestyle. 60 The Circle, 631.329.1392, www.blueandcream.com

Eileen Fisher: Perfect for all your lounge wear and casual work-wear needs. Flowy silk, summer linen and light cotton dominate in this women’s boutique. 26 Newtown Lane, 631.324.4111, www.eileenfisher.com

shopping Bridgehampton

Elie Tahari: Firmly planted at the corner of Newtown and Main, Elie Tahari fascinates again with some of the most effortless and stylish pieces to be found for the season. 1 Main Street, 631.329.8883, www.elietahari.com

25 Park: A highly curated collection from new names like illia and Ulla Johnson to the best designers in the business, including Sonia Rykiel and Nina Ricci. 2415 Main Street, 631.537.7525, www.25park.com

Eres: The ultimate in impeccably made swimwear and lingerie—über chic comes in small packages here. 55 Main Street, Suite 4, 631.604.5544, www.eresparis.com

J. McLaughlin: Classic yet spunky merchandise fills the shelves here, like Catalina fitted tees in bright prints and patterned silk shorts, sure to become your new wardrobe staples. 2442 Montauk Highway, 631.537.1962, www.jmclaughlin.com

Gail Rothwell: On the far reaches of Newtown Lane lies this gem of a boutique housing haute couture of the first order.

Expect Balenciaga, Celine, Jason Wu and Lanvin, and fashionable up-andcomers worth a look. 66 Newtown Lane, 631.324.6666, www.gailrothwelleh.com

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“I will be in a Rent the Runway Carolina Herrera navy cocktail dress and Oscar de la Renta jewelery with my black ballet flats and simple beach hair and makeup. I always love a mix and match of high and low. And Kmart rocks when it rains with young boys!” —Lucy Sykes Rellie Haute Hippie: Edgy luxury, if you will, with carefree yet sophisticated pieces for every age and taste level. 20 Newtown Lane, 631.324.5134, www.hautehippie.com

Tennis East: The name says it all. Find the best tennis whites and fashionable wear that you can wear on the court and off. 47 Main Street, 631.324.5881

Henry Lehr: This is weekend clothing at its best: striped tees, jean cutoffs, big easy shirts and great jackets in muted colors, both for men and women. 16 Newtown Lane, 631.329.5424

Theory: Though it’s a favorite for urbanchic work staples, Theory is also perfect for crisp, elegant Hamptons-wear. Come here for the perfect pair of denim shorts, the signature form-fitting tank tops and perfectly fitted dresses. 46 Newtown Lane, Suite 5, 631.324.3285. Or 98-100 Main Street, Southampton, 631.204.0231, www.theory.com

John Varvatos: It’s hard to decide which is cooler, the clothes or the boutique. Both fit the bill. Expect the best jeans and Varvatos’ signature jackets and shirts of high style.

54 Newtown Lane, 631.324.4440, www.johnvarvatos.com Lilly Pulitzer: Everybody’s summertime favorite, Ms. P dressed the old guard of East Hampton for generations. Summer 2013 will see classic shifts as well as off-the-shoulder full length sundresses in bold stripes and fashions for little ones. 55 Newtown Lane, 631.907.9112, www.lillypulitzer.com Malia Mills: What started as swimwear separates has blossomed into a collection comprising every piece of the wardrobe, from pants and skirts to bags, shoes and eyewear, all pure comfort and perfect for the beach. 55 Main Street, 631.604.1568, www.maliamills.com Nili Lotan: Pure, unadulterated clothing with simple lines, easy to throw on for a benefit or a night at the movies. 38 Main Street, 631.329.8338, www.nililotan.com

Tory Burch: Golden girl Tory Burch keeps us in fashion here on Newtown Lane.

This season bohemian meets classic, expressed in tie-dyed pieces, cropped skinny jeans, and pretty blouses.

47 Newtown Lane, 631.907.9150, www.toryburch.com Sag Harbor Collette: With two locations—in Southampton and Sag Harbor—the mecca of designer retail and home goods will always be close to home. 80 Main Street, Sag Harbor, 631.725.9300. Or 22 Main Street, Southampton, 631.287.5100, www.colletteconsignment.com

Figue: Effortlessly boho chic, this newcomer is certain to be one of the hottest stores of the summer. 68 Jobs Lane, 631.204.0100, www.figue.com Intermix: For the coolest tops and the perfect cocktail dress, look no further.

Outposts in East Hampton and Southampton keep you fashionably in the loop. 64 Main Street, Southampton 631.283.8510. Or 87 Main Street, East Hampton, 631.907.8025, www.intermixonline.com Jildor: The source for shoes in the Hamptons, with possibly every brand of footwear to be found under one roof, including a large collection of Jack Rogers, the summer sandal staple. 30 Jobs Lane, 631.283.2450, www.jildorshoes.com Magaschoni: The emporium of city and beach chic makes shopping a breeze.

Look for fluid print cocktail pants and easy sweaters for chilly summer nights, especially in cashmere, a Magaschoni specialty.

53C Jobs Lane, 631.204.0207.

Missoni Home: Summer 2013 is the grand opening for Missoni Home, the brilliant domestic arm of the family-run Italian design legacy. Shop for the iconic zig-zag print emblazoned on everything from scented candles to bathmats to beach towels.

50 Jobs Lane, 631.353.3700, www.missonihome.com

Curve: The ultimate high-end retail destination. A go-to for any East End party outfit needs. 8 Main Street, 631.725.0275, www.shopcurve.com

Polo Country Store Ralph Lauren: The master of American fashion outfits the whole family, with both men’s and women’s as well as children’s stores steps from each other on Main Street.

31—33 Main Street, 631.324.1222.

For Children’s, 45 Main Street, 631.907.9120, www.ralphlauren.com

Southampton

Sam Edelman: Perfectly painted pedicures will be found walking all over the South Fork in Sam Edelman’s signature leather sandals.

46 Main Street, 631.324.2083, www.samedelman.com

Brahmin: Timeless quality is the hallmark of this British handbag maker. Snatch up an Annabelle satchel for the day or an Alexis clutch for instant chic. 56 Jobs Lane, 631.287.2386, www.brahmin.com

Scoop: The Hamptons haunt for all things style, Stefani Greenfield always delights with her usual fabulous mix of tops and skirts, dresses and accessories. You won’t leave empty handed. 51 Newtown Lane, 631.329.6800, www.scoopnyc.com

C. Wonder: Skinny jeans, classic yet updated jewelry and easy-to-wear separates you will love. 5 Main Street, 631.287.2645, www.cwonder.com

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Calypso St. Barth: “La Bohemienne” best describes the wardrobe staples first popularized by Christiane Celle, founder of this mecca for French fashion, island style.

24 Jobs Lane, 631.283.4321. Or in East Hampton: 21 Newtown Lane, 631.329.0033, www.calypsostbarth.com

Aunt Suzie’s Clothes for Kids: Locally handmade baby items, organic clothing, layette, blankets and clothing up to the pre-teen years. A Southampton staple for nearly three decades. 59 Main Street, 631.287.4645, www.auntsuzies.com

JEWELRY Jennifer Miller: Both fine and faux find a place in the exquisite boutiques of Jennifer Miller. Warm and welcoming like Jen herself, this shop has hundreds of designers to choose from, along with fabulous bags, home accessories and select clothing. 28 Jobs Lane, Southampton, 631.283.9061. Or 55 Main Street, East Hampton, 631.329.9061, www.jennifermillerjewelry.com Hollis Reh & Shariff: One-of-a-kind estate finds give this fine jewelry store as much charm and dazzle as its merchandise.

2 Jobs Lane, Southampton, 631.283.6653

HAMPTONS ( LITTLE ) BLACK BOOK London Jewelers: In business for over 80 years, London Jewelers is the source for fine jewelry, gifts and treasures. Collections from Cartier, Ippolita, Van Cleef & Arpels, Ebel, Breitling and even vintage Chanel fill the cases here. 47 Main Street, Southampton, 631.287.4499. Or 2 Main Street, East Hampton, 631.329.3939, www.londonjewelers.com

LaGuardia Design: Principal Chistopher LaGuardia and his associates strive to make sure that architecture of structures on your property are seamlessly connected to their surroundings. They use organic cues to achieve this and the result is just beautiful.

860 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, 631.726.1403, www.laguardiadesign.com

Mayfair: The petite boutique offers jewelry, timepieces and landscape accents.

A high level of service and attention to detail distinguishes this full gamut collection in an intimate setting. 19 Main Street, East Hampton, 631.329.8444, www.mayfairrocks.com

Landscape Detail Inc.: Owner Michael Derrig will make sure that his clients landscape and garden dreams become an actuality. He employs renowned lanscape architects to make sure that any request of his discerning clients becomes possible, thus producing some of the most stunning exteriors in the Hamptons. 1796 Sag Harbor Turnpike, Sag Harbor, 631.725.0018, www.lanscapedetailsinc.com

Rose Jewelers: A fixture on Main Street, Jan Rose welcomes guests every day to a collection that includes fine jewelry, exclusive timepieces, silver and bridal and engagement gifts. 57 Main Street, Southampton, 631.283.5757, www.rosejewelersny.com Tiffany: The classic jeweler has something for everyone, from timeless designs to bridal gifts to leather goods and writing instruments. 53 Main Street, East Hampton, 631.324.1700, www.tiffany.com

LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN DESIGN Edwina von Gal: A Hamptons legend, von Gal is a world-renowned landscape architect, having put her stamp on projects in the Hamptons for Calvin Klein and in Panama for Frank Gehry and his Biomuseo. 962 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton, 631.907.9040 Harmonia Inc: Creative landscaping and fine stonework that will make you feel like you are in your own garden oasis.

The stonework and gardening that surround your home and yard will certainly be enviable. 141 Maple Lane, Bridgehampton, 631.537.9672, www.harmoniainc.com Jack deLashmet & Associates: With an uncanny ability to capture the spirit of each site, this firm’s work ranges from lush vegetative to modern and sleek water-centered sites. 631.537.8100, www.delashmet.com

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“I wear a lot of Nicole Miller and Ralph Lauren, as well as Calypso, Blue & Cream, and J.McLaughlin. For high end jewelry and purses, I love finding things in vintage stores in Southampton.”

—Anne Hearst Marders: Expect to see fowl and furry friends wandering the rows of this luscious landscape center. There is almost nothing Marders can’t do, from organic feeding and specialty pruning to tree moving— a noted service. A garden shop like no other and the Silas Marder Gallery— set up by eldest son—are natural extensions of the creativity found throughout. 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 631.537.3700, www.marders.com Nievera Williams Design: Elegance is ensured when you hire this leading landscape architecture firm. From site consultations, construction to maintenance— the grass will definitely be greener on your side. Based in Palm Beach, but active in New York and the Hamptons, 561.659.2820, www.nieverawilliams.com, thomas@nieverawilliams.com Orsman Design Inc.: A true lighting feat.

We put Orsman Design in the landscaping section because this is THE firm for exterior, sculpture and water lighting that will wow, but they also do fantastic architectural, interior and commercial work. 88 Mariner Drive, Suite 3, Southampton, 631.259.3836, www.orsmandesign.com Perry Guillot: A picturesque minimalist approach guides this garden design guru who is widely sought after by clients near and far. 1865 North Sea Road, Southampton, 631.283.2839, www.perryguillotinc.com

Unlimited Earth Care: A fantastic, fullservice landscaping service spearheaded by award-winning designer Frederico Azevedo.

They use environmentally friendly fertilizers to keep your landscape gorgeous and safe.

2249 Scuttle Hole Road, Bridgehampton, 631.725.7551, www.unlimitedearthcare.com Warren’s Nursery: Two hundred acres of farmland has kept this family in business for over 60 years. Look for mature and rare specimen trees, ornamental shrubs and perennials. 773 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, 631.726.4767, www.warrensnursery.com Whitmore’s Tree Farm: Cherry, plum, peach, pear, fig, apple, blueberry and blackberry are just some of the beautiful trees you will find here. Turn to them for top-notch beautiful and healthy shade and ornamental trees from their nursery, beautiful lanscaping and maintenance. 80 Route 114, East Hampton, 631.267.3756, www.whitmoresinc.com

INTERIOR DESIGN Alex Papachristidis Interiors: Imaginative, creative and surprising only begin to describe the lush designs of this seasoned designer who works in the Hamptons, New York City and beyond. His new book The Age of Elegance displays his genius page after page. 300 East 57th Street, Suite 1C, New York, 212.588.1777, www.alexpapachristidis.com Brady Design: Classical architecture and classic interiors are the nomenclature of Brian Brady, an architect by training with an East End-based firm that works throughout the country. 129 Main Street, Southampton, 631.283.3111, www.bbradydesign.com Charlotte Moss: Look no further than Moss’ own, prominently featured, East Hampton oasis for a testimony of her keen design talent. 212.308.7088, www.charlottemoss.com, info@charlottemoss.com

The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.

– George Santayana

For a World Too Full of Sameness® 120 SNAKE HOLLOW ROAD, BRIDGEHAM P T ON · 631.537.3700 · w w w.marders.com

HAMPTONS ( LITTLE ) BLACK BOOK Drake Design Associates: Jamie Drake believes that the best décor expresses personality and place. The man behind the renovation of Gracie Mansion is known for his masterful use of colors and letting natural light stream. 315 East 62nd Street, 5th Floor, New York, 212.754.3099, www.drakedesignassociates.com Haynes-Roberts Inc: They describe their design approach as elegant, inviting, comfortable, well edited and spare.

That sounds perfect to us. 601 West 26th Street, Suite 1655, 212.989.1901, www.haynesroberts.com Huniford Design: James Huniford takes inspiration from found objects and tailors designs to reflect the spirits of the people who will be inhabiting them.

210 11th Avenue, Suite 601, New York, 212.717.9177, www.huniford.com Mabley Handler: The husband-and-wife design duo behind this Water Mill-based firm works year-round on the East End and beyond, with multiple sophisticated residences. Look for their work once again gracing the Hamptons Designer Showhouse this summer. 34 Head of Pond Road, Water Mill, 631.726.7300, www.mableyhandler.com Ray Smith & Associates: From irrigation, tree care and plant health care to landscape maintenance and lawn care, Ray Smith & Associates will keep your plants, trees and lawn healthy and balanced. Call them “tree doctors” if you will. If you have a flailing patch of garden or a tree that is not looking so hot—this is your knight in shining armor. 27 Henry Road, Southampton, 631.287.6100, www.raysmithassociates.com Robert Stilin: Effortless chic is the calling card of this designer, who works between the Hamptons and New York City.

His aesthetic combines antique and vintage furniture with clean, modern furnishings for a look all his own.

74 Montauk Highway, East Hampton, 631.329.7141, www.robertstilin.com Sherrill Canet Interiors, Ltd: Hamptonites in the know go to Sherrill Canet for her fresh architectural eye and her ability to champion traditional and contemporary designs.

From East Hampton to Quogue, the firm is a favorite of local architects and contractors. 3 East 66th Street, Suite 4B, New York, 212.396.1194. Or 25 Old Tappan Road, Locust Valley, 516.676.7611, www.sherrillcanet.com S. R. Gambrel: Founder Steven Gambrel‘s reputation precedes him. An architect by training, he implements perfect proportions and emulates a timeless, comfortable aesthetic. 55 Grove Street, New York, 212.925.3380, www.srgambrel.com, info@srgambrel.com

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KITCHEN AND BATH Alan Court & Associates: Ornate kitchen and bath hardware and tiling in this special emporium. Appointments encouraged. 34 Park Place, East Hampton, 631.324.7497 Bakes & Company: Their slogan is “simply the finest cabinetry” and we deem that completely true. 3253 Noyac Road, Sag Harbor, 631.725.1010, www.bakesandcompany.com Blackman Plumbing Supply: Plumbing, heating, industrial, waterworks and HVAC supplies. Also a hub for faucets, fixtures, tile/stone and lighting—all displayed in an airy showroom. This location also boasts an outdoor living showroom. 444 County Road 39A, Southampton, 631.283.1500 Hampton Design: No Hamptons home is complete without a gorgeous kitchen and bathrooms, and that starts with a trip to Hampton Design. Anything you could possibly dream up in terms of cabinetry, countertops, plumbing and tiles will be found here. 2272 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, 631.537.7200, www.hamptondesign.com Revco Lighting: A one-stop-shop for all interior and exterior lighting needs.

360 County Road 39A, Southampton, 631.283.3600. Or 50 Gingerbread Lane, East Hampton, 631.329.4600, www.revcoelectric.com Simon’s Hardware & Bath: Drool-worthy hardware of every type for kitchen, bath and all around the house. 1110 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, 631.574.4717, www.simonsny.com.

Smith River Kitchens: A boutique design firm that specializes in cabinetry and will deliver the kitchen of your dreams.

92 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, 631.329.7122, www.smithriverkitchens.com Urban Archaeology: The design resource for all things architectural for the home.

Skilled craftsmen design custom-made items for kitchen, bath or any other room in the house. 2231 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, 631.537.0124, www.urbanarchaeology.com

builders Farrell Building Company: Devoted to building the highest quality of homes, this company will make the building experience as seamless as possible. 2317 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, 631.537.1068, www.farrellbuilding.com Fountainhead Construction: General as well as business-to-business contracting with expert craftsmanship. 2228 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, 631.537.6841, www.fhcinc.com Kean Development Company: Ultra-luxury home developer working between New York and Palm Beach with services that include land acquisition and development and architectural and landscape design.

5 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor, 631.367.9696, www.keandevelopment.com McLoughlin Construction: Custom home East End builder with great attention to detail. 8 Hardscrabble Court, East Hampton, 631.324.2400, www.mccbuilders.com MKL Builders: “The Dream Builders” of exceptional homes and commercial properties based in the Hamptons for over 50 years. 33 Cedar Hill Trail, East Hampton, 631.324.9090, www.mklconstruction.com Modern Green Home: Innovative builder utilizing clean spacing, new materials, and emerging technologies. 2408 Montauk Highway, #2A, Bridgehampton, 631.899.4225, www.moderngreenhome.com Michael Davis Design & Construction: Designer and builder of elegant East End residences. Sagaponack, 631.537.4444, www.michaeldavis.com.

Telemark Inc.: With a 30 year heritage on the East End, Telemark is one of the most trusted names in Hamptons home building.

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HALEY FRIEDLICH

Dear AVENUE, Haute Hippie designer Trish Wescoat Pound embodies her brand’s gypset style

Trish Wescoat Pound may look small and delicate, but she is a true force of creativity.

Her vision of a gypset-couture woman is realized in her brand Haute Hippie. She captures a sensibility and style that translate into the wardrobe of any spirited fashionista. It should come as no surprise that, like the gypsies and rock roadies who inspire her, Pound hits the road for design afflatus. With her husband, and Haute Hippie CEO, Jesse and daughter Jillian in tow, she recently looked to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for some relaxation, exploration and inspiration.

Jet set style Traveling is a huge part of my life and has always been a source of inspiration for me.

My daughter Jillian has had a passport since she was born so we could escape the city and go to exotic and interesting places including Cambodia, Morocco, Turkey, and Greece. Work also affords me the opportunity to travel, and I spend a lot of time in Asia, especially India.

My favorite escapes are ones spent in nature; it heals and regenerates me, so weekends in the Hamptons are a must. I feel a strong bond with Mexico, which is where I just vacationed with my husband, Jesse and Jillian.

Everything you could ask for We love going to Cabo San Lucas and staying at Las Ventanas. The beach and resort are stunning and the service is exceptional. It allows my family and me to unwind and enjoy time together.

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Being, not doing I love to spend time near the water, lying by the pool and simply relaxing . . . although my blackberry is always next to me because my work never ends. Our routine is to wake up, do yoga, have breakfast and just chill. I love to go to local markets and walk around. It is about being and not about doing.

Welcome to the Hotel California

The main reason we go is for the beach, water and the sun. This last trip we visited Todos Santos, which is a charming artist’s retreat with gourmet restaurants, art galleries, boutiques and beautiful beaches. We took a day trip there, then went to the Hotel California and even though some argue it is not the one based on the Eagles song, we pretended it was. It was hilarious—in the outside garden they played only Eagles songs. In Cabo there are many amazing hotels with excellent restaurants including La Palmilla and Esperanza.

Hippie-spiration

Traveling inspires all aspects of my life. In terms of Haute Hippie, traveling is second nature to our muse and what she encounters in her journey is reflected in each collection.

Personally, I love to start my trips in an inspiring city and end up somewhere on the beach. What I find interesting is that I never look for inspiration; inspiration always has a way of finding me. I actually find myself more open when I am on the road again.

London cal ing . . . for vintage

Portobello Road is where I have found a lot of paintings. I collect nudes and some of my favorites have come from there. Nothing is better than Portobello Road on a sunny day.

London in general is great for vintage. I have a vintage dealer there that I live for! Most of our collections start with trips to London. ✦

Everybody

Shoshanna The down-to-earth society beauty, full-time mother, designer and charity powerhouse manages to do it all, and still keep her easy smile.

by Janet Allon photographed by Carlos Ruiz styled by Chiara de Rege style assistance by Megan Schuster Brodsky hair by Angelo

David Pisacreta for Angelo David Salon makeup by Julie Tussey for Angelo David Salon

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Opposite page: Ivory jacket by Céline (Lévy’s own).

Black top and black strappy sandals by Reed Krakoff, 831 Madison Avenue, 212.988.0560. Black trousers by Dolce & Gabbana, 825 Madison Avenue, 212.249.4100.

Gold watch (Lévy’s own) by Rolex.

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t may not sound like the most painful problem in the world—but it is a problem in need of a solution, nonetheless. Growing up, Shoshanna Gruss, née Lonstein, was simultaneously petite and enviably well endowed.

A confident, athletic and popular Nightingale girl, she had only one thing that eluded her: the difficulty of finding appropriate, stylish clothing. Shopping and getting dressed were a challenge. “Stores were like museums to me,” Shoshanna says now, sitting at a table in her showroom surrounded by her own colorful creations.

“I could look but not buy.”

It is hard not to be charmed by Shoshanna Gruss as she tells her story of the genesis of her eponymous fashion label. And most of the people she has come in contact with in her life have been charmed. The adored daughter of Holocaust-surviving New York success stories, she is well liked by old friends and newer friends alike. One such friend is Jennifer Meyer, who is married to Toby Maguire, one of the stars of The Great Gatsby, and who was immediately taken with Shoshanna when she met her at a beach party in Malibu about 15 years ago. “Shoshanna is gorgeous both inside and out,” Meyer gushes. “She laughs easily and at everything. She will make you feel like you are the funniest person on the planet even when what you are saying isn’t funny at all!”

She is, in many ways, a modern-day version of Truman Capote’s famous society “swans”: beautiful, poised and philanthropic. She is chairman of the Associates Committee at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for example. And she is admired: “I just always looked up to Shoshanna as one of the coolest girls,” says her good friend Eleanor Ylvisaker, a Chapin graduate who now works with Gruss on the MSKCC committee. “She had amazing style and was so attractive and fun. Then, as today, anyone who comes into contact with her finds her so magnetic.”

With that much magnetism, Shoshanna’s love life quickly became storied. While still in high school, she caught the eye of the much older comedian Jerry Seinfeld in Central Park one day—spawning a relationship. Later, of course, she married the handsome Joshua Gruss following a romance that was both storybook and whirlwind. With their stunning East Hampton house, inherited from Josh’s famous and stylish family, and designed by legendary architect Norman Jaffe, the couple, together with their beautiful and growing brood of children, are a latter day Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, albeit much more grounded and with an altogether happier ending.

Joshua and Shoshanna grew up in similar circles. He was a St. Bernard’s boy, and she would see him at dances that brought the girls of Manhattan’s top private single-sex schools together with their elite male counterparts.

“There is even a picture of us together at the Red, White and Blue Dance in seventh or eighth grade,” Shoshanna says. They had mutual friends and both saw and admired one another from afar. But being the good-looking, popular people they both were, one or the other always had a boyfriend or girlfriend, and was therefore romantically unavailable. In November 2001, they were at the same party and headed straight for each other.

“We were holding hands by the end of the night,” she says. He drove her home to the Upper East Side, lying to her that he lived uptown when he actually lived in Tribeca at the time. Six weeks later they were engaged.

“You should see the way Josh looks at Shoshanna! Every woman should be so lucky to experience that even once.

He sang ‘Just the Way You Are’

by Billy Joel at their wedding, alone with his guitar. Everyone was in tears. That pretty much sums it up.”—Jennifer Meyer

Previous spread: Gruss wears Carolina Herrera Lightning Crepe pleated shorts, available from Carolina Herrera, 954 Madison Avenue, 212.249.6552. She wears her own Prada white blouse and Gucci blue and green suede sandals.

Gruss holds a one-of-a-kind straw hat and sits on the Kayla superfine alpaca shawl in ivory, both from Figue, 68 Jobs Lane, Southampton, 631.204.0100, www.figue.com. 18kt yellow gold earrings with small rose cut fine aquamarine and rose cut diamonds by Irene Neuwirth, available at Barneys New York, 660 Madison Avenue, 212.826.8900 Opposite page: Gruss sits in a Carolina Herrera Lightning and Ice short sleeve knit tucked into an Abstract Print Faille with Reef Red Gazar ball skirt, both available from Carolina Herrera, 954 Madison Avenue, 212.249.6552. 18kt rose gold earrings with pear shape rose cut labradorite and diamond pavé and 18kt rose gold ring with oval rose cut labradorite and diamond pave, both by Irene Neuwirth, available at Barneys New York, 660 Madison Avenue, 212.826.8900. Gold wedding band is Gruss’ own

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Gruss wears a Carolina Herrera Black Gazar and Sea Foam Chiffon Ruched evening gown, available at Carolina Herrera, 954 Madison Avenue, 212.249.6552. She wears four bracelets all by Irene Neuwirth: 18kt yellow gold bracelet with small rose cut fine aquamarine; 18kt yellow gold bracelet with small rose cut rainbow moonstone; 18kt rose gold bracelet with small rose cut labradorite; 18kt rose gold bracelet with small rose cut peach moonstone. All available at Barneys New York, 660 Madison Avenue, 212.826.8900. Pippa small earrings and gold wedding band are Grussâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own JUNE 2013 â&#x20AC;˘ AVENUE ON THE BEACH | 75

Textured leather jacket

by Yigal Azrouël, available at Saks Fifth Avenue, 611 Fifth Avenue, 212.753.4000.

Black tank top by Theory, available at Bloomingdale’s, 1000 Third Avenue, 212.705.2000. Necklace

by Les Bijoux de Sophie.

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Joshua, a graduate of Trinity College in Hartford (his MBA was from Columbia University), and destined to go into the family business Gruss & Company, headed by his father, the well-known financier Martin Gruss, decided to join the Coast Guard that winter.

“He wanted to do something serious,” Shoshanna says. The young lovers were separated for two weeks while he went to boot camp, and, Shoshanna says, wrote “hundreds of letters” to each other. “We both have our boxes of letters, still.”

They were married in 2003 at the Metropolitan Club on the Upper East Side. The wedding, says Jennifer Meyer, was one of the most romantic she had ever seen. “You should see the way Josh looks at her!” she says.

“Every woman should be so lucky to experience that even once. He sang, ‘Just the Way You Are,’ by Billy Joel at their wedding, alone with his guitar. Everyone was in tears. That pretty much sums it up.”

While the wedding may have been one for the annals, the honeymoon was delayed, as Josh was on active duty.

“Josh is an interesting person,” Shoshanna says, somewhat understatedly. “He really does what his heart tells him to do.” While he works at the family investment management business, he has also started a music publishing business called Round Hill Music. Music has always been his great passion.

Shoshanna too, has had the good fortune to do work she is passionate about. After returning to New York from the West Coast, where she finished college with a dual degree in art history and history, she readied herself for a career, planning, like many of her friends, to train as an analyst, and work in finance. But then, she deviated from the script.

She had a notion to try working in fashion design, having worked in a boutique and witnessed other young designers bringing in their lines. In the back of her mind was how hard it had been for her to find the right clothes. And while her parents initially said no to her career choice, she threw herself into it, starting out with a low-level internship, graduating to designing and eventually making some samples. When she exhibited at a group showroom, Cal Ruttenstein, the fashion director of Bloomingdale’s, liked her work and placed an order.

In November of 1998 Bloomingdale’s sold 68 of her pieces on the first day, an extraordinary start for a designer so young.

Finally convinced of both his daughter’s talent and conviction, Shoshanna’s father helps out with seed money.

Her line is a consistent hit, but it is in swimwear where Shoshanna really explodes: Her fashion philosophy of inclusion is threaded through all of her designs.

“We have 13 sizes,” she says of her bathing suit line. Thirteen sizes covers a lot of body types, and motherhood has inspired her to expand into children’s bathing suits as well, another successful foray.

So, today, with her business humming along, Gruss is especially grateful to be her own boss, so she can set her hours. “I tell people I work full time and I am a full-time mom,” she says. “But my favorite thing is being a mom.

I look at my children and it hurts . . . in the best way.”

That good hurt feels even more busy and intense these days. Shoshanna and Josh recently added twins, Colby and Angelica, now nearly 6 months old, to their brood, giving older daughter Sienna, 8, two younger siblings.

Shoshanna takes Sienna to school every day, and picks her up there, just as her parents did for her. “The only thing that suffers is my social life,” she says, echoing the lament of many young working mothers.

The family is an active one, and Sienna is showing signs of being athletic like her mother, and musical like her father. “Sienna is an extraordinary kid,” says Ylvisaker, the family friend, who has two children of her own. “And Shoshanna is such a hands-on mother. She was the first of our group to have a child, and I learned so much from her about being a mom.” During the school year, the Gruss family ice skates every weekend at a private club in Locust Valley. Summers find them in East Hampton on the beach, where they are renovating Jaffe’s stunning glass-and-stone structure with gorgeous views and direct access to the beach.

Opposite page: Gruss wears the Creamsicle Jacquard Melaney dress from her own label, Shoshanna, available at www.shopbop.com. Nadira earrings by Figue, 68 Jobs Lane, Southampton, 631.204.0100, www.figue.com. Fred Leighton bangles and gold wedding band are Gruss’ own. Brown straw hat from the Gap and Lanvin brown and gold leather sandals are also Gruss’ personal accessories.

“I just always looked up to Shoshanna as one of the coolest girls. She had amazing style and was so attractive and fun. Then, as today, anyone who comes into contact with her finds her so magnetic.” —Eleanor Ylvisaker

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The couple have added bedrooms and are updating the bathrooms, but are still keeping the original footprint of the furniture. As much as Gruss loves color in her own designs, the colors of the Hamptons house are neutral in tone. Nature, she explains, provides the colors—the ocean, sky and grass. “The way Norman Jaffe designed the house, he was using the land and the way it moved,” she says.

Their life out there, she says, is lovely. While Joshua has trouble sitting still, Shoshanna says her natural tendency is to lounge by the pool with a good book. They rise early but try to schedule as little as possible.

While they love the ocean, they also enjoy the bay beaches, especially one in Napeague, “where my husband can walk the flats chasing the fish, and my daughter and I catch crabs, shrimp and minnows, and collect ‘pirates gold,’ and my favorite, sea glass,” Shoshanna says. “I’m a nature girl. Nothing grosses me out.”

A favorite escape is a late lunch at Sunset Beach on Shelter Island. “Josh is a great captain and always manages to find a school of fish or some kind of awesome ocean discovery.” Shoshanna says. “We swim, do flips off the high part of the boat and then dock on the shores of the island, swimming up to the restaurant with our clothes piled on our heads to keep them dry.”

As entertainers, Ylvisaker says, Shoshanna and Josh could not be less Gatsby-like. No lavish parties for them; at most they will have just a few friends over. “They are the most relaxed, unassuming couple,” she says. “They don’t put on any airs whatsoever.”

Meyer agrees that Shoshanna is nothing if not down-toearth. “She has such a generosity about her. An easy-goingness that you don’t get with many people. She makes time for her friends. She is an incredible mom. And she will stop at nothing to protect the people she loves. She is also very secretive.

So when she confides in you, you know she would trust you with her life.”

Shoshanna likes to keep things simple which is why she loves spending time on the East End. Their life there has had a huge influence on her swimwear and clothing designs. “I know they are appropriate for any situation you might find yourself in out there,” she says. “The fabrics, the colors, and cuts are inspired by and directly related to the Hamptons lifestyle. I’m just glad they sell well all over the rest of the country too.”

Yes, her now-15-year-old company is in 400 stores, both the department and specialty categories. “I work like crazy in May and June so that I can truly vacation when my family does,” says the committed mother. “When my daughter is home from camp, the BlackBerry is out of my hand. I always tell the people who work for me, if it’s an emergency, call me.

But there are very few emergencies in my business, so usually they just call with fun news like when our dress was on the cover of WWD or when Stacy Keibler wore our dress to meet George Clooney’s mom and dad.”

Gruss’s design philosophy? “It’s a reflection of my life,” she says. “When I first started, I was all about ‘going out.’ Now it’s more about daywear.” She says she doesn’t really follow trends, but draws inspiration from New York and her travels. “I’d say the look is sort of classy, preppy, ‘uptown meets downtown,’” she says. “I also tend to look at eras when the body was more curvaceous.” There’s no particular designer Gruss compares herself to, but Carolina Herrera is an ongoing inspiration.

Gruss is especially pleased that Herrera and her daughter Patricia, an old friend, are sponsoring the fall party for MSKCC. This is Shoshanna’s first year as chairman of the Hospital’s associates committee, and she describes her long-time involvement as a rewarding endeavor. “We pledged to raise $2 million for the housing endowment, and we raised it in three years,” she says with deserved pride. She does much more than mere fundraising—getting hold of prom attire for the pediatric prom, handing out candy for the Valentine’s Day party and visiting the hospital as much as she can.

A self-described voracious reader, Gruss even attends seminars at Sloan, to learn as much as possible about an obviously important subject. And she is deeply touched by the stories that she hears there, tearing up when cancer survivors speak.

“I’m a need-to-knower,” she says, chalking up that part of her personality to the fact that her parents were Holocaust survivors, and revealing just a little bit of the worry wart that lies beneath her easy smile and lovely life. ✦

“[At the beach in Napeague,] my husband can walk the flats chasing the fish, and my daughter and I catch crabs, shrimp and minnows, and collect ‘pirates gold,’ and my favorite, sea glass. I’m a nature girl.

Nothing grosses me out.”

—Shoshanna Gruss

Opposite page: Gruss wears her own design; a Washed Crepe de Chine Mabrey combo maxi dress by Shoshanna, available from www.shoshanna.com. Irene Neuwirth 18kt yellow gold necklace with rose cut pear shape rainbow moonstone and diamond pave pendant. Earrings are Irene Neuwirth 18kt yellow gold earrings with large tear drop mint chrysoprase and rose cut diamonds. Both designs are available at Barneys New York, 660 Madison Avenue, 212.826.8900. Gold wedding band is Gruss’ own.

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At home with jewelry designer

Ippolita Rostagno The creator and designer behind Ippolita takes her Hamptons weekends as seriously as she takes her craft

by Cindi Cook photographed by Eric Striffler

Opposite page: The living room framed by a plant stand from Homenature. A George Saltz series of works at left, with a graphic work by Yaacov Agam over the fireplace. Petrified wood tables from the designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former home collection. Black skull sculpture by D.L. + Co. Clockwise from left: A blackboard in the foyer holds favorite stones and treasured photos of daughter Maya, and whimsical illustrations; Rostagno in the studio over pieces from Reliquary, a recent show. She wears her own designs: five-stone, Lollipop, Stardust and Glamazon 18kt bangles and earrings by Ippolita.

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Clockwise from top: two chairs flank a petrified wood end table from the designer’s former home collection; Black D.L. + Co. skull sits atop an Ippolita-designed end table; black and white photos of daughter Maya stand on a bedroom dresser with a collection of African statuary. Rostagno’s very first collection was based on African trade beads—these statues came from African traders she worked with on that collection. Opposite page: Rostagno grasps a large-scale brass copy of one of her iconic necklaces, created to celebrate her 10th anniversary at Bergdorf Goodman. She wears a Roberto Cavalli caftan. Inset: A reclining nude crafted by Rostagno, inspired by a series of bronze statues that were a part of her home line.

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ome six years ago, Ippolita Rostagno—creator and designer of eponymous jewelry line Ippolita—found a house in Springs, the Hamptons mecca for artists and those who prefer solitude over summer crowds. It was nearly the perfect space: an undulating rectangle that meandered from bedrooms and bath to kitchen and dining/living rooms to deck to studio, just the hybrid she wanted. The desire for a simple artist’s studio was answered— the shingled house had a large workspace attached, as the former residence of a painter/sculptor couple. Its abstraction suited this part of the East End—land of Jackson Pollack, Lee Krasner and Willem de Kooning.

Rostagno is following their creative path. “The reason I got a house here in the first place was so I could make a mess and not have to clean up!” she says of the space in which she draws, paints and kicks ideas around. “It’s where I go to do my bigger artwork.”

The location, off the beaten path, works well for country weekends where alone time is the goal. When she does venture out, it’s for the occasional dinner at nearby 1770 House, Nick & Toni’s or the Boathouse for a lobster at sunset. She also takes regular bike rides. “There’s a whole mess of little roads you can get lost in,” she says of the back roads between Springs and Montauk.

Thoughtfulness is evident in her Hamptons home, where carefully placed artwork is found at every turn, by both local artists and the more celebrated.

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Like most New Yorkers, Rostagno’s weekdays are jammed; rarely is she able to get to the beach until Friday, but being there feels natural to her. “Growing up in Italy, we always went to the beach, and we would spend summer as close to the shore as possible. It’s never even occurred to me to go elsewhere,” she says. More rural and decidedly less built up than many of the other towns that populate the East End, the Springs has come into its own.

Born in Florence to aesthete parents, Rostagno has found the artistic life second nature to her. When she started her collection of fine jewelry 16 years ago, she knew nothing about stones, so she learned to cut them herself, to make them conform to her metal language. Even her gold alloy is something that she makes from scratch.

“I always had a knee-jerk reaction when I would see a painting. I would think, ‘How could I wear that?’”

She also found that she kept wondering where the cool jewelry for adults was. “I grew up in Italy, where women wear real jewelry—and lots of it. So I got a bench and started making things. It was very unplanned.”

Her pieces, largely composed of colorful gemstones scattered along thin lines of 18K gold and sterling silver, are just playful enough for daytime but possess a rich elegance in their design and concept. Rostagno uses stones like orange and aquamarine citrine, blue topaz, smoky quartz, lapis and pink opal that form a rich palette, sometimes layering one on top of another. The delicate pieces work with everything, and Susan Sarandon, Halle Berry and Penelope Cruz are only a few of the Hollywood elite who regularly wear her work.

She has a thorough understanding of her client and the lifestyle she leads. “I am my customer—a woman of the 21st century—thoughtful, intellectual, curious, caring and educated around design and desire.”

Thoughtfulness is evident as well in her Hamptons home, where carefully placed artwork by both local artists and those from further afield is found at every turn: A Mark Saltz painting hangs above a couch in the living room opposite a colorful rectangular series by Spencer Finch. A George Brewster sculpture adds life to the dining room and an Anna Stump painting does the same to the bedroom, albeit boldly, in a dramatic near-nude towering over the bed.

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This page, left: A tray holds a glass vertebra from Reliquary, Rostagno’s recent sculptural exhibition. Right: A work by Robert Vargas hangs at the end of the hallway leading to Rostagno’s bedroom. Opposite page, top: Fingerpainting done by daughter Maya and friends as children. Below: A symmetrical view of the bedroom, with Anna Stump work over the bed, Jarlath lamps and vintage chandelier.

I always had a knee-jerk reaction when I would see a painting. I would think, ‘How could I wear that?’

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A Mark Saltz painting hangs above a couch in the living room opposite a colorful rectangular series by Spencer Finch. George Brewster adds life to the dining room and Anna Stump does the same to the bedroom.

Black and white photos, mostly of Rostagno’s daughter Maya, are placed throughout. In the backyard is a piece by Connecticut–based artist Mark Mennin, a sculpture of a bed that sinks gently into the green lawn. The floor in the living room is covered in Kelly Wearstler and in the dining room a large rustic iron table from Soho’s Interieur holds court, surrounded by orange-hued leather chairs from Lungarno. In the bedroom, white side tables found at Homenature, the smart Southampton emporium, and lamps from the equally unique Jarlath in Amagansett reveal her love of shopping locally. A fabulous vintage chandelier perfectly lights the Anna Stump work on the back wall.

The most compelling pieces, however, are the petrified wood tables that flank each couch in the living room, part of Rostagno’s former line of furniture and home goods started a few years back.

Rostagno’s studio demonstrates further creativity: The remnants of Reliquary, a show she just finished in Toronto, lie scattered about. Her work in sculpture has not taken a back seat to all else that she is doing. Reliquary was first shown in the fall of 2011 in the Meatpacking District. Another signature piece, Shelter, was on display in October 2012 at an event to celebrate the opening of the Madison Avenue store.

Despite working in a very competitive industry, Rostagno learned the art of delicately weaving together business and craft, to build a global brand.

At the moment there is a single store on Madison Avenue but there are plans to open five new stores in the Middle East over the next year, the next being in Abu Dhabi.

“The commercial aspect is challenging,” she states.

“You have to ask yourself if what you’re doing is relevant, but people need the promise of fulfilled desire. If you can look at it that way, it will continue to evolve.”

With her ever-expanding brand, Rostagno really values her time to reflect and relax, and the peaceful existence in Springs provides a much needed retreat for this busy designer. ✦

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This page, clockwise, from bottom right: Glass bones from Reliquary, Rostagnoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent sculptural exhibition; sketching helps the designer find new ideas and lets her imagination run free. A string of Kingman turquoise from Arizona sits to the side.

Top: The designer amid inspirational photos and tear sheets in her studio. The yellow nude is a self-portrait: Ippolita rolling in yellow paint.

18kt necklace and earrings, Ippolita. Opposite page: Rostagno at work in her studio, perfect posture still intact from her days as a dancer.

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Wild Things Are Pieces from the ďŹ nest jewelers in the world return to their roots

by Haley

Friedlich photographed by Jessica Nash styled by Tyler Resty Leviev snake bracelet with pear-shaped yellow diamonds, mounted with two light yellow diamonds and collection white diamonds. Fancy intense yellow diamond necklace with pear-shaped and round-brilliant diamonds. Both set in 18kt white and yellow gold. Both available from Leviev: 700 Madison Avenue, 212.763.5300, www.leviev.com Mineral specimens provided by Marc Weill, a noted collector and mineral expert. Select and rare pieces from the Marc Weill Collection are currently on loan and on display at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas JUNE 2013 â&#x20AC;˘ AVENUE ON THE BEACH | 89

Harry Winston Sunflower Collection necklace and three-sunflower earrings. Each sunflower design features a round brilliant diamond center stone, framed by a halo of eight smaller diamonds.

Available in the (pictured) delicate new size beginning this month from Harry Winston: 718 Fifth Avenue, 212.399.1000, www.harrywinston.com

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De Grisogono signature green galuchat frog cuff with white and black diamonds, green garnets and ruby eyes all set in 18kt white gold. Yellow galuchat frog cuff with onyx cabouchon eyes with green sapphires mixed with white diamonds, all set in 18kt white gold. Earrings are one-of-a-kind natural purple sapphires with fancy cut diamonds mixed with additional white diamonds and two rare 16th century rosette center diamonds, all set in 18kt white gold. All available from de Grisogono: 824 Madison Avenue, 212.439.4220, www.degrisogono.com

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Chopard flower brooch set in 18kt white gold and titanium with rubellite and pink tourmalines, pink sapphires, rubies, pink spinels and diamonds.

Flower necklace in 18kt white gold with Paraiba tourmalines, cultured pearls, Tsavorite garnets, emeralds and diamonds. Both available from Chopard: 709 Madison Avenue, 212.223.2304, www.chopard.com

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David Yurman (opposite page) Collection oval necklace in Hampton blue topaz and 18kt yellow gold. Sculpted cable ring in 18kt yellow gold. Both available from David Yurman: 712 Madison Avenue, 212.752.4255, www.davidyurman.com

Tiffany & Co. (above) Garden Flower bracelet in platinum with diamonds. Schlumberger Daisy bracelet in 18kt gold with diamonds. Schlumberger Five Leaves brooch in 18kt gold with diamonds in platinum. Yellow Diamond Melee Floral Bracelet.

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Yael Sonia faceted brilliant fancy rings in 18kt gold with milky quartz; green tourmaline, quartz and diamond; rutilated quartz and diamonds; rose quartz and pink tourmaline; smoky quartz and brown diamonds; and bi-color tourmaline and diamonds. All are available from Yael Sonia Fine Jewelry by appointment only, 212.472.6488 MAY 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ AVENUE MAGAZINE | 97

Gilbert Albert one-of-a-kind Perlé necklace set in 18kt yellow gold set with azurites, sapphires, corundums, pearls and diamonds. Available from Gilbert Albert: 43 West 57th Street, 212.888.3232, www.gilbertalbert.com

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Canturi Island Luxe bracelet with black and white diamonds and tourmaline. Island Luxe brooch with black and white diamonds and rubies. Captivo ring with pink sapphires and amethyst. All available from Canturi: 42 East 66th Street (at Madison Avenue), 212.879.8800, www.canturi.com

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Graff multi-color sapphire and diamond necklace.

Multi-color sapphire briolette drop earrings with round diamond pavĂŠ cone tops. Marquise diamond and pear-shape pink sapphire brooch. All three are available from Graff New York, 710 Madison Avenue, 212.355.9292, www.graffdiamonds.com

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“Sputnik” design stud earrings in 3mm white pearls set in 18kt yellow gold. A strand of Seville style in white soufflé freshwater pearl necklace with chain connectors set in 18kt yellow gold, both signed Seaman Schepps. Both available from Seaman Schepps: 485 Park Avenue, 212.753.9520, www.seamanschepps.com

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Chanel Camélia ring in 18kt gold and onyx. Camélia ring in 18kt gold and white agate. Camélia Brode necklace in 18kt white gold and diamonds. All available from Chanel Fine Jewelry: 733 Madison Avenue, 212.535.5828, www.chanel.com

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Bulgari Mediterranean Eden earrings in 18kt yellow gold with fancy sapphires, peridots, diamonds and pavé diamonds. Ring in 18kt yellow gold with pink tourmalines and reubellites and pavé diamonds.

Necklace in 18kt yellow gold with fancy sapphires, peridots, rubellites, diamonds and pave diamonds.

All three available from Bulgari: 730 Fifth Avenue, 212.315.9000, www.bulgari.com/jewelry. Pieces from the Mediterranean Eden Collection also available at London Jewelers: 2 Main Street, East Hampton, 631.329.3939; 47 Main Street, Southampton, 631.287.4499, www.londonjewelers.com 104 | AVENUE ON THE BEACH • JUNE 2013

Van Cleef & Arpels Flowerlace necklace in white gold and diamonds. Frivole clip in white gold and diamonds. Two Butterfly between the finger ring in white gold and stone combination. Both available from Van Cleef & Arpels: 744 Fifth Avenue, 212.896.9284, www.vancleefarpels.com

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David Webb diamond and coral bracelet set in 18kt gold and platinum. Salamander brooch in 18kt yellow gold, platinum, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and white enamel. Coral drop earrings set in 18kt yellow gold. All available from David Webb: 942 Madison Avenue, 212.421.3030, www.davidwebb.com

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Fred Stelle looks to the beauty of his sites to inspire the architecture

by Haley

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red Stelle is an accomplished architect with a Bridgehampton-based firm, Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects. He works globally but pours much of his concentration into local East End residential projects. His style is to let the scenery guide the project—resulting in understated and elegant homes.

“Seaside Residence” in Water Mill, N.Y.

Did you always want to be an architect? It was like a lot of things that happen to me in my life: not a deliberate analytical process; it was very visceral. I came from a background that encouraged it—my father was an engineer, and growing up we were always building things and making things. Then I had a neighbor down the street from where I grew up in Bedford, New York. We lived at one end of the dirt road; at the other end lived a man named Edward Larabee Barnes, and he’s one of the major figures of 20th century American architecture. In the city, 108 | AVENUE ON THE BEACH • JUNE 2013

he designed the Asia Society, the Botanical Garden and the IBM building on the corner of 57th and Madison Avenue.

So was he your mentor? I knew him as a child because he lived down the road and architecture just was something that appealed to me. So, I went to architecture school at Syracuse, which was by far the hardest thing I ever did. It was like going to school in a foreign country where you don’t speak the language and you have to listen and they don’t speak your language.

But you learned the language. Architecture is a practice. Some people say you need to be good at math or science to do it, other people say you have to be a good artist to do it. It’s its own discipline but it’s also very collaborative discipline.

So you have to surround yourself with talented engineers and artists? In my own office, there are three of us—three partners, and we collaborate on everything.

hampton scape What were some of your earlier endeavors—your first job and your early projects?

After school: I went to Denver for a year and worked for a man named Marvin Hatami. I enjoyed it there but I always wanted to work for Edward Larabee Barnes. I came back to New York and worked for him for about three years. During that time I worked on an IBM building up in Tarrytown, N.Y. That was great fun: being on the site and seeing the progress every day. I worked on a renovation of the old campus at Yale; we renovated a bunch of buildings there. I think it was a big success.

I really enjoyed that—creating modern spaces in these old buildings. Working on old buildings and reconfiguring them for contemporary use and that contrast between the old and new have always appealed to me.

Do you get to do that much? I hate tearing

I know that’s important to you—that you strive to be an eco-friendly firm. For us it’s both an ideological thing and a kind of thinking globally and acting locally behavior.

But we also try and put it in terms of practicality for our clients. For example, most of the buildings we do employ ecoefficient heating and cooling systems. For us it makes sense in terms of reducing the carbon footprint—but also if you look at it financially, while it is more expensive on a first-buy basis, it’s cheaper on a long-term basis. We’re constantly engaged in that discussion with our clients. It’s a mix of both practicality and financial common sense—and, you know, responsibility.

we don’t like to overbuild. We try to build what people need without it destroying the beauty of the site. Because the reason people come to rural locations or locations on the beach is because of the beauty of the site.

Our work tends to be well integrated in the site. It tends to respond to the beauty in the site. It affords opportunities for the users to appreciate the beauty of a site: the views, the space, the landscape, the texture, the breeze and the light.

Do you source materials locally? It’s hard to use local materials because there’s not much material that is available locally anymore.

If you circumscribe an area around where we build, we try to source within a couple hundred miles. Does buying blue stone in upstate New York qualify as ‘local’? More local than China that’s for sure.

Have you had a favorite project that you’ve worked on over the years? If I look back long-term, I certainly think there are some milestones. I would say the renovation of the old campus at Yale was a milestone for me because it was my first project that I did working in the office of Edward Larabee Barns. [The first house I worked on on Long Island in 1984] is a favorite because it was my first application of the repurposing philosophy.

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Fred Stelle on the site of his project “Cinnamon Ridge Guest House” in Antigua

things down and turning them into landfill just because I didn’t design it or build it. So we try and encourage people who buy sites with older buildings on them to imagine reusing the old building in the context of the new use.

And are people generally willing to do that?

Yes! If we can find buildings that have some value or qualities to them. Even if the cost of restoring it and using it is the same as it would cost to demolish it and build a new building, I’d rather preserve it.

How would you describe your aesthetic?

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Indigenous to the state is good! Well, I think that we’re looking for materials that belong, so we’re not looking for exotic materials. I have to say there are instances where the exotics simply make the most sense. For instance, there really is no better wood than teak.

And unfortunately teak has to come from Southeast Asia. And, unfortunately, most is not sustainably harvested, so it’s problematic. But if you really want something that’s durable and long-lasting, there is some sense in paying a premium for bringing materials a long distance. It’s a challenge, though—certainly the carbon footprint of building is a real challenge.

Another one is a property we called Bay Residence in Eastern Long Island. For me, this house is where we transitioned from architecture as a product to making it a process. Saying to people, “You know, I don’t know what your house is going to look like, I don’t know how big it’s going to be, but I do know about the site and I do know what you want. We’re going to navigate through an exploratory process where we imagine solutions to your requirements on this site and that’s what it’s going to look like.” ✦ THE HAMPTONS ACCORDING TO FRED STELLE: Aside from hanging out with my family, I love being in the water; I like fishing, swimming and sailing. I’m a pilot, so I like flying. We like going to Montauk in the summer, and we think Sag Harbor is the center of the universe. In Sag Harbor, we like Tutto Il Giorno, the American Hotel, and we like Sen. We love Shagwong because it’s such a great part of old Montauk.

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In conversation with real estate editor Michael Gross, our distinguished panel of pros discuss the good, the bad and the scary in the East End real estate market, tackling subjects from bidding wars to bubbles, who buys and why and where the realty is hottest this summer.

AVENUE: How are things out here?

AVENUE: So, are we back to normal?

PETER TURINO: Improving, slowly.

ALL: What’s normal? [laughter]

ANDREW SAUNDERS: It’s really extraordinary that the market has come back as far as it has. This market is the busiest that I’ve seen since 2005 or 2006. Pricing is inflating in the luxury end of the market, in very sought-after locales. We’ve been involved in four bidding wars in the past month. Bidding wars are not a good thing in my view, but it’s a statement about the conviction among very affluent people to be out here.

AVENUE: Who’s buying?

AVENUE: What about inventory?

ANTHONY DEVIVIO: On the low end, we’re seeing a bit of a shortage. In the $750,000 to $1.2 million range in East Hampton, there’s starting to be a shortage. Not so much in the mid-range, which is $1.5 million to $2.5 million. And it’s steady above that.

PAUL BRENNAN: Obviously it is busier than it has been, but there is still a good deal of inventory left to sell in the $15 million–to–$25 million dollar range.

JUDI DESIDERIO: I always like to defer to the numbers. If you look at the numbers from 2005, which was the height of sales, we’re still way off. But the third quarter of 2012 was the busiest quarter we’ve had since. So I think that we’re all feeling like we can exhale for the first time in many years. There are bidding wars only because there’s very little good product.

AVENUE: How do prices compare to ’05 through ’07?

ANTHONY: The ultra high-end marquee property is at or heading to where it was.

ERNIE: I just looked at the total number of listings, $10 million and up, and there are about 183. Fifteen came on between January and early April, between $10 million and $29 million. There are seven deals in contract between $10 million and the high, which is $65 million. That’s a good sign.

JUDI: We’re umbilically connected to Wall Street. When Wall Street sneezes, we catch a cold. But I think that [those big listings] might trade soon because a lot of money is being pulled out of the market now.

PAUL: But the question is, who’s going to blink first? Will somebody write the check for the asking price or are prices going to come down in order to make it happen?

JUDI: [Sellers] don’t want to miss the market; they know that people are pulling money out now. You can’t put it in the bank and get 0 percent. So what’s your next investment? Our buyers view houses as investment vehicles.

ANDREW: Look at what happened in Cyprus. If you’re a guy in Italy or Spain who’s worked his entire life, a hardworking, enterprising guy who’s made ten or twenty or forty million dollars, and you’re sitting there, 60 years old, are you going to keep your money in some Italian or Spanish bank? Some of that money is going to make its way into New York City and Hamptons real estate.

ANTHONY: It always starts in Manhattan, and then makes its way out here. We’ve seen some Chinese money but it’s purely for an investment.

JUDI: We’re finding more foreigners renting than buying.

And that’s because they can stick their toe in without a major commitment. When the world cracked open and sucked everybody in [laughter], and all of a sudden the dollar wasn’t worth a hell of a lot, we found that a tremendous number of foreigners came out to rent. Main Beach, East Hampton, was like the UN. Everybody was speaking a different language.

PAUL: But it’s a myth that they’re calling from Moscow saying,

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“What have you got on the beach this summer?” It doesn’t happen.

It always comes via New York. They have a business, they have friends and then they come out here.

Participants

AVENUE: That $65 million sale was to Steven Cohen of SAC Capital. Is that an anomaly or will we see more “whale sales” again?

Paul Brennan, Regional Director, Douglas Elliman

PETER: That was a new house on a very significant piece of property in an excellent location, and I think there would have been two or three buyers for that.

AVENUE: So are there people sitting on the wire, waiting?

Ernest Cervi, Executive Managing Director, The Corcoran Group Judi Desiderio, CEO and President, Town & Country Real Estate Anthony DeVivio, Managing Director, Halstead

AVENUE: Are they waiting for distress sales? Are you still seeing that?

ANDREW: Occasionally there’s some opportunistic situation, but generally it’s a very orderly market.

JUDI: After the crash, the media was bashing real estate, and that affects our business. Buying property out here is like buying a bigger boat. You don’t have to have it. So when they bash real estate, everybody takes a wait-and-see attitude. But that stopped in the third quarter last year, and the media is now reporting a firm recovery. The national market is 10 percent higher than a year ago and inventory is at a 20-year low. That makes everyone feel a little more comfortable.

Paul and Peter and I have been doing this for over 30 years. We’ve seen the bull market before the 1987 crash; we watched this market run up to the 2005, 2007 levels. When you see unsustainable levels of appreciation, buckle in because there’s got to be a correction. But this crash, I think, was the worst thing I’ve seen in 33 years.

AVENUE: People may be surprised to hear you all saying, “We don’t like a turbo-charged market.”

Debra Reece, Brokerage Manager and Vice President, Sothebys International Realty Andrew Saunders, President, Saunders & Associates Peter Turino, President and Principal Broker, Brown Harris Stevens

ANTHONY: I would say $750,000 to $1.1 million.

AVENUE: Are mortgages hard to get?

JUDI: We’re a second-home market. Most banks want 50 percent down; then they want to see your first-born, make sure you’ve got good genes. And even if you have millions in the bank, if you don’t have regular income coming in, they’re not comfortable. So mortgages are very, very difficult to get today, but that’s a good thing, because if money were cheap and easy (it’s cheap now, but it’s not easy), we’d create a new bubble.

JUDI: As Andrew said, the worst thing that happens are bidding wars because then someone’s gonna walk away upset and who do you shoot but the messenger? That’s us. A balanced market is great, but after 30-some odd years, how many balanced markets have there been?

Not many.

AVENUE: Which brings us back to that $1 million starter house. [laughter] Where am I going to find it? Hampton Bays?

PETER: And we should be happy for the balanced market we have.

AVENUE: Do the old distinctions between villages north vs. south of the highway still matter?

AVENUE: What’s an East End starter house today?

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JUDI: Hampton Bays has some nice waterfront! But the real question is, where are your friends? You want to be near your friends.

JUDI: Each hamlet’s got its own character.

ANTHONY: But each town also has an opportunity in each price range, so the first question is, where do you want to be?

AVENUE: Well, I hate reality television. I’m sort of over nightclubs.

But I love it out here. Where do I want to be?

JUDI: I gasp at the thought of someone thinking that’s what it’s like out here.

ANTHONY: I hate all those things as well. I live in a very peaceful and tranquil place, probably the most unique spot within two or three hundred miles of New York City.

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ALL: Yes!

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AVENUE: Do you want to tell us where that is? [laughter] ANTHONY: The East End of Long Island!

PAUL: Montauk. Montauk is now the place.

AVENUE: Why? Because it’s the most difficult one to get to?

lot of old money. It’s very beachy and very elegant at the same time.

“We’re seeing new buyers in their 40s, so the estate section is going to look very different in ten years.”

—Ernest Cervi

ANDREW: It’s got an authentic, undiscovered feel. That’s why Sagaponack became so popular. Because it was more relaxed, more kicked back, open fields and views of water. A very beautiful, unpretentious kind of place. And Montauk is like that.

PAUL: You have the paradox there of some very wealthy, interesting people, and a town which is sort of still in the ’50s. But that’s how all the villages evolved.

JUDI: I don’t think it’s a matter of an evolution. I think that

AVENUE: Hampton Bays?

PAUL: It used to be very tradesmen, firemen. The waterfront is all changed now. That’s always where it begins, on the waterfront, and then the character begins to change.

AVENUE: What’s the character of Southampton now?

JUDI: You have the estate section. You have the village, you have the North Woods, you have the waterfront, you have so many different Southamptons. There are five different sections north of the highway alone.

ERNIE: Horse is north. And what we’re seeing now in the estate section is new buyers in their 40s. So that’s going to look very different in ten years.

AVENUE: What about Watermill? Watermill never makes the papers.

each hamlet, as Peter said, has its own personality. Montauk’s demographics are very different from the estate section of East Hampton. It’s for the younger brother of the guy in the $25 million Sagaponack house, who’s buying a $2 million beach house so he can pick up his board and run down to the water. I don’t think you’re ever going to see Montauk evolve into East Hampton. I don’t think Westhampton ever evolved to anything other than Westhampton.

PAUL: Westhampton is not what it was in the ’70s. Each of the villages has changed substantially since then. Montauk has not.

AVENUE: Let’s talk about the personality of each town now. Start in Westhampton.

JUDI: Thirtysomething and made more money than they expected to make. Or someone who really wants to get in and out quickly.

AVENUE: Quogue?

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DEBRA: No, and I think that’s intentional. People who live there really look for quiet and privacy.

AVENUE: Bridgehampton?

JUDI: Golf course and horses.

DEBRA: Very much still an equestrian community; people love the farm field views. But it also has some wonderful retail, fine dining, and it’s not overdone.

PAUL: It’s difficult for me to talk about . . . It’s changed, I mean, radically. I can remember long, expansive views. People would come out, see the character of the area and fall in love. Now they fall in love with their two acres with the hedge and the big house.

AVENUE: Wainscott?

ANTHONY: Wainscott has a lot of the qualities that Sagaponack had

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place. What’s happened there is just miraculous. Europeans love Sag Harbor. There’s a real sense of place.

“The people who choose to live in Sag Harbor have a preserve-andprotect attitude.”

—Debra Reece

JUDI: You walk down Main Street and it’s the same as it was a hundred years ago. It reeks of history and you go down to the docks and you see some of the biggest boats out here.

DEBRA: The people who choose to live there have a preserve-andprotect attitude, and a desire to maintain the character of the village, and not have it slip into something that is no longer reflective of its history.

AVENUE: People think that there is no more open land here. Have all the old families cashed out? Are any of them holding on?

JUDI: And the lowest tax base.

PAUL: As an aside, I should add that Ronald Lauder helped preserve Sagaponack, Bridgehampton and Wainscott. He’s the reason there are still open spaces: He bought and donated large pieces of farmland.

AVENUE: Well said. So where to next? The Springs?

JUDI: That’s where the artists colonized in the very beginning, because of the light, the air. The waterfront in Springs is the most beautiful out here.

PETER: Springs is making a big comeback. A lot of people this year are buying in Springs.

AVENUE: So is my headline, “The Springs and Wainscott are the new Montauk”? [laughter] ANTHONY: People in Wainscott will kill me. [laughter] AVENUE: East Hampton?

PETER: East Hampton has everything. [laughter] History, architecture, beaches. It’s quiet, conservative, expensive and diverse.

AVENUE: Amagansett?

JUDI: Amagansett and Napeague. They have an audience all their own. If you love Amagansett, East Hampton will never do.

Montauk will never do.

AVENUE: That leaves Sag Harbor.

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“We should be happy for the balanced market we have.”

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PAUL: About five. [laughter] JUDI: I love buying land. In the last two years, I bought three pieces, because I feel like land hit the bottom about two years ago, and I remember saying, we’re never going to see it at this price again, even if it takes a couple of years for the recovery. Looking long-term, I’d rather have my money in East End dirt than anything else. There’s no

“The ultra high-end marquee property is at or heading to where it was.”

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better deal right now than land north of the highway. South of the highway, though, you’re better off buying a tear-down because you get landscape, as opposed to a vacant lot with nothing but old potatoes. [laughter] AVENUE: Last question. What’s your favorite listing right now?

ERNIE: My favorite is always the next one that sells, but in addition to that, [laughter], we do have a listing in Sagaponack on 33 acres. A special site and house. And it’s listed at $65 million.

PETER: My favorite is a six-acre compound in North Haven. It has a 9,000-square-foot English manor house, pool, tennis court, beautiful gardens, a beautiful beach and a major 150-foot dock. The best sunsets I’ve ever seen out here: $36 million.

AVENUE: I’ll give you an even $100 million for both. ✦

RICHARD LEWIN

before it was developed. You have more homes south of the highway in Wainscott that are 2,000, 2,500-square-foot Capes on a half-acre, an acre, than anywhere else. You still see transfers south of the highway in Wainscott under $2 million. It’s a quaint little enclave; there is no town.

In my opinion, it is one of the most unique spots out here.

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Meet Suzan Kremer, Vice President and Associate Broker, at Douglas Elliman What distinguishes you from others in your field? What experience/expertise do you bring to the table? Growing up in New York City gives me the added skill set of knowing how to navigate the city and its ever-changing parts. I consider myself a true people person and a good listener. I also pride myself on my broad knowledge of the marketplace and my ability to work tirelessly while providing great attention to detail for all my clients.

What are the qualities you possess that contribute to your success in the real estate industry? I am fiercely loyal to my clients, and I invest unlimited time and resources to make a deal happen. I am constantly connected to the pulse of the market, which allows me to share this valuable insight with my buyers and sellers. While always a professional, I am proud that I develop personal relationships that last for many years and result in continued business.

Did you have another profession prior to being in real estate? How has that prepared you and/or given you an edge for selling real estate? Prior to entering real estate, I was president of a worldwide branding licensing company with just under a billion dollars in sales.

I was responsible for the development of business for new and existing licensees. I was responsible for marketing, advertising and public relation campaigns. I travelled to Europe, South America, Australia and Japan frequently and understood the cultures and business strategies of those countries. Being able to evaluate a deal using my international business and people skills has given me a strong advantage as a real estate broker.

What’s the most exciting part of your job? What keeps you going every day? I love interacting and interfacing with people. I am motivated by the challenges those activities provide me. I have a very good eye for interior design, which gives me the ability to look at a “wreck” and see the potential it offers my client.

Tell us about a shining moment in your professional career? Last year, in December 2012, faced with the deadline for changes in the tax laws, I was able to combine for my buyer three Fifth Avenue apartments in a prominent coop building into one major transaction, complete the board package with lightning speed and get board approval, all within three weeks to meet the contract deadline. It was a very exciting year end and a turning point in my career. I was honored to have been ranked #5 Top Individual Broker at Douglas Elliman in year 2012.

How do you spend your free time? I enjoy my tennis games and long summer bike rides with my girlfriends in the Hamptons. Over the past fifteen years, I have been a member of the board of the world-famous Young People’s Chorus of New York City. I have helped raise money to benefit and unite New York City children from all walks of life through music literacy and education. I was proud to be the honoree at the group’s tenth anniversary at Carnegie Hall, raising over $1 million dollars. I’m also a longtime supporter of Crohns and Colitis Foundation and City of Hope Foundation. ✦

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NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEAR THE OCEAN Southampton Village | $5,500,000 | This 3-story, Federal-style residence has 7 bedrooms, 8 full baths, and 2 half baths. Estimated to be complete by late summer, the home may be customized to your own taste. The ocean is visible from your front gate and Southampton Village center is two blocks away. Web# H53806.

MODERN ON FLYING POINT Southampton Village | $5,495,000 This modern design is inspired by the sea and has 4 bedrooms, 5 baths and a pool house which towers over the 64 ft Gunite pool. There is a garage and studio as well.

Near Southampton Village center, Flying Point Beach and Mecox Bay Beach. Web# H36915.

IRVING TOWNHOUSE Southampton Village | $1,995,000 | This 3-bedroom, 3-bath Townhouse is a “clean slate”, ready for your touches to make it your own. Right in the center of the village and near all conveniences, shops and restaurants.

Spacious rooms allow for a gracious way of life in this very historical village. Web# H22462.

GREAT COLD SPRING POND MODERN Southampton | $2,495,000 | Cold Spring Point is the place where this modern beach House is located. It has it’s own sandy beach and bulkheaded frontage on both Cold Spring Pond and the inlet. It has 1000 sf of living room with 27 ft cathedral ceiling, 3 bedrooms, a sleeping loft and 3 baths. Web# H14410.

VILLAGE CLASSIC, READY FOR YOUR TLC Southampton Village | $695,000 | This 1908 house has 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths.

The house has “good bones” and makes it a property that can become a fabulous village compound on .40 of an acre. There is an oversized, 1-car garage and room for expansion and a pool/pool house. Web# H44688.

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6+/- PRIVATE ACRES, PANORAMIC VIEWS Bridgehampton South CO-EXCLUSIVE I WEB: 0036675 I $19,950,000

NEWLY CONSTRUCTED MANOR HOME Water Mill South EXCLUSIVE I WEB: 0036809 I $14,000,000

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OVER 3.5 ACRE GEORGICA ESTATE East Hampton EXCLUSIVE I WEB: 0036265 I $14,900,000

SURFSIDE DRIVE MODERN MASTERPIECE Bridgehampton South EXCLUSIVE I WEB: 0036313 I $12,300,000

SPECTACULAR OCEANFRONT Sagaponack South CO-EXCLUSIVE I WEB: 0036752 I $13,400,000

HISTORIC GOLIGHTLY ESTATE Sagaponack South EXCLUSIVE I WEB: 0036415 I $13,950,000

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SAGAPONACK SOUTH OF DANIELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LANE with a keen eye to every detail. A perfect home for entertaining. Enjoy the heated pool, spa, and tennis. Manicured private grounds complete with a guest house.

Feel the ocean breeze! Exclusive. Web#14714. $13,950,000

MONTAUK OCEANFRONT COTTAGE, CIRCA 1940 Inspired by old world craftsmanship and a boat makers space. The interiors are brimming with authenticity. Ocean views on 1.5 acres bordering natural preserve. Exclusive. Web#11409. Price Upon Request

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ocean road • bridgehampton south Co-Exclusive. Unique estate of 2 separate properties totaling 5.8± acres on Sam’s Creek, with access to Mecox Bay. A meticulously renovated traditional offers elegant living spaces, 5 bedrooms, 5 baths. English gardens, gunite pool.

Includes a vacant 1.8± acre parcel. $19,950,000. WEB# 18793.

Susan Ratcliffe, Bridgehampton Brokerage 631.537.4327 Christopher Burnside, Bridgehampton Brokerage 631.537.4320

SERENE BAYFRONT RETREAT • AMAGANSETT Exclusive. On 4.7± bayfront acres near the Devon Yacht Club, this sensational beach home is one of a kind. Featuring 8 bedrooms, 8 baths, and a gracious floor plan with multiple living rooms. Panoramic views and a sandy beach add to the allure. WEB# 62453.

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bull path • east hampton Exclusive. On 2.4 acres, this 2-story house built in 2004 offers a large living room with fireplace, dining room, den with wet bar, modern kitchen with Glassos island and fireplace. Five bedroom suites and office. Lower level screening room for 16.

Exceptional grounds, terraced pool. $3,950,000. WEB# 37896.

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Pointe Mecox • bridgehaMPton south Exclusive. Exquisite Mediterranean-inspired 5 bedroom, 6 bath gated waterfront estate on 1± acre offers expansive views of Mecox Bay, Swan Creek, and the ocean. Water side heated gunite pool, elegant gardens, terraces, covered verandas capturing dramatic views. The finest materials imported from Italy were installed here by Italian craftsmen. $19,995,000. WEB# 27389.

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SAGAPONACK SOUTH • jUST COmPleTed Exclusive. An outstanding new estate with ocean and farm field views. The impeccable 7,000± sf design has 8 bedrooms, 8.5 baths, luxurious materials and the finest craftsmanship throughout. The 1.9± acre grounds host a tennis court, heated gunite pool, spa & pool house. $14,995,000. WEB# 31533.

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Four acre coMPound • north haVen Co-Exclusive. Beautiful waterfront contemporary captures sensational views with expansive, moving glass walls.

Expansive lawn, lap pool, private beach, dock. 4± acre includes a vacant 1.84± acre parcel. $10,500,000. WEB# 23631.

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oceanfront perfection • east quogue Exclusive. A gracious oceanfront home on 1.4± acres with a giant deck and sparkling gunite pool. Large, open great room with windows all around, gourmet kitchen, dining area and office/bedroom with en suite bath. Five bedrooms, each with their deck and ocean or bay views. $6,495,000. WEB# 38312.

Deirdre DeVita, Westhampton Beach Brokerage 631.288.5409

exceptional quogue residence Exclusive. Luxurious gated estate with stunning 10,000± sf main house blending the indoor & outdoors with expansive proportions for generational summer living. heated gunite pool & spa, n/s tennis court and historic pool house with wind turbine and bath. $6,850,000. WEB# 14235.

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SOUTh OF ThE hIGhWAY, BRIDGEhAMPTON ExCLUSIVE. $2,450,000. WEB: 1050247

STRIkING CONTEMPORARY, WATER MILL SOUTh CO-ExCLUSIVE. $2,975,000. WEB: 1050231

PRIVATE POND SETTING, WATER MILL ExCLUSIVE. $1,900,000. WEB: 1050232

BEAUTIFULLY APPOINTED TRADITIONAL, BRIDGEhAMPTON ExCLUSIVE. $3,150,000. WEB: 1050245

OCEAN AND BAY VIEWS, WATER MILL CO-ExCLUSIVE. $4,000,000 WEB: 0035121

ELEGANT FRENCh VILLA, BRIDGEhAMPTON CO-ExCLUSIVE. $3,800,000. WEB: 0036986

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LITCHFIELD, CT Designed by renowned Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer, Stillman II is a mid-century modern masterpiece in which art, design and architecture blend in perfect harmony. Museum quality restoration. $3,295,000.

WASHINGTON, CT Rising above Lake Waramaug with commanding views of the lake and country club, this under-construction shingle style homes raises the bar for quality craftsmanship and design. 20+ private acres. $4,795,000.

WASHINGTON, CT 20 acre estate with stunning interpretation of a clean modern home featuring 7,500sf of living space. Expansive great room, 2 master suites, elevator. Pool, tennis court, caretaker cottage, forever views. $4,250,000.

ROXBURY, CT Ultimate privacy on 43 acres! Set at the end of a very quiet town road, this exquisite shingle-style home features 5BR, dream kitchen, generous public rooms and lovely outdoor spaces. Gunite pool. $2,995,000.

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NEW FAIRFIELD, CT Award winning home with 8,500 sf of living space and largest private beach on lake. Tennis court and lit basketball court. $8,950,000.

BEDFORD CORNERS, NY $11,250,000 Chateau Marmont - French Normandy Tudor.

300’ panoramic reservoir views set on 7+ acres with heated pool and spa. MLS: 3228681 Rye Brokerage A.Smith, J. Rizoulis 914.967.4600

BRONXVILLE, NY $10,000,000 The jewel in Bronxville’s crown - A historic Italian Renaissance estate, built in 1911 with commanding views. MLS: 3309449 Bronxville Brokerage Kathleen Collins 914.715.6052

IRVINGTON, NY $6,800,000 25 minutes from NYC is a renovated 1936c, 11,000 sq. ft. estate with guest cottage on 10 acres with pool and gardens. MLS: 3111951 Scarsdale Brokerage Dalia Valdes 914.713.2197

RYE, NY $5,695,000 Deep water mooring, panoramic views, exquisitely crafted,renovated and expanded. 6 bedrooms.

Intricate precision and detail. MLS: 3307715 Rye Brokerage A. Prince, D. Martino 914.967.4600

GUILFORD, CT $5,500,000 4-acre direct waterfront parcel, 305 feet on the Sound, sub dividable. Best large site along this part of the coast. MLS: M9134740 Madison Brokerage Margaret Muir 203.738.0202

RYE, NY $4,990,000 Completely rebuilt 4-bedroom waterfront Tuscan Villa. Breathtaking views over LI sound.

Spectacular sunrises and sunsets! MLS: 3311104 Rye Brokerage M. Kirkpatrick 914.967.4600

BRANFORD, CT $3,950,000 Island summer cottage on private Thimble Island. Two hours to NYC. Sold furnished. MLS: M9136541 Madison Brokerage Margaret Muir 203.738.0202 & Tony Nuzzo 203.605.5231

MADISON, CT $3,699,000 Understated waterfront elegance. Renovated home, private lane and an acre of lawn to 105’ of private beach. MLS: M9126397 Madison Brokerage Peggy Steiner 203.980.6910

WILSON POINT, CT $3,450,000 Updated, timeless classic includes deeded lot with 198 feet of direct waterfront, deep water dock and 2 moorings. MLS: 17976 Darien Brokerage Ellen Kelley 203.979.3074

DARIEN, CT $2,995,000 Spacious, beautifully appointed home with views of the water and Rings End Bridge. Stunning kitchen, family and great room. MLS: 18035 Darien Brokerage Kathryn Quirk 203.550.1789

MADISON, CT $1,995,000 Spectacular peninsula waterfront setting with a 260 degree unobstructed view. Private sandy beach, and expansive lawn. MLS: M9138778 Madison Brokerage Margaret Muir 203.738.0202

BRANFORD, CT $1,995,000 Private Thimble Island. Home, beach, dock and mooring. 2 hours to NYC. Sold furnished. MLS: M9136539 Madison Brokerage Margaret Muir 203.738.0202 & Tony Nuzzo 203.605.5231

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Unique views from just about every window. Wrap around deck with covered/connected walkway to your garage with future guest apartment ready to be completed.

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Great Bear Lodge at The Chapin Estate Crafted from only the finest in materials including native stone and granite and the canopy of massive trees in the grand foyer, no expense was spared on this 7,000+ square foot lodge. Impressive gourmet kitchen includes the finest commercial grade equipment. Enjoy morning sunrises on the expansive porch and covered deck space overlooking your lakefront beach area or escape to the state of the art family media room.

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The perfect place to get away from it all. A 2,500 acre residential preserve neighboring over 13,000 acres of forever-wild conservation lands and surrounded by rippling mountain lakes perfect for motorboating, with meandering trout streams that seem to never end.

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Far Horizon Ranch: Retreat to the Adirondacks on 75 acres of private wilderness and leave your worries behind. Exclusive four-seasons property featuring bold southern views, great expanses of nature, plantation pine forests and trail systems. Great camp ranch, guest house, horse stable and three cabins. $3,600,000

Limberlost: Adirondack Great Camp on prestigious Upper St. Regis with commanding mountain views. Featured by Architectural Digest and House & Gardens TV. Year-round, 14 acres, 12,000 sq. ft. multi-building compound, AC, 900ft of pristine waterfront. Ten minutes from Adirondack Regional Airport. $8,500,000

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Getting Summer Ready

Robert H. Gotkin

M.D., F.A.C.S. Plastic Surgeon, Cosmetique Dermatology, Laser & Plastic Surgery, LLP WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS WAYS TO HELP AVENUE’S READERS GET SWIMSUIT-READY FOR THIS SUMMER AND THE DOWNTIME INVOLVED WITH EACH: TUMMY, LOVE HANDLES, INNER THIGHS, UNDERARM FLAB AND SAGGY BREASTS? There is a plethora of procedures available—from noninvasive to minimally-invasive to more conventional surgery—to address these areas. Although I am skeptical of many noninvasive procedures—for their disappointing results—one that works well on the tummy and love handles is cryolipolysis, better known as Coolsculpting®. This technique uses a precisely controlled cooling

method to destroy and naturally eliminate fat cells from problem areas. Coolsculpting is quick and painless, has no needles, no anesthesia and no downtime. Inner thighs and underarms are better treated with Smartlipo®—a minimally–invasive, laserassisted lipo treatment using a laser fiber as thin as a strand of spaghetti—that eliminates fat cells by melting the fat. Both procedures can be done safely, in the office and in time for summer.

ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURES THAT HELP MEN LOOK MORE “BUFF” ON THE BEACH? The most common areas for body contouring in men are the abs, love handles and chest. Again, Smartlipo is an excellent choice.

Whether you have gynecomastia [enlarged breasts] or just want to get rid of those love handles and refine your abs, Smartlipo has much less downtime than conventional lipo. It’s also perfect for sculpting that much desired “six-pack” physique.

“The newly FDA-approved Cellulaze™ technique is the first lasting treatment that significantly impacts cellulite at its source . . . [it disrupts] trapped pockets of fat, releases the fibrous bands that pull down on the skin and, at the same time, thickens the collagen-depleted skin in the area. The result: thicker, more elastic, healthier-looking skin.”

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WITH SO MANY CLAIMS AND PRODUCTS OUT THERE, PLEASE SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT: CAN ANYTHING BE DONE ABOUT CELLULITE? Yes. In just a single treatment, the newly FDA-approved Cellulaze™ technique is the first lasting treatment that significantly impacts cellulite at its source. Cellulaze uses laser energy to disrupt trapped pockets of fat [the “hills” of cellulite], release the fibrous bands that pull down on the skin [the “valleys” of cellulite] and, at the same time, thicken the collagen-depleted skin in the area. The result: a veritable “triple play,” a leveling of the skin surface as well as thicker, more elastic, healthier-looking skin.

M.D., F.A.A.D., F.A.C.P. Dermatologist, Cosmetique Dermatology, Laser & Plastic Surgery, LLP HOW DOES THE SUN AFFECT ONE’S APPEARANCE? When it comes to maintaining a youthful look, the sun—in all of its radiant glory—is not your friend. Excessive sun exposure leads to leathery changes in the skin, wrinkles, age spots, blotchy brown patches and broken blood vessels, not to mention the possibility of skin cancer. When patients come to see me to reverse their sun damage, I always explain to them that I can skillfully combine various lasers to reverse the damage, but they must change their habits and stop worshipping the sun. We all know that fine leather belongs on your handbag. . . not your face!

Getting Summer Ready

Deborah S. Sarnoff

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE SKIN THAT’S ALREADY BEEN DAMAGED BY THE SUN? I like to use pigment-specific lasers for brown spots, vascularspecific lasers for red spots and carbon dioxide resurfacing lasers to reverse sun damage and eliminate wrinkles. Of all the resurfacing lasers, I particularly like using the SmartXide DOT™—it’s ideal for treating sun damage, brown spots, fine lines and wrinkles. Not only does the DOT offer amazing results, but it does so safely, quickly, and with little downtime. I also like to use Botox® and facial fillers to help smooth out the wrinkles.

“When patients come to see me to reverse their sun damage, I always explain to them that I can skillfully combine various lasers to reverse the damage, but they must change their habits and stop worshipping the sun.

We all know that fine leather belongs on your handbag . . . not your face!”

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ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE MORE GENETICALLY PRONE TO SKIN CANCER? If you have fair skin, red or blond hair, green or blue eyes and a family or personal history of skin cancer, you are more at risk.

Aside from using sunscreen diligently and wearing a hat and sunglasses, I advise everyone to examine their own skin monthly and have a complete body check with your dermatologist once a year. If you’re at high risk, you may need to be seen more frequently.

No need to be embarrassed about getting naked. A thorough exam from head to toe can save your life. My best advice is to have a thorough exam of your “birthday suit” on your birthday!

WITH LOTS OF SUMMER PARTIES COMING UP, EVERYONE WANTS TO LOOK THEIR BEST. WHAT “QUICK FIXES” CAN YOU PROVIDE TO HELP PEOPLE LOOK YOUNGER AND MORE REFRESHED? There are lots of quick fixes that work like magic: Botox®, fillers, cellulite smoothing, zapping of brown spots, injections for leg veins, freshening peels and hair removal with a laser are options. In my opinion, natural, glowing healthy skin is what makes everyone look their best. As senior vice president of The Skin Cancer Foundation, I believe it’s best to “go with your own glow.” Don’t patronize tanning salons. But if you feel you must have that tan to boost your confidence or look better on the beach, use a self-tanner or bronzer in combination with a broad-spectrum sunscreen.

It’s still OK to have fun in the sun—just don’t forget your sunscreen!

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Jonathan L. Glashow Getting Summer Ready

Shoulder, Knee & Hip Arthroscopic Surgery Co-chief of Sports Medicine, Associate Clinical Professor, Mt. Sinai Medical Center

“Golf, tennis and water sports go hand in hand with the injuries we most commonly see during this time of year . . .

Ignoring symptoms and not getting prompt attention to an injury are the biggest mistakes . . . Being proactive about any injury will avoid complications down the line and simplify healing.”

WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON INJURIES YOU SEE DURING THE SUMMER? As the weather gets nicer and temperatures continue to increase, outdoor activities do as well. Golf, tennis and water sports go hand in hand with the injuries we most commonly see during this time of year: Common knee injuries are those of the meniscus and ACL, golf being responsible for most meniscal tears, and tennis and aquatics for ACL [anterior cruciate ligament] injuries. Rotator cuff injuries and labral tears from tennis and golf are the most common shoulder injuries, while we also see Achilles tendon ruptures caused by tennis as well as basketball.

WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST MISTAKES YOU SEE PEOPLE, ATHLETES AND WEEKEND WARRIORS MAKE? Ignoring symptoms and not getting prompt attention to an injury are the biggest mistakes. Individuals need to differentiate between an acute injury and chronic pain.

Being proactive about any injury will avoid complications down the line and simplify healing. Problems occur when patients are given poor advice early on and/or do not address the injury promptly.

JONATHAN L. GLASHOW, M.D. 737 Park Avenue Suite 1C New York, N.Y. 10021 212.794.5096. www.glashowmd.com

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WHAT PREVENTIVE MEASURES SHOULD ONE TAKE TO AVOID INJURIES? Sport-specific training preparation and evaluation focuses on strength training for any weakness an individual might have, as does having a stretching program, if one is stiff. Remember, you don’t play a sport to get in shape; you prepare with sports-specific strength training and conditioning.

SET US STRAIGHT . . . WHEN SHOULD YOU APPLY ICE TO AN INJURY AND WHEN SHOULD YOU APPLY HEAT? Ice is for an acute sprain, strain or swelling of a sports injury if it just occurred, while heat is used for more long-term chronic injuries to relieve stiffness.

WHAT ARE THE SIGNS THAT AN INJURY IS NOT GOING TO HEAL ON ITS OWN? ANY RULES OF THUMB IN TERMS OF AMOUNT OF TIME, APPEARANCE, ETC.?

There is not one universal answer to this question. For this reason it is quite difficult to determine. The majority of sports-related sprains and strains after applying ice, resting and taking Advil should subside within 48 hours. When conditions seem to be worsening, when there is knee buckling, continued swelling and stiffness to a knee injury that’s been rested, one should proceed to get a professional’s opinion.

Listen to your body; if you feel conditions worsening or coming to a standstill, continue on to professional help.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON PROCEDURES YOU PERFORM? Arthroscopic knee ACL reconstruction, meniscus repairs and cartilage transplants are the most common knee procedures, while for the shoulder the most common would be, labral, rotator cuff and bicep repairs.

Todd Edelson CAN YOU TRULY ENJOY YOUR WEEKENDS OR VACATION IF YOU ENDURE BACK SPASMS, SCIATICA, TENNIS ELBOW OR KNEE PROBLEMS? An elegant, empowering solution is newly available in Manhattan to help you get back to gardening or your favorite sport on Saturday mornings, especially following travel.

“At Montclair Physical Therapy of Manhattan, we use a unique, effective system called the McKenzie Method [www. mckenziemdt.org], to help men, women and young adults manage their strains and pains,” says owner Todd Edelson, PT, DPT, Dip. MDT. “As the city’s only Certified McKenzie Clinic, we provide the McKenzie Method at its highest, most effective level: In 90 percent of cases, we can teach people what is causing their pain, how to relieve their pain and how to keep their pain from happening again.”

Prevention is key to managing your musculoskeletal health during an active weekend or vacation schedule. “If you’re prone to sciatica, for example, we teach you how to identify its signs and symptoms prior to the onset of an episode. Learn the appropriate exercise—usually only one exercise, tailored just for you—plus management strategies to prevent an episode and be on your way to an enjoyable getaway. Because you learn your own, easy-to-perform program without gym equipment, we say, ‘Our care travels with you.’”

The specificity of a single exercise increases the McKenzie Method’s effectiveness. “At Montclair Physical Therapy, we understand which single exercise is the right one for your problem. Having only one exercise means you’re more likely to fit it into your day . . . yielding more success for you,” says Edelson, who is the most highly trained and experienced McKenzie practitioner in the New York metro area, and has trained dozens of top physical therapists worldwide, as a member of the McKenzie Institute faculty since 1999.

Edelson has a mission borne of his 30 years of practice (originally based in Montclair). “We’d like to prevent your pained calls to our Manhattan office on Saturday mornings after you’ve had a stressful trip to your destination,” he says. “There’s little we can do once there are 100 miles between us. Prophylactically, three visits for assessment and a prevention program are all it takes to help you enjoy your leisure time more fully.”

If you’re already coping with pain, find a solution now so you can savor your time away. Among New Yorkers who rely on interventions from Montclair Physical Therapy, the same elegant McKenzie approach is used to eliminate symptoms. Because of the usual short course of treatment, time and resource savings become a welcome part of Edelson’s patients’ experience.

At Montclair Physical Therapy of Manhattan, an ounce of prevention can make you the best-prepared weekend warrior—whatever and wherever your playing field.

Getting Summer Ready

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“Prevention is key to managing your musculoskeletal health during an active weekend or vacation schedule . . . [and] If you’re already coping with pain, [we can help you] find a solution now so you can savor your time away.”

TODD EDELSON, PT, DPT, DIP. MDT MONTCLAIR PHYSICAL THERAPY OF MANHATTAN 35 A East 35th Street, Suite 206 New York, N.Y. 10016 212.684.9098 www.montclairphysicaltherapy.com

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MEADOW LANE, SOUTHAMPTON Some of the summer’s best parties take place in the Hamptons. The jet set may flock to St. Tropez and Ibiza for a quick thrill, but the East End offers a consistent mix of money, power and social clout.

On our shores you can see everyone from Gwyneth Paltrow, Chuck Close, Paul McCartney and Tory Burch to Steven Spielberg, Ross Bleckner, Madonna and Prince Albert at different houses on the same night. This year the season kicked off with Pandy Duke Biddle, Yves Hentic and their daughter Yvie’s annual fête and will close with The Hamptons Classic Grand Prix lunch. Andy Warhol’s happenings in Montauk during the ’70s attracted Jackie Kennedy, Mick Jagger and Liza Minnelli, while today Anne Hearst and Jay McInerney’s Tuesday Night Club attracts Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, Candace Bushnell and Bobby Kennedy, Jr. TOUS LES JOURS Composer Karen LeFrak’s new composition made its American debut at Lincoln Center after its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. She wrote this sprightly piano work for four hands, an all-but-lost art. Said LeFrak: “The choreographer Marcelo Gomes named my piece Tous Les Jours and I wish I could see Chase Finlay dance it every day.” Gomes, an ABT principal dancer, said, “Karen’s pure and refreshingly simple melody lent itself perfectly to dance.” Julia and David Koch led the applause for this comedic ballet in the theater, renamed for David in honor of his $100 million gift to refurbish it. Also cheering Karen were Woody Allen and his wife Soon-Yi Previn, Debra Black, Hilary and Wilbur Ross, Paula and Dr. Leon Root, Janna Bullock, Maxim Beloserkovsky and prima ballerina assolutas Irina Dvorovenko and Nina Ananiashvili. The latter’s Dying Swan pas de deux at the Youth America Grand Prix Gala with Lil Buck was inspirational. In the mix were Francine LeFrak, Peter Lyden and Michelle Marie Heinemann, who gave a breakfast to thank supporters of Blankets for Warmth, which works with the Coalition for the Homeless. Among those in amusing chapeaux, on their way to Central Park, were Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, Leesa Rowland and Maggie Norris. yagp.org 158 | AVENUE ON THE BEACH • JUNE 2013

ROBIN HOOD LIVES The Robin Hood Foundation, Constance White, Bank of America’s Andrew Sieg, Emary Aronson and Elizabeth Windsor were all honored by Partnership with Children. For 105 years the Partnership has worked with young people growing up in New York’s poorest communities, helping them to succeed in the city’s most underserved public schools. Board vice president Patricia Soussloff said the night raised $750,000. robinhood.org THE PLAZA GOES TO THE DOGS Forsaking her riding habit for a slinky gown at the ASPCA’s Bergh Ball, Georgina Bloomberg said she was in training for the Hampton Classic Horse show. The Mayor’s daughter is an animal rights advocate, who cares for multiple rescue dogs and a new pig. “He’s just like a puppy; he comes when he’s called and lives in the house,” she said. Asked if she had gotten any piglet tips from George Clooney, who famously had a porky of his own, she said, “No, but I wish our pigs could have had a play date and then George could have fallen in love with me.” Who else would tell you these things? Guests at the ball included the ever-lovely Princess Arianna von Hohenlohe and her husband Dixon Boardman, Carolina Herrera, Graydon Carter and Dylan Lauren. aspca.org GRACE HIGHTOWER EATS CAKE Robert De Niro and Somers Farkas gave a surprise dinner for Grace Hightower at Perry Street. The pair did a walk-through the day before, providing fodder for the hostess’ toast: “I’m glad Bob picked a restaurant and not a hotel,” Hightower said, “as then I’d have been seen sneaking into the Carlyle with a friend’s husband.” Among those chuckling were Bob’s children, Raphael and Drena De Niro, Jonathan Farkas, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Diana Taylor, Maria and Kenneth Cole, Jane Rosenthal, Katharina and Nathan OttoBernstein, and Sting and Trudie Styler. Hugh Jackman kicked off the dancing and serenaded Grace as Jean-Georges Vongerichten presented her cake. It’s the only way really.

ALL HAIL HALE HOUSE Alexandra Lebenthal, Frederick Anderson and Janice Innis-Thompson co-chaired Hale House’s gala, which honored Sharon Bush. Emcee Patricia Clarkson introduced Sharon’s children Lauren, Ashley and Pierce Bush by quipping, “It’s a shame they’re so attractive,” and: “Don’t worry, Pierce, I won’t turn into Taylor Swift.” Oh! Ha-ha. They presented their mom with the Mother Hale Award. Neil Wilcox presented JPMorgan Chase’s Christine Larsen with her award.

Applauding were David Lauren, Nicole Miller, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, Yaz and Valentin Hernandez, Brendan Lyle, Nicole Noonan and Cassandra Seidenfeld.. Hale House delivers child-and-family-focused programs in Harlem. halehouse.org ✦

Jessica Hart @ the Costume Institute Ball

Ashley, Sharon, & Pierce Bush & Lauren Bush & David Lauren @ Hale House Gala

Diane von Furstenberg @ Tribeca Ball

Jean Shafiroff & Mayor Bloomberg @ JBFCS Benefit

Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos @ Save Venice Tony Ingrao, Margaret Russell & Randy Kemper @ the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club Dinner

Janna Bullock, Karen Lefrak, Hilary Geary Ross & Jamee Gregory @ Lincoln Center

Jon, Michelle Marie, Hudson & Hyacinth Heinemann @ a toast for Blankets for Warmth

Honoree Alexandra Lebenthal & her daughter Ellie Diamond @ Henry Street Settlement

Lauren Hutton & Nicole Miller @ the African Rainforest Conservancy Benefit

Maggie Norris, Melanie Fraser Hart & Tracy Stern @ Partnership with Children

Georgina Bloomberg @ ASPCA Bergh Ball

Michele Gerber Klein, Frederick Anderson & Valesca Guerrand-Hermes @ Partnership with Children

the world according to . . .

BILL HEMMER AVENUE’s back-page column asks New York notables our version of the questionnaire made famous by Marcel Proust

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE/LEAST FAVORITE HAMPTONS CLICHÉ?

“South of the Highway,” for both.

Sandcastle

AT WHAT ADDRESS WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? Joe Farrell’s Sandcastle.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE HAMPTONS? My backyard.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WATERING HOLE FOR LUNCH? FOR DINNER? My favorite brunch spot is Estia, the Corner Bar for football Sundays and the American Hotel for nostalgia.

I also enjoy the Cuddy, the best new restaurant in Sag. WHAT NEWSPAPER COLUMN DO YOU READ FIRST IN THE MORNING? In the newspaper, Peggy Noonan. On the radio, Larry Kudlow.

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WHAT PART OF THE HAMPTONS LIFESTYLE CAN’T YOU LIVE WITHOUT? Getting away from the City’s concrete and steel.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE HAMPTONS MOMENT? Arriving on a Friday.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE HAMPTONS SOUND? Silence.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE HAMPTONS LOGO? The beach parking sticker.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE WAY TO GET AROUND THE HAMPTONS? The back roads.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE VIRTUE? Honesty.

WHAT’S YOUR MOTTO? Fair and Balanced.

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t’s been a busy six months in news and Bill Hemmer has reported it all, from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre to the Boston bombings. But now the Fox News anchor and co-host of America’s Newsroom has another destination in mind: With warm weather in sight, the Ohio native plans some well-deserved downtime at his Hamptons home.

“Of all the towns up and down the East coast, I think Sag Harbor has its own identity . . . It is supremely unique and I feel very comfortable there,” he says.

Here, Hemmer describes his lifestyle out East, far from the newsroom trenches.

WHAT’S YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE? A dirty water hot dog with mustard, available on any street corner in Midtown Manhattan.

WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF? Circumnavigating the globe for nearly a year.

IS THERE A BOOK THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE? The Razor’s Edge, by Somerset Maugham.

It left me with a lasting impression about what’s important in life.

WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN THE FILM ABOUT YOUR LIFE? I don’t think anyone would pay to see that movie.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? I really don’t want to grow up. Must I? ✦

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