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Denise LeFrak Calicchio shares her favorite South Fork spots to eat, shop, and golf.
10 Landmark 22 From the Editor-in-Chief 24 From the Publisher 26 …Without Whom This Issue Would Not Have Been Possible 29 Invited 40 The List 42 The To-Do List
People 44 Canvas the Neighborhood East Hampton gallerist Eric Firestone keeps the town talking with groundbreaking exhibits that merge rising local stars with iconic talents.
48 Coffee With Skimm Too busy to read all the news? Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin’s daily newsletter, theSkimm, puts the highlights in your inbox.
50 Perfect Balance With big-city experience and a beach-town air, Bridgehampton real estate lawyer Adam Miller helps second-home buyers navigate the particulars of Village zoning.
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Culture 58 In the Abstract Guild Hall’s Summer Gala kicks off with a preview of a new exhibition exploring the early work of abstract painter and East Hampton resident Robert Motherwell.
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Real estate author Denise LeFrak Calicchio offers a tour of her most beloved South Fork destinations.
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August 8–14, 2014 88 The Glamorous Gourmand Chef Giada De Laurentiis brings her health-minded cookbook to Authors Night. Floral-print silk chiffon cowl-neck gown, Haute Hippie ($895). 20 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, 324-5134; hautehippie.com. Rose-gold Pré Catelan diamond and pink-quartz ring, Dior Fine Jewelry ($17,500). Americana Manhassett, 2060 Northern Blvd., Manhassett, 516-365-5680; dior.com. All-purpose country boots, Le Chameau ($180). Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 537-3700; marders.com
Features 88 The Glamorous Gourmand Celebrated Food Network chef and cookbook author Giada De Laurentiis dazzles the Hamptons “epicurious” with a delicious tome of healthy recipes that she’s sharing at this weekend’s Authors Night.
92 The Write of Way Meet several of the writers who will be bringing their latest novels to this weekend’s 10th annual Authors Night as well as attending Hamptons magazine’s intimate evening dinner party.
The Marder family has called the Hamptons home for 11 generations, most recently building a massive landscape destination in Bridgehampton. Here’s how they are expanding their creative talents and furthering their community outreach.
102 Fear Factor From shark wrangling to racecar driving, thrill seeking is what these adrenalineaddicted East End women thrive on.
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Home & Design 111 Good Manors This stately home in Water Mill has all the amenities needed for life in the Hamptons coupled with the ambiance of a European retreat.
114 Back to Basics Southamptonite Kate Pickett creates stationery using classic techniques updated with modern elements.
118 Fields of Dreams Meander through sculptural gardens of colorful blossoms at the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack.
Brokers Susan Ryan and Aaron Curti discuss some of today’s most exciting real estate opportunities in the East End.
The Guide 127 All Aboard Travel from the city to the East End and beyond in style with Brilliant Transportation’s fleet of luxury vans and buses.
128 All the Right Routes The South Fork offers options in high-end travel via land, sea, or sky.
130 The Day’s Catch From risotto di mare at East Hampton Point to yellowfin at Dockers, a look at the delicious dishes served at 10 of the Hamptons best seafood restaurants.
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132 Child’s Play Pirates, drums, and giraffes—oh my! Enjoy a plethora of fun, creative activities for the whole family.
134 Filet Parade Sate your steak cravings at these enticing establishments along the Gold Coast.
The End 136 Forever Young Photographer Heidi Green captures moments that encapsulate life in the Hamptons.
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With Cassandra Seidenfeld at Red Stixs for a private noodle-making class.
My husband, David, and I catch up with friends Eric and Sandra Ripert at the Let’s Misbehave to benefit Love Heals at Wölffer Estate Vineyard.
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With Dini von Mueffling, Hoda Kotb, and Alina Cho at a Ladies’ Night dinner I hosted in East Hampton; with my daughter, Sadie, at the Children’s Museum of the East End Family Fair; celebrating the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center’s SoFo Goes Silver with Susan Rockefeller and Gina Bradley.
This weekend, the East Hampton Library celebrates one of the hottest tickets of the season with its 10th annual Authors Night. The library hosts literary greats at Gardiner Farm in East Hampton with more than 100 authors signing copies of their latest tomes. Hamptons magazine has a long tradition of hosting one of the private dinners that follows; it is always at the home of Editor-at-Large Michael Braverman, and this year the authors are as diverse as they come. We are beyond thrilled to host actress Jennifer Esposito, along with Holly Peterson, Lee Follow me on Twitter at Brian Schrager, Thomas Maier, and @samanthayanks and on Chris Pavone, who will talk intimately hamptons-magazine.com. about their books, along with author and cover star Giada De Laurentiis. The celebrity chef, who is an honorary cochair for this event, shares an inside look at her new book, Giada’s Feel Good Food: My Healthy Recipes and Secrets, in this issue with her friend and fellow epicurean Michael Symon. Between Lee Brian Schrager’s Fried & True: More Than 50 Recipes for America’s Best Fried Chicken and Sides and De Laurentiis’s practical and healthy recipes for staying fit, the culinary world is at the front of my mind. This issue is filled with the best bites at the beach, including Katana, the new sustainable sushi restaurant at La Maison Blanche in Shelter Island Heights, Bronson Van Wyck’s cocktail mixers, and an insiders’ list of where Simon Doonan likes to dine. Be well, dress well....
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With Neal and Debby Sroka at our cover celebration at ArtHamptons.
At this week’s cover shoot at Marders in Bridgehampton with Silas Marder and our beautiful cover star, Giada De Laurentiis.
companions and I were compelled to read his masterpiece The Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway is a master storyteller, simply and eloquently describing the man’s appreciation of the fish and the sea as metaphors for the everyman. Literature moves us, teaches us, and inspires us to make life changes, to try new recipes, or to learn about—and then visit—new places. In this issue, we celebrate all forms of literature through our support of the East Hampton Library’s Authors Night. Beginning in 2005 with a handful of dinners and a few hundred attendees, the event has grown to be the Hamptons’ premier literary happening, with more than 100 authors and 1,000 people in attendance. We have the pleasure to host the evening’s most esteemed dinner party; my friend and this week’s cover star, the beautiful Follow me on Twitter at and talented Giada De Laurentiis, will @debrahalpert and on serve as an honorary cochair. hamptons-magazine.com Also this Friday, Guild Hall hosts its Summer Gala, which features an art exhibit of Robert Motherwell’s work. An exclusive VIP preview, followed by a tented sit-down dinner at a private estate, caps off a special night for the institution. Sunday celebrates The Watermill Center’s Discover Watermill event, where attendees will get to meet artists from over 30 countries, all participating in the institution’s International Summer Program. Guests are invited to tour the center, the collection, and six acres of beautifully landscaped grounds dotted with outdoor sculptures and artifacts and enjoy many of the installations and performances created for One Thousand Nights and One Night: Sleepless Nights of Sheherazade, the 21st annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit that took place July 26. Enjoy the issue, then spend some quiet time with your favorite books. I’ll see you in town.
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Michael Symon East Hamptonite Michael Symon first discovered the Hamptons as a consultant for Randy Lerner’s Amagansett restaurant the Meeting House. Today, the award-winning chef and Food Network regular owns several restaurants in his Cleveland hometown, published the popular cookbook Live to Cook: Recipes and Techniques to Rock Your Kitchen, and is a cohost on ABC’s lifestyle series The Chew. Symon interviews Giada De Laurentiis for this issue’s cover story on page 88. What are some of your favorite places when you’re out in the Hamptons? My
backyard [laughs]. Any farmers market. I love Bostwick’s; I love Meeting House. I like Fresno a lot, and golf. Backyards seem to be very popular hangouts for chefs in the Hamptons… I grew up with yards and my house in Cleveland has a yard, so when I started being in New York City, I was like, “I need to find a yard, man. I can’t live this way.” I’m a huge gardener, so I was losing my mind in Manhattan.
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Hamptons magazine Editor-in-Chief Samantha Yanks hosted a stylish set at an intimate Ladies’ Night Out affair on July 18. Friends and fans of the magazine, including Amanda Poses, Michelle McCool, Alina Cho, Chloe Epstein, Michelle Smith, and Hoda Kotb, mixed and mingled over glasses of rosé from Maison Belle Claire at the home of Michael and Dwyer Derrig, owners of Landscape Details.
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Hamptonites like Stephanie Hirsch, Kris Fuchs, Dini von Mueffling, and Jenny Galluzzo chatted over a fivecourse meal from Exquisite Food before browsing the latest statement pieces from Pucci and trying their hand at flower arranging courtesy of B Floral. Each guest left with a gift bag of exclusive items from 525 America, Michelle Farmer, Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Gracious Goodies, Milly, Pickett’s Press, Dior, and AERIN.
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B Floral provided a lesson in flower arranging.
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Exquisite Food’s Simon Sheridan.
Amanda Poses and Chloe Epstein
Michael and Dwyer Derrig’s home provided a beautiful backdrop.
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Susan Rockefeller and Adrian Grenier Tom, Rebecca, and Bo Edwards, with Allie Bergold
Dr. Samuel Waxman and Marion Waxman Cindy Crain, Gina Bradley, and Jennifer Ford
Bruce Lewin and Andy Sabin
Hannah and Dan Sedrick with Whitney Ranson
Michael Gerrard and Eric Goode
South Fork Natural History Museum
More than 350 guests packed the SoFo Goes Silver event to celebrate the institution’s 25th anniversary. Andy Sabin presented an award to Alex Matthiessen, who accepted it on behalf of his late father, Peter Matthiessen. A 5,000-square-foot tent designed by Party Up and Daria Culver Events set a beautiful backdrop, as the crowd enjoyed treats from chef Peter Ambrose and danced the night away to tunes by DJ Phresh. Susan Rockefeller joined friends Adrian Grenier, April Gornik, and Bruce Lewin for the magical evening.
Rebecca Kiembock and Alex Morsanutto
Mark Misone, Frank Quevedo, and Liza Misone Fred Thiel and Minerva Perez
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Michael Butler, Ed Bulgin, and Donna Butler
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Jodie Snyder Morel and Danielle Snyder A performance by Jessie’s Girl.
Joey Wölffer
Sonja Morgan
Love Heals
Constantine Maroulis and Dini von Mueffling
Dr. Mark Kot and Kelli Delaney Kot
Nicky Hilton
Richie Notar with Sandra and Eric Ripert
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Dr. Dendy Engelman
On July 19, Love Heals cofounder Dini von Mueffling joined cochairs Caroline and Eric Villency, Danielle Snyder and Jodie Snyder Morel, Alina Cho, Joey Wölffer, Richie Notar, and Sandra and Eric Ripert for The Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education annual gala, Let’s Misbehave ’80s Style. Guests danced to a set from ’80s cover band Jessie’s Girl, who performed alongside American Idol and Rock of Ages star Constantine Maroulis.
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INVITED Jane Krakowski and Bennett Robert Godley
Amy and Penelope Tarr
Ali Wentworth and Julie Bowen
Joel Moser and Wednesday Martin
Mark, Lily, Jacob, and Eric Feuerstein
Children’s Museum of the East End
Everett Floyd Abrams and Dan Abrams
Kelly Klein
Attended by more than 800 Hamptonites, the sixth annual CMEE Family Fair was the Bridgehampton museum’s most successful gathering to date. Families were treated to a day of crafts, activities, and performances, all in support of the museum’s new after-school programs, which include collaborating with The Retreat to help families affected by domestic violence, expanding its family literacy program, and serving children with special needs. Ali Wentworth, Julie Bowen, Jane Krakowski, Molly Sims, and Tiffani Thiessen were among the notable attendees who enjoyed the fun-filled day with their children.
Molly Sims and Brooks Alan Stuber
Tiffani Thiessen, Harper Renn Smith, and Brady Smith
Natalia Ortynska, Olga Masianova, and Oresta Kovalchuk Arlene Lazare, Shelly Goldberg, Pamela Morgan, Andrea Wernick, Cassandra Seidenfeld, and Barbara Biha
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Double Cross Vodka and Hamptons magazine joined special guest Cassandra Seidenfeld to host an “Inspired By” happy hour on July 19. Guests enjoyed the Hamptons-inspired “Route 27” cocktail, which was recently featured in Hamptons magazine. Local notables like Kipton Cronkite, Consuelo Vanderbilt-Costin, Gregory Speck, Katlean de Monchy, Dr. Kenneth Mark, and Michelle and Peter Farmer enjoyed samplings of Red Stixs dumplings and signature hors d’oeuvres, while chef Zhong Hong Lin led a noodle-making demonstration.
Cassandra Seidenfeld and Kipton Cronkite
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Peter Farmer, Dr. Kenneth Mark, Katherine Lande, and Michelle Farmer
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Dr. Stephen Greenberg and Gail Greenberg Dawne Marie Grannum
Gary Jacob and Randi Schatz
Michael Bloomberg, Katlean de Monchy, and Gregory Speck
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Beth Ostrosky Stern
Melanie Wambold Georgina Bloomberg
Ann Liguori and Scott Vallary
Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation
Jean Shafiroff
At Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation’s fifth annual Unconditional Love Dinner Dance, Georgina Bloomberg was honored for her commitment to saving homeless animals, as father Michael Bloomberg looked on in support. Guests filled a beachfront estate in Southampton to enjoy the James Bond– themed festivities alongside special guest Bond Girl, SASF adopter, and animal advocate Rachel Grant. Jean Shafiroff and Jonathan McCann welcomed friends and supporters like Beth Ostrosky Stern, Dawne Marie Grannum, Ann Liguori, Katlean de Monchy, and Gregory Speck. Angie and David Cowen Lisa Hartman
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Dr. Penny Grant and Dr. Steve Schutzer
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Klaus Curtis, Jill Stuart, and Billy Sullivan
Erin Beatty and Lex Sidon
Bettina Prentice
A tented setting at the Beechnut Hill Farm estate in Water Mill.
David and Sybil Yurman Stewart Shining and Casey Fremont Crowe
ACRIA
In celebration of ACRIA’s Cocktails at Sunset benefit on July 19, 75 patrons including Erin Beatty, Bettina Prentice, Marcus Teo, Billy Sullivan, Jill Stuart, Sam Shahid, Graziano de Boni, and Calvin Klein gathered for an intimate candlelit affair. Presented by David Yurman, the event included a cocktail party and dinner at the Beechnut Hill Farm estate in Water Mill and a silent auction of limited-edition works by such renowned artists as Edward Mapplethorpe, Clifford Ross, Terence Koh, and Robert Wilson.
Ross Bleckner and Benjamin Bashein
An intimate seated dinner.
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Richard Johnson and Bradford Rand
Josh Guberman and Norah Lawlor
Hamptons Brunch with Aston Martin
Camille Cussac
Pierre Bollet
Aston Martin exhibited vintage models.
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Hosted by Rand Luxury, a Hamptons Brunch with Aston Martin brought out stylish locals to preview exclusive items from MAS Creative, Hampton Watercraft and Marine, Bang & Olufsen, DBC City Bike Design, Thompson Speedway, and Susan Ciminelli. Supported by The Guberman Group, the event saw guests enjoying cocktails from Ketel One Vodka and hors d’oeuvres by Tsar Nicoulai Caviar.
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Andrew Miller
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Matt Leone
Evan Licht
Bettina Prentice
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Toni Haber
Tara Israel
Mary Ann Browning
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Dr. Steve Salvatore
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Peter Olsen
Gil Doron
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Tommy Silverman
Nelly Moudime
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Robert Butesco
Mark Noonan
Bobbie Braun
Tom Edmonds
Klyph Black
Rob Wiesenthal
Martin Short
Alan Schnurman
Nanao Anton
Steven Beltrani
Jennifer Abney
Lise Evans
Matthew Danzig
Dylan Vacker
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August 8–14 Take in “Summer Sands,” a unique group art exhibition highlighting artist Matthew Moskowitz, at Chase Edwards Gallery. chaseedwardsgallery.com Honor the work of an exquisite painter at the screening of Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. parrishart.org Sweat it out at a barre class at Elements Fitness Studio in East Hampton. elementsfitness studio.com Take an afternoon to visit the Channing Daughters Winery for a delectable wine tasting. channingdaughters.com Shop Rachel Zoe’s collection at Jimmy’s Westhampton Beach, and 10 percent will benefit East End Hospice’s Camp Good Grief. jimmysnewyork.com
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Eric Firestone in his eponymous East Hampton gallery in front of Bomb by Kenny Scharf, 2004.
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don’t think there are any boundaries on what a gallerist can and can’t and historically significant artists in an attempt to broaden the horizons of be,” says Eric Firestone, who in past months has displayed everything those who visit the Newtown Lane space. Originally based in Tucson, from the debut show of Instagram darling Donald Robertson to psy- Arizona, Firestone moved his eponymously named gallery to East chedelic mixed-media pieces from a range of talents, including Andrew Hampton in 2010. “I first came out here to an art fair seven years ago, and Kuo and Jen Stark. “In my head I’m a storyteller. I like working with narra- I immediately fell in love with the Hamptons,” says Firestone, who tives so you can come in and work off a concept and see the playfulness or recently moved into an 1740s farmhouse in Sagaponack with his wife, Angela, and 12-year-old daughter, Parker. “It was the quality of family seriousness of that concept.” In Firestone’s East Hampton gallery, you won’t find Picassos or Warhols; life. My wife and I liked the idea of being out in the country and being able to walk to the beach. The idea of living in a little you also won’t discover walls laden with works only by village seemed really appealing, recognizing the fact East End artists. Instead, Firestone mixes different styles that anybody and everybody in the New York art world and periods to create a hybrid space of both new and scene does come out here at some point. To intertwine older works that he feels complement each other. “I’m with that seemed like a nice progression for me.” not so focused on who’s making work here right now,” he In addition to the South Fork’s well-established gallersays. “I try to keep my eye on much broader ranges of ies, Firestone found an emerging East End art world that work. I have worked with artists who have affiliations on he wanted to be a part of. “I felt like it might have been the East End, whether they have studios here or they live the beginning of this new era of the art scene out here in here, but I try not to pigeonhole myself that way.” The gallery, open year-round, balances contemporary continued on page 46 —ERIC FIRESTONE
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continued from page 45 the Hamptons,” recalls Firestone, who also shows at several of the local art fairs, including this year’s Art Market and Art Southampton. “Several other galleries have since come into East Hampton so for me, the evolution of the art scene out here only continues to strengthen.” Firestone opened the gallery in 2010 with “Andy Warhol: From Dylan to Duchamp,” a series of photographs by more than 25 different talents like Anton Perich documenting Warhol’s life. “I’m very interested in documentary photography,” says Firestone, who today also works with the archives of Chinese artist Sen Quan Chi, a confidante of the late Keith Haring, and Henry Chalfant. “That Warhol show was a real pivotal moment for me as far as curating work.” The following year he spearheaded “The Boneyard Project” and curated the companion show, “Nose Job,” which displayed decorated US DC-3 military airplanes in the middle of the Arizona desert. Two years later, he teamed up with art critic Carlo McCormick for “Seventh Inning Stretch,” which explored baseball as America’s national pastime through generations of works by artists such as Daniel Arsham, Deborah Kass, and Rob Wynne. “I love Early American, I love the idea of colliding contemporary with historic,” says Firestone. “My eyes aren’t just focused on the freshest things that are coming out; I like to look back and contextualize old with new.” Considering Firestone prefers to come up with “very quick curations,” it’s no surprise that many of his upcoming shows are still in the works. “It’s just like fashion—you have to move quickly with an idea or concept,” says Firestone. “If I ever do this for the status quo or put Dollar Signs on the wall because it’s all about making money, I’d be miserable.” Regardless of what he displays, be it the found material collages shown in Bast’s 2013 exhibit “Seafoam” or the deconstructed Harley from “Parts & Service” or Kenny Scharf’s comedic sculptures in “Amerikulture,” Firestone vows to continue to break new ground. “The gallery is an important part of the cloth of East Hampton, and I hope that generations of people will come visit,” he says. “I really, truly love pushing my visions out for others to enjoy. Whether you like it or you don’t, I hope you have an opinion about it.” 4 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, 6042386; ericfirestonegallery.com H FROM LEFT:
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WORK STUDIO Quick hits with Eric Firestone. *local talent to watch “Ryan Wallace has a studio out here—fantastic artist. There’s a young artist that my friend Casey Freemont turned me on to named Field Kallop. She was in my last show, and she grew up out here. Also, Tripoli Patterson’s brother, Jake.”
*East End inspiration “Jack Lenor Larsen is such an important icon in American design through his contributions and the way he looks at the world. [LongHouse Reserve] is one of the best-kept secrets in the Hamptons.”
*favorite beaches “I love to go to the beach. Some of my favorite beaches are Wiborg Beach and, now that we moved, I’ll probably be spending a little more time over by Sagg Main Beach. We have the most beautiful beaches in all of North America.”
*supporting local philanthropies “I’m starting to work with ARF, which is a great organization, and it has that little treasure shop on [Route] 27. I’ve also worked with LongHouse—it’s such an incredibly creative institution.”
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Zakin, 28, and Danielle Weisberg, 27. The site brings its now over 500,000 crazily loyal users (or “Skimm’rs”) all the information they need about the biggest stories happening around the world, but in a voice that sounds like it’s all coming from your best friend. The self-described news junkies first met while studying abroad in Rome (Zakin from UPenn and Weisberg from Tufts) then reconnected post-college when both ended up at NBC. “We loved our jobs,” says Weisberg. “But at the same time, we saw that the news industry was changing and we weren’t sure what our career paths were going to look like in the next five to 10 years.” Weisberg and Zakin knew they needed to do something different. Tapping into their social roles as “information concierges” for their smart, well-educated, but very busy friends—giving them the news of the day in a quick three minutes—theSkimm started to come together. In 2012 they quit their jobs, gave themselves two months to make it work, and mailed the first edition of Popular destination: theSkimm to pretty much every e-mail BookHampton: “There aren’t as address in their collective networks. “It many as there used grew really, really quickly,” says Zakin. “By to be, but it’s a day two we’d caused a debate and there favorite,” says Zakin. were three articles on Slate. On day four, we Cocktail of choice: were actually sitting at 30 Rock when Margaritas at The someone wrote on my Facebook page, ‘Just Blue Parrot saw you on the Today show.’ Hoda Kotb had Dining hot spots: mentioned theSkimm as one of her favorite Estia’s in Sag Harbor for something things. Within a few weeks we had 10,000 “low-key,” Vine subscribers.” Street Café, and Two years later, they’ve reached Bobby Van’s numbers that took popular newsletters like Daily Candy and Thrillist twice as long to hit. And this year Zakin and Weisberg are focused on growing even bigger. They are now a company of eight people (themselves included), but they still produce the catchy content themselves, and with their editorial team start writing around 4 PM every day… until the edition goes out at 6 AM . Regardless of their grueling schedules, the duo CARLY ZAKIN AND DANIELLE WEISBERG’S DAILY still finds time to relax at Zakin’s aunt’s home in NEWSLETTER, THESKIMM, OFFERS QUICK HITS OF THE DAY’S Southampton, cooking with finds from local BIGGEST NEWS STORIES. BY ABBY GARDNER farmers markets and taking in the outdoors. “Danielle is originally from Chicago so it’s been great to introduce her to the Hamptons and the hances are that while you’re standing in line at Joni’s any given places I’ve been going to since childhood,” says Zakin, who grew up weekday morning, the majority of the fashionable young women in Manhattan. They’ve even found the time to sneak in some binge around you are staring at their phones intently reading theSkimm watching (Orange Is the New Black and The Good Wife) and reading that isn’t work related (Gone Girl and The Fault in Our Stars). “I’m a little while waiting for their gluten-free wraps. In case you aren’t in the know, theSkimm is the rapidly growing (and very behind!” exclaims Weisberg. We’ll give them a pass—as long as we addictive) daily newsletter, launched by former NBC News employees Carly can keep getting our daily Skimm fix. theskimm.com H
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ity buyers are used to relatively simple real estate transac- casual approach, delivering the concierge-level service of a high-end tions—pass a co-op board here, snatch up air rights there—but Manhattan firm, but doing so in a pair of jeans out of an office on Main when it comes to navigating the zoning laws and architectural Street in Bridgehampton. review boards of the East End, it’s easy to feel lost at sea. Enter Adam The Adam Miller Group has come a long way since its humble Miller, the self-professed real estate fanatic whose Adam beginnings in 2007, when Miller and his lone employee Miller Group, PC, knows how to make you feel right at would work from his kitchen table (and try to keep his home. “We consider ourselves specialists and a bridge puppy from gnawing on files). Today, The Adam Miller between Manhattan and the Hamptons,” says Miller. Group, PC, is a thriving business of repeat customers, Favorite East End acreage: “I am A veteran of the prestigious Manhattan firm Proskauer referrals, and large New York City firms; he even opened captivated by Lily Rose LLP, Miller parlayed his years of experience worka second Suffolk County office in 2010 and will soon open Pond Lane and ing with high-net-worth clients (and their higher another in Miami. “Business is totally year-round now,” Further Lane; the expectations) into a new type of real estate law firm. he says. “You get to July 4 and people start realizing there air smells different “They want to reach out to someone they can trust,” says are only eight weeks [left in summer]. Then September down there.” Miller of his resort-town clients, “and what I wanted to people come out because the weather’s still gorgeous but Where to unwind: create was a product that gave the same sense of service farms are open. In the winter people assume that they can The golf course. “We have the best and expertise that I was able to give in the city.” get good deals because there aren’t that many people concentration of Still, whether a client calls for an acquisition, sale, leaslooking. And as the weather gets above freezing, people golf courses in the ing or financing, even the most discerning want to leave think about summer. There’s no down season anymore.” world in the those stuffy weekday pretensions behind when they head 2462 Main St., Ste. 7, Bridgehampton, 537-1155; adammiller Hamptons.” to their vacation home. For that reason, Miller adopts a group.com H
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Denise LeFrak Calicchio at Guild Hall next to artist Bernard (Tony) Rosenthal’s work, Cube, 1972; a view down Main Street in East Hampton.
High T on the Hamptons HIGH RISE LOW DOWN AUTHOR DENISE LEFRAK CALICCHIO KNOWS HER WAY AROUND BEAUTIFUL REAL ESTATE. HERE, SHE GIVES A TOUR OF THE HAMPTONS’ FINEST. AS TOLD TO JILL SIERACKI PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC STRIFFLER
he Hamptons holds a special place in my heart and so many fond memories for me. My first husband and I rented a very modern home on the beach in Sagaponack, designed by Raymond Hood, the principal architect for Rockefeller Center. The family dog used to run away on the beach and was only tempted back by some people treats. Since then, I have lived in Southampton and East Hampton—each town has a different personality and feeling. I enjoy entertaining at my home in East Hampton. I have a superb private chef in the summer, but I love to set the table with beautiful things, like fresh flowers, particularly in a palette of white and green. It’s simple but very elegant.
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Saturdays. We joined the Atlantic Golf Club when it was first being built—I think we were the 32nd members. The club is a great dimension to life in the Hamptons. I’m not that great a golfer, but I have fun. Just when I become frustrated I’ll hit my best shot and then I’m hooked again. I’ve spent a lot of time in Sag Harbor on my late-father Samuel LeFrak’s boat, The Jonathan III, at the SAG HARBOR YACHT CLUB. We’ve had so many happy memories of cruising as a family out on the water, sailing to Shelter Island for lunch. Or we would take the big lobster pot from the boat and cook lobster and corn on the beach. When the kids were little, I was constantly on the lookout so they wouldn’t fall overboard, but it was always a very unifying experience as a family. PARRISH ART MUSEUM is one of my continued on page 54
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LeFrak Calicchio at Atlantic Golf Club; Loaves & Fishes is famous for its quiches and smoked salmon; Bandier, which sells upscale workout clothes, is owned by LeFrak Calicchio’s daughter Jennifer.
continued from page 52 special stops in the Hamptons. The architecture is as amazing as the art. I greatly enjoyed the Alex Katz exhibit and I’ve attended several performances at the space. It has so much to offer. I can’t forget to mention GUILD HALL. The theater has a diversity of events, including ballet, concerts, and comedy nights, while the benefits range from golf outings to galas. On my way to our home in East Hampton, I always make a stop at LOAVES & FISHES GOURMET TAKE-OUT. We stock up on its chicken salad, quiches, smoked salmon, and Key lime pie. On the same street in Sagaponack is my favorite farmstand, PIKE FARMS. There is no flashy sign. The heaping piles of heirloom tomatoes and stacks of corn in August will identify this place for you. East Hampton is a treat to live in. After a day at GEORGICA BEACH , I sometimes go to Maryann Campo of WARREN TRICOMI for a blowout. Meanwhile, TRISH M C EVOY is filled with wonderful products and accessories. You can have your makeup done or learn how to use the products. Trish is a dear friend of mine and she taught me how to put on makeup. Now I use all her products, particularly the vitamin C cream, lipstick, foundation, concealer, and mascara; her brushes are fantastic, too.
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Atlantic Golf Club 1040 Scuttle Hole Road, Bridgehampton, 537-1818; atlanticgolf.org Bandier 44b Main St., Southampton, 212-488-4304; bandier.com Guild Hall 158 Main St., East Hampton, 324-0806; guildhall.org Loaves & Fishes Gourmet Take-Out 50 Sagg Main St., Sagaponack, 537-0555; landfcookshop.com
Also in Southampton, SANT AMBROEUS is an excellent restaurant with delicious Italian cuisine. I’m always watching what I’m eating, and I love its fish. When I’m feeling a little decadent, I have pasta there, particularly linguini with clams. Also, the pastries and gelato are just amazing. Everything on the menu is so fresh and so well prepared. But by far my most favorite store in the Hamptons is a new arrival, BANDIER (owned by my daughter Jennifer). She’s had this idea for a place where “fitness meets fashion” for two years—we’re all fitness fanatics in our family. I do a lot of weight training and aerobics—it’s part of my daily routine. Inside Bandier, the music that plays is so cool and the inspiration board is filled with great wisdom, like “Self- confidence is the best outfit; rock it and own it!” H
Parrish Art Museum 279 Montauk Hwy., Water Mill, 283-2118; parrishart.org Pike Farms 82 Sagg Main St., Sagaponack Sag Harbor Yacht Club 27 Bay St., Sag Harbor 725-0567; sagharboryc.com Sant Ambroeus 30 Main St., Southampton, 283-1233; santambroeus.com Trish McEvoy 28B Jobs Lane, Southampton, 488-4880; trishmcevoy.com Warren Tricomi 64 Park Pl., East Hampton, 324-3036; warrentricomi.com
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GEOrGICA fArM • east hampton village south Exclusive. Unique 1.88 acre property features a large antique dairy barn, large garage barn, 2 bedroom pool house, and heated 50’ pool with spa. Adjacent to open 16 acre protected meadow, this is an excellent renovation project. Alternatively, a new house of 9,400 sf may be constructed. $6,950,000. WEB# 24062. Shannan M. North ■ direct: 631.903.6174 ■ snorth@bhshamptons.com Peter M. Turino, President ■ direct: 631.903.6115 ■ pturino@bhshamptons.com
green top • 7 acre compound • 3 houses • southampton Co-Exclusive. Within moments of 3 renowned golf courses and Bullhead Bay, Green Top is a private magical 7± acre (9,200± sf of living space) compound with a 4-bedroom main house, 2 separate cottages, plus a 3-bedroom seasonal pool house. N/S tennis court, gunite pool, meadow, arbors, tree house and irrigation. Subdivision potential. WEB# 45852. Christine Sullivan Witker ■ direct: 631.204.2403 ■ cwitker@bhshamptons.com
All information is from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, prior sale or withdrawal without notice. All rights to content, photographs and graphics reserved to broker. Equal Housing Opportunity Broker. Brown Harris Stevens of the Hamptons, LLC. 27 Main Street East Hampton, NY 11937 • 631.324.6400
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Celebrating the art of Robert Motherwell and honoring Dr. Bruce Horten, the Guild Hall Summer Gala includes an exclusive preview of the exhibition followed by cocktails at a private home in Bridgehampton, dinner, and a live auction of works by Donald Baechler, Julian Schnabel, and John Waters. Finish the night with dancing to music by DJ Kiss. When: Friday, August 8 Where: Guild Hall, 158 Main St., East Hampton
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As part of the Celebrate Art! Cocktails & Art Talk event, acclaimed artist Brian Rutenberg will speak on “Painting My Life” at the Quogue Field Club Junior Sports Clubhouse. The following day will be the Annual Art Show & Sale on the Quogue Village Green; proceeds will benefit the Quogue Historical Society, which aims to preserve and interpret the history of Quogue. When: Friday, August 8 and Saturday, August 9
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JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, TO U R S , A N D WO R K S H O P S F O R T H E W H O L E F A M I LY I N C L U D I N G P O RT R A I T S O F L A DY G A G A B Y R O B E RT W I L S O N O N V I E W AT T H E WAT E R M I L L C E N T E R T H RO U G H S E P T E M B E R 1 4
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Hamptonites are invited to the fifth annual Be Our Guest Gala: An Evening Under the Stars, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at a private waterfront estate. Organized by the Advisory Council to benefit Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, the main gala is followed by smaller, private dinners at individual residences. When: Friday, August 8 Where: Private residence, Dune Road, Quogue Contact: whbpac.org
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Enjoy a special evening in the Hamptons with Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton in support of the work of the Clinton Foundation, which has built innovative partnerships among governments, businesses, NGOs, and private citizens to strengthen health systems in developing countries, fight climate change, expand economic opportunity around
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the world, and help Americans live healthier lives. To date, the members of the Clinton Global Initiative have made more than 2,800 Commitments to Action, which have improved the lives of more than 430 million people in more than 180 countries. When: Saturday, August 9 Where: The home of Joan and George Hornig, Water Mill Contact: clintonfoundation.org
EAST HAMPTON LIBRARY The 10th Annual Authors Night benefit is a fundraiser to benefit the East Hampton Library. Meet authors such as Eric Asimov, Ben Bradlee Jr., Nelson DeMille, Florence Fabricant, Alice McDermott, and Jessica Soffer; a series of private dinners will follow. When: Saturday, August 9 Where: The Gardiner Farm, 36 James Lane, East Hampton Contact: easthamptonlibrary.org
EVELYN ALEXANDER WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER The Get Wild annual summer benefit will be hosted by April Gornick and Eric Fischl at their home in North Haven. Honorary cochairs include actor Steve Martin and his wife, Anne Stringfield; Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick; Carey Lowell; and Hilaria and Alec Baldwin. Designer Isaac Mizrahi is a special guest host. The event honors the Marder family, Jane Gill, and Dr. Jonathan Turetsky and the Veterinary Clinic of East Hampton. When: Saturday, August 9 Where: Private residence, North Haven Contact: wildliferescuecenter.org
PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE Physicians Committee President Neal Barnard, MD, and members of this national nonprofit will gather at the home of Amagansett resident John Bradham to support efforts that put a new focus on health and compassion. Guests at the Passion for Compassion benefit will be treated to gourmet plant-based hors d’oeuvres from Suite ThreeOhSix, desserts by Vegan Treats, and cocktails. Enjoy music by DJ Stretch Armstrong and a silent auction. When: Saturday, August 9 Where: Home of John Bradham, Amagansett Contact: pcrm.org/hamptons
LUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Join the Lung Cancer Research Foundation for Strides for Life, a three-mile run/walk around Lake Agawam as well as a fun run for kids. The event has raised more than $3 million for lung cancer research. When: Sunday, August 10 Where: Lake Agawam, Southampton Contact: lungfund.org
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Mural Fragment by Robert Motherwell, 1950. INSET: Robert Motherwell.
In the Abstract A NEW EXHIBIT OPENING THIS WEEKEND AT GUILD HALL EXPLORES THE EARLY WORK OF EAST HAMPTON ARTIST ROBERT MOTHERWELL AND KICKS OFF THE CULTURAL CENTER’S SUMMER GALA. BY STEPHANIE MURG
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Focused on 25 important works from major museums and private collections, the show promises to surprise even those who think they understand Motherwell and his pioneering abstraction. “Motherwell was almost Zelig-like,” says art historian and critic Phyllis Tuchman, who organized the exhibition. “His time in the Hamptons is bookended by his going off to teach at Black Mountain College and Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock living in his rental as they look for the house on Fireplace Road. And then the last summer he owned his house, [Willem] de Kooning was using it.” Along the way there were chess matches with artist Max Ernst, encounters with composer John Cage, alcohol-fueled all-night conversations with poet Harold Rosenberg, and continued on page 60
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“I did some of the best work of my life [in East Hampton].” —ROBERT MOTHERWELL notes Tuchman. “He worked automatically—with the technique of a Surrealist but the mind-set of a Cubist and then approached it as an abstract painter.” In the brutal black-on-white forms of At Five in the Afternoon (1948-49), on loan from the foundation of Helen Frankenthaler (his third wife), one sees the first of the “Spanish Elegy” series that preoccupied Motherwell from the 1950s until his death in 1991. He began developing the theme while in East Hampton, as an illustrated poem by Rosenberg intended for the cover of the never-published second issue of the art journal Possibilities. Limited in palette by plans to reproduce the cover in black and white, he spent weeks perfecting the balance of tones, the weight of the paint, later concluding, “I really conceived something that worked beautifully in black and white.” When asked to reflect upon the years he spent in East Hampton, he replied, “I did some of the best work of my life there.” “Celebrating Robert Motherwell: The East Hampton Years, 1944– 1952” is on display August 9 through October 13 at Guild Hall, 158 Main St., East Hampton, 324-0806; guildhall.org. H
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continued from page 58 the first two of his four wives: Maria Ferreira and Betty Little. Motherwell and Ferreira arrived in Amagansett in the summer of 1944, paying $35 for a summer rental before spending the fall and winter shuttling between Manhattan and a house on East Hampton’s Main Street. It was a breakthrough year for the Washington-born artist, who was educated at Stanford, followed by brief stints as a graduate student at Harvard and later Columbia. The Museum of Modern Art acquired his 1943 collage Pancho Villa, Dead and Alive, and he had his first New York solo exhibition at Peggy Guggenheim’s Art of This Century gallery. Meanwhile, he began editing the multivolume Documents of Modern Art anthology series, a full set of which will be on view at Guild Hall thanks to East Hampton resident Caroline Adler, the daughter of copublisher Heinz Schultz. Shortly after the 1946 death of his father, a bank president who never quite recovered from the Great Depression, Motherwell invested what he described as a “tiny inheritance”—around $800—in a two-acre plot of land at the corner of Jericho Lane and Georgica Road in East Hampton. Having befriended Chareau after an introduction by author Anaïs Nin, he called on the architect to design a home and studio. The plan was to economize by outfitting two Army surplus Quonset huts with cinderblocks and glass. “It looked like the bargain of a lifetime,” says Tuchman, “Except Chareau was a perfectionist and all of the details had to be made to order, so it went far over the initial cost estimates.” The squat home, which was demolished in 1985, is represented in the exhibition by a scale model. Leo Castelli and Ileona Sonnabend soon moved in across the street, and Motherwell introduced the art dealers to the American crowd. Having studied with Surrealist Kurt Seligmann, Motherwell was a vital link between European artists and those of the emergent New York School. “The Surrealists were real comrades,” said Motherwell in a 1971 interview. “So if you knew one, pretty soon, you’d know them all.” And while he spoke French, he attributed the connection to a shared intellectual zeal and his own fascination with the Surrealists’ aesthetic based on free association. “What I realized was that Americans potentially could paint like angels but that there was no creative principle around, so everybody who liked modern art was copying it,” he continued. “And all we needed was a creative principle… something that would mobilize this capacity to paint in a creative way, and that’s what Europe had that we hadn’t had.” The works at Guild Hall, including masterpieces The Voyage (1949) and The Homely Protestant (1948), trace Motherwell’s grappling for such a new way. “Motherwell painted over and over what he had on each picture,”
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Reeled In EXECUTIVE CHEF ALEXANDER LEHNEN INTRODUCES THE HAMPTONS TO A DELICIOUS ARRAY OF UNHEARD OF—BUT CRAVEABLE AND SUSTAINABLE—DISHES AT KATANA ON SHELTER ISLAND. BY GARY WALTHER PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC STRIFFLER
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ou can’t always get what you want at Katana on Shelter Island—ahi tuna, onagi, and hamachi are among the verboten dishes—but you can get what Executive Chef Alexander Lehnen thinks you need: cuisine with a conscience. Which is to say “sustainable sushi,” meaning species taken only from healthy fisheries. Here, “arctic char is the new salmon,” according to Lehnen, and walu (Hawaiian escolar) is the fish he thinks you never knew you craved. Given that Katana, in the hotel La Maison Blanche, is the only restaurant on Shelter Island that serves sushi and that Lehnen’s client base consists of some of the quietest big money in the Hamptons makes his stand even more notable. The first Darwinian law of the restaurant business, after all, is exploit your niche while you can, and the second is give your customers what they want, especially if they’re used to being told, “Yes, of course.” But Lehnen is a hard-to-classify species: Born in Germany, but boardingschooled in America (he speaks English with just a wisp of an accent), Lehnen is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music (jazz drums and piano); a continued on page 64
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: La Maison Blanche and the front terrace of Katana; salmon sashimi with goat cheese and sweet Maui onion sauce; bulgogi Korean beef tacos with a side of kimchi. INSET: Mango crème brûlée.
continued from page 63 journeyman bar and nightclub entrepreneur (remember Aura in the Flatiron District or Burger Bar & Fish in Aspen?); and a chef whose nickname is Alex Von Salad, a moniker from the days he produced salad dressings. He has a fullback physique, but he’s nimble: A week after he heard from a Shelter Island friend that the La Maison Blanche restaurant was empty, he signed a lease for Katana. And he is an acolyte of Bun Lai. Exactly my thought: who? Bun Lai, chef at Miya’s Sushi in New Haven, is an ambassadorial presence in the sustainable fish movement. (Lehnen met Lai at a “wholesome wave” fundraiser through Michael Nischan.) Bun Lai self-supplies his restaurant by diving and fishing 100 yards off Connecticut’s Thimble Islands, but it’s his “invasive species menu” that seems to come closest to Lehnen’s mentality: Use your kitchen for good. Eating at Miya’s in 2011 was, says Lehnen, “a conversion experience,” and he flew his sushi chef from Aspen to New Haven to get the religion. “In my world, Bun Lai is the sushi priest,” he says. Lehnen bases his sushi and other fish dishes on the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch list. Many of the species he serves are wild, and he uses the East
Here, arctic char is the new salmon, and walu is the fish chef Alexander Lehnen thinks you never knew you craved. End as a major Katana fishing hole: The fluke, black sea bass, porgy, and striped bass (in season) are all local. But he doesn’t shirk from sustainable and farm-raised (the New Zealand oro salmon) from approved sources. He says that the mentality carries over to the meat side of the menu (the grilled rib eye is superb): “It comes from happy animals.” Still, it’s an uphill fight: “The common diner wants tuna and salmon, which makes it hard,” he says. “They get aggressive.” (He cites what happened when his mentor removed freshwater eel from his sushi restaurant’s menu: “Guests walked out fuming.”) A katana is a curved, slender, single-edged sword, with a grip made to accommodate two hands—the signature weapon of a samurai in feudal Japan. Its namesake restaurant is a hybrid in many ways too; the menu is half sushi and half inspired by Indonesian and Thai cuisines. (The chef de cuisine, Kiki Abdat, is Indonesian.) Special sashimi is far from purist—the salmon rendition with goat cheese and sweet Maui onion sauce is a curveball mélange of bitter, nutty, and sweet—but the rice is, a mix of quinoa, brown millet, and Japanese black rice. The wine list cherry-picks from Europe and America: The Pouilly-Vinzelles goes perfectly with the salmon and black sea bass, and the Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne continued on page 66
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continued from page 64 Rouge and the Marcato Cabernet Franc, a surprise, pairs perfectly with the mild Penang curry. There’s a bikini-body niche in the akuma chicken salad, a fine orchestration of vegetables and fruit with grilled chicken moderately spiced, and sports-bar guy niches in the rock shrimp, vegetable stir-fry, and bulgogi (Korean beef taco—“gourmet street food,” says Lehnen). As for the setting, this conscience-fusion place occupies a rambling space—two porch dining areas, an inside dining room, a private dining room, and a bar lounge—in the eight-room La Maison Blanche, a low-slung remnant (now updated inside) of East End hotels, before the sparkling new boutique properties came to town. Katana, La Maison Blanche, 11 Stearns Point Road, Shelter Island Heights, 749-5659 H
Life Is a Banquet BARNEYS’ CREATIVE DIRECTOR SIMON DOONAN DISHES ON THE HAMPTONS’ BEST FOR FASHION, FRIENDS, AND FOOD.
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COCKTAIL LIST The simple syrup is made in-house, the juices are pureéd daily, the ingredients are seasonal, and the emphasis is on fresh and refreshing. “You don’t want to overpower the diner,” says mixologist Reavely Bell. The most popular cocktail is the Thai basil smash, a nice summer lashing of Grey Goose, cucumber juice, basil, and lime. East meets West in the Milago tequila, made with Avion Silver, jalapeñocilantro syrup, and Cointreau, and “if you’re a drinker’s drinker,” says Bell, you’ll go for The Last Word, a pre-Prohibition cocktail with Chartreuse, Luxardo Maraschino, lime, and Plymouth gin. Don’t overlook the two beers: The Hefeweizen, which has a singular stonefruit aftertaste, comes from the Weihenstephan Brewery in Germany, and the Jever Pilsener, from an upstart house founded in 1848.
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I love taking iPhone pictures of people taking iPhone pictures of people taking iPhone pictures of the incredible sunsets here. I am a teetotaler, but my drinking pals tell me the wine selection is “off the chizzy.” 39 Gann Road, East Hampton, 329-3663; baykitchenbar.com
The Crow’s Nest Spring artichoke risotto and a fire pit— does it get any groovier? 4 Old West Lake Dr., Montauk, 668-2077; crowsnestmtk.com
Estia’s Little Kitchen Estia’s is a year-round favorite for Jonathan [Adler] and me. Who doesn’t love a breakfast burrito? Did you know that black beans have more fiber than any other food in the continued on page 68
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Tempting fare from The Crow’s Nest; Simon Doonan.
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Katana’s Bom Dia made with Leblon cachaca, fresh blackberries, ginger syrup, and lime.
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Shuko’s 50 Shades of Jade (LEFT) and Get Your Kimono cocktails. ABOVE: Moby’s in East Hampton.
continued from page 66 history of mankind? It is so important to stay “regular.” 1615 Bridgehampton Sag Harbor Tpk., Sag Harbor, 725-1045; estiaslittlekitchen.com
Moby’s I’m mad for the whole black sea bass, grilled asparagus, and charred lemon; the kale salad; and tuna crudo. Moby’s is the perfect place to wear a vintage hippie dashiki and pair of Birkenstocks— and that’s just the men! 341 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, 527-5388; mobysny.com
Shuko I love a sushi situation; I just have a hard time saying “sushi situation” without losing my dentures. I hear Shuko’s signature drink, 50 Shades of Jade, is to die for—just hold the rum for
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Vine Street Café Vine Street Café is the best restaurant in the Hamptons, if you count Shelter Island as part of the Hamptons, which we do. The food is great but the best part about it is that I get to see all my South Fork pals who schlep over to escape the Hamptons dining frenzy. 41 S. Ferry Road, Shelter Island, 749-3210; vinestreetcafe.com H
Decide which Southside story you prefer: some say the refreshing, summer-worthy mix of gin, sugar, citrus, and mint was created by New York’s 21 Club, where it was served martini-style. Others put the origins on Chicago’s South Side, where Prohibitionera mobsters drank their illicit hooch in tall glasses filled with ice. But the earliest—and most compelling—story that mentions the Southside is set at the Southside Sportsmen’s Club in Long Island during the 1890s, when fizz-style cocktails were at the peak of their popularity; it was called the Southside Fizz. Topped up with fizzy soda water (a must to make it a true Long Island-style Southside), this drink would have been welcome refreshment after a summer sporting match. Sadly, the Southside Sportsmen’s Club doesn’t exist anymore, but its legacy lives on at country clubs across the Hamptons in the form of the Southside cocktail. In an effort to make the cocktail more accessible to East Enders, event designer and Arrowhead Farms Provisions creator and founder Bronson van Wyck has now added Dark Harbor Southside Mix to his line of cocktail mixes and salad dressings. Named for Maine’s exclusive Dark Harbor Club, the libation rounds out a list of four other cocktail mixes (Hellfire Club Bloody Mary, Spitfire Margarita, Giovanni’s Nectar of the Gods Bellini, Mexican House Margarita), and is designed to mix with gin, club soda (of course), and fresh-picked mint leaves. “I wanted to create a cocktail that really championed gin,” explains van Wyck of his inspiration. “So many are hesitant to drink gin but it’s really the jewel of the liquor cabinet. Lemon and mint provide the perfect mix to savor the flavors of summer.” The 25-ounce bottles are available at Loaves & Fishes in Sagaponack, East Hampton’s General Home Store, Cavaniola’s in Sag Harbor, and Round Swamp Farm in Bridgehampton; as well as via delivery service South Fork & Spoon (southforkandspoon.com).
Dark Harbor Southside Mix is named for Maine’s Dark Harbor Club.
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East End eventeur Bronson van Wyck crafts a refreshing gin cocktail mix ideal for Long Island summers. BY KARA NEWMAN
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THE DISH
Bits of Bites THESE INNOVATIVE HORS D’OEUVRES FROM SOME OF THE EAST END’S MOST NOTABLE CATERERS ARE THE RECIPE FOR THE ULTIMATE HAMPTONS COCKTAIL PARTY. BY MATTHEW WEXLER
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ur culinary philosophy is simple: We want our guests to delight in and recognize that our food sets us apart,” says owner, caterer, and chef Simon Sheridan of Exquisite Food (827-6000, hamptons exquisitefood.com), who brings global influences to his array of delicacies made from the finest local and organic ingredients. Standout dishes include a shiitake mushroom stack, layered with a round of fresh fig, goat cheese, toasted hazelnuts, and roasted sweet onion; sautéed soft shell crab, quartered and served with spicy remoulade; and tuna tartare, topped with lemon cream sauce and served in endive spears or meticulously portioned on cucumber or daikon rounds. Andrea Correale founded Elegant Affairs (324-9825, elegantaffairs caterers.com) as a small start-up, but the business has blossomed to now inhabit a 9,000-square-foot culinary center with a staff of 40 with a niche for creating signature items on-trend for shifting dietary preferences. English cucumber cups with cilantro lime lobster salad are a healthy but flavorpacked alternative to the traditional carb- and mayo-heavy lobster roll. Miniature Baja fish tacos with grilled corn and chipotle pico de gallo offer Southwestern flavors with a touch of heat, while watermelon feta stacks with balsamic glaze are a refreshing palate cleanser. Christopher Robbins of Robbins Wolfe Eventeurs (537-1926, robbins wolfe.com) has been catering in the Hamptons for more than 25 years. “If you have a fun crowd, it’ll be a terrific party.” Fun food helps, too. Robbins’s
whimsical creations include Greek salad on a stick composed of yellow pear tomatoes, feta, Greek olives, and cucumber; and lavender- and fennel pollen-crusted yellowfin tuna with sun-dried cherry relish, skewered and served like a lollipop. On occasion, comfort food reigns supreme, and hand-cut Belgian frites with truffled artichoke pesto mayo—served in paper cones—provide just the right portion. Translating bold and/or familiar flavors into bite-size delicacies is the specialty of Honest Catering (324-6932, honest-catering.com), the off-site branch of East End favorites Nick & Toni’s, Rowdy Hall, La Fondita, and Townline BBQ. Chef Joseph Realmuto is tasked with miniaturizing restaurant staples such as arancini (crispy risotto balls filled with fontina and served with tomato jam) or the cóctel de mariscos, a riff on the classic shrimp cocktail but with a Mexican twist. Served in a small cocktail glass, the popular hors d’oeuvre includes local clams, jicama, chili, cilantro, and fresh lime. Chefs and co-owners Cheryl Stair and John Kowalenko of Art of Eating (267-2411, hamptonsartofeating.com) offer Asian-style bites in the form of steamed vegetable dumplings that have been seasoned with a touch of sesame oil and tamari, then served on sesame seeds or chive shoots for easy handling. For guests who favor the grill, the duo created pink peppercorn-marinated mozzarella balls wrapped in prosciutto and blanched romaine that can withstand the heat of an open flame while still retaining the delicate composition of the hidden ball of cheese. H
The shiitake mushroom stack, with fig, goat cheese, toasted hazelnuts, and roasted sweet onion from Exquisite Food.
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CHEF’S TABLE
Catch and Cook! SEAFOOD EXTRAORDINAIRE CHEF DAVID PASTERNACK CELEBRATES THE EAST END’S BOUNTY WITH FUSILLI WITH SURF CLAMS. BY SCOTT FELDMAN
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1 lb. fusilli pasta 6 surf clams, shucked, cleaned, sliced into bite-size pieces, juices reserved 4 oz. parsley leaves 1 jalapeño, sliced into rings 3 tbsp. olive oil, plus more to finish Salt and pepper to taste 10 oz. tomato sauce
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ontauk, Orient Point, Artie’s South Shore Fish Market, and some other hidden gems have been a 40-year love affair for chef David Pasternack. Having just launched his newest Manhattan restaurant Barchetta, the seafood master and fishing enthusiast still thinks the East End is the perfect catch. What brings you out to the East End? I’ve
been fishing in Montauk for 40 years, and it still keeps me coming back. Any favorite fishing spots? My favorite spots are Montauk and Orient Point. Are you a catch-and-release or catch-and-cook kind of guy? Catch and cook. What is your favorite fish to cook? That’s a tough question. Some fish are better at certain times of year, based on seasonality. For the summer, I’ve been eating a lot of striped bass.
In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add jalapeño with a pinch of salt and heat slowly until softened. Add the tomato sauce and bring to a simmer. In a large pot of salted water, cook pasta one minute less than the package directions. Add to the tomato sauce with the parsley. Simmer sauce for one minute to reduce slightly. Add clams and 2 tbsp. reserved clam juice. Toss with olive oil, salt and pepper. Serve in warmed pasta bowls.
FOR THE TOMATO SAUCE 6 15 oz. cans of whole San Marzano tomatoes 1 Spanish onion, diced small 1 carrot, peeled and grated on a microplane 1 piece celery, grated on a microplane 2 tbsp. of garlic, finely chopped 4 tbsp. of olive oil Salt and pepper In a large saucepot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, carrot, and celery. Season with salt and pepper. Slowly heat vegetables until soft. Add tomatoes, crushing them as you add them to the pan. Cook over low heat for one hour, stirring often. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat, cool, and reserve. Go to hamptons-magazine. com/dining for an extra recipe.
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Where do you go for fish when you’re not cooking? I have a buddy who has a fish market
and restaurant called Artie’s South Shore Fish Market in Island Park. What is on your menu for a summer dinner party? Striped bass, fluke, sea bass, tuna, and swordfish. And to drink? I like Aperol and rosé in the summer. Where do you shop on the East End?
Farmers markets are my favorite places, absolutely. I can buy anything when I’m out here. If you weren’t a chef, what would you be? I don’t know, because it’s all I’ve been my whole life. It’s what I’m passionate about. If you could cook with anyone for anybody, who would it be? If I had no boundaries, I would cook with Jean-Louis Palladin for Ozzy Osbourne. What is something no one knows about you? I’m a
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reasures “Life on the beach and the water is really in my blood,” says designer Nili Lotan.
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Bohemian Rhapsody FASHION DESIGNER NILI LOTAN CHANNELS HER UPBRINGING ON THE BEACHES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN INTO AN ETHEREAL COLLECTION OF EAST HAMPTON STAPLES IN CUSTOM-CRAFTED HUES. BY JULIE EARLE LEVINE PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC STRIFFLER
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sraeli-born designer Nili Lotan’s Summer collection is made for the Hamptons—flowing shirtdresses, embroidered blouses, soft navy and whitestriped sweaters, and swishy, easy silk camisole dresses (Julianne Moore is a fan of Lotan’s brand). “You spend more time in everyday clothes,” says Lotan of her casual collection that’s been enthusiastically received since she launched her first Hamptons store three years ago. Lotan says the process to create the current collection included her own blend of color. “This season I’ve created a range of indigo blues,” she says. “I might buy this great vintage book from the 1950s and love the green cover. My fabric starts white and then after the garment is made, I dip it into the color.” This custom color palette can be seen in many pieces in Lotan’s line, including her popular cami dress, which the artisan favors in gold, silver, and army green. “Women in the Hamptons come in and buy 10 dresses at a time, in 10 colors,” says Lotan. “These shorts do not look too pristine or new,” she says citing a particular pair in an army-green hue. “I also put in stones [when I dip-dye] so the fabric takes the color differently.” After 20 years designing for an array of other labels, including Nautica, Adrienne Vittadini, Liz Clairborne, and Ralph Lauren, Lotan launched her Nili Lotan’s Summer collection includes flowing shirtdresses, soft sweaters, and embroidered blouses.
namesake brand a decade ago with just three styles of exquisitely tailored pants and two jackets. “I was ready to express my individuality in a different way, which came across as being free, in both my personal life and in work,” she says. The Hamptons has been a favorite destination for years. “I grew up in a beach town, Netanya, on the shores of the Mediterranean,” Lotan recalls. “I would come back from school, put my bag down, and put on my bikini and head to the shore. The life on the beach and the water is really in my blood.” That beach-chic lifestyle is reflected in Lotan’s personal favorites from her collection, such as the ribbon-tie halter maxi or the sexy beach dress. Its sheer fabric is perfect for showing off swimsuits; Lotan has it in white, navy, black, orange, and turquoise. For a weekend on the East End, Lotan recommends her Bohemian dress and top and her lightweight boyfriend linen sweater; she recently wore the sweater over a bathing suit for a weekend in Montauk. “I try to be in my store every day—I love it,” says Lotan. “Many designers who are in studio are never seeing the customer, but to me, it is a real thrill.” In the East Hampton boutique, Lotan also offers a highly edited collection of one-of-a-kind vintage jewelry, including pieces from her personal cache. “I’ve been collecting vintage jewelry from the 1950s, including Native American beaded necklaces,” says Lotan, who wears minimal jewelry—a simple engagement ring that was her mother-in-law’s ring for 50 years, and one bracelet. “I find it hard to part with [pieces from my collection] but I do.” 38 Main St., East
Hampton, 329-8338; nililotan.com H Indigo and white floral block print scarf ($122). ABOVE: Woven bracelets ($42–$64).
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This classic Underwood typewriter from children’s author Kathleen Karr, cousin of co-owner Kathryn Szoka, emphasizes the shop’s focus on literary arts and the creative process.
Novel Approach SAG HARBOR’S CANIO’S BOOKS IS A BELOVED LANDMARK FOR BIBLIOPHILES AND WORDSMITHS THROUGHOUT THE EAST END. BY CARRIE DOYLE PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC STRIFFLER
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f location scouts for a Hollywood movie were searching the country for the quintessential small-town bookstore that encompasses everything that our fading memories of them typify, then Canio’s Books would be the answer to their dreams. Set just a bit off the beaten path, Canio’s Main Street address is a tad misleading; the store is situated several blocks away from the hustle and bustle of downtown. And what makes the shop so genuine is the very fact that it is the antithesis of a slick Hollywood production, lacking the jazzy bells and whistles (coffee bars, track lighting, glossy professionally printed posters and catalogs announcing upcoming author appearances) that we have come to take for granted as part of a bookstore. There is nothing antiseptic or franchised about Canio’s. Here, strewn on
top of uneven floorboards dappled with small and colorful area rugs, are various sized and shaped shelves crammed with stacks and stacks of books, primarily new, with a focus on literary fiction, but also including an ample variety of used books as well. The cozy and quiet atmosphere makes you want to select a favorite paperback and sit right down and enjoy it on the spot. And on your way out, you’ll also want to grab a Xeroxed flyer announcing upcoming events. But it’s not just a singular focus on books that makes Canio’s feel authentic and like a true “independent” (do you remember when we didn’t have to use that word as a clarifier?). In fact, besides the books, Canio’s also has a small continued on page 78
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Canio’s is crammed with shelves of books, both new and used; located away from downtown Sag Harbor, Canio’s remains the sole village bookstore; co-owner Maryann Calendrille loves “books that are really well written.”
“We offer a place for people to come and be inspired.”
continued from page 76 art gallery that highlights local artists and dips its toe into the merchandising pond by offering a few racks of greeting cards, reading glasses, and literaryminded T-shirts and totes. Yet, it’s something else entirely in Canio’s that reminds you what a bookstore should be. “We offer a place for people to come be inspired,” explains Maryann Calendrille, co-owner of Canio’s, as she sits nestled in one of the armchairs adjacent to the current photography exhibit, with her mug of tea. “There is stiff competition from Internet sales, but at the same time, people are coming to value a real bookstore. Sag Harbor Village has gone from having five bookstores to only one. The value of a bookshop is that it is a place for people to meet and learn about new things and new books. The opportunities to do that have become fewer and fewer, so now we’re a destination.” Founded 34 years ago by Canio Pavone, English teacher Calendrille and photographer Kathryn Szoka purchased the bookstore from him in 1999. “We were both customers and loved what Canio was doing. He was going to close the store, which would have been a loss for the community, so we took a leap of faith and bought it. Canio was very helpful in getting us [on our feet].” Although it has a devout following, particularly among local authors such as Alan Furst, Louis Begley, Lucette Lagnado, James Salter, Grace Schulman, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Schultz, it still requires innovation and skill to keep Canio’s relevant. Besides the weekly author
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readings, the bookstore presents a series of writing workshops, including many taught by Calendrille herself, whose memoir and short story classes have taken off. Founder Pavone, who still remains involved in the bookstore, hosted a very successful “Introduction to Dante” session this past winter, and in September, Ellen Silver will host three sessions on the “International Perspective of Women in Literature.” Jazz concerts have also become a draw, and Szoka, a fine-arts photographer whose naturalist pictures are presented for sale, teaches photography classes as well. In addition, the store proffers an e-book service in which customers can special-order books through a certain platform. At the end of the day, it’s also the personalized service—something you can’t get online—that stands out. Advice on notable new books (“My passion is books that are really well written, and that’s what I highlight,” explains Calendrille), an opportunity to poke around the shelves, and an update on what’s happening in Sag Harbor are all part of the experience. “People are realizing how rare and special and important a bookstore is in a community,” says Calendrille. “They want to keep us here, and that’s great.” 290 Main St., Sag Harbor, 725-4926; caniosbooks.com H
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STYLE SPOTLIGHT Hand-knit popcornstitch turtleneck sweater, 525 America ($198).
Reed Krakoff hosts the line’s inaugural weekend pop-up in East Hampton. Reed Krakoff is finally bringing his eternally elegant offerings to brand devotees in the Hamptons via his first East End pop-up, held at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller. The threeday-long event will offer an expansive selection of ready-to-wear, shoes, jewelry, and handbags from the Pre-Fall and Fall/Winter collections; a portion of the proceeds from the first day’s sales will benefit the Southampton Fresh Air Home, a summer camp experience for physically challenged children. Reed Krakoff at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 87 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, 324-5511; reedkrakoff.com
FROM TOP: T pin pendant ($690); Krush bag ($1,290), Reed Krakoff.
Perfect Pairing A PHILANTHROPIC CONNECTION MAKES THE SEASON’S ULTIMATE SWEATER EVEN SWEETER. TO CELEBRATE ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY, 525 America collaborated with Hamptons magazine on a sweater that celebrates some of the East End’s most alluring attributes—a laid-back sense of style and a desire to give back. “The [sweaters] are the epitome of what we started 30 years ago and [represent] what we are today,” says Bobby Bock, a Long Island native who cofounded the womenswear brand with his wife, Marianne. Twenty percent of the proceeds from sales of the hand-knit fisherman-style turtlenecks will benefit The Max Cure Foundation, a New York-based philanthropy that funds research for pediatric cancers. Available at Gloria Jewel in Bridgehampton, Amagansett, and Westhampton Beach; Waves in Bridgehampton and Montauk; Mint in Mattituck,Westhampton Beach, and Stony Brook; Summer Stock in Montauk; Dee Jay’s in Southampton; and Obligato in East Hampton.
PEDAL READY Prada updates a classic. With its Driving collection, Prada is bringing splashy colors to a style steeped in tradition. The shoes, which are made from a range of materials including Saffiano leather and suede, are born out of a 200-step process led by a single artisan shoemaker. Each shoe is assembled by hand with individually sewn stitches. While the color palette is entirely modern (options include red, yellow, and green), the craftsmanship is blessedly oldschool. Americana Manhasset, 2060 Northern Blvd., 516-365-9700; prada.com H
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arjorie Gubelmann was a regular on the philanthropy circuit and appeared on Vanity Fair’s International BestDressed List when she started the home fragrance line Vie Luxe in 2004. But the business’s success—it’s currently carried in more than 1,500 shops, apothecaries, and hotels around the world—didn’t dissuade her from further reinventing her résumé. A former college radio jock with a love of The Cure, Gubelmann found herself gravitating toward the DJ booth. A second career bloomed and soon she was in high demand, spinning for A-list parties under the moniker DJ Mad Marj. Here, the multitalented Gubelmann, who lives with her son, Cyrus, in Southampton, shares some of her can’t-miss spots. “The food in the restaurant is consistent and delicious,” she says of Sant Ambroeus (30 Main St., Southampton, 283-1233; santambroeus.com). “The counter is a must-visit with my son for ice cream. I have a coffee and people watch all the chic Euros in town!” Gubelmann also frequents Almond (1 Ocean Road, Bridgehampton, 5375665; almondnyc.com): “I have been going there for over 10 years and love the food, the crowd,
and the [co-]owner, Eric.” Another top pick is Sushi Zuki (688 Montauk Hwy., Water Mill, 7264600), which is “simple and delicious. The decor is perfect, and it is packed for a reason—it’s great!” When it comes to fashion, the impeccably styled Gubelmann relies on a stable of local clothiers, including Tory Burch (47 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, 907-9150; toryburch.com). “[Burch’s clothes are] chic and stylish and take me anywhere I need to go,” she says. Another perennial favorite is Michael Kors (30 Main St., Southampton, 283-2633; michaelkors.com). “He’s my ‘king of American sportswear.’” Joe Fresh (66 Jobs Lane, Southampton, 287-7982; joe fresh.com) is a stop for “perfect, chic casual wear that is designed really well at affordable prices— cashmere sweaters, dresses, straw hats—just what I need.” Other basics can be found at J. Crew (84B Main St., Southampton, 287-2869; jcrew.com).
“Homenature is where I always go for hostess presents.” —MARJORIE GUBELMANN
“The Southampton store has a mix of men’s, women’s, and Crew Cuts for my son… I can do [all my shopping] in one place!” she explains. Gubelmann relies on crisp clean, sisal rugs, blue and white ceramics, and cabbage plates to inject the spirit of the Hamptons into her home. Orsman Design (88 Mariner Dr., Southampton, 259-3836; orsmandesign.com) is a go-to for indoor and outdoor lighting, and she commissioned Homenature (6 Main St., Southampton, 2876277; homenature.com) to create sofas for her living room. “[I am] thrilled to receive anything from this store. It is where I always go for hostess presents.” Hollis, Reh & Shariff (2 Jobs Lane, Southampton, 283-6653; hollisrehandshariff.com) is in a class of its own; there’s “no better selection of proper vintage jewelry,” she says. But Gubelmann’s most treasured piece is a pin given to her by her grandmother, which she calls her Gubel-pretzel. “It is essentially the Gubelmann crest (we were too nouveau for a real crest, so we made one up), and it is made from rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. I wear it all the time. Nate Berkus calls me Madeleine Albright when I wear it!” H
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From Baume & Mercier, the all-new Promesse collection, that was several years in the making, makes its retail debut this month. This two-tone Promesse with oval and round shapes ($4,490) is crafted in stainless steel and red gold. London Jewelers, 2 Main St, East Hampton, 329-3939; baume-et-mercier.com. This Movado Concerto watch ($1,495) is crafted in stainless steel and gold-plated accent bracelet links. The 26.5mm watch features a silver soleil dial with diamond markers. Tourneau, Roosevelt Field, 630 Old Country Rd, Garden City, 516-873-0209; movado.com. This David Yurman Classic watch ($5,000) is crafted in stainless steel and 18k yellow gold. The 38mm watch houses a quartz movement. Americana Manhasset, 2060 Northern Blvd., 516-627-1700; davidyurman.com. From Alor, this 1979 watch ($995) features a double bezel crafted in stainless steel case and rose PVD. The mother-of-pearl dial features diamond markers. Nordstrom, Roosevelt Field, 630 Old Country Road, Garden City, 516-746-0011; alor.com Devereaux vanity tray, Ralph Lauren ($295). 31-33 Main St., East Hampton, 324-1222; ralphlaurenhome.com. Gardenia Rattan eau de parfum ($110) and oval minaudière, AERIN ($700). 83 Main St., Southampton, 353-3773; aerin.com. 18k white-gold L’Heure Du Diamant earrings, Chopard (price on request). London Jewelers, 2 Main St., East Hampton, 329-3939; londonjewelers.com. Fifi slip, Agent Provacateur ($240). Bonne Nuit, 55 Main St., East Hampton, 324-7273; agentprovocateur.com CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT:
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Celebrated Food Network chef and cookbook author Giada De Laurentiis may have just opened her first namesake restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip, but here in the Hamptons, she’s leaving the chef’s whites far, far behind and opening up to friend and fellow toque Michael Symon about shopping the Hamptons farmers markets, baking with her daughter, why she won’t garden, and tangling with Bobby Flay. PHOTOGRAPHY BY KATE ORNE
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MICHAEL SYMON: You grew up in California, what brought you to the East End? GIADA DE LAURENTIIS: [My husband,] Todd [Thompson, a fashion designer], and I explored different places in the county to go on vacation— Lake Michigan, Hawaii, beaches all over…. And then one year, our friend Katie Lee invited us to the Hamptons for a couple of days, and we just fell in love with the vibe. She convinced us to rent a house, and we did one summer, four years ago now, and we have come back ever since. Todd gets to go kitesurfing, there’s a pool for Jade, and I get to relax a little bit and cook. The Hamptons has great farmers markets. Most beach towns, there’s really nowhere to buy fresh ingredients; they’re not a cook’s paradise the way the Hamptons is. MS: Is there something that you love cooking with Jade? GD: Jade’s a big baker, so in the summer we make lots of crostatas, just a freeform pie, if you will, an Italian version. It’s something I grew up making with my family. Jade loves strawberries and blueberries—we make jam together and we make crostatas. She’s 6, so every year it’s a completely new thing; we’ll see this year what happens. MS: Greeks and Sicilians have a lot of those great family traditions; is crostata something that is a tradition with your family, too? GD: Because I made a lot of doughs in my family—pasta, pizza—dough was something I was very familiar with, so I started mastering crostatas on my own. That’s probably why I ended up making those with Jade. When I was a kid, my grandfather would make me a plate of fresh ricotta. He would make an even layer, on a plate, and then he would sprinkle a nice even layer of sugar over the top, add cocoa powder, and then drizzle a little bit of Nutella on top,
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Rose fonce silk chiffon gown, J. Mendel ($6,400). Hirshleifers, Americana Manhasset, 2060 Northern Blvd., 516-627-3566; jmendel.com. Marquise Diamond by the Yard necklace, London Collection ($12,795). London Jewelers, Americana Manhasset, SEE ABOVE , 516-627-7475; londonjewelers.com. Highlight Stars amethyst ring, H. Stern ($4,400). London Jewelers, 2 Main St., East Hampton, 3293939; londonjewelers.com. Blush Christina pump, Oscar de la Renta ($895). oscardelarenta.com
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and that was my dessert on Sundays with him. I was not a thin child—I’m just going to put it out there. As I grew up, desserts was what I enjoyed making, which is why I even got into cooking, because I wanted to become a pastry chef. That’s why I went to Paris; that’s the whole reason my life took a certain path, and in doing that, I realized I actually needed to be good at savory and sweet. In the end I studied everything, but desserts have always been my thing, and it’s the first thing I learned how to make. MS: You said you weren’t a thin child, but you’re a very fit adult. GD: If you look at pictures of most of my family when they were young, all of us were pretty chunky until we hit age 16 or 17, then we start to thin out, and then we’re thin the rest of our lives. But I love desserts. I’m not going to lie. Having this restaurant right now [in Las Vegas] is really not good for me, because I was able to get off sugar after I had Jade, and now I feel like all I do is eat sugar all day because people are asking me to taste-test things. I’m drawn to desserts and pastries, but I will say that the comfort foods I grew up with, pastas and pizzas, have always been my favorites. Meat has never been a big part of my diet, ever. I eat meat, but I just don’t eat a lot of it. I don’t associate it with my childhood and with comfort food, the way someone like Todd does, being from the Midwest. In my restaurant in Vegas, I have these five chandeliers in the dining room and on the chandeliers is engraved, “I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything.” MS: Your new restaurant, Giada, which just opened in Vegas, is your first one. Are there plans for more? Are you going to add to the Giada empire, or are you one and done? GD: I don’t know. Lately, in the past few days, that’s been the number-one asked question. I could be a one and done type of person. I mean, I only have one child, and everybody asks me when I’m going to have another one, and I always say, “Well, I think I’m one and done! I did a good job on one and I wouldn’t want to mess it up on just trying to have more.” MS: I know. [My son] Kyle is 27—one works very well. GD: It does! And if you can do one great, it’s better than doing three or four half-assed. I’ve never had a restaurant before, and there’s so much to learn, and I feel like I’ve bitten off more than I can chew at this point, so I think I need to see how things go. Would I like to have more? Maybe not at the level I have now, because it’s so much work that I can’t imagine doing it again. MS: You’re also a TV personality, and a best-selling author both of cookbooks and children’s books. If you had to choose just one, would you be a restaurateur, TV personality, or author? GD: A restaurateur—there’s no place I’d rather be than in my kitchen and in my dining room every night. It’s really hard on my family, because they don’t live here [in Vegas, where the restaurant is located], but it is all I think about at this point and all I desire. Which is kind of sad. I knew I would love it, but I didn’t think I would fall in love that hard. MS: That’s definitely a good thing. So when you’re in the Hamptons and you don’t want to cook, is there a go-to restaurant for you? GD: I end up kind of working my way toward Montauk a lot of the time. We end up going to Surf Lodge to eat by the water. Todd and Jade really
like East Hampton Grill, and Boswick’s because it’s so simple—you get in and you get out, and it’s not fancy, but the food is so good. With Malibu, the restaurants that are good are the fancy ones and that’s what I love about the Hamptons. Everything’s fresh and yummy no matter what level of dining you’re at. MS: When I’m out here I can never eat enough fluke or striped bass. I just got out East and I’m gardening, and life is grand right now. GD: I do not garden. I like to grow things, but I do not like to plant. I have a little garden in my house where I weed and Jade helps me. I do not like to dig a hole with my hands. That kind of dirt in my nails drives me a bit crazy; I can’t do it. MS: I don’t have to worry about those things, but when you come [for a visit], you can weed. Who’s the best judge on Food Network Star—you, Bobby Flay, or Alton Brown? GD: I would hope the boys would say me, although I doubt they would. We all have different perspectives. Last season, Bobby, at the very beginning, looked at one contestant, and told Alton and me, “That person is going to win this show.” And both of us were like, “You can’t possibly know that’s going to happen,” and guess what? They did. So I’m going to give it to Bobby this time—and not because he’s your best friend. I’d love nothing more than to not give it to Bobby, but I will say, he is an excellent judge of character. MS: This one, my wife, Liz, wanted me to ask you: What’s the one pair of shoes and one piece of makeup you could not live without? GD: Pair of shoes, easy—my sling-back Louboutins that are in a camel color with a cork bottom. I wear them constantly with everything. As for makeup, lipstick. It’s a Jouer lipstick called Grace. If you see me in the Hamptons this summer, that will be the color you’ll be seeing. MS: You seem to have done it all—you’re raising a beautiful daughter, you opened a restaurant, wrote cookbooks, are on TV. Do you have any regrets? I know we’re about the same age, so is there anything you would do over or do differently? GD: We are not about the same age—I am way younger. MS: You just look way younger, but I think we are about the same age. GD: I do have one regret. You can’t guess? Doing Iron Chef with Bobby Flay against Mario Batali and Rachael Ray. MS: Which obviously is a regret because... GD: I lost! Everybody, including my husband and my agent, said, “Do not do that show. The odds are against you.” I knew whom I was going up against, and Bobby convinced me that we would win. And I don’t know how the hell I thought that, and it’s a regret because people still bring it up! It’s been eight years and people still ask, “How did it feel to lose to Rachael Ray?” MS: It’s good to see that after eight years you’ve let it go and it doesn’t bother you anymore. GD: It will bother me until the day I die and Bobby knows that. He thinks I’m ridiculous, but it is what it is. I’m a fighter, and I like to win; I’m not a good loser. MS: It’s your Mediterranean blood, honey; we cannot help it. H
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OF WAY In celebration of the 10th Annual Authors Night benefit for the East Hampton Library, writers who live and write around the East End—and will be attending the Hamptons magazine dinner at a private East Hampton estate—discuss their latest tomes and the places that inspire them. BY JUDITH DOBRZYNSKI
HOLLY PETERSON, WATER MILL
Peterson’s two books of the moment are very different. She conceived The Idea of Him as a “feminist book,” illustrating how women often fall in love with the idea of a man, rather than the real person who sleeps with them at night. “I wanted to write a book to inspire women not to cling to the next guy,” Peterson says. The message: Single women can be complete and happy. She says she faced some prepublication resistance from editors wary about a protagonist who “was veering off on her own, instead of looking for a man.” But feedback from readers, she adds, has been positive. Her mystery novel will be less serious, not least because the Hamptons is for “playtime,” filled with Porsches, pools, and parties. “It’s biting and funny, but I’m not mean,” says Peterson, whose first book was the best seller The Manny. “My characters are all composites, not one person. But I am poking fun at the group in general and I’m part of it, so I’m poking fun at myself too.”
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Holly Peterson only published her second novel, The Idea of Him, in April, but she is already deep into writing her third: It’s a murder mystery set in the Hamptons, which makes perfect sense, since she has been spending time here since she was 10. “The culture is very sexy, very athletic,” she says. “It’s varied and it brings so many people together; it’s perfect for social satire.” Peterson—a former journalist at Newsweek and ABC News— often writes here too. Sometimes, it’s at her house in Water Mill, in a window seat in her bedroom, propped up on giant pillows, as early as 4 AM. Other times, it’s at The Golden Pear in Southampton, where she will hunch over her computer and sip tea at a table in a corner from midafternoon to about 5:30 PM. “I’m a divorced mother of three children, and I have a very intense job,” she says, explaining why she must carve out time to think and write in peace. “Writers have to turn off the world to get their head and their heart on the page.”
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Actress Jennifer Esposito, author of Jennifer’s Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease—What Doctors Don’t Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again, is on a mission. And it’s not just on behalf of people who follow gluten-free diets. Esposito believes that everyone wants “good, clean food,” free of chemicals and additives. “Food has become so tampered with, so artificial, that our bodies don’t know what to do with it,” she says. Her book, which chronicles her long struggle to deal with an undiagnosed disease and then, once she learned the true cause of her woes, to cope with it, is only part of her quest. Esposito has also opened a bakery in Manhattan (bread is the best seller) and a mail-order business in Queens (cookies and pancake mix, because bread is not yet available). Someday, she says, “I’d love to have a
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restaurant.” Her “most favorite” pastime involves reading cooking magazines and cookbooks, thinking how she might adapt them, and “getting in the kitchen and trying it out.” She rarely eats in restaurants, she says, “because it’s not just gluten that I have to avoid, it’s dairy and corn and… they can’t cook for me,” says the selfconfessed “bread fiend.” “I’ll go and meet friends and have a glass of wine, but I’ll take my bread and have a salad.” But Esposito, who lives in Brooklyn and rents a house in East Hampton, says she also loves to write. Aside from the book, which she finished with help from Eve Adamson, a five-time New York Times best-selling author, Esposito writes a blog and is currently working on a screenplay. “I wake up with a lot on my mind and I start writing.” Is she contemplating another book? “We’ll see,” she says. “There’s more to say.”
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THOMAS MAIER, EAST NORTHPORT Hard as it is to believe, Thomas Maier says that being the author of the 2009 best seller Masters of Sex: The Life & Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love, which details the explosive but sad lives of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson and is the basis for the Emmy-nominated TV series on Showtime that began its second season in mid-July, hasn’t changed his life much. He’s still an investigative reporter—now in his 31st year at Newsday—and proud of it. He admits to one material change in circumstances: Instead of writing his books in his unheated basement in East Northport, he now works in a heated bedroom upstairs. Masters of Sex grew out of the profile he was drafted to write for Newsday the day William Masters retired. Both researchers were very secretive at the time, but when Masters died in 2001, he went back to Johnson and “won her confidence,” partly by sending her a copy of his 1998 book, Dr. Spock: An American Life. “She knew Jane Spock,” Maier says, adding “once she started talking, she was a chatterbox.” Pleased as he is with the TV show—whose pilot was partially filmed on Long Island, including the mansion in Sands Point Preserve once owned by industrialist Daniel Guggenheim—Maier is on to new things. He says that Sony bought the rights to his 1994 book, Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power & Glory of America’s Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It, and he hopes that will become a scripted TV series, too. And his next book, When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys, an examination of the deep personal and public links between the two families, is set to be published in October. “There will be real news in that,” Maier says, refusing to provide even a clue now. “There are 1,700 footnotes.”
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“It’s a food that appeals to everyone,” declares Lee Brian Schrager, the food entrepreneur and author of Fried & True: More Than 50 Recipes for America’s Best Fried Chicken and Sides. “It’s a classic American food, and you’ll find it everywhere from white-tablecloth restaurants to shacks along the street.” Yet this enthusiast, who traces his earliest memories of fried chicken to his mother’s kitchen in Massapequa, had himself cooked it only once before going on the road last year with coauthor Adeena Sussman to scout for the very best recipes. At the time, he wasn’t even sure he’d find enough variations to make a book. The tour made him wake up and smell, well, the chicken. Now Schrager, the founder and director of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami as well as the Food Network New York City Wine & Food
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Festival, says he’s “a lot more aware of its diversity.” He has no real favorites. What he cooks depends on how much time he has: “The beauty of the book is that it has recipes that take from 45 minutes to those requiring marinating overnight.” To brine or not to brine makes the biggest difference in the results, he says, followed by the type of oil used for frying and the right temperature (375 degrees, to start). Schrager, whose Hamptons history goes back to his early 20s when he often visited “Little” Edie Beale at Grey Gardens, tested all the recipes in the book, and more, in a photo studio in NYC. He would write, starting at 6 AM, on the patio overlooking his pool. After his day job and perhaps dinner at one of his favorite eateries—Nick & Toni’s, East Hampton Grill, and Tutto il Giorno in Sag Harbor, among them—he’d often return home and write more, before slipping off, perchance to dream of his next book, Morning Glory, whose subject is breakfast, due out in 2015.
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CHRIS PAVONE, ORIENT Chris Pavone has a sweet life. He drops off his twins, aged 10, at their school in Greenwich Village each morning, then proceeds to Soho House New York, the chic private club in the Meatpacking District. There, he writes “in full public view” until about 11:30 AM. That’s it. Done for the day. “If you do that 100 times, you have a book,” he says. Pavone is well into his third one now, and both his first outing, The Expats, about two couples abroad who know too little about their spouses, and The Accident, a thriller set in New York’s literary world that was published in March, turned out to be best sellers. Not bad for a guy who never set out to be a novelist. For years, Pavone worked as a nonfiction book editor, primarily handling cookbooks, including The Lobster Roll: (And Other Pleasures of Summer by the Beach) about the well-trafficked eatery on Route 27 in Amagansett. Growing unsatisfied, he quit and traveled down a road that made a stop at “ghostwriter” and freelance editor before finding himself in Luxembourg, where his wife had taken a job. Unemployed, Pavone had a self-described “difficult year” as a house husband. Then one day he took his laptop to a café and began to write fiction. He bumbled around with a domestic tale, not getting very far. When he changed it to a thriller, he discovered his métier. Pavone and his family set out for Long Island most weekends and in summer, where they have a home in Orient, on the North Fork. “I go to the South Fork to go to the beach and to visit friends, but not too often,” he says. Why? The trip requires two ferry rides. And lately, he has been on the road a lot, promoting The Accident, which, like his labyrinthine first novel, is full of twists and turns. Pavone says he loves the writing life, but isn’t one of those authors who can churn out a book a year. “I’m on a two-year schedule now.” Authors Night, an annual benefit for the East Hampton Library, takes place Saturday, August 9; visit authorsnight.org for details on the event as well as the online auction being hosted on Charitybuzz as part of Hamptons magazine’s “Summer of Giving” campaign. H
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Marders’ site on Snake Hollow Road in Bridgehampton today covers more than 30 acres.
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In the next installment in our series spotlighting longstanding families in our community, we profile the Marders, who have been putting down roots in the Hamptons for 11 generations and are being honored for their work with the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center. BY CARRIE DOYLE PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC STRIFFLER
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e like to take things apart and put them back together differently. It’s how we look at things. We build a narrative,” says Charlie Marder, when describing his approach to landscape work. “Trees feed into a storyline and can create a timelessness.” For Charlie, you could say his storyline began 11 generations ago, when his maternal ancestors first established roots in Springs, where he grew up and eventually raised his own family. Though there was nothing preordained about the professional path he would take, his artistic sensibilities and fortuitous professional encounters with major artists seem to have led him in the right direction. “My father was a dentist, my mother was a nurse, and my grandfather was a chicken farmer,” explains Charlie as he sits in the conference room of the barn in Bridgehampton that houses the Garden Shop, Honeybee Café, and offices of Marders, the successful landscaping and nursery company that he founded with his wife, Kathleen, almost 40 years ago. He’s wearing his trademark suspenders and a baseball cap and sports the tan of someone who spends most of his time outdoors—and prefers it that way. “I always had a business from the time I was a little kid, from selling eggs to selling junk to selling scrap metal. Then later, I cut firewood and did all kinds of stuff: painted steeples, aerial work…” Charlie met Kathleen at Ripon College in Wisconsin, where they were both art majors, and they were married on January 1, 1976. They thought they would head north to New England, but instead, after graduation, they returned to
Silas and Charlie Marder with their vizsla, Sophie.
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In the fall, Marders’ scarecrow watches over the Garden Center’s pumpkin patch; a sign announces Marders’ Sunday Garden Lecture series; colorful annuals and perennials are guarded by a stone swan garden ornament; vintage farm implements act as outside décor.
the East End to make some money. They started a firewood business out of his mother’s living room, with Charlie doing the labor outside and Kathleen doing the bookkeeping, creating the logo, and painting a sign. Making firewood led to tree removal, which led to an artist. “Arnold Hoffman [ Jr.] was a silk-screen artist who needed some trees removed and asked me [if I could do it] as I was cutting firewood. So I rented a treemoving machine for three days. Then I bought [a machine] and started moving trees like crazy. I started selling [trees] privately to everyone, and I became an expert.” Charlie was one of the few people on the East Coast who owned a mechanical tree spade that had the ability to move large trees, which revolutionized planting and led him in the direction of another couple of artists. Alfonso Ossorio and Ted Dragon had purchased The Creeks, a 57-acre estate in East Hampton with more than a mile of land facing Georgica Pond. There, they were creating one of the most outstanding conifer sculpture gardens in the United States. They needed someone to move trees, and ultimately source them. Enter Charlie. “I did 80 percent of the work for Ossorio and Ted Dragon,” explains Charlie. “Their appreciation for art put them in a unique position. Conceptually, their method with color, texture, and scale created a different set of standards modeled through assemblage. They stimulated the idea of tree collecting.” Copycats followed suit, and Ossorio’s fellow artists also wanted their own gardens, so Charlie and Kathleen decided to bring the rare and unusual plant world to a retail level by opening a nursery in 1984. Ten years later, they moved the company to its current location, on more than 30 acres on Snake Hollow Road, where they now employ a staff of 150 people in the height of the season. Kathleen oversess the incredible Garden Shop that’s famed for its holiday gifts and sells everything from organic bath and beauty products to dinnerware, antique garden furniture, and vases as well as high-end coffee-table books; Charlie supervises a staff that scans the country sourcing rare plants and trees and controls the spectacular landscaping the company does at
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Marders. “A lot of the properties we service now are construction sites that are like strip mines,” he says. “They’re parched and abused and there is no air in the ground. We need to reinvigorate it and make the whole thing come alive again.” Indeed, the creativity and innovation they bring to various projects have made them renowned in their field. “Every year we reinvent ourselves,” says Charlie. “Not being a son of a nurseryman helps, so I can bring in new ideas.” Charlie’s son, Silas, may beg to differ. The oldest of Charlie and Kathleen’s four boys, he is the son of a nurseryman—having literally grown up living and breathing the business. (“When my parents moved out of my grandmother’s house to an Airstream camper, I’d wake up in the morning and have to fold up my bed so that my parents could work there,” explains the 36-yearold as he sits next to his father, completing his sentences.) Being raised in the landscaping environment doesn’t seem to have thwarted his creativity or left him at a loss for ideas. Silas has done turns at almost every job at the company, from delivery, planting, and retail to weeding and now assisting with management. One of his major contributions to the family business was the opening of the Silas Marder Gallery on the property nine years ago. The gallery hosts art exhibitions, discussions, and an outdoor film series in the summer. “The movies are a throwback to the legacy of the Hamptons,” Silas remarks. “And we have lectures in the garden on things like hydrangeas, turf management, mulching, and compost.” “There are hydrangea groupies,” interjects Charlie. “Yes, it’s very popular,” agrees Silas.
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Silas attributes much of his family’s success to their temperaments. “Everyone in the family is an art major. That trained us in open-mindedness and gave us a forward flow with artistically different points of view. As a family we infuse the personal into a client’s work experience.” In fact, the Marder brothers have all contributed their touch of whimsy to the family biz. Second-oldest brother Mica is a studio artist, some of whose work was featured in Silas’s first shows, but he also helps with the pruning of trees, his specialty. Youngest brother Tucker is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University who has written and produced films and productions, but also has a line of organic soaps that is sold in the Garden Shop. Dashiel Marder was the adventurer, the beloved third brother who was a world-class spear fisherman. Tragically, 30-year-old Dashiel disappeared on a dive in a remote area of Indonesia in April of 2013, and his remains were never found. Friends speak fondly about his bravery, compassion, and great love of the outdoors. His death was a heartbreaking loss for the Marder family and caused them to pause. “Dash’s death made us reflect,” says Silas quietly. “We’d been lucky. It made us look at life in a straightforward way. It made us realize how special it is back here in the Hamptons. With the seasonality cycle, time goes by quickly. I think about that a lot. We need to come up with ways to still engage with what’s going on around us and have a bigger impact on the community.” There’s no doubt that the Marder family will come up with new ways to enhance life in the Hamptons. This weekend, they are being honored by Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center at its annual “Get Wild” benefit on August 9. They have created so much beauty already, and their thoughtful, elegant, and artistic approach to the land and the community resonates. H
“Every year we reinvent ourselves. Not being a son of a nurseryman helps, so I can bring in new ideas.” —CHARLIE MARDER
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FOR THESE HAMPTONS-BASED FEMALE DAREDEVILS, BOUNDARIES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN. BY BRYN KENNY
FACTOR The Hamptons is often described as a playground for the rich and famous, but it also serves as the home base of some of the world’s most adventurous women. From Montauk native and pro surfer Quincy Davis, who grew up besting the boys in local surfing competitions, to modelturned-animal-activist Jane Gill, these women have chosen adrenaline-pumping careers that also make the most of what the East End has to offer.
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oday, the beaches of Montauk have a reputation as a prime surfing destination, but Montauk native Quincy Davis was shredding long before the hipsters arrived on the shores of Ditch Plains. As one of the surfing world’s most promising young talents, Davis travels the globe competing for Volcom, a youthful line of clothing for men and women that sponsors a team of skaters, surfers, and snowboarders, however Montauk still serves as her home base. “I love how close a community Montauk is,” she says. “It’s just such a fun place to be when the weather is nice—it’s beautiful with the cliffs and the beaches.” Certainly, surfing seems like it was always in the plan for 19-year-old Davis. She picked up the sport at just 7 years old via her dad and older brother, moving from one hand-me-down board to the next as she honed her skills. “I remember
learning on a bright blue Liquid Shredder board,” she says. “One day I went up to my mom and asked for a real short board so she gave me one she found in our shed—a Lost board with a painting of a barrel on it that probably belonged to my brother or cousin—I’ll never forget it.” Davis signed on with Volcom at age 12 and has been surfing for the brand ever since. “I remember when I first got on the team—all of my clothes and bikinis had to be tailored because I was so tiny,” she says. During those first few years as a sponsored surfer, Davis was treated as one of the boys because no girls her age were competing at that time—which is not to say she was even the least bit intimidated by the competition. “When I beat the boys it was always exciting,” she laughs, adding that she’s never felt anything less than immense support from her
peers, regardless of gender. “The boys here are all like older brothers—they’re always pushing me to get better in the water.” While navigating the waves comes naturally for Davis, the life of a globe-trotting pro surfer is not always smooth sailing. “Traveling to new places is sometimes intimidating, but being out of your comfort zone is a good thing,” she says. “In the end I always feel more accomplished and happy I tried something new.” For now, Davis is focusing on competing for the World Qualifying Series, which determines which surfers qualify for the ASP World Championship Tour. “I love that surfing is always different,” says Davis. “The waves are constantly changing so there’s always something to work on or try to get better at. It’s pretty amazing that I get to do what I love for my job.”
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SHARK WRANGLER:
BELLA ORNAF
Bella Ornaf aboard the Sea Turtle; divers typically encounter six- to 12-foot blue sharks or makos; customers view sharks from within an eight-foot cage; Ornaf’s passion for sharks began when she was little. “I’ve always loved their mystique,” she says.
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ella Ornaf developed a fascination for sharks as a young girl growing up in Westchester, but it wasn’t until three years ago that she discovered she could turn her longtime interest into her profession. “It blew my mind—I loved everything about it,” Ornaf says of her first experience on a shark dive with Sea Turtle Dive Charters in Montauk (seaturtle charters.com). “My love of sharks began when I was really little. I’ve always loved their mystique and the way they move.” After that first dive, Ornaf moved to Montauk full-time and spends her summers leading tours as an employee of the Sea Turtle. Each day begins around 7 AM with an hour-and-a-half journey in search of sharks, typically six- to 12-foot blue sharks or makos. After setting up shop (aka a submerged
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eight-foot cage where customers wait for sharks to arrive) somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic, Ornaf and her customers wait for anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours for their first sighting. Ornaf’s main responsibilities involve luring the sharks toward the cage and keeping them engaged—including attracting them with a blue fish head on a string and swimming with them— long enough to hang around. Sound scary? A little, admits Ornaf, but that’s part of the deal. “I have a very healthy respect for these creatures as the result of years of learning about them—I’m aware of what they’re capable of,” she says. “But I’m not sure I was ever really scared of sharks simply because my fascination with them overcame any fear I could have had. The thought of flying a plane instills a lot more
fear in me than sharks ever have!” Which is not to say Ornaf has never had a scare on the job. “Last season I went in to take a swim with some blue sharks and a large female, maybe nine feet long, came out of nowhere. When I turned around she was right next to my butt,” Ornaf says. “It really freaked me out!” When she’s not leading tours, Ornaf can be found designing shark tooth necklaces for her jewelry line FiN (made from fossilized great white, mako, and megalodon teeth found by Sea Turtle Captain Chuck Wade during the off season). “A lot of my passions converge here—no day is ever the same, nothing is typical or predictable,” says Ornaf of life in Montauk. “We don’t have to go far to have the awesomeness of experiencing sharks up close and personal—they are right here in our backyard.”
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ANIMAL RESCUER & ACTIVIST:
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agaponack resident Jane Gill can’t remember a time when she wasn’t immersed in nature. “Growing up in Long Beach, I spent every day at the beach either surfing or body surfing and spent a lot of time on the water fishing,” says Gill, who earned the nickname “Squirrel” for her love of climbing trees and recalls bringing home caterpillars, monarch butterflies, turtles, and baby birds at a very young age. “I would take care of them and then release them. My parents encouraged us to respect and love all living creatures.” For three decades, Gill enjoyed a successful modeling career; she is perhaps best known for her work with Bruce Weber on some of the most iconic Ralph Lauren campaigns from the ’70s and ’80s. “When I met Bruce Weber, he was just starting out as a fashion photographer,” says Gill. “Eileen Ford, my agent at the time, wouldn’t let me test with him and I said I was going to anyway.” Gill’s adventurous spirit continued as she traveled the world for commercial shoots. “When I wasn’t working, I would go around looking for birds and wildlife,” she says. “Sometimes I would sneak animals onto planes and bring them home with me— you could get away with that back then!” For years, Gill lived in New York as a working model, but she never lost her passion for nature, which eventually led her to settle full-time in Sagaponack. Today, she works as a real estate agent but she dedicates much of her free time to rescuing and rehabilitating deer, swans, and geese, through the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays (wildliferescuecenter.org). “The richness of the land and having the sea on both sides makes the Hamptons very unique,” says Gill. “I still love taking adventures through the woods or on the water.” In addition, Gill also devotes time to educational programs in schools featuring animals that are not releasable, including a great horned owl, a red-tailed hawk, and an opossum. Says Gill, “It’s fun and rewarding to bring these animals into the schools and communities to teach children about the wildlife we cohabitate with.”
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TRANSATLANTIC SAILOR:
MISSY MELLOR Missy Mellor at Three Mile Harbor Marina in East Hampton.
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’m an adventurer to the bone,” says transatlantic sailor Missy Mellor, who grew up in a small town on the eastern shore of Maryland, where her passion for sailing—and all things dangerous—began at an early age. “In the winter I used to sail ‘frostbite regattas.’ This was long before Gore-Tex, and we’d wear wool mittens that would get wet and freeze and then we’d capsize on purpose just to say we did it.” Mellor spent her early adult years working in various industries, including several stints as a singing waitress, before attending Boston University. She is a certified US Coast Guard captain who has logged over 5,000 nautical offshore miles over the last decade. She recently launched her own business, the Little Dutch Sailing Charters (littledutchsailing.com) based on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton, which offers day trips, sunset sails, and weekend or weeklong charters around various East End destinations, including Shelter Island, Lake Montauk, and Greenport. Mellor says that the name combines her father’s heritage as well as the Dutch influences found around the Hamptons, including the windmills in Water Mill and East Hampton. Mellor made her first transatlantic voyage in 2007, beginning in the South of France and ending in Greenport 28 days later. Although Mellor made the trip with two other crew members and sailed an early portion with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, she recalls it as a rather isolating experience marked by little more than the occasional tanker and daily radio calls to keep track of their progress. “It was surreal and beautiful and still,” says Mellor of the trip. “There are literally thousands of pods of dolphins, whales, and flying fish with translucent blue wings. At night the effervescence—this glittering, alive stuff in the water—would glow in our wake. Everything is huge out there and larger than life, falling stars with the longest tails you can imagine, and clouds that put Disney to shame.” Clearly not one to rest on her laurels, Mellor’s next goal is to circumnavigate the world—a trip that would take about two years—but for now her focus is on the Little Dutch, and enjoying her time on land. “Sailing is the perfect antidote for busy excitement junkies,” she says. “It’s a serene activity under the guise of an adventure.”
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RACECAR DRIVER:
MINDY OPPENHEIM
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Mindy Oppenheim at home in East Hampton in front of three of her seven racecars.
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or Mindy Oppenheim, the road to her true calling as a racecar driver was a bit roundabout. After working for a decade in advertising and market research, she received her law degree and spent several years as an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn before deciding to move fulltime to East Hampton. “What was supposed to be a second home became my primary residence,” she says. “My husband and I were struck by the stunning natural beauty, available culture and entertainment, and choice of restaurants and shopping.” Fast-forward to a few years later, when Oppenheim’s husband declared that he wanted a convertible. They took a trip to the local dealer, and Oppenheim found herself sitting in the driver’s seat of a Guards Red Porsche Boxster S.
“The car was mine from the start,” admits Oppenheim, who soon was jonesing for more than just your average joyride around town. “I spent much of my childhood watching all sorts of car racing on TV with my dad—he used to take me to dirt-track stock car races in Nassau County.” Oppenheim and her husband immediately took their new toy to a high-performance trackdriving school in Pennsylvania, where Oppenheim says she was “hooked on the first turn.” Twelve years later, the couple owns a total of seven cars, including two racecars. “My garage is filled with stacks of wheels and tires as well as a lift so we can easily work on the cars,” says Oppenheim. “My father would be proud and my mother would be mortified, but I have to admit that it has been one hell of a midlife crisis.”
And while Oppenheim might make light of her new life as a driver, she’s turned that first trip to the dealer into a full-time passion. Oppenheim has her racing license from the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and is the chief instructor for the Empire State Region of the Ferrari Club of America as well as a nationally trained Porsche Club of America instructor. She teaches, races or drives 30 to 50 days a season, races for SCCA, and spends an average of 45 days per season instructing high-performance driving events. So what’s it like to experience the world at over 100 miles an hour? “Racing is all physics and that often means doing things that are counterintuitive to street driving,” says Oppenheim. “My first big crash took me months to get over—as I gain experience, crashes matter less.” H
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Built in the 1920s, this stately home has a European charm that was lovingly preserved during its renovation in 2000.
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A EUROPEAN-STYLE VILLA WITH UNIQUE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS MAKES FOR A WELCOMING RETREAT IN WATER MILL. BY MIKE OLSON
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home like no other sits on the edge of an inlet off Mecox Bay in Water Mill. Stepping onto this 2.7-acre estate with 643 feet of waterfront is like stepping back in time, whether it’s because of the stately five-bedroom home built in the 1920s or the dramatic grounds featuring terraced gardens and rolling lawns that evoke a centuries-old Parisian garden. “It just makes you smile when you walk the grounds because every corner you turn there’s a new surprise,” says Pat Petrillo, a senior global real estate advisor and associate broker with Sotheby’s International Realty. “Everybody who goes there can’t believe how wonderful it is, inside and out.” Renovated in 2000, the 4,600-square-foot home was lovingly modernized in a true European style by an owner who has traveled the world and appreciates the appeal of indoor-outdoor living. That is perhaps best on
display adjacent to the home’s formal living room with fireplace, where a second screened-in living room boasts brick herringbone floors and views of the gardens and water. Elsewhere, that same feeling is re-created off the formal dining room with its Murano glass light fixtures and walnut doors, which is mirrored by a screenedin dining room that can comfortably seat more than a dozen guests. As for the sunny chef’s kitchen, that opens up to a flower and herb garden, naturally. Taken together, it makes for a grand impression, but it’s the tiny details that set this home apart—the antique wood in the library, a marble-clad master bath fashioned after a room in a Tuscan villa. Off the oversize master suite sits a private terrace, the perfect vantage for taking in this stunning continued on page 112
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The home’s heated gunite pool; the formal dining room features Murano glass chandeliers and walnut doors that lead to a screened-in dining porch.
“Every corner you turn there’s a new surprise.” —PAT PETRILLO continued from page 111 property. And for all the charm of these interiors, the grounds can’t help but steal the show, whether in the form of colorful gardens that bloom throughout the year or the rolling lawn that leads down to the back bay. True nature lovers, the current owners created a special refuge on their sprawling property, highlighted by two round Chinese moon doors covered with climbing hydrangea and terraced gardens they call their “stairway to heaven.” Throughout the acreage, mature specimen trees serve as stately reminders of the property’s proud history. “That takes time to establish; you can’t just buy that look with a new piece of uncultivated property,” says Petrillo of the landscape, which also includes a heated gunite pool with pool house, a separate one-bedroom guest cottage
with kitchen and living room, a two-car garage, and a garden workroom. “However, with the help of a good landscape designer, someone can certainly try.” Roxine Brown, the founder and creative force behind Harmonia Inc., has made a career of connecting homes with their natural surroundings, and she can appreciate the meticulous design that went into this unique homestead. “You should think of landscape like setting up the different rooms of a house so that you always have a different focal point,” she explains. “There’s always a new surprise, and you create that by utilizing the natural terrain.” Here, the most unique “room” is created by the Chinese moon doors, a look Brown says can be duplicated by using hardscape materials (a gate connected by an archway) covered with trained plantings. As for mature trees, those can be acquired—for a cost. To do so, Brown turns to local farms as well as growers up and down the East Coast, taking into consideration everything from soil to wind conditions. “You almost have to think of [a tree] as a human,” Brown explains. The formal living room with fireplace is adjacent to a second screenedin living room with garden views.
“It’s hard for an elderly person to acclimate to a totally different environment, and the same goes for trees. The older they are, the more challenging they are to transplant.” When it comes to creating gardens that provide color throughout the year, Brown uses plants with long bloom times as a base (think hydrangea), then works in perennials. Russian sage will blossdom at the height of summer, while other favorites (flox, roses) turn up in early spring only to die down and then return in September. The result is a vibrant, living garden in all non-winter months. “It’s very three-dimensional,” Brown adds. “When you plant a garden, you look at sunlight conditions, color palette, and bloom time. Then you put it all together in a sort of puzzle.” At this Water Mill home, that puzzle has already been solved. The only mystery that remains is who will stake their claim on this oneof-a-kind $15 million estate. “It’s nice to see something a little bit different,” says Petrillo. “We have current trends that are universally liked, such as the shingle style. They’re great, but it’s nice to see something like this on the market. It’s really unique.” Pat Petrillo, 50 Nugent St., Southampton, 283-0600, sothebyshomes.com H
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In the zone: Some of what makes this property so special has been grandfathered in and has since been disallowed by zoning laws, such as the lawn leading up to the water’s edge and nonindigenous trees like weeping willows. Were somebody developing the land today, these would not be permitted.
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Nature center: The same group of swans visits the property every spring and fall, only to depart during the summer months. An osprey and herons also enjoy hanging out, as evidenced by the clam and crab shells they leave behind.
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BUY DESIGN The hydrangea lavender correspondence card ($36 for a set of 10).
The lobster dinner plate ($50, for a set of four).
SILK PRINTS Textile designer Thomas Paul’s new Vineyard Collection is a playful take on seaside entertaining.
Back to Basics THE NOSTALGIC PRINTS AT PICKETT’S PRESS MAKE WRITING THANK-YOU NOTES EVEN MORE EN VOGUE.
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hen Kate Pickett was a little girl, the first thing she would do after returning home from a party would be write a thank-you note. Years later, after a stint as an investment banker, Pickett attended Harvard Business School, where she came up with the business plan for Pickett’s Press—a way to combine her business savvy with her artist’s sensibility and lifelong passion for stationery. “Since each piece is run by hand through our presses, there are small variations to the ink and density in each card, which create these delicate one-of-a-kind pieces,” explains Pickett, whose favorite part is adding hand-painted borders, beveling, corner rounding, and tissue liner embellishments. At Pickett’s Press, Kate combines traditional letterpress with unexpected colors and designs: “I’ll put a frog motif above a name engraved in the most traditional Open Roman font, and suddenly a formal social stationery is fresh.” This summer, she’s offering custom printing appointments in her Southampton home. pickettspress.com
Vintage Accent BEN SOLEIMANI’S TEXTILES FOR RESTORATION HARDWARE ARE GIVEN AN UPDATED TWIST IN A LINE OF OUTDOOR POUFS.
New to Thayer’s Hardware in Bridgehampton is a collection of melamine plates and platters from renowned textile designer Thomas Paul. The Vineyard Collection combines the designer’s favorite motifs—the sea, flowers, and nautical stripes—for a fun yet sophisticated line “evocative of Hamptons style,” says buyer Lauren Thayer, who along with sister Erin Thayer Dickson has started introducing carefully curated tabletop and outdoor entertaining pieces to their family’s hardware and patio shop. “My vision for the Thomas Paul brand has always been about combining classic design motifs from different periods in textile design,” says Paul, who honed his aesthetic working as a colorist and designer for a silk mill specializing in neckwear and scarves for such brands as Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, and DKNY. 2434 Montauk Hwy., Bridgehampton, 537-0077; thayershardware.com
Ben Soleimani’s outdoor poufs are available in three colors and patterns ($395 for square; $795 for round).
CRAFTED FROM BEN SOLEIMANI’S COLLECTION of hand-knotted flatweave rugs, Restoration Hardware’s new poufs make comfortable and easy-care additions to the patio and poolside. “I mix ancient hand weaves with natural fibers to highlight the pattern’s rich textures and delicately distressed patinas,” explains the designer, who is inspired by vintage patterns from his travels. “While all-weather yarns make the pieces ideal for outdoor use, they also possess incredible texture that resembles the look and feel of real wool,” adds the designer. The Awning Stripe design offers a nautical alternative to the traditional Moroccan diamond and Moroccan tile patterns, and the three colors (fog, mocha, and marine) allow for easy mixing and matching. 69 Main St., East Hampton, 907-1300; restorationhardware.com H
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AMAGANSETT, NY | 5 bedrooms, 7.5 baths Web ID: 0046139 | $2,779,900 This handsome traditional with fnished lower level presides over 1.5+/- acres in a private cul-de-sac location.
EAST HAMPTON, NY | 4 bedrooms, 3 baths | Web ID: 0045109 | $1,750,000 Just a few miles north of Amagansett in Barnes Landing with its wonderful beach overlooking Gardiner’s Bay this home is the perfect retreat.
AMAGANSETT, NY | 5 bedrooms, 3 baths | Web ID: 0044340 | $1,825,000 Situated just 500’ from the beach this spacious Amagansett Dunes beach house has ample room for everyone.
AMAGANSETT, NY | 3 bedrooms, 3 baths | Web ID: 0046036 | $1,395,000 Discover the charm and serenity of this magical residence situated on a lushly landscaped and private 1.5+/- acres. Minutes to the ocean and village.
AMAGANSETT, NY | 4 bedrooms, 3 baths | Web ID: 0046124 | $1,895,000 Traditional beach house in the Amagansett Dunes with attatched secondary guest quarters. Situated on a corner lot and just one block from the ocean.
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SOUTHAMPTON, NY | $45,000,000 | Web: 0054117 Linden Estate: Restored original 1902 mansion in Village estate section on 9+ acres. 18,000 sq. ft. main house has 12 bedrooms, library, living and dining rooms. Grass tennis court, outdoor and indoor swimming pools, gym, spa, paddle tennis court, 4-car garage. Carriage house has three-bedroom apartment, garage.
WATER MILL, NY | $38,500,000 | Web: 0056504 Outstanding 6+/- acre property with 500+/- ft. direct waterfront and dock on Mecox Bay, this elegant estate is approached down a gravel drive to a 4-story windmill that stands between its 2 private entry gates. Manicured lawns lead to the primary, 7-bedroom Georgian-style residence. Opposite the ivy-covered brick-walled all-weather tennis court, a 5-bedroom, 4.5 bath guest house is sited next to the 2-car garage, and waterside pool.
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SOUTHAMPTON, NY | $36,000,000 combined or $18,000,000 each | Web: 0056317 Villa Mille Fiore, an exceptional estate set on 8+/park-like acres in close proximity to Coopers Neck Beach has been owned by the same family for over a half century. First time ofering of the newly and completely renovated residence featuring 6 bedrooms, 7 full baths, renovated eat-in kitchen, light flled living room, dining room, family room, and laundry with double washer/dryers. Enter the spectacular property through the long, glamorous driveway which opens to your own private paradise, ideal both for those seeking the perfect getaway or who wish to entertain on the grandest scale with endless lawns, heated 40’x60’ gunite pool, pool house, gazebo, all-weather tennis, two guest cottages, and garage. Golf cart on the premises.
SOUTHAMPTON, NY | $25,800,000 | Web: 0056002 “Pheasant Field” This 3.4 +/- acre-property hosts a magnifcent shingle-style mansion set on park-like grounds. The 13,000+/- sq.ft. home features a covered entry, porte cochère and 10 freplaces. Ground foor ofers an entry hall, living, garden, and dining rooms, butler’s pantry, chef’s kitchen, powder room, library, elevator, and rear area bathroom and laundry. Master wing includes an ofce, double closets, and oversized bath. Guest wing has 5 suites. A rear stair leads to lodging with 5 bedrooms, bath, and kitchen. Also: A playroom, gym, and wine cellar. Heated salt water pool, spa, and shower, share a cabana with the tennis court.
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GARDEN CLUB The Chinese Bridge with Win Knowlton’s bronze sculpture, Maple Branch, in the pond.
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obert Dash, a noted painter and writer, passed away in 2013, but his two-acre creation, The Madoo Conservancy, has continued to grow. Dash’s paintings can be found at the Parrish Art Museum, The Guggenheim Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art, but his beguiling living campus that offers events, classes, and fairs on its organic grounds beckons visitors to Sagaponack and is, perhaps, his greatest gift. Madoo, which means “my dove” in old
Scottish, has been open to the public for more than 20 years. Dash purchased the property in 1967 and began moving and renovating the 18th- and 19th-century buildings, hay barn, and sheds, creating courtyards and fluorescent-lit studios. He used boxwood to design an Elizabethan knot garden, turned a bridge into a Pagoda-roofed structure, played with Renaissance perspective, and enlisted the help of his English friend, garden doyenne Rosemary Verey, to create a breathtakingly beautiful
kitchen garden, or “potager,” demonstrating what an artist could fashion using simple vegetables and flowers. (Dash even named his dog, Barnsley, after Verey’s grand Gloucestershire house, which inspired his frog fountain and laburnum arbor at Madoo.) The artist used materials at hand, like sliced telephone poles, to form paths, seeing beauty in discarded objects. His 125-foot-long rose arbor is made of 12-foot-high hoops that narrow from continued on page 120
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF THE MADOO CONSERVANCY
ARTIST ROBERT DASH’S LIVING LEGACY, THE MADOO CONSERVANCY, CONTINUES TO GROW AND ENCHANT WITH TREASURED NOOKS OF COLORFUL PLANTINGS. BY JAMEE GREGORY
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“Madoo is vibrant and relevant, not just a garden, but a place for kids to learn, for adults to relax, to experiment with plants.” — ALEJANDRO SARALEGUI
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Purple loosestrife, pink lilies, and crocosmia “Lucifer” in the Secret Garden at Madoo’s summer house.
is like a cabinet of curiosities, filled with giant lilies, tall teasel, red Lucifer, and lavender against brown walls, creating a combination that is very Yves Saint Laurent, 1970,” says Saralegui. A veteran of local nurseries, Saralegui appreciates Dash’s references to great historical gardens, like the Generalife of Granada, part of Spain’s Alhambra, created in the 13th century. It is referenced in the rose rill with simple hoops covered in yellow clematis and pink roses, accented by Casablanca lilies and joe-pye weed in August. Another favorite, the potager, once defined by formal boxwood, was turned into a berry patch, but it is back on its way to being more controlled, with vegetables like cardoons, giving definition. Saralegui also loves the paperbark maple, Acer griseum, which peels off an
incredible coppery bark, a contrast to the graybarked magnolia that Dash had planted nearby. Today, Saralegui creates events and classes to draw new visitors, including children’s story hours, pop-up camps, painting classes led by Eric Dever, private tours, and lectures. “Madoo is vibrant and relevant, not just a garden, but a place for kids to learn, for adults to relax, to experiment with plants. We are thinking of starting a residency for artists and musicians, since Bob was a concert pianist,” says Saralegui who offers a spring Galanthus sale, a fitting symbol since snow drops are the first signs of resurgence, popping up and continuing to grow each year, just like Robert Dash’s garden. “The future is bright.” 618 Sagg Main St., Sagaponack, 537-8200; madoo.org H
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continued from page 118 eight to six feet as they lead one’s eye to an exedra with a narrow mirror that accentuates the false perspective. Dash believed that architectural form would outline and define his garden in all seasons. Perhaps his greatest contribution to 20th-century design was his Gingko Grove, a sculptural stand of fastigiate ginkos, with box balls planted among the trees. “Madoo looks good in every season, even with the box covered in burlap, emerging from a blanket of snow,” says Alejandro Saralegui, director of The Madoo Conservancy. Dash, fascinated by growth, evolution, and change, did not believe in instant gardens; he used the small space as a laboratory, creating new compositions by clipping plants or moving them, never afraid to redesign, using the earth as his canvas. All plant material grew from seeds or was purchased at less than six feet tall. I remember visiting Madoo, and striking up a conversation with its creator who was more than happy to walk me through the grounds. As we strolled, he made me feel like an old friend, and his gift for conversation was as original as his garden designs. Discovering a kindred spirit, he easily enlisted my support and I readily copied his use of alliums in the border. Dash’s remarkable sense of color and the way he inserted painted accents was unique. Who else had purple and chartreuse gates as accents? Visitors are enchanted by the Chinese Bridge’s bold red hoops, the green potting shed door with green railings and yellow finials, the Nancy Lancaster wheel-away bench, painted black with yellow wheels. Painting with plants, bold and unafraid, clipping and pruning, Dash revealed structure that others did not see. “The Secret Garden, in the summer house courtyard,
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Handpicked stones provide the right amount of contrast in this outdoor fireplace.
BUILDING BLOCKS “Not only do they come in a variety of colors and sizes, succulents also are very easy to maintain,” says Unlimited Earth Care’s Frederico Azevedo.
Melting Pot UNLIMITED EARTH CARE’S FREDERICO AZEVEDO RECOGNIZES THE ON-TREND TURN TOWARD SUCCULENTS.
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hile I abide by certain color schemes, I love incorporating contrast in the way I play with colors and textures of flora,” says Unlimited Earth Care owner Frederico Azevedo of the philosophy behind his landscape designs. While other designers may leave part of their landscapes to spontaneity, Azevedo applies a detail-driven approach to his planning and execution. “I need for spaces to be well organized and the area to have a very good sense of space so that all aspects of the landscape are utilized.” This season, Azevedo is noticing a surging interest in succulents. “Not only do they come in a variety of colors and sizes (up to four or five feet), but succulents also are very easy to maintain and integrate well in areas where there is a lot of soil drainage, which is a common issue in the Hamptons,” explains Azevedo, who supports the trend as it is in line with his sustainable practices. His recent succulent designs were inspired by his travels to Paris: “A great example is the Quai Branly Museum [of primitive art] in Paris, which recently installed a roof and walls of succulent plants in elaborate designs.” 2249 Scuttle Hole Road, Bridgehampton, 725-7551; unlimitedearthcare.com
Michael Derrig of Landscape Details creates outdoor living spaces with masonry and stonework. Since establishing Landscape Details in 2000, Michael Derrig has built a team of over 80 certified designers, craftsmen, horticulturalists, and arborists, who offer everything from design and installation to lighting and masonry. “It’s important to handpick the stones so that there is just the right amount of contrast,” explains Derrig. “You can use blue stone and concrete but finish it differently according to whether you are working with a traditional or modern home.” Although darker stones have been popular with traditional homes, “more and more people are requesting light-colored stones like white Madras limestone and an Indiana limestone,” says Derrig. “Of course, modern outdoor living spaces are on trend—they often include living areas, kitchens, and fireplaces that need to integrate stonework that is aesthetically pleasing, comfortable, and stays cool.” 1796 Sag Harbor Tpk., Sag Harbor, 725-0018; landscapedetailsinc.com
Seeking Shelter HARMONIA INC.’S ROXINE BROWN CRAFTS A VARIETY OF PERGOLAS TO FIT ANY TYPE OF EAST END LIFESTYLE. “A PERGOLA IS TYPICALLY USED as a place to gather with family and friends to enjoy the outdoors without bearing the heat,” says Roxine Brown, founder of Harmonia Inc., a Bridgehampton-based landscape firm. “For us, it is more about creating an authentic outdoor living space that accommodates its desired purpose, whether that be dining, lounging, or simply a place to pull the chaise out of the sun.” When designing the perfect pergola, Brown takes into consideration myriad factors, including the possibility of adding wisteria to open-roof pergolas to create a romantic ambience, or altering the density of the roof, which affects how sunlight disperses through the structure. 141 Maple Lane, Bridgehampton, 537-9672; harmoniainc.com H
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“Our current market is calling for a finished product, but a lot of houses are in between that.”
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32-inch flat-screen satellite TVs with DVD and Apple input integrations. New this season—28- and 36-passenger minibuses for longer trips and tours. “While companies like Uber are revolutionizing ground transportation by making it cheaper and more accessible, Brilliant takes the opposite route, offering a service-oriented alternative,” says Fertig, who oversees on-site coordinators, chauffeurs, dispatch operators, and a logistics team, all of whom have experience in luxury ground transportation. “This makes them aware of the details that go into catering to an elite clientele,” says Fertig of his staff, which can even match a client’s personality, location, and vehicle to create an unforgettable travel experience. 537-1234; go-brilliant.com H
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Montauk Yacht Club’s waterfront locale and upscale amenities make it a boater’s paradise.
All the Right Routes THE HAMPTONS OFFERS A WEALTH OF PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO GO BY AIR, LAND, OR SEA. BY ANNE HUNTER
American Eurocopter Instead of simply chartering a helicopter, American Eurocopter offers private and corporate helicopter sales for those looking to make a more permanent commitment. Choose from more than 10 different models, each with several safety and training features. 972-641-0000; eurocopterusa.com
Associate Aircraft Group With more than 25 years experience in executive travel, Associate Aircraft operates with the largest fleet of Sikorsky S-76 helicopters in the region. Its services include charters, fractional ownerships, and aircraft management and maintenance as well as a pre-paid usage of flight time through the AAG Excalibur Card program. Dutchess County Airport, 32 Griffith Way, Wappingers Falls, 845-463-6500; flyaag.com
Bruce Tait & Associates Offering “boutique-style” yacht brokering since 1982, Bruce Tait & Associates provides luxury sailing yachts for both daylong charters as well as longer trips to more exotic locales, such as the Grenadines or French West Indies. 1A Bay St., Sag Harbor, 7254222; taityachts.com
East End Limousine With a host of luxury vehicles available, East End Limousine is the company of choice for many high-profile Hamptonites. Select
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Opened this spring, Hamptons Yacht Club has a limited number of memberships available for its inaugural season. The membership offers licensed captains for every vessel in its fleet, along with yacht management programs and captain services for those who already own boats. 87 Powell Ave., Suite 201, Southampton, 702-2910; hamptonsyc.com
Montauk Yacht Club is known for its rich history, resort amenities, and proximity to some of the East Coast’s best fishing. “Relax in one of our nautically inspired hotel rooms or cruise on over by boat and dock alongside our world class marina,” says marina general manager Gili Wojnowich. “Charter boats are available to take you fishing, sailing, and for tours of the nearby lighthouse.” 32 Star Island Road, Montauk, 668-3100; montaukyachtclub.com
HeliFlite HeliFlite is a quick and easy way to commute between the East End and destinations as far as Washington, DC. “If you need a flight in an hour or two, we try to accommodate everyone,” says marketing manager Elizabeth Garcia. HeliFlite also boasts the highest safety ratings for its twin-engine, dual-piloted helicopters. 973-273-7562; heliflite.com
Main Street Drivers The brainchild of James Hiretenstein, Main Street Drivers has drivers available 24/7, with only 24-hour notice necessary. “We’ve had so many returning regulars and referrals that our business has almost tripled this year,” says Hiretenstein. “We’re offering a new service called DWI
“The seaplane charter is among our most popular options,” says operations manager Michael Norbeck of the commuter service, which is conveniently based at NYC’s East River and 23rd Street. East Hampton Airport, 200 Daniels Hole Road, Wainscott, 537-2202; soundaircraft.com H
Sail Montauk With four Catalina 22s in its fleet, Sail Montauk offers private charters, sailing lessons, and romantic sunset cruises. “Sunset Sail is for couples who want to relax with wine,” says co-owner and operations manager Emily Havlik. “Sail & Swim is more active and great for families.” 32 Star Island Road, Montauk, 522-5183; sailmontauk.com
RISE ABOVE Talon Air offers private travel options with little advance notice. Offering a diverse in-house fleet of helicopter, seaplane, turbo prop, and jet aircraft, Talon Air accommodates domestic and international travel with as little as three hours’ notice. “Our summer catchphrase is ‘work to weekend in 30 minutes’ simply because that’s all the time it takes for us to transport our clientele from Manhattan to the East End,” says Talon Air’s director of sales, Paul St. Lucia. 7110 Republic Airport, Rte. 109, Farmingdale, 753-8881; talonairjets.com
Sound Aircraft Services Offering private charters of seaplanes, jets, helicopters, and turbo props, Sound Aircraft Services gives New Yorkers easy access to and from the East End. Talon Air offers luxurious private jet service to and from the Hamptons.
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The lobster roll at Oakland’s Restaurant.
The Day’s Catch THE HAMPTONS’ BEST RESTAURANTS ARE USING THE FRESHEST SEAFOOD. BY ERIN RILEY
Bay Kitchen Bar “The local Springs residents in particular have said how happy they are to have this kind of seafood restaurant right in their backyard,” says chef and owner Eric Miller of the restaurant that opened Memorial Day. “We are so thrilled to be appreciated. I’ve learned that if you are particular and establish good relationships with your purveyors, you can get the freshest and best seafood possible daily.” 39 Gann Road, East Hampton, 329-3663; baykitchenbar.com
Hawaii almost daily,” says manager Duane Doxy. “It’s grade A number 1 and makes for an awesome tartare, sushi, or poke.” Dockers takes an experienced and detail-driven approach to sourcing its seafood, which it gets from local fishermen, as well as purveyors from the eastern seaboard, Nova Scotia, and Pacific Rim. “We hand-select every piece of seafood and only deal with reputable fishmongers,” adds Doxy. 94 Dune Road, East Quogue, 653-0653; dockerswaterside.com
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“We fly in fresh ahi tuna from
The Risotto di Mare, using
ingredients sourced from Montauk and Peconic Bay, is this summer’s standout dish. “We sauté fresh garlic and shallots, add the mussels, calamari, and shrimp; deglaze with a dry local Pinot Blanc; and then add saffron-infused seafood fumé,” says consulting chef Robert Janesh. A touch of spicy chili oil rounds out the flavors. 295 Three Mile Harbor Hog Creek Road, East Hampton, 329-2800; easthamptonpoint.com
Gosman’s Dock Baked stuffed clams, butterflied fantail shrimp, and a blackened yellowfin tuna steak are some of the fresh offerings at this Montauk staple, which names dishes according to where the ingredients are sourced, such as the Block Island swordfish, which is prepared simply with almond pesto and lemon vinaigrette. 500 West Lake Dr., Montauk, 668-5330; gosmans.com
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The Lobster Roll Restaurant Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the Amagansett mainstay that’s known for its namesake dish. Along with the classic cold salad roll, the hot roll features claw and knuckle meat drawn in butter. Other offerings include hearty favorites like the popular puffers, “blowfish in sweet mild fish tempura batter and fried to perfection,” says co-owner Andrea Anthony. 1980 Montauk Hwy., Amagansett, 267-3740; lobsterroll.com
Oakland’s Restaurant Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Shinnecock Bay, the outdoor tiki bar and wraparound deck overlook the water on all sides. Enjoy ocean-fresh dishes like the popular tuna crudo— fresh local tuna served over watermelon radish and shaved cucumber with a hot cherry pepper and pistachio topping. There is also live music at the outside bar five nights a week. 365 Dune Road, Hampton Bays, 728-6900; oaklandsrestaurant.net
Ruschmeyer’s From the culinary team behind The Smile in Manhattan and chef Roy Wohlars, Ruschmeyer’s delivers simple seafood dishes made from fresh local ingredients. Start with the smoked bluefish salad with crème fraîche, radish, and dill, before tucking into the spagettini of crab, mint, chili, and breadcrumbs. Follow dinner with a drink in The Magic Garden, a sparkling alfresco space with picnic tables, fire pits, and hammocks. 161 Second House Road, Montauk, 668-2877; chelseahotels.com
the revamped restaurants at this stylish resort and brought in ex-Georgica chef Seth Levine, who adds modern twists to classics like the oysters Rockefeller fritters (bacon-andspinach-wrapped Montauk Pearl oysters, fritter-battered with béchamel dip) and Montauk fluke crudo, which comes with micro fennel, crispy shallots, watermelon raddish, and drizzles of grapefruit-infused olive oil. 290 Old Montauk Hwy., Montauk, 668-2345; gurneysinn.com H
CLASSICS REVISITED Newcomer The Harbor Raw Bar & Lounge has become a seafood mainstay. Chef Pierre Rougey’s unique heritage—half Algerian and half French—reflects subtly in the way he prepares classic seafood dishes. The grilled octopus, for example, features a minty dried chickpea salad with harissa aioli, a chili paste indigenous to North African cuisine. “We are so fortunate to be right on the docks of the marina and see the shipments of fresh fish come off the boat,” says chef Rougey. “We even hired one of Gosman’s fish handlers to be our oyster shucker, who also handpicks the best seafood for us daily.”
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Seawater Grill at Gurney’s Jennifer Oz LeRoy has taken over Start your meal with brussel sprout bites and crispy shallots, with The Harbor’s classic margarita.
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Adventurous kids can pretend to be pirates in one of CMEE’s play spaces.
Child’s Play KEEP YOUR KIDS ENTERTAINED WITH THESE FUN EXCURSIONS FOR THE EAST END’S YOUNGER SET. BY REBECCA WEINBERG
Bay Street Theater Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theater offers a children’s Theater Camp this month. The five-day workshops have exciting, creative themes, such as the Dr. Seuss-meets-Shakespeareinspired “Green Eggs and Hamlet.” 1 Bay St., Sag Harbor, 725-9500; baystreet.org
Children’s Museum of the East End Whether dressing as pirates on a life-size ship, getting messy in an art studio, or learning about physics in the newly built miniature golf course, kids have lots of all-day options at
CMEE. The museum offers classes in art, cooking, gardening, music, science, and yoga, and presents the best in “kindie rock” during the Summer Family Concert Series. 376 Bridgehampton Sag Harbor Tpk., Bridgehampton, 537-8250; cmee.org
dinner to savor as they make music and relax on the beach. 1 Sagg Main St., Sagaponack, 728-8585
Drum Circle
Long Island Game Farm Wildlife Park & Children’s Zoo
The spirited drum circles of Escola de Samba Boom that take place on Mondays at Sagg Main Beach are a long-standing tradition adored by adults and kids alike. The drumming begins around 6 PM, and many families bring a picnic
If your child is an animal lover, look no further than the Long Island Game Farm for an up-close animal experience. “Kids can hand-feed a giraffe or sit down on the grass and have goats snuggle next to them,” explains co-owner Melinda Novak.
This summer, Long Island Game Farm also features Erik’s Reptile “Edventure” at Erik’s Reptile Discovery Center. 489 Chapman Blvd., Manorville, 878-6644; longislandgamefarm.com
MBX Surf Camp At MBX Surf Camp kids will not only learn how to surf but also how to read swell forecast maps and understand the weather’s effect on the ocean. MBX also offers stand-up paddling. “The kids get a daily analysis clip of a
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specific skill set they choose to work on,” explains managing director James Casale. 352 Montauk Hwy., Wainscott, 537-7873; mainbeachcamps.com
Parrish Art Museum “The summer programs for children at the Parrish Art Museum encourage creativity and provide a unique setting in which to engage with the creative process,” says Jennifer Duque, family and children’s programs director. This month, there’s Circus Camp, led by The Amazing Grace Circus, for adventurous children ages 8 and older, as well as a variety of art camps that teach painting, sculpture, and collage. 279 Montauk Hwy., Water Mill, 283-2118; parrishart.org
Poxabogue Golf Center “We challenge their skills and concentration levels while giving [kids] a fun experience,” says PGA Director of Golf Steven Lee about the center’s summer-long camps. The Poxabogue Golf Center’s Monday-through-Thursday golf camp provides expert instruction, from golf rules and etiquette to the physics of the perfect swing. 3556 Montauk Hwy., Bridgehampton, 537-0025; poxgolf.com
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communications director. 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Tpk., Bridgehampton, 537-9735; sofo.org
Studio Art “Let your children unleash their inner Picasso at Studio Art Parties on- and off-site, walk-in, and drop-off camps,” says owner Karen Hogan. Kids can design their own sneakers, create décor for their rooms, or learn how to sew. 670 Montauk Hwy., Water Mill, 973-670-0572; yourstudioart.com H
PONY UP Young equestrians can learn from a pro at Wölffer Estate Stables. Join Lisa Lawler, a wellknown local instructor for riding stables throughout the East End, for Pony Camp at Wölffer Estate Stables. “I’ve been riding since I was 5,” says Lawler. “I grew up riding here, my grandfather got me into it. I started showing when I was 9 years old and ultimately started teaching. I love connecting kids to the animals.” Lawler focuses on teaching her students “the relationship with the horse and how important it is that they are able to connect to them.” 139 Sagg Road, Sagaponack, 537-5106; wolffer.com
SoFo offers a variety of different tours, all boasting up-close and personal experiences with animals and nature. “Explore the interactive exhibits about nature on the South Fork, get to know the animals and plants that live here, have up-close and personal encounters with live, native reptiles and amphibians, touch the animals in our marine touch tank, and visit our outdoor butterfly garden,” says Carol Crasson, education and Pony Camp at Wölffer Estate Stables
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Filet Parade SATE YOUR STEAK CRAVINGS AT ONE OF THESE NINE MOUTHWATERING GOLD COAST ESTABLISHMENTS. BY MARISA MALANGA
Blackstone Steakhouse “From the addition of the outdoor lounge to the new steak and seafood offerings, we are constantly looking for new ways to enhance the dining experience for our guests,” says managing partner Joseph Bruton, who serves a porterhouse veal chop that’s popular among regulars. Pair your entrée with a high-end wine from its French Cruvinet Wine system. 10 Pinelawn Road, Melville, 271-7780; blackstonesteak house.com
Burton & Doyle Not only does this classic steakhouse have USDA 35-day Prime dry-aged beef, but it also boasts over 800 wines by the bottle. With two
Blackstone Steakhouse offers alfresco dining.
styles of cooking, either the Classic Steak House or Novel Broil, its different steaks cater to a seasoned palate; meanwhile, a creative assortment of specialty sushi offers a seafood alternative. 661 Northern Blvd., East Great Neck, 516-4879200; burtonanddoyle.com
and French-fried onions are among the favorite family-style sides. 54 Lincoln Ave., Rockville Centre, 516-5361500; 4 Jericho Tpk., Jericho, 516-338-4595; frankssteaks.com
Frank’s Steaks
Regarded as one of Long Island’s best, Mac’s Steakhouse boasts 150-year-old wooden floors and grass-fed, dry-aged natural beef. Pair the peppercorn sirloin fromage and Parmesan potato croquette—a chef specialty—with a vintage wine from its handpicked sommelier wine list. 12 Gerard St., Huntington, 549-5300; macssteakhouse.com
Billy Joel, Frankie Valli, Howie Mandel, and Mike Tyson have sampled one of Frank’s Steaks’ 11 different steak entrées. The King Henry Filet Mignon counts as one of the most popular, which is broiled to order and finished with bacon, mushrooms, and a béarnaise sauce. Frank’s creamed spinach
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Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
This high-end steakhouse sports its own butcher shop, which can deliver premium, hand-selected meat right to your door. Inside the restaurant, cuts from the aging cellar are prepped with salt, thrown on the broiler, and finished with melted butter. “Our most popular dish, the porterhouse steak, always comes to your table sizzling,” says vice president Jody Storch. 255 Northern Blvd., Great Neck, 516-487-8800; peterluger.com
“We serve our steaks on 500-degree plates so they come out sizzling, which keeps our steaks hot until the last bite,” explains chef Rigo Martinez. To lock in all the juicy flavors and tenderness, Ruth’s Chris seasons its custom-aged Midwestern beef before cooking it in broilers that reach up to 1,800 degrees. 600 Old Country Road, Garden City, 516-222-0220; ruthschrislongisland.com H
Prime Prime’s expansive list of steaks and chops include the ever-so rarely served American bison rib eye with a side of its famous Prime fries. Pair your steak with a seat at the restaurant’s one-of-a-kind Wave Bar with kitchen views—perfect for an adventurous evening, with just the right amount of comfort and relaxation in its atmosphere. 117 North New York Ave., Huntington, 385-1515; restaurantprime.com
Rare650 “Rare650 sets a new standard not only in steakhouse dining, but in fine dining as well,” proclaims Anthony Scotto, proprietor. Opt for the popular marinated char-grilled skirt steak or porterhouse-style veal chop. This fall Rare650 is adding an outdoor dining lounge with a glass conservatory. 650 Jericho Tpk., Syosset, 516-496-8000; rare650.com
LONG ISLAND SIZZLE Rothmann’s has been setting the steakhouse bar since 1907. As the oldest steakhouse on the Gold Coast, Rothmann’s Steakhouse combines classic traditions with current trends. Through the years the focus has always remained on quality food and service. Try the decadent bone-in rib steak that is perfectly tender and sourced from either Texas or Nebraska. The premier USDA Prime dry-aged steaks are served with daily blackboard specials and local fish options. 6319 Northern Blvd., East Norwich, 516-922-2500; rothmannssteakhouse.com The bone-in rib steak is a 24-ounce Prime cut.
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PARRISH ROAD SHOW OFFSITE ARTISTS’ PROJECTS BY MICHAEL COMBS AT HALLOCKVILLE FARM MUSEUM 5038 Sound Avenue, Riverhead August 28 – September 28 Reception: August 28, 6 – 8 pm
EVAN DESMOND YEE AT GEEKHAMPTON 34 Bay Street, Sag Harbor August 30 – September 28 Reception: August 30, 6 – 8 pm Parrish Road Show is made possible, in part, by the generous support of Caroline Hirsch and Sandy and Stephen Perlbinder. Public funding provided by Suffolk County.
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Forever Young THE EAST END BRINGS ABOUT UNEXPECTED BLESSINGS IN DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES. BY HEIDI GREEN
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5-year-old twins, Harry and Rose. They are my life, my heart, and my soul. Not the route I had envisioned taking, but perfect nonetheless. When I look at this simple image of a beautiful little girl with incredible blue eyes and her festive face painting that perfectly matches her shirt, I know that it encompasses all that I hope to achieve in my photographs, and in life. Taken in 2007 inside the Camp Divalysscious kids’ tent at Super Saturday in Water Mill, it makes me think colorful, vibrant, natural, confident, innocent, mysterious. I didn’t ask her to pose, and she didn’t ask me to take her photo. She stopped, looked at me, and in an instant, I snapped it. Unexpected and unplanned, yet perfect. H
PHOTOGRAPHY BY HEIDI GREEN
hotographing kids and special occasions is what I’ve become most known for, and it is images like this one that remind me how blessed I am by the choices I’ve made. Both personally and professionally, I’ve gone about things in an unorthodox way. While teaching preschool, I turned my photography hobby into a business, and because it basically took off overnight, I had to teach myself the ropes of being my own boss. Around the same time, in my mid 30s, tired of playing the dating game and with no special guy in my life, I decided that I wasn’t going to let my single status dictate my mommy status. I decided to have a baby, on my own… and hit the proverbial jackpot with my now
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