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AN EVENING IN THE VINEYARD

Good friends, good food—and great

wine—over dinner at Wölffer Estate Vineyard. wITh

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THE LEGACY AND LUXURY OF LAKE LIFE

A fond look back at the

the great lake societies from yesteryear. by DavID paTrICk ColumbIa

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Conversations with the experts about real estate

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THE PARRISH: CLOSE AND CLOSER

“Chuck Close Photographs” drew

international attention to the Parrish Art Museum.

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FAMILY-SIZED FUN IN THE SUN HAMPTON HOTSPOTS

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Casa de Campo has adventures for all ages.

Break from the beach at these shops and restaurants aSTrID blomgren

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A FAIR TO REMEMEBER

Art Southampton, one of the East End’s most exciting

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and groundbreaking art fairs, finds a new home at Nova’s Ark Project.

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DAYS OF SUMMER PAST

From the archives. proDuCeD by aSTrID blomgren

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SOCIAL DIARY

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OBSERVATIONS

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CANTEENS

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FRESH FINDS

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FOOD & LIFEST YLE

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ART

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WINE

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OPEN HOUSE

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SOCIAL CALENDAR

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SNAPSHOT

On the goings-on of the summer.

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Scandals in sports, past and present.

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Alta Linea does justice to outdoor dining, Italian-style. by DanIel Cappello Shades of pink and purple.

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French paintings at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. by paul JeromaCk

A new Triple Crown winner, and two masters of racing join the Hall Of Fame.

Tzatziki sauce is the solution to summer cooking. by alex hITz

Mia Fonssagrives-Solow discusses her career and life as an artist.

A sparkling from Ca’ del Bosco, to dazzle your guests.

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Mannequins come alive at the Museum of Art and Design.

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A farmhouse in Bedford, New York, is on the market with Ginnel Real Estate.

Our guide to all the best events and charity galas this summer season.

Summer in the city, with the PYTs. by elIzabeTh QuInn brown

How the Surf Lodge became a Montauk establishment. by lIly hoaglanD

Portrait by renowned illustrator Joseph Adolphe.

WILMINGTON TRUST RENOWNED INSIGHT

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He works closely with our Wealth Advisory group to help ensure banking and lending strategies are customized for a client’s unique needs and integrated with the overall financial plan. Carmen is part of a seasoned team of professionals who exemplify Wilmington Trust’s 112-year heritage of successfully advising families.

For access to the expertise of professionals like Carmen and the rest of our team, contact Larry Gore at 212-415-0547.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers by nature, leveraging insight, hard work, and capital to create successful companies. But when your company is your main source of financial security, you need to protect it from risk – like natural disaster, legal liability, and crime.

Assessing risk. Unfortunately, many business owners don’t think about specific risks until they’ve experienced a threat firsthand. Which is why planning ahead is so critical to protect you and your business from losses. And while asset concentration, fiduciary risk, and risks unique to the nature of your business are extremely important to consider, there are emerging threats you could face.

The new threat. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has estimated that cyber crime costs the U.S. economy at least $445 billion a year – $160 billion lost by individuals and $285 billion by companies. The risk is so great today that one solution many business owners are considering is cyber security insurance. These policies typically cover damage to digital assets, business interruptions, and reputational harm.

They can also defray liability costs, and may pay for forensic investigations, customer notification, credit monitoring, and legal and public relations services.

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Be prepared. Whatever your potential risks, it’s important to plan ahead and develop an integrated, cohesive strategy for minimizing your exposure. Your own risk exposure will depend on many factors – the nature of your business, your personal tax and financial situation, and estate and business succession planning considerations. Wilmington Trust can help.

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EDITOR’S LETTER

Clockwise from upper left: Cheers to the new rosé from Wölffer Estate Vineyard; enjoying the Parrish Art Museum; the barrels of Ca’ del Bosco; Montauk’s Surf Lodge; the tantalizing ice cream sandwiches from Alta Linea.

“SUMMER WAS OUR best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape.” To Kill A Mockingbird is about the South, civil rights, but also the beauty and joy of summer. Fifty-five years after it was first published, the book is enjoying a revival and a sharp increase in sales, thanks to the anticipation surrounding Go Set a Watchman, which comes out this July. Expect to see the new Harper Lee tucked into the beach totes of anybody who loves literature. (Do not, however, expect us to lend you our copy just because we’re traveling together. Pack your own.)

While devouring a good read on a summer’s afternoon, a glass of rosé helps to whet the appetite, and all New Yorkers know that the Wölffer Estate Vineyard is the best in the U.S. To celebrate the unveiling of their newest rosé, appropriately titled “Summer in a Bottle,” we went out to the vineyard with some of our favorite Hamptons locals to feast and compare notes—floral, fruity, and more. Joey Wölffer and husband Max Rohn were not only wonderful hosts, but also beaming parentsto-be, and we wish them all the best to their expanding family.

We’re sure the next generation will be just as talented with the grapes if genetics have anything to say about it.

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Between the wine, a delicious tzatziki recipe from Alex Hitz, and a summer reading list to get through, we have a great season ahead. Now is the summer of our contentment and—to remix another quote from the Bard—let us eat, drink, and be literary, for tomorrow we lie out in the sun and work on our tans. u

Lily Hoagland

ON THE COVER: The festive summer dinner featured in this month’s cover story, “An Evening in the Vineyard.” The event was held at the Wölffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack, NY. The shoot was produced by Elizabeth Meigher with Daniel Cappello and photographed

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NEW YORK SO CIAL DIARY “SUMER IS Icumen In.” I remember that phrase from English Literature, when we studied Medieval English.

It translates, approximately, the way it sounds: “Summer Has Come In.” I’ve always loved the cadence of it. The book was of Henry Chaucer’s works, though the words were from a 14th-century folk lyric.

Sumer is Icumen In; Loudly

Sing Cuckoo! (Say it—softly—to yourself.)

It has come to mind through the ensuing years. I was reminded of it when I sat down to write this month’s Social Diary. Recently, while investigating, I learned that it is referred to as the “Summer” canon or “The Cuckoo Song.” It is a song—a Medieval English rota—celebrating summer.

The big town quiets down, which is nice for those of us who remain—the cave dwellers. Those who can leave, and have the intense desire to, head off to the mountains, the seashore, and the lakes. Here, in New York, two of the most popular destinations are, of course, the first two: Aspen and the Hamptons. Those are what you hear most when ask-

ing someone about their plans.

The lakes, while very popular, boast a different allure.

Changing times. Summer scandals. Out toward the Hamptons, there are always a couple of scandals in the summer. They usually involve a marital relationship, such as: man with wife and mistress, both of whom learn he’s cheating on both of them

D I N N E R FO R H O S P I TA L O F S P EC I A L S U R G E R Y AT T H E W A L D O R F = A STO R I A

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with another babe, so wife and mistress plot—together—for a takedown (after a financial settlement). That sort of story is harmless to most, but the principals used to be great fodder for a summer gossip in the Hamptons. These days, however, with what’s going on in the world in terms of relationships, infidelity seems so mild a matter that nobody cares. Except the principals.

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ment). So what could cause a scandal on the beach these days? Maybe a man leaving his wife not for another woman but to become another woman? But only maybe. Shocking as that may have seemed two or three years ago, Bruce Jenner—Olympic legend, a household name, a man in his mid-60s sittin’ on top of the world—changed all that. As a result, the media coverage of his sex change to Caitlyn Jenner has gone from “shock” to “get the remote and change the channel.”

If Jenner had taken a beach

house in Southampton and was having a transgender celebration with major media coverage and a guest appearance of the entire Kardashian family, it might have got the talkers talking. That said, Caitlyn did just that this past Father’s Day on the beach in California.

The tabloid ran a group picture. End of story.

Coming into summer, the talk—if you want to call it that—was about a book: Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir by Wednesday Martin (Simon & Schuster). The publicity that Martin was receiving

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for her book happened before it was published: two articles in the New York Times and one article in the New York Observer, plus the Facebook palaver. And the book wasn’t even in the stores yet. Who was the publicist that pulled off this coup? Sandi Mendelson of Hilsinger-Mendelson, Inc. Yes, she’s delivers. Of course, it also depends on the deliverability of the product.

I first heard about the book in May, when I ran into the author at Michael’s. She, herself, told me the book was coming out. Jesse Kornbluth (of head-

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I hadn’t planned on reading, because what more did I need to know about the women and wives of the world that I’ve

been writing about and observing for most of my life?

Then there was a piece by Ginia Bellafante in the New York Times. In referencing the “intense reaction” to the book, Bellafante described the author by writing: “at Michael’s in jeans and heels, had seemed to so thoroughly embrace the manners of the women she had written about with such an imperious strain of sympathy.”

Martin’s in for it, I thought.

Then I read through the comments. I was right. The author was accused of lying. The “lies” were mainly facts she’d written about herself, including: where she lived at the time she recalled in the book. She had moved from the Village to the Upper East Side to the Upper West Side. In the book, she said each move was on such-and-such date while the readers were revealing that the

times were off. Others claimed that she misled readers about her educational background.

Did she have a PhD in Anthropology or American Literature? (In truth, she had one in the latter.)

So, I opened the book. In the introduction Martin writes about her interest in Anthropology. (Bellafante, in the New York Times, identified her as “a hobby anthropologist.”) And she shares how she

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She’s a girl from a small town in Michigan. She comes to New York, a young aspiring writer. She marries and, when she learns she’s going to have a child, decides with her husband to move from the Village to the Upper East Side in that strip “west of Lexington Avenue,” running from 60th Street to 96th

Street. Soon, she found herself in the midst of the most ambitious of the young couples along that gold coast we call the Upper East Side.

After settling in, she found that it was just like it seems to anyone with common sense: a high school. And it’s hilarious. So I read the first hundred pages. This is not a new subject but it never gets old because it is classic human behavior under certain circumstances, those circumstances being those of “too much money.” And not enough flavor. Or favor.

This story has been written many times before. Its univer-

sality never grows stale. These themes made an important literary career for Clare Boothe Luce, when she wrote The Women in the 1930s. And it still works. Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir is the Nuclear Age rendition and it is on the money.

Martin was additionally criticized for having, herself, taken on a lot of the interests, likes, and characteristics of those she writes about critically. Of course she embraced them. That is what we all do.

That is what makes the Upper East Side such a magnet for innocent curiosity, with fresh currency for writers, pho-

tographers, and artists of all kinds—not excluding interior designers, architects, and sugar manufacturers.

The book is fascinating not because you know nothing about the world of the rich, the chic, and the shameless, but because it is about how we behave under the circumstances known as wealth. (Not everyone is that rich, but that’s another story).

Martin has also been criticized for being media savvy, which is a talent that every author in New York would love to have as an asset but don’t really know the first thing about it. I don’t know

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if Martin is as media savvy as she is given credit for. I think she happened upon a subject that is universal to many, if not all, of us: the life of “keeping up with the Joneses” in the Big City. I liked the book and I applaud her for laying it out so clearly and simply that any baboon, even this one, can understand it.

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hosted its annual Spring Garden Party. This year’s theme was inspired by the Frick Collection’s highly anticipated exhibition of Sir Frederic Leighton’s Flaming June, which is on view in the Oval Room. This is the first time this famous painting (which was completed in 1895) has been on view in New York, as loaned from the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico.

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guests congregating outside in the beautiful Fifth Avenue Garden, which is rarely open to visitors. It was in full bloom, landscaped with orange trees and seasonal flowers. Wine and specialty cocktails were served along with a variety of seasonally inspired hors d’oeuvres and the music of the jazz quartet The Flail.

Orange was the color of the night, like the flaming lady in Leighton’s painting, and many

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And then, on a Thursday evening, the New York Botanical Garden hosted its annual Conservatory Ball with more than 500 attending alongside chairmen Carolina Herrera, Ann Johnson, Alexandra Lebenthal, Gillian Miniter, and Deborah Goodrich Royce and honorary chairmen Friederike Kemp Biggs, Maureen K. Chilton, and Caroline Williamson. The event was sponsored by Carolina Herrera, with additional support provided by Mercedes-Benz Manhattan.

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went down to Cipriani 42nd Street, where the Fashion Institute of Technology and FIT Foundation were hosting their annual awards gala.

I was introduced to the Fashion Institute of Technology several years ago by Liz Peek, who was the chair of the committee that raised funds for the Museum at FIT. Every early autumn, their luncheon (where they honor a major designer) now opens New York

Fashion Week. This is an organization that I saw start with some volunteers (including Peek and Yaz Hernandez) and become a visible force on the New York philanthropic and social scene. Their works have also shone a bright light on the college itself, which is a great New York success story.

The Fashion Institute of Technology was created 70 years ago this year with a couple of borrowed classrooms

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They had a total of 100 students. Today, the enrollment is 10,000 with a university plant that covers four blocks on the West Side of Manhattan.

At the gala, in her welcoming speech, Dr. Joyce Brown (president of the Fashion Institute of Technology) announced the construction of a new building with 10 stories that will add to their enrollment as well as to their curriculum.

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nology, with 85 percent of graduates going on to work in their chosen fields within a year of graduating. Debi Mazar opened as emcee. Mazar is funny, as you probably know.

A Noo Yawk girl. She gets it and sang praises to the Garment District (a.k.a. the Fashion World), and even went so far as to advise the people at the dinner to bring manufacturing back to New York.

Once upon a time—a century ago—it was the most important manufacturing center for garments in the world.

The honorees this year were

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A women of fashion had all their clothes made for them. Goodman was good for business.

When he was 23, in 1903, Goodman bought out Bergdorf, who was ready to retire. The business began to grow progressively. Goodman moved his locations up the avenue, as the city was growing and commerce was encroaching on Fifth Avenue above

42nd Street (which had been residential). By 1914, he had a shop in a building on 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue, across from the Vanderbilt mansions that occupied the western side of the avenue on those blocks.

In 1927, Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, the widow of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, sold the family mansion that occupied the entire block from

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Goodman, then in his late 40s, saw a grand opportunity.

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Tiffany & Co.’s design director John Loring in his office, 1984.

Truman Capote in Wainscott, Long Island.

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H A R RY B E N S O N

TRUMAN WAS ONE of the most intelligent and sensitive people I have ever met, and by far the most amusing. I photographed him many times, and I liked him.

One picture story we were doing was in the South, where he was born, and the writer suggested an antebellum mansion as a backdrop for a photograph. We were driving around looking for a location when Truman turned to me and said, “Stop, I couldn’t

care less about antebellum mansions. Let me show you my New Orleans.” He took me to bars and clubs in the French Quarter where he happily jumped on stage with the dancers and started to dance and sing. He was great. You never knew what to expect.

On another occasion, he broke down and started to cry in a restaurant telling me how he betrayed Perry Smith (one of the In Cold Blood killers) by lying to him. Truman said he knew he would be punished for that.

The photograph here was taken in Wainscott, Long Island, near Truman’s home there. I was to meet Truman at some garage in Southampton as he told me I would never find his home, tucked away off the beaten path, which turned out to be true.

We stopped at a bar and Truman asked the bartender to give him “the usual.” When I said I would have the same, Truman told me, “Don’t do that, Harry, you won’t like it. It’s a man’s drink.” I took one sip—it was the most vile thing I had ever tasted—straight gin, vodka, whiskey, bourbon, all in one glass.

It was like drinking kerosene so Truman drank mine, too, and said, “I told you, Harry, it was a man’s drink.” Thinking about it makes me laugh.

After the bar episode we went bouncing around the Hamptons, meeting different friends of Truman’s, and when they departed, he would tell me stories about every one of them. One friend we met on the beach told Truman he should start taking care of himself, to which he replied, “I’ll start taking care of myself when you start taking care of yourself. Let’s do it together. ” And everyone laughed.

Whenever I heard the name Capote, I knew I would get an interesting photograph. I knew that day in the Hamptons would be a fun day with Truman, happy to oblige, to do anything at all I suggested. And after the day was over, a lovely dinner. And then I dropped Truman off at his hideaway at the end of a long lane.

I watched as he walked away from my car. And then I was on my way home, driving back to New York City. I was happy, for I had done my job and had a lot of fun doing it. u J U LY 2 0 1 5 5 1

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COMING UP SHORT

This page: William “Bill” Bradley, former New Jersey Senator and Hall of Fame basketball player, admitted that he used to deflate basketballs when playing for the Knicks (left); Tom Brady has been suspended for doing the same with footballs (right).

IT WAS, USING Edward De Vere’s words,

much ado about nothing. The media didn’t think so, called it “Deflategate,” and one of America’s great sporting heroes, Tom Brady, was pilloried as if he had inflated the beautiful model Giselle Bunchen, his wife, against her wishes. If any of you Quest readers missed it while on holiday in Albania, Brady and the New England Patriots supposedly deflated the footballs used in the championship game 52 QUEST

against the Colts so Tom could better find his receivers. The NFL, needless to say, was shocked—shocked that anyone playing professional football in America might bend the rules in their favor—and suspended Brady for four games, fined the Patriots one million big ones, and took away some draft choices. If Captain Renault was around, he’d be winking at Rick and telling him these NFL people make us look like hicks.

For cheat’s sake, everyone in professional and college sports in America cheats, starting with the fact that college athletes graduate after four years but are illiterate. Back in 1951, during the good old days of baseball, they even made a wonderful baseball movie, It Happens Every Spring. It celebrated cheating, the hero being an absentminded professor who accidentally discovers a potion that once applied to a baseball makes it avoid

TA K I wood. He takes a leave of absence and wins 30 major league games. Mind you, it’s only a movie, but that very same year, “The Shot Heard Round The World” took place in October. Bobby Thompson’s home run against Ralph Branca won the pennant for the Giants, but then manager Leo Durocher proudly announced how the team had been stealing the signals of their opponents for years by having installed a powerful telescope-like contraption in their locker room at the old Polo Grounds in New York. The locker was situated in center field, rather conveniently. Everyone cheered the cheaters and booed the chumps. They don’t call it the land of opportunity for nothing.

Former Senator Bill Bradley has admitted that when playing for the Knicks he used to deflate basketballs in order to gain a competitive edge, and the great Gaylord

the subway for most of the way.

Better yet, the Yankees didn’t mind when Andy Petitte and Roger Clemens used steroids, and the baseball commissioner said nothing when Barry Bonds broke Babe Ruth’s and Hank Aaron’s homer record by quite a lot, almost as much as his head grew from extreme use of steroids. Seeking an edge is nothing new in sports. But punishing Brady smells more of hypocrisy than righteousness.

Unlike many pro football players, Brady has not been caught driving drunk, beating his wife, or involved in multiple homicides. Yet he’s been suspended for doing what comes naturally in pro sports. The NFL regularly drafts so-called college graduates whose talents are more likely to land them in jail than on the football field. Ray Lewis, the Baltimore linebacker and future Hall of Famer, was involved

It seems a very long time ago, but I witnessed a match involving my Davis Cup doubles partner, Niko Kalogeropoulos. It was on the center court of Roland Garros, during the French Open. Niko was playing French player Pierre Darmon and had point for match point when Darmon hit an approach shot down the line that Niko covered well but missed. Yet the linesman called Darmon’s shot out. Match point for the Greek. That’s when Niko gave the signal that the approach shot was on the line. The French cheered, the score became deuce, and Darmon eventually won the match. “Apollo Cried,” was the headline in a French newspaper the next day. Lacoste gave him three free shirts.

Niko now lives in reduced circumstances in Costa Rica.

But times change. The number one draft pick of the NFL this year, Jameis

This page: Brady was suspended for 4 games as a result of “Deflategate”; a 1951 movie about cheating reflected a different attitude back then; “The Shot Heard Round The World,” a game-winning home run by the Giants’ Bobby Thompson, has a point of controversy attached to it.

Perry got into the Hall of Fame by throwing spitballs. Perry never revealed how he got the spit on the ball, but did say that he used to line his baseball cap with Vaseline. The Colorado Rockies openly keep their baseballs inside humidors, like cigars, to keep them from drying out and flying off the face of the earth. Colorado is high enough as it is.

My favorite cheater was that woman who won the New York Marathon by taking

in a double homicide, pleaded nolo contendere, and is now the face of the NFL on ESPN. Adrian Peterson hit his fouryear-old with a branch, was suspended with pay, and will play again this year. Ray Rice infamously knocked his wife out in an elevator and was caught on camera.

Otherwise he’d still be playing. Brady had one thing going against him. He was white, intelligent, and had a beautiful wife. Let’s throw the book at him.

Winston (yes, that’s how he spells his first name), has been accused of rape a couple of times, has been arrested for shop lifting, and has been suspended from school for threatening behavior and other such normal activities of football players. But he got drafted number one anyway, while Brady will remain on the sidelines for awhile. Go figure. u For more Taki, visit www.takimag.com.

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SUMMERTIME, AND THE EATIN’ IS EASY

IF THERE IS ONE THING about New York City dining this time of year that can get quite tiresome quite quickly, it is the pressure to have to eat outdoors. Restaurants trick us into thinking they were made for en-plein-air eating by cramming a row or few of wobbly tables on a cracked sidewalk abutting a sewer line. Friends fall for it and urge us to take part: “The weather’s so nice, let’s eat outside!” But San Diego we are not. Nor are we Paris, even. Our elements aren’t as forgiving year-round, and our boulevards aren’t as expansive. Wait, we don’t even have boulevards. No, instead we have narrow streets and avenues, hot pavement that’s perpetually being jackhammered or in disrepair, and an untiring traffic grid of taxis, Ubers, ambulances, fire trucks, livery drivers, commuters, and bikers (whose expanding 54 QUEST

access on the roads continues to squeeze out whatever precious space there was to begin with). We’re congested, we’re polluted, and we’re under ardent assault by sirens. I’ve had the taste of my tagine of chicken ruined one time too many by a passing street sweeper to ever want to sit outside again, thank you.

Now, however, there’s a happy choice for those craving a taste of the outdoors for dinner: Alta Linea, the Chelsea-based Italian hotspot that’s been conceived as an expressly al-fresco eatery.

Occupying the front courtyard and garden of the High Line Hotel, Alta Linea is a seasonal pop-up from Epicurean Group, known for other downtown favorites dell’anima, L’Artusi, L’Apicio, and Anfora. With more than sufficient space (especially in comparison to the contrived window-hugging pens eked

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CANTEENS out of pedestrian pathways elsewhere), green hedges blocking out (more or less) any hint of hurried street life on the other side of the fence, a manicured garden of pretty purples and greens, and white graveling that feels somewhat like the Jardin des Tuileries under your feet, this is how outdoor dining should be.

Executive beverage director Joe Campanale brings the Italian culture of apertivi to the heart of West Chelsea with a beverage menu that recalls summer along the Amalfi Coast (or Via Veneto, at least). Reclining on a comfy, striped pillow that could have been plucked from the summer clubhouse or yacht—with Aperol spritz in hand—you’ll be fast to forget office politics

aioli can be a bit too fritto for the salt-averse.

Secondi, or main dishes, are sparse, but cover most of the food groups: a branzino cooked in paper, an herb-roasted chicken, and a burger that’s arguably the best of this bunch.

You could almost skip the secondi altogether and keep dabbing at the plentiful spreads on the flatbread plate (the cannellini with smoked paprika should be bottled and sold separately). If you’re indulging a fantasy of being somewhere slightly more Mediterranean, order one of the Italian rosés or the Ribolla Gialla and savor the “Borough Market” grilled cheese sandwich (mixing white cheddar and Gruyère) along

and deadlines that loom beyond the shrubbery. At Alta Linea, a European sensibility keeps things decidedly cool, relaxed, and unfrenzied. The frozen negroni—dangerously good—is sure to keep the clubby bar on one whole side of the garden hopping.

Ample (and amply appetizing) small plates complement the apertivi cocktail culture at Alta Linea. Crispy artichokes seem to be all the rage on menus these days, but that’s no reason to skip them here. The burrata is creamy enough to melt your stress away in the first bite (just be sure to place your order before the sun goes down, lest you be told they’ve run out for the evening).

Pork meatball polenta with bacon, tomato, and parmesan is rich and savory enough to carry you through several cocktails, though the fritto misto of calamari and rock shrimp with lemon

with the grilled summer beans salad (with a delectable preserved-lemon vinaigrette, chilies, feta, pine nuts, and mint).

After all, nothing says summer quite like summer bean salad—or a vintage gelato cart, with housemade gelati and sorbetti available by the scoop or in ice cream sandwiches.

Now that’s summer dining worthy of a “salute!” u This page, from top left: Italian summer drinks, like the spritz and negroni, are a major draw; the branzino in cartoccio; serving up arancini (fried salumi, fontina, and sage balls); the menu. Opposite page: Al fresco is the only dining option. Alta Linea: 180 Tenth Ave. (at 20th St.), in the High Line Hotel Garden. Open daily from 5 p.m.; no reservations.

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Forget the raspberry beret—this season’s all about the raspberry heel, and Jimmy Choo’s Tarida pump in raspberry

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suede is just the fit. $595.

more information.

Jimmy Choo: At jimmychoo.com.

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Your ultimate beauty accessory: the Summer 2015 Ultimate NARS lip set, worth the packaging alone. $49. NARS Cosmetics: At Nordstrom and nordstrom.com.

Nothing beats the ocean view from the terrace of Seagrapes restaurant, featuring an eclectic collection of nuances to tease the palate. At the St. Regis Bahia Beach resort in Puerto Rico: starwoodhotels.com.

Look and stay cool in J.Crew’s sleeveless embroidered Sunburst dress in white, with eye-catching vintageinspired embroidery. $128. J.Crew: At jcrew.com.

Lock in color with a shampoo at its most

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does mono-

Fekkai’s

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antioxidant-rich

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cashmere sweater in violet ($1,690), Granada antique clutch in violet, and patent ballerina

Care Shampoo.

(Technician Color Care Conditioner also available.) $30.

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in violet ($550). All at Tomas Maier East Hampton, 631.604.6700.

Offering a clean, modern design, Hunter’s Original T-Bar sandal features a soft EVA footbed for comfort on the go. $125. Hunter: At Everything’s prettier—and daintier—in pink,

us.hunterboots.com.

including the 18-kt. rose gold Dainty Diamond rings with intense pink diamonds from Mish New York. $11,800–15,800.

Mish New York: 30 Bond St., 212.734.3500.

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Fresh Finds Every trip to the south of France (or any beach town, really) merits the Toni boatneck dress in navy and white stripes from Mott 50. $138 at store.mott50.com.

Own your sense of style in Oscar de la Renta’s navy and emerald oversized knit caraco ($1,290) and ivory double-face stretch wool cropped pant ($1,190). Available at Oscar de la Renta boutiques.

Inspired by the classic American brown paper bag, the leather Standard by Ghurka (in oyster) is the perfect business and pleasure travel tote. $795 at ghurka.com.

Michael Dawkins is offering something to talk about in home decor, including these glass discs on stands by SkLO. $740–1,395.

Michael Dawkins: At michaeldawkinshome.com.

Set sail for the Pacific with KVH NYC’s Saline-Tahitian pearl bangle set in 18-kt. white gold with diamonds. $5,600. KVH NYC: At kvhnyc.com or by calling 646.863.2502.

Named after Christofle’s Madison Avenue Charming, isn’t it? Lalique’s Charmante ring in green. $275. Lalique: 609 Madison Ave. (at 58th St.), 212.355.6550.

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flagship, the new Madison 6 collection pays homage to the brand’s iconic bee symbol with an artful honeycomb pattern. $510 per 5-piece place setting at christofle.com.

Wandering Bear is bringing the café home with their convenient boxes of café-style Cold Brew iced coffee. Visit wanderingbearcoffee.com for True tales of

retailers or subscription services.

celebrity and Hollywood hijinks are served up with a frothy mix of cocktail recipes in Mark Bailey and Edward Hemingway’s Of All the Gin Joints (Algonquin Books). $21.95 at algonquin.com.

Made in Germany, the all-new Leica Q captures still and moving images with an extremely fast autofocus, putting the Q in a cateogry of its own. $4,250.

Leica: 460 W. Broadway, 212.475.7799.

Don’t hit the road without Ralph Lauren’s aluminum driving sunglasses. $219. Ralph Lauren: At select Ralph Lauren stores and at ralphlauren.com.

Once designated for ambassadors, dignitaries, and Colonel Blanton’s family and friends, today Blaton’s Original—the world’s first single-barrel bourbon—is available for everyone. Visit blantonsbourbon.com and taste the difference.

Inspired by the heritage and iconic patterns of Woolrich, Almond Surfboards and Whether formal or casual, nothing beats the look of Michael Bastian’s finely crafted and totally original evening jackets. For this and similar patterns, visit michaelbastiannyc.com.

Design has crafted oneof-a-kind Almond x Woolrich boards in a stunning special collaboration. Visit almondsurfboards.com for more.

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JEROMACK

A FRENCH SUMMER BOUQUET AT AN AMERICAN MUSEUM

BY PAUL JEROMACK FEW TYPES OF painting have been more beloved by the general public yet more dismissed by art historians than the floral still-life. Even the simplest bouquet of painted flowers offers pure uncomplicated pleasure while decoratively brightening a room and dispelling gloomy moods.

Yet, it is precisely their apparent mindlessness that has made them rather looked down upon as “serious” painting. In the official hierarchy of painting established by the French Royal Academy in the seventeenth century, religious and historical subjects were considered the greatest of genres, requiring mastery of perspective, composition figure painting (particularly the nude), and most importantly, the ability to move and inspire the viewer toward noble thoughts and devout and patriotic beliefs. Genre painting and portraiture— considered to be little more than “face painting”—was much less highly regarded, and still-lifes, particularly of flowers were at the very bottom: there was nothing inspirational about a handful of tulips.

Certainly there were successful flower painters, but their works were considered little more than interior decoration to be placed above doors or between boiserie.

It took the Dutch to kick the reputation of flower painting up a few notches.

Their century-long interest in the study of botany led to both the disastrous financial speculation of rare tulip bulbs imported from India and the production of flower-paintings of dazzling verisimilitude and 60 QUEST

refinement never previously seen which still astonish and delight, even today. The undisputed king of the floral still-life was Jan van Huysum. His highly finished sensual bouquets—with almost microscopic renditions of the shimmer and softness of a peony blossom and the sparkle of a dewdrop—made his works among the most prized and expensive pictures one could buy, and were eagerly sought after all over Europe. They may not have been “serious,” but nobody cared.

Few of van Huysums followers could match his hyperrealism, but those that came remarkably close enjoyed similar success, particularly in France. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centurries, the Dutchmen Gerard and Cornelis van Spaendonck and their French fol-

This page: Henri Matisse, “Still-Life with Pascal’s ‘Pensées,’” 1924 (above); Vincent van Gogh, “Irises,” 1890. Opposite page: Antoine Berjon’s “Bouquet of Lilies and Roses in a Basket on a Chiffonier,” 1814, part of “Working Among Flowers: Floral Still Life Painting in Nineteenth Century France” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

lower Antone Berjon spent most of their careers producing gardenfuls of bouquets in marble or crystal vases of almost suffocating plushness. At some point, something had to loosen.

How French flower painting relaxed into another strain of shimmering naturalism can be seen in “Working Among Flowers: Floral Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth Century France” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in

Richmond (closing June 21). Beginning with the looser brushwork of Eugène Delacroix and Gustave Courbet, and continuing through Frédéric Bazille and the early Pierre-Auguste Renoir, polish was replaced by life. Soft blossoms on unwieldy stalks tumbled out of overstuffed vases. And while critics may have have had issues with these artists nudes or landscapes, their “flower pieces” were almost universally admired

and were quick sellers.

The Richmond exhibition is particularly rich in the works of the most successful flower-painter of nineteenth century France: Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), who straddled both Realism and Impressionism. There is a subdued, almost melancholy simplicity and stillness about his softly illuminated tablescapes featuring a glass of loosely gathered chrysanthemums or wildflowers and his roses droop as if needing a change of water. By contrast the flowers of Édouard Manet and Claude Monet revel in bravura brushwork and lashings of paint, their technique belying the carefully considered composition of each canvas.

Ironically, the most adventuresome master of late nineteenth century flower painting in France was the Dutchman Vincent van Gogh. Well represented at Richmond, Van Gough’s flowers can also be seen in “Van Gogh and Nature” at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (opening June 13) and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, centering on two paintings each of irises and roses created as an ensemble. The Metropolitan owns two, the others are lent by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the National Gallery in Washington.

Powerfully delineated in a brush which practically kneads the paint upon the canvas, these works were originally even bolder—the Metropolitan’s “Irises in a White Pitcher” originally had a background of brilliant pink which has since faded to white (through August 16). u J U LY 2 0 1 5 6 1

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AMERICAN PHAROAH WINS THE TRIPLE CROWN The horse with the misspelled name raced to victory in the Belmont Stakes, becoming the 12th Triple Crown winner, the first in 37 years.

This page, clockwise from top left: The heavily favored colt in the Belmont Stakes, three weeks after a rain-soaked dash in the Preakness and five weeks after a stretch-duel victory in the Kentucky Derby; the breathtaking event; heavy crowds showed the popularity of the race.

Opposite page: American Pharoah’s name now moves into the history books alongside Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Citation, and War Admiral.

THE MORNING of June 6 dawned with heavy skies and intermittent rain on Long Island, but none of that deterred over 90,000 racing fans from pouring through the gates of Belmont Park in hopes of seeing American Pharaoh win the Belmont Stakes become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1979. They were not disappointed.

The 13 race card included 10 graded stakes, and excitement built throughout the afternoon. Even the Trustees’ Room, where the Jockey Club’s Stuart Janney presided over his customary table, had an excited buzz, and the Turf and Field Club was a raucous throng from early on. Beautifully dressed young men and women came pouring off the Long

Island Rail Road trains and through the Clubhouse gates, the guys wearing “Mad Men” hats and the gals favoring ever higher platform heels. The crowds were still pouring in at 4:30 p.m. in the afternoon when Honor Code turned back Tonalist, last year’s Belmont winner, in the Metropolitan Mile. Racing fans from around the country swarmed J U LY 2 0 1 5 6 3

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Whitney and Vanderbilt into the Hall of Fame

This page, from top: Alfred Vanderbilt (right) posing with Stephen “Laddie” Sanford (left) and the jockey who captured the Sanford Stakes; John Hay “Jock” Whitney; Jock Whitney and Elbridge T. Gerry face off at the Meadow Brook Club in Westbury, Long Island, circa 1936.

ON AUGUST 7 the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga will induct John Hay Whitney and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. as Pillars of the Turf. The recognition for both of these legendary racing leaders is long overdue.

Jock Whitney was born in 1904 and over the next 77 years looked after his family’s varied business interests, helped produce Gone with the Wind, published the late, lamented Herald Tribune (where Jimmy Breslin once insisted on buying him a drink so he could tell his buddys at Pep-McGuire’s gin joint on Queens Boulevard that he had treated a millionaire), was President Eisenhower’s Ambassador to the Court of Saint James and with his sister assembled a magnificent collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art.

But racing was always a particular passion for Whitney. After graduating from Yale and Oxford he received two yearlings as a gift from his father and was elected to the Jockey Club at the age of 24 in 1928. In 1934 he formed the American Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association. After accepting a captain’s commission in the Army Air Corps in 1942, Whitney was captured by German troops while on an intelligence mission in France during World War II. He made a daring escape by jumping from a moving train and, 18 days later, successfully navigated his way back to American lines.

In 1944, Whitney and his sister, Joan Whitney Payson, inherited their mother’s Greentree Stable. Mrs. Payson later became the heroine who brought the National League back to New York City with the Mets in 1961, but she and Whitney raced many Greentree champions including Stage Door Johnny, Late Bloomer, and Bowl Game. Perhaps their best horse was Tom Fool, who won all 10 of his races as a four year old in 1953, including the Metropolitan, the Suburban, the Brooklyn, the Whitney and

Carter Handicaps, and was named Horse of the Year.

Alfred Vanderbilt (1912–99) was born in London, lost his father in 1915 when the Lusitania sank and was raised in Lenox, Massachusetts. After attending Yale, at 21 he took over Sagamore, his mother’s 600acre farm in Glyndon, Maryland, and set about becoming one of racing’s leaders for the next seven decades. One of his first horses, Discovery, became the country’s top handicap runner, winning both the Brooklyn and Whitney Handicaps three consecutive years, a feat that would be unheard of today. Vanderbilt brokered the famous match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral in 1938.

He won a Silver Star while serving in the Navy in the Pacific in WWII and later campaigned such fine horses as Bed O’ Roses, Next Move, and his greatest runner, Native Dancer, who went on to become one of the most influential sires of all time.

Vanderbilt was a daily presence at the track and was president of the NYRA during one broiling summer at Saratoga in the late 1960s when he earned the gratitude of his fellow race goers by ostentatiously removing his sports jacket one sweltering afternoon and encouraging others to do the same.

Alfred also had a puckish sense of humor in naming his horses. “It isn’t easy getting names approved. Take my mare Pansy. I just name her foals for the sires and ignore the dam. She produced a foal

by Shut Out, so we called him Social Outcast and another by Questionnaire that we named Query.”

Today, the Whitney and Vanderbilt racing legacies are carried on by their descendants: Jock Whitney’s grandsons Peter and Chris Di Bonaventura, Mrs. Payson’s grandson Blair and granddaughters Joanie and Averil Meyer, and Alfred Vanderbilt’s daughter Wendy, with whom we all enjoyed so many fantastic Saratoga days. u

This page, clockwise from top left: A drenched racetrack was no match for American Pharoah, who took charge early and overpowered seven rivals, winning the Preakness by seven lengths; a roar from the crowd went up as soon as American Pharoah came around the far turn; jockey Victor Espinoza, who was 0-for-2 in Triple attempts, including last year with California Chrome, celebrating victory at last.

the enormous old Belmont plant, and paddock sightings included Billy Turner (masterful trainer of 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew), Ian Highett, Shel Evans, Kaleem Shah, Bill Farish, Van Cushney, Frank Loughran, Emilia Fanjul, Charlie Fenwick, and Bill and Renee Lickle with their beautiful granddaughters.

As anticipation of the big race rose a group of my college friends including bloodstock agent Kip Elser from Camden, South Carolina, and Louisville lawyer John Egan, ventured out from the Champagne Room and took their places standing on benches close to the rail about 300 yards down from the starting

gate. The roar as American Pharaoh came out onto the track was terrific, but only half as loud as that which accompanied the starting gate springing open. The horses went by us in a blur but Pharaoh was already clearly in the lead. After honest fractions Materiality fell back on the far turn and Frosted and Keen Ice came on, but American Pharoah, beautifully trained up to the race by Bob Baffert, dug in and began to pull away, and then came the loudest, most prolonged roar of all. His final quarter was just as fast as Secretariat’s record-breaking performance in 1973, and as Victor Espinosa raised his clenched fist crossing the finish

line wondrous things began to happen.

Up in the press box, Joe Drape of the New York Times reported the next day, hard boiled members of the Fourth Estate cheered and wept. A lady standing next to me I had never met before gave me a spontaneous hug. John Egan’s pretty and enthusiastic daughter, Stewart, just down from her freshman year at Choate Rosemary Hall and on her first trip ever to Belmont Park, threw her arms around me as well. “You’ll tell your grandchildren about this,” I assured her. It was that kind of a day, and just what the Sport of Kings needs—even better than a new king of racing, a Pharoah. u J U LY 2 0 1 5 6 5

LI F OFO ES DT& Y LLEI F&ESTY F OOD LE

TZATZIKI AND SUMMER MUSINGS

BY ALEX HITZ

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• Assemble co mbine the in, green pep cucumbers and te e ro th p b o, ru at d m an al h l is th d e rest of the ingr g in protein, to ak b w lo al edients, and sh le t it chill for seve e oil in a ra l hours before • Place oliv se l. rv oi ing. ree ers in the skewer for th finished skew ch ea ill gr , gh grill heat en • Over a hi them in the ov side, or bake ch ea on es minut mon juice, 10 minutes. ed parsley, le p This page: Alex Hitz’s fail-safe recipes for summer op ch at 400° for 8– h it w s finished kabob cooking. Opposite page: Summer grilling is made easy with • Garnish uce.

Hitz’s perfect kabobs and sure-to-please tzatziki sauce. and tzatziki sa

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SUMMER GREETINGS—and here’s a summer tip that will serve you far better than “plant the corn early” or “take an umbrella in case of rain.” Ready?

If a friend invites you to go cruising on a 215-foot yacht in the Aegean for a week, the answer is, “Yes!” I’m just back from Greece and Turkey—my first time since 1976, before I was born—and was dazzled by so many incredible things: the majesty of the Byzantine/Ottoman Empire; the fun of Mykonos; the succulent, delectable fresh cuisine everywhere… and, maybe my most favorite of all, tzatziki sauce!

In Greece, tzatziki is as ubiquitous as ketchup is stateside. It goes with everything—pita toast, roasted peppers, grilled lamb, fish, or chicken. But let’s get to you at home: It’s summer, so you’re drinking rosé and grilling outside—or watching others grill. It’s one of the great pleasures of the warmer months, right? Right. Innocent enough. But there’s quite literally a dark side to this, one I’m sure won’t surprise you. Unless you’re a ninja-card-carrying grill-meister—and sometimes even if you are—things get overcooked. Like, 95 percent of the time. You can quote me.

Here’s my solution: tzatziki! Just throw some of this delicious sauce over whatever it is that may or may not be overcooked from that grill and—presto!—you have superb chicken kabobs, brilliant grilled salmon, sensational roast eggplant, or the best-ever butterflied leg of lamb! See how easy that was? You’re a fabulous chef. Take another sip to celebrate!

A couple of things to remember: Tzatziki is a thick sauce and you want to keep it that way, so make sure you get all that water out of the cucumbers when you drain them or you’ll have a tasteless runny mess. Tzatziki can be made ahead (no more than two days, and probably will have better flavor that way, just like anything else if you give the ingredients a chance to get to know each other). Most of all, remember that whatever you’re cooking this summer, make it the freshest and the best…and if you haphazardly let it go too long, the secret remedy begins with a “t”. Here’s the recipe for tzatziki and another for scrumptious kabobs. Like Suzy always said: “Who else tells you these things?”

I’ll keep your secret… Happy cooking! u J U LY 2 0 1 5 6 7

ART

AN ARTIST’S DREAM COMES TRUE

“SO,” SAYS MIA Fonssagrives-Solow, holding out her hand as she reveals a ring, “this is my robot.”

Fonssagrives-Solow has come to the Mark Hotel’s restaurant from her nearby New York City studio where she works as a sculptor and jewelry designer, a career she has successfully enjoyed for over 50 years. She didn’t start making robots until six years ago. They were originally sculptures, cast in bronze or aluminum.

At first, there wasn’t much consideration about assembling robots in any form until working with wood, one of her earliest passions, became too difficult. Allergies got in the way. But when she moved with her younger son to Greenwich while he attended high school, she began “noticing all this excess stuff in the house.” She had an idea. Or, rather, a way to create robots out of recycled goods. A Kleenex box would become a waist and a head. Paper towel rolls functioned as arms and legs.

Mia had always loved science. When she was young, her father made films for the Hayden Planetarium. Her parents (model Lisa Fonssagrives and photographer Fernand Fonssagrives) met when they had preformed together in the ballet in Paris. They split up when Mia was around seven years old. Her mother later married the photographer Irving Penn. For a while, Mia’s father 68 QUEST

was upset. But after the first year of divorce Irving and Fernand became friends. “Everything was play with [Fernand],” she says.

“Everything was work with Irving.”

Things got hard, emotionally, for Mia in school. “They didn’t talk about divorce in those days. I blamed myself, like most kids do. I kept [my feelings] inside and I’d draw these horrid houses with teeth in the windows.” Her art teachers were disturbed and suggested she enroll in a shop class. Sixth grade was best because of this experience. “Do you know what shellac smells like?” she asks me. “It’s just wonderful.”

(Many of her early works are large wooden sculptures.)

Several reputable galleries have represented FonssagrivesSolow. But until recently, most of her works were stored in different places. Some were in garages. Others in attics, basements. “All my life I wanted a storage space for my sculptures,” she tells me. About 18 months ago, her older son bought her a large barn in East Hampton. Almost everything has now been shipped there.

What was it like, I ask, to see all your work in one place? She considers this for a moment, and her body language changes. “I bought a sofa and sat down and wept,” she says. “To see 50 years of work all together in one space—it was so moving for me.” u

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BY ALEX TRAVERS

This page: A selection of sculptures by artist and jewelry designer Mia Fonssagrives-Solow in her East Hampton barn. Fifty years of collective work now inhabits the space. Opposite page: Fonssagrives-Solow (pictured) is fascinated by robots: “I always loved them but didn’t think about making them until I couldn’t work in wood anymore.”

WINE

CROWN JEWEL: CA’ DEL BOSCO QUEST READERS ARE KNOWN for their taste, so consider this a P.S.A. for those versed in attending—and hosting— events: Champagne has been usurped, and we don’t mean

by Cava or Prosecco. Enter Franciacorta, which marries the harvest and the heritage of Northern Italy into a symphony of a sparkling. And among the 113 producers of Franciacorta, Ca’ del Bosco is king (or, well, re).

Ca’ del Bosco was established in concurrence with the introduction of Franiacorta in the 1960s, when Annamaria Clementi Zanella purchased a home in Erbusco, enticing her son, Maurizio Zanella (chairman of Ca’ del Bosco), to the creation of wine. The region was evolving, with producers (including Bellavista and Berlucchi) competing to innovate in the name of Franciacorta. In 1979, André Dubois (of Moët & Chandon) was invited to Ca’ del Bosco to offer his expertise as a producer of Champagne to Franciacorta. (His customs were so entrenched in France that he insisted on communicating in French.)

That said, Franciacorta differs from Champagne in a variety of ways, like geography, which results in a wine that’s less acidic and sweeter. Winemaker Stefano Capelli, who trained under Dubois, maintains, “The wine that we make is not a result of the method that we use, because wine belongs to those who produce it. For us, Champagne is just an alternative to Franciacorta.”

The winery at Ca’ del Bosco is, at once, an emblem of inven-

tion and an homage to tradition—a synthesis that capitalizes on a wealth of knowledge. (For example, the grapes are picked by hand, which enables them to be washed in bunches by a machine known as the “berry spa.”) Zanella attests, “Ca’ del Bosco has been the engine of the Franciacorta train. We are never satisfied, so we continue to pursue a higher quality.”

Ca’ del Bosco has defined itself as a brand with influence and provenance—an accomplishment, considering its 47 years of existence. Today, a bottle of Ca’ del Bosco is sold throughout Italy for more than a bottle of Veuve Clicquot.

Zanella explains, “For me, this was always the dream—something that was thought to be impossible. Now we have to do this in the United States.”

Quest believes that Ca’ del Bosco is primed to flourish in New York and beyond, with its Franciacorta boasting a crisp, honeyed taste and delicate bubbles. Ca’ del Bosco offers eight Franciacortas, including the Cuvée Prestige (with its golden packaging), as well as two white wines and four red wines.

Dom Pérignon said, of Champagne, “Come quickly, I am drinking the stars.” But, had he been tasting Ca’ del Bosco, we believe he would have referenced the universe. u For more information on Ca’ del Bosco, visit cadelbosco.com.

Ca’ del Bosco is available at Sherry-Lehmann at 505 Park Avenue: 212.838.7500.

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BY ELIZABETH QUINN BROWN

This page, clockwise from left: The vineyards of Ca’ del Bosco in Brescia, Italy; the winery at Ca’ del Bosco is decorated with art—like the “Blue Guardians” (2010); Maurizio Zanella, chairman of Ca’ del Bosco (and president of Consorzio Franciacorta); the cellars; Ca’ del Bosco offers eight vintages of Franciacorta, including (from left to right): Cuvée AnnaMaria Clementi Rosé, Cuvée Prestige, and Cuvée Annamaria Clementi. Opposite page: A view of the region where Ca’ del Bosco—and Franciacorta—is produced.

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body with a Pop Art face), and Maira Kalman (“Ada,” 1994, a whimsical model based on her illustrated characters). There are 30 of Pucci’s most important works and an on-site recreation of his sculpture studio, where in-house master sculptor Michael Evert will be in residence to demonstrate what goes on behind the scenes.

Pucci has had a remakable effect on the history of mannequins. He adapted the forms to cultural shifts, for example, when excersizing started first becoming trendy, he freed the models from their standard poses to include how a shirt would look mid-serve. He was a visionary about how a mannequin could boost a display, instead of fading into the background. MAD’s exhibit reveals the clever eye behind this revolution in fashion, coming from an unexpected place. u “Ralph Pucci: The Art of the Mannequin” is on view until August 30, 2015. For more information, visit madmuseum.org.

B U TC H E R WA L S H / A N TO I N E B O OT Z

MANNEQUINS ARE TYPICALLY overlooked. Used as models, they are created to display, not to be displayed themselves. But these anonymous body shapes have an anthropological value, revealing the ideals of a particular time or culture. Line them up and watch as busts heave and regress, hips narrow and flare, and silhouettes curve to reflect economic trends.

Like a modern-day Geppetto, New York–based designer Ralph Pucci decided to give life to these dolls. Pucci joined his parents’ mannequin-repair company in 1976, and was inspired to collaborate with designers to create artworks from these faceless forms. After 40 years, the best of his treasure trove is being displayed at the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) in “Ralph Pucci: The Art of the Mannequin.”

The exhibit features the scultures from collaborators like Ruben Toledo (“Birdland,” 1988, a surreal form used to display accessories), Kenny Scharf (“Swirley,” 2000, a classic

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This page, clockwise from above: Some of the mannequins of the exhibit, including the surreal black “Birdland,” 1988; Ralph Pucci in his gallery, 2014; three models of “Olympic Gold,” 1989; the Museum of Art and Design. Opposite page: Smaller mannequins used to display jewelry.

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OPEN HOUSE

ROOM TO ROAM BEDFORD, NEW YORK, presents a five-bedroom, five-bathroom estate: the epitome of sophistication on Wood Road. The residence—which rests on 33.07 acres—is an incredible country home. Surrounded by breathtaking grounds, the estate is reminiscent of a New England farmstead, designed by Tom O'Brien.

Completed in 2010, the construction combines a wonderful, open floor plan with an understated, modern aesthetic. Spaces are clean and crisp, utilizing the finest materials. The interior is stunning, with windows throughout the home to usher in views.

Floors on the first level are reclaimed chestnut while floors on the second level are bamboo. Throughout, there are 14 rooms on three levels comprising 7,900 square feet. All of the mechanicals are state-of-the-art geothermal with Smart House electronics.

The handsome façade is clapboard with a cedar shingle roof, which is enhanced by a classic porch. The entrance boasts a bathroom and a closet, with access to the “billiard room” with raised paneling. Doors open to the “great room,” which offers 74 Q U E S T

an inviting living space with a fireplace, a coffered ceiling, and French doors. Beyond, there’s the kitchen: a space finished in crisp white with Crown Point cabinetry and Caesarstone counters. In addition to these features, there’s a three-car garage—which is topped with a suite for guests—as well as an indoor pool and an outdoor pool with hot tub.

This gem is situated in the heart of Bedford, New York, on a long, paved drive that winds past a scenic pond. It passes several outbuildings and an allée of fruit trees, culminating in a courtyard in front of the residence. The property offers gently rolling lawns, towering trees, and stone walls. The pond is perfect for fishing or skating. There are three oversized paddocks and a riding ring for horses. The stable is beautifully built, housing four stalls, a feed room, a tack room, and a hay loft. u For more information, contact Ginnel Real Estate at 914.234.9234 or info@ginnel.com.

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A stunning country farmhouse rests on over 33 acres in Bedford, New York, for the buyer who appreciates an active lifestyle.

This page, clockwise from above: The “great room” features access to the back via French doors; the “billiard room,” with wood paneling; the stable features four stalls for horses; an indoor pool with an Aqualink system; the kitchen is comfortable, dressed with a wealth of amenities for chefs; an outdoor pool with a pool house.

Opposite page: The façade of the estate in Bedford, New York; a view of the estate, which is on the market for $8.45 million with Ginnel Real Estate (inset).

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On August 3, RIOULT Dance NY will present its 2015 Summer Intensive at Marymount Manhattan College, where pre-professional dancers will be able to train under the instruction of Pascal Rioult and Joyce Herring. For more information, call 646.765.4773.

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Shear Water Excursion Inc. will teach about life aboard the whaleship Essex, and will show the remaining historic landmarks from the Nantucket whaling era. Tours will start at 8:30 a.m.

For more information, call 508.228.7037.

opening night preview for the fairs eighth go-round. For more information, call 631.283.5505.

HISTORICAL AWARENESS

The Shelter Island Historical Society will meet at Union Chapel

in the Grove, a registered historic landmark from the year 1872. The event will start at 8 a.m. and will feature a speech by renowned historian and author Charles Olton. For more information, call 631.749.0025.

Opera Saratoga will announce its 2015 Summer Festival Season, which will include three operas and multiple performances at different venues throughout the region. For more information, call 518.584.6018.

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Rhode Island’s official sailing education vessel, the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, will set sail at the Newport Shipyard at 6 p.m. For more information, call 401.841.0080.

Saratoga Springs will host its eight annual All-American Celebration in downtown Saratoga from July 3–5, with events running from noon until 2 p.m each day. For more information, call 518.743.9424.

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ArtHampton, the original fine art fair of the East End, will host an

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On July 15, guides will be giving tours of Martha’s Vineyard’s spectacular gardens in Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, and Katama. A lunch will be included. For more information, call 508.693.9426.

The Bridgehampton Antiques and Design Fair will present art dealers from the United States and Europe at the Bridgehampton

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Community House. For more information, call 631.287.6630.

GETTING CREATIVE

West Tisbury, in Massachusetts, will celebrate its annual Summer Festival with a Vineyard Artisans Festival, which will take place at Grange Hall at 10 a.m. For more information, call 507.693.7927.

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The 375th anniversary of the founding of Southampton, New York, will be celebrated at 6 p.m. at the Halsey House. For more information, call 631.283.2494.

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Martha’s Vineyard will give visitors a chance to explore its spectacular gardens. Special tours will begin at Polly Hill Arboretum and will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 508.693.9426.

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On July 3, the Oliver Hazard Perry will set sail at this year’s Homeport Rhode Island Gala to honor the Rhode Island marine industry. Cocktails and tours will follow. For more information, call 401.841.0080. at 340 Gin Lane in Southampton at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 631.488.8000.

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Gala Brillante, a benefit for the Newport Music Festival, will take place at Rosecliff Mansion at 7 p.m. For more information, call 401.846.1133.

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The Museum of the American Revolution will present its 2015 exhibition at St. George’s School Ice Rink at 6 p.m. For more information, call 401.846.2669.

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ANIMAL RESCUE

The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation will host its sixth Unconditional Love Dinner Dance

Edgardtown Yacht Club will host the ‘Round-the-Island Race On Martha’s Vineyard. For more information, call 508.627.4364.

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The Chardonnay 5-k Run will take place at Hudson Park’s Pier 26 in New York City. Races will start at 9 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 10 a.m. For more information, call 213.988.8344.

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RIOULT Dance NY will present its Summer Intensive Program at Marymount Manhattan College at 10 a.m. For more information, call 212.398.5901.

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The 18th Annual Water Tasting by the Sea will take place at the Captain R. Flanders House at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 508.693.8580.

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The Newport National Golf Club will host its annual golf outing at Newport National.

Afterwards, guest will be able to relax and enjoy live music, cocktails, and hors d’oeuvres.

For more information, call 401.846.1489.

On August 10, the Newport National Golf Club will host its annual golf outing at the club at 8 a.m. All proceeds will benefit the Newport Preservation Society. Lunch, cocktails, and a light supper will also be included. For more information, call 401.846.1489.

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BY ELIZABETH MEIGHER WITH DANIEL CAPPELLO P H OTO G R A P H ED BY CR I ST I N A MAC AYA

NOTHING CONJURES SUMMER like a bottle of rosé, and for

anyone spending summer in the Hamptons, nothing says rosé quite like Wölffer Estate Vineyard. The iconic vineyard, situated in Sagaponack, recently introduced a slightly rosier version than usual called “Summer In a Bottle.” What an apt appellation. If ever we could bottle up summer, it would bear a Wölffer label.

It was only fitting, then, that Quest chose to kick off the season on the Wölffer property. The 55-acre vineyard is part of a 175acre estate that includes boarding stables, paddocks, an indoor jumping ring, and a Grand Prix field. Unmistakably European, the vineyard’s style can be traced back to its founder, Hamburgborn international businessman Christian Wölffer, whose creative vision transformed his beloved Long Island retreat into a leading producer of Long Island wines.

Today, it continues to be a family affair at Wölffer Estate, with Christian’s children Joey and Marc acting as co-owners, while Joey’s husband, Max Rohn, serves as general manager. (Yes, Joey is the same Joey Wölffer behind the Styliner fashion brand, the world’s first mobile accessories boutique, which just opened a brick-and-mortar store in Sag Harbor.) Roman Roth, who is both winemaker and partner, has been such a part of the Wölffer operation—since 1992—that he, too, is family. Like Christian Wölffer himself, Roth is a man of vision and innovation—and that, more than mere genes, is what drives the soul of the wines

and the beautiful grounds where they are made.

Wölffer Estate Vineyard is open every day of the year and welcomes guests to daily tastings. It is also a highly sought-after venue for weddings and special events, and during the summer months takes flight with a busy calendar of culinary fundraisers and local charity galas. In spite of Wölffer’s nearly packed schedule, Quest managed to get on the vineyard’s calendar to host, along with Joey Wölffer and Max Rohn, a private dinner party with friends and family. Treated to a three-course meal

by Deena Chafetz, chef of the soon-to-open Wölffer Kitchen in Sag Harbor, Quest and guests took in an early-summer evening among the verdant grounds and toasted to the season every course with a glass of rosé, white, or red wine personally selected by Roth himself. Though it may be rosé season, Fatalis Fatum, a 2012 red named after a horse stabled on the grounds, was uncorked at dinner for the very first time and emerged as a hands-down winner. As the first to delight in this Bordeauxstyle blend with aromas of cassis, prunes, figs, sandalwood, and vanilla, we’re placing all bets on Fatalis Fatum. Call it destiny. u A glowing Joey Wölffer canvasses place settings before dinner (artfuly arranged by Wölffer’s events director, Sue Calden). Pink peonies and colorful wild flowers make a delightful display, soon to be accompanied by Wölffer Kitchen chef Deena Chafetz’s signature radishes and celery salt.

This page, clockwise from upper left: Lush vineyards at Wölffer Estate; Di Petroff chats with Shirin Christoffersen while Natalie Leeds leans into a conversation; Olga Gibson, Daniel De Rossie, Krista Corl, and Lilly de la Motte mingle before dinner; Natalia Echavarria and Starrett Zenko hold court at the bar; proud father-to-be Max Rohn (Wölffer’s general manager) beams next to his expectant wife, Joey Wölffer; a Wölffer truck departs with a barrel of wine. Opposite page, clockwise from top left: Barrels of Wölffer wine line the vast cellar; Joey Wölffer out for a walk in the vineyard; Lilly Maddock seated at the table; brightly colored Wölffer wines and ciders awaiting consumption at the bar; Max Rohn and Gigi Grimstad share a laugh; Daniel Cappello samples chef Deena Chafetz’s savory hors d’oeuvres; Natalia Echavarria talks to Kelli Delaney during dinner.

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To the delight of everyone seated, Wölffer Estate’s acclaimed winemaker (and Wölffer partner) Roman Roth offers guests a spirited and insightful explanation of the palatable rosé they are about to imbibe.

THE LEGACY AND LUXURY OF LAKE LIFE

BY DAVID PATRICK COLUMBIA

IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY, the Great American Middle Class took its vacation in the first two weeks of July. Not everybody, of course, but that was a popular date. The working man of the house had two weeks off, and July was right in the middle of the year. Growing up in western Massachusetts, as I did, we were three- and four-hour drives from the beaches of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Cape Cod, but lakes were often much nearer, and could be visited for even a day or two. My primary experience of perfect summer days were on a lake much closer by. Lakes were a family habit, as they remain for many Americans.

I had an aunt and uncle, my favorites, who owned what, to this little boy, was a grand cottage on a small fresh water lake near Brimfield. The cottage had a small dock which was given a fresh coat of battleship grey paint every year. You could fish or dive (or mainly jump) from it, and there were old patched-up inner tubes in which to sit and loll in the water for hours. There was a rowboat the kids were allowed to take out, and a boat with a motor for the adults to drive. To a little boy, this was even cooler than to be able to drive a car.

The drinking water came from a hand pump not far from the shoreline, and there was even an outhouse in the back of the property when there were too many guests spending the weekend. Everything was a new adventure attached specifically to being on the lake.

Meals were at a big round family table. There was a fire going in the fireplace at night when it was rainy and chilly. My aunt liked to play the piano, and sometimes people sang along. Nighttimes were very quiet, except for the sounds of nature.

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home when all was not copasetic, was replaced with a kind of peace that this kid could—and still does—equate with the joy of jumping in the lake every morning after breakfast (you had to wait an hour first, however).

The social culture of lake society is quite different from those of the sea and the mountains. There was a time earlier in our history—from the mid-19th century up until World War II—when lakes, specifically those in the Adirondacks, were fashionable.

Society went to the lakes in the Adirondacks. That was truly getting away from it all. Many properties often had hundreds of acres, even thousands of forest land.

The roster might include a dozen guests or maybe more. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the summer schedule for these same families might also include Newport and sundry beach communities in the northeast corridor or along the coast of Maine.

The great interest in the Adirondacks as a vacation spot for the rich began after the Civil War when the Industrial Revolution was roaring economic progress and much new private wealth was being created. The coming of the railroads added to that interest: Whitneys, Vanderbilts, and Astors acquired huge tracts of land, many of which included lakes.

William C. Whitney was one of the largest of the landholders.

The remains of his acquisitions, still numbering in the thousands of acres, are still held by the fourth wife of Whitney’s grandson, Marylou Whitney Hendrickson.

In the Adirondacks, the rich lake people built properties which included guest cottages, barns, garages, stables, workThis page: A copy of Jules S. Bache’s guestbook from Camp Wenonah, which he once owned, dating from 1897–1944. Opposite page: Upper Saranac Lake, part of the Saranac River (above); caricatures from Bache’s century-old guestbook (below).

shops, storage, staff quarters, as well as elaborate boathouses for their inboard motor cruisers. These residential complexes were classified as “Great Camps.”

The most famous of these great camps—to Americans, at least, and still extant—is Topridge, the retreat of Marjorie Meriwether Post Close Hutton Davies May, the Post Cereals heiress who had multiple palatial residences and an equally regal sailing yacht, Sea Cloud. Topridge was built in 1920, around the same time she acquired her second husband, E. F. Hutton. It was with Mr. Hutton that she also expanded her father’s cereal empire, acquiring several other brands and creating the General Foods Corporation.

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Topridge, Post-style.

Different lakes in the Adirondacks drew different crowds.

There were the tycoons of the age, like Mr. Whitney, as well as the old New York society and their confrères from Boston and Philadelphia. Then there were the aristocratic banking families.

Naturally, people built in areas near their friends.

From the late 1880s up through 1920s, the Great Camps of Saranac Lake set a new tone in luxury with massive hunting lodges designed by important and creative architects who were sensitive to the needs of their clients and the changing times. Camps are not mansions, although they may compete in terms of square footage. They are for “roughing it,” Society style. A lot of wood and stone and fireplaces with a lot of wood-paneled walls, floors, and furniture.

Saranac attracted a number of the Our Crowd, great Jewish families of New York. Society in those days was exclusive in

terms of “excluding” usually along the lines of religion (Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, with the former reigning). These men— who were mainly bankers and financiers who did serious business with their WASP counterparts and corporate executives— often socialized separately.

Saranac had the great camps of men such as Otto Kahn and Levi P. Morton (who had been vice president of the United States), Joselph Seligman, Carl Loeb, Jules Bache, Adolph Lewisohn, Guggenheim, and Rockefeller, to name only a few. The style of their Great Camps exceeded the old-fashioned tented residences of the earlier lake visitors.

An excellent example was Adolph Lewisohn’s property, Prospect Point, which had more than 20 major structures including six lodges, two boathouses, smaller cabins, staff quarters, and support buildings. Lewisohn’s Great Camp was used once a year for a month-long stay, accompanied by a staff of 40 which in-

cluded a major-domo, a barber, a caddy, a chess player, a singing teacher, and two chauffeurs.

Born into a banking family in Hamburg, Germany, in 1861, Adolph Lewisohn came to America when he was 16 to join his older brothers, who were then in the mercantile business here in New York. That same year, the teenager met one Thomas A. Edison, an enterprising inventor who was developing several inventions involving electricity, including the lightbulb. Young Lewisohn was so impressed with the technology behind these innovations that he persuaded his brothers to invest in copper mines, which they did. From that foresight the family fortune was born, not only for his This spread: A series of caricatures from Bache’s Camp Wenonah guestbook. Besides being a successful banker, Bache was also an avid art collector. Much of his collection now appears in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. J U LY 2 0 1 5 8 9

This spread: Illustrations from Bache’s Camp Wenonah guestbook.

brothers but for himself and many others.

Having made his fortune by the time he was in his early 40s, he decided to spend more of his time and money on other pursuits, such as philanthropy and music. (He could sing arias in several languages—which he did for his guests on the occasion of his 82nd birthday.) He promoted music for the public and built Lewisohn Stadium at City College to produce free concerts.

Much of his major philanthropy focused on helping underprivileged and orphaned children, and on prison reform.

Mr. Lewisohn died at Prospect Point at age 89 in 1938. The New York Times ran an obituary on the first page recounting the man’s great philanthropy and his talent for enjoying life. He was proud of the fact that he worked all his life, and that he was able to share his wealth in a variety of ways that bettered the community. With that work, he had had, in his words, “a happy life.” He also had the talent for living. And the means to live it well.

Another remarkable figure of Lewisohn’s era who kept a Great Camp called Wenonah Lodge on Upper Saranac Lake was Jules S. Bache, an investment banker. Wenonah was set on hundreds of acres with substantial lakefront and seven main buildings. Bache backed Walter P. Chrysler in his auto manufacturing business and was president of Dome Mines (in

which the Lewisohns also held a substantial share of stock).

He also had a brokerage firm, J.S. Bache & Company, which was outranked at the time by only Merrill Lynch (then known as Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith).

Bache was a great art collector (the substantive part of which now belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art). His collection included works by Raphael, Rembrandt, Titian, Dürer, Velázquez, Bellini, Botticelli. His most famous painting was Goya’s “Boy with Cats”(also popularly known as the “Red Boy”).

Bache was a much flashier figure compared to many of his Adirondack neighbors. He moved easily through various social sets in New York and London, including theater people. His daughter Kathryn, always known as Kitty, married a British producer and theater owner, Gilbert Miller, famous in his time on both sides of the Atlantic. The guest lists at Wenonah, besides family members (he had two daughters), included heads of state, stars of stage and screen, and girls from the Ziegfeld Follies.

Several years ago, through serendipitous means, I happened to acquire a copy of the Bache guest book from Camp Wenonah, dating from 1897 through 1944 (the year of Jules Bache’s death).

It’s a thick object, covering nearly a half century of a man’s life, and contains not only the names and addresses of the guests but

many comments as well. Most interesting are the “illustrative” comments, drawn by clever, talented friends reflecting on the experience of being a guest of Mr. Bache and his wife, Florrie, as you can see from these examples.

The allure of the lakes and the woods, besides an opportunity to “get away from it all,” was enhanced by its suggestion of a simpler life, a way of life familiar to all those generations who visited there. These were people who were born in the last half of the 19th century—into a world without cars, electricity, telephones, and speed in travel. So there was a rich nostalgia in “roughing it” because everyone, including city-dwellers, knew about that.

Life was purer, as was the water they drank and swam in. Away from all the rushing elements of city life, guests and residents had a sense of something more restful, and a physical environment that was healthier. Leisure was truly leisure. Time and distance limited the social interaction. Even today, more than a century after the area was settled by these affluent summer people, it remains essentially private, which is its own great luxury. Whereas, for example, in the Hampton communities there is the frequently intense socializing often with vast crowds, the cottage/camp life was, and still is, focused almost exclusively on the house and the family and their guests. u J U LY 2 0 1 5 9 1

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“LONG ISLAND REPRESENTS the Americans’ idea of what God

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season to season, while Suffolk County beckons with the approach of summer. The Hamptons (which extend from Southampton, Watermill, Bridgehampton, and Wainscott to East Hampton, Amagansett, Napeague, and Montauk) offer a respite for New York—an invitation to a world of leisure, as accessed from the city.

Here, we speak with the realtors that enable this escape: experts who have the experience to broker your home in Long Island.

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HARALD GRANT Associate Broker, Sotheby’s International Realty: Southampton / 516.527.7712 / harald.grant@sothebyshomes.com

Q: What areas and what properties do you concentrate on in the Hamptons?

A: I’ve been covering the Hamptons for more than 25 years since Sotheby’s opened in Southampton. As a brokerage, we specialize in the areas throughout the Town of Southampton, which includes its village, Watermill, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor, and Sagaponack.

and enriched through decades of personal referral, where discretion is essential.

Q: What areas and properties are “hot” at the moment?

A: I tend to say that all of the East End is desirable. The individual towns, villages, and hamlets have nuanced differences that will appeal to different people with varied buying criteria.

Q: What time of year is best for buying in the Hamptons?

A: Any time—and we’re always available. We work seven days a week, all year long!

Q: What do you think about the strength of the market in the Hamptons? Where was it five years ago?

A: The Hamptons are special and unique. While we experienced a slight pause in 2008, the markets have held and, today, they are as robust as ever.

Q: What sort of buyers and sellers do you work with?

A: I tend to work with very well-heeled and knowledgeable customers and clients. My business has been cultivated

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Villa Maria in Water Mill, New York, is on the market with Sotheby’s International Realty: Southampton for $85 million.

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Q: How does the market in the Hamptons differ from others throughout the Northeast?

A: This is mostly a second-home market for people whose primary homes are in Manhattan and its suburbs. We also cater to buyers from Florida, Aspen, and the West Coast.

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JUDI A. DESIDERIO C.E.O., Town & Country Real Estate / 631.324.8080, ext. 221 / jdesiderio@townandcountryhamptons.com

Q: What areas and what properties do you concentrate on in Long Island?

A: Town & Country Real Estate has eight offices throughout the Hamptons and the North Fork.

We service the entire East End, including Shelter Island.

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Q: What do you think about the strength of the market in Long Island? Where will it be in five years?

A: Having grown up on Long Island, I can honestly say it is one of the most unique places in the world. Plus, being so close to Manhattan ensures that the demand will never shut off. Five years ago, it was ascending. And in five years, it will be ascending. The East End, in particular, should realize higher appreciation factors than the rest of Long Island.

Q: What sort of buyers and sellers do you work with?

A: Town & Country Real Estate services all markets from under $1 million (that is, if you can find a home for under $1 million) to over $50 million. The bulk of our business is in the range of $1 million to $10 million, with the median home sale prices in our varied markets ranging from $500,000 on the North Fork to $2.5–3 million in the villages of East Hampton and Southampton.

Q: What areas and properties are “hot” at the moment?

A: Montauk has been riding an incredible wave for the past few years but, I must say, the North Fork of the East End is causing quite a stir.

Q: What time of year is best when it comes to buying in Long Island?

A: Personally, I have been purchasing East End “dirt”—as I call it—for the entire 35 years that I’ve been in the business. I buy in good markets and in bad markets, but I’m a long-term player. Frankly, when the market gets hit hard by a downturn is when I go shopping in a big way! We’re currently in a fairly balanced market.

8 Pondview Lane in East Hampton, New York, is on the market with Town & Country Real Estate for $6.5 million.

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HARA KANG, JUSTIN AGNELLO, AND JAMES KEOGH The Atlantic Team: Douglas Elliman Real Estate / hara.kang@elliman.com (631.267.7335); justin.agnello@elliman.com (631.267.7334); and james.keogh@elliman.com (631.267.7341) the prices will be much higher in five years, so buy now!

Q: How does the market in the Hamptons differ from others throughout the Northeast?

A: The Hamptons, unlike the rest of Long Island, is a very seasonal area. But we are consistent in terms of activity all year and we are becoming more of a year-round destination.

Buyers shop throughout the year. Some do so with the goal of coming in for the following year, or with the goal of getting in mid-winter and renovating or decorating. Unlike the rest of Long Island, there is no real need to be in a particular school district, so being in for the summer and being close to the beach takes precedent.

Q: What do you think about the strength of the market in Long Island?

A: The strength of the market is the best we have seen in a long time. Sellers are getting their prices and many are selling quickly. The market lacks good inventory. Five years ago, we had quite a bit of inventory for sale as compared with the current market. At the time, sellers had a hard time due to the fact that buyers had so much to choose from. We think

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Q: What sort of buyers and sellers do you work with?

A: Everyone, at this point: older, younger, Wall Street, artists, CEOs, etc. We work with buyers and sellers in all price ranges and in all areas on the East End. We have seen a ton of foreign money lately buying in the Hamptons.

Q: What areas and properties are “hot� at the moment?

A: New construction and turnkey properties are very hot right now in the Hamptons. One of the hottest towns right now is East Hampton, with its central location between Southampton and the always active Montauk.

343 Kings Point Road in East Hampton, New York, is on the market with Douglas Elliman Real Estate for $3.85 million.

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Q: What areas and what properties do you specialize in the Hamptons?

A: We sell properties from Southampton to Montauk.

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ALAN SCHNURMAN Associate Real Estate Broker, Saunders & Associates / 917.991.4076 / callalan@saunders.com

Q: What areas and what properties do you concentrate on in the Hamptons?

A: For the last 30 years, I have experience in developing, buying, and selling homes in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton—“south of the highway.”

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Q: What do you think about the strength of the market in the Hamptons? Where was it five years ago?

A: When the economy is good, Hamptons real estate is very good. When the economy is bad, Hamptons real estate is not so bad. The best locations always go up first and go up most in good times and go down last and go down least in challenging times. The market is as strong as I have seen it in years. If you purchased property five years ago, during the recession, you have seen a substantial increase in your investment. I have an expression: “When you’re crying, you should be buying.”

Q: What sort of buyers and sellers do you work with?

A: Today’s buyers tend to be young families, with parents that are in their 30s and 40s. At the higher end, many work in industries like finance and real estate. In many cases, the sellers are older families that want to downsize or relocate to a warmer climate.

233 Hedges Lane in Sagaponack, New York, is on the market with Saunders & Associates for $19.95 million.

Q: What areas and properties are “hot” at the moment?

A: Sagaponack and Bridgehampton are favorites with the financial community. The villages of Southampton, East Hampton, and Sag Harbor are also very desirable.

Q: What time of year is best for buying in the Hamptons?

A: When there is snow on the ground and the temperature is below freezing, demand is at its lowest. There are always sellers that must sell quickly—whether it’s an estate sale, a divorce, or a bankruptcy. Put on your warmest clothes and come out to the Hamptons. You could very well end up with a value buy! Good luck.

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Q: What areas and properties are “hot” at the moment?

A: Nassau County (particularly the North Shore and fabled “Gold Coast”) followed by portions of Suffolk County. “Hot” properties tend to be new luxury construction, planned communities, and waterfront properties.

Q: What time of year is it best when it comes to buying on Long Island?

A: Anytime except February, because historically that’s some of our worst weather. Consumers have an almost insatiable appetite for real estate. There are a few triggers that truly accelerate the urgency to buy: the start of a new school year, the anticipation of summer, and the major holidays.

Q: How does the market on Long Island differ from others throughout the Northeast?

A: This will sum it up: it’s bigger than most of them! Long Island is the largest contiguous island in the United States, boasting 40 percent of New York’s population and over 30,000 real-estate closings per year. It’s also the 17th most populous island in the world, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Long Island Sound.

Q: What sort of buyers and sellers do you work with?

A: It’s highly diverse. A large segment involves individuals buying and selling within the same community, both up and down. Plus, there’s a steady influx from the broader region and a flood of international buyers and investors.

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Q: What areas and what properties do you specialize in on Long Island?

A: I have senior responsibility for marketing (and technology) for Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty’s 25 offices, which span about 120 miles from New York Harbor to the North Fork and Shelter Island.

We close about 2,500 transactions per year, and certainly dominate the luxury market in most of the areas we service.

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MICHAEL CONROY Senior Global Advisor, Sotheby’s International Realty / 631.283.0600, ext. 42 / michael.conroy@sothebyshomes.com

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Q: What areas and what properties do you concentrate on in the Hamptons?

A: I’m based in Southampton, where I collaborate with my colleague Jonathan Smith. Despite my focus in Southampton, I can assist buyers throughout the Hamptons—from here to Montauk.

Q: How does the market in the Hamptons differ from others throughout the Northeast?

A: The Hamptons are driven by proximity to New York City, which is where my business is sourced—especially from the “financial services” community. New York City is two hours from Southampton, by car (or by Hampton Jitney), and it has the world’s greatest beaches, the world’s greatest golf courses, and the world’s greatest weather. We host communities of friends who are interested in a place for the weekends during the summer and, increasingly, in a year-round situation. What drives the Hamptons is the sense of community, both among the generations of families and among the occupations of the residents.

Q: What do you think about the strength of the market in the Hamptons?

A: I’m not a soothsayer, but it depends on the economy as

well as the timing of the generations, as they ebb and flow through the events of their lives. The economy drives prices up and down, but what is consistent in the Hamptons— and has been, for a while—is that property is considered an asset class that has appreciated with other asset classes, like equities. There’s no secret to this situation. The ocean isn’t going away. There are only so many “Picassos” when it comes to homes in the Hamptons.

Q: What areas and properties are “hot” at the moment?

A: Properties in the $1–2 million range are very active, plus the expansion in the condominium world. Of course, the grand houses around the ocean are always attractive.

420 Halsey Neck Lane in Southampton, New York, is on the market with Sotheby’s International Realty for $17.995 million.

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“PEOPLE ARE LOOKING for a beacon, a place to go and be together.” Suddenly Terrie Sultan, director of the Parrish Art Museum, breaks off her train of thought.

“You know what’s interesting? There’s the road. But you can’t hear it.”

She’s right. We’re sitting on the museum’s massive back terrace, which faces Montauk Highway, and though the summer Hamptons traffic is visible, the only sounds we hear come from the meadow between us and the road.

The Parrish has many such marvels of design thanks to the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, the team behind the magical Tate Modern in London. Though thoroughly modern, the barn-like structure sits naturally in the prairie landscape. “It seems very big because it’s 614 feet long, but it’s only 100 feet wide,” Sultan says in regard to the impression the museum gives. “It’s also so flat here and we have 14 acres of property, so the building has quite a commanding presence. People did express a lot of doubts because it looks a bit foreboding, but even those who weren’t sure about the outside fall in love with the building when they come inside because the interior spaces are warm, welcoming, and perfect for art.”

The interior resembles an idealized version of a studio, but with the interactivity of a public gallery. “It’s really intended to give you the feeling that you’re looking at work as it’s being made or just finished,” explains Sultan.

“I certainly don’t believe in the supremacy of the art object. I agree that a picture can be transformative or an art experience can be transformative—I wouldn’t be in this business if I didn’t. But I also feel very strongly that the real transformation is understanding how that comes about. What is creativity? How does somebody go from the idea to the object? Then how is that communicated to the viewer, and how can that story be life changing?”

Those concepts are reflected in the building’s layout: the bones of the structure are left showing to allow visitors to see how the building was put together and get a sense of This spread, above and below: Installation views of the exhibition “Chuck Close Photographs,” on view at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, through July 26.

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the minds that designed it and the hands that created it.

The rough walls ripple with man-made grooves, electrical wires peek out from corners, and even the sprinkler system is open for display. The rooms are illuminated by natural light, as preferred by artists for their studios (and eschewed by galleries for being too uncontrollable). Thus the artwork, rather than attracting manufactured attention from a spotlight, pulls in the viewer more naturally.

Which, when you have the first-ever survey of Chuck Close’s photographs, is pretty easy. This summer, the Parrish curated a buzzed-about exhibit showing how one of the most important figures in contemporary art stretched the boundaries of photography. But despite Close’s international reputation, Sultan emphasizes that he fits into the Parrish’s collection of local artists. “Chuck is a part of this community. He lived out here; he had a studio in Bridgehampton up until about four years ago. He’s very active in the contemporary community out here, lots of friends, salons, talks.” In fact, the two are good friends—it was Close who recommended Sultan to the Parrish board when they were looking for a new director.

Last year, Sultan realized that though every painting

Close does starts with a photograph, no gallery had ever done a survey exclusively of his work in photography.

“Chuck Close Photographs” remedies that with 90 images that span from 1964 to the present, ranging from black and white portraits to the composite Polaroid images familiar to fans of his painting. The collection gives depth to our understanding of Close’s view of the world, fulfilling Sultan’s mission to illuminate the creative process. “We like to look into why artists make the decisions that they make and do the things that they do.”

There are no forced façades at the Parrish. “It’s about sharing ideas and scholarship, illuminating the creative process, making that mysterious creativity accessible to people when they walk in,” Sultan declares. She sees the museum as a cultural bastion in the East End. “It’s a place where people can come and share, be inspired by each other, and be a part of the community. It’s really not any more complicated than that. People want to engage.” u This spread: The welcoming entrance of the museum; the Parrish is used as a hub for the local community, not just with exhibits, but also educational series, children’s events, and concerts.

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Opposite page, clockwise from top left: Children can enjoy tennis lessons at Casa de Campo; the resort’s premiere golf facilities are available to kids; hitting the water in kayaks; the equestrian center makes everyone “giddy up” and smile.

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SINCE 1974, Casa de Campo has been the standard of luxury resorts in the Dominican Republic. Recently, it has refocused on offering even more exciting opportunities to the most important members of any family: the children. After all, the truism contends, if the kids are happy, everyone’s happy.

First, the villas, because where the little angels lay their heads is vital to a good vacation. Surrounded by the lush tropics of La Romana, each villa gives a home-away-from-home experience— but better. It’s the resort life complete with a personalized breakfast every morning, but also every creature comfort that makes for a relaxed and warm atmosphere to come back to at night. Everything from touring carts to private gardens are organized to ensure a perfect experience for all guests.

During the day, children can have as much fun as their parents: playing golf at the Junior Golf Academy, riding and polo at the equestrian center, or shooting skeet and sporting clays at the shooting center, just for starters. FIFA scandals notwithstanding, if there’s a little Pelé or Mia Hamm dying to practice bicycle kicks, Casa de Campo’s FCB soccer school is there to assist. The trainings are modeled after the Futbol Club Barcelona’s methodology, and the five-day camps offer a true “Barça” experience.

To wind down, everyone can visit the spa, where a new “Holistic Experience” approaches wellness using natural, locally sourced, and organic ingredients to nurture the mind and body. Another option is to stroll along the cobblestone walkways of the marina, feeling what life must have been like in the old seaside villages of the Mediterranean (a life before cell phones—imagine!)

Finally, the ultimate insider’s tip for summer at Casa de Campo: get the homemade pistachio ice cream. It’s available at any of the resort restaurants and sure to please the young and the young at heart. u For more information, visit www.casadecampo.com.

HAMPTON HOTSPOTS Calling all New Yorkers: the ocean beckons—and so do the sunny shops of the Hamptons! Every year, summer seems to fly by, so don’t miss the chance to check out some of our favorite local boutiques and restaurants.

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This page: A Southampton beach just before dusk; East Hampton’s historic Main Street (left inset); Kites of the Harbor offers a playful selection of toys and kites (right inset).

RALPH LAUREN 31–33 Main Street / East Hampton 631.324.1222 Leave it to Ralph Lauren to craft the perfect shopping environment for a weekend getaway, or, if you’re lucky, a summer-long escape. Inspired by the quintessential Hamptons lifestyle, this boutique captures the casual and sophisticated spirit of the area. Inside, you’ll find intimate spaces, reclaimed wooden floors, white walls, beautiful millwork, and, of course, spectacular clothes for every occasion. Outside, the exquisitely decorated patios are entirely inviting, featuring cozy furniture and lush, budding greenery. After you make your purchase(s), grab an iced tea, sit in the shade, and relax... This is shopping at its best.

THE MONOGRAM SHOP 11 Newtown Lane / East Hampton 631.329.3379 Do you crave authenticity, quality, and affordability? Do you desire specialty made items personalized just the way you like them? Do you dream of adding your own specific touch to your home, or gifts for the family and friends?

Since 1997, the Monogram Shop has never failed to amaze. With an abundance of choices, this mother-daughter business accommodates anyone’s need with the finest quality monograms, equivelent to your grandmother’s finest work of needlepoint. Whether you want it on your linens, bags, or glasswear, they’ll always have you covered for any need or occasion.

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74 Montauk Highway / East Hampton 631.604.6700 Tomas Maier has said that the key to a successful brand is identity. The identity, then, behind the clothing line could be described as understated, minimalist, and inherently chic. Excellent fabric quality is crafted into pieces with effortless elegance. Since Maier’s 2013 partnership with Kering, a luxury goods holding company, the Tomas Maier brand has been able to reach past its characteristic line of knit and swimwear in order to further its range.

It’s no surprise that with an increasingly extensive lineup of understated pieces, Maier’s designs continue to shine in the Hamptons. Be sure to stop in this summer and explore with your friends and family.

DYLAN’S MINI CANDY BAR 52 Main Street / East Hampton 631.324.6181 Summer is the time to relax. It’s the time to read a book, lay on the beach, have a drink.

Summer is the time to treat yourself. No really, put down your kale smoothie. Dylan’s Candy Bar, created in 2001 by Dylan Lauren, is like a Willy Wonka fantasy come to life. Whether you’re a chocolate addict or a gummy fiend, Dylan’s got it all. From nostalgic classics to novelty items, Dylan’s Candy Bar bridges the gap between the old and the new with its modern pop art–inspired charm. So whether you’re stocking up for the movies or grabbing a treat for the beach, check out Dylan’s Candy Bar on Main Street.

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND 48 Main Street / East Hampton 631.324.0874 For all you vintage collecting fanatics, you’re in luck. The newest addition to Main Street has finally come in the form of What Goes Around Comes Around, the leading store in collectable luxury vintage goods. According to founders Seth Weisser and Gerard Maione, they have traveled the globe for over 20 years collecting clothes, bags, jewelry, and even more variety of brands. Customers are most familiar with the ever-more popular ones like Chanel, Lois Vuitton, Hermès, and Céline. Plus, who wouldn’t want to bid on the six-and-a-half-foot tall golden No. 5 Chanel Perfume bottle at the store’s entrance. Maoine laughs, “We’re taking offers.”

SIP ’N SODA 40 Hampton Road / Southampton 631.283.9752 Take a blast back into the past with a visit to Sip ’N Soda and discover South Hampton’s charming threegeneration business. For over 50 years their doors have been open, providing an exciting gateway to anyone who enters. Whether you have a sweet tooth in need of curing, are craving an oozing grilled cheese, or just want to refresh with a bubbling lime rickey, their menu offers an assortment of taste-bud-popping goodies sure to satisfy. Don’t forget about their homemade thick and creamy ice cream, or for those with a hungrier appetite, the tripledecker club found on the lunch menu. Each trip will surely be calling you back for more, year after year.

TORY BURCH 47 Newtown Lane / East Hampton 631.907.9150 Upon entering, your eyes feast on the deep royal plum wall accented in gold shelving, cream drapery framing the windows, and a fierce cheetah rug covering the floor. Sleek, modern, and sophisticated items radiate fine attention to detail and authenticity. Now, will you choose the peep-toed heels, the genuine leather clutch for your evening out, or the finely designed paisley bikini calling you to a sun-blazing getaway? Either way, you leave satisfied knowing you’ve just picked up the latest trends from the designer herself, whose fashion sense is always riveting with the peak of style and class.

VILEBREQUIN 42 Jobs Lane / Southampton 631.204.1530 Vilebrequin’s High Summer 2015 Collection seems to capture the very essence of summer in the Hamptons. The collection, entitled “Sunrise Sunset,” continues to reflect the laid-back, family-oriented values of the brand in its vibrant prints and father-son swim shorts (they also offer a full women’s collection). “Sunrise Sunset” features items with various graphic prints, including beach landscapes, floral plumes, and beach huts. Vilebrequin’s summer beach inspiration was even furthered this past May when the company announced its collaboration with photographer Massimo Vitali. Be sure to shop Vilebrequin’s latest collection this summer. You can never have too many swimsuits!

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2454 Main Street / Bridgehampton 631.537.8967 There’s nothing worse than an assortment of falsely advertised hair sprays promising you the perfect “beachy waves” on your holiday vacation. When you’ve tried them all out, and find that your frizz is still frizzy, head on over to Valery Joseph Salon in Bridgehampton. Valery Joseph Salon offers cuts, blowouts, color, extensions, hair relaxers, and Brazilian straightening—everything you could need to get those beachy waves.

The sought-after salon is not only open Monday through Saturday, but will also schedule house calls to help you primp and prep for your summer festivities. So jump in the ocean and embrace that summer heat, you’ll be missing it when its gone—frizz or no frizz.

ELIE TAHARI 1 Main Street / East Hampton 631.329.8883 Prepare yourself for an audio and visual stimulation when you enter Elie Tahari East Hampton store. Here, you will be pleased with the clothing and the experience. Throughout the Hamptons flagship store, you’ll find yourself engulfed in a two-story glass atrium, showcasing a cutting-edge sound system and top-of-the-line products. The store offers high-energy music while shopping, along with a courtesy volume control for those with a sensitive ear. You will also find a VIP room downstairs with complimentary goodies.

Not something you see everyday! With its modern vibe and clean-cut appearance, it’s sure to give off the “wow” factor.

BOOKHAMPTON 16 Hampton Road / Southampton 631.283.0270 BookHampton, the family-owned bookstore in East and South Hampton, has been a local favorite since its emergence in 1970. Having hosted book signings with a number of notable figures such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Joyce Carol Oates, and Eric Kandel, BookHampton continues to enrich literary culture in the Hamptons. Just last year, crowds lined up outside for a book signing with Hilary Clinton. BookHampton has also recently introduced a delivery service in which customers may receive purchases straight to their doors for no additional fee. Now there’s no excuse to avoid your summer reading list! Check out BookHampton and be sure to take advantage of their new delivery option.

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There’s a 1940’s vintage Citröen H-Van cruising around the Hamptons. Have you seen it? The Tour de Galet has officially begun around the Hamptons and Montauk—a mobile retail pop-up shop catered to fulfill your luxurious loafer needs. Known for the quality of their canvas, leather, suede, and pony hair loafers, Galet also incorporates a number of striking motifs, perfect for your summer Hamptons look. Why leave the beach to shop when Tour de Galet—equipped with French lawn furniture, games, and music—will quite literally come to you. Plus the van is bright orange, so you can’t miss it!

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J.CREW 84 Main Street / Southampton 631.287.2869.

Trade your loafers for a pair of sneakers, mix your patterns, and let your hair down. J.Crew firmly believes that “the magic is in the mix,” and what better summer motto to embrace during your Hamptons getaway? Keep your New York City edge but add a touch of light-hearted flair; it’s time to change up your style for the summer. J.Crew’s summer collection is full of color block, fun patterns, and tons of beautifully crafted items to throw on for your day in the sun. Don’t miss the chance to check out the magical mix that J.Crew has thought up this summer. Stop by J.Crew Southampton for a styling session well worth your while.

VINEYARD VINES 63 Main Street / East Hampton 631.324.7100 Vineyard Vines can easily be considered an East Coast classic. Or better, a New England staple. It should then come to no surprise that its nautical influence would extend just past New England’s border and into the Hamptons. Vineyard Vines, whose inspiration came from a series of summers spent in Martha’s Vineyard, sparked the foundation of a small tie company. In just a few years, that tie company expanded into a largely renowned clothing brand. Despite the company’s growth and expansion, its nautically inspired roots remain and are the perfect addition to your summer holiday in the Hamptons. Indulge a little and buy the salmon shorts. Maybe even splurge on the whale needlepoint belt. Hey, why not?

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83 Main Street / SouthHampton 631.329.8883 Forget your beach essentials?

No need to fret. Aerin has you covered offering styles that scream “beach chic” for the perfect Hamptons look. Whether you choose from the Kiini Bikinis, Filip Tunics, Capri collection, or woven hats, you’ll be sure to turn heads wherever you go. That’s a promise. And for those who remembered your beach attire, check out Aerin’s home or beauty lines instead. Here, you’ll find perfect pieces that will make the biggest impact. Choose from the textured ceramics collection, which can stand proud on your mantle, or the weekend lip gloss guaranteed to help you seal the deal on date night.

THIS SUMMER’S MUCH anticipated Art Southampton, the East End’s premier contemporary and modern art fair, is scheduled to open for the fourth consecutive year with a sophisticated VIP Preview event on the evening of July 9 (the fair continues through Monday July 13). The fair’s new location is on the expansive, established grounds of Nova’s Ark Project—where the vision of founder Nova Mihai Popa will be beautifully complemented by the high quality of the thousands of contemporary and modern art works on display. Art Southampton, known as the leading art fair in the Hamptons, has a distinguished variety of disciplines, mediums, and pricing of quality art works on exhibit for acquisition.

The opening night VIP Preview benefits the Parrish Art Museum and the Southampton Hospital, and is sponsored by Christie’s International Real Estate and GRAFF Diamonds, which certainly will add considerable sparkle. Ruinart Champagne will provide the bubbly for the prominent collectors, curators, art advisors, architects, designers and decorators, and illustrious guests at this exclusive event. This is a unique opportunity to acquire the finest blue chip works of art from emerging, midcareer, cutting edge artists, as well as works from Post War and Pop eras, with an additional focus on design and functional art.

Not surprisingly, the fair also will highlight some of the East End’s most prolific artists from past and present.

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This page: Dorothea Tanning, “Flagrantis speculum veneris (Loveknot)” (1997) at Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York. Opposite page: Guests at last year’s Art Southampton.

This page, counterclockwise from top left: John Chamberlain, “Madonna Juana” (2006) at Galerie Terminus, Munich; Andy Warhol, “Shoes” (1980) at ARCHEUS / POST-MODERN, London; Eric Fischl, “Untitled” (2010) at Hexton Modern and Contemporary, Chicago.

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a daily art symposium sponsored by One Art Nation that brings together leading opinion leaders and art industry experts to speak on a wide range of topics covering everything from artist spotlights to panel discussions on contemporary art market trends. Last year’s Art Southampton fair set a new standard in luxury presentations and attracted a record 21,000-plus art enthusiasts who visited the luminous, fully air conditioned 100,000-squarefoot pavilion. This year’s edition of the fair, by all reports, will be the best yet.

Obviously, there is great interest from the prominent neighboring seasonal community, known for its celebrated collectors and art patrons, but the fair has also become the favorite Hamptons destination for numerous museum and young collector groups, including Whitney Contemporaries, MoMA Junior Associates, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum’s Young Collectors Council, and members of the Museum of Art and Design. Additional vitality and keen interest will no doubt come from selected groups such as the Brooklyn Museum, Jewish Museum, Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt, East End Arts Council, Miami Art Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Norton Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, and Princeton Art Museum, among many others.

Art Southampton is directed by Nick Korniloff and is organized and produced by the Art Miami team, which owns and operates Art Miami, now in its 26th year. Art Miami is the number one attended fair in America, second globally, and runs annually each December during Art Week Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach. u 116 QUEST

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From “Barefoot in Central Park,” as photographed in New York, New York, for the Summer 2006 issue of Q magazine. This page, clockwise from top left: Carson Gray wears J.Crew with Luca Luca shoes and jewelry by Roberto Coin. Emma Snowden-Jones wears Fiandaca with jewelry by Roberto Coin. Emma Shilling-law wears J.Crew with Ralph Lauren shoes; Carson reads by the bronze of Hans Christian Anderson; Emma and Camilla, wearing CK Bradley designs, bask in the sunlight on the “Alice in Wonderland” sculpture; Emma Stubbs & Wootton shoes; Camilla wears her own design with jewelry by Roberto Coin and Luca Luca shoes. Opposite page: Marisa, wearing a Luca Luca dress with jewelry

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This page: Pharrell asked guests to refrain from selfies before performing “Happy” at the Gordon Parks Foundation event on June 2.

This page, clockwise from left: Emily Hottensen and Bunny Laughlin; Gabriella Lopez and Steve Gold; Kristian Laliberte, Devon Windsor, and Ben Fink Shapiro; Peter Kunhardt, Jr., (executive director of the Gordon Parks Foundation), Sarah Arison, and JR (the “photograffeur” who was honored at the event); Sarah Yoder and Teddy Kunhardt (who were married after the event, on June 6) with Nejma Beard.

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GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION PRESENTED ITS AWARDS AT CIPRIANI WALL STREET THE GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION endeavors to preserve the work of a variety of artists, including Gordon Parks—who, through his efforts in media, was dedicated to “the common search for a better life and a better world.” On June 2, the awards at Cipriani Wall Street honored his mission. The event, which was chaired by Alicia Keys and Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean and Karl Lagerfeld, celebrated the contributions of Laurent Claquin, Thornton Dial, JR, Usher Raymond IV, and Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower

De Niro. Outside, an opportunity to participate in the "public art" project from JR—who refers to himself as a "photograffeur" and was featured in the October 2014 issue of Quest—by posing for black-and-white pictures to be printed as posters for guests. Inside, a performance by Pharrell. Attendees included Sebastian Bland, Paul Johnson Calderon, Lara Glaister, Christopher Latos, and Samuel Leeds as well as Peter Kunhardt, Jr., executive director of the Gordon Parks Foundation.

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Kate Horvitz, and Christina Eberli at the Frick Collection on June 8.

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THE YOUNG FELLOWS OF the Frick Collection mixed in the Fifth Avenue Garden, toasting the exhibition of “Flaming June” by Sir Frederic Leighton with Belvedere cocktails. The painting (which features a palette of oranges) is on loan from Puerto Rico’s Museo de Arte de Ponco, inspiring the theme of the event, which featured performances from The Flail as well as the Bob Hardwick Sound. Spotted, in springy ensembles: Juliet Falchi, Lydia Fenet, Clare McKeon, Sarah Maslin Nir, Alexandra Porter, Emily Rafferty, and Lacary Sharpe. So, like, orange you going to see the exhibition?

DISCLAIMER: QUEST HAS anticipated Bravo TV’s Odd Mom Out—which stars Byrdie Bell (who covered the Greenwich Issue) as well as Jill Kargman with Andy Buckley, Joanna Cassidy, and Abby Elliott—for months. So, we were thrilled to receive an invitation for the premiere of the series, which was hosted by the Cinema Society with an after-party at Casa Lever.

There, the scene was sparkling and the Upper East Side (a.k.a. the heart of the show) was represented by a swirl of Debbie Bancroft, Jennifer Creel, Jamee Gregory, Elizabeth Meigher, and Nicole Hanley Mellon.

From left: Lucy Sykes; Charlotte Kidd and Zani Gugelmann; Abby Eliott and Jill Kargman; Amy Fine Collins and Flora Collins at the Cinema Society screening of Bravo TV’s Odd Mom Out on June 3.

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From left: Catherine Glenno, Pamela Suskind, and Juliet Falchi; Alexis Light; Erica Palaia and Melissa Meyer; Lacary Sharpe, Sarah Flint,

This page, clockwise from left: Cayte Grieve and Eiseley Tauginas; Cat Dewey and Matthew Douglas; Ashely Simko and Alban Delierre; Alex Chunn and Tiffany Frasier; Jasper Larsen and Timmothy Briggs; Tommy Kahn, Rebecca Regan, and Matthew Vahidi at the Central Park Zoo on June 11.

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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY AT THE CENTRAL PARK ZOO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY hosted its gala— themed, for 2015, “Turning Tides”—to honor Julie E. Packard (executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium), Barbara Hrbek Zucker (trustee of Wildlife Conservation Society), and Donald Zucker: “champions of the oceans,” as named by the organization. The event, at the Central Park Zoo, included a dinner as well as an after-party (which was chaired by

Cody Baird, April Grunow, and Amanda Starbuck). There, guests—including Otto Bell, Alex Chunn, Megan Hearst, Meggie Kempner, Taran Killam and Cobuie Smulders, Chris Lentz, Topper Mortimer, Ashley Platt, Rebecca Regan, and Harrison Waterstreet—partied around the pool with Patrick McMullan before heading to Dorrian’s (because, duh). Talk about being wild for the night, right A$AP Rocky?

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From left: Scott Smith and Ashlee Williss; Natalie Watson, Paul Guevara, Sophie Elgort, and Asanka Pathiraja; Carol Han and Lynn Brodsky; Carla Carstens and Noora Raj; Reid Myers and Carson Griffith at

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“NEW YORKERS FOR NEPAL” was established by influencers (including Mickey Boardman, Joseph Carini, Carson Griffith, May Kwok, Chelsea Leyland, Leandra Medine, and Kristin Tice Studeman) in response to the earthquake in Nepal. On June 3, New Yorkers for Nepal banded to host an event at Carini Lang, with proceeds to benefit the efforts of Americares.

Guests offered their support, sipping cocktails donated by Cuca Fresca at a gathering that served to exemplify the resourcefulness as well as the sense of community that exists in New York—especially in the wake of a tragedy.

ANDREW RANNELLS delivered “The Star-Spangled Banner”

From left: Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger; Nacho Figueras and Delfina Blaquier; Andrew Rannells, singing “The Star-Spangled Banner”; Jennifer Fisher and Athena Calderone; Lauren Remington Platt at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic on May 30.

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to thousands at Liberty State Park on May 30—a moment of red, white, and blue before hours of yellow. Team Black Watch met Team Veuve Clicquot in the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, which toasted to eight years with champagne and rosé champagne. Kate Bock, Hannah Bronfman, Annie Georgia Greenberg, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Juliet Izon, Mindy Kaling, Rebecca Minkoff, Emma Roberts, Mara Siegler, and Wes Gordon were among those stomping the divots at the half, while Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson posed for selfies with spectators. u

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the New Yorkers for Nepal event on June 3.

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On June 3, Moët & Chandon presented Moët Nectar Impérial Rosé with Marcelo Burlon at Cipriani 25 Broadway. The event featured a performance by Trey Songz. This page: Mia Moretti, Marcelo Burlon, and Cleo Wade; Lauren “Kittens” Abedini (inset).

SNAPSHOT This page: The Surf Lodge’s outdoor space was packed with the young and fabulous for its opening; Minnie Mortimer and Peter Davis, 2009; Jason Lewis and Tyson Beckford, 2008; the accoutrements of summer; Amanda Hearst and Alejandro Santo Domingo, 2009; Alexandra Richards has been a regular Surf Lodge DJ since 2009.

IS SEVEN YEARS A LITTLE TOO SOON to be waxing nostalgic about a place? Maybe, but the Surf Lodge has already cemented its spot in Hamptons history and, love it or hate it, has proven to have a staying power that many had underestimated. When it opened in 2008, Montauk was not the scene it is now, and people wondered about the wisdom of opening a club in what was considered the sleepy fishing outpost on the Hamptons map. Who would want to go all the way out there for a party?

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night revelry was (and still is) well-documented, but so, too, is the revelers’ love of the place. The younger generation of Hampton-goers needed a spot to play in after hours, and they finally had it. Montauk became less “fishing hats and flipflops” thanks to the spreading of the new Hamptons aesthetic, and now, the Surf Lodge seems to be a perfect fit for the area.

Even the naysayers gave in and ordered a sangria.

This refuge for sun-kissed shoulders, dancing sandals, and sandy sundressed proves that a good venue is a universal need, even in what appears to be an unlikely place. —Lily Hoagland

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