Recreation

With rehearsals and opening night for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" behind them, Broadway producers Bonnie Comley and Stewart Lane threw a pool party for cast, crew and Bay Street Theater honchos at the Lanes' East Hampton estate complete with 5-foot huge beach balls, a caricature artist, and an ice cream truck.

One morning Dick Cavett got a call from ARF saying. "We've got your dog." "I didn't know I had one," he told us at the Bow Wow Meow Ball for ARF Hamptons.

No, it wasn't a casting call for "Grease," but the Hamptons circuit that turned out for the Rydell High School Sock Hop, to benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation, at the East Hampton Studio were channeling their inner Danny's and Sandy's.

Mary Kate Olsen, Kelly Ripa, Billy Joel and Rachel Zoe dined at a Hamptons hotspot over the holiday weekend.

"Modern Family" actress Sofia Vergara was spotted at a Southampon restaurant with fiancé Nick Loeb and Douglas Elliman CEO Howard Lorber over the holiday weekend.

Sipping champagne at Jean Shafiroff's cocktail party at Sequin, we were mesmerized by all the shiny pretty things. We were on the western wing of the "Shop for Paws" Job's Lane Block Party in Southampton, to benefit the Southampton Animal Shelter.

Sophia Vergara, Jon Bon Jovi, Matt Lauer, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Mary Kate Olsen, and Diana Taylor were among the stars who chatted and laughed while photographers snapped away at the Hamptons Classic Grand Prix during Labor Day Weekend.

Presenting partner, Cadillac, joined forces with The Montauk Beach House to throw a closing celebration of the Sound Waves @ The House series which featured three of the hottest lady DJ's including Alex Merrell, Elle Dee, and Bridget Marie.

Yes, poverty exists even in the affluent paradise we call the Hamptons, but thanks to Maureen's Haven and corporate sponsors like Rechler Equity Partners there is shelter from the storm of homelessness.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Sag HarborFest, the weekend long celebration of Sag Harbor's maritime history.