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On Tuesday, the weather was pushing the high 50s in the Hamptons. I happened to be in Amagansett and was just leaving Romaine Gordon’s open houses at Handy Lane, so of course I had to check out the beach at Georgica in East Hampton. I was stunned, not just by the beauty, but by the weather! There was...

On Saturday, February 11th the Southampton Animal Shelter hosted a sold-out Puppy Love event at elegant Main Prospect Restaurant in Southampton Village. Attendees (including my husband and me) enjoyed a delectable four-course prix fixe dinner with wine pairings--a different wine for each course. The food, wines and service were all top of the line. So was the music,...

The Parrish Art Museum is dedicated to serving all members of the community. Along with their wonderful exhibits and events, they also offer monthly programs enabling those with special needs to participate in art. There are programs for school students, young children and adults. Active partners with the Parrish include the Southampton and Hampton Bays schools Life Skills...

Remember the old Johnny Carson monologue template? “So how cold was it? It was so cold that that ducks were falling out of the sky!” For most of our lives that’s how cold most winters have always been. Very cold! In fact, last week most of the U.S.A. received a sample of that old classic Arctic winter weather,...

ARF, Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, was founded back in 1974 to assist with the issue of animal overpopulation in East Hampton. Over the course of these last 46 years, tens of thousands of cats and dogs have been able to receive the compassion, food, shelter, medical care, and training they deserve through the committed efforts of...

Usually when one thinks of a rainy day one does not use the word fabulous. The standard for wonderful walks, hikes or treks are the ones on sunny days. Yet I believe the most memorable walks I have experienced were, in fact, on rainy days. There have many been walks and hikes in my life. Summer walks in...

This last week I celebrated winter by taking a long road trip to ski at Stowe in Vermont. As soon as the car entered the state of Vermont the landscape was draped in recently fresh fallen snow. It was a definite winter wonderland of snow. That sojourn into the world of Vermont winter sports is now in the...

The Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce, Saturday, February 4, as the date of its annual winter festival, HarborFrost. This year’s festival will include a Friday night cocktail party for Chamber members and non-members and Saturday’s events will run from 1 to 6 p.m. This popular winter event began in  2011 and continues to delight...

The east end has multiple charms that dazzle those who pause to notice. If you are disposed to spend time at beaches or boating, you understand the variety of powerful sunrises and sunsets. I call these skies the dance of the eternal souls. I swear at the zenith of sunrises and sunsets, I feel the presence of every...

Before there was easily accessible internet and various movie streaming networks, there was always the East Hampton Library - that beautiful historic building located on the corner of the beginning of Route 114 and intersecting Route 27. My first year as an east-end writer I actually composed all of my articles in the basement of that library. They...