DAN’S PAPERS
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personally. Are the people “friending” you on Facebook really your friends? Is that really your father? Aren’t you lying about your age? And what do you mean you have not had any liposuction? I’ve Googled you. And all your medical records are out there, those hackers do such a good job. Twenty-five years ago, the editors of a weekly newspaper in Manhattan decided to see if a person sitting on the sidewalk and panhandling on Jobs Lane would be allowed to do that. They’re allowed to do that in Manhattan. Unfortunately, there were no panhandlers sitting on the sidewalk on Jobs Lane or anywhere else, so the editors sent the next best thing, an employee of the newspaper who happened to be their best reporter. He was out there, sitting on a ratty blanket for about two hours, when a cop came and told him to move along. He moved along. And then he wrote about it.
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the Kardashian sisters, Kourtney and Khloé, dining at 75 Main.
last? There were rumors that the two K’s almost rented a store at 35 Main Street, around the corner from Jobs Lane, but they went with Herzog. And what about all those people who are complaining to Page Six, gossip magazines and news commentators that the reality show and store will bring unwanted “trash” to Southampton in the same way that Snooki and company brought unwanted trash to the, uh, Jersey Shore? But are those making these complaints just being paid by the reality show producers and their marketing people to say that? Now let’s talk about you
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As I write this, there are at least six different film crews that I know of who are out and about here, covering fashion-magazine shoots and making TV dramas, reality shows for cable, movies, commercials, and documentaries. There’s even a documentary about the making of a documentary. It’s also true that we get called for copies of Dan’s Papers for set dressing for such TV series as Royal Pains and we are proud of it. And every day when I go out between Memorial Day and Labor Day, people stop me and say, “Aren’t you Dan from Dan’s Papers?” And then they turn and say to someone next to them, “Martha, it’s really him, Dan from Dan’s Papers.” And I say, “No I’m not. I’m his stand-in. We’re making a movie about Dan’s Papers and he’s here now but at the moment he’s giving an interview so I’m standing in, what’s your name?” About 20 years ago, I was looking for an editor for a glossy summer magazine I wanted to publish monthly under the Dan’s Papers umbrella. (Ultimately, we did publish it for two years. It was called H.) Someone suggested that one of the daughters of a prominent Southampton family should be considered. They knew everybody. They could do the job. I don’t remember the first name of the pretty young woman I met for coffee, but I do remember the last name. It was Kardashian. But in the end, this person said she didn’t want to be considered, so I hired someone else. I do remember thinking, though, what a great name, Kardashian. With a name like that, somebody could go far. Probably had already, in banking or mergers, which is why they had a family manse in Southampton. And these were the kids. Sure beats Rattiner.