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Several weeks ago I received
a call from a London documentary
maker. She knew
we owned Dan’s Papers and
asked me if I could help her in
her eff orts to create a feature to
be shown on British TV about
the Hamptons as a playground
of the rich and famous.
Well, the fi lm crew arrived last
week and with the help of my
friend Ann Th omas, they navigated
the week here on the South
Fork.
Thomas, a horsewoman,
showed them the polo fi elds and
had them interview many of the
team members. Th is is a world I
don’t know yet!
But the next day we all went by
boat to Sunset Beach, a restaurant
and hotel set on Sunset
Cove on Shelter Island.
Th ere are no boat slips to
come into so a dinghy
brought us to shore. Getting
in and out it was not my
most graceful moment,
but I didn’t fall into the
water so it was a successful
arrival.
Sitting outside on the
restaurant’s rooft op I felt
like I was in Saint-Tropez,
seeing the beach and watching
the yachts parked in the waters
from my seat.
Th e charming French manager
Adrian added to the atmosphere
as the fi lm crew recorded
us eating our lunch overlooking
the beach that. It off ers chairs,
umbrellas, and concessions, with
a masseuse, and paddle boat and
kayak rental.
It’s a place I want to return to.
Th e next day the fi lm crew
came to my house for a oneon
one interview, since now
that I own Dan’s Papers I’m the
Hamptons “expert.” What fun!
To end the fi lm crew’s week,
my friend Ann and David
Hornung had arranged a cocktail
What a week!
party to “stage” a “typical”
Hamptons gathering.
Th e host graciously gathered
a group of two dozen people
to his magnifi cent home
and we gathered around his
pool. We noshed on caviar
and champagne, selections
of fruit and cheeses.
Th e guests included
Dan’s Papers very own Flo
Anthony, our “South of the
Highway” gossip columnist.
I made some new friends
including fashion designer Vera
Wang, Jamal Corrie, who performed
on Th e Voice, and the
applause like crazy and asked him
repeatedly for one more song.
POWERLIST EVENT
Th e PowerList of the East
End movers and shakers
rocked the red carpet for our
fi rst Dan’s Papers PowerList
event at Th e Muses in
Southampton.
My special event
team led by Demetra
Mattone and Toni
Cimino created a
night to remember.
As the honorees
walked the red carpet
to receive a “Vicki”
statuette, their personalities
shone
through. What a fun
night, which also raised
money for Th e Ellen
Hermanson Foundation,
supporting breast cancer
research.
Th e Muses in Southampton
rocked that night. What’s better
than doing good and feeling
good?
YIDDISH THEATER
FUNDRAISER
To fi nish off the week I was
invited by Carol Levin to her
home for a fundraiser for Th e
National Yiddish Th eatre.
To top off the aft ernoon we
heard the magnifi cent voice of
Steven Skybell, the artist who
performed as Tevye in the
National Yiddish Th eatre’s production
of Fiddler on the Roof.
What a week!
Adrian Hotel Manager Ann Thomas and
Holly Haux with British fifi lmmakers
Elyse Richman, owner of Shock Ice Cream,
with me and her mom
Pat Condren and
Rosanna Scotto at
Rose Soirée
Singer Jamal
Corrie and Dr.
Larry Rosenthal
Dancers at
the Rosé
Soirée
Lulu Romano
Steven Skybell
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