Lifestyle

Easter egg hunts are being held at the Green School and Quogue Wildlife Refuge (April 4), followed by Southampton Inn’s with Claude’s brunch buffet (April 5). Make reservations for American Hotel’s Easter dinner (chilled pea and peekytoe crab soup, roast leg of lamb), and Stone Creek Inn’s prix-fixe menu (deviled [...]

On April 18, Bridgehampton Chamber Music presents “Rhapsody in Blue: A Gershwin Evening” (Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church), and “Jill Gioia: The Main Event” pays tribute to Barbra Streisand (Bay Street Theater). The Hamptons Festival of Music’s “Viennese Voices” features Beethoven, Haydn and Schubert (St Luke’s Episcopal Church, April 23). Guild Hall [...]

On April 11, Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons hosts its Kitten Shower, and James Lane Post’s Cookbook Brunch helps Share the Harvest Farm (Southampton Inn). Run/walk Katy’s Courage 5K for local scholarships (Sag Harbor, April 18). Parrish Art Museum’s Spring Fling honoring the Neuwirth Foundation’s Bobbie Braun funds educational and [...]

Open: Bird on the Roof, Bostwick’s Chowder House, Canal Café, Dopo il Ponte, Montauk Point Lighthouse, Montauk Yacht Club and Sagaponack Farm Distillery. Coming soon: Clam Bar (April 17), LongHouse Reserve (April 18), Madoo Conservancy (April 18), Lunch The Lobster Roll/Amagansett (April 24), Navy Beach (April 24), Duryea’s Montauk (May [...]

Yard reboot:  Southampton’s Spring Leaf Cleanup requires biodegradable bags (April 13-May 29; curbside brush/leaf pickup begins April 6). Lend a hand for our community during the Town of Southampton’s Great East End Clean-Up. Individuals and groups are invited to help pick up litter in parks, beaches and other areas; bags [...]

I closed out March by attending one of my favorite industry powerhouse events, the annual International Luxury Alliance conference. Some 80 Coldwell Banker and Corcoran real estate professionals from over 40 U.S. markets gathered at Four Seasons Hotel Boston. Beyond learning about new marketing and AI tools, the group was [...]

Since people are always asking me about real estate and lifestyle matters, we introduced a light and fun monthly Q&A about all sorts of topics.   Ham or lamb? Davis family dishes that will appear on our Easter Sunday table. “My wife is of Greek descent and celebrates Orthodox Easter [...]

Warm up at local cafés. The Golden Pear serves soups, coffee and classic brunch items. New York’s Stone Street Café debuted in Southold with daily service for roasted coffee drinks, baked goods and sandwiches. Sagtown Coffee offers breakfast bowls and La Colombe on tap by day and Après with sips [...]

Support East Hampton Library’s winter fundraiser with Belle Burden’s book presentation, signing and reception (March 7), and Empty Bowls benefiting Project Most’s extracurricular programs (Amagansett American Legion Post 419, March 8). Rowdy Hall celebrates its 30th anniversary through its “1% for the East End Giving Campaign.” Dine at New York [...]

On view at Parrish Art Museum, “Ellsworth Kelly: Eight Decades” surveys his concentration in elusive forms with approximately 20 works spanning the 1940s to the 2010s (March 8-June 14; talk and reception, March 14). Due to popular demand, the Watermill Center extended “Upside Down Zebra” through May 30; the monumental exhibition [...]