{"id":1486,"date":"2014-09-30T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/2014\/09\/30\/the-chinese-democracy-of-blog-posts\/"},"modified":"2017-02-13T21:54:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T21:54:06","slug":"the-chinese-democracy-of-blog-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/the-chinese-democracy-of-blog-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chinese Democracy of Blog Posts… The Winners and Losers of Summer 2014!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, sometimes it’s worth the wait and other times it’s the equivalent of “The Phantom Menace.” \u00a0 \u00a0 Its been a few weeks since I’ve sat in front of this computer and contemplated a new installment of Hamptons Chatter. \u00a0 But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about this blog. \u00a0 \u00a0 Some of the observations I’ve made over the past few weeks but weren’t worthy of a full musing are being poured into this latest posting. \u00a0 So, will it be worth it? \u00a0 Of course because doesn’t everyone love when someone else tells them if they’re hip or hopeless?<\/p>\n

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Chef Eric Miller created a winner with Bay Kitchen!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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\nNew Restaurant:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Winner: \u00a0Bay Kitchen in East Hampton –\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Bay Kitchen<\/u>\u00a0has it all;\u00a0\u00a0a killer review in the NY Times under it’s belt, a killer location and good service.<\/div>\n
Loser: \u00a0 \u00a0 Harlow in Sag Harbor – <\/b>It had the location and the buzz but bad service and bad attitudes killed the fun quicker than your elderly grandmother’s surprise visit during that last college toga party.<\/div>\n
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Drink<\/i>:\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
Winner: \u00a0Channing Daughters, Wolffer and Bedell Rose wines – \u00a0<\/b>A shortage of local rose wine says it all. \u00a0It was “THE” drink at benefits and bbq’s this past summer.<\/div>\n
Loser: \u00a0 \u00a0The BBC at Cyril’s<\/b> – \u00a0a temporary loss of a liquor license \u00a0not to mention that you
\nget a blood alcohol spike by just walking in the parking lot (you could lose that sobriety chip), led to a summer of despair for more than a few fans of Napeague’s favorite haunt.<\/div>\n
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Fitness:<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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Winner: \u00a0 Studio 89<\/b> in Sag Harbor – Rich Decker has created a bright, clean and airy space where they actually like their clientele!Loser: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Equinox Fitness<\/b> – You guys keep taunting us with opening in the Hamptons. \u00a0Until you do you will remain on the loser list! \u00a0If you open out here next year, we’ll talk!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hamptons Celebrity:<\/i><\/b>
\nWinner:<\/b> \u00a0 Jimmy Fallon – He’s now a Hamptons home owner and you’ll see him tooling around town year round. \u00a0 He’s taken over the Tonight Show and invigorated it with his own brand of humor and made it his own. \u00a0It’s the same way he behaves at restaurants and stores around town; friendly and approachable. \u00a0 Why can’t all celebrities be more like Jimmy Fallon!?Loser: <\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 He’s Chevy Chase<\/b> and you’re not… and neither is Jimmy Fallon! \u00a0That is a good thing. The humorless and unfriendly failed talk show host, unemployed sit com star and father in law to a midnight swimming lad <\/a>who had the town searching frantically at night for his whereabouts is nothing like Fallon. \u00a0 Hey Chevy, if you’re not busy maybe you can finally make “Snow Day 2?”Hamptons Media\/News source:<\/i><\/b>
\nWinner: \u00a0Hamptons Magazine \u00a0–\u00a0<\/b>The biggest and the best and the only one that doesn’t take resort living too seriously. \u00a0Hamptons magazine is the fun yearbook for the East End and the only one I know people actually talk about during the summer! \u00a0“Hey, you were on the list!” \u00a0Hint!
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Loser: \u00a0 \u00a0 Hamptons Chatter –\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Inconsistent updates with a bad layout and too snarky for my taste! \u00a0 Besides does anybody read that blog anyway?<\/div>\n
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Fashion Statement:<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
Winner: \u00a0 Vineyard vines –\u00a0<\/b>Their polos are stylish and reasonably priced! \u00a0It’s cool preppy chic and you can’t buy them at TJ Maxx. \u00a0 Not that there is anything wrong being a Maxinista! \u00a0It’s also not
\ncontributing to Polo-fication of East Hampton.<\/div>\n
Loser: \u00a0Crocs <\/b>– \u00a0 If I have to tell you why, then you shouldn’t be reading this blog!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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