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The Bridgehampton Museum is thrilled to announce the premiere of its Distinguished Lecturer Series in April. This bimonthly series will present informal talks with noted authors, historians, and poets about their work and process. The discussions will take place on alternating Thursdays beginning April 7, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The series marks the museum's reopening after...

Coffee. It’s amazing. It’s your morning. It’s your conversation. It’s your life. Coffee is a wonderful part of being alive and having a good coffee shop is always a welcome business anywhere in the world. In Bridgehampton, a unique coffee shop exists that goes way back to the old school days of the Hamptons. I’m talking back when...

There was a time when lobsters piled up along the coastline more than a foot tall. Of course, that was also the time there just weren’t too many people living anywhere on Long Island. Historians point out the native inhabitants used lobsters to fertilize their lands, more so than to eat. Research about the first 1620’s Thanksgiving  dinner...

It is officially spring now. The flowers and the fruit trees are waking up from what always seems to be a long dark winter. Suddenly there is more magic to every new morning’s sunshine along with the evening’s sunsets. I for one believes the sunsets on the east end of Long Island are as beautiful and dramatic as...

I was in the Saunders & Associates office in Bridgehampton walking by real estate agent Drew Green’s desk and noticed that he was watching a youtube video entitled, “How to play pickleball”. His back was straight, his eyes were focuses, he was zeroed in. Pickleball is life. “Drew what’s with the pickleball?” “Oh Dave, it’s a great game,...

There have almost always been wealthy folks on the east end. From the beginnings the lands were fertile and the western settlements were successful. The history of the Hamptons is comprised of hard work achievement and accomplishments. In the beginning, farm lands stretched to the ocean, or close to it. It is tough not to imagine even farmers...

If you have never attended a Montauk Friends of Erin St. Patrick’s Day Parade you are missing out on something special. Every east ender should sample the pure piece of “Americana” that this parade surely is at least once. The parade will be held on Sunday March 27, 2022, starting at noon. Beware - attendance is usually around...

Before the pandemic, finding a place to use a sauna wasn’t a big deal in the Hamptons. You could use the one at the Sag Harbor Gym, you could use the steam room at the gym in Southampton and in general, you could count on any gym in the area that was going to open up, to offer...

The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons announces the arrival of three dogs and two puppies on Tuesday, March 15th to the East Hampton Airport, including a very special three-year-old Mastiff mix Zeus. Every animal ARF rescues has a story connected deeply to the place it was born. Zeus escaped euthanasia in a Louisiana shelter only to become...

One of the things I noticed my first spring living on the east end was how beautiful and powerful springtime is living near the ocean. There is a huge difference between traveling to work in Manhattan than driving from Montauk to Bridgehampton to get to an office. With the clocks now moved back and the amount of sunlight...