SOUTHAMPTON
It’s A LOLA Summer
I never thought I’d say this, but there IS one thing I HATE about the Summer: It goes by way too fast! Can you believe it’s already well into the end of JULY and we haven’t even checked in once with those wacky LOLA characters??! Enough is enough. Here’s a brief look at what those crazy cats have been up to:
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Woman’s Health In Southampton: Pilates, MBTs, And Freebies Galore
On our way to buy running sneakers at Gubbins, Rachelle and I noticed a sign for Woman’s Health Studio on Windmill Lane. Inside, a single airy room was covered in red yoga mats, displays of MBT sneakers, LUNA Bars, free weights, and pilates rings.
A friendly WH employee explained to us that the magazine had been hosting complimentary Pilates classes throughout the weekend, and that we were just in time for the last one. When we saw the toned limbs and affable grin of our instructor, well-known Pilates guru Brooke Siler, we immediately signed up.
Dan Says…
I’ve biked by A Little of What You Fancy before, but, unsure as to whether its contents would be cute or twee, I’ve never bothered to determine the name’s veracity. Thanks to Dan’s Papers, I’ve figured out that the store does indeed hold a little of what I fancy, and that little would be Khiels. Unless I’m in Manhattan, or at the Barneys in the Chestnut Hill Mall back home, I have to buy my favorite retro-chic (though not, alas, retro-priced) bath and body products online, a process that is never as satisfying as its 3D sister. Now, it looks like I can forget about Khiels.com, if only for the summer. A Little of What You Fancy also stocks homemade chocolate, beeswax candles, and Orla Kiely totes to put them in.
[Image via Dan's Papers]
Why We Love Princess Diner
Because it isn’t upscale kitschy; it’s just kitschy. Because you can never have too much chrome. Because it serves sardine sandwiches. With coleslaw. And onion rings. Because the food is actually good. Because it has deep, comfy booths. Because the ice cream comes in silver dishes. Because the waitstaff is professional, and quick. Because the portions, like the prices, are decidedly un-Hamptonian.
LIGALY’s Kickoff Party At OSO
LIGALY is the group for Long Island lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual youth, and they are renowned for their efforts advocating for and providing social support. LIGALY also has a fantastic cultural center –right now the exhibit is deals with the German Army’s treatment of homosexuals during WWII, and every year the organization throws one of the summer’s biggest fundraisers, On The Bay. Tonight the Southampton Inn’s new restaurant OSO will be the scene of the kick-off party for On the Bay (which is being held on August 16). If your schedule is clear form 6-8, go show your support (and to try some of chef Peter Dunlop’s barbequed duck and portbello mini-pizza’s).
Beached
I have a confession to make: in the three weeks I’ve been here, I’ve yet to swim in the ocean. I’ve only gotten my feet sandy once, and that was to take pictures. Sad, right? I know that the beaches here are nice, but only because I’ve read that on the internet. So I’m asking for your advice: if you only have limited time, which beaches are worth it? How do the rest of you busy bees make homage to Poseidon?
Dan’s Paper Says…
You know that horrid “Slow down or you will be shot (with a radar gun)” sign that greets motorists entering Southampton? The sign that no one, apart from the SHPD, has shown any support for. Well, Dan Rattiner has come up with an excellent solution: replace the radar cop with the old dummy cop that used to guard East Hampton back in the 1980’s.
A Trip Down Gin Lane
I like the name “Gin Lane;” it sounds so 16th century London, seedy, and more than a little decrepit. Of course, Southampton’s Puritanical early birds didn’t name their roads after liquor -gin is just another word for enclosure, and the lane’s original occupants were mostly errant bovines. 350 years later and the cows have been swapped out for compounds, the fences for privet hedges, and the farmers for the famous and the famously wealthy. I biked down it the other day, hoping to photograph Gin’s goods, but there was no getting past the bulk of the gates.
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Dune: What Went Down
[Image via Hangin' in the Hamptons]
Those of you too emotionally spent from watching Tiger’s putting skills to venture out missed Mel B and her producer husband Stephan Belafonte (fresh from a BBQ at the BoConcept House), who boogied and bubbled with Stavros Niarchos, David Zinczenko, Greg Bello, and Brazilian supermodel Raica Oilveria. Looks like our runner up is still running strong…
