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It Has Been a Busy Season

It’s hard to say goodbye to summer. We’ll miss the traffic jams en route to East Hampton, the lingering smell of street fair sausages on our block, the earthquakes, the hurricanes, the Mets ... On second thought, we’re ready for Fall. Read More

New Yorkers Stand as Critics, but the City is Ready for Its Close-Up

It’s hard to know which is more ubiquitous on the streets of New York this summer: Hot dog carts or film crews. Some 23 television shows are being filmed in the city at the moment, a record number. Some of the shows currently filming on the streets should be no surprise. The HBO series Girls, Read More

Upside Down on the East End

The listing for this $11 million, 5,023-square-foot home in Quogue claims it was "built as an upside-down house to take advantage of the dramatic water views." The listing also makes it sound like the kitchen and living areas are upstairs, so maybe that's what the broker meant; if so, it's kind of an odd set-up.

But never mind that, because the house is beautifully set on the ocean with five bedrooms, a pool, a "media room," and coral floors. Talk about nautical. An added bonus is the outdoor kitchen grill "cleverly hidden" by a remote-controlled door.

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Anderson Cooper Gets His Denim in a Twist: The 8-Day Week

Wednesday, June 1

Lincoln Debates

Not all is well at Lincoln Center--the City Opera finally bolted for greener (hopefully more acoustically sound) pastures, and the City Ballet's season was described by our venerable dance critic as "schizophrenic." Plus, they have a theater named after a tea-partying Koch brother! But the site's ongoing redevelopment continues apace, Read More

Hamptons Hopscotch Begins: Blankfein Shops, Walentas and Krutoy Smash

Things are heating up in the Hamptons--especially the bulldozer engines.

The Post's Jennifer Gould Keill has a quartet of East End news today. For starters, Lloyd Blankfein is looking to invest. The Goldman chief already has a brilliant spread at 15 Central Park West and a $41 million bonanza he bought but four Read More

Guldi Trial Goes to Jury: ‘Jabba the Hutt’ to Get Verdict This Week

The trial of former Suffolk County legislator George Guldi went to the jury today, and a verdict is expected sometime this week, according to the Hampton Bays Patch. Guldi has been charged with absconding with an $853,000 insurance check, which he received after fire destroyed his historic Westhampton Beach home in 2008. Though Read More

The Many Woes of George O. Guldi: A Hamptons Pol Fights for His Good Name

Last Monday, in a windowless courtroom in Riverhead, L.I., George Guldi approached a wood lectern and delivered a lesson in aesthetics. A former Suffolk County legislator, Mr. Guldi is currently defending himself against charges that he stole an $853,000 insurance check, following a fire at his home. But what color was the check? he wanted Read More

Can a Hamptons Rehab Center Cure Wall Street’s Addictions?

New York, you have a problem, but the rest of the country is here to help.

Minnesota's Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center is already working on a new rehab center in Tribeca, and now The Journal reports that California clinic Passages, which holds retreats in Malibu and Ventura, is thinking of opening a branch in Read More

East End Sign-off

In the foyer of the American Hotel in Sag Harbor, Christie Brinkley raised a flute of pink Champagne to toast Steven Gaines upon the completion of the final broadcast of his weekly radio show Sunday Brunch Live With Steven Gaines. For the past seven years, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Mr. Gaines has hosted Read More

Dick Cavett Mouths off on Montauk at Wainscott Secretariat Screening

The prince most often associated with polo is Harry, but at last night's private screening of Secretariat in Wainscott, the prince getting all the polo players' attention was Rare Prince, a handsome chestnut steed and a great-grandson of the triple-crown winner whose story the soon-to-be released Disney film chronicles. The kind-eyed horse, a former racehorse Read More

Le Monde Owner Hounded for Hamptons Rent

Matthieu Pigasse, the Paris-based Lazard honcho who recently purchased the right-leaning Le Monde newspaper (incidentally The Post described the French newspaper as "left-leaning," which is pretty much like calling Fox News a socialist news source), is being hounded for $165,000 rent for a Hamptons rental he stayed in for two nights Read More

The Hamptons—Whadda Bargain!

Some things don't change. If the Manhattan housing market is shifting and the Brooklyn brownstone market is sputtering, North Fork and the Hamptons seem to be on a fast track to recovery.

The Prudential Douglas Elliman second-quarter report, which went public this morning, shows a dramatic increase in sales. The quarter clocked Read More

Fútbol! What’s that? The Hamptons Soccer Haters

On the afternoon of Saturday, June 11, the central village of East Hampton was packed with two types: those who were shopping because it was too cold and overcast for the beach, and those who came to one of the casual eateries to watch the highly anticipated United States vs. U.K. soccer match at the Read More

You Take the North Shore And I’ll Take the South Shore

The Montauk Highway, better known as 27, is the inching one lane artery delivering sweltering Manhattanites to their East End Xanadus. For those more prescient, less patient or more able of pocket, the faster commute option is the 40 minute helicopter ride from lower Manhattan to the Hampton of choice.

The swiftest, most fuel efficient Read More

Despite Bankruptcy, Dan’s Papers is ‘Here to Stay’

Don't stop the presses!

Even though Brown Publishing, the owner of that quirky and batty free weekly of the Hamptons, Dan's Papers, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the paper isn't going anywhere.

"Brown's bankruptcy is not about shutting down and selling off the pieces. In fact, everything will be proceeding as normal," wrote Dan Rattiner, founder and Read More