Recreation

The Westhampton Beach Country Club once again hosted the Independent Group Home Living (IGHL) annual Luncheon and Fashion Fling, now in its sixth year and one of the most popular of all IGHL fundraising events.

Swifty's — heir to the Mortimer's beau monde society Truman Capote immortalized — has so many regulars, that owners Stephen Attoe and Robert Caravaggi try to think of ways to amuse them.

I may have over simplified, describing The New York Women's Foundation as "Diana Taylor's charity," but there is no denying the impact her active chairmanship has made.

Friends of Hermione-Lafayette in America held a gala on a modern warship, the Intrepid, honoring Henry Kissinger and Charlie Rose. French Intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy and (the first female) IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (IMF) spoke as the room dined on 18th Century French-styled cuisine.

Goblins, ghosts, princesses, devils, angels, zombies, and other ethereal creatures will soon be invading the Hamptons to celebrate All Hallows' Eve.

ROLEX presented NEW YORK NEW YORK a helluva town - Career Transition For Dancers' 29th Anniversary Jubilee at New York City Center followed by dinner at The Grand Ballroom at The Hilton New York.

The Bridgehampton Museum is hosting a benefit cocktail party at The Bridge Golf Club in Bridgehampton.

Join the Eastern Long Island Chapter of Surfrider Foundation for a benefit at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett featuring a set by local favorites, Jettykoon.

The evening will feature a lecture led by Christopher Paparo about Falconry ("an ancient but not forgotten sport").

Francophiles rejoice. In just one year, you will be able to exclaim, "Le Hermione et arrive!" This replica of the Tall Ship which Lafayette commandeered to America in 1780 to support the American Revolutionary War will recreate that trip next year.