Monthly Archives: October 2008

Food: The Way We Eat: The Brownie Battle

In Berlin, a chocolaty bar that divides and unites.

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MADGE, A-ROD COPTER QUICKIE (New York Post)

IT was like a scene out of a James Bond movie last week, as Madonna and Alex Rodriguez secretly jetted off in two private helicopters for a quick and cozy rendezvous in the Hamptons, Page Six has learned. Instead of … Continue reading

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Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel together again — on TV.

(Reporting and Writing by Alex Dobuzinskis) Comedians Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel had an entertaining television reunion Thursday, as she appeared on his talk show more than three months after they announced their breakup, and the two went over some … Continue reading

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Take That, Hamptons! North Fork Feels Home Price Bounce (The New York Observer)

As the Hamptons housing market tumbled mightily in the third quarter , the North Fork’s saw a mild price bounce. The North Fork median sales price was $575,000 in the third quarter, up 10 percent from last year, according to … Continue reading

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Well: Searching for the Great Pumpkin (Recipe)

Chef Dan Barber takes pumpkin beyond pie and jack-o-lanterns.

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Hamptons Home Prices Plunge as Wall Street Upheaval Cools Sales (Bloomberg)

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Home prices in the Hamptons, the summer resort of Wall Street bankers and Hollywood celebrities, plunged a record 19 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier as stocks tumbled and the financial industry shed … Continue reading

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Ho-Ho-NO! Hamptons Housing Prices Tank (The New York Observer)

All is not well at the summer playground for America’s rich and famous, as home prices and sales in eastern Long Island tumbled to two-year lows in the third quarter, according to a new Hamptons/North Fork market report from real … Continue reading

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Hamptons home prices hammered in 3Q (Crain’s New York Business)

The average price of a house plunged 23% to $1.5 million and the number of sales dropped 29% to 257 in the third quarter from the year-ago period, a report says.

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East End homes feel Wall Street squeeze (Newsday)

Median price for Hamptons and North Fork homes drops 17.3% Median price for Hamptons and North Fork homes drops 17.3% from a year ago, 10.8% from previous quarter

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Troubled Water Wins At Hamptons Film Festival (About.com)

Norwegian director Eric Poppe’s Troubled Water won both the Golden Starfish for Best Narrative Feature and the audience award at the 16th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival. This year’s festival…

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City Room: Restaurant Honors Heath Ledger

With support from the estate of his friend Heath Ledger, Jud Mongell opened Five Leaves, a restaurant and bar in Brooklyn that serves as a reminder of the actor, who died in January.

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Diner’s Journal: What We’re Reading: Hot Stuff and Hot Zones

What we’re reading.

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