AVENUE ON THE BEACH August|September 2018

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VALERIE STEELE ON THE COLOR THAT WON’T FADE (HINT: IT’S NOT BLACK)

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WILLIAM D. COHAN TOASTS THE GREAT RECESSION’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY

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KELLY LAFFEY RAISES A GLASS WITH GABBY KARAN AND GIANPAOLO DE FELICE

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AUGUST | SEPTEMBER 2018

CONTENTS VOL. 42 NO. 5

FEATURES THE GIFT OF GABBY

TEN YEARS AFTER What we learned, and what we didn’t, from the 2008 Wall Street debacle

by William D. Cohan illustrations by Matt Collins

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PINK IS THE NEW PUNK As FIT gives it a show, here’s how to think about pink

by Valerie Steele photographs by Kevin Kinner

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DRINKS WITH DEBBIE

by Debbie Bancroft

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Treasures from Wonderland

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A chat with Jay McInerney and Anne Hearst

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BEAUTY

Essentials for the dog days of summer

by Wendy Sy photographed by Jessica Nash

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STATE OF THE ART

Thomas Ammann was a man apart

by Asher Edelman

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TRENDSCAPE

Transitioning from summer to fall

by Kelly Laffey

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JEWELRY BOX

Christopher Walling on the significance of pearls

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

New dining options on both of our islands

by Beth Landman

SURREAL ESTATE

Why has the sun set on Sutton Place?

by Christopher Cameron

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POSTCARD FROM . . .

Paris when it sizzles

by Nina Griscom

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TRIPPING

Elegance in the shadow of Mount Kenya

by Anthony Lassman and Nota Bene Global

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SOCIAL SAFARI

One Trump is beyond dispute

by R. Couri Hay

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MS. DEMEANOR

Why can’t people just show up?

by Nina Griscom

DEPARTMENTS 19

ON THE AVENUE

Parties from the Parrish to the ASPCA

by Ben Diamond

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ARTS CALENDAR

This month’s selection of arts and culture

by Daniel Metz

ON THE COVER

Gabby Karan and Gianpaolo de Felice photographed by Luca Babini.

All clothing by Urban Zen.

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L ET TER FROM T HE EDI T OR DEAR READERS, Ten years ago, I spent Labor Day weekend in Springs, finishing a book about the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

“THIS ISSUE IS DESIGNED TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTRY LIFE.”

I came back to a city in crisis. As we planned this August/September issue, which is meant to bridge the gap between summer and the grand return to the city in September, I wanted to find stories that would summon up the ever narrower distance between city and country life, summer and fall, vacation and the quotidian lives most of us lead the rest of the year.

Busy, buzzy Gabby Karan and Gianpaolo de Felice embody that with their Tutto il Giorno restaurants in both the city and the country, the urban-rural life their family leads, and the Italian country cooking they feed to city folk. Executive editor Kelly Laffey has penned a profile of the slightly screwball Nick-and-Nora-esque couple, and Luca Babini has taken special portraits of them. Let’s not dwell on the fact that their marriage also demonstrates that Americans and Europeans can get along.

I first met William D. Cohan when I was promoting Rogues’ Gallery, the book I finished in Springs that year, and he was similarly touting House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street, his account of the collapse of Bear Stearns, one of the triggers for the Great Recession. Its collapse, early in 2008, was the first in the cascade of events that, just after Labor Day 2008, appeared to be a wake-up call for Main Street about the dangers presented

by Wall Street. So I asked Cohan, whose latest book is Why Wall Street Matters, to look back at that painful moment and tell us what, if anything, has changed. His conclusions are anything but candy-colored.

Rounding out our features this month is a meditation on that most candied of colors, pink,

by Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she has organized the new exhibit “Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color,” opening on September 7, and authored an accompanying book with the same name. To illustrate her essay, we commissioned Kevin Kinner, an aspiring street photojournalist, to shoot New York in the pink.

I’d also like to highlight our Ms. Demeanor columnist Nina Griscom’s meditation this month on the decline of the meaningful RSVP. It brought to mind the aria in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Mikado, one of my childhood favorites, performed by Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner of the town of Titipu: “I’ve got a little list, I’ve got a little list,” he sings, “of society offenders who might well be underground, and who never would be missed!”

But surely, you’re not the sort to say yes and then not show up, are you?

Michael Gross

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n invitation from Anne Hearst and Jay McInerney—whether it’s dinner at Ashgrove Farm in Bridgehampton, a book party at their Village apartment, or a black-tie dinner dance at Hearst Castle—is always well received and happily accepted. The combination of Jay’s literary and oenophile prowess and Anne’s grace and hosting skills make their invites among the most coveted.

Last month, I got to reminisce with Anne and Jay at Wyntoon, the Hearst family ranch in Northern California.

Tucked away under the majestic (and potentially active) volcano of Mount Shasta in Siskiyou County, Wyntoon has quite the legendary history.

In the early years of the twentieth century, William Randolph Hearst and his mother, Phoebe, built Wyntoon to resemble a Bavarian village, commissioning the guesthouses—named Angel, Cinderella, and Bear—to be painted with illustrations of fairy tales. Against this magical backdrop, JFK shocked the Hearsts, as well as his father, Joe, by swimming across the ice-cold McCloud River that runs through the property. WRH and his lover, the actress and comedienne Marion Davies, enjoyed their solitude at Wyntoon—she took up sewing, and he reportedly wrote her poems that he would slip under her door every night. Famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and silver screen legend Clark Gable visited, too.

So here we were, in one of the most idyllic places on earth, to have (many) drinks with Debbie, and chat.

Q I guess it goes without saying that everyone wants to be on your invitation list. How do you like carrying the mantle of uber-hosts?

Jay: I really like entertaining and bringing diverse people together.

Does diversity ever rear up and bite you?

Jay: Well, putting Roger Waters next to a Zionist was tricky.

What were the more successful seatings?

Jay: We put Roger next to Éric Rippert another night and they totally bonded.

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Anne: We seated Candace Bushnell next to Jim Coleman almost a year ago. They’re still together. And my sister Patricia and Jamie Figg reconnected at Hearst Castle.

I always try to seat single people together.

So often you’ll go to a dinner and see the most eligible bachelor next to the married hostess. Really? Frankly, thoughtful seating is why single people come!

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Other memorable mixes?

Jay: We often hosted Rudy Giuliani and [Democratic operative and commentator] Robert Zimmerman.

Anne: Robert always skillfully defused the situation, though we had one female TV commentator who worked hard to stir up what Robert had calmed!

Jay, you always give an opening toast to introduce new guests, and give them a platform to talk about their projects. How does that work?

Jay: Well, it depends on whom you ask. Robert Wilson will stand and remain silent for several (often bewildering) minutes). Neil deGrasse Tyson is always a fascinating guest.

And he knows his wines.

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Speaking of wines, there are some hosts (well, actually only one I can think of) who actually serve better wine to the oenophiles that sit near her. The rest drink plonk.

What’s up with that?

Jay: Everyone drinks at the level of the most discerning wine connoisseur at our table.

The food?

Jay: People get depressed by bad food. I love feeding my friends exceptional food. [Here, fashion designer Nicole Miller jumps in to say, “‘And he can cook—he makes the best osso bucco I’ve ever had!”]

Anne: I like buffets and always try to include healthy recipes from Dr. Gullo. I also like to serve locally produced and themed food—California- and Mexican-themed when we are out here. My grandfather was a man of the West.

What’s next?

Anne: We are kicking off the Rita Hayworth Alzheimer’s Gala this summer, and the party is on Tuesday, October 23.

I’m chairing with Yasmin Aga Khan.

The theme?

Anne: Western—Denim and Diamonds.

Of course. See you there.

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S TATE OF THE A RT

A MAN NAMED AMMANN REMEMBERING AN ART DEALER WHO BALANCED PASSION WITH THE PROFIT MOTIVE

by Asher Edelman

Thomas Ammann and another Jasper Johns painting

A

t one time a collector in need of a large sum of money sold Thomas Ammann, the Zurichbased art dealer, a substantial portfolio of art works: a Picasso, multiple Klines, Mirós, Rauschenbergs, and Twomblys and a particularly special Jasper Johns.

A year later at dinner with Thomas, this then-well-known collector asked him how he had fared with the purchases. Had he sold them? Had he made a nice profit? Was he happy?

“Wonderfully,” Thomas replied, and thanked the

collector for the opportunity.

“What did you do with the Johns?” the collector then asked.

Johns had dramatically increased in value that year.

“I saved it for you as I knew how much you loved the painting,” Thomas replied.

The collector, again cash rich and now, happy as could be, responded. “Okay, whatever the price, thank you, and I’ll buy it back.”

Said Ammann, “My money cost me 6 percent. The painting will be delivered back to you tomorrow. Please pay me my cost plus 6%.” And with that,

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he gave away close to a million dollars out of friendship.

I was the collector.

A good soul, Thomas.

Early this summer, leafing through the catalog of Ammann’s Zurich Gallery’s 1987 exhibit of selected works from my collection, I was struck by the contrast between how art was dealt with then and what art dealers have to be today. Thomas epitomized knowledge, taste, elegant manners and thoughtfulness; today’s bar is set not much higher than the street peddler.

We forget our friends too quickly.

Ammann, en route to becoming the most revered dealer of impressionist, modern and contemporary art in history, passed away in 1993 at the age of 43. He’d had a brief but brilliant career. At the tender age of 18, it began with the contemporary art dealer Bruno Bischofberger.

Eight years later, Thomas struck out on his own with the backing of the Schmidheiny fortune.

Shortly, he became the dealer to the most important collections in the world, from Niarchos to Lauder, buying and selling works from Van Gogh through Warhol.

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STATE OF THE A RT and a brilliant eye, his talent for dealing was unsurpassed in the 20th century.

Thomas was a practical chap. No warehouse visits for his clients. Until he bought his New York apartment he had the good sense to show art for sale at Andy Warhol’s house, my apartment and the homes of other, more important collectors. After all, why not surround the presentation of beautiful objects with other beautiful objects.

Art dealers often bemoan the paucity of important works for sale. Not Thomas. Dealers and collectors vied for his attention. For collectors like Ernst Beyeler, dealers like Mary Boone, and artists, living and dead, from Picasso to Ross Bleckner, Thomas was the chosen purveyor of all that was excellent, the go-to dealer of his time.

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“Thomas epitomized knowledge, taste, elegant manners and thoughtfulness; today’s bar is set not much higher than the street peddler.”

One night in the eighties Thomas, my then wife and a group of party folks visited La Escuelita, a Latin American drag nightclub south of Times Square. At about three in the morning, we dropped Thomas off at his hotel. Eleven the next morning, I got a call.

Thomas, who never discussed his love life with his friends, was on the phone: “When I left you I was restless and went to Boy Bar”—a Lower East Side pickup joint popular on the gay scene. “I think I have met the love of my life, a Greek boy studying in the U.S.,” he said. His name was George Kontouris and he and Thomas were together until Thomas’ death in 1993. George died shortly after that.

Like their love affair, Thomas Ammann’s life was too short and too little is said, too little remembered of my friend.

Part of that’s because he was so intensely private. He had a social façade—he was ubiquitous, always with the right people—but the fact of the matter is none of them really knew him. His preferences have, I fear, damaged his legacy.

Outwardly lacking passion, but inwardly, quite the opposite, he valued beauty and gentility along with the profit motive. We could use more of his kind today.

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ALL EYES ON ART THIS MONTH'S SELECTION OF ARTS AND CULTURE

by Daniel Metz

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INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY Through September 2 Henri-Cartier Bresson: The Decisive Moment

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, 1947 From The Decisive Moment (Simon & Schuster, 1952)

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GALLERIES GREY ART GALLERY September 6 – December 8 NeoRealismo: The New Image in Italy, 1932–1960 100 Washington Square East New York 212.998.6780 greyartgallery.nyu.edu

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FO O D FOR THOUG HT

BACK IN THE SWING

THE NY DINING SCENE COMES ALIVE AGAIN…BUT THERE ARE STILL SURPRISES OUT EAST

by Beth Landman

Let’s Eat! Sel Rrose 4 South Elmwood Avenue Montauk, New York 11954

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A new culinary team at the Maidstone Hotel KATERYNA TEREKHOVA

avarian food might not have been the best fit for Montauk’s surf vibe, so we said farewell to Zum Schneider this summer, and in its place is an outpost of the more fitting French oyster bar and small plate concept Sel Rrose, which has its year-round home on the Lower East Side.

“The owner, Kristen Vincent, fell in love with the location and the people in Montauk and felt this was a perfect fit for us,” says Drew Cheben, Sel Rrose’s director of operations. “This is the kind of place where you can come in and have a cocktail with a lobster roll or oysters, or just pop by on your way to dinner. We want it to be social with no pressure to order anything specific.”

Hudson Blue, another seafood concept, opened in the Bridgehampton space formerly occupied by Mexican spot Mercado.

“This serves an ocean resort community better,” says restaurateur Marcel Link, who is offering Dungeness, blue and soft-shell crabs along with local scallops, sea bass and a range of oysters.

Don’t worry, your craving for cumin, cilantro and chiles won’t go unsated. The owners of Nick & Toni’s will be unveiling the long awaited Coche Comedor at 74

The Maidstone Hotel 207 Main Street Maison Vivienne offers an extra boozy brunch

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“It will be the big sibling to La Fondita next door. We will have a wood-burning rotisserie, whole fish and ceviches, and some of the

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FO O D FOR THOUG HT Harbor Bistro has expanded with a new food truck

The Maidstone Hotel has a new culinary team. Ian Lowell, formerly the sous chef at Surf Lodge, will be executive chef and work along with John Sagadraca, who spent about ten years working with Daniel Boulud before becoming executive chef at Colonie in Brooklyn.

Harbor Bistro is taking its show on the road.

The popular Three Mile Harbor waterfront spot has expanded to a food truck called the Bistro Mobile Kitchen that brings such dishes as Mongolian BBQ ribs, tuna tostados and hibachi salmon to private parties and events.

Sotto Sopra, the popular trattoria in Amagansett, has added family-style dishes to its offerings. Sunday through Thursday, large

shareable plates, including calamari salad, pasta with shrimp or Bolognese sauce, seafood stew or skirt steak, are all available, along with the regular a la carte menu.

Fans of the boozy brunch should check out Maison Vivienne, which opened this season in Southampton. Each Saturday and Sunday there is a fashion show accompanied by house and electro music.

There’s news further on an island West as well. Cédric Vongerichten will open his long-awaited French Indonesian restaurant Wayan at 20 Spring Street in September.

Those who loved his Indochine will find some differences. “We will have a lot of sharing dishes and satays and many sambal sauces, and we will focus on seasonal and local ingredients,” explains Cedric, who is the son of Jean-Georges and served as chef at Perry Street from its opening.

Jonathan Benno, who worked at both French Laundry and Daniel before becoming chef at Lincoln, has opened a new place in NoMad’s Evelyn Hotel called Leonelli Taberna.

“When the location in the Evelyn Hotel came up, it afforded me a unique opportunity to

take everything I’ve done throughout my career and showcase it all in one place with the three concepts—Leonelli Taberna, Leonelli Focacceria, and Benno,” he explains. “These are also the most personal projects to date for me.” The first two, a casual Roman-inspired room and a bakery, opened in July; the more upscale Benno is due in early fall.

The much loved British concept Burger & Lobster has expanded into brunch items, adding such dishes as lobster Benedict and bourbon-infused brioche french toast to its Flatiron restaurant. Says Burger & Lobster USA CEO Vladimir Borodin, “Brunch is a big part of New York City’s dining landscape; it’s something New Yorkers embrace, and we decided we wanted to as well, even though it’s not a meal period that we as a company have addressed before.”

No doubt inspired by that success, Steak & Lobster is scheduled to open at 129 West 29th in September. It will feature various versions of surf and grass-fed, hormone-free turf in a range of spice rubs and marinades, prepared by Japanese chef Masato Okamoto.

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S URRE A L E STATE

LUXURY HOMES, NO BUYERS WHY HAS THE SUN SET ON SUTTON PLACE?

by Christopher Cameron

T

he denizens of Manhattan’s wealthiest zips have expectations for their homes. Despite competition from the new supertalls and Robert A.M. Stern’s limestone cathedrals, they expect returns when it comes time to sell. Anything else is fodder for the gossip columns.

In the Upper East Side’s townhouse market, those expectations are particularly easy to see. Allow us to demonstrate: In 2006, a perfectly nice but perhaps unremarkable fourbedroom townhouse at 154 East 74th Street sold for $6.5 million.

In April, it hit the market once again, asking $9.7 million.

In 2007, a similarly sized home on East 71st Street sold for $6.7 million. It hit the market last year and is now asking $8.7 million.

Even a more recent purchase, a slightly larger, five-bedroom townhouse on East 87th Street that sold in 2013 for $4.7 million

was listed last spring with an asking price of $7.8 million.

Regardless of whether these homes eventually achieve their asks, after a decade or

Keith and Inga Rubenstein’s 14,000-square-foot, $79.5 million townhouse at 8 East 62nd Street, roll for doubles. It last sold for $35 million in 2007.

But Sutton Place—once a worthy rival to Park and Fifth Avenues that attracted aristocrats like Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Aristotle Onassis and Elsie de Wolfe, and pop culture icons like Lillian Gish, Marilyn Monroe and Freddie Mercury—as well as neighboring Beekman Place,

so, owners look for a 30 to 60 percent profit on their investments, even in an ostensibly softer market.

Only exceptional outliers, like

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Midtown’s Sutton-Beekman corridor, with its history, formality and prestige, is undervalued. Its special cachet is just waiting to be rediscovered.

have become embarrassing exceptions to that norm.

Consider the case of 4 Sutton Square, a five-story, fourbedroom townhouse that is a little smaller but far more distinctive than the listings mentioned above. It’s one of 14 townhouses arranged in an L shape around a bucolic, private garden cantilevered above FDR Drive, between East 57th and Sutton Place (né East 58th Street).

In 2005, the then CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, Mike Jeffries, laid out $10.9 million for the 1921 brick abode abutting the exclusive garden. He then

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S URRE A L E STATE poured some $4 million into a meticulous, extremely tasteful renovation of the property, taking it down to the studs, adding gray lacquer to the walls, and preserving the property’s historic mahogany paneling and seven wood-burning hearths. In the fourth-floor bedroom suites, the walls are covered in cashmere.

The best of that renovation is visible in the grand, two-level library and sitting room, with its arched windows, intricate woodwork and gorgeous twin terraces, affording both garden and river views.

But today, nearly thirteen years and $15 million later, the vine-covered beauty is asking a mere $12.9 million.

Other excellent townhouses in the area, like 13 Sutton Place (which is being offered at a loss) and Guy Wildenstein’s place at 7 Sutton Square (which has been

sitting on the market for two years at $39 million), are facing the same briny pickle.

Wildenstein—who was recently cleared of tax evasion charges and a $265 million fine in France—paid $32.5 million for the mansion in 2008. It, too, looks to have enjoyed a very careful and expensive renovation. It’s likely that he’s also selling it for close to cost.

To some, listings like Wildenstein’s or Jeffries’ are evidence that the SuttonBeekman corridor, which offers the same history, formality and arguably prestige within walking distance of the Upper East Side, is undervalued. It’s just waiting to be discovered.

“If you appreciate the amenities available on Park Avenue you are going to appreciate the amenities on Sutton Place,” says real estate

appraiser Jonathan Miller.

“So to someone who isn’t obsessed with living on Park Avenue, it’s a value play. You get more for your money.”

To others, Sutton isn’t a deal waiting to be had. Instead, the luxury microcosm along the East River is weak for a reason: its far-flung location. Good buildings, they say, exist like a halo around Central Park, while Sutton Place residents face a 20-minute walk to get there.

“The market is down and it’s priced accordingly,” says Lauren Muss, the Douglas Elliman broker marketing Jeffries’ home.

“Sutton Place has always been a little bit less than everywhere else. Fifth and Park will always get more than East End and Sutton.”

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THE BUSY DAYS AND BUZZY NIGHTS OF GIANPAOLO AND GABBY KARAN DE FELICE

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nyone who has been to Italy is familiar with siesta—the midday break that encourages people to relax and businesses to close. Though the concept sounds great in theory, it can be aggravating in practice. When does siesta officially start? How long does it last? When will the grocery store reopen?

It’s impossible to plan how siesta could impact an afternoon. So, most visitors learn that I che c’è c’è. It is what it is. Embrace what comes.

Gabby Karan de Felice and Gianpaolo de Felice are like siesta, in that they’re tough to pin down. One day they’re in the Hamptons. The next, New York City.

And soon they’re back again. They go with the flow. But they’re not napping. In stark contrast, the duo is constantly in motion.

He is a business-minded Italian pilot, formerly with the military and then Alitalia.

She, the daughter of fashion icon Donna Karan, has a creative outlook. They met in Italy while she was on a styling assignment with the New York Times. They embarked on a transcontinental relationship and wed in 2000. Together, they opened and manage a trio of southern Italian restaurants, two in the Hamptons and one in New York City, all called Tutto il Giorno.

I meet the duo on a June Thursday at Tutto’s Tribeca location. Gabby warmly greets me. Gianpaolo has to finish up a call.

We chat about their new Sag Harbor location, which opened at 16 Main Street over Memorial Day weekend. It was created in partnership with Donna Karan’s Urban Zen lifestyle store, with the whole space channeling a comfortable, well-styled Hamptons living and dining room.

Gabby offers me wine. Gianpaolo circles our table, focused on his phone. The chic but rustic decor and cool lighting, all styled by Gabby and sourced from Urban Zen, almost make me forget that it’s a weekday afternoon. I hesitate before I decline.

Gabby instead suggests I try the avocado toast, which is on the spuntino, or snack, menu. I can’t resist.

Gianpaolo lands before the food does. “I’m the better half,” he says by way of introduction. Earlier that day, he had ridden his motorcycle into New York from the Hamptons. “It’s been exhausting opening Sag,” says Gabby. “But honestly, our life is like that…[Today] I said, ‘Why don’t we just go to Bar Pitti and sit outside and have lunch?’ That was really nice—to have [a] moment where it’s just about you and not about work. We probably won’t have another [lunch together] for, like…” She laughs as she cuts herself off.

“We have two teenage kids. We’re involved in charities. We have three properties we’re running. Our life is just super full,” she continues.

“And more to come,” interjects Gianpaolo. “Three properties, and more to come.”

As they navigate the ups and downs of running a business together, shunning the conventional wisdom that you shouldn’t work with family, “embrace what comes” just may be the de Felice motto.

espite the immense popularity of the Tuttos, both with celebrities like Calvin Klein and Sarah Jessica Parker as well as everyday members of the community, neither Gabby nor Gianpaolo sought to create a restaurant empire.

“Doing restaurants was such a departure [from] what I grew up doing, which was fashion, styling and writing,” says Gabby.

“My passion is really in flying,” says Gianpaolo. “You never give up your wings,” echoes Gabby, as her husband jokes that his wife “chopped my wings off.”

The first Tutto restaurant was in Sag Harbor, at 6 Bay Street. It was a partnership with friends David and Gally Mayer, and Maurizio Marfoglia. “We wanted [a place] in the Hamptons. Because the Hamptons has the beauty and the water—so many things similar to Italy,” says Gabby, whose breezy personality matches the Tutto aesthetic. “We wanted a place we could have fun with.”

Gabby was drawn to the original space when she realized that there was a store next to it, which would enable her to tie a lifestyle component to the restaurant. The retail space became the original Sag Harbor Urban Zen. Donna Karan’s luxury lifestyle brand emphasizes what she calls philanthropy commerce—“We’re about dressing and addressing,” says Karan. The store sells artisan furnishings, clothing and accessories. Her Urban Zen Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness and inspiring change in the areas of health, well-being, education and cultural preservation.

“My mother is such a big influence on what I do,” says Gabby. “So every restaurant I’ve designed, every home I’ve designed, has her [Urban Zen] furniture.”

Gabby manages the creative side of the Tuttos, taking on the marketing and communications as well as the interior decorating. Gianpaolo’s turf is business development. They both love food.

“On paper, we have separate roles,” he says.

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We have two teenage kids. We're involved in charities. We have three properties we're running.

Our life is just super full.”

“On paper!” emphasizes Gabby.

They have their differences—“He loves friends. He loves socializing.

He loves people. And I love pretty little spaces,” Gabby says—but they balance each other out. On a personal level, that’s why they’ve been together for two decades. And on a professional level, that’s why the Tuttos work. People go there to eat well and to enjoy each other’s company in a place that feels like home. Key to Tutto’s vibe is Gabby’s desire to create spaces that reflect her own life. “I try to be super casual, because we’re casual. We’re not corporate at all,” she says. The furnishings in the restaurant are items that she would include in her own home. “When the owners have a hand in [a restaurant], you really feel that.”

abby and Gianpaolo met by chance in 1999. She was on break from a shoot at the home of shoe designer Andrea Pfister on the Amalfi

Coast and decided to take a boat to the island of Ischia with a friend.

Another friend suggested they stay at Mezzatorre, a fancy spa and hotel on the island. “We get into this car, and the cab driver didn’t take us to the hotel. He took us all the way to the other side of the island, to a fishing area called Sant’Angelo. There were no hotel rooms. We were completely lost. I was so stressed out, I was like, ‘Let’s just sit down and eat,’ ” recalls Gabby.

Gianpaolo, who was in town after being on the water all day, walked over to Gabby’s table to chat. She eventually left and found a hotel, “but I couldn’t stop thinking about Gianpaolo! So I decided I would go, in my slip gown, and look for water in the square. And there he was!”

“I was like, where are you going? Looking for water?” mocks Gianpaolo, with a tone that suggests that he found her spontaneous but quirky decision endearing.

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annoyed and ignored him.” She left, but couldn’t stop thinking about him. He called a few days after she landed back in New York.

Now, the family splits their time between their homes in New York and East Hampton, with frequent trips back to Italy, especially Gianpaolo’s native Naples. Gabby cites her mother-in-law’s cooking as the inspiration for their southern Italian restaurants. She makes “the best linguine and clams,” says Gabby, who adds that her own mother also inspired her to enter the hospitality business.

“I always went on my own path, [but] she gave me all the tools. I couldn’t do what I do without her,” she explains of her mother’s influence.

“I think that’s why I went into the restaurant business. It fed into all the things I love, like having a home and creating a place that people love.”

The two remain extremely close, living side by side in East Hampton, in homes that Gabby styled. “I was always the guilty mom who had to go back to work right after Gabby was born,” says Donna.

“Am I making up for lost time?” she muses of her relationship with her daughter now. “I always wanted to be with Gabby.

“The [Urban Zen] collaboration with Tutto is a life experience,” Donna continues. “Parents and kids come to play chess. They read books.” The new Sag Harbor space is more of a community gathering venue than traditional restaurant. Though there are teak indoor and outdoor tables, Tutto diners are also welcome to sit, eat and drink on the Urban Zen showroom furniture. As with the other Tuttos, Sag Harbor will play host to projects and charitable events that support the de Felices’ favorite causes and people.

“We’re all about the community,” says Gabby. The restaurants, all of which are open year-round, emphasize local farmers and vintners. They’ve stopped using plastic straws in a push to help save the environment.

Their family life is also community focused, although the couple’s 15-year-old daughter Stefania has little interest in taking over the business. “She made me promise that we’re not allowed to talk about [Tutto] at the dinner table, or on vacation,” says Gabby.

Their son Sebastian, who is 13, enjoys cooking. “[He] loves to make dessert,” says Gianpaolo. Juggling the family’s varied interests adds another element to their busy lives—Sebastian enjoys dirt biking and flying. Stefania competes in horse shows most weekends.

As a family, they’re also involved in charities, especially Solving Kids’ Cancer. The nonprofit’s annual event this past spring was where I first met Gabby. “I swear I’m not stalking you,” I joked when I introduced myself, referencing the number of times we had chatted on the phone, trying to fit this interview into the couple’s busy schedule.

“For me, this event is so special because it’s about inspiring your children to also get involved,” Gabby said at the time. “And, you’re really only as good as how you teach your kids to make a difference.”

n 2009, Tutto opened its second location at 56 Nugent Street in Southampton. When the Tribeca location opened in 2014, they sought to dig their roots even deeper into Gianpaolo’s southern Italian heritage. It was on a trip back to Naples that he discovered executive chef Agostino Petrosino. He was so impressed with a meal that he offered Petrosino the job in New York, but thought that the chances of him accepting were slim. “He’s married. He has kids. He called me back the next day and said, ‘I can come, but I need at least a week because I need to close my restaurant,’ ” Gianpaolo recalls with a laugh. “I said, ‘Done!’ ” Not all aspects of running Tutto have come as easily. In 2016, Gabby and Gianpaolo parted ways with business partner Maurizio Marfoglia.

As a part of the deal, Marfoglia kept the Sag Harbor location, renaming it Dopo la Spiaggia, and Gabby and Gianpaolo, with David and Gally Mayer, kept Southampton and Tribeca, as well as the Tutto name.

It was a difficult stretch, as the year prior, Gianpaolo was involved in a lawsuit when David Zara, his partner at private aviation company Zen Air alleged that he, among other things, failed to pay him his share of the profits. The suit was later dropped. Gianpaolo declined to discuss it.

Aside from those two blips, easy humor seems to define their relationship, and a casual can-do attitude has allowed them to completely focus on moving forward with great success—and little room to relax.

When Urban Zen left its Bay Street space last year, Gabby decided that it was time to find a new collaborative endeavor with Donna. “That’s when I stumbled upon this property,” she says of the new space, which was formerly Muse in the Harbor. The opening came on the heels of a complete renovation of the Southampton Tutto earlier this year. “It’s important to reinvent yourself,” says Gabby. “I feel like so many people just leave [things] alone, [but] it’s good to shift things up and change them around.”

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ne thing that has not changed, however, is the work that Gabby and Gianpaolo put into keeping their restaurant authentically southern Italian.

“It’s lighter,” says Gabby of southern Italian cuisine. “They make everything right with olive oil, garlic and tomatoes.

And then they take those three things and put it on anything, whether is broccoli rabe, whether it’s pasta, whether it’s crazy water fish.”

“It’s really called pesce alla’ acqua pazza,” clarifies Gianpaolo. “But if you translate it, it comes out as ‘crazy water fish. If you don’t explain it, people look at you like, ‘Oh, you’re crazy!’ ” “My husband teases me,” said Gabby. “He said to me before I met him, I didn’t know fish had eyes. He’s like, “ ‘You’re a New Yorker…’ ” Though that may be true, Gianpaolo has seamlessly made the transition from simple Italian sensibilities to those of a driven New Yorker.

“My dream is to conquer the Hamptons,” he says, envisioning a floating Tutto boat cruise and a Tutto-branded flight service from New York to the Hamptons. “My wife is a bit more easygoing.”

“I want to conquer having a life,” Gabby says.

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“On paper, we have separate roles,” Gianpaolo says.

“On paper!” emphasizes Gabby.

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TEN YEARS AFTER AT THE END OF THE SUMMER OF 2008, THE GREAT RECESSION BEGAN WITH THE COLLAPSE OF LEHMAN BROTHERS. A BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BOOKS ON WALL STREET WORRIES THAT THE MORE THINGS HAVE CHANGED, THE MORE THEY’VE STAYED THE SAME.

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hroughout much of American history, financial crises have slapped us around at least once every 20 years— about the same time it takes for a new generation of bankers, traders, speculators, Wall Street executives and government officials to forget all about the calamitous mistakes made previously and to start making them again. (The lone exception, the long stretch between the Great Depression and the stock market crash of 1987, saw the capital markets mostly quiescent for reasons that no longer apply.)

On the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers—the event that marked the start of the Great Recession—the question is, are we due, or overdue, for another financial crisis? It seems hard to fathom,

doesn’t it? Despite wobbles in the Dow Jones Industrial Average since ithit its January all-time high of 26,616, inflation is at low levels; the unemployment rate, 3.8 percent, is at a 20-year low; and annual GDP growth seems poised to break out of the 2 percent rut it’s been in for a decade.

We appear to be squarely in the long-desired Goldilocks Economy— not too hot and not too cold, just about right. Even the New York Times editorial board had to grudgingly admit in June that the current economy was “if not shining, certainly sunny.”

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were many causes of the Great Recession, four of the most virulent remain problematic today, suggesting that it is only a matter of time before they conspire together again to shake the confidence that is essential to the proper daily functioning of our capital markets.

And that’s before we factor in Mr. High Beta himself, Donald Trump.

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n the years leading up to 2007, when the first cracks began to appear in the mortgage markets, there was what people on Wall Street referred to as “light touch” regulation from Washington.

There were a variety of different regulators—among them the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission—but none were particularly vigilant about monitoring what was going on at the big Wall Street banks or at their smaller counterparts across the country. For instance, the S.E.C., then Wall Street’s chief regulator, rarely showed up inside a Wall Street firm. This, of course, was just the way the banks wanted it.

That changed dramatically after the financial crisis and the passage of the monumental, and monumentally complicated, Dodd-Frank Act. Suddenly, there were new rules about how much capital big banks were required to have and how much risk they were allowed to take. The Federal Reserve took over from the S.E.C. as the “prudential” regulator of Wall Street. Daniel Tarullo, then the Federal Reserve Board governor charged with overseeing Wall Street, was especially vigilant about trying to make sure what happened on Wall Street in the run-up to the financial crisis would never happen again. A new era of regulatory diligence had dawned.

Since then, regulators have been swarming around Wall Street firms, often establishing offices on-site at the banks, as well as expecting regular access to their loan portfolios and their boardrooms.

Donald Trump is dismantling all that. Tarullo is long gone, replaced by the far more accommodating Randal Quarles, a former private equity investor. In May, Congress rolled back parts of Dodd-Frank and dramatically changed the size of the banks—those with $250 billion or more in assets—that must remain under its purview. To accommodate Wall Street, the Federal Reserve is now considering eliminating the parts of Dodd-Frank—known as the Volcker Rule (after the former Fed chairman who came up with it)—that regulates how much risk firms could take. The Fed has proposed that the banks themselves be the final arbiter of their own risk-taking, rather than regulators. We haven’t quite returned to the days of “light touch” regulation, but they don’t seem that far off anymore.

That’s only problem number one.

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roblem number two is the fact for most of the last decade, thanks to the Federal Reserve’s so-called “zero interest rate policy,” risk in the credit markets has been badly mispriced.

What does that mean? Shortly after the onset of the financial crisis, and for

the next eight years or so, former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke instituted a policy known as “quantitative easing,” which had the effect of pushing long-term interest rates to their lowest levels in decades. At the same time, the Fed pushed short-term interest rates to near zero, too. Bernanke’s idea was to make borrowing money so cheap—with interest rates close to zero—that demand for loans would go up and cheap capital would be available to jump-start a moribund economy. It worked pretty well, too, especially for borrowers with pristine credit ratings.

But there were unintended consequences. Among them was what I call the Yield Hunger Games—investors’ unquenchable desire to find higher returns for their cash. With the Fed keeping interest rates intentionally low—warping the market, in fact—and with Treasury securities yielding around 1 percent or less, investors started bidding up the price of riskier bonds with higher coupons, or interest rates. Since bond prices trade in inverse proportion to their yields, as investors bid up the price of so-called high-yield, or “junk,” bonds, their yields went down. Whereas one rule of thumb would have high-yield bonds yielding around 10 percent annually—to reflect the credit risk of the company issuing them—in the world of the Yield Hunger Games such bonds were yielding some 5 percent or less. That’s how risk gets mispriced, when investors, desperate for yield, pay too much for bonds that would be worth less in an environment where risk is properly priced. When the real value of those bonds gets adjusted in the marketplace—as is inevitable at some point see the value of the bonds of the now liquidating Toys “R” Us as but one

money to grow their businesses or to operate. Those loans generally are made on a long-term basis, of one, five or ten years. But our deposits are “on demand,” meaning that when we go to an ATM machine and put in our card, we expect the money we have deposited to come out of the slot.

We don’t even think about it anymore.

The truth is our money is not at the bank, and never has been. Our deposits have been lent out on a long-term basis to borrowers all around the world. Banks make their huge profits—JPMorgan Chase made a stunning $8.71 billion in net income in the first quarter of 2018—lots of different ways, but one of the most lucrative is by taking the raw material we give them nearly for free—our deposits—and then lending that money out at much higher rates of interest, capturing the “spread” between one and the other. That’s fractional banking—which works just fine until people lose confidence in their banks, and worry that their money won’t be there when they want it. That’s when this kind of banking leads to disaster. Banks can fail very quickly. Bear Stearns collapsed in a week and Lehman Brothers seemingly over the course of a weekend. Needless to say, banks are still in the business of “borrowing short” and “lending long,” and this fundamental flaw remains little more than bone-dry kindling on the forest floor.

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hich bring us to the match that can ignite the kindling: the compensation system on Wall Street that still rewards big risk-taking with other people’s money.

Bankers, traders and executives get big bonuses—often in the millions of dollars—to generate revenue from selling whatever products they are told to sell, be they mortgage-backed securities, stock and bond underwritings or wacky derivatives. Once upon a time, when Wall Street was a series of undercapitalized private partnerships, where people with last names like Lehman, Goldman, Sachs and Morgan had their own capital invested in their firms, they also had their entire net worth on the line every day. Wall Street is a dangerous place, it’s worth remembering, and things often went wrong, with firms going out of business all the time. For generations, there was accountability for bad behavior on Wall Street where it mattered most: in the bank accounts of the partners at the firm.

But that ethic began to change nearly 50 years ago, when, led by the brokerage firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, one Wall Street partnership after another “went public,” by selling a slice of their equity to investors. Where once the risk of the firm was borne by the partners in the firm, over time it has become a firm’s creditors and shareholders that bear the most risk, as was especially obvious when Lehman failed ten years ago (and would have been obvious too in the cases of Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch but for government bailouts). Bankers and traders are rewarded for generating revenue, not for prudent risk-taking.

Let’s face it, people are pretty simple: they do what they are rewarded to do. On Wall Street today, as in the years before 2008, people are rewarded to take big risks with other people’s money, with little or no accountability when it comes to bad behavior.

I could be wrong about all this of course. But most of the factors that caused the last financial crisis remain in play. My bet is that the next one is right around the corner.

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YOU SEE IN A SIDE-VIEW MIRROR: CLOSER THAN IT APPEARS.” example)—lots and lots of money can be lost. Suffice it to say, that a similar version of the Yield Hunger Games occurred in the years leading up to the financial crisis—only this time, the Fed has kept interest rates even lower for even longer. Big underappreciated problem.

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roblem three relates to the DNA of banking itself, the very nature of “fractional banking.” Banks of all stripes—whether big “depository” institutions such as JPMorgan Chase or Bank of America, or what were once known as Wall Street securities firms, such as the defunct Bear Stearns or Lehman Brothers—operate on the simple premise of “borrowing short” and “lending long.” In other words, our deposits—of which JPMorgan Chase has around $1.5 trillion—are part of the raw material that banks use to make loans to corporations, companies, governments and educational institutions that need the

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Top by Solid and Striped.

Earrings by Roxanne Assoulin.

I’ve always hated pink. Of course, I love peonies, pink champagne and pink diamonds. But when it comes to clothes, like many New Yorkers, I tend to dress in black, like a ninja.

I’m a fashion historian and the director of the Museum at F.I.T., so I know that pink has had a long and illustrious history in fashion—from Pompadour pink in the 18th century to Schiaparelli’s Shocking pink, Christian Dior’s Boréal pink and Prada’s Candy pink.

But pink has also been a polarizing color. In the “Think pink!” scene from Funny Face (1957), for example, all the women at the fashion magazine are suddenly dressed in pink, except the fashion editor Miss Prescott (based on Diana Vreeland), who wears a dark charcoal suit. When one of her young colleagues asks why she’s not wearing pink, Miss Prescott crisply replies that she “wouldn’t be caught dead” in it.

Until recently, those would have been my sentiments exactly.

Today, though, you’d have to be blind not to have noticed all the fashionistas wearing pink.

What happened? How did pink become cool and androgynous?

I started noticing pink about three years ago. First in women’s fashion. Just a trend, I thought. Then men started wearing pink. The breakout year was 2016, when Véronique Hyland of The Cut coined the term “Millennial pink,” which she described as “pink without the sugary prettiness.”

Millennial pink was a reaction against the clichés associated with “feminine pink,” a concept which was itself a mishmash of stereotypes from past decades, especially the 1950s–1980s.

Sweet and innocent little girl pink was heavily promoted in the 1950s, as part of the pink-for-girls and blue-for-boys gender stereotype.

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Millennials wanted to look pretty, but they didn’t want to look like cupcakes. Nor did they want to look as though they’d come out of a bordello in flashy, flamboyant pink.

Millennial pink began as a dusty beige-pink, but soon other shades, from salmon to watermelon, appeared. It wasn’t any particular shade that was problematic, it was the fact that pink carried so many negative associations. Pretty, but childish and sexually objectified.

By contrast, black clothes are perceived as serious and powerful, which is why there is a long history of Men in Black. Black is also elegant: the Little Black Dress and the tuxedo. Black is edgy: black lingerie and a black leather jacket. Artistic: a modern dancer in a black leotard. Intelligent: a philosopher in a black turtleneck.

Even when black is bad, it’s good: The devil is the prince of darkness, and the dandy is the black prince of elegance.

The term “Millennial pink” is now démodé, but the past few years have revolutionized how we look at pink. Symbols like the pink ribbon and the pink triangle proclaimed the power of pink. African American men, like Dapper Dan and Harlem rapper Cam’ron, were confident enough to wear pink, which has had an impact on men everywhere.

The avant-garde Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, once known for designing in seven shades of black, pioneered transgressive pink, in collections such as “Biker/Ballerina” and “18th-Century Punk.”

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PINK WILL NEVER BE ‘THE NEW BLACK,’ BUT IT HAS CHARISMA.

THE TRIUMPH OF PINK CONTINUES, BECAUSE IT GOES WAY BEYOND WOMEN’S FASHION TO INFLUENCE EVERY ASPECT OF VISUAL CULTURE. Alessandro Michele of Gucci has also made pink central to his revolutionary maximalist style for both men and women, while Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino gracefully combines punk pink with the most glamorous haute couture.

Pink will never be “the new black,” but it has acquired some of black’s charisma. This is why fashion’s passionate love affair with pink shows no sign of ending.

Forecasters keep predicting that pink is about to give way to another color, such as orange, green, or purple. We are certainly seeing those colors on the runway, and you may wear them this fall, but you’re equally likely to be wearing lavender pink or pink-and-pistachio.

More significant, the triumph of pink continues, because it goes way beyond women’s fashion to influence every aspect of visual culture—from pink interiors to the popularity of pink in Instagram posts. Look for pink wallpaper, furniture, paintings, and porcelain.

Pompadour pink meets New York black. It’s the fierce look of punk pink leather.

“Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color” opens on September 7th at The Museum at F.I.T. A book with the same title is published by Thames & Hudson.

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AVENUE: Can you talk about how families should plan for students leaving for college?

HENRY: The impending departure for college is an opportune time for open dialogue between parents and their children. At Northern Trust, we created a checklist for clients of what we think are several essential discussions—from healthcare, the implications of financial independence, insurance, even absentee voting. One of the most important is deciding whether a son or daughter will sign a healthcare proxy, which allows their parents to be informed if they are somehow incapacitated.

It may also be useful to execute a power of attorney, which allows parents to take on certain legal responsibilities, like signing a lease while the student is away at school. Finally, there is the question of whether it may make sense to consider a will (and or a living will). All of these conversations are imbued with the weight of what it means to be an adult and, in our experience, help in the transition to what for many young people is their first real step toward independence.

JOEL: For a lot of the high-net-worth clients, they actually get a big price break when the kids go to college, especially if they’ve been paying for private school in the city and they’ve saved their money through the 529 plan. Kids go to college around the same time when a mortgage might be getting paid off, so it’s a nice catalyst for the parents to also look at it from their own standpoint, particularly so they can ensure that this decade gets them to where they want to be as far as retirement.

AVENUE: On June 13, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, and signaled there will be two more increases by the end of the year. They said the economy has improved enough for borrowing costs to increase without stunting economic growth. Was this a good move? Why or why not?

MARK: The market expectations are the Federal Funds rate will probably be close to 2.25 percent by year end, and perhaps 3 percent as we head into the end of 2019. It reflects the realities of our growth prospects today. Clearly, the economy has good momentum. The jobs numbers have never been better. GDP projections are moving higher. I think the normalization of rates is more reflecting this reality.

The Fed has moved from a $1 trillion balance sheet pre-2007 to $4 trillion today. They need to normalize those rates, and therefore they will continue to liquidate their portfolio holdings because they need ballast in the event that we experience another potential downturn in the future.

TONY: I agree. I think that one of the reasons why the Fed is able to move as aggressively as it has is because the economy is experiencing a fair amount of fiscal stimulus that wasn’t necessarily expected a year or two ago, in the form of both the tax packages as well as the current budget deficit. So all of that is creating a lot of tailwind for the economy. The Fed can step out now as being the accommodator of first resort, and allow Congress to play a role here.

ALLAN: I’m concerned about the Fed raising rates. For one, I think they’re playing catchup.

We’ve had a really strong economy for a number of years now, and they are now rushing and raising rates at a faster pace than before. Right now, we have a situation where you’ve got fiscal policy stepping on the gas through the $1.5 trillion tax cut, and you’ve got the Fed stepping on the brakes.

These things are creating volatility. They’re creating some pain to come. You see a flattening of the yield curve, which, every time it goes inverted, tends to lead to really bad things. The pace of rising rates puts pressure across the economy, both on consumers and then also on companies.

“Higher expected returns are primarily coming from growth assets, so diversification is crucial” —Mark Lieberman

AVENUE: What are your views on inflation and the impact on asset allocation of the clients?

HENRY: Our investment process is driven by the clients’ goals and asset sufficiency—what they own, what they will own and what they owe and will owe.

As such, thinking about the inflation rate is essential to thinking about assets and income in the future.

We do all of our planning for clients on a “triple net” basis—meaning looking at results net of fees, taxes and inflation. This helps clients to visualize the choices that they are making and how they are invested in the context of what they actually have and will have. Inflationary pressures are real, and seeing their impact, regardless of level, is hugely valuable for clients.

Participants ALLAN BOOMER, Managing Partner and Founder of Momentum Advisors

JOEL ISAACSON, President of Joel Isaacson Company.

HENRY P. JOHNSON, President, East Region, Northern Trust Wealth Management

MARK LIEBERMAN, Managing Director at First Principles Capital Management, a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (AIG)

TONY ROTH, Investment Officer of Wilmington Trust and MT Bank

KELLY LAFFEY, moderator

ALLAN: I don’t think inflation generally is an issue, except in certain pockets. First is labor and wage inflation. It’s politically popular to raise the minimum wage, but there are a lot of businesses that are being squeezed by this, versus having more of a market mechanism on wages rising. The second is oil prices.

Because of what’s going on politically, you’re starting to see oil prices go up. That impacts the pump, which is like a tax. Higher interest rates, and higher wages, will then lead to higher prices for service items.

Coupled with the price at the pump going up, too, that really will start to crimp the consumer ultimately.

MARK: It is important to understand the potential impact of inflation and interest rates on investment portfolios. It is more important for investors to monitor inflation-adjusted real yields rather than nominal yields. Higher real yields are very destructive for growth assets and capital formation. Real yields can increase in one of two ways: One, the Fed aggressively raises interest rates faster than inflation expectations, and overshoots their inflation target.

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F I NANC I A L ROU N D TA BL E Mark Lieberman

AVENUE: What is the role of fixed income in client portfolios?

MARK: Traditional fixed income plays an important role for the investor, and one needs to understand the objectives of the client. Higher expected returns are primarily coming from growth assets, so diversification is critical. We like to think about fixed income from either a diversification, income or liquidity perspective. It makes little sense to look at traditional fixed income from a total return perspective. Nontraditional fixed income is where one can generate higher expected risk adjusted returns.

percent, and it’s the worst bond market we’ve had in about two decades. Go back 20 years in equities and see what the worst period was like, and you’re seeing down 40 percent or 50 percent. I love to put fixed income in retirement accounts. When you get clients who get to that age of 70½ and they have to start taking those distributions, that’s the point when you don’t want your retirement account to be large.

If you put growth assets in a retirement account, you’re making your tax bill a lot bigger.

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ALLAN: I love fixed income. Fixed income is the anchor to the wind in times of volatility and distress.

You look at the 2008 financial crisis. The one asset that did not lose value at the worst point in the storm was high-quality fixed income. It was Treasury bonds.

People talk about the fact that rates are rising and bonds are going down. You have to think about it in perspective. This year bonds are down about 2 The second way is if we experience significant deflationary expectations, where inflation falls faster than interest rates. That’s the reason why, until recently, the Fed has been very aggressive at lowering rates, because they don’t want to get into the conundrum of having a deflationary spiral, which effectively increases real yields. So with regard to how inflation may impact portfolios, I think watching the real yield, which is the interest rate tied to inflation, is critical in knowing what may happen to growth assets in client portfolios.

TONY: Allan makes a great point around the risks around wage inflation. One of the things that we’re very focused on from an economic standpoint is whether or not the economy can accomplish a more meaningful increase in its productivity than it has had over this investment cycle. If we get a big increase in productivity, that will help to abate the pressure on wages, as companies look to grow their output. One of the things that gives us optimism is that there was a long period where, despite the fact that companies had pretty attractive corporate profits, they were very reluctant to reinvest those profits in their businesses.

They instead used those profits to buy back stock and decrease p/e ratios in order to push the price up.

The tax cuts seem to have provided an extra level of cash flow to companies beyond their growth in earnings. They seem to have been willing to reinvest in infrastructure. We have some hope that we’re going to start to see some real meaningful improvements in productivity.

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JOEL: I disagree. I look at those retirement accounts as, they give you 26 years to pay them out, and then, if you leave them to your next generation, they could spread the money over their life. I’d hate to say to anyone that I am trying to keep an asset class that really was deferred income as low as possible. I’m more growth-oriented.

TONY: Let’s hope that when these clients retire and take distributions, there’s still a capital gains preference. Because the way we’re going in this country with deficit, and the debt that we’re accumulating, it’s almost inevitable that we’re going to have an alignment in Washington of a more liberal administration that’s not going to have such a preferential view to capital formation. So that gap could certainly change a lot.

AVENUE: Can you talk about how clients can use their investments to express personal values in socially responsible investing?

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F I NANC I A L ROU N D TA BL E HENRY: First, you have to understand the difference between socially responsible investing (SRI) and mission driven investing. It is increasingly a focus among certain clients to look beyond an investment’s underlying promise to better understand it—what they do, how they do it, how they are run, their approaches, etc. to assure that those align with the client’s own views and values. Some clients are looking for you to exclude opportunities that do not align—to screen them out—whereas others are willing to give up return if they feel an investment will achieve a different, often nonfinancial return goal. Fluency around these issues and opportunities is something we see more and more clients coming to the table with a real clarity on.

JOEL: It’s a tough thing to monitor for, especially if you’re packaging products in the ETF market or the mutual fund market. A lot of it has big tax consequences, especially if you’ve been in the market for a long time. Then there’s the issue of, does socially responsible investing have as big an impact as opposed to the direct impact of investing for the highest returns, and then giving more money directly to a charity that’s fighting for a socially responsible cause? It’s a combination.

MARK: If you look from a pure investment perspective, investing in ESG is...it’s potentially restrictive, because you are limiting the efficient frontier of investing in assets. So I think the comment about giving up some return in order to hold investments you feel you’re aligned with is the right way to look at it. So our view would be to avoid that

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in that private market space where there are sponsors that are involved in the impact space. One can look, for example, at renewables. There’s a phenomenal set of investment opportunities for renewables that fit squarely within ESG. So in that area in particular, in the impact area in the private market space, there are definitely interesting opportunities where you put a little bit more effort in, and you can find ways for clients that can tolerate the illiquidity to do just as well as sort of the more traditional run-of-the-mill private equity investments.

Tony Roth

AVENUE: What has been the impact of the tax bill on clients, and specifically people in New York? And have many considered an out-of-state move?

“The tax cuts seem to have provided an extra level of cash flow to companies beyond their growth in earnings.”

—Tony Roth

type of investing from a pure investment perspective.

Having said that, we know about the George Costanza Theory, which is basically do the opposite. I think the more assets that come into ESG investments, prices will go higher. From this technical perspective, we think particular ESG offerings will perform well.

TONY: I agree with what everyone said. But we’re not seeing it translate into a tidal wave of commitment yet. Because there is this question: Is doing good tantamount to doing well as an investor? And what is that gap? What we’ve found is that if you think of SRI as an exclusionary approach to investing, “I don’t want these kinds of things,” that’s fine: you can do that without having a material impact to your investing. ESG is affirmatively looking for certain things, and restricting yourself. We think that does hurt your investor returns. But then the tail on all this, which we found to be incredibly intriguing of late, is

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HENRY: People often ask me about Florida because Northern Trust is the largest trust company in the state—we have 20 offices there and a long history ???? of working with families from across the U.S. who are trying to understand what a change in state residency might mean for them. The differences from one state to the next can be extremely compelling, but you have to understand the nuances and challenges, too. In the tristate area, many of our clients are trying to get a better handle on the costs and benefits of deciding whether a domiciliary change could meaningfully change their total tax profile—we spend a lot of time working with clients to determine whether it has the potential to.

TONY: Since the tax legislation, we’re seeing an increase in the use of strategies to export the income from New York to other states. A few years ago, New York really tightened up the rules, so that if you have New York beneficiaries of the trust, it’s near impossible. But if you are a New York person and you can conceive of a scenario where the assets will never be consumed by a New York person, then there are some things you can do to shelter the income from state taxes. Not your earned income, but your investment income. Those structures are really interesting.

JOEL: There’s a reason Florida has no taxes. You have to live there. Sorry.

ALLAN: I live in New Jersey and I have three children. I told my parents it’s the grandparent tax.

You want to see your grandkids, then you live in New Jersey. If you want to pay less taxes, then you live elsewhere and you won’t see them as much. I think it’s caused a lot of complaining, and I think people are paying attention, but I haven’t yet seen people physically do anything about it.

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or only the most discerning homebuyers, we are pleased to show some of the finest luxury homes on the market.

From the Hamptons and New York City and down to Florida, we believe they show that no matter where you are, elegance and sophistication are a universal language.

Gary DePersia, The Corcoran Group

Award-winning Design Matthews Lane joins the growing résumé of highly styled, fully furnished Hampton estates by James Michael Howard, the renowned 2017 ICAA award winning designer, that exemplify coherency in the abstract world of architecture, interiors and the landscape that contain them. In collaboration with McAlpine-Tankersley Architecture and Landscape Details, the visionary Howard has constructed a 7-bedroom residence that spans 11,600 square feet on 3 levels of fully articulated living space. $11.950 million. The Corcoran Group. Contact Gary DePersia @ 516.380.0538.

Beate Moore and Frank Newbold, Sotheby’s International Realty

Oceanfront Dream Wake up to the waves! This classic 4-bedroom, 3 full and 2 half-bath beach house is being offered for sale for the first time in more than 50 years. Set on a private 2.8 acres with approximately 200 feet of oceanfront, it features a main house, guesthouse, and pool house, pool plus tennis court, all overlooking the beautiful Atlantic Ocean. $20 million. Douglas Elliman Real Estate. Contact Paul Brennan @ 631.235.9611.

Paul Brennan, Douglas Elliman Real Estate

A Hamptons Icon Offered for only the second time in its 140-year history, Hamptons iconic “KILKARE” is located in the prestigious Georgica Association on 3.4 acres with 330 feet of direct oceanfront and panoramic views of Georgica Pond.

Built in 1877 by ship carpenters, the 3-story house has been compassionately restored with all its authentic detail, wraparound porches, pumpkin pine floors, 9 fireplaces, seabreezes through 85 windows, sweeping views from every room. Beautiful private grounds featuring wildflower meadow, 60-foot heated pool surrounded by stackstone walls, zen meditation garden, private walkway to beach and shoreline protected by a rock revetment. $45 million. Sotheby’s International Realty. Contact Beate V. Moore @ 516.527.7868 or Frank E. Newbold @ 631.375.4945.

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WESTHAMPTON BEACH $5,895,000 The open floor plan boasts amazing bay views as soon as you step inside. Beautifully finishes with custom details through out. All ensuite bedrooms, pool, tennis and dock. EXC. Web#104432 RACHEL C. MARTIN, Lic. RE Salesperson 631.579.3099 (c) RMartin@TCHamptons.com EAST HAMPTON $2,595,000 Serenity awaits in this turnkey 4 bedroom home. EXC. Web#105706 TRACY ANNACONE, Lic. RE Salesperson 516.885.5561 (c) TAnnacone@TCHamptons.com

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SOUTHAMPTON $2,750,000 Perched high on a bluff overlooking Sinnecock Bay. CO-EXC. Web# 41662 NANCY C. MCGANN, Lic. Assoc. RE Broker 516.768.5042 (c) NMcGann@TCHamptons.com

WAT E R F R O N T LIVING MATTITUCK $2,595,000 With 200’ of beach frontage this modern gem sits high on 5 acres overlooking the Sound. EXC. Web#21342 LORI MACGARVA, Lic. Assoc. RE Broker 516.242.9633 (c) LMacGarva@TCHamptons.com

SOUTHOLD $1,999,000 18 acre Island estate on Arshamomaque Pond with house, pool, tennis and 3,000 ft. of water frontage. EXC. Web#28807 NICHOLAS J. PLANAMENTO, Lic. Assoc. RE Broker 631.948.0143 (c) NJP@TCHamptons.com

WESTHAMPTON BEACH $2,795,000 Spectacular 4 bedroom, 4 bath post modern designed by noted Palm Beach designer William R. Eubanks with breathtaking results. EXC. Web#104768 KATHY CAREY STROM, Lic. Assoc. RE Broker 914.329.1234 (c) KStrom@TCHamptons.com

QUOGUE OCEANFRONT $8,950,000 This 4 bedroom/2.5 bath home, with a Malibu feel, has 200+’ of ocean frontage on 2.8 acres. EXC. Web#15038 TONIJO BIRK, Lic. RE Salesperson 631.514.5295 (c) TBirk@TCHamptons.com EAST HAMPTON 631.324.8080

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BRIDGEHAMPTON 631.537.3200

SOUTHAMPTON 631.283.5800

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MONTAUK 631.668.0500

MATTITUCK 631.298.0600

GREENPORT 631.477.5990

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LUXU RY HOM E S SP O TL I G HT Roger Erickson, Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Marcia Altman, Brown Harris Stevens

Minimalist Marvel Imagined by award-winning Barnes Coy Architects, this brandnew 6,000+/- square-foot modern beach house is resolute in its minimalist design. At the water’s edge, the sleek lines and glass walls blend inside and out in a setting of rare natural beauty. Six en suite bedrooms, heated pool, spa, dock and magnificent water views. The use of bespoke materials and systems including radiant heated floors, Lutron remote smart house technology, Sonos sound, Ring, security cameras, oversized heated garage, a wholehouse generator, on-demand water heaters, Glassos™ surfaces and marble/stone evokes a feeling of modern luxury and incomparable refinement. $6.15 million.

Brown Harris Stevens. Contact Marcia Altman @ 631.255.5100.

second level features a gracious master bedroom with balcony, and 3 additional bedrooms. First-floor junior master suite/or family area (with its own kitchenette and spa/ sauna). Full-floor roof deck with breathtaking treetop water views—perfect for cocktail hour or sunset dinners. $3.195 million.

Sotheby’s International Realty. Contact Dawn and Frank Bodenchak @ 646.381.4055.

Dawn and Frank Bodenchak, Sotheby’s International Realty

Loft Luxury Renovated like a modern loft, featuring 10 to 16 foot glass walls, overlooking a lush parklike property, and water views in the distance. The home features a 3-side 50’ infinity pool, hot tub, north-south tennis, sauna and pergola, for a resortlike getaway experience. Inside, the top level features a full-floor living/entertainment area with treetop views, living room/dining room, with walls of glass, a Bakes & Kropp bleached rift oak kitchen with Sub-Zero/Viking appliances and breakfast room. The

9.5 baths in all. Bordering the 31-acre Ruth Wales DuPont Preserve, this property offers incredible privacy, and feels almost like its own peninsula. $24.995 million. Sotheby’s International Realty.

Contact Harald and Bruce Grant @ 631.283.0600.

Shingled Elegance At the end of a Southampton Estate Section lane, this 3.2+/acre estate, with 350+/- feet of direct waterfront on Taylor Creek includes a deep east-facing back lawn, its own dock, water facing 44’x20’ heated gunite pool, tennis court, circa 1890s shingle-sided main residence and separate tennis house. Gracious gathering rooms, outdoor patios, 8 bedrooms and

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Sublime in the City This grand-scale apartment offers enough space and original detail to create a truly unique home—one that couples your own vision of the future with the rich past of 941 Park Avenue.

The spaciousness is enhanced by its high ceilings—over 10 feet tall. Upon entering the apartment, your first impression is one of grandeur, as the marble entry foyer spans nearly 30 feet.

Immediately adjacent is the south-facing living room featuring 3 large windows and a wood-burning fireplace with an elegant mantel. There are 4 large bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, 2 half bathrooms plus a staff bathroom. $6.75 million.

Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

Contact Roger Erickson @ 917.558.4477

Harald and Bruce Grant, Sotheby’s International Realty

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Kim D Hovey, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker | Chistopher James Ritchey, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson. Real estate agents affiliated with Compass are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Compass. Equal Housing Opportunity. Compass is a licensed real estate broker located at 90 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Fl. NY, NY 10011. All information furnished regarding property for sale or rent or regarding financing is from sources deemed reliable, but Compass makes no warranty or representation as to the accuracy thereof. All property information is presented subject to errors, omissions, price changes, changed property conditions, and withdrawal of the property from the market, without notice. To reach the Compass main office call 212.913.9058.

21 Buell Lane Ext $5,995,000 7 Bed 6.5 Bath .93 Acres

20 Bearing East Road $4,250,000 6 Bed 5 Bath 2.15 Acres

27 Landfall Road $1,450,000 4 Bed 4.5 Bath .94 Acres

37 East Gate Road $1,295,000 3 Bed 2 Bath .52 Acres

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Now a prominent sight on the Palm Beach shoreline, 3550 South Ocean is the town’s new luxury oceanfront condominium. A striking addition to the coastline, the building’s sawtooth form bathes each home in sunlight and provides optimal water views. Floor-to-ceiling windows and private balconies blur the line between indoor and outdoor living. The condominium is outfitted with a curated selection of amenities and services, including private beach access and a beachfront saltwater swimming pool.

Contact Douglas Elliman Real Estate @ 561.295.9515.

Windsor Properties

Windsor Win Set along Hammock Way in Windsor’s village, this recently and comprehensively renovated four-bedroom lake cottage-style home with distinctive cerulean blue shutters enjoys open views across the lake and golf course to the south and the polo field to the north. A covered walkway crosses the courtyard to the entry foyer, which opens to a welcoming great room that extends the full width of the home and enjoys abundant southern light, making it ideal for entertaining. $2.8 million.

Contact Windsor Properties @ 772.388.8400.

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Downtown Elegance Located in Downtown Miami, Florida, One Thousand Museum is Zaha Hadid’s first, only and last residential skyscraper in the western hemisphere. With only 83 residences and 62 stories, this visual contemporary sculpture encompasses an exceptionally elegant six-star lifestyle and welcomes Miami’s very first private helipad upon a residential tower. ONE Sotheby’s International Realty.

Contact Harvey Daniels @ 855.663.6873

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SHOW ME THE SHOW HOME! Farrell Building’s Kristen Farrell Tells All

You’ve built quite a name for yourself in the Hamptons—tell me, how far back does your relationship go with the area?

I first came to Amagansett in my early 20s. I’ll never forget the beauty as we turned into town and I saw the pond—it was just so beautiful, and I knew that I’d find my way back, one way or another. Parts of the Hamptons really felt so similar to my youth growing up boating along the North Shore (Gold Coast to us locals), as we lived every moment surrounded by water, air and peace, just like how I feel about living in Bridgehampton now with my family.

What are some must-have features in a Hamptons home?

Well, I’m partial, but I think that an open, airy floor plan is always a great start! It’s beach living—it shouldn’t be divided up and dark.

Especially since so many families entertain and have kids, I find that the “flow” from living, cooking and entertaining quarters should be seamless, elegant and comfortable.

The blend of those three ideas really is the foundation of what I’m trying to put forward with Kristen Farrell Home. Also, I love a good

by Andrew Churchill kitchen, as we can see with my partnership with Sub-Zero/Wolf.

Were there any challenges as you led the way on this show home?

Great question! I’d hate to consider them “challenges,” as I’ve really just learned so much from this entire experience. I’d say one of the more impactful experiences would be just to remain totally organized. You have to think, we have about 15 amazing partners—each one has offered incredible talent and product, and just keeping the partners all aligned and showcased properly has definitely been an experience!

Tell me more about your sponsors and how you built these relationships with them.

I can’t say enough about how proud I am of all of the Show Home partners. First off, we partnered directly with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams on all home furnishings, which have really come out so beautifully; we’ve developed 24 distinct Hamptons shades with Sherwin-Williams, which are already available in their 4,000 nationwide stores, we have Arteriors on the lighting, Newport Brass on all plumbing fixtures, Samsung/

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LG on all electronics, Harbour Outdoor for patio furniture, Watermill Lumber for the structure, Baldwin for interior hardware, and the list just goes on and on. It’s an incredible feat of quality product and expert craftsmanship, and I know we’re all very excited to see the finished product.

A portion of the Show Home ticket sales go to two charities, one of which your daughter is a part of?

Yes, the two charities are the Sustainable Furnishings Council and Kate Kares. Kate, my daughter, is a strong advocate for animal rescue and volunteers frequently at the Southampton Animal Shelter! It’s great to see her so involved, and I wanted to make sure that was recognized with this project; we are having the SAS bring an adoption van to our Luxe Magazine party on Friday the 27th, and we’re really very excited. A portion of all ticket sales will go directly to SAS. This already sounds like such a success— what will be next?

Hopefully another gorgeous show home where we can bring in all of our wonderful partners again! The sky is the limit.

The Show Home will be open to the public at 50 Lawrence Court, Water Mill from Sunday, July 29th through August 12th.

Tickets will be available for $40 at the door.

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One of the island’s greatest landmark residences, meticulously restored to absolute perfection. _________________________ Wonderful scale in major rooms with a feeling of old world grandeur meeting present day living. __________________ Spectacular details can be found both in the main house and guest house at the private courtyard pool. ___________ Stunning ocean views, underground wine cellar, deeded beach rights. ____ $23,450,000

BERMUDA COTTAGE AT WORTH AVENUE A charming residence located in town just steps to the Ocean and Worth Avenue. _____________________ Three bedrooms in the main house with a separate guest house at the private pool garden. ________________ Great details, high ceilings, beautifully restored and ready to enjoy. ______ $5,400,000

A FAMILY LAKEFRONT RESIDENCE A truly pristine landmarked lakefront residence with bike trail access and deepwater dock. _______________________ Four bedrooms plus staff or additional guest quarters, separate from main living spaces. _______________ Tasteful appointments throughout this lovely waterfront home which is ready for immediate enjoyment. _________ $11,850,000

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SUPERB SOUTH OF HIGHWAY Bridgehampton — Web# 55565 $8,950,000 – 25 Quimby Lane | 2.33 Acres | Pool | Tennis | 4,700 SF Significant Expansion Possible | Triple Mint Location | Very Near Ocean

MODERN IN WATERFRONT COMMUNITY North Haven —Web# 55046 $4,395,000 - Private Beach Community | 5BR | 6.5BA | .99 Acres | 6,800 SF 2 Fireplaces | Office | Community Tennis | Media Room | Exercise Room | 2-Car Garage | Bayview

THE GOOD LIFE Water Mill — Web# 106428 $5,900,000 – Classic Hamptons Estate | 5,900 SF | 7BR | 8BA | Shy 3 Acres Heated Pool | Pool House | Studio | Room for Tennis | Near Village & Ocean MALA SANDER : 917.902.7654 | DAVID GRANVILLE : 917.435.9237

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ULTRA PRIVATE BEACHFRONT Sag Harbor — Web# 24595 $10,450,000 – Sunsets | Shy 3 Acres | Coveted Address | Existing Home with 4BR | Room for 8,500 SF+/- Home, Pool, and Possible Tennis | One Mile to Village

WATERFRONT ON THE GOLD COAST North Haven — Web# 3903 $11,750,000 – Breathtaking 1.9 Waterfront Parcel | 295’ of Water Frontage on Sag Harbor Bay | Plans and Approvals in Place for 10,000 SF Home Stunning Views | Potential for Dock | Minutes to Sag Harbor Village

ON NOYAC BAY & POLLES CREEK Sag Harbor — Web# 102199 $8,500,000 - Bayfront | Available for the First Time in 20 Years | 3,200 SF Beach House | Walls of Glass Opening to Beach | 4BR | 4BA | Detached Garage with Guest Studio | Shy Acre | Tennis

SPECTACULAR WATERFRONT MODERN Sag Harbor — Web #19012 $9,250,000 – 4,500 SF | 4BR | 5.5BA | Den/Media Room | Waterside Heated Gunite Pool | Finished Basement | Garage | Glorious Views from all Principal Rooms | Near Village Tennis | Dock Permit Pending

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IT’S ALL INN HERE Exciting Developments at the Southampton Inn

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he Southampton Inn is one of the Hamptons’ premier hotels.

And it just gets better and better.

Guests love the hotel for amenities like Tempur-Pedic® mattresses, luxurious down comforters, guest-controlled air conditioning and heating, flat-screen TVs with cable, complimentary Wi-Fi, and Gilchrist & Soames toiletries. It’s also pet-friendly!

Outside is just as nice—there is a bocce ball court, croquet and badminton (all new this season), as well as a 50-foot heated pool, a tennis court (equipment available) and bike rentals, plus a polka-dotted van to shuttle guests to and from Southampton’s world-famous Coopers Beach. Pool and tennis seasonal memberships are available. Use of all amenities is included.

Just as essential to the hotel’s grandeur is Claude’s, the inn’s elegant restaurant. This summer, it has a new executive chef in James Carpenter.

Carpenter, a U.S. Navy veteran, who brings the slow food movement and innovative energy to the restaurant.

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Week offerings and more. Chef Carpenter also oversees the restaurant’s on-site catering events, ranging in size from small meetings to large events of up to 400 people.

“I’m very excited to be back in Southampton, where I started at Savanna’s,” Chef Carpenter said. “I am also looking forward to creating an amazing destination restaurant.”

It’s not just the new chef that makes Claude’s exciting. Celebrated international pianist and composer Konstantin Soukhovetski will assume a Vegas-style residency at the restaurant this summer. Known as the “Rock Star Pianist,” Soukhovetski’s debut one-man show, titled In His Shoes, will take place on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m., beginning with an exclusive prix fixe dinner menu, followed by a performance.

In His Shoes will feature Soukhovetski performing his own versions of the popular hits of Madonna, Celine Dion and other iconic artists, as well as a collection of stories from his international career and his experience as a Russian-American coming of age in New York City.

And true to form, Soukhovetski will be wearing his internationally renowned exclusive shoe line, By Konstantin Homme, which specializes in bespoke crystallization of footwear and accessories with Swarovski elements.

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HOUSE ABOUT THAT? The Hampton Designer Showhouse Shows off Great Design

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he Hampton Designer Showhouse, by Traditional Home magazine, showcases 30 of the nation’s top designers and is always a great source of design ideas. It opens to the public from July 22 through September 3. Visitors contribute $40, which together with other sources raises nearly $200,000 for the Southampton Hospital every summer.

This year’s home, at 2148 Scuttle Hole Road in Bridgehampton, is generously being donated

by Barsalin Building & Design, and is listed for sale by Frank and Dawn Bodenchak from Sotheby’s International Realty. This is actually the fifth showhouse in which the Bodenchaks have been involved in, and they are excited to represent yet another very special property.

The new estate is in a special location, a quarter mile past Channing Daughters Winery, nestled between a 16-acre horse farm and barn on one side, and a 17-acre property on the other. While in a bucolic setting, it is only a couple miles to downtown Sag Harbor, with its restaurants and marinas, or Bridgehampton Village in the other direction.

With the 2018 Hampton Designer Showhouse, Barsalin Building & Design has put together a gorgeous 8,000-square-foot new construction for $4.795 million that really couldn’t be replicated for that price. The home features a tremendous number of amenities and designer features that were collectively designed to put the house in a league of its own. As a result, it may well be one of the best Listed by Frank and Dawn Bodenchak at $4,795,000.

values in Bridgehampton or Sag Harbor new construction.

From the moment you enter, the volume of this house creates a scale that is unique. A two-story foyer, with glass walls on three sides, opens up to an even grander two-story great room, with a towering 22’ wall of glass. The glass wall is a fantastic feature, bringing backyard views into nearly every common living area and hallway.

High design, open flow and the connection between indoor and outdoor are three recurring themes throughout. For example, the builder/designer team put together one of the most special kitchens we’ve seen in 2018 new constructions, combining bleached gray rift-oak, metal and tile accents in a way that is designed to stop traffic.

Yet the other aspect that makes the kitchen such a smart design is how it flows seamlessly into so many adjacent user areas, including the two-story great room, threesided glass breakfast room, butler’s pantry, and oversized outdoor covered porch. Similarly, a corner living room offers, with windows on three sides brings the outdoors inside, while connecting to the two-story great room and foyer for great open living and entertaining.

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The bedroom spaces were also well-thoughtout. Uniquely, the home features two master suites, one on each floor, giving the house versatility. Both master suites feature the most gorgeous designer baths, with specialty tiles and electronically controlled plumbing that will impress the any spa enthusiast. Both masters also feature custom-designed closets and private terraces. There are five additional, graciously sized bedrooms.

Finally, a well-designed lower level features a custom theater, private gym, open living room and game room. Rather than being an afterthought, the lower level is a wellthought-out space, designed so that one doesn’t necessarily want to leave.

Outside, the property offers two acres of lush grounds, with ample blue stone terraces (covered and uncovered), a gunite pool, overflowing hot tub and north-south tennis.

Come see the showhouse any day this August from 11–4:30. For sales showings, call Frank and Dawn Bodenchak for a private appointment. This is a home that won’t last.

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STRIKE A MATCH Matchmaker Eileen Fisher Tells All

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Why do you love being a matchmaker?

I love being a matchmaker because everyone wants love. I am so happy to have been born with this gift. I can read people, understand what they are searching for and ultimately teach them a new experience. As a matchmaker, I get to show my clients that they can evolve and change. After all, there may be someone right in front of you who completes you—you can’t be blinded!

How else does the experience for your male and female clients differ?

First off, I only charge men. It’s a man’s world out there! I meet my men for coffee first. Just because they want to hire me does not mean I’ll take them on as a client. I only take on gentlemen truly looking for love. My woman clients are free. I meet lots of women everywhere, but most of the interviews are in my lobby, and if they don’t say “Hi” to my doorman, it’s a big no-no for me. Rude. There are many wonderful women out there who work hard, but there are hundreds of women whose only goal is to get married, women who throw themselves at men. I try to find the women who want love—same as the men who are paying for it. It’s an investment bigger than dollars.

I teach my men what to do and not do. And I teach my women to open up, and sometimes, to manage their expectations.

But in the end, I give all my clients, male or female, the same encouragement: The right match is there. Open your mind, your heart, and eventually, your arms, and enjoy.

What are your thoughts on dating apps?

I believe apps are like magazines—everybody can put a photo of themselves up, and everybody can swipe left or right and say what they want and who they are. But are they really that person?

On an app you can make 10 dates a night. As a matchmaker I coach my clients into something more substantial than that. The base of a great relationship isn’t sex, it’s friendship.

There are plenty of young people who are trying to become matchmakers.

Is experience important?

I just read an article by a twenty-something matchmaker talking about all of her funny stories. And yes, I have funny stories too.

But when you’re in your twenties, you haven’t

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even grown up. It takes much longer—your thirties, at least—for a person to begin feeling comfortable with herself.

Any last words?

I love love, and to be able to make a romance blossom makes me as happy as an Olympian receiving a gold medal. I’m not in this business for fame or profit alone. It’s not about the number of matches, either. For me, real success is helping to open new doors to love.

I am also developing a TV show about matchmaking and the journey of it.

One more thing: please visit me on Instrgram at @heartmatchme to follow my dating tips!

For more information, visit eliteconnections.com

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BEAUTY FOR LIFE Dr. Peredo Shares New Techniques in Face and Body Contouring

“I had what felt like the perfect life—three great friends to brunch with, a handsome boyfriend in Mr. Big, and all the Manolos I could ever want.

But was everything perfect, or did I still have things left to perfect?

I couldn’t help but wonder…where do I get great skin?”

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ortunately, you don’t need to be Carrie Bradshaw to answer that question. Just go to expert dermatologist Dr. Marina Peredo. For years, Dr. Peredo has been renowned as one of the city’s finest dermatologists. And for good reason—the techniques and methods she has pioneered have proven results.

It used to be that her kind of know-how was hidden behind closed doors. But Dr. Peredo is proud to share with AVENUE some of the most exciting and cutting-edge treatments available for face and body contouring.

First up is Ulthera®, an ultrasound treatment that ensures that patients “never ever need plastic surgery.”

Often used on the jowls, eyelids, neck, décolletage, abdomen and knees, the easy, painless treatment works by focusing heat on muscle tissue, spurring on the production of collagen and elastin. “Just like how ultrasound technology permits you to see a baby in a mother’s womb, Ulthera allows us to see what lies beneath the skin’s surface,” says the doctor.

Ulthera is also one of the key components of Firmatherapy™, an exclusive treatment created by Dr. Peredo herself. By combining Ultherapy, Filler and Neurotoxin, Dr. Peredo rejuvenates the lower face and neck, with the Filler and Neurotoxin giving instant gratification while the Ultherapy does its thing. And they said there was no such thing as magic!

But it’s hardly the only solution in this dermatologist’s toolkit. Next up is Kybella®, or “liposuction in a needle.”

This dependable injectable is used to treat fat in the jawline, abdomen, inner thighs, buttocks and above or below the bra line. Two to six treatments, done six weeks apart, are needed for ideal results. “In my opinion, this precision and customizability make Kybella stand apart from the other modalities.”

But wait! There’s more! Dr. Peredo’s patients swear by CoolSculpting®, the perfect treatment already in shape and having

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trouble shedding those last few pounds in those really, really stubborn areas.

The technique freezes fat cells until they crystalize, then uses radio waves to dissolve the. “Double chin, bra fat, arm flags, love handles, jelly rolls, saddlebags: you name it, and you can CoolSculpt it,” says Dr. Peredo.

Want more? Why not try Z Wave®, which “radio-shocks cellulite into oblivion.”

“Cellulite affects us all, and finally there’s an easy, pain-free method of reducing its appearance,” Dr. Peredo says. The highintensity radio wave energy pulses delivered with the Z Wave breaks apart the fibrous bands holding sheets of fat cells together. Best used in combination with CoolSculpt, Z wave helps patients achieve the svelte appearance they’ve always dreamed of.

Of course, reading about these exciting treatments is no substitute for the real thing.

So if you want to look younger, healthier, fitter and with a better glow stop by Skinfluence and book an appointment with Dr. Peredo today.

For more information, visit Skinfluence NYC at 1047 Park Avenue, by phone at 212.754.6363, or on the web at skinfluencenyc.com.

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SUMMER FUN WITHOUT FALL FRETTING

Dr. Joshua Zeichner is the Director of Cosmetic and Clinical Research in Dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital and Shares with AVENUE His Tips to Avoid Permanent Sun Damage

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unny, summer weather means driving your convertible with the top down, relaxing by the pool, and days of playing on the tennis court.

While we all enjoy these activities, we rarely protect ourselves from the sun as well as we should. Ultraviolet light damages collagen in our skin, leading to lines and wrinkles over time. Plus, the sun pushes our pigment-producing cells into overdrive, leading to permanent brown spots.

You can’t undo the past, but with good skin care and a little help from a dermatologist, you can repair the damage as you move into fall.

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One. Topical antioxidants should be your new best friend.

Antioxidants are ingredients that protect the skin from harmful inflammation. Every day environmental exposure to UV light, pollution, and even heat generates free radicals that damage your skin. Look for a serum that contains vitamin C, either by itself or paired with vitamin E. Besides protecting the skin, it actually lightens dark spots and evens skin tone, undoing damage that has already been done. Apply every morning under your sunscreen.

“YOU CAN’T UNDO THE PAST, BUT WITH GOOD SKIN CARE AND A LITTLE HELP FROM A DERMATOLOGIST, YOU CAN REPAIR THE DAMAGE AS YOU MOVE INTO FALL.”

Two. Start using your night cream.

Your skin performs certain activities in the morning and others in the evening. Night is a time of rest and repair, so you should choose a night cream that helps support this. Retinol is a staple to use in the evening because it stimulates collagen to strengthen your skin’s foundation. It is the best-studied ingredient we have to improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Start applying it every other night for the first few weeks to avoid irritation, and be patient because results take several weeks to start kicking in.

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Three. Leave it to the laser.

While the right topical products are important, they don’t offer the same types of improvement that you can get from laser treatments at the dermatologist’s office. Lasers work by creating controlled damage to the skin and taking advantage of the skin’s ability to heal itself in a more cosmetically pleasing manner. Treatments like Clear and Brilliant or Fraxel can actually eliminate unwanted pigmentation, minimize pores, improve wrinkles and scars, and undo sun damage to lower your risk of developing skin cancer in the future. Your choice in treatment depends on how much downtime you have. While a more powerful laser will give greater improvement, it may leave you for a week looking like you have a bad sunburn.

Four. Treat the lines as soon as you see them.

If those vertical lines between your eyebrows are starting to stick around when you aren’t angry, then it’s time to address them. Treatments like Botox and Dysport work by relaxing muscles, preventing the overlying skin from folding on itself. This means that the skin can fill in the creases on its own. Once lines have become deeply etched into the skin, it may be virtually impossible to eliminate them altogether. Addressing the lines early can give you a more complete improvement and actually prevent new lines from developing.

With modern injection techniques you can maintain natural movement, without having a frozen face or with anyone realizing you’ve had something done.

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BLACKBARN KEEPS IT FRESH

The world’s most fabulous travels.

Executive Chef Matteo Bergamini Talks Finding Quality Produce

We know where.

What places do you frequent when looking for fresh produce?

Our farm-to-table menu at BLACKBARN relies on high quality, locallysourced fruits and vegetables, so I stop by the Union Square Farmer’s Market each week. Chef John Doherty and I also look to the market for inspiration when planning the Chef’s Table, a specially curated dinner he cooks in front of our guests every Saturday.

How do you pick the best fruits and vegetables?

I consider what is in season, as well as the color, feel, and smell of each item. Often, the things I find influence what we serve, since we want to utilize the best produce that the market has to offer. An example would be our offering of a succulent carpaccio of heirloom tomatoes at this month’s Chef’s Table, since the tomatoes are perfectly ripe and juicy at this time of year.

When the seasons change and the market closes, how do you find these items?

We like to preserve fresh ingredients from the Farmer’s Market so that we can conserve their flavor year round. Currently, we have a delectable pickled & roasted heirloom carrot dish at the NoMad restaurant with a creamy burrata, quinoa, and cilantro that makes use of these preservation methods.

Any tips on finding rare or specialty ingredients?

Getting to know the people at the market is very important. I work directly with vendors whom I have formed excellent relationships with to find or grow special things for the restaurant— this type of dedication to every element of a meal is truly what sets us apart.

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SAILING TAKES ME AWAY A Word with Land Sea Luxury Group’s Tomas Hill

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o one knows quite how sailing began, though it’s existed for thousands of years. Egyptians, Polynesians, Vikings, the Portuguese and the Dutch were many of the pioneers who sailed the high seas. And thanks to trade routes, with sailing came wealth.

Twentieth-century luminaries like Albert Einstein and John F. Kennedy Jr. were great sailing enthusiasts. They, like all sailors, were thrilled by the pastime’s romance, athleticism and close connection to the water. The tranquility and silence of a sailboat as it glides through the water reminds the sailor of his connection to nature.

I was always fascinated by sailing and boating: just being on the water was a treat. One of my earliest memories was my older brother Timothy taking me canoeing on a lake we lived close to when I was four years old. About five years ago James Peyton, a realtor friend of mine here in the Hamptons, invited me to sail with him on his boat. The seed was planted then. I went to every boat show up and down the East Coast, learning everything I could about sailboats. I searched to find the rightsize one to start with, as I wanted to offer my clientele something new—

not secondhand, but modern. It has been said,“A yacht is a boat that was designed for the express pleasure of its owner.”

The technology of today’s modern yachts has made sailing easy and much more luxurious. Cabins are much more spacious, with en suite heads with all the modern designs and conveniences. Private chefs prepairing gourmet meals and a courteous captain, the right crew is an important factor in making the experience a memorable one for guests.

At Land Sea Luxury Group we are now offering a unique opportunity for you to own a piece of real estate right on the water. Experience our sailboat yachting for one, two, three weeks a year, whether here in the Hamptons, up the coastline or the Caribbean. Celebrate winters in Saint Barts, Tortola and other Islands.

Join us in the Hamptons in May 2019, as we launch our new Jeanneau 64’ sailboat yacht to the Hamptons market, where you and up to 8 passengers can experience the bliss and serenity of sailing.

Money cannot buy you happiness. But it can buy you a sailboat, and well, that is pretty much the same thing.

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KENYA BELIEVE IT? OL JOGI OFFERS LUXURY IN THE MOUNTAIN’S SHADOW

by Anthony Lassman and Nota Bene Global meander over to the Moroccan hammam and see the resident masseuse. And whatever time you’d like to go on a game drive or lunch, the staff are here to work around your timetable, not theirs. Nothing is set in stone.

Everything waits for you whenever you choose. And you are offered the finest cuisine and wines, exquisite table linens and bathrooms stocked with the best unguents.

Time and space are at guests’ disposal—and for us this defines the true concept of what pure luxury is about.

In this vast and beautiful land, Ol Jogi’s owners have created a world-class home.

There has been no compromise in quality and comfort, from the enormous “his and hers” bathrooms and separate dressing rooms to the magnificent sitting and entertaining areas, beautiful billiards and games rooms, and well-being facilities.

There are floodlit tennis courts, a swimming pool and opportunities for horse riding.

And if you ever tire of the scenery, a five-star mobile camp is at hand to head out into the bush, where you can sleep under the stars.

Of course there are game drives over the rocky hills and the open savannah.

The team is always coming up with new ways to surprise and delight their guests.

They might take you to an idyllic spot for a picnic lunch or set up sundown drinks and a candlelit dinner in a location offering spectacular views. It is this unstinting attention to guests’ comfort, experience and well-being that marks out this exclusive property as a truly exceptional world-class private estate.

Several days at Ol Jogi can be combined with the contrast of Tanzania’s Serengeti for the ultimate African experience. If time permits, add other destinations in Kenya and discovering the country’s exceptional topography and proud people.

It’s a magical journey of discovery and one not to be missed.

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rassy plains, snowcapped mountain peaks, verdant forests, vast deserts and ancient Swahili settlements. Here, in the shadow of Mount Kenya, is a tapestry of African landscape at it finest: the world of Ol Jogi.

An enormous private estate of unparalleled luxury blends harmoniously within a wildlife sanctuary, where magnificent panoramas stretch away in every direction. Home to cheetahs, hartebeests, Grevy’s zebras, lions and wild dogs, all protected by wildlife rangers and a sophisticated security systems, it stretches for thousands of uninterrupted hectares.

On arrival in Nairobi, you are whisked through immigration onto a private charter for a 45-minute trip. From the moment you set down on the estate’s airstrip, you are enveloped by luxury in the wild.

A host of well-trained staff will attend to your every whim. If you’d like a massage, just

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THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS AVENUE COLUMNIST NINA GRISCOM GOES TO FRANCE… AND LIKES WHAT SHE SEES

ALTHOUGH IT’S A major city, the pace of life in Paris is much slower than that in New York. I’ve been hopping over the ocean every 10 weeks or so during the past several years to enjoy the visual pleasures, great food and dear friends that make Paris almost my second home.

EATS ASIATIQUE

Most of my Parisian friends love Asian food, and I’ve been lucky to have some of the best in town. Le Bar des Prés is one of the sushi hot spots on the left bank at 25 Rue du Dragon. Great for lunch or dinner.

Good-looking crowd along with social and artistic notables. Reservations necessary. My favorite is the galette craquante. Fab cocktails. Open Sundays.

FLYING HIGH

My go-to airline to Paris is La Compagnie. The entire aircraft—74 seats!—is business class, and offers a friendly crew, good food and decent reclining beds.

Nina with Florence Grinda outside Kinugawa

There’s the Louvre, of course, but Paris also has many charming small museums.

Some favorites include the Museés Cernuschi and Nissim de Camondo.

HOTEL PARTICULARS

Where to stay? I prefer charming top notch boutique hotels. On my list are Duc de Saint-Simon, L’Abbaye and Relais Christine hotels. I usually book a duplex suite at L’Abbaye: far less than a nice room in the traditional big hotels. All of these are located on the Left Bank, my favorite part of town.

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SHOES SHOES SHOES!

Shopping for fashion in Paris is still fun, as there are many small local boutiques along with the big brands.

If you’re looking for the latest fashion in shoes, Gordana Dimitrijevic located at 76 Rue de Seine is one of my faves, and is relatively well priced.

AND OTHER FASHION, TOO!

Irié at 8 & 9 Rue du Pré aux Clercs is another well-kept local retail secret.

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significant economic consequences: 25 percent of the surgical fee plus full payment for the operating room. Only a real idiot would cancel on him. Or someone very rich and entitled.

One of my favorite stories of a no-show involves a small luncheon I gave for six friends at Le Bernardin. Five of us waited for quite a while for the sixth friend to arrive. When it became clear she wasn’t showing we went ahead and ordered lunch. She called me later that day, and in the blithest tone proceeded to tell me she couldn’t come to lunch because her ring fitting had gone on longer than expected. I confess that made me skip a beat to figure what on earth she meant. When I figured out she was being literal, I simply hung up. That one still rings in my ears.

“No one seems to fear the consequences of not showing up. I say off with their heads.”

Often, excuses revolve around children. If kids really knew how often they were said to be deathly ill or involved in a school scandal, they would be hard-pressed to recognize themselves.

In the country, weekend excuses often involve speeding stops, which is a quite a stretch. How many times can you use that without needing to explain how you still drive without a license? Auto breakdowns are another fave. Given the lack of local taxis in my hunt country weekend home, that one is pretty hard to counter. Then there’s the one that’s straight out of the fifties: “My babysitter bailed on me.” Riiiiight.

So is there any polite, slightly redeeming behavior that can mitigate these faux pas? For starters, if your partner decides not to join you at a seated dinner, pick up the phone and find a replacement so there isn’t a gaping hole at the table. Try to use common sense when inviting and don’t scare the horses— or your hosts. It's always a good idea to run ideas by him or her first.

Always ask your host before bringing along uninvited guests. If it’s a hot, famous athlete or a respected writer, the answer may be yes; your personal trainer may be a no.

Lose the ridiculous excuses and simply say you are really sorry but you need to cancel. Send flowers or at least a note the next day.

But the real trick is to respect the effort made in trying to entertain you. Damn the excuses. Just show up.

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THE REVERED ART OF JUST SHOWING UP

OUR COLUMNIST HAS A LITTLE LIST. YOU MIGHT WANT TO STAY OFF IT.

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his column has railed against social media. But it has great virtue when it serves as the modern Candid Camera: a reliably amusing tattletale. Supermodel Nina Agdal and Christie Brinkley’s son, Jack Brinkley-Cook, were recently busted by Instagram posts, dry humping at Montauk hotspot The Surf Lodge when they were meant to be seated in church at a friend’s wedding.

Seriously? Did they really think they’d get away with that?

Do any of you recall the old adage “Showing up is half the battle”? My parents constantly nattered on about the importance of keeping appointments, be they job interviews, family dinners,

tennis lessons, etc. Those were the days when young people still listened to authority figures.

Nowadays simply showing up is akin to driving a wood-paneled station wagon: antiquated. Try giving a cocktail party. The hardest part is finding out who will actually attend. At least a fifth of those you invite will bail out without letting you know. When people RSVP “Yes” nowadays, you’re an idiot to take that at face value. What “Yes” really means is “If I’m in the mood for a party that night.” And even if they do show up, they usually neglect to tell you their other half isn’t coming, or they’re bringing three friends, wreaking havoc on your head count and supplies of food and drink. Mercy to hosts who run out of alcohol.

As if not showing up isn’t rude enough, people today have zero guilt. Zippo. No apology call or text the next day. And if you happen to run into them a few days later, no mention of their transgression will be made unless you confront them.

Whatever happened to sending flowers or a handwritten apology? But what really pisses me off is the sense of entitlement this behavior reveals.

My friend Carolyne Roehm, one of the great hostesses of the 1980s and ’90s, recently told me she entertains far less due to the trendy prevalence of no-shows and lastminute cancellations. It takes a lot of time, effort and expense to entertain, and if people can’t bother to turn up, I don’t blame her for locking up her Limoges.

Another close friend says she recently planned a seated dinner for sixteen and ten either cancelled two hours beforehand or simply didn’t appear. When I asked her what the excuses were, she answered, “The usual bull: health issues, got the date wrong, ‘I’m away and can’t get back in time.’” Please!

You have to be brain-dead to think your host will buy any of those pathetic attempts to sound legitimate.

The absurd counterbalance is the old school notion that a polite host should appear unfazed, understanding and gracious to the last-minute bail-outs. Hold on. Hasn’t this vintage nicety been perverted into permission? Certainly, no one seems to fear the consequences of not showing up.

I say off with their heads—take them off your list.

Let’s take the real estate business as a model. When you sign a contract to buy a property, should you bail out, you forfeit your deposit of 10 percent of the sale price.

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Sagaponack. A spectacular Sagaponack residence, on a lush 1.6 acres, is now available for sale millions elow houses of similar e cellence. This edroom home on three levels of living space offers the masterful construction that has become the of the Farrell Building Co. With interiors by Campion Platt and Gale Sitomer, a gracious entry egins a ourney that includes great room with fireplace li ing room eat in itchen with butler’s pantry, formal dining room and guest master suite. Powder room, mudroom and heated tiled car garage complete the first oor. pstairs the large master wing offering fireplace lu urious spa li e ath wal in closets pri ate terrace and a sitting room reigns o er well spaced guest suites. The finished lower le el adds recreational room staff suite a gym wine cellar plus a full spa with steam sauna finishing with a ultra high end home theatre profiled in the Times. Control remotely controls nearly all functions inside and out. Covered patios overlook the Gunite saline pool & spa, outdoor shower and a basketball half-court. Marder’s has framed everything in total privacy amid manicured grounds with specimen trees and owering perennials highlighted at night y in ground lighting. For the full story visit myhamptonhomes.com/106263 Exclusive. $5.295M WEB# 106263 Real estate agents affiliated with The Corcoran Group are independent contractors and are not employees of The Corcoran Group. Equal Housing Opportunity. The Corcoran Group is a licensed real estate ro er located at adison e . ll listing phone num ers indicate listing agent direct line unless otherwise noted. ll information furnished regarding property for sale or rent or regarding financing is from sources deemed relia le ut Corcoran ma es no warranty or representation as to the accuracy thereof. ll property information is presented su ect to errors omissions price changes changed property conditions and withdrawal of the property from the mar et without notice. ll dimensions pro ided are appro imate. To o tain e act dimensions Corcoran ad ises you to hire a qualified architect or engineer.

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Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, with interiors by Katherine Newman, Brooklyn Point offers luxury residences with spectacular views. The 720-foot-tall tower features over 40,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities, including the highest residential infinity pool in the Western Hemisphere. Brooklyn Point will be the first and only for-sale residential address at City Point.

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The complete offering terms are in an offering plan available from Sponsor. File No. C16-0008. Sponsor: 138 Willoughby LLC. 805 Third Avenue. Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10022.

Sponsor reserves the right to make changes in accordance with the terms of the Offering Plan. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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