East Hampton’s great white whale of a restaurant—whatever that means—Moby’s just opened for their eighth season on Wednesday. After a fire last month the Italian and wood-fired pizza joint, and market, has returned to its circa 1880 home at 341 Pantigo Road between East Hampton and Amagansett. Apparently they took my advice (see my previous blog) and are operating primarily out of their backyard tents (which are really awesome). They have good food to-go and outdoor and patio dining with a toasty fire that I just love, as well as bottled cocktails and wine. Check them out for dinner Wednesday–Sunday. It’s fun and worth the visit.
One, apparently, is no longer the loneliest number, at least not in East Hampton! I recently received an email asking for coverage of “one,” a new retail concept opening this weekend at, you guessed it, ONE Main Street.
This is no one-of-the-mill store. Located in the building, formerly occupied by Elie Tahari, one was conceived as “an open-ended space for brand, artist, designer and artisan pop-ups” under a single curated umbrella. The 5,000-square-foot marketplace is spread out across two floors (and 2,000-square-foot basement with VIP salon) and features more than 70 fashion, design and jewelry brands, various home goods, contemporary art, indie magazines, art books and other treasures from around the world. As the name suggests, one is basically a one-stop shop for chic Hamptonites, especially anyone who might be in the process of dressing up a new home or looking for a fab summer wardrobe, complete with sparkly accessories.
And along with what sounds like a satisfying experience for even the most prolific spender, one is planning a variety of special events, including artist talks, book signings, trunk shows and capsule collections throughout the summer. It’s all about the bringing back the joy and pleasure of IRL shopping in the age of Amazon and online retailers. And let’s face it—after the last year of forced virtual commerce, we could all use some time browsing and buying physical items in person at a brick-and-mortar location.
number of cell towers to the point where communicating is virtually impossible. But it’s more than just a problem with AT&T, Verizon or T-mobile. We the residents of the Hamptons need to speak out to our elected officials and say, allow new towers to go up. It’s not a matter of cell phones being a luxury, they are a necessity not only in business and basic communications but in safety as well. So many residents out here don’t even have land lines and the spotty service is now endangering lives. Our officials are doing what we on the East End tell them to do. But enough is enough, we need to bite the bullett and run the risk of having towers in our own back yards so perhaps we can avoid a tragedy before it happens.
$5,000,000 in a period of 6 months. Now, I know you think Hamptons Chatter just rakes in the money but the initial high estimate they gave my home was crazy. I’d move out in hours if I could get that number tomorrow! Yep, I would guess their error rate in the Hamptons is a heck of a lot more than a 8%. It’s a big miss in the Hamptons… like an Ishtar big miss! A “Missestimate” if you will. So the take away from all of this… talk to an agent or do your homework (Zillow.com is a great source for closed prices) and don’t try let some silicon valley geek tell you what your home is worth. Besides, how could you put a price on that “Sistine Chapel” painting on your master bedroom ceiling?
