Monthly Archives: July 2009

Proposal Targets Narrow Hamptons Driveways (WCBS 880 New York)

Officials say narrow, winding mansion driveways are causing a safety hazard in New York’s Hamptons. READ MORE >>

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Field Report: Kelp Wanted

A (very local) abalone farm brings back a California delicacy.

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Feuding stars Eminem, Mariah Carey “Obsessed” with each other

If President Obama still has some Bud Light in the fridge after his “beer summit” Thursday to defuse racial tensions, he might want to mediate an even bigger crisis: The escalating feud between Mariah Carey and Eminem.  Long after the … Continue reading

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Down to the final four on “So You Think You Can Dance”

The “dreaded quickstep” was once again the kiss of death as ballerina Melissa Sandvig was eliminated on Fox’s fifth season of the popular “So You Think You Can Dance.” Comments from the judges on Wednesday night were mixed for Sandvig’s … Continue reading

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Heigl vs. Apatow at box offices, amid snipes

If their comments on Thursday to radio host Howard Stern are any indication, it looks like writer/director/producer Judd Apatow  and his protege Seth Rogen  are still sore over a comment Katherine Heigl  made about their 2007 movie “Knocked Up .” Heigl … Continue reading

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Joe Jackson says he knew of Michael’s fourth child

Last week, when the British tabloids ran a story saying Michael Jackson had a fourth child — a rumor that had been passed around years ago — it was hard to believe and even harder to verify. But Thursday it … Continue reading

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Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey Partners with Lilybug Scooters in Hamptons (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

LYNCHBURG, Tenn.—-Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey and Lilybug Scooters, a designated-driver service that takes customers home in their own vehicles, have partnered to increase safety on the roads throughout the busy summer season.

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The Hamptons Magazine Snob-Off [Feuds] (Gawker)

The high society better-than-yous who summer in The Hamptons are under the impression that there is some legitimate moral stratification of Hamptons summer society magazines. They fuss and fight as…

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Our Lady of the Hamptons plans $3.7 million expansion (The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press)

Our Lady of the Hamptons Regional Catholic School recently got the go-ahead from the Diocese of Rockville Centre to launch a $3.7-million capital campaign to finance construction of a gymnasium, four new classrooms, and a solar system that will power … Continue reading

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Unreal Estate: Divided Fortunes in Hamptons (TheStreet.com)

Property sales north of Hampton’s main highway have been especially hard hit by the housing downturn.

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THE GREAT INDOORS IN THE HAMPTONS (New York Post)

THE best place to eat in the Hamptons is in a garden or on a porch — at your house or a friend’s. In a land blessed with luminescent air and a fantasia of great fish and produce from local … Continue reading

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Hamptons’ Blue Parrot; Surf Lodge’s $26 Lobster Roll: Food Buzz (Bloomberg)

July 29 (Bloomberg) — “ Delta Air Lines ” was inscribed on the knives. But we weren’t on a flight, we were dining in the Hamptons at a land-based eatery that evokes the universally miserable experience of eating crummy food … Continue reading

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