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Gabby Karan and Gianpaolo DeFelice The duo behind Tutto Il Giorno expands their portfolio with an inn in Bridgehampton BY DONNA KARAN GABBY KARAN AND GIANPAOLO DEFELICE
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people 45 Anchor Away Newscaster Chuck Scarborough reflects on his life in the Hamptons and his tireless work for animal rights.
48 Prince Charming Renowned photographer (and European royal) Alexi Lubomirski offers his lessons on courtly manners for children in his new book.
50 Designer Woman New mom Hilaria Baldwin launches a collection of Hamptons-inspired fashions for Lexington Clothing Company.
52 A Mid-Island Mission
56 Radiating Change The Ellen Hermanson Foundation’s Julie Ratner tells us how her sister’s bravery inspired her to start the foundation that bears her name.
58 Tending the Terroir In addition to making great wine, Joey Wölffer protects the East End’s landscape through her efforts with Group for the East End.
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78 The New Silhouette Frank Muytjen’s menswear designs are the standouts at J.Crew-at-the-Beach in East Hampton.
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Restaurateur Dennis McDermott takes us through Riverhead, the town he’s excited to see evolve.
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Father’s Day 2014 Culture 62 Just for Laughs Sandra Bernhard kicks off the new summer comedy series at Guild Hall.
64 Through the Looking Glass It’s no optical illusion: Artist David Datuna is doing an exhibition this summer in the Hamptons.
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Red Bar Brasserie chef Eric Nodeland’s elegant menu hits the right notes in Southampton.
84 Platt-itudes Acclaimed architect Campion Platt shares his style secrets for an A-list summer.
86 On the Water Take a peek inside Kelly Killoren Bensimon’s beach-day tote.
88 Hues of Blue Chronograph watches have become the It accessories to go from work to play.
68 Casual Statement Since 1998, Red Bar Brasserie has been delighting Southamptonites with its relaxed vibe and delectable menu.
72 Dine Around Good Day New York’s Rosanna Scotto tells us her favorite Italian restaurants on the East End.
72 Summer Comfort From Italy to the Hamptons, refreshing cocktails are on order to quench the heat.
74 Freeze Frame Treat yourself to the East End’s most delicious desserts.
76 La Dolce Vita Celebrate the good life with chef Marco Canora’s recipe for black rice seafood risotto.
Treasures 78 The New Silhouette J.Crew, under Frank Muytjens’s creative vision, debuts a range of lightweight seersucker suits and swim trunks ideal for the Hamptons summer.
Artist Ben Busko’s new floral-inspired découpage trays bring the outdoors inside.
82 Scents of Summer Nadine Hampton’s new Westhampton beach boutique exudes coastal charm; Bond No. 9’s new fragrance is a nod to Shelter Island’s seaside charms.
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92 Close to Home Gabby Karan DeFelice and her mother, Donna Karan, discuss the balance of work and lifestyle at their East Hampton home.
98 Playing Private We give you a tour of the most exclusive golf courses in the Hamptons.
106 Top Down The world’s most-coveted, highperformance convertibles have become a favorite of Hamptonites.
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122 Addressing the Issues A roundtable of local experts discusses how Hamptons homes differ as primary or secondary residences.
126 Natural Splendor The historic Madoo Conservancy capitalizes on an often-overlooked element in gardening and landscaping: the use of light.
130 Northern Exposure Corcoran’s Mala Sander and Sotheby’s Pat Petrillo give insider’s views on the real estate markets in Sag Harbor and North Haven.
136 High Steaks Where to go for the best specialty cuts of beef on the East End.
138 Heating Up These spice-infused cocktails are the perfect complements to an East End sunset.
140 Into the Wild Discover the Hamptons’ natural diversity on these hiking trails.
142 Savor the Summer Everything new and notable at restaurants across the Gold Coast.
And Finally… 144 Day by the Dunes Australian-born Malcolm Carfrae shares his passion for life in the Hamptons.
The Guide Acclaimed architect David Rockwell applies his elegance and functionality to a new Caliber Grill.
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With Lyss Stern of divamoms.com at her Mom Moguls Breakfast, moderated by Kelly Killoren Bensimon, where I was a panelist alongside Haute Hippie’s Trish Wescoat Pound.
With my friends and cover star Gabby Karan and Gianpaolo DeFelice at their stunning East Hampton home during their cover shoot.
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This weekend is Father’s Day, and there isn’t one I treasure more than my husband, David, seen here at Alex Chudnoff’s birthday on the beach in Bridgehampton; with Hilaria Baldwin in East Hampton. When this photo was taken, she was still pregnant with her adorable, yoga-loving daughter, Carmen; celebrating with Rosanna Scotto at our Memorial Day kickoff event in Southampton.
purchase—the former Enclave Inn in Bridgehampton. Along with their restaurant partners, the duo is planning to rapidly renovate the 10-room property in the style of their two Tutto Il Giorno restaurants. Think crisp, clean, and chic with a serene place for yoga—a true passion of Gabby’s. I’ve known Gianpaolo, Gabby, and Gabby’s mom, Donna Karan, for years and have always seen them as family-focused. Their story will capture your heart, and it’s just one of the reasons we wanted to put the family on the cover of our Father’s Day issue. Inside, we talk to many more fabulous Hamptons fathers, including television legend and Southamptonite Chuck Scarborough, who is celebrating his 40th year in broadcasting; interior designer Campion Platt, who, in “Social Network,” talks Follow me on Twitter at about teaching his children about the @samanthayanks and on importance of local produce by hamptons-magazine.com introducing them to his favorite East End farmstands; and photographer Alexi Lubomirski, who dedicated his book, Notes for a Young Prince, to the very essence of fatherhood, with guidance on how to raise boys with chivalry and charm. Even though we dedicate much real estate in this issue to the dads, we can’t ignore les femmes: East Hampton’s Hilaria Baldwin talks about launching a capsule collection with a shirtdress inspired by her husband, Alec Baldwin, at Lexington Clothing Company in East Hampton; Joey Wölffer pens a piece about Group for the East End, a charity focused on protecting our oceans and wildlife; Rosanna Scotto curates her favorite Hamptons Italian restaurants; and Kelly Killoren Bensimon gives us a list of her essentials for summer in Montauk. Whether you’re one of the dads or the dames, have a wonderful Father’s Day weekend. Be well, dress well.
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With Deb Sanzo McEneaney, Mort Zuckerman, and Ken Auletta at the kickoff cocktail party hosted at the residence of Mort Zuckerman for the upcoming 66th Annual Artists and Writers Celebrity softball game.
With founder Julie Ratner and Ellen Hermanson Foundation board member Ann Ciardullo at Hamptons’ business seminar this year.
ABOVE, FROM LEFT: Celebrating the start to summer and our Memorial Day issue with Heidi Klum and Ian Duke at the Southampton Social Club; with Ellen and Chuck Scarborough and Jean Shafiroff, looking forward to supporting the Ellen Hermanson Foundation on Saturday, June 21. LEFT: With Amy Ma, Andy Sabin, Bonnie Comley, and Stewart Lane at the Bay Street Theater’s Annual Spring Benefit, “Curtain Up,” honoring Comley and Lane.
weekly yet. People say it’s still a quiet time, but I feel so much joy that the weather is finally beautiful, and we can sit still knowing we have the entire summer ahead of us. This year more than ever before, I see a sense of joined community and collective purpose—one that honors and values fathers and the ever-important role they play in nurturing and helping their children develop and thrive. Follow me on Twitter at This Father’s Day we celebrate all @debrahalpert and on hamptons-magazine.com the dads who surround us. We also celebrate the young people who are graduating from high school and college and taking that leap into adulthood. June may signify the beauty of late spring and the promise of summer ahead, but it is also a wonderful time to stop and appreciate the accomplishments of those we love and respect. So take a moment to acknowledge those around you, appreciate the good they do, and celebrate their triumphs, both big and bold, small and significant. See you in town!
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When putting together this letter, I pause to think about the middle of June. It’s not summer high season, and we aren’t quite
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Joey Wölffer New York native Joey Wölffer is co-owner of Wölffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack along with her brother, Marc. She discusses their dedication to environmental preservation in this issue’s “Spirit of Generosity” on page 58. What drives your passion for protecting the environment? It’s a value my dad
instilled in all his kids. And the sustainable farming model in our vineyard is so gratifying— the quality of our wines is proof that it is the right thing to do. What do you love most about the Group for the East End’s summer gala? My husband, Max, and I love seeing old
friends and like-minded supporters. And we’re proud to continue the tradition my dad started by hosting the event at Wölffer.
Russell James Australian-born photographer Russell James’s images have become synonymous with provocative, unique perspectives of prominent people of our time. He photographed this issue’s cover featuring Gabby Karan DeFelice and her husband, Gianpaolo DeFelice. How did the cover shoot go? I have the
Where do you find inspiration in the Hamptons? In its natural beauty—the ocean
blues, the rich sandy textures, the stones, the wind playing on fabric. So many of my collections have been inspired by walking the beach and staring at the water by my house. Tell us about Urban Zen. It’s a place and a space to educate the community. Caring for the mind, body, and spirit must be nurtured, especially in underprivileged communities around the world.
Andy Sabin Andy Sabin is the president and founder of the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center, owner of Sabin Metal Corporation, and president of the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, which supports environmental protection efforts. He celebrates 25 years of SoFo in this issue’s “Landmarks” (page 8). How does it feel to see SoFo reach such a milestone? It’s very rewarding that SoFo
now sees over 11,000 visitors a year and hosts more than 65 programs annually. What are you looking forward to this summer? I love hiking the trails at Hither Hills State Park and seeing the Walking Dunes, looking for Marbled Salamanders in Northwest Woods, and going clamming and shoreline fishing.
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Donna Karan Fashion designer Donna Karan credits her instincts for the success of the company she founded with her late husband, Stephan Weiss. She’s also founder of the nonprofit Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Program, where she works to support and develop Haitian artisan commerce. Karan interviewed her daughter and son-in-law, Gabby Karan DeFelice and Gianpaolo DeFelice, for this issue’s cover story (page 92).
greatest respect for the brand Gabby is building and for her creative eye. For this shoot, it was just as simple as glimpsing her life at home. They are the most wonderful family. How often do you come out to the East End? I am in and out of the Hamptons as often as possible, all year round. It is one of the most stunning places on the earth. When I get out here, I have the sense of taking a breather.
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Rosanna Scotto Hamptons resident Rosanna Scotto, cohost of Good Day New York, has been with WNYW-FOX 5 News since 1986. She has won three Emmys for her broadcast work in addition to many other professional accolades. She recommended her favorite Italian restaurants in our “Taste” section (page 72). How do you like to spend time with your family in the Hamptons? Sunday is my favorite day out here. The cooking
starts early, and the family gets together for a leisurely afternoon meal. Describe the perfect family meal. We love to barbecue. We grill fish, corn on the cob, and big, juicy steaks. My sister, Elaina, makes a delicious pesto sauce, while my husband, Louis Ruggiero, takes charge of the grill with branzino.
Malcolm Carfrae Amagansett dweller Malcolm Carfrae is the chief communications officer and executive vice president of Calvin Klein. A native Australian, Carfrae supports his home country through the Australian Fashion Foundation. He shows us his Hamptons beachside escape in this issue’s “The End” on page 144. How do the Hamptons affect your creative spirit? The peace, quiet, and light inspire my inner creativity—whether I’m taking a photograph or designing a room in our home. What are your favorite summer spots on the East End? Napeague Beach or Louse Point for beach time, the Clam Bar, Mary’s Marvelous!, or La Fondita for lunch, Jack’s Stir Brew for a coffee, and then Moby Dick’s or my backyard for dinner.
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Campion Platt The award-winning designs of architect Campion Platt can be seen at luxury properties such as The Mercer and Château Marmont, but on summer weekends Campion can be found with his family in their simple midcentury bungalow in Water Mill. Campion takes us through his preferred East End spots and activities in this issue’s “Social Network” (page 84). Does life in the Hamptons influence your work? Always—in
all the great shops, houses, and the countryside. Nature is a great teacher, and one just has to look. What do you love most about summer? Playing at the beach and sunset dinners on the dock. We have every meal together.
Kelly Killoren Bensimon Former model Kelly Killoren Bensimon appeared in magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan, and Harper’s Bazaar and has authored In the Spirit of the Hamptons, American Style, and The Bikini Book. Bensimon shares her seasonal essentials in this issue’s “Buy The Beach” (page 86). What does the Hamptons mean to you? The Hamptons
has always been a source of inspiration for me since my late teens and has always inspired me to dream big. Where do you feel most at home out here? Everywhere. It doesn’t
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Dazzling Debut THE EAST END’S BRIGHTEST WELCOME SUMMER WITH FABULOUS FÊTES. BY ERIN RILEY
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xcitement ran at an all-time high on Memorial Day weekend, when the East End’s social set gathered to celebrate the start of what is sure to be an unforgettable season. Hamptons hosted its star-studded annual Memorial Day celebration with cover star Heidi Klum and guests Ariana Rockefeller, Joe Zee, Rosanna Scotto, and Chris Wragge, while earlier in the season East Hampton Artists & Writers held its charity softball game reception at Mort Zuckerman’s East Hampton home. In addition, Jean Shafiroff and Patrick McMullan held a benefit for Southampton Animal Shelter, and Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor celebrated its third annual Spring Honors Benefit with previews of the venue’s exciting summer lineup. continued on page 30
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Joe Zee and Alina Cho
Gloria Sacchi, Debbi Melman, and Amy Musto
Memorial Day Celebration
Rosanna Scotto
Hamptons magazine held its highly anticipated annual Memorial Day celebration, which always draws the who’s-who crowd of the East End. The affair, powered by Cîroc and held at the Southampton Social Club, celebrated cover star Heidi Klum, who donned a gorgeous Jenni Kayne jumpsuit with Yves Saint Laurent pumps.
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Ariana Rockefeller Andrew Walden and Ashley Getchman
Max Rohn and Joey Wölffer
Ian Duke, Scott Campf, and David Hilty
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Alex Bluedorn, Dan Thorp, and Ian Hanbach
Richard Fertig and Sabrina Strickland
Chloe and Todd Hase
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Brad Zeifman
Michael Braverman and Dr. Kenneth Mark
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Marisa and Noah Leichtling
Gary DePersia and Susan Breitenbach
Karen Koeningsberg Mark Mullett and Keith Bloomfield
Memorial Day Celebration
Guests enjoyed Martín Códax wines and Peroni Italy premium beers, while Ploom offered premium portable vaporizers and Porsche of Southampton showcased the 2014 Porshe 911. Revelers ended the evening with parting treats from William Greenberg Desserts in hand and had the chance to purchase Hamptons magazine’s new blend from Hampton Coffee Company, with proceeds benefiting East End Hospice.
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High fashion, business, motherhood: It’s all in a day’s work for the ladies who attended the divamoms.com Mom Moguls Breakfast and Pre-Mother’s Day Celebration on May 7. Divamoms.com founder and Hamptonite Lyss Stern welcomed more than 200 power moms at The Water Club, where they shared their success stories and tips. The chic panel and guest list included Alexis Stoudemire, Amber Sabathia, and Rosie Pope, along with Hamptons residents Trish Wescoat Pound and Kelly Killoren Bensimon.
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Artists & Writers Charity Softball Game Reception
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To raise awareness for pit bulls in need of adoption, Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation chairwoman Jean Shafiroff and honorary board member Patrick McMullan hosted a cocktail party on May 2. Shafiroff’s own pit bull, Bella, greeted guests like Monica Seles, Morgan O’Connor, Michael Gross, Geoffrey Bradfield, and William and Liliana Cavendish. The evening also functioned as a kick-off party for Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation’s fifth annual gala on July 19, which will honor Georgina Bloomberg.
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Robert Zimmerman, Tracy Mitchell, and Paul Burden
Elizabeth Shafiroff, Alex Donner, and Jean Shafiroff
Elisabeth Reaser, Pia Zankel, and Richard Kind
Elisa Loti Stein and Jenny Lyn Bader
Bay Street Theater Curtain Up! Benefit
Leah and Stewart Lane with Bonnie, Virginia, and James Comley
Bay Street Theater hosted its third annual spring benefit, Curtain Up!, at Joe’s Pub in New York City on May 12. Constantine Maroulis presented the Visionary Awards to Bonnie Comley and Stewart Lane, and Scott Schwartz presented the Honors Award to Pia and Jimmy Zankel. The evening featured previews of the theater’s exciting summer lineup—Garret Dillahunt and Elizabeth Reaser performed an excerpt from Conviction, while Richard Kind and Julia Motyka gave a preview of Travesties.
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Michelle Smith
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James McLoughlin
Jason Belkin
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Katie Lee
Dr. Elliot T. Weiss
Scott Wojcik
Jennifer Miller
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Simon Doonan
Ali Wentworth
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Nick Martin
George Poll
Geoff Gehman
Charles Marder
Randy Kolhoff
Cassandra Seidenfeld
David Yurman
Jessica Rosen
Lake Bell
Jennifer Bartlett
Rachel Roy
Maureen Bluedorn
Ed Real
Jean Shafiroff
Heidi Klum
Richard Barons
James V. Zizzi
Nate Berkus
Andy Sabin
Georgina Bloomberg
Jon Singer
Jane Incao
Donna Karan
Helaine Knapp
James Saladino
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Cynthia Parry
Dree Hemingway
Austin Handler
Alexa Hampton
Jonathan Tisch
Pierre Rougey
Erik Davidowicz
Eleni Gianopulos
Jeanne Murphy
Ramy Brook
John R. Berg
Sarah Jessica Parker
Michael Psilakis
Vaughan Cutillo
Gordon Stevenson
Jeffrey Goldstein
Genevieve Sloup
Helen Gifford
Kate Foley
Michael Clinton
Hayley Bloomingdale
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Celebrate Dad with chef Tom Fazio’s sliders and beer from Greenport Harbor Brewing Co. at Waters Crest Winery. waterscrestwinery.com Golf with the Knicks at The Bridge. ross.org/golf Open a chest of treasures at the Madison & Mulholland trunk show. madisonand mulholland.com Feel nature through art at the Michele D’Ermo exhibition at Zenscapes. elisacontemporary art.com Take the kids to a corngrinding demonstration at the Water Mill Museum, and try your hand at grist-milling. watermillmuseum.org Swing by the new Letarte in Southampton for summer swimwear shopping. letarteswimwear.com
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Ellen and Chuck Scarborough at home in Southampton.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Anchor Away LEGENDARY NEWSCASTER CHUCK SCARBOROUGH IS A LEADER IN THE HAMPTONS COMMUNITY FOR HIS WORK WITH AREA ANIMAL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS. BY R. COURI HAY PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC STRIFFLER
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SOCIAL STUDIES Scarborough’s son Charles IV escorting his daughter Elizabeth from the Meadow Club to the Scarboroughs’ Southampton home on her wedding day two years ago.
continued from page 45 Passionate animal activists, the Scarboroughs dedicate much of their time and energy to the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center, Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, and the Southampton Animal Shelter. “It’s unavoidable—if you’re in [journalism], you’re going to encounter stories of animal cruelty,” says Scarborough, who shares the family’s Southampton home with a rescue cat named Henry and two rescue dogs, Emma and Arthur, whom he frequently walks at Munn Point. Unless you have an exceedingly hard heart, you’re going to be affected. That probably added fuel to my already-burning desire to help animals.” Recently, Scarborough, who has been visiting the East End since the 1980s, has spoken out against the cull of the state’s mute swan population and controlling the area’s deer population. “Deer are being squeezed out of their habitat by development. They don’t have any natural predators, so their reproduction rate is high and their territory is diminishing. It’s a very serious problem without any really good solutions,” he says. “Reducing the deer population is necessary for the health of the herd, but every effort should be made to do that in as humane a way as possible.” This year Scarborough celebrates his 40th anniversary at WNBC, where he currently co-anchors the 6 and 11 PM editions of News 4 New York with Sibila Vargas. One of the first inductees to the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame —CHUCK SCARBOROUGH in 2005, Scarborough has won 33 Emmys throughout his career. “The Emmys have little pointy wings on them, which are quite dangerous,” he says with a smile that’s as mischievous as it is proud. “They’re all over my house, so you have to watch where you sit.” With so much already accomplished, Scarborough is at a crossroads at which he must decide the next phase of his career, particularly considering his WNBC contract expires in two years. “I’ll have to decide whether I want to continue the same thing I’m doing or transition back into doing more field work,” he says. “I have no plans to do that now, and there are several people who will be interested in how I’m answering this question, because they want me to get the heck out of the anchor chair and make room for someone else.” Whatever route he takes, assuredly it will be done with his usual affable nature and good humor. “This is something I don’t intend to leave behind me, ever; it’s just too interesting,” says Scarborough of his career. “I’ve been very spoiled over the last couple of days because of the 40th anniversary. I’ve had videos made about me. I’ve had pats on the back and people saying nice things about me, so I’m officially impossible to live with at this point. You’re very lucky to have this interview.” H
“The Hamptons is one of the most rarified places on earth.”
SEASIDE SECRETS *on serving in the air force “They actually used to land seaplanes along Mecox Bay in Southampton, and I did that many, many years ago,” says Scarborough, who used the GI Bill to get his commercial pilot’s license.
*on supporting southampton hospital “One of my son’s friends had a terrible allergic reaction to a banana, and it could have been a lifethreatening situation, but it was rectified rather quickly with a shot of adrenaline in the ER of Southampton Hospital. That facility, in my view, is vital and needs to be supported.”
*on fame “It does give you some privileges that are awfully nice; it’s gotten us fairly good seats at restaurants. I don’t have much sympathy for people who are willfully in the public eye and then gripe about annoying fans and that nobody will leave them alone.” ABOVE: A display of antique miniature tennis racquets and associated tennis paraphernalia given to Scarborough by his wife, Ellen. RIGHT: The anchor’s father, Charles B. Scarborough Jr. (RIGHT), and his twin brother, William J. Scarborough, taken when they both returned from combat in WWII.
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*on his “law-breaking” hobby “I skeet shoot. I’ve got a device on my property in Connecticut that allows me to shoot clays. I’ve gotten to meet a lot of the police in the county because of it.”
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BEACH PATROL Lubomirski with the jewels in his crown: his two sons, Leone, 10 months, and Soleluka, 3.
a world-renowned fashion photographer. (It never hurts to have a backup plan.) Such is the charmed life of Alexi Lubomirski, who is so down to earth that he couldn’t trump up an “artitude” even if he tried. The New York–based photographer, who spends summers in the Hamptons to recharge (“Each year, I rent a house in either Sag Harbor or Montauk”), admits his professional path developed, in part, out of convenience. “I came to photography because I was an impatient artist,” he shares. “You could be working on a painting for three weeks and suddenly realize it’s awful, and you’ve wasted three weeks. Photography is a much quicker art form.” Lubomirski has built a career shooting Board time: some of the most remarkable people in Lubomirski loves fashion and pop culture for leading publito body surf at cations such as GQ, Allure, and Harper’s Ditch Plains beach. “The Bazaar. “I was always very inspired by film waves at Ditch stills and movies,” he says. “We all flip are spectacular,” through magazines going 100 miles an he says. hour, so I always try to think, How can I Post-surf eats: make somebody stop for two seconds on a “The steamed page instead of flip past it? The reason I mussels and stop on a page is because there’s something white wine at Salt on Shelter going on in the picture—there’s a story line Island are the you immediately want to understand.” perfect end to a Storytelling is exactly what brought summer day.” Lubomirski to his project, the self-published book Notes for a Young Prince ($14, available online at amazon.com). Dedicated to his sons, Soleluka, 3, and Leone, 10 months, the tome is an exploration of what gentlemen—and people in general—should strive to be, offering thoughts on embracing princely qualities such as chivalry, honor, courage, and charity. “On [Soleluka’s] first birthday I wanted to give him something A MEMBER OF BOTH FASHION AND EUROPEAN ROYALTY, that would last forever and meant something,” he says. PHOTOGRAPHER AND FATHER ALEXI LUBOMIRSKI EMPHASIZES “Once you have your own child, you start to understand your parents, what my father taught me about my title and COURTLY MANNERS FOR CHILDREN IN HIS NEW BOOK. heritage, and what I wanted to teach my son. It’s okay to BY JOHN BOBEY be proud, but you have to adapt to a modern world.” Putting his money where his mouth is, Lubomirski will e know. You’ve heard the story a million times: At the age of 11, a donate all profits from the book’s sales to Concern Worldwide, a humanitarian boy is told that he has royal Polish blood going back more than 500 organization dedicated to the elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s years. That young boy—His Serene Highness Prince Alexi poorest countries. “My mother said to me, ‘If you are to be a prince in today’s Lubomirski, thank you very much—receives his first camera, and years later, world, you have to be a prince in your heart and in your actions.’ This book is after that interest matures, he decides that in case his royalness and worthy-of- that old-school advice and way of living with a modern, more spiritual twist.” being-stamped-on-a-coin good looks don’t see him through, he should become alexilubomirski.com H
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Hilaria Baldwin in the Carmen maxi dress, part of her new, limited-edition Hamptonite collection for Lexington Clothing Company.
Designer Woman NEW MOM AND YOGI HILARIA BALDWIN ADDS DESIGNER TO HER RÉSUMÉ WITH A HAMPTONSINSPIRED COLLECTION FOR LEXINGTON CLOTHING COMPANY. BY JULIET IZON
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hen meeting Hilaria Baldwin for the first time, there is the distinct impression that she is able to eke out more than 24 hours in a day. One of New York’s most-beloved yoga instructors, she is also a correspondent for Extra, parent to 10-month-old baby Carmen with husband Alec Baldwin, and has just finished her first fashion collaboration with Lexington Clothing Company. The fact Favorite local that she can accomplish it all with a restaurant: “We megawatt smile and energy to spare is go to Nick & almost unbelievable. Toni’s all the time.” Though her capsule collection for Lexington is the first line she’s develSay cheese: Baldwin is posting oped, it’s not the first time that Baldwin a new yoga photo has tapped her inner designer. “I used to on Instagram be a professional ballroom dancer,” she (@hilariabaldwin) shares. “I designed all my costumes and every day in 2014. then went to the dressmaker and had “I’ve done yoga in insane places like them made. And when I was a little girl, on an airplane and I was always changing my clothes like 12 while washing the times a day.” dishes!” The Lexington collaboration was not only a chance for Baldwin to unleash her creativity, but also to support an organization in which she and Alec are very invested: Guild Hall. “My husband has been a big supporter for years,” Baldwin says of Alec, who is president of the institution’s board of trustees. “After we got married, we spent the whole summer in the Hamptons, and Guild Hall really welcomed me. It’s wonderful: You see movies, go to plays—it’s something that’s all year round and not just for the summer.” Baldwin’s collection reflects her life as an active new mom who still wants to feel beautiful. “One of my favorites is called the Alec shirtdress. I actually wear Alec’s shirts as dresses because he’s so much bigger than me,” she says. “We took that idea and created a dress that looks like a man’s shirt, but is much more functional, with buttons all the way down.” Other items include the Carmen maxi dress that transitions effortlessly from the beach to dinner in East Hampton, an off-the-shoulder sweatshirt, and a crisp gingham button-down.
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For Baldwin, designing clothing that is sophisticated yet comfortable is of utmost importance. “I’m a beach girl,” she says. “I love going out to the Hamptons and getting some fresh air. You have a little bit of nature, but it still has a great vibe; you have your friends, you can have an incredible meal, take a really great fitness class, but you’re not in the city where everybody is stressed out.” As for introducing baby Carmen to her parents’ haven? “She loves to sit in the sand, and I dip her toes in the water when it’s not too cold,” Baldwin says. “We love to just be outside and go for a walk. [But] I guess I’ll have to learn about summer activities because I wasn’t a mom last year!” Lexington Clothing Company, 73 Main St., East Hampton, 527-7100; lexingtoncompany.com H
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Dennis McDermott outside The Riverhead Project on East Main Street, which is housed in a former bank building; the not-for-profit East End Arts, also on East Main, is dedicated to supporting cultural development in the area. Its school is a gathering place for aspiring artists, musicians, and actors.
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ennis McDermott never stops moving. The restaurateur has run in 28 marathons from Rome to Honolulu and participated in 50 triathlons in the past seven years—and he shows no signs of slowing down. He applies this same drive and momentum to his business endeavors. The Frisky Oyster, the restaurant he opened in 2002, helped change the face of Greenport and, in turn, the entire North Fork. When he launched The Riverhead Project (TRP) in 2011 on a nearly deserted East Main Street in Riverhead, people wondered who would go. Housed in a vacant former bank building from the 1960s, the restaurant preserved many original structural elements, including the vault and safe-deposit boxes. TRP gained instant critical acclaim: It received a glowing review from The New York Times and several accolades, most recently a three-star rating from Newsday. Since the restaurant’s opening, the nearby Suffolk Theater has been renovated and its lineup is stellar. Hyatt Place East End & Resort
Marina took over the hotel across the street, and the Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center has revamped its programming. The riverfront is looking tidy, and, little by little, storefronts are illuminating East Main Street. “When I saw this building, with the windows all boarded up, something in my head said, You know what you’re going to do. I became fixated on this building: the Midcentury-Modern style, the scale, the space. It didn’t trouble me that there was a blight on East Main Street at the time—vacant storefronts, and there were crime and safety issues. I had this moment when I realized this is what Greenport was when I opened The Frisky Oyster. A lot of people say that The Frisky Oyster is responsible for the revitalization of Greenport —and then the North Fork. And what I’ve been doing here has translated to what is happening in Riverhead. As the town gets better, so will my restaurant. continued on page 54
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NATIVE CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Dennis McDermott enjoys a lemon Italian ice from Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices & Ice Cream; the Suffolk Theater, once a vacant eyesore, has been renovated and now features a stellar lineup; The Blue Duck Bakery Café, across the street from McDermott’s The Riverhead Project, offers tempting treats like these chocolate croissants.
BREAK TIME Dennis McDermott’s go-to Riverhead attractions.
continued from page 52 I’ve grown really fond of the community. The more involved I get, the more I like it. We’ve been in Riverhead three years now, and we’ve firmly established ourselves here. I was named Riverhead Chamber of Commerce Person of the Year in my second year, and the Riverhead News-Review named me Business Person of the Year as well. It made me feel welcome. The RIVERHEAD ROCKS OLYMPIC DISTANCE TRIATHLON [held this year on August 3] is something I developed with EAST END ARTS and the Riverhead Town Board. There’s a bike route, a six-mile run, and a swim in the Peconic River. It’s the only race out here with an urban feel and a downtown finish line. Initially I was concerned about people’s perception of downtown Riverhead because the SUFFOLK THEATER was vacant at the time, as were most of the surrounding stores, so we made partitions in the storefronts for pop-ups. The North Fork Animal Welfare League brought an adoption center; we had a wine tasting spot and even a cupcake shop. The response was great. There were 375 people in the race that first year. It’s about increasing people’s comfort level with Riverhead. For example, now I know where to go when I need a quick snack: across
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The Blue Duck Bakery Café, 309-2 E. Main St.; blueduckbakerycafe.com Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices & Ice Cream, 309 E. Main St., 284-9661; ralphsices.com
the street to THE BLUE DUCK BAKERY CAFÉ for a chocolate chip cookie or to RALPH’S FAMOUS ITALIAN ICES & ICE CREAM for a lemon Italian ice. When I need to go for a stroll, I walk down along the Peconic River, just behind East Main Street, and then loop up and walk through town. I don’t think people realize how much culinary diversity there is here: Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, pubs, barbecue. That’s why we’re starting the Riverhead Restaurant Group. We’ll create Riverhead Restaurant Week, which will get visitors to explore the town. I’m also working on getting the RIVERHEAD MUSIC FESTIVAL going this August, and we want to do a Halloween parade in October. By New Year’s, we want Riverhead to be the destination for a no-drive
Riverhead Rocks Olympic Distance Triathlon, throughout downtown Riverhead, ending in front of The Suffolk Theater; eventpowerli.com The Suffolk Theater, 118 E. Main St.,727-4343; suffolk theater.com
night, with shuttles running up and down the street to the four 100-room hotels in town. I am pushing Riverhead to grow into its own. I want to be the person making this happen because I benefit from it. I am not a philanthropist—I like the challenge. I was drawn to this spot for the architecture of The Riverhead Project’s building and the scale of the town, but I didn’t realize Riverhead was such a hub, and it’s just getting better. In the next five years this town is going to pop.” H
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Radiating Change THE ELLEN HERMANSON FOUNDATION’S JULIE RATNER SHARES THE INSPIRING STORY BEHIND THE BREAST CANCER CHARITY SHE LAUNCHED IN HER SISTER’S HONOR.
Finally I called her. In an almost inaudible voice, Ellen said, “I have breast cancer.” At that moment, life for my family changed forever. Being a family of doers, we sprang into action, getting names of doctors and oncologists. Ellen had a modified radical mastectomy. Thinking that breast cancer doesn’t happen to a young mother with a 6-month-old baby, we waited anxiously for the pathology report. The results were shattering: 20 positive nodes out of 20 nodes. As a trained journalist, Ellen used her well-tuned analytical skills to research her disease and became knowledgeable about treatments and clinical trials, while her oncologist, Dr. Larry Norton, mapped out a strategy to annihilate the cancer in her body. Ellen was a powerful voice for women with breast cancer, and she devoted herself to advocacy. She fought valiantly for six years before losing her battle. In that time, Ellen taught me about caring, compassion, education, and the importance of Participants in last year’s Ellen’s Run, sponsored by the Ellen Hermanson Foundation.
With their foundation, Julie Ratner (ABOVE) and her sister, Emily, help ensure that medically underserved women on the East End have access to life-saving care and support.
family support. She also exposed the disparity between medical services accessible to women like her and those who cannot afford proper care. After Ellen died, I needed to continue the work she started and make sure that Leora would always remember her mother. With that, Emily and I started Ellen’s Run in 1996, and we established The Ellen Hermanson Foundation the following year to ensure that medically underserved women would have the same access to care and support that was given to Ellen. Since 1996 the Foundation has changed the medical landscape of the East End. Through strategic grants, there is now The Ellen Hermanson Breast Center at Southampton Hospital—the only facility of its kind on the South Fork—and Ellen’s Well, a program providing free psychosocial support to breast cancer survivors and their families. To continue to fund our work, we will sponsor this month’s Summer Solstice honoring Robert Chaloner, president and CEO of Southampton Hospital, and philanthropist Jean Shafiroff as well as the annual Ellen’s Run on Sunday, August 17, at Southampton Hospital. H
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was one of three daughters: My sister, Emily, is two years older than I, while Ellen was almost six years younger. Ellen was a funny, quirky, and smart child. She was an adoring younger sister, and in her eyes I knew everything and could do no wrong. As we grew up, however, the roles changed. In high school and college, Ellen’s brilliance, sensitivity, intuitiveness, and talent as a writer emerged. My sister cared deeply about her world and her environment, and grappled with the issues of the day. Ellen married Hugo Moreno in 1985, and in August 1988 their daughter Leora was born. Life couldn’t have been more perfect for Ellen; she was living her dream until that following February. A young, nursing mother, Ellen was having problems with one of her breasts. Doctors assured her everything was normal, but the problem did not go away, so Ellen had a biopsy. I waited for her call to tell me everything was all right, but that call never came.
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CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW: A Group for the East End kayak outing; Wölffer Estates, where environmental sustainability is championed; Wölffer Estates general manager Max Rohn and wife, co-owner Joey Wölffer, with her sister and brother-in-law, Georgie Wölffer and Tony Alexander, and partner and winemaker Roman Roth and wife Dushy.
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y father, Christian Wölffer, loved the outdoors. Fresh air, open sky—these were important parts of his daily routine. And it was this connection to nature that led him to purchase a former potato farm 2.6 miles from the ocean and turn it into one of the country’s most enviable stables and a world-class vineyard nearly 30 years ago. My brother and sisters have ensured that same respect for nature and ardent sustainability ethic, which infuses our work at Wölffer Estate Vineyard and Stables. My dad was a big supporter of Group for the East End; it was a point of pride for him that the organization hosted its annual summer fundraiser at Wölffer. My husband, Max Rohn, and I have continued and, this year, deepened that tradition by joining the host committee for the event. As winemaker and partner Roman Roth will tell you, our business depends on rich, healthy soil, clean water, and a diverse landscape of flora and fauna. Our wines—many of which have recently received 90 points or better from the
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industry’s top publications—are a product of our terroir. They’re only as good as the environment the grapes are grown in. That’s why, as one of the few certified sustainable vineyards on the East End, we use natural pest-control methods and ensure the health of the groundwater beneath us. Clean water is an important initiative of the Group. The quality of our water affects everything—our ability to safely swim, fish, drink, and make wine! We are so honored to be able to give back to our community through our involvement with this important organization. The Group advocates on our behalf at the highest levels, using science and grassroots activism, and educates all of us to be better stewards of our environment. Every year, we host Group for the East End’s largest fundraiser. People from all across the region gather to kick off summer and raise funds to protect the environment and natural assets that make this place so special. We eat food made from local ingredients, drink wines from our vineyard, and share our love for the nature of the East
End. Sure, it’s a great party. (Max and I are looking forward to an evening with chefs Todd Jacobs and Noah Schwartz and DJ Mad Marj!) But it’s really about the collective support for the simple pleasures in life that are important to us. Every day we’re so thankful for our environment. Here on our 175 acres, bluebirds nest in our nest boxes, wildflowers blossom and bees buzz in our meadow, natural flora grows beneath our vines, and horses graze in our pastures. The Group for the East End helps us understand and encourage the bigpicture value of the nature of the place we live. H
INSIGHT What: Group for the East End’s Here Comes the Sun! Summer Solstice Benefit When and where: June 21 at Wölffer Estate Vineyard, 139 Sagg Road, Sagaponack Contact: groupfortheeastend.org
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GREGORY PARTANIO (GROUP); COURTESY OF WÖLFFER ESTATE VINEYARD (VINEYARD); COURTESY OF GROUP FOR THE EAST END (BEACH)
FROM HER FAMILY’S SAGAPONACK WINERY TO BEYOND, JOEY WÖLFFER HELPS PROTECT THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE ALONGSIDE GROUP FOR THE EAST END.
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Charity Regist er OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE.
ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
What: Join a noble cause while getting a killer workout. The Heaven Can Wait Zumbathon Charity Benefit Fundraiser benefits breast cancer support groups in the Hamptons. Burn calories with Kinga in a high-energy dance fitness class focused on weight loss and body toning. When: June 13 Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Hampton Bays Contact: zumbawithkinga.com
WESTHAMPTON BEACH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
What: Go golfing to benefit the ever-evolving Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center at its 12th annual Golf Tournament & Cocktail Party. A fête follows with mouthwatering hors d’oeuvres, a lavish open bar, and a magnificent live auction. This year, the tournament will honor Michael Thorne, general manager of Westhampton Country Club. When: June 16 Where: Westhampton Country Club, 35 Potunk Lane, Westhampton Beach Contact: whbpac.org
ROSS SCHOOL
What: Tee off with Knicks legends John Starks and Larry Johnson at the sixth annual Ross School Golf with the Knicks at The Bridge. The Ross School invites guests to participate in a day of golfing with the Knicks, benefiting Ross School scholarships and programs. The day includes breakfast, a shotgun start, and a cocktail reception. When: June 16 Where: The Bridge, Bridgehampton
STONY HILL STABLES
What: Stony Hill Stables Foundation Benefit Cocktail Party, which will include a dressage exhibition with narration, a pony drill team presentation by the riders of Stony Hill Stables, and a dressage pas de deux finale by Grand Prix riders. The nonprofit foundation promotes excellence in equine sports through riding education and competitive opportunities for children and young adults. When: June 21 Where: Stony Hill Stables Contact: stonyhillstables.com
WELLNESS FOUNDATION
What: Honor health advocate Rip Esselstyn, best-selling author of The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter’s 28-Day Save-YourLife Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds
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and My Beef with Meat: The Healthiest Argument for Eating a Plant-Strong Diet—Plus 140 New Engine 2 Recipes at the Wellness Foundation’s third annual Summer Benefit. Proceeds benefit the foundation’s programs to empower children and adults to lead a healthy life. When: June 21 Where: 65 Dunemere Lane, East Hampton Contact: wfeh.org
GROUP FOR THE EAST END
What: Kick off a sunshine-filled summer at the “Here Comes the Sun” benefit at Wölffer Estate Vineyard. Enjoy the longest day of the year and show your support for the preservation and restoration of Eastern Long Island with cocktails and small bites by North Fork chef Noah Schwartz, dinner by South Fork chef Todd Jacobs of Fresh Hamptons, and dancing to DJ Mad Marj. Proceeds benefit Group for the East End’s vital conservation work on Long Island. When: June 21 Where: Wölffer Estate Vineyard, 139 Sagg Road, Sagaponack Contact: groupfortheeastend.org
THE ELLEN HERMANSON FOUNDATION SUMMER SOLSTICE
What: Join The Ellen Hermanson Foundation’s founding chairs, Emily Levin and Julie Ratner, and honorary chair Kathryn C. Chenault, for a Champagne reception followed by the annual Summer Solstice celebration, hosted by Ellen and Chuck Scarborough at their home in Southampton. All ticket sales and donations will support The Ellen Hermanson Foundation. When: June 21 Where: Southampton Hospital and the home of Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, Southampton Contact: ellensrun.org
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CARLY OTNESS/BFANYC.COM (EAST END); CHRISTIAN GRATTAN (GOD’S LOVE)
GOD’S LOVE WE DELIVER
What: Raise a glass to Midsummer Night Drinks at one of the most-anticipated events of the Hamptons season. God’s Love We Deliver raises money to improve the lives of men, women, and children with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other serious illnesses by delivering nutritious meals. Join a memorable June evening of cocktails, music, and spectacular views. When: June 21 Where: Home of Kelly Behun and Jay Sugarman, Southampton Contact: glwd.org
ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS
What: Tour the historic Springs gardens of Pamela Bicket and Zachary Cohen; Peter Bickford and Greg McCarthy; Annachiara Danieli; Deborah Nevins; Sukey and Michael Novogratz; and Edwina von Gal at the 28th annual ARF Garden Tour. Then ring in the solstice at a post-tour wine tasting at the spectacular waterfront home and stylish garden of Marshall Watson and Paul Sparks.
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When: June 21 Where: Springs and the private residence of Marshall Watson and Paul Sparks Contact: arfhamptons.org
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Just for Laughs GUILD HALL KICKS OFF ITS NEW SUMMER COMEDY SERIES WITH SANDRA BERNHARD. BY NATALIE RINN
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“All my shows are ever-evolving. I could do an entire show about being in the Hamptons.” —SANDRA BERNHARD
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Sandra Bernhard will perform at Guild Hall.
decade ago, Bernhard will perform, uncensored. “All my shows are everevolving and in the moment,” she says, her creative vision already in motion. “I could do an entire show about being in the Hamptons.” The act— originally dubbed “Sandyland”—was first developed for her annual holiday residency at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan. It mixes stand-up with cabaret. Bernhard’s threepiece band, The Flawless Zircons, provides backup. “I’m always obsessed with fake jewelry, and zircons are a type of fake diamond,” Bernhard says. “There used to be a store in The Valley that said, ‘flawless zircons.’ I draw material from the obscure.” Bernhard rose to stand-up fame more than 30 years ago, when women were doing something very different for that time: self-deprecation. “I took it into a postmodern, post-feminist, post-hippy way of thinking,” she says. “Yes, I’m a mother but also someone who looks at motherhood in a way that avoids the clichés and the pitfalls of being burdened by things in your life.” Mike DeSanti says Bernhard’s kind of improvisation is exactly what he hopes to see from every performer this summer. “I tell them running time is entirely their creative choice,” he says. Another Guild Ha!! installment, Celebrity Autobiography, is not stand-up but it is instant genius: Alec Baldwin, Christie Brinkley, and The Karate Kid himself, Ralph Macchio, perform selections from other celebrities’ autobiographies. Think Baldwin as Burt Reynolds. “They’re wildly self-involved autobiographies,” Gladstone says. “It’s totally ironic and tongue in cheek.” Gladstone and DeSanti were so successful with Guild Ha!! this year that they plan to bring it back in 2015, only bigger and better. “I told [ Josh], these things are all going to sell out,” DeSanti says. “Next year we’ll book more dates. The more dates you give me, the more I’ll get.” “We present and do entertainment, and we hope the one true line is quality,” Gladstone says of the programming at Guild Hall. “It’s gonna make you think, and crack up, and have a great time out.” Guild Ha!! Comedy Nights debuts at Guild Hall with “An Evening with Sandra Bernhard” on June 20 at 8 PM, 158 Main St., East Hampton, 324-0806; guildhall.org H
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uild Hall, the handsome 80-year-old cultural center in East Hampton, is shaking up its events lineup this summer. In addition to the first-rate shows it’s known for, such as Shakespeare performances and poetry readings, the center is presenting Guild Ha!! Comedy Nights, the venue’s first-ever comedy series. It kicks off on Friday, June 20, with the ever-fearless gut-buster Sandra Bernhard, and continues throughout July and August with notable comedians like John Leguizamo, Rob Schneider, and Jon Lovitz. Josh Gladstone, artistic director at Guild Hall’s John Drew Theater, conceived of the series. “We’ve done well with comedy [in the past], but we’ve never pushed hard at a series,” he says. Gladstone knows better than most that with everything the Hamptons has to offer during the summer, he had to shoot for the stars and draw top talent to bring in the crowds. “We’re competing with people’s beach and barbecue time and restaurants; you need names to get people through the door,” Gladstone reasons. So he called for help from comedy booker extraordinaire Mike DeSanti, who first brought the likes of Louis C.K. and Zach Galifianakis up Route 114—and names are what they got. “I think [Gladstone] thought, If we are going to do it, let’s do it big,” DeSanti says. The opening act was no exception. “Sandra seemed like a natural fit to round off our program.” At Guild Hall, “the groovy little venue” where she appeared about a
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ART FULL Two of David Datuna’s pop-culture subjects: Jackie O and Marilyn Monroe.
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hen New York–based artist David Datuna was a child in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, he dreamed of the West. As a boy he witnessed his father being arrested for listening to an Elvis Presley record on their front steps, which led Datuna to associate Western pop culture with creative freedom. “Despite the limited information we received from abroad, enough of the arts slipped through to trigger a fascination with American life,” Datuna says. These themes remain evident in his work, as seen in his exhibit “Elements,” on view through June 30 at East Hampton’s Birnam Wood/Galleries. Spotlighting subjects such as Martin Luther King Jr., Audrey Hepburn, Andy Warhol, and Princess Diana, Datuna selects familiar and potent symbols to explore their shared narratives of influence. “Elements” is Datuna’s first exhibit of new work since his installation “Viewpoint of Billions: Portrait of America” at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in February, the first to integrate Google Glass into the artviewing experience. The piece—an American flag composed of newspaper
articles and portraits of historical American figures, covered by a layer of eyeglass lenses—featured GPS locators that unlocked multimedia narratives when viewed with the futuristic Google technology. That show drew over 23,000 visitors, the largest the museum has seen in more than 30 years. With “Elements,” the artist continues his exploration (sans Google Glass) into Americana and pop culture, layering optical lenses atop portraits composed of pixilated geometric patterns. The lenses focus and diffuse their subject’s visages, simultaneously creating a dynamic dissonance. “They represent all the different viewpoints that form our idea of the portrait’s subject—what David refers to as the energy of their influence on us,” says Patrick Dawson, the gallery’s managing partner. “When you see the work in person, the combination of these two layers creates an innate sense of movement and shifting perspective.” Elements is on exhibit through June 30 at Birnam Wood/ Galleries, 48 Park Pl., East Hampton, 324-6010; birnamwoodart.com and at Art Market Hamptons from July 10–13 at Bridgehampton Historical Society, 2368 Montauk Hwy., Bridgehampton, 212-518-6912; artmarkethamptons.com. H
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ARTIST DAVID DATUNA BRINGS HIS OPTICALLY ILLUSORY ARTWORKS TO THE HAMPTONS WITH HIS LATEST EXHIBIT, “ELEMENTS.” BY ERIN RILEY
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Casual Statement RED BAR BRASSERIE’S COMFORT-DRIVEN MENU HAS MADE IT A SOUTHAMPTON STAPLE AND THE CROWN JEWEL IN RESTAURATEUR DAVID LOEWENBERG’S GROWING EMPIRE. BY GARY WALTHER PHOTOGRAPHY BY EVAN SUNG
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avid Loewenberg parses a phrase like a prep cook paring vegetables. In fact, the owner of Red Bar Brasserie and the largest restaurateur in the Hamptons (five eateries in all) has a habit of julienning concepts, sometimes using almost the same words, to make his point. “It’s not comfort food, but comfortable food,” he says of the menu at Red Bar, the oldest of his East End restaurants—now in its 16th year. “It’s not a trendy menu, but a current one,” he adds in his quirky manner
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of speaking. He tells me the service at Red Bar is proper, then cuts it a bit more finely: “familiar, but proper.” All of which is refreshing in its accuracy and in its eschewing of emptycalorie phrases such as “younger audience” and “farm-to-table,” although the kitchen uses local products as much as possible. And then there’s the added virtue that everything Loewenberg tells me turns out to be not just “truthy,” but true. Red Bar is the kind of place you can take your parents, your steady, your lover, and if either of the last two works out, your kids. The dining room has a low-key mélange of classic motifs: cane café chairs, center-island curved banquettes, potted palms, and three walls of eight-paned mullioned windows that start at hip height and rise to the ceiling, a Southampton sunporch writ large. And yes, you’re right if you sense a time-capsule feel to the room. From 1923 to 1997, it was Balzarini’s, an unpretentious Italian restaurant, which The New York Times once called “the least hip restaurant in the Hamptons, and proud of it.” The space hadn’t been touched in decades when Loewenberg acquired it. Asked about how he transformed the room, he says, “We didn’t rewrite it, we polished it.” Chef Erik Nodeland, although soft-spoken in person, has created a menu continued on page 70
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Red Bar’s miso-glazed tilefish with spinach, leeks, shiitake mushrooms, and Meyer lemon; bartender Patrick O’Donoghue; the dining room; owner David Loewenberg.
continued from page 68 fluent in many culinary dialects. He speaks seashore standard: fine-tuning fried calamari—here dusted in cornmeal—by giving the crust a light parchment crisp. If indulgence is your lingua franca, there’s the braised pork belly with shaved apples, ricotta salata, and maple-cider vinegar glaze. It hardly requires chewing; the meat just melts away. Nouvellese elegance turns up in the crudo, a kick line of locally caught fluke arranged on the bias, and divine decadence, in the truffled chicken breast, a half-finger-thick slab of amorously tender chicken. A vein of truffles runs beneath the crispy skin, which is lightly doused with a sauce made from chicken stock and a deeply caramelized mirepoix, then finished in the pan with a touch of white truffle oil. (“It’s chicken on chicken on chicken,” Loewenberg says.) The wild mushroom risotto on the side is sheer brazen lily-gilding (and al dente, to boot). So it was interesting that the dish that left the biggest impression on me was much simpler than any of these: a watercress and endive salad accented with tiny crumbles of Stilton and toasted hazelnuts and lightly coated with a balsamic-based dressing. The dish had perfect pitch: There was bitter and sweet, crunchy and creamy, tangy and tart, and somehow all of those tastes fused with the dressing to produce a fine finish on the palate, a drawn-out whole note. It wasn’t comfort food, and it was way more than comfortable food. In the end, the Red Bar dining room, with its pleasing Dutch Master duskiness made visible by that centuries-old standby, candlelight, is not a style statement; it’s a hospitality statement. (As Loewenberg might put it.) It amounts to this: “Come in, sit down, relax; you’re in good hands.” Red Bar is so comfortable in its own skin that it can even indulge in some culinary cornball, baked Alaska flambé as a finale. Welcome to the white-tablecloth version of Cheers—and three cheers for that. 210 Hampton Road, Southampton, 283-0704; redbarbrasserie.com H
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“It’s a martini culture here,” says bartender Patrick O’Donoghue, an 11-year veteran of the seven-seat bar tucked into the restaurant’s entrance. It’s an inviting, old-fashioned nook of wainscoting, schoolhouse lights, and a pressed-tin ceiling. O’Donoghue suggested Tito’s Handmade Vodka from Texas for my straight-up martini, touting its smoothness. (“Even though I’m a Stoli drinker myself,” he added sotto voce.) And indeed, the drink had a strikingly satiny texture. My companion, an infusionist when it comes to martinis, opted for a cucumber version of the drink. O’Donoghue made it with the semi-cultish Crop Harvest Earth Organic, a vodka that’s USDA-certified organic and made from American grain. For summer, O’Donoghue has a couple of summery martinis, such as one with basil and strawberry-infused simple syrup.
TABLE SCOUT You can hide in plain sight at Red Bar by getting one of the center-island banquettes. Each banquette is only visible to a quarter of the room, and the candlelight atmosphere does the rest by tucking you into your own table, rather than encouraging you to crane your neck. Also primo are the four-tops in the far corners of the dining room, and after that, any table along the window walls.
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The Italians may have created the aperitivo tradition, but the Hamptons has perfected it. BY KARA NEWMAN
Dine Around SOUTHAMPTONITE AND GOOD DAY NEW YORK COHOST ROSANNA SCOTTO GUIDES US TO HER FAVORITE ITALIAN EATERIES ON THE EAST END.
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“It’s fun for lunch. The insalata di pollo with a glass of rosé is perfect for a summer day.” 29 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, 324-6300; cittanuova.com
“This may be a pork store, but they have tables and mouthwatering stuffed breads and paninis. And no, we are not related!” 25 W. Montauk Hwy., Hampton Bays, 728-5677; scottosporkstore.com
Osteria Salina “I enjoy the rigatoni with eggplant and melted mozzarella.” 95 School St., Bridgehampton, 613-6469; osteriasalina.net
Sant Ambroeus “I like to sit in the alley—it feels like you’re in Italy, and the food is just as authentic.” 30 Main St., Southampton, 283-1233; santambroeus.com
Serafina “Serafina is great for casual dining and a quick pizza with the kids.” 104 N. Main St., East Hampton, 267-3500; hamptons.serafina restaurant.com
Topping Rose House “Chef Tom Colicchio makes an unforgettable lasagna, and his pappardelle with pork ragú is incredible.” 1 Bridgehampton–Sag Harbor Tpk., Bridgehampton, 537-0870; toppingrosehouse.com
Tutto Il Giorno Southampton “I love starting with the Sardinian flatbread drizzled in olive oil, salt, and rosemary. The branzino is simply poached but delicious.” 56 Nugent St., Southampton, 377-3611 H Three-time Emmy Award winner Rosanna Scotto.
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The classic Aperol spritz is the inspiration behind Red Bar’s Venetian Spritzer.
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Topping Rose House’s beet risotto.
All across the East End, bars and restaurants are working with Italian-made wine, beer, and spirits to create refreshing, stylish libations perfect for sipping this summer. At Red Bar Brasserie (210 Hampton Road, Southampton, 283-0704; redbarbrasserie.com), the Venetian Spritzer showcases bitter orange-tinged Aperol, rounded out with sparkling Prosecco and garnished with a slice of orange. “The traditional time to have an aperitivo is the early afternoon, when you take a break,” explains Patrick O’Donoghue, Red Bar’s bartender. “But you can drink it any time. It’s something to quench the thirst and put a smile on your face.” The Venetian spritzer is loosely modeled on the classic Aperol spritz, he notes, although the latter includes a dose of soda water, which O’Donoghue prefers to omit. “The bubbles from the Prosecco do it justice.” Meanwhile, Topping Rose House (1 Bridgehampton–Sag Harbor Tpk., Bridgehampton, 537-0870; toppingrosehouse.com) offers the Bull’s Head, an Italian riff on a classic Old-Fashioned. Michter’s bourbon is sweetened with Carpano Antica, an Italian vermouth, and given a bitter edge with Nonino Amaro, which hails from the Friuli region of Italy. Not a whiskey drinker? Opt for the Tempestoso, essentially a highball with an Italian accent, made with herbal Averna Amaro and built tall with spicy ginger beer and a squeeze of lemon. In East Hampton, The Living Room at c/o The Maidstone Hotel (207 Main St., East Hampton, 324-5006; themaidstone.com) has a festive take on the Bellini. This variation includes Italy’s crisp Prosecco and peach purée, but adds vodka and lime juice, yielding the fun-to-order Bellini martini. And don’t worry, beer lovers, you’re included on the virtual piazza as well. Just stroll over to Navy Beach (16 Navy Road, Montauk, 668-6868; navybeach.com) for a Peroni, Italy’s beloved birra, and you may start to wonder if the Hamptons isn’t so far removed from the Italian Riviera after all. Raise a well-frosted glass and toast, Italian-style: Salute! H
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THE DISH
Freeze Frame ITALIAN-INSPIRED FROZEN TREATS ARE THE DELIZIOSO WAY TO COOL DOWN DURING SUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS. BY MATTHEW WEXLER
The gelati at Sant Ambroeus come in a variety of pastel-hued flavors.
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A well-crafted scoop is just the beginning for Rachel Cronemeyer, the new pastry chef at Nick & Toni’s (136 N. Main St., East Hampton, 3243550; nickandtonis.com), who says gelato’s creamy, lingering mouthfeel sets it apart from traditional ice cream. Expect innovative flavors in her first season, such as olive oil, brown sugar, and ginger, as well as her latest experiment, Fernet-Branca, which incorporates the Italian digestive. At Fresh Hamptons (203 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Tpk., Bridgehampton, 537-4700; freshhamptons.com), chef-owner Todd Jacobs combines traditional recipes with high-quality ingredients, like organic cane sugar, Madagascar vanilla, Valrhona chocolate, and locally sourced fruit from organic farmers Dale Haubrich and Bette Lacina. The flavor that Jacobs is most excited about is pawpaw, an indigenous fruit he describes as having “a pale orange color and sweet flavor, somewhat similar to cherimoya.” In terms of authenticity, it doesn’t get more Italian than the dark chocolate sorbet and frozen pistachio nougat at Robert’s (755 Montauk Hwy., Water Mill, 726-7171; robertshamptons.com). The recipe was given to owner Robert Durkin on a piece of paper more than 20 years ago by a sous chef who had traveled to Italy to master traditional techniques. “On one side was the sorbetto recipe, on the other, the nougat,” Durkin says. “It was in Italian and measured by weight; we’ve been making them ever since.” H
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CHEF’S TABLE
La Dolce Vita CHEF MARCO CANORA ENJOYS THE RELAXED PACE OF THE HAMPTONS AND CELEBRATES ITS BOUNTY WITH A BLACK RICE SEAFOOD RISOTTO. BY SCOTT FELDMAN
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hef Marco Canora is inspired by the East End’s “terroir”—which is also the namesake for two of his Manhattan wine bars. For him, the Hamptons is about the surroundings, the smell of the salty air, and the beautiful landscape that helps him create simple dishes using classic Italian ingredients like tomatoes, zucchini, and fresh herbs—all staples for the summer season out here. What has been your favorite experience on the East End? Tom Colicchio’s 50th birthday
party in 2012. Roasting whole hogs on a spit, drinking local wine, live music, including Hefe Colicchio playing the guitar. It was the perfect way to spend a summer afternoon. If you could cook with anyone, who would it be? I’m a bit of a Japan-ophile. To spend a few days cooking with some sushi master like Masa Takayama or Daisuke Nakazawa would be tremendous. What inspires you in the Hamptons? The terroir—the weather, the landscape, the light. When you’re not cooking, how do you spend a summer day out East? I am happy
frolicking on the beach all day, building sand castles with my daughters, reading, swimming, sleeping, and eating. What is your favorite place on the East End? I’m partial to the North Fork: less traffic and more chilled-out. The place to buy ingredients is… The roadside farmstand. Best value and quality for your money. What is your must-visit Hamptons restaurant? The North Fork Table & Inn is without question the place to go. Do you have a favorite summer ingredient? I look forward to classic Italian components: tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, basil, and my all-time favorite food— blueberry pie! H
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Finely grated zest of 2 lemons 1 cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 3 dried peperoncini (or ¼ tsp. red pepper flakes), minced 1 medium yellow onion, minced 5 garlic cloves, minced (about 1 tbsp.) 2 cups black rice Fine-grain sea salt ¾ cup dry white wine 1 pound cleaned calamari, rinsed in cool water and cut into 1/8-inch-thick rings ½ pound (21-25 count) shrimp, peeled, deveined, and chopped into small pieces 1 cup halved grape tomatoes 2 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice Boil 10 cups of water, then reduce heat to a simmer. Pile the lemon zest on the parsley and finely chop them together. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over high heat and add the peperoncini, onion, and garlic, stirring to coat with the oil. Fry for 1 minute, then reduce the heat to medium-high and
cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the rice and a pinch of salt, stirring to coat the rice with the oil and onions. Toast the rice for 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the wine. Let it bubble, stirring for 3 minutes, until it’s absorbed. Add 2 cups of hot water and cook for 12 minutes, stirring and scraping rice from the sides, until the liquid is mostly absorbed. Add just enough hot water to cover the rice and stir every couple of minutes, until the broth is incorporated and the rice is almost dry, 10 to 12 minutes. Continue adding hot water just to cover the rice, stirring occasionally and waiting until the water is absorbed to add more, about 30 minutes. Stirring more frequently, continue adding the remaining hot water to cover the rice, about ½ cup at a time, about every 5 minutes for 10 to 15 minutes, until it’s absorbed. The rice should be firm but tender. Add the calamari, shrimp, tomatoes, and a big pinch of salt. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring. Remove the pan from the heat and add the lemonparsley mixture and the lemon juice. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOCELYN FILLEY (CANORA); MICHAEL HARLAN TURKELL/HARLANTURK.COM (RISOTTO)
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Frank Muytjens, a master at dressing with casual sophistication, at J.Crew in East Hampton.
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J.CREW’S FRANK MUYTJENS INTRODUCES A LIGHTWEIGHT RANGE OF SEERSUCKER SUITS AND SWIM TRUNKS, PERFECT FOR LEISURELY DAYS OUT EAST. BY JULIE EARLE LEVINE
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tep into J. Crew in East Hampton and it’s as if you’ve stumbled upon the coastal closet of your dreams. Classic Breton-stripe shirts and spirited, nautical print shorts sit next to vintage baseball caps and the perfect summer swim trunks. Each piece feels carefully curated for a sharp fit, and yet, effortlessly wearable. “It’s all about cool swimwear, sandals, beach cover-ups, and chambray shirts for a polished beach look,” explains Frank Muytjens, J. Crew’s head of menswear since 2008. “We love taking all those elements out of classic menswear and doing something very unexpected.” Dutch-born and based in New York City, Muytjens is passionate about the outdoors, beaches, and gardening—all things that figure fondly into his memories of trips to East Hampton and ultimately influence his relaxed, sporty design aesthetic. In particular, the brand’s new range of lightweight suiting feels tailor-made for beach parties and weddings out East. “We have the Ludlow tuxedo in lightweight Japanese seersucker and in Japanese chambray,” says Muytjens, who spent eight years at Polo Ralph Lauren before joining J.Crew in 2004. “A black seersucker tuxedo or chambray suit that breaks in very nicely is a nice change for summer. Seersucker has been around for a long time, but if you cut it slimmer so that it’s not boxy, it’s the ultimate summer fabric. It keeps you cool in the most sweltering temperatures.” On the casual side, Muytjens’s love of American art and design is evident in J. Crew’s fitted button-downs, parkas, and denim inspired by American workwear. For the beach, seemingly worn-in chambray shirts
work well with the brand’s Stanton shorts in sun-drenched shades of salmon, teal, and sage. Later on, chambray can be paired with a navy, slimfitting club blazer with gold buttons for an evening gathering. The two Hamptons stores will also stock a selection of swim trunks, and this season, they are shorter and a bit more trim. “We still have longer surf shorts, but it is nice to have a cleaner silhouette, with no elastic or Velcro at the waistband,” Muytjens says. “It’s a bit closer to the body. I just bought some for myself in navy.” Classic navy and black complement the brand’s Hamptons-minded color palette—seafoam, periwinkle, aqua, and cool grays, offset by earthy browns, burnt siennas, and oranges—inspired by Muytjens love of the beach. Muytjens leans toward indigos and navy blue for summer since those hues fade so well. “Faded, sun-bleached effects are focal.” Other seasonal staples like cashmere crew-neck sweaters and white 770 jeans as well as J. Crew’s selection of third-party items, including Sperry Top Sider slip-ons, Miansai bracelets, and Ebbets Field hats, make the shop a must-stop for summer. This season, the store’s coveted Birkenstocks feature a new look—a white sole. “It is amazing what a little tweak does to a classic,” Muytjens says. “It’s a nice twist—the right twist.” 14 Main St., East Hampton, 324-5034; 84B Main St., Southampton, 287-2869; jcrew.com H
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LOCAL TREASURES Ben Busko’s floral découpage trays include Yellow Daisy ($72), Lily Scarlet Red ($78), and Forget-Me-Not ($68), among many others.
In Bloom BEN BUSKO’S DÉCOUPAGE TRAYS ADD HAMPTONS FLORALS TO YOUR ABODE.
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made as black and white engravings and then finished with watercolors. Busko merges that style with local blooms. “All of the flowers bloom in gardens in the Hamptons, so the trays would be lovely in the home, bringing the garden inside to enjoy,” he says. He also says that they are perfect atop a coffee table or hung in a dining room. For an even more specific look, custom découpage projects may be ordered online at bensgarden.com. Simply supply your favorite print, quote, or photograph and select from a variety of tray sizes, round plates, platters, coasters, or even paperweights. Ben’s Garden trays are available at Good Westhampton, 141 Main Street, Westhampton Beach, 998-4444; goodwesthampton.net. For custom orders, visit bensgarden.com. H
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STYLE SPOTLIGHT
A Breath of Sea Air Bond No. 9 looks to the sea for a celebration of Shelter Island life. Shelter Island’s unique medley of pristine sandy expanses, untouched natural preserve land, and idyllic cottages served as the sweet inspiration for Bond No. 9’s latest fragrant ode to coastal living, following in the footsteps of its East End neighbors. Part of Bond’s line of New York tributes, the unisex scent’s beachy appeal is apparent right down to the nautically striped take on the iconic bottle. Billed as the world’s first marine oud, Shelter Island mixes the fragrant hardwood note with an algae extract that evokes the fresh feeling of the shore. 45 Main St., Sag Harbor, 725-7467; bondno9.com
100ml bottle of Bond No. 9’s Shelter Island ($260).
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Scents of Summer NADINE HAMPTON’S NEW WESTHAMPTON BEACH BOUTIQUE EXUDES COASTAL CHARM. WITH THE BOLD PROMISE THAT “anything you would need a gift for, I will be able to do,” Nadine Hampton strikes a balance between everyday essentials and the whimsically beautiful in Hampton House, her recently opened Westhampton Beach gift and houseware emporium. With a private label featuring artfully packaged, hand-poured, all-natural candles and soaps produced in Brooklyn, the aptly named shop appeals to both travelers and residents in providing an independent alternative for sheets, towels, barware, and other essentials. Hampton’s carefully selected inventory includes Lafco’s luxe bath products, La Cadeaux’s French country-inspired tableware, and Beatriz Ball’s hand-molded metalware, giving the space an expertly curated feel. As Hampton puts it, “My whole aesthetic is very coastal and beachy. I don’t want to compete with Bed Bath & Beyond.” 108 Main St., Westhampton Beach, 288-2202 H
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SOCIAL NETWORK
Platt-itudes CAMPION PLATT BRINGS HIS DISCERNING EYE TO A WELL-CURATED SUMMER. BY ADRIENNE GAFFNEY
Esteemed architect Campion Platt (campionplatt.com) is the visionary behind LA’s Chateau Marmont and Manhattan’s Mercer Hotel as well as the homes of Al Pacino, Meg Ryan, and Conan O’Brien. But in the Hamptons during the summer, design takes a backseat to family fun with his wife, Tatiana, and his four children. Platt’s favorite spots radiate laid-back beach fun, with a bit of style swirled in. Fresh, fun, and durable is Platt’s seasonal mantra when it comes to interiors. “Summer for us is not about getting dressed up, so all the furniture has kids on it all the time.” He favors pieces from the interiors boutique Kitty Clay (27 West Main St., Southampton, 488-4411; kittyclay.com) and the antique-furniture shop Mecox Gardens (257 County Road 39A, Southampton, 287-5015; mecox.com/ our-stores/southampton), his “go-to store for great housewarming gifts.” A frequent cultural destination for the Platts is the Children’s Museum of the East End (376 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Tpk., Bridgehampton, 537-8520; cmee.org), while Yoga Shanti (32 Bridge St., Sag Harbor, 725-6424; yogashanti.com/sag-harbor-hamptons) offers classes that the whole brood enjoys. One favorite family tradition is an “8 AM swim at Wyandanch Beach (Gin Lane and Wyandanch Lane, Southampton; 283-0247), rain or shine, all summer long. Afterward, we hop over to Ye Olde Bake Shoppe (17 Windmill Lane, Southampton, 283-6553) for some not-so-guilt-free desserts.” Ralph Lauren (31-33 Main St., East Hampton, 324-1222; ralphlauren.com) is a mainstay, “especially on sale day!” Other favorites include Jogo by Pooneh (2462 Main Street , Bridgehampton, 537-7100; jogobeach.com) and Blue & Cream (60 On the Circle, East Hampton; blueandcream.com), which “has every option for the social season and great salespeople.”
All that style helps Platt prepare for his summer highlight—the night of the Watermill Center Summer Benefit (July 26, 39 Watermill Towd Road, Water Mill; watermillcenter. org/benefit). “It’s the best social event of the season,” he says. “It’s a feast for the eyes, showcasing the work of enterprising young artists on eco-landscaped grounds in the heart of the Hamptons.” H CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Campion Platt; English Repp tie, Polo Ralph Lauren ($125). Southampton’s Mecox Gardens; transformed stacking vessels from Utopia & Utility ($1,300–$1,850), available at Kitty Clay; Evangelia Randou in Solo with Chairs from Medea, adapted from Dimitris Papaioannou’s Medea(2), at Watermill Center.
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The Louis Vuitton Tambour Blue Chronograph ($7,100) features a 44mm stainless steel case and a blue dial with Clous-de-Paris black counters. The Swiss-made watch houses an ETA mechanical movement that offers date and chronograph functions. Americana Manhasset, 2060 Northern Blvd., 516-365-4766; louisvuitton.com This Hamilton Jazzmaster Auto Chrono ($1,795) is a 42mm stainless steel watch with automatic H21 movement and 60 hours of power reserve. Tourneau, 160 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station, 427-2649; hamiltonwatch.com This Baume & Mercier Capeland watch ($4,350) comes with an automatic movement that features a tachymeter, telemeter, and date functions. It has a sun satin–finished blue dial and a black-brown alligator strap with ecru stitching. London Jewelers, 2 Main St., East Hampton, 329-3939; baume-et-mercier.com
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With three restaurants and a hotel in the works, Gabby Karan DeFelice and husband Gianpaolo DeFelice are helming a burgeoning Hamptons-based hospitality empire. Here, they and designer Donna Karan discuss the balance of work, family, and personal fulfillment at their East Hampton home. PHOTOGRAPHY BY RUSSELL JAMES
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abby Karan DeFelice never has just one thing going on. Take this summer, for example. She and her husband, Gianpaolo DeFelice, are in the planning stages of creating a 12-room deluxe spa hotel at the former Enclave Inn in Bridgehampton. They are also about to open their third Tutto Il Giorno restaurant after the success of their Sag Harbor and Southampton locations—this one their first in New York City, located in Tribeca. (Tutto partners include Maurizio Marfoglia, who is also managing partner and executive chef; Maurizio’s wife, Holly Zierk Marfoglia; Larry and Maria Baum; and David and Gally Mayer.) The raw, few-thousand-square-foot Tribeca loft has been a year in the making and will be opening in September. And there’s a fourth Tutto Il Giorno on the horizon—its location yet to be announced. This keeps them busy, not to mention raising two young children and finding time to have family barbecues and boat rides. The source of calm in the couple’s busy life is their recently completed East Hampton home, which they built from the ground up. It was a three-year labor of love inspired by Gabby’s family home in Parrot Cay, in Turks and Caicos. Who better to discuss juggling the passionate, the personal, and the professional than with the ultimate multitasker, her mom, Donna Karan? We caught up with mother and daughter at their home in East Hampton as they talked about managing a growing business and how home is where the heart is.
GABBY KARAN DEFELICE: Mom, do you realize what it took to set up this time with you? A village—a million e-mails, calls, rearranging appointments—and that was just on your end. DONNA KARAN: Welcome to my life. Everyone thinks we’re so alike, but we’re so different. You like quiet. I’m at home in chaos and crowds, and you like control and solitude. GKD: It’s true. I’m a homebody. That’s why it works so well with Gianpaolo. He’s so much more social than I am. DK: Isn’t he the reason you got into the restaurant business? GKD: Yes, he wanted a place to hang out in the Hamptons. He’s Italian and wanted to spend his summers in Italy on his boat, going from Naples to Capri to the Aeolian Islands. So I said, “Let’s create that feeling here. We’ll bring your boat— an old wooden one he grew up on—and open up a restaurant.” It works because he does his part and I do mine. DK: You do the décor, and he attracts the people because he’s so handsome. Stephan [Weiss, Karan’s late husband] was the same way. It’s scary how many parallels there are between them. Gianpaolo’s a Virgo like Stephan. They both have the warmth, the personality, the smile. Everyone gravitates toward them. GKD: Gianpaolo’s being in aviation and the hospitality business makes sense with his personality. He’s genuinely interested in everyone. He’s made me a more social person. I also think his being a pilot is the reason why he loves having so many destinations. I’d never leave home or even open new restaurants, but he’s got that need to spread out. He pushes me forward. DK: Like the Southampton restaurant and the one in Tribeca as well as the inn you’re doing.
GKD: Yes, when Gianpaolo and our partners saw how successful Tutto Il Giorno was, they wanted to open another one in Southampton. He also found the charming hotel in Bridgehampton, which organically became our next project. We’re still working on permits with the zoning board, but the idea is to have a luxurious 12-room inn with juicing, wellness, and spa treatments. DK: That’s so my kind of thing. I have a feeling we’ll be renting out all 12 rooms ourselves every weekend. That was—and remains—my dream for Urban Zen: to create a one-stop wellness residence. It seems we do have a lot in common. But you’re more the businesswoman. GKD: I see myself as creative. DK: You are, but you’re good with budgets. You’re happy to work with restrictions, even in your personal life. You take the subway, you take the Jitney.... GKD: That’s only because I don’t like flying with my husband! I love the Jitney. It’s quiet, and I’m with my work, my e-mails. We should really customize buses. DK: We talked about that—juicing, massaging, making it a whole wellness experience. I want to do that on a plane, on a boat.... You really weren’t into any of this stuff growing up. It’s just so surprising. I thought you’d be the mother I had always wanted to be, do the whole stay-at-home mommy thing. Now look at you. GKD: I’ve always loved interior design. When you got me the first loft when I went to NYU, you were like, “What are you going to do with all this space?” And I wound up renting it out as a location shoot and doing the styling. I did a lot of magazine work at the time. I would do food, entertainment, and interior stories—never fashion. Our homes are so important to us. They’re an expression of who we are. They’re everything.
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DK: That’s true. Because I was working, working, working, our weekends and summers were really special to us. As the guilty Jewish mother, when I had time off, family was the priority. GKD: I think because you traveled so much, I found serenity in my environment. My bedroom growing up was beautiful—it had that upholstered platform bed with stucco walls. I did it all myself. I loved making it beautiful and charming with candles and accessories. As an adult, my whole world has been about environments—homes, styling, pretty places. I met Gianpaolo in Italy while working on a story for The New York Times on Andrea Pfister’s house, if you remember. I even had a florist bringing orchids every week to my loft when I was at NYU. DK: The good news and bad news about having me as a mother is you like cashmere and orchids more than I would like you to. You started stealing my clothes when you were young. Even before your teenage years. You’d forget to unroll the sleeves on Stephan’s suit jackets when you put them back in the closet. Once you took one of my couture devoré dresses, added a leather belt and cowboy boots, and wore it to school like it was a T-shirt dress. I thought I’d die. GKD: I remember that! But I’m so over fashion. I don’t spend money on clothes anymore. Now it’s art, furniture, tables.... I’ve done fashion shoots; I’ve worked with Bonnie Young on fabrics and with Trey Laird and Dominic Kozerski on the DKNY stores, where I did windows and mannequins. But I wanted to go down a different path than you. The home pulls me. I just enjoy it more. DK: Let’s talk about your beach home. It’s Parrot Cay come to the Hamptons. The way this house happened is a funny story. I wanted to buy the house next door, and so I bought the empty lot in between. But we couldn’t buy the house at that time, so you decided to build on the property instead. And since you loved Parrot Cay so much, you stole the design and made it for yourself. So it’s not just clothes, you steal houses, too! GKD: That’s because you were threatening to sell Parrot Cay. This was my way of re-creating it. There’s so much about this house that’s the same as Parrot Cay. We even used the same window company. DK: Yes, it looks like Parrot Cay, but you took it to the nines and made it yours. It’s nicer than my home. It’s really perfection. That’s what all that
obsessing gets you. GKD: I can’t deny it. I’m obsessive. Larry Kane was our builder. I drove him nuts. The story goes he did Bobby Flay’s house in nine months and did ours in three years. DK: And then there’s the wood staining.... GKD: I was right about that. You kept telling me to go darker with the gray, and I told you it was a beach house, so I was keeping it light. I spent months with the wood-staining person. DK: Rumor has it he doesn’t do wood staining anymore. After working with you, he doesn’t want to. You’re such a warm and delicious person, but you drive people crazy with your attention to detail. Talk about obsessive. You clearly got that from your father, Mark, not from me. GKD: [Nodding] He’s anal, controlling, very OCD. I’m the same—a classic Type A personality. DK: Exactly. You spend the whole evening at your restaurants moving everything over a quarter of an inch. GKD: Restaurants drive me crazy because there’s so much traffic and straightening to do. But you’re the same way. You obsess when you design clothes. DK: I only do it when I’m in the zone, and then that’s it. You don’t stop. You do it 24/7. You make everyone walk barefoot in the house. GKD: A lot of good it does. You come in, take off your shoes, and put your feet up on the newly upholstered furniture. This is why I don’t love visitors. People throw their stuff everywhere. Gianpaolo says our house is like a showroom. We have a mudroom for the shoes, and the kids can’t bring the toys past the second floor. DK: I repeat, obsessive. You don’t even have light fixtures, only candles. No art either.... GKD: I don’t want to ruin the woodwork. Besides, I like a minimalist look. DK: You’ve made an amazing home, no question. What I’m still shocked by is the garden. You planted every tree, every shrub, every bush. You did all the research, going to all the gardening centers. You know the name of every plant. Here’s the problem with your perfectionism: Even though I live next door, we still have parties at my house because you don’t want people walking on your grass. GKD: No, I don’t. DK: But I think you being so into homes has really made us closer, because this is where our hearts lie. That and the fact we live next door. H
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FROM CLASSIC TO MODERN, THE EAST END’S MOST EXCLUSIVE GOLF COURSES RAISE THE BAR FOR THE TIME-HONORED SPORT. BY BRIAN MCCALLEN
t’s a well-established fact that the New York Metropolitan area is home to more top-class country clubs and first-rate golf courses than any other region in America. The epicenter of excellence, of course, is found on eastern Long Island, which boasts a trio of classically styled courses and a supporting cast of newcomers that are truly world-class. In terms of prestige, the revered triumvirate of Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, the National Golf Links of America, and Maidstone Club occupies a niche of its own. Each of these exclusive clubs is highly desirable, both for its social cachet and the excellence of its course. However, a new pantheon of great venues has emerged in the past 20 years—courses built by visionaries every bit as farsighted (and deep-pocketed) as their predecessors. In time, they may rival or even surpass the old stalwarts.
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Gabriel Hjertstedt from Sweden hits out of a sand trap during practice ahead of the 2004 US Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
A putting green is situated in front of the clubhouse at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
A forthright course, Shinnecock has the only element that plants seeds of doubt in the minds of good players: wind. The prevailing breeze is from the southwest, but as members like to point out, there are two or three common winds at Shinnecock Hills. As in Scotland, the wind shifts constantly and tends to increase in velocity as the day progresses. The strategy of each hole changes based on the strength and direction of the breeze. If the wind doesn’t shift, the course does. No more than two holes play in the same direction consecutively. Also, nearly every one of the fairways curves to the left or right. The site’s
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natural assets—rolling hills, diagonal ridges, sweeping valleys—are beautifully incorporated into the design. Greg Norman, who contended in both the 1986 and 1995 US Opens at Shinnecock Hills, is a big fan of the brawny layout. “Shinnecock is the hardest, fairest tournament course in the world,” he says. “The great thing is that you could go there tomorrow and play a major tournament. The course is that good every day.” A short distance from Shinnecock Hills is the National Golf Links of America, a Southampton landmark founded under the leadership of
Charles Blair Macdonald, who pioneered the concept of strategic golf in America. While studying at St. Andrews in Scotland in the 1870s, Macdonald was bit by the golf bug and returned to the US with a storehouse of ideas. Macdonald wasn’t interested in merely duplicating ideal holes from the best British links—he set out to refine them at the National. Opened in 1911, the National, with its glorious views of Great Peconic Bay, has stunning (and often improved) replicas of famous Scottish holes, though Macdonald’s original creations are every bit their equal. Although this throwback is a bit short by modern standards, the greens at the National are the great equalizer. They are large, swift, and liberally contoured, as players in the prestigious Walker Cup Match held at the National last September discovered. The legend of the National, a very traditional club that only recently began to admit women and minorities, is revealed in anecdotes. The layout’s most iconic feature is a large windmill situated between the second and 16th holes. During construction, a member remarked that a windmill would make a nice addition to the course, so Macdonald purchased one while in Europe and sent the member the bill. J. Peter Grace, Macdonald’s grandson, was a strapping lad who only dabbled at golf, but he bragged to his grandfather that he could drive the green of the first hole, a short par-4. A wager of $20 was made. With a slight tailwind, Grace’s third attempt bounced through the fringe onto the green. Infuriated, Macdonald did the only
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For the accomplished player, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, located on the north side of Montauk Highway in Southampton, presents a complete examination of golf at the highest level. Its credentials are unassailable: The club has hosted the US Open four times and is scheduled to welcome back the national championship in 2018. Founded in 1891 (it’s the nation’s oldest incorporated club), the current layout at Shinnecock Hills, which is undergoing a restoration by designers Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, was completed on a newer parcel of land in 1931. Stretched below the shingled clubhouse (America’s first) and a terrace where the ginbased South Side is the cocktail of choice, the holes, angled to all directions, unfold on sandy, undulating terrain cosseted by brambles and fescue grasses. More than 150 feet deep, punishing bunkers temper the ambitions of even the most seasoned campaigner.
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thing an autocrat could do: He struck the young man from his will. The third member of the Golden Era trio is the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, which got its start as a three-hole course built on a treeless, windswept meadow in 1894. The current design, its signature holes carved into a sandy peninsula in 1924 by the Scottish designer Willie Park Jr., is a genuine links parted through wind-sculpted dunes and buffeted by brisk ocean breezes. Rather than improve on Mother Nature, as Macdonald did at the National, Park adapted his strategic principles to the terrain. Maidstone has rhythm—the holes flow effortlessly with the landscape. While the cleverly designed interior holes bring reed-lined Hook Pond into play, it’s the seven holes “on the very margin of the waves,” including a pair of holes tucked into dunes above the beach, that everyone talks about. Recently, the club brought in Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, a pair of classicists, to update
and restore the course. Working from old photographs, the architects peeled away dense, unruly vegetation that had narrowed the fairways and overgrown the dunes over the years. In the wake of a two-year restoration, the refreshed links at Maidstone is more open, with broader fairways and larger, more undulating greens. Bunkers that had shrunk from view are now visible, and nettlesome growth around the greens and bunkers has been mowed short to allow errant shots to roll away unimpeded. The golf course was stretched to 6,560 yards (par-72), which may seem petite, but Maidstone resists a grip-it-and-rip-it approach. On a typically windy day, players need to coax and control the ball around this firm, fast links to post a decent score. Maidstone may not have the length to test the world’s best players, but on a fair summer day with a cool sea breeze sweeping across the fairways, this charmer delivers as much pleasure as any course on earth.
THE NEWCOMERS In the late 1980s, a Westchester County real estate developer named Lowell Schulman decided to build his own course, perhaps because he could not get into (or was not invited to join) the wellestablished clubs in the Hamptons. He hired Rees Jones, known for his environmentally sensitive designs, to construct a course on a former potato farm in Bridgehampton. Notable for its knobs, ridges, and swales, the 203-acre parcel, dotted with kettle ponds, morphed into the Atlantic
Golf Club. It immediately attracted Wall Street financiers and upwardly mobile socialites. Embraced as a modern classic when it opened in October of 1991 for a preview weekend and in 1992 for regular play, Atlantic was the club that paved the way for the many high-priced private enclaves built in the Hamptons since then. Framed by tall fescue grasses that sway in the breeze, this firm but fair test does not rigidly dictate the line of play. Rather, it invites golfers to choose their own Atlantic Golf Club was constructed on a former potato farm in Bridgehampton.
The 17th hole at Hampton HIlls plays across water from an elevated tee.
TRANQUIL OUTPOST Founded in 1964, Hampton Hills Country Club in Westhampton Beach offers a rolling layout by Frank Duane, who worked closely with the design firms of Robert Trent Jones and Arnold Palmer for many years. Situated in the center of a 2,000-acre pine and oak preserve in the town’s northwest corner, the holes on this well-groomed layout appear shoehorned into the heavily wooded, housing-free landscape, with fine views over the treetops from the higher points on the course. Spread across 209 acres, the challenging 6,634-yard, par-71 facility has a course and slope rating of 73.6/139, indicating a welldefended layout with a modicum of scoring resistance. Among the feature holes at Hampton Hills are an outstanding pair of twin par-4s at the seventh and 17th holes. Both holes play across water from elevated tees slotted in a hillside and require unerring approach shots to greens perched well above fairway level. This gracious, family-friendly club has as its hub a nicely landscaped post-modern clubhouse, its dining room overlooking the 18th green. In the summer months, alfresco dining is available on the patio at a club that is well under the radar and remains one of the true hidden gems in the Hamptons.
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route to the flag based on their appetite for risk. Jones artfully defended his subtly contoured greens with large bunkers, though each hole has an open entry that will accept a low running shot. This well-balanced course, anchored by a stylish shingle-style clubhouse with deep porches and dormers, most recently hosted the 2010 US MidAmateur Championship. Multiple sets of forward tees accommodate players of lesser attainment, but from the back tees at 7,071 yards, Atlantic is a test for the best. The massive par-5 18th hole, measuring 611 yards at full stretch, is a true three-shot hole that seems to play longer on a typically breezy day than the Long Island Expressway. On the heels of his success at Atlantic, Rees Jones, who owns a home in East Hampton, was contracted by former commodities trader Robert Rubin to build The Bridge, which occupies the site of a former racetrack on one of the highest elevation points on Long Island. This bold layout takes advantage of its dramatic topography and 150-foot elevation change. Uphill or downhill, the golf holes are jaw-dropping. Blindfold a newcomer at The Bridge and he’d never guess he was standing in Suffolk County.
A favorite club of music industry executives, The Bridge opened in 2002 and was the first in the nation to charge more than $500,000 for membership. It is the only golf establishment in the Hamptons that conspicuously flaunts its hipness. Want to play in sneakers, jeans, an untucked shirt, and backward-turned cap? No problem at this bastion of informality. Jones returned to The Bridge two years ago to renovate the fairway and greenside bunkers to improve playability. These hazards are now better blended into the site’s natural landforms. Having successfully hosted the US Women’s Open Championship last June, Sebonack Golf Club, located a stone’s throw from the National
and Shinnecock, earned its credentials as a worldclass venue. Stretched across a 300-acre parcel on a cleft of land overlooking Great Peconic Bay, Cold Spring Pond (and the 18th hole at the National), Sebonack Golf Club brought together two unlikely bedmates as collaborators: Jack Nicklaus and Tom Doak. Despite their differences, the duo extracted a scintillating 7,534-yard layout from a rolling site that bears no relation to its neighbors. The holes at Sebonack are threaded through dished-out valleys framed by sandy ridges and clumps of wind-pruned vegetation. The putting surfaces are among the most adventurous in the Hamptons. To say they are undulating does not do
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THE BRIDGE IS THE ONLY GOLF ESTABLISHMENT IN THE HAMPTONS THAT CONSPICUOUSLY FLAUNTS ITS HIPNESS.
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Jessica Korda hits her tee shot on the seventh hole during the final round of the 2013 US Women’s Open at Sebonack Golf Club; the clubhouse at Sebonack features a wide gabled porch; Sebonack’s 18th hole, which follows a bluff high above the bay, was inspired by the famed fourth hole at Bethpage Black.
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them justice. Marked by huge swales, hogbacks, false fronts, and tiers, Sebonack’s greens require the utmost in judgment and touch. (No surprise that Inbee Park, a putting whiz, won the Open). Among the feature holes at Sebonack, which debuted in 2006, is the long par-4 second. From the tee, a player’s eye is drawn to a pair of ancient elms that must be avoided to find the slightly angled fairway. Ragged-edge bunkers jut into the contoured landing area. They, too, must be avoided. But the real hazard here is the green
estate’s former sunken gardens on the right, resembles the famed “glacier bunker” at Bethpage Black. Leave it to the owner to blueprint the most spectacular hole on the course. While located in the hamlet of Baiting Hollow near Riverhead and geographically apart from the Hamptons coterie, Friar’s Head, the current darling of golf design aficionados, ranks third behind Shinnecock and the National among East End courses, according to Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, and other publications.
towering dunes clotted with native vegetation. Many modern courses give players more information pertaining to yardage than the law allows. Not so at Friar’s Head. At owner Ken Bakst’s insistence, there are no yardage indicators on the course. (The caddies are knowledgeable.) The bunkers are unraked and function as true hazards. While all of one piece, there are some outstanding holes that take full advantage of the site’s natural contours. The par-3 10th hole plays across broken sandy ground to a green flanked by what
The honor is richly deserved. Designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw for Ken Bakst, a New York Met–area standout amateur, the course, unveiled in 2003, sprawls across 350 acres of rippling duneland along 200-foot bluffs high above Long Island Sound. It resembles no other course in the region. Uncannily, the course resembles Cypress Point, the exclusive club on California’s Monterey Peninsula known for its exposed sandy areas and jewel-like perfection. But Friar’s Head is sui generis. Several holes in a grassy meadow provide a brilliant contrast to the ones dropped into
Coore describes as a “giant ant hill.” The dramatic par-5 14th plays to a triangular green backed against a dune that falls five feet from back to front. This putting surface reinforces the fact that the greens at Friar’s Head, ranging in size from 3,300 to 18,000 square feet, are among the most varied built since the 1920s. Free of artificiality and caprice, Friar’s Head is an outlier, a throwback to a time when course builders hiked the land for months to discover (or uncover) natural features that could be harnessed for the purposes of golf. H
The clubhouse and 18th hole at Friar’s Head.
itself, which sits on a plateau tucked in the dunes and appears to be the final resting place for a herd of elephants. Course founder Michael Pascucci, who spent a reported $115 million to build his dream club, wasn’t shy about sharing his design ideas with his hired hands. Both Nicklaus and Doak wanted a long, tough par-4 at number 18. Inspired by the famed par-5 fourth hole at Bethpage Black, where he came of age as a golfer, Pascucci insisted on a strategic par-5 that tiptoes along a bluff high above the bay. A deep cross bunker, created from the
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Ben Crenshaw hits his tee shot on the sixth hole during the second round of the 2014 Masters; I.K. Kim of South Korea at the second hole during the final round of the 2013 US Women’s Open at Sebonack Golf Club.
GOLFING AT AN AMERICAN TREASURE Few occasions in golf can be more exciting than playing at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton.
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BY ANN LIGUORI
The first tee at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is the beginning of an unforgettable journey through undulating terrain, tricky winds, and a challenging layout, not to mention the significance of being the nation’s oldest incorporated golf club. Shinnecock Hills was one of the five founding member clubs of the United States Golf Association (USGA), and 123 years after its opening, this course is still ranked among the top five in the country. Most noteworthy to me is that Shinnecock was open to women members from the beginning. The club has hosted four US Opens (1896, 1986, 1995, and 2004), and the tournament will return in 2018. On this recent visit, I start the day with a lovely lunch on the patio, and a stop into the pro shop to say hello to my buddy Jack Druga, PGA head professional at Shinnecock Hills since 2007. He tells me that 11 new tees have been constructed. “This adds approximately 450 yards to the course,
which will play 7,300 yards-plus for the major championship,” Druga says. “The sixth hole has had some work done, with a sandy area added between the sixth tee and the fairway, and right and left of the fairway to restore that hole to its original design by William Flynn in the 1930s.” Proceeding to the first tee—approximately 50 paces from the clubhouse—I greet my caddie. Normally it’s either Norman or Raymond, both Shinnecock Indians who have caddied at the club for decades. They know every inch of the course. Their local knowledge can make a huge difference! A prevailing southwest wind, coming off the ocean and crossing left to right on that first hole, a 391-yard, par-4, dogleg right (366 yards from the forward tees), requires my aim to be a bit more left so that the wind and my slight fade will help my tee shot neatly find the fairway, staying clear of the bunker on the right. Once the round begins, all thoughts must now focus on choosing the right club, minimizing mistakes, and making putts. I adore the par-5 fifth hole, although the big tree on the left that served as a target for my tee shot was removed years ago, along with many trees on the course, as it’s being restored to resemble the original layout. Ben Crenshaw for many years held the course record, but in the 1995 US Open, it took him three shots before his approach shot “held” on the 10th green. Amateur players can relate to the fate of his previous
Tiger Woods reacts to missing a putt on the eighth hole during the first day of play at the 2004 US Open golf championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
two approach shots, as more often than not, a ball hit up the hill that lands on the front of the green can easily reverse direction and roll all the way back down the hill. 2013 Masters Champ Adam Scott beat Raymond Floyd’s course record by one from the member’s back tees last September with a 63. Another one of my favorite holes at Shinnecock is the par-3 11th, described by Lee Trevino as “the shortest par-5 in golf.” Oh, how I would love to have a hole in one there!
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As the season heats up, convertibles are opening up across the East End to reveal the best design elements of the most sought-after, high-performance automobiles on the road. BY PHIL PATTON PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTIAN LIPINSKI
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Ebano Intrecciato trolley ($4,520) and Ebano Intrecciato large duffel ($4,170), Bottega Veneta. Americana Manhasset, 2060 Northern Blvd., 516-627-7580; bottegaveneta.com. 1953 horsebit loafers, Gucci ($640). Americana Manhasset, 516-365-0994; gucci.com
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riving a convertible is a completely different way of motoring. Opening up the car makes the experience sensual, literally. Pop the top and you add the sense of sound, like the cry of a gull, and smell, like the scent of the sea or a meadow. And then you get the purr or roar of your engine and the flow of air all around, the sense of speed and motion. It goes without saying that convertibles come with the latest digital devices for navigation, communication, and entertainment. But truth be told, when you are behind the wheel of one of these sleek and sexy sports cars, your need to stay connected is usually left at the curb. Auto designers often shape convertibles to take on special personalities, emphasizing one feature of the driving experience or tradition or another— agility or dignity, luxury or escape—by giving priority to certain elements, providing the car with character. Here are some of the latest and most opulent convertibles, ideal to drive along Route 27—all the way to the end.
BMW 428i: Split Personality The amazingly engineered top on the new BMW 4 Series makes it perfect
for those who want a convertible—but not all the time. The clever thing about this car is that at the touch of a button it goes incognito in 20 seconds and can be identified as a convertible only upon close inspection. BMW has changed names and numbers this year, with the new 4 Series being the next generation of the old-series coupes. The BMW 428i (starting at $55,825) has three metal roof panels that fold away at the touch of a button and restore themselves just as easily. There is also help with the storage usually lost to a folding top. A clever new pass-through arrangement holds larger objects when needed: Simply fold down the backseat to gain access to trunk space, or lift the trunk lid, making the mechanism shift the top out of the way for easy loading. This versatility gives the driver the freedom to explore their inner David Bowie and embrace the “ch-ch-changes.” As a BMW, this is, of course, a driver’s car. Under the hood is a 240horsepower, two-liter turbo four-cylinder engine. The transmission is an eight-speed auto, and the car comes with a series of four suspension and handling settings: Eco Pro, Comfort, Sport, and Sport Pro+. Six Sigma Auto Group, 759 County Road 39A, Southampton, 283-0888; bmwusa.com
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THE GT CONVERTIBLE REACHES BACK TO THE TRADITION OF RACECAR LINES AND AN AGGRESSIVE OVERSHOT GRILLE MOUTH. MASERATI GRANTURISMO CONVERTIBLE MC CENTENNIAL EDITION: Scultura for the Senses The term scultura in Italian means more than “sculpture”—it dates back to the Renaissance and encompasses the shapes of designs, such as those of automobiles and coaches, or carrozzeria. No auto brand has more of this tradition than Maserati, which turned 100 years old in 2014. The company is celebrating with a special version of the GranTurismo convertible. It is the work of designer Lorenzo Ramicotti, who likes to note that he was born a few hundred yards from the company’s headquarters. Ramicotti has previously designed Ferraris and Alfa Romeos and was head designer at Pininfarina, the last of the great carrozzeria companies. For the GT convertible, he has reached back to the tradition of racecar lines and an overshot grille mouth with Maserati’s trident logo. But GranTurismo means grand
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touring—the four full seats let you bring friends to roam the East End, and with the press of the “sport” button, the exhaust bypass valves open to create a throaty note as the engine roars with power. With the centennial edition of the GT, almost every aspect of the vehicle can be personalized, even down to the color of the brake calipers. It offers special door handles and other features made of carbon fiber. The edition also comes in a three-color paint scheme: Two of the colors—accents—are red and blue, hues traditional to Maserati and Bologna, the city of its birth. The other color is the customer’s choice. The Maserati GranTurismo Convertible ($153,400) comes standard with a 4.7-liter V-8 engine, which produces 454 horsepower. The GTC Sport model offers a more powerful engine, with 460 horsepower. For both, the transmission is a six-speed automatic. Ferrari-Maserati of Long Island, 65 S. Service Road, Plainview, 516-665-1665; maseratili.com
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AUDI A5: Pretty on the Inside Audi has long been distinguished by elegant interiors. And in an Audi convertible—labeled Cabriolet by the brand—the interior is more important than in a closed car. Like the ideal beach house, interior and exterior join in one aesthetic when the top is down. Audi’s Cabriolet interiors offer Bauhaus-inspired forms for the instruments and grips and elegant materials for the seats and dash. A wide band of chrome on the windshield pillars and a striking chrome beltline running around the base of the roof also carry this theme. This is a longtime cue of Audi design, and when the top is down, it is the perfect frame for the cockpit of this open car. When you slip behind the wheel of the Audi A5 (starting at $45,000), you will be greeted with a harmonious, even musical, arrangement of round dials and other graceful shapes along with lush tactile materials: textured aluminum, woven carbon fiber, perforated leather, and such a variety of choice in burled and grained woods that it seems the craftspeople at Audi’s famed interiors studio in Ingolstadt must be Black Forest elves. Under the hood: a 220-horsepower, supercharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo. Six Sigma Auto Group, 705 County Road 39A, Southampton, 283-0888; audiusa.com
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PORSCHE 911 CARRERA CABRIOLET: The Classic The Porsche 911 Carrera presents one of the most recognizable and romantic silhouettes of any car ever made. Whether it’s a hard-top or a cabriolet, the form is just as iconic. F.A. Porsche’s rear-engine master design has changed under the skin, however, and over multiple generations. The top of the 911 Cabriolet is fully powered and the only one of its kind made largely of magnesium— an incredibly light and strong metal—to reduce weight and noise as well as add strength. It takes just 13 seconds to lower, and it can be done at speeds up to 30 mph; it comes, of course, with a wind deflector . The Cabriolet is slightly wider and lower-appearing than the 911 Coupe, and with a special taillight, it has an even sportier appearance. Under the rear hood is a choice of Porsche’s traditional opposed six
cylinders, a 3.4-liter with 350 horsepower, or, in the 911 Cabriolet S, a 3.8-liter with 400 horsepower. The choice of transmissions is between a new seven-speed manual and Porsche’s own special dual-clutch manual—a supersophisticated alternative to an automatic. There is a new variant for the 911 convertible this year as well: the 911 Targa (starting at $117,530), which is like an Eames chair—a reborn Midcentury Modern classic that offers a unique sliding top with a signature bold roll bar, reminiscent of a basket handle. The first version of the Targa was introduced in 1965, and it has been revived by exterior designer Grant Larson, who was also a key designer on the original Boxster. Porsche-obsessed people like Larson migrate from around the world to Stuttgart to spend their lives fulfilling their passion. Six Sigma Auto Group, 705 County Road 39A, Southampton, 283-0888; porsche.com/usa
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Arion carryall ($4,175) and Victoria FTT 50 bag ($5,050), Hermès. Americana Manhasset, 2060 Northern Blvd., 516-869-6660; hermes.com. Cashmere cable knit throw, Ralph Lauren ($595). 31-33 Main St., East Hampton, 324-1222; ralphlauren.com
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THE PORSCHE 911 CARRERA HAS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE SILHOUETTES OF ANY CAR EVER MADE.
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JAGUAR F-TYPE: Designing an Icon Heritage is a mixed blessing. Like the letter in its name, the F-Type comes after the E, the 1961 Jaguar, also known as the XKE and regarded by many as the most beautiful car ever designed. The XKE has captured the imagination of moviegoers in films like Casino Royale, Thunderball, and The Italian Job; it is so important aesthetically that it is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. But Ian Callum, who created the F-Type, along with some of the best-looking Aston Martins, was neither imitative nor intimidated when it came to shaping the F-Type—a car that goes back to Jaguar’s origins: a light, fast, and fun sports convertible. Callum’s brief was to create a car you can take to the track by day and then drive to dinner by night. The F-Type has the heart of a convertible: Jaguar
launched it first as a soft-top roadster and only later added the coupe model. In the F-Type’s design, Callum echoed some of the flowing lines of the XKE, such as its long, sleek hood, but he also sliced into the body the bold, crescent-shaped vents on either side of the grille and the sharklike gills on the sides. He has taken from heritage but added to it as well. The taillight is a neat slice across the rear. The LED lamps are invisible until illuminated—then the whole car appears to glow from within. The F-Type (starting at $69,000) is powered by either the new Jaguar supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 engine, available in 340-horsepower and 380-horsepower variants, or a 5.0-liter supercharged V-8 with 495 horsepower. Jaguar Southampton, 355 Hampton Road, Southampton, 855867-5355; jaguarsouthampton.com
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THE ELEMENTS OF THE FACE OF THE SL CONVERTIBLE HARK BACK TO THE COMPANY’S NOTABLE RACING ANCESTORS.
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MERCEDES-BENZ SL 550: The Family Face “A Mercedes-Benz lasts 30 years,” says Gorden Wagener, the company’s chief designer. With this in mind, Wagener designs cars with looks that won’t go out of style. The classic elements of the face of the Mercedes-Benz SL convertible hark back to the company’s notable racing ancestor, the 1955 SL, and its street siblings. Today, the finest examples of those cars, with their gull-wing doors, sell for $1 million or more. Wagener borrowed family traits from those models to create the sixth-generation SL 550 (starting at $116,500). It wears the most basic of Mercedes-Benz faces: the tri-star logo suspended from a bold, bright line inside a grille whose outline suggests an archer’s bow. But the styling is not retro— it simply appears to carry the same DNA throughout, even in the interior; for example, the gun sight –shaped gauges, Wagener points out, were found in the 1955 original. The glass roof folds at the touch of a button and comes with a unique optional feature: a window in the roof called Magic Sky Control that turns from opaque to transparent with the touch of another button—more alchemy than chemistry. Under the hood is a 4.6-liter V-8 that puts out 429 horsepower. This SL is a sophisticated machine that is a classic in waiting. Mercedes-Benz of Southampton, 575 County Road 39, Southampton, 204-2500; mbofsouthampton.com H
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MABLEY HANDLER INTERIOR DESIGN Mabley Handler Interior Design is one of the leading interior design frms in the Hamptons, specializing in classic and contemporary beach house design. Teir style has been described as beach chic, and it combines a timeless beach house aesthetic with stylish modern touches. Teir work in the Hamptons has been featured in numerous publications, in designer showhouses, and on television.
THE CORCORAN GROUP Located on Further Lane in East Hampton, this 8,000 Sf+/- new construction breathes life into the classic traditional. Designed and built by Daniel D. Scotti, with 6 bedrooms, 7.5 baths, heated pool, pool house, finished basement and so much more. Exclusive. $12.995M WEB# 19170
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Bridgehampton Stunner A NEW HOME ON OCEAN ROAD THAT BLENDS COMFORT AND ELEGANCE PUTS ALL EYES BACK ON THIS STRETCH OF THE EAST END. BY MIKE OLSON
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n 2007, all eyes were on Ocean Road in Bridgehampton, where a 26-acre property sold for $37.5 million, setting a record for the largest-ever land transaction south of the highway. It was a price tag few could have predicted coming out of the charming hamlet—and a sign of the amazing things to come in the East End real estate market. “Bridgehampton has been very good to me,” says Corcoran’s Gary DePersia, the broker on that jaw-dropping sale. Now he is returning to that same lucky stretch of road with one of the most exciting new estates on the market. Situated on three acres abutting the southern edge of Bridgehampton Golf Club on Ocean Road, DePersia’s latest listing is sure to keep up his winning streak: a seven-bedroom, 12-bathroom wonder of new construction with all the amenities one would expect from top Hamptons residences. You get a feeling for what’s in store as you head up the driveway, under an alley of trees and past the all-weather tennis court, but the tone is truly set the moment you step inside. “The double-height, wood-paneled entryway is very dramatic,” DePersia says. “It has a glass vestibule,
almost like a beautiful atrium.” From this vantage point, a potential buyer can see some of the rooms that make this property so special—the dining room to the left, the library to the right, the great room straight ahead (with attached living room)—each with its own fireplace (there is a total of eight in the home). Brand-new and ready for move-in, the 9,100-square-foot home (with an additional 3,700-square-foot finished lower level that includes a gym, living room, wine cellar, and staff quarters) has been designed with the needs of the high-end buyer in mind. For example, the kitchen area has abundant space, a center island, and the best appliances, to be sure. But this property goes above and beyond by featuring a built-in family room—an informal seating area situated around a fireplace where guests can interact with their hosts. “This is a room you’re going to live in,” DePersia says. “Today, you design kitchens to capitalize on the fact that this is where you’re going to want to hang out.” continued on page 120
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continued from page 119 It’s no surprise that DePersia lists the kitchen among his favorite parts of the house, as it overlooks the estate’s beautiful landscaping, stone patios, and saltwater Gunite swimming pool. And for a home of this massive size, the broker remains impressed by its comfortable scale. “From the living room to the master wing, all the rooms are nicely sized,” he explains. “No room is so huge that you’d never want to be there by yourself. They’re great when you’re entertaining or have just a couple of people hanging out. The scale is beautiful.”
“The double-height, wood-paneled entryway is very dramatic.” —GARY DEPERSIA Creating coziness in such a large property is a must. Interior designer Thom Filicia, who has worked with Jennifer Lopez and Tina Fey on their manses, considers bringing warmth into a space one of his top priorities when working on this type of Hamptons home. “There’s something wonderful about creating these weekend spaces that feel relaxing and serene with an easiness to them,” he says. In a home like this one on Ocean Road, which has been finished for only a few weeks, Filicia would soften the grand, newly built spaces with
items that have a handmade quality, eschewing, say, a machine-made rug for a woven Madagascar or one with whip stitching. “Mixing in textures and colors help bring the scale down,” says Filicia, who also recommends items made of hand-forged metal and handblown glass. Taken together, it’s a winning combination. Of course, the beauty of a home like this one is that its future owners can follow, whatever design aesthetic they prefer. For Gary DePersia, who has spent decades making multimillion-dollar deals in the Hamptons, the question is who will leap first at the $18.5 million price tag. “This home compares favorably to other ones that have sold in Bridgehampton and Water Mill,” he explains. “There have been sales that have gone from $8 million to $21 million, so this is right in the middle. I expect it to do very well.” Given DePersia’s track record, there is no reason to doubt it. Gary DePersia, The Corcoran Group, 51 Main St., East Hampton, 899-0215; corcoran.com H
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The home’s grand kitchen; interior designer Thom Filicia; the three-acre estate includes a saltwater pool with a pool house.
WARM UP “I try to guide people into creating a casual environment that just happens to have grand architecture,” Thom Filicia explains. “The idea is to deformalize these spaces—to warm them up and make them feel more inviting and comfortable.” For Filicia, that means paying special care to the materials he chooses, with a focus on pattern, color, and texture. Out is the cold and harsh (stone); in are more natural, lived-in materials (wood). “It’s about choosing things that have a patina and maybe feel a little imperfect at some level,” Filicia says. “Take things that have an interesting history and mix them with things that feel fresh and crisp.”
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Addressing the Issues AREA BROKERS, BUILDERS, AND DESIGNERS DEBATE THE DIFFERENCE IN HAMPTONS HOMES AS PRIMARY OR SECONDARY RESIDENCES.
being farther out, say for example, the Northwest Woods or even in Montauk, where it’s a little bit more secluded. They spend their weekends at the house, and they entertain there. Judi Desiderio: Someone who is not in the child-rearing years or has no interest in raising children and yet is here year-round might choose to be in those secluded places. People raising families want to be near the schools and commerce. Austin Handler: People in creative fields want to be somewhere that’s a little bit more removed—on the water, near the beach; somewhere that they have seclusion and some peace to work. For them, that creative space is more important than being able to get a gallon of milk in two minutes. Are there differences among the villages, towns, and hamlets in the Hamptons that make a difference to primary versus secondary buyers? Nick Martin: The Village of Sag Harbor has been a big hit for yearrounders for some time, and it’s now also becoming popular for secondhome buyers. It has a lively community and a great school system, and it’s near the water. James McLoughlin: A lot of our building for primary and secondary homes has been in Sagaponack over the past few years. The beaches and the farms are attracting a lot of our clients. AH: We have clients who not only know they want to be in a specific town, but they even know the road they want to be on. To an outsider it may seem like it’s all the same thing, but to people who have really spent time out here, they find the community that they connect with. Are the people coming into this community moving from being part-timers to full-timers? PM: I keep seeing more professionals moving from the city and running their businesses here on the East End. It’s a quality-of-life issue—they want to come out here and have a little bit of breathing room. JD: We saw a greater influx after 9/11; [people spend] the majority of their time here and go into the city when they need to for meetings. But are there specific demographics per hamlet? Without sounding like we’re pigeonholing people, Westhampton Beach seems to be young executives, then continued on page 124
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We’re going to talk about towns and locations—are there places that buyers look to for primary and secondary homes? Are they different or are they the same? Frederico Azevedo: I think for primary residence, people look for the school district, the community life, the stores—everything they need for the day to day. For the secondary home, they want entertainment. A good example here in the Hamptons is Shelter Island. Sunset Beach restaurant made the real estate valuable just because of the entertainment aspect of it. Patrick McLaughlin: Most people who come here looking for a primary residence want homes that are either in the village or village-fringe areas. The people who use this as a secondary home, they’re a little more open to
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Roundtable participants included architect Nick Martin, landscape designer Frederico Azevedo, business owner Vera DeVincenzo, builder James McLoughlin, interior designer Austin Handler, associate broker Patrick McLaughlin, and broker Judi Desiderio.
continued from page 122 you cross over the canal and it almost goes from older to younger. When you get to Montauk, it really is a very young crowd, and Southampton is very established. Let’s talk about design—which amenities distinguish a primary from a secondary home? JM: We’re building a lot more modern houses right now. Our clients who were wanting these 6,000-, 7,000-, 8,000-square-foot homes are now looking for something around 3,000, 4,000, 5,000 max because they’re streamlining their needs and their lifestyle. NM: People are aware of the traditional McMansions that have flooded the market; we’re getting clients who see them as the opposite of what they’re trying to do. Five or six years ago, that seemed to make a lot of sense—there was a certain amount of square footage, the price seemed to make sense. Clients [are now asking] us to renovate or tear down these houses. There’s an awareness of the home as a unique statement rather than as a mass product. JD: Today’s buyer also wants to take an outdoor space and make it like an indoor space. We have outdoor living rooms, fireplaces, and kitchens.... Thirty years ago, people who acquired genuine wealth selected an architect who captured their style and built their statement house. Somewhere along the way, —NICK MARTIN we lost ourselves to immediate gratification. It’s really nice to hear that we’ve gone back to people selecting just the right architect, builder, and combination of ideas and energies to create something that’s uniquely their own. AH: Ten years ago, if you were designing a house in the Hamptons, it was traditional all the way. You were building an 8,000-, 10,000-square-foot house, floors were dark brown, and that was the only way you did it. Now we’re seeing more of a driftwood-gray floor. Home offices are also getting smaller; sometimes it’s just a sitting area in the bedroom, because they’re using a laptop or an iPad. Vera DeVincenzo: I agree and I disagree that the home office is disappearing. It’s become important for most of us to work at home today; some people really like the privacy of their own home office. What are you passionate about in your home? FA: Obviously the passion of my house is the garden, where I entertain friends during the summer. Discovering new parts that I can develop and introduce more plants, buy sculptures….
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VD: Our passion is our kitchen. I have so many cooking things, it’s almost impossible for me to keep them as well organized as I like. But entertaining and bringing people together to eat is what we do best. PM: The first floor of my house is a big entertaining space, where the kitchen melds into the backyard and the dining area—it’s very open. It’s filled with light and, especially in the summer, filled with lots of activity. AH: It’s funny…. There’s a saying, “design is never done,” meaning it’s never finished, and that’s how we feel about our house. We’ve lived there for more than 11 years, but we’re always changing and updating things. NM: Our primary home is in Sagaponack, and I think the real draw there is the farmland. So we have a chicken coop with chickens and a barn where our little band plays, and we have a unique area where the kids like to play. And we’re doing a little addition renovation for an art studio space. The beauty of the Hamptons is that it allows a lot of flexibility. H
THE PANELISTS Frederico Azevedo, owner/founder, Unlimited Earth Care 2249 Scuttle Hole Road, Bridgehampton, 725-7551; unlimitedearthcare.com Judi Desiderio, president/broker, Town & Country Real Estate 52 Main St., East Hampton, 324-8080; 1townandcountry.com Vera DeVincenzo, owner, California Closets 619 Hampton Road, Southampton, 737-2224; californiaclosets.com Austin Handler, cofounder, Mabley Handler Interior Design 34 Head of Pond Road, Water Mill, 726-7300; mableyhandler.com Nick Martin, principal architect, Martin Architects 2913 Montauk Hwy., Sagaponack, 613-6555; martinarchitects.com Patrick McLaughlin, associate broker, Douglas Elliman 138 Main St., Sag Harbor, 725-0200; patrickmclaughlin. elliman.com James McLoughlin, principal owner, McLoughlin Construction Corp. 8 Hardscrabble Ct., East Hampton, 324-2400; mccbuilders.com
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becomes a lighting source for the rounded boxwood topiaries underneath. “The wonderful thing about Madoo is that you forget where you are,” says Nathan Orsman, a lighting designer who is currently working with Saralegui on a new lighting scheme for Madoo. “Light helps you get lost in a garden, but it also guides someone where to go or on what to find.” Adding artificial light to a garden that is a series of outdoor rooms—as opposed to an open continued on page 128
“Light helps you get lost in a garden, but it also guides someone where to go or on what to find.” —NATHAN ORSMAN
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n his East Hampton Star column, the writer Robert Dash, founder of The Madoo Conservancy, once said that his hedged gardens in Sagaponack were “grand green rooms roofed by the light of the sky.” He also observed that flowers expressed their true colors in full moonlight, which helps carry their numinous splendor into the day. Dash, who died last September, regarded lighting as an important element in any outdoor space. He liked to note how a large tree might make the house obscured beneath it seem gloomy in the summer—or brilliant in the winter by creating dappled light through its bare branches. Madoo was Dash’s lifelong work, and eventually he would have gotten around to lighting its paths, trees, and arbors so he could admire their shadows cast on moonless nights. Dash bought Madoo in 1967 and slowly started transforming the two-acre expanse of fertile Sagaponack loam into what Alejandro Saralegui, the conservancy’s director, calls an “encyclopedia of garden design.” Dash also turned the two 17th- and 18th-century barn houses into his home and painting studio, where he developed a distinctive style of stencil-like flat landscapes. As in all masterfully realized gardens, Madoo relies heavily on specimen trees for structure. For example, its grove of fastigiate ginkgoes flickers in shades of canary yellow in fall and
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: A fountain under the laburnum arbor with clematis climbing the posts at Madoo; a limbed-up privet seen through the lattice moon gate behind the summer house; an example of artificial lighting by designer Janet Lennox Moyer; the hornbeam bower at Madoo was grown from six saplings.
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continued from page 126 field—imbues it with a mysterious atmosphere because it emphasizes its labyrinthine qualities. At ground level, lighting is practical and highlights the texture of the hardscape, but it also makes the eye travel upward to the tree canopies. Orsman uses lighting near pools to create Rorschach-like images of shrubs and trees reflected on the water, expanding the perspective of the landscape into the ground. Madoo’s artificial lighting will also help extend its visiting
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hours during peak season and showcase the “structure and texture of its magnificent trees during special events in winter,” says Saralegui. As Madoo enters its first peak season without its founder, its full spectrum is still being revealed from the mists and fogs of night. Landscaping and lighting are very different aspects of designing a garden, and a garden is never finished. It is a living tableau that passes from one generation to the next. 618 Sagg Main St., Sagaponack, 537-8200; madoo.org H
“During long summer months, artificial lighting plays a more practical role than a romantic one,” says Janet Lennox Moyer, a landscape lighting designer and author of The Landscape Lighting Book (Wiley; $125), which many professionals consider the ultimate guide to outdoor lighting principles. Before starting a lighting project, it is important to commit to maintenance, she says, and to be ready to move the lights as trees grow and shrubs expand. It is also important to consider the activities that will take place in the garden, whether sports or entertaining. Lighting is easy to expand, so Moyer advises clients to start small first. “Look at the garden from your house and decide which views you want,” she says. Moyer starts with downward lighting first to bring out the human scale, and then approaches tall structures with upward lighting. If a tree is lit only with a single bright light, it will look misshapen, so a minimum of three fixtures is needed to show its three-dimensionality. Some larger trees might require up to 15 fixtures. Using a hierarchy of brightness to elicit objects from the darkness creates a stable and pleasing composition. “The true art of lighting a garden is mixing light temperatures,” explains Moyer, who prefers LED lights of 3,000 degrees Kelvin because they are softer while still revealing a full spectrum. LEDs will also use up to 80 percent less energy than incandescent lights and are less of a fire hazard.
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Artificial lighting plays a crucial role in garden landscaping.
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Northern Exposure CORCORAN’S MALA SANDER SAYS THE MARKET IS HEATING UP IN SAG HARBOR AND NORTH HAVEN.
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hirteen years ago, other brokers snickered when Mala Sander set her sights on Sag Harbor and North Haven. “When I started in the business, half of the brokers didn’t know where North Haven was—and the other half didn’t want to go there!” she says laughing. But Sander knew there was something special about this location’s relationship to the water and the sense of calm it engendered. Now, the competition is playing catch-up. “Sag Harbor and North Haven are totally on fire,” says Sander, Corcoran’s top-producing broker in the Sag Harbor office since 2007. “People are finally discovering how fabulous the area is. It’s close to the water, it’s easy to get from there to anywhere else in the Hamptons, and it’s also a great value versus south of the highway. They are grabbing a lot of attention, and it is well deserved.” Whether her buyer is a couple looking for a vacation home —MALA SANDER close to the water or, yes, a transplant from a village like East Hampton, Sander has grown used to how the process plays out. “They say, ‘We never knew this place existed until our friends bought here!’” says Sander, who notes that those scared off by the humble cottages dotting the inland approach end up doing a double take. “You pull up the driveway and they say, ‘This is great! How much did you say this is?’ The lightbulb goes on. They get it.” Main & Madison Streets, Box 1990, Sag Harbor, 899-0108; corcoran.com
“Sag Harbor and North Haven are totally on fire.”
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he new house is still king,” says Pat Petrillo, an associate broker at Sotheby’s International Realty with more than 25 years of experience in the Hamptons. “There’s a lot of interest in them because everything is in perfect working order. It’s sunny. It’s new. It’s pristine. You just have to step up to the plate and pay for it. That’s the only cost.” At its heart, the Hamptons remains a second-home market, and few buyers in the land of seven- and eight-figure deals have the patience for a fixer-upper. “That person’s primary residence is elsewhere, so it’s easier for them to have a turnkey situation rather than something that needs an addition or a renovation,” Petrillo explains. “It’s just too hard for the absentee homeowner.” That said, gleaming homes aren’t going up only in villages like Bridgehampton and Water Mill, which are associated with vacant land. In fact, Petrillo is seeing —PAT PETRILLO more and more new construction in locations like Southampton, where a limited inventory necessitates tearing down an older home and rebuilding to specifications while keeping the property’s stately trees and high hedges. In an area where property is at a premium, Petrillo thinks it makes perfect sense. “What’s expensive out here is the parcel of land,” she explains. “Compared to the house on it, it’s much more valuable.” So why not start over from scratch? 50 Nugent St., Southampton, 283-0600; sothebyshomes.com H
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SHOCK Elyse Richman opened Shock in Westhampton Beach over 28 years ago . The Shock Empire consists of Shock for Women, Baby Shock and Shock Ice Cream. Shock features Lisette-L Pantalon, Miracle Body, Lysee, Not Your Daughter’s Jeans and many other lines. Walk into Shock and walk out feeling 10 lbs. lighter. Locations: Shock 115 Main St Baby Shock 99 Main St Shock Ice Cream 99 A Main St
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IMRIE Inspired by the winter in St.Barth and Maui, the Imrie girls have been busy. Carrying the same great lines everyone at IMRIE loves, this year they are excited to be expanding their own IMRIE line as well as collaborating with fellow designers on items exclusively for their stores. EVEN MORE of that iconic IMRIE style…things just keep getting better! 11 Moniebogue Lane, Westhampton Beach 631.288.1166 Sole East - 90 Second House Road, Montauk imrie@imrieonline.com | www.imrieonline.com Instagram: @imrieshop www.facebook.com/IMRIEshop
BLUE 1 The lives of these social media savvy coowners are a whirlwind of meeting and mingling with high end fashion designers both professionally and personally. With locations in Bridgehampton & Westhampton Beach, they are able to bring their curated collection of Men’s & Women’s luxe and casual wear to the Hamptons. Follow them on Instagram @shopblue1 124 Main Street, Westhampton Beach 631-288-5830 2397 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton 631-237-1796.
SOUTHAMPTON PSYCHIC Psychics have been part of the world’s culture and history since as far back Nostradamus. In the modern age people like Nancy Reagan and the British royal family are just a few examples of notable people who use psychics to get them through difficult times in their life. Now you can too! Psychic of Southampton works with the power of vision and healing to help guide you through life’s daily struggle. Psychic and card readings. Now is the time to find out what is ahead. Specializing in love and relationships. Call 631.288.3333, Psychicjanetlee@yahoo.com, thegreenwichpsychic.com
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Available at Hampton Coffee Company locations or online at www.hamptoncoffeecompany.com as part of our #summerofgiving
Come for a Night YOU will NEVER Forget! 18th Annual
Hamptons Heart Ball JUNE 28, 2014, 6:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m.
On the grounds of the Hayground School 151 Mitchells Lane – Bridgehampton, NY
Cocktail Hour • Live & Silent Auction • Dinner & Dancing • Mystery Box Sponsored by Zoland and Cruciani Honorary Chairperson: JULIAN LENNON • Produced by: Sean Dalton, Ocean Productions Live Music by That 70’s Band • Performance by Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin • DJ Cash Special Appeal by NY Giant, MARIO MANNINGHAM, Super Bowl XLVI Champion Catering provided by Elegant Afairs • Live Auction by Christie’s Dress Attire: Chic Cocktail • ’70s Inspired • Glitter & Sparkle Reservations Required Signature Sponsor: Event Sponsors: New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center • East End Cardiology/Winthrop-University Hospital • Arnie & Paola Rosenshein Stony Brook University • Eastern Sufolk Cardiology • Weill Cornell Cardiothoracic Surgery • Bridgehampton National Bank Mr. & Mrs. Bert & Meredith Cohen • The Derfner Foundation • Ocean Productions • Tao Downtown The Charles Evans Foundation • MaryAnn Zacharia • The Rosenfeld Heart Foundation Media Sponsors: Austin & Williams Avenue Magazine Dan’s Papers Hamptons.com Hamptons Magazine Pulse Magazine Social Life WVVH-TV
Event Co-Chairs: DR. KARL & KRISTA KRIEGER
Emcee: RITA COSBY
Distinguished Service Honoree: LEONARD N. GIRARDI, MD
O. Wayne Isom Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center
After Dinner Party Chair: ROCCO ANCAROLA
Distinguished Leadership Honoree: SAMUEL STANLEY JR., MD President Stony Brook University
Jr. Heart Hero: CRISTINA CIVETTA
Heart Hero: ARNOLD ROSENSHEIN
Open Your Heart Chair: PAOLA BACCHINI ROSENSHEIN
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ward-winning architect David Rockwell’s projects, which include JFK International Airport’s JetBlue Terminal and Nobu Hotel Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, have always focused on creating spaces where people can connect with others. “But lately, we’ve been exploring the idea of creating a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living,” Rockwell says—an endeavor that resulted in an exclusive collaboration with Caliber Range Corporation. Recently launched, the David Rockwell by Caliber Grill is marked by the architect’s signature elegance and functionality, incorporating the company’s renowned Crossflame burner technology. Rockwell aspired to take the essence of grilling back to its roots. “Similar to a kitchen island, the grill serves as a hearth, inviting people to gather and
interact around it.” At 60 inches long, 30 inches wide, and 36 inches tall, the grill functions like a communal table, and the fully retractable hood offers 360-degree views of the culinary action, giving it a special theatrical flair. In fact, the curved aluminum hood is Rockwell’s favorite feature. Designed to resemble a tablecloth draped over a picnic table, it sits atop a handcrafted Brazilian-cherry frame. “The combination of sleek metal and warm wood allows the grill to work in both traditional and modern settings,” says Rockwell, who is looking forward to making his signature dish this summer: grilled portobello mushroom and fontina quesadillas with roasted garlic and truffle oil. Albano Appliance & Service, LLC, 83 Westchester Ave., Pound Ridge, 914-7644051; albanoappliance.com; caliberappliances.com H
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Hampton Bays native Chris Cariello opened this old-school spot back in 2009 before moving it into its current location last year. Now, you can enjoy the sunset while digging into its 24-ounce porterhouse steak. And make sure to start with the popular cream of wild mushroom soup with fresh local shiitake, oyster, and cremini mushrooms. 322 W. Montauk Hwy., Hampton Bays, 594-3419; 1northsteakhouse.com
The Bell & Anchor At the Bell & Anchor, owner David Loewenberg helms the first-class service while partner Sam McCleland oversees the stellar food. Though the waterfront spot is known for an expansive seafood menu, the beef options are just as notable. Executive Chef McCleland’s favorite is the hefty prime strip steak with sauteed spinach, pommes frites, and Béarnaise butter, although the flavor-filled grilled sirloin burger is hard to pass up. 3253 Noyac Road, Sag Harbor, 725-3400; bellandanchor.com
Bobby Van’s This Bridgehampton mainstay upholds the restaurant’s storied legacy and is a favorite among local notables Howard Stern, Jimmy Fallon, and Bruce Springsteen. Executive Chef John Stella typically serves more than 300 guests on Saturday nights during the summer, many of
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whom order the popular porterhouse for two, straight out of Stella’s 1,800-degree broiler. 2393 Montauk Hwy., Bridgehampton, 537-0590; bobbyvans.com
East Hampton Grill This popular restaurant sports a menu of hearty American classics like prime center-cut filet mignon, served with Béarnaise sauce, whipped potatoes, and tender grilled asparagus. Another safe bet: the slow-roasted prime rib roast served au jus. 99 N. Main St., East Hampton, 329-6666; easthamptongrill.com
Michael’s Restaurant Michael’s offers popular entrées like grilled veal T-bone steak prepared simply with herb butter. It’s available every night of the week except Wednesdays, which is the spot’s Steak House Night, devoted exclusively to specialty cuts. Menu favorites include the grilled center-cut prime New York strip steak in tarragon butter sauce, which comes with a side of creamy scallion-goat cheese whipped potatoes. 28 Maidstone Park Road, East Hampton, 324-0725; michaelsofmaidstone.com
Palm Restaurant Pio Bozzi and John Ganzi opened the first Palm Restaurant in New York City in 1926 and have since opened nearly 30 across the nation; the East Hampton location became the sixth in 1980. Situated
in the historic Huntting Inn, the restaurant boasts a first-class steak menu, including its prime Bozzi Burger, and an even more impressive guest list, which counts Martha Stewart and Ron Perelman as regulars. 94 Main St., East Hampton, 324-0411; thepalm.com
Southampton Publick House Opened by Don Sullivan in 1996 as the first microbrewery on the East End, Publick House is also well known for its casual fare and dining specials from the grill. Be sure to try the eight-ounce grilled sirloin filet and fresh Gorgonzola salad. “As consumer tastes evolve toward healthier options, many customers want to satisfy their cravings for steak without committing to a heavy meal,” says Sullivan. 40 Bowden Square, Southampton, 283-2800; publick.com
ENCORE SHOW BLT Steak returns for its second season at Capri Southampton. ”The success of our steaks lies in the simplicity of our preparation—a little vegetable oil, a clove of garlic, a sprig of rosemary, and a small knob of butter to baste and finish. For true enjoyment, we always let the beef rest for at least five minutes before serving,” explains Executive Chef Cliff Crooks, who is returning to Capri Southampton for the second-season pop-up. 281 County Road, 39A Route 27, Southampton, 504-6575; capri southampton.com
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Stone Creek Inn This intimate French-American spot run by chef Christian Mir and his wife, Elaine DiGiacomo, is perfect for a romantic evening. Try a grilled Painted Hills rib eye, served with black truffle mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, and a Syrah wine reduction; or the steak tartare with crispy shallots and a fresh watercress salad. Top off the meal with a homemade ricotta mousse with strawberry balsamic vinegar and black pepper. 405 Montauk Hwy., East Quogue, 653-6770; stonecreekinn.com H Simple preparation is the key to a great-tasting filet at BLT Steak.
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Heating Up THESE EAST END SPOTS SERVE SPICE-LADEN DRINKS WITH A KICK. BY ERIN RILEY
Perfect as a predinner aperitif, the restaurant’s Spanish Harlem turns the time-honored Manhattan cocktail into a piquant blend of spice (from the Ancho Reyes chile liqueur) and sweet from an apricot-infused Mitcher’s rye, which Almond co-owner Eric Lemonides says “is steeped for a week, giving it a subtly sweet flavor.” 1 Ocean Road, Bridgehampton, 537-5665; almondnyc.com
The Beacon Owner David Lowenberg’s Ruby Rita looks the part its name suggests: The blood orange base lends a deep red hue as if to announce a fiery flavor. Lowenberg suggests pairing
the drink with fresh seafood dishes like tuna tartare or fish tacos. “There is nothing better than our blood orange cocktail to make any sunset that much more special,” he says. 8 W. Water St., Sag Harbor, 725-7088; beaconsagharbor.com
The Cuddy The sizzling Lucia margarita at this popular gastropub is a mix of jalapeño-infused tequila, vanilla java syrup, and freshly squeezed lime and grapefruit juices—and it’s sure to get your heart racing. The grapefruit juice helps offset the heat, and the flavors are balanced by using reposado tequila, which is sweeter than an unaged blanco. Head bartender Viviana Farrell suggests
pairing the cocktail with the pub’s Vietnamese pork sandwich, because “the jalapeño and fresh lime juice accent the classic pickled flavors.” 29 Main St., Sag Harbor, 7250101; thecuddy.com
East Hampton Point Designed around a mahogany sloop sailboat, the dining room at this first-class resort boasts floor-to-ceiling windows and a sunset menu. The bar combines
vodka, passion fruit purée, and Thai chili for its Passion Pit cocktail. Try it with popular Sriracha aioli-dressed seafood dishes like crispy calamari and zucchini. 295 Three Mile Harbor/Hog Creek Road, East Hampton, 329-2800; easthamptonpoint.com
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Fresno This rustic East Hampton mainstay boasts a popular chili margarita, which is garnished with half a
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“A GREEN COMPANY” jalapeño and Aleppo pepperinfused salt. Co-owner Michael Nolan recommends pairing the spicy blend with “light, crisp flavors and bold vinaigrettes, such as raw oysters with mignonettes, clams on the grill, or whole roasted fish.” 8 Fresno Pl., East Hampton, 324-8700; fresnorestaurant.com
Harbor Grill Situated on Three Mile Harbor, this husband-and-wife-run spot serves up casual American fare. Head bartender Maureen Hannibal has a passion for infusing spirits with fresh ingredients. Her strawberry rhubarb Diablo Rita is generously dusted with cayenne pepper—perfect as a bracing yet refreshing accompaniment to a fresh lobster roll, which some say is the best in the Hamptons. 367 Three Mile Harbor Road, East Hampton, 604-5290
The Living Room at c/o The Maidstone This popular spot serves a lean version of the margarita. As the name suggests, the Skinny Rita—which includes muddled jalapeño and organic agave nectar—is low in calories and complements fresh seafood dishes like the blackened halibut with spring caponata, salsify purée, and caper sauce with bacon and sage. 207 Main St., East Hampton, 324-5006; themaidstone.com
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Navy Beach A spicy twist on the classic Brazilian caipirinha, the new Gingerinha cocktail mixes natural cane Leblon Cachaça with Ancho Reyes chile liqueur. “Combine this with our housemade ginger syrup and a splash of lemon and you get a great smoky-citrus libation with just the right amount of heat,” says Martin Cabrera, partner and beverage director. The peach jalapeño martini at Noah’s is a medley of fresh fruit and spices.
16 Navy Road, Montauk, 668-6868; navybeach.com
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Townline BBQ “Spicy foods and drinks work well together,” says Townline BBQ’s food and beverage director Richard Scoffier. The restaurant mixes Bittermens Hellfire Shrub—a red wine vinegar-based shrub made with habaneros—with Dutch’s Sugar Wash Moonshine and Cointreau to create a spicy drink that pairs well with a rack of ribs. 3593 Montauk Hwy., Sagaponack, 537-2271; townlinebbq.com H
FIRE & ICE Noah’s puts sizzling twists on popular classics.
“When future generations look at our garbage, they will see a database of our culture”.
The peach jalapeño martini is finely balanced and after just one sip, you’ll feel the heat. Peach-flavored vodka with fresh white peach purée is the ideal match for two small but powerful slices of jalapeño pepper. “It’s perfect with something light and refreshing like our crabstuffed deviled eggs,” says chef and owner Noah Schwartz, who suggests the cucumber margarita for those looking for something more refreshing with just a hint of spice, as the fresh mix comes with a cayennepeppered rim. 136 Front St., Greenport, 4776720; chefnoahschwartz.com
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One of the six diverse trails at Mashomack Preserve.
Into the Wild Cedar Point County Park
Dwarf Pines Plains Preserve
The 607-acre Cedar Point offers everything from boat rentals and nature trails to panoramic views of Gardiners Bay. The main attraction is the Cedar Point Lighthouse, built in 1860, at the height of Sag Harbor’s whaling days. Camping is available to both individuals and organized groups. Families can enjoy the Saturdaynight outdoor movies on the lawn behind Cedar Point General Store and Snack Bar, operated by Kaelins. 5 Cedar Point Road, East Hampton, 852-7620; suffolkcountyny.gov
This Westhampton preserve features low-rise vegetation, presumably due to its rare soil composition. Although the fauna is less diverse than that of other preserves, the site supports endemic wildlife uncommon in nearby habitats, especially rare birds like black-throated green warblers, American kestrels, and marsh hawks. At less than a mile long, the hiking trail is ideal for a relaxed sunset stroll. Southeast intersection of Sunrise Highway and County Road 31, Westhampton; suffolkcountyny.gov
Elizabeth A. Morton Long Pond Greenbelt National Wildlife Refuge This vast 1,100-acre expanse in Less known than other parks on the East End, this wildlife refuge occupies a 187-acre peninsula on Noyack and Little Peconic Bays. Sightings of wild turkeys, chipmunks, and osprey are common. The self-guided Wild Birds Nature Trail is popular with families who enjoy bird-watching and feeding during the summer months. 2595 Noyack Road, Sag Harbor, 725-7598; fws.gov
Southampton is made up of ponds, woods, and wetlands that shelter one of the largest populations of rare species in the entire state: The New York Natural Heritage Program has recorded more than 30 rare species of plants and animals that call the Long Pond Greenbelt home. The preservation society Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt organizes guided tours and family and educational events throughout
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ED SAMBOLIN (MASHOMACK PRESERVE)
SEE THE BEST HAMPTONS SCENERY AND WILDLIFE ON THESE HIKING TRAILS. BY ERIN RILEY
The Hampton Classic Horse Show August 24-31, 2014 8 Days of Premier Show Jumping & the Highlight of the Hamptons Social Season For more information, please visit www.hamptonclassic.com info@hamptonclassic.com Hampton Classic Horse Show, Inc. 240 Snake Hollow Road PO Box 3013 Bridgehampton, NY 11932 Clockwise: Photos courtesy of Lenny Stucker, Claudia Parks, Priscilla Degan
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the summer season. Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, Bridgehampton, 745-0689; longpondgreenbelt.org
Mashomack Preserve Dubbed the “Jewel of the Peconic,” this preserve occupies one-third of Shelter Island and features six trails, which range from brisk walks to a marine water trail that winds through diverse ecosystems: coastline, salt marshes, and kettle holes formed by glaciers during the last Ice Age. More than 200 recorded bird species—including the endangered piping plover— make the Mashomack Preserve ideal for bird-watching. 47 South Ferry Road, Shelter Island, 749-1001; nature.org
Montauk County Park Running from Montauk Highway north to Block Island Sound, Montauk County Park is the perfect family retreat for a long weekend, with activities like horseback riding at Deep Hollow Ranch (the first cattle ranch in the nation), biking, canoeing, fishing, and hiking self-guided nature trails. Sights include Camp Wikoff, where Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders were quarantined after returning from the Spanish-American War. Deep Hollow Ranch, 10 Old Montauk Hwy., Montauk, 668-2744; deephollowranch.com
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Shadmoor State Park Located one quarter-mile east of Montauk Village, this dogfriendly park boasts more than 2,400 feet of stunning beachfront as well as hiking trails and suspended platforms for bird-watching. Two concrete bunkers that were constructed during World War II are popular hiking stops, and visitors can choose to picnic or go fishing
along the soft-sand shoreline. 900 Montauk Hwy., Montauk, 668-3781; nysparks.com
Sunken Forest Sunken Forest, at Sailors Haven on Fire Island, features a stunning maritime wilderness with a number of hiking trails that meander through picturesque dunes and 300-year-old American holly trees. Ranger-guided tours are available every Saturday and Sunday from 11 AM to 12:30 PM through September 7, or find your own way through the forest by fsollowing a selfguided trail brochure, which is available at the visitors’ center. Sailors Haven, Fire Island, 597-6183; nps.gov H
MAGICAL REALISM Observe a natural phenomenon at Hither Hills State Park. Nestled between Amagansett and Montauk, the dune fields of Napeague Harbor are called the “Walking Dunes” because of their shift southeast, gradually uncovering a relic forest beneath. Start at the Hither Hills lookout off Highway 27 to find trails that lead to a two-mile beach, which features 168 camping sites. 164 Old Montauk Hwy., Montauk, 668-2554; nysparks.com A trail view of Hither Hills State Park.
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Hendrick’s Tavern Antique mirrors, classic photographs, and burgundy leather banquets adorn the main dining room of this historic estate-turnedrestaurant. Opt for upscale comfort food like filet mignon sliders, gourmet pizzas, and Kobe beef hot dogs wrapped in puff pastry, or choose from a selection of dry-aged prime steaks and fresh seafood. 1305 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn, 516-621-1200; hendrickstavern.com
Honu Kitchen & Cocktails Post up at this swanky restaurant’s
mahogany bar as you sip on one of its coveted watermelon mojitos. Then, enjoy popular summer dishes like local roasted black sea bass with sautéed escarole and fava beans or seared salmon served with coconut quinoa, fruit salsa, and chipotle yogurt. 363 New York Ave., Huntington, 421-6900; honukitchen.com
Kyma One look at this restaurant’s airy décor and whitewashed floors will transport you to an exotic locale. “We want people to feel like they are on a Greek island, or for that matter,
any seaside resort—the South of France, Miami, and obviously the Hamptons!” says co-owner Reno Christou. With a heavy emphasis on fresh seafood, Kyma’s whole fish selection is incredibly popular. The Kyma chips—paper-thin zucchini and eggplant chips with tzatziki sauce—are great for sharing. 1446 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn, 516-621-3700; kyma-roslyn.com
Monsoon This Babylon restaurant combines Vietnamese, Chinese, and Thai influences to create unique dishes with tons of flavor. Diners can try a number of new dishes, including salads, Angus steaks, and five different types of monster-size sushi rolls. The sashimi flatbread pizza with tuna, salmon, red onion, cilantro, jalapeño, and a citrus
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ginger aioli is a delicious and light summer option. 48 Deer Park Ave., Babylon Village, 587-4400; monsoonny.com
MP Taverna Roslyn At this modern version of a traditional Greek tavern, you’ll find fresh fare like Greek salad, grilled branzino, and grilled octopus with Mediterranean chickpea salad as well as an outdoor rooftop patio. As of this summer, you can also order an entrée off the brand-new MP Prime menu, which includes five different cuts of premium beef. 1363 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn, 516-686-6489; mptaverna.com
Prime Modeled after an Americanstyle boathouse, this waterfront location boasts breathtaking views of Huntington Harbor and a delicious dinner menu. The steamed shellfish entrée is new this summer and includes a full lobster, shrimp, mussels, clams, and vegetables steamed in a saffron-infused lobster broth. At night you can order a cocktail along the boardwalk or fireside on the restaurant’s fantail deck. 117 New York Ave., Huntington, 385-1515; restaurantprime.com
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Verace This Italian eatery’s outdoor space is enclosed by lush greenery and brightened by strings of Edison bulbs, which make it the perfect place to dine alfresco in the summer months. For lunch, try the shaved fennel and treviso salad with dried cherries and toasted pine nuts or the spinach salad with sliced almonds, orange, and crispy prosciutto. The grilled branzino is a solid dinner choice, while the new two-course price-fixed lunch menu is reasonable and delicious. 599 Main St., Islip, 277-3800; veracerestaurant.com H
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