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Hamptons, On Our Toes Gala and more events in August 2012

Hamptons, On Our Toes Gala and more events in August 2012….Greetings Hamptons Mouthpiece Readers…There are so many fabulous Events this August and it will take me sometime to filter through all of them, but I did want to highlight these events that I wanted to bring to your attention. Check back on Sunday for the complete list of events this August and things to do in the Hamptons that will not cost you a small fortune. My personal favorites that I really cannot wait to attend are “On our toes in the Hamptons” I am told that guests will be in for a special treat from Ron Brown and his dancers and to meet Ruby Dee. I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Ruby Dee a couple of months ago and her presence is just overwhelming. The other event is Lillias White will play Maybelle Smith in BIG MAYBELLE: SOUL OF THE BLUES at Baystreet Theatre in Sag Harbor. I had the pleasure to sit in on a rehearsal and let me tell you this woman is FABULOUS..that’s right FABULOUS…the band is unreal…they are so good and this is going to be a HUGE winner this summer..

Evidence, A Dance Company to Host its 9th Annual “On Our Toes”…

In The Hamptons Summer Benefit

Saturday, August 18, 2012, from 4pm- 8pm at the Hayground School in Bridgehampton.

Cocktail reception, followed by a light dinner, auction, a dynamic performance by Evidence, dessert and their signature “Dancing with the Dancers”.

Legendary Ruby Dee, Actress and Philanthropist to receive the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Gatekeeper Award Jason Moran, Award-winning Jazz Musician and Composer, to receive the 2012 Visionary Gatekeeper Award.

The elegant afternoon benefit will celebrate generations of arts and culture from the African Diaspora. The summer event will honor the legendary Ruby Dee, Actress, Playwright, Activist and Philanthropist, with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Gatekeeper Award. Jason Moran, Award-winning Jazz Musician and Composer, will receive the 2012 Visionary Gatekeeper Award.

For tickets to the Hamptons Summer Benefit, please visit www.evidencedance.com or call The JFM Group at 914-235-1490 x11 or email [email protected] . Individual tickets are $350 and $500.

Sponsor packages begin at $5,000.

American Sustainable Business Council at the Hamptons Players Club for an evening of cocktails and farm-to-table hors d’oeuvres as they discuss a “Window Into a More Just Economy” with featured speaker Jeffrey Hollender, founder of Seventh Generation and an ASBC founding partner. Amy Hall, Director of Social Consciousness at Eileen Fisher and ASBC co-founder and executive director, David Levine will also be part of the evening’s event.

The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) is the leading coalition of businesses and business networks committed to creating a vision and framework that advance policies to support a vibrant and sustainable economy.

WHERE: The Hamptons Players Club, 103 Montauk Highway, East Hampton, NY

WHEN: Saturday, August 18th

TIME: 5:00PM – 8:00PM TICKETS: $25.00 here

10% of proceeds will benefit women’s leadership in business and economic development. For Reservations call: (631) 324-1663The Evening’s Sponsors include:

American Sustainable Business Council* Hamptons Players Club* Star Vodka *Digital Plus T Salon

Artist Bobbi Van will also be showing her artwork with 10% of all sales going to Women’s Leadership in Business and Education.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream**Thursday 8/2-8/19

2685 Montauk Highway

A HITFest production of Shakespeare’s enchanting tale of love and magic on the back lawn of Bridgehampton High School. Opens Thursday August 2nd, and runs through August 19th, Thursday – Sunday at 7:00pm. Tickets availabe at http://AMND.eventbrite.com

Bay Street Theatre 2012 Mainstage Season. Tony award winner Lillias White will play Maybelle Smith in BIG MAYBELLE: SOUL OF THE BLUES,
written and directed by Paul Levine.

Tuesday, August 7 -Sunday, September 2.

Showtimes: Tuesdays –Saturday 8pm with Wednesday matinees on
August 15, 22, and 29 at 2pm and a 4pm matinee on Saturdays August 18 and 25. Sunday showtime is at 7pm.**Tickets $66-76.

BIG MAYBELLE: SOUL OF THE BLUES features the sensational Tony award winning Lillias White as the legendary blues singer Maybelle Smith. A big woman with even bigger talent, she took on all the challenges that 1950’s America had to give.
Box Office at 631-725-9500.

EXHIBIT BRINGS TASTE OF CARIBBEAN TO THE HAMPTONS

Diaspora Vibe 2.0 Benefit Gala and Exhibit Preview

WHERE: Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane,

WHEN: Saturday, August 11, 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Diaspora Vibe 2.0: 16^th Annual Caribbean Crossroads Series Exhibition,  a Celebration of Artists and Art-Making,

Opens in Southampton with August 11 Gala

The 16th Annual Caribbean Crossroads Series Exhibition,” a dazzling display of provocative, contemporary fine art by more than 30 artists from the Latin American and Caribbean Diaspora. The event launches with an artist-interactive fund-raising gala honoring artist advocate Grace Y. Ingelton on Saturday, August 11, from 4 to 7 p.m. The benefit will feature Caribbean and Latin cuisine by celebrity chef Mark Bailey (seen on the TLC reality series Leave It to Niecy and Oxygen’s Girlfriend Confidential: L.A.). The exhibit, co-presented by Global Arts/Media and Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, runs from August 11 to 26

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Live Music & Lobsters @ Georgica this Thursday 8/16/12

with Live Music from* ESTEE MARIA!!!

MUSIC STARTS AT 8:00

Come early and dine and stay for the dancing!

Dine in any of our lovely dining rooms or Dine at the Bar*1/2 price drinks all night!

The end of the season is rapidly approaching and with it comes the Hamptons’ hottest culminating event.

August 24th at 10:00 p.m @ Lily Pond in East Hampton

The scene will be set for a spectacular evening of live art and breathtaking ambiance.”The Flamenco Dancers” will light up the stage to the melodies of the Gipsy Kings tribute band,”Los Cintron”

A silent auction will take place to benefit the renowned Somaly Mam Foundation.http://www.somaly.org/whoweare

Tickets are available online www.eventfulproductions.eventbrite.com

Michael J. Fox Foundation Team Fox and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Saturday, August 18, 2012

7 p.m. – Midnight

Cocktails and fine cuisine provided by Carlyle Off the GreenEast Hampton Studio

77 Industrial Road

Wainscott, NYwww.easthamptonstudio.com

Open Mic Night Series

Eastville Community Historical Society’s Art Collective 2012

Call: (631) 725- 4711 Email: [email protected]

Location: (RT. 114) 139 Hampton Street, Sag Harbor

Open Mic Night, Every Wednesday for the month of August from 6-8 pm. FREE SIGN UP! 6PM-7PM – Performances: Musicians, Singers, Actors, Poets, Drummers etc.

7PM-8PM- Discussions: Writers, Authors, Readers, Researchers etc. Come share your talent with fellow artist and the Greater Community!

45th Artists of the Springs Invitational:

Ashawagh Honors | Thursday August 2, 5 – 7 pm

Benefit Preview and Wine Reception

Honoring Rae Ferren | Connie Fox | Bill King

$25.00 donation at the door

Opening Reception | Friday, August 3, 4 – 7 p

open to the general public

Curator’s Tour | Saturday 18 August, 4:30 – 5:30 pm

Ashawagh Hall | 780 Springs Fireplace Road | East Hampton

Hours | August 4 – 19 | Sun – Fri 1 pm – 5 pm | Sat 9 am – 5 pm

Proceeds from events and 50% of art sales to benefit The Springs Improvement Society,

Ashawagh Hall, and the S.I.S. Scholarship Fund

White’s Pharmacy in East Hampton is introducing a new Men’s line SIGMA SKIN
on Friday 17th, 2012…Stop by for this grand event.As always you can find additional events on my Hamptons Mouthpiece Facebook Page or www.southamptonpatch.com or www.easthamptonpatch.com

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Sotto Sopra….A Pleasant Dining Experience

Sotto Sopra….A Pleasant Dining Experience…..Greeting Hamptons MouthPiece Readers… Hope all of you are doing well…This has been a very relaxing summer Living Life how I want to live it…not by how other people think you should…Live, Laugh and Love are 3 words that I live by. I have worked for various Media organizations and recently I worked for an online publication that typically did Food Write-ups.. They would write glowing reviews for any restaurant regardless of how the food tasted because of the fear that if you wrote something negative that restaurant would not spend any advertising dollars with you.

I really do not care and I am not in the business of destroying anyone’s life dream but I also am not in the business of sugar coating the truth. I have taken the stand that I will only write about restaurants that I really liked. I let others bring the negative as I only will bring the positive. If I don’t like it then I won’t talk about it, I want you my readers to know that what I write is my absolutely and VERY honest opinion. You can feel confident that I am speaking from the heart, but realize that this is my opinion and you may think differently.

This week I had the pleasure of visiting a new restaurant in Amagansett called Sotto Sopra…an Italian Cuisine located on Main

Street that once housed Exile Restaurant. My friend Cindy and I dined there on Tuesday, August 14th for dinner. I liked that parking was accessible and that was a welcome. When you walk in the bar is at the front with the doors open, the tables to dine are further back, I liked that the bar is far enough away from the dining area but still close. I also liked that the place is not to spacious, rather intimate, but don’t expect to have a private conversation, tables are a little close to each other. Our hostess greeted us so warm and friendly it immediately made us feel comfortable. We were asked if we would prefer to sit inside of outside, we sat outside because the weather was so pleasant. The lights were slightly dimmed but not to dimmed where you could not see your food and more impressive were the lights on the table for those who really do like a well lit table to see the food.
The outside was like a secret little garden beautifully manicured and so casually fit for a dinner out with the family. Our waiter was very knowledgeable and quite attentive, but not smothering and that was appreciated. We started with two of the house special appetizers…

I had the lump crab on Parmesan toast..drizzled with tarragon white wine butter sauce and Cindy had the chilled Melon soup….I loved the Lump Crab…it was so delectable, I can taste it in my mouth as I am writing at this moment. I personally did not care for the Melon soup but that is because I like hot soup and not chilled soup, but Cindy liked it.

For an entree I had the Swordfish and Cindy had the steak. I liked the swordfish it was pan-fried and flaky and very filling…I however LOVED the steak it was so succulent and juicy and I was so envious that Cindy ordered and I had not. I never order steak when I go out to eat because I rarely eat red meat, but I will definitely be back just to order the steak. The waiter came over to remove our finished dishes I think secretly Cindy wanted to clean her plate…OMG it was just that good. Rose Evangelista the owner stopped by to chat with us and tell us some preliminary plans for the Fall and winter season. She told us that the restaurant will be open year-round for dinner during the week and lunch on the weekends. Rose indicated that the restaurant would be hosting a weekly Mah-Jongg dinner. Apparently Mah-Jongg is a new trend played among women…The game is played with a set of 136 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols, although some regional variations use a different number of tiles.

I look forward to seeing what new and exciting things Rose will bring to the restaurant after the summer. I trust that this will be one of the happening spots in the off season because Rose was so exuberant and her passion is so infectious.

We of course had to end the evening with dessert for the full dining experience. Our waiter memorized the dessert menu and I was completely sold on the 21 layer crepe cake which is an Italian dessert and Cindy had the chocolate ice cream with chucks of chocolate. I was so anxious to taste my dessert I drove in before I could take the picture. It was delicious and highly recommended.

We had a very nice evening, the food was delicious the service was wonderful and the atmosphere was comfortable. The price range is moderately expensive. I look forward to returning in the Fall, maybe on a Mah-jongg night. I have never played the game and I would like to experience this new trend.
As always, Hamptons Mouthpiece keeping you in the know!

Masters of Health and Wellness: Evening in Sag Harbor

Greetings Hamptons MouthPiece Readers…Eating Healthy is something I am always striving to do, I do fall off the wagon somedays, and that is ok because 85% of the time I do eat healthy. Tomorrow there will be an event in Sag Harbor hosted by Dodds & Eder and I wanted to inform you about it.

Masters of Health and Wellness :: Wednesday August 8th

Health-Packed Evening in Sag Harbor

Health practitioners from different fields of expertise gathering for an evening of stimulating ideas, there will be live music by none other than East Hampton’s Inda Eaton, food donated from Sag Harbor favorites Sen and Phao drink from Pure Cool and an atmosphere infused with gorgeous flowers donated by the Sag Harbor Flower Shop and Pierpont’s Blossom Farm – Dodds and Eder have generously opened their doors to events such as this that benefit the community. www.doddsandeder.com.

Dodds & Eder

11 Bridge Street from

5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 8.

Ticket Price: $25…This evening is open to the public through reservation, click here to make your reservation www.mastersofhealthandwellness.com

Mini massages *Music by Acoustic rock artist, Inda Eaton Performing original work, Eaton will debut music from her latest album, “Go West.”

A percentage of tickets sales will be donated to the Sag Harbor Windmill restoration fundraising efforts.

Keynote speaker Katherine C.H.E. will share her insights on the Power of Archetypes.
Katherine C. H. E., has been called a “Miracle Worker” for the speed and power of the transformations she facilitates, she helps her clients improve ALL areas of their lives, including health, wealth, love, and joy using the unique system she created, the Flower Archetype Success Technique (F.A.S.T.). Katherine is also the CEO of the Law of Attraction Association (iaLOAp LLC), and Life Blossoming Systems LLC.

There will be a cooking demonstration and tasting with Eco-chef and Health Educator Debra Secunda. Learn how to prepare a quick and delicious meal from her “Green Recipes for Health & Weight Loss.”

Also learn why a plant-based diet can alleviate ailments such as allergies, arthritis, diabetes and many degenerative diseases. Ms Secunda appears at Expos nationwide. She makes complete and healthy 5-minute meals in a blender!

See recipes and excerpts at www.rawfooddvds.com

See her in action at:

This event is organized by Turtle Shell Health, a service that seeks to provide “health for the 21st century” through its website and many events.
Special thanks to Ana Nieto from Turtle Shell Health for providing me with this information. www.turtleshellhealth.com

Hamptons Designer Showhouse 2012, Design ideas for your Home…

Hamptons Designer Showhouse 2012, Design ideas for your Home

Are you looking for design ideas for your home, look no further, you need to visit The Hamptons Designers Showhouse 2012 located in Watermill, NY. There were fabulous colors and textures, it was fantastic, you will get some ideas on how to design small to big spaces. I loved that many of the designers utilized local businesses here in the Hamptons.

There were 14 designers and each was assigned a room to design, some of those talented designers were Lillian August who designed the Great Room, The Lee W. Robinson Company who designed the Foyer, Mabley Handler Interior Design (Dining room), Old Town Crossing (Conservatory), Jennifer McConnell of Pearson Furniture (Great Suite), Robert Passal Interior & Architecture Design (Master BR), Tammy Connor Interior Design (BR 1), Katie Leede and Company (BR 2), Libby Interiors, Inc (Fun room), Audio command Systems Inc (Media room), Dyfari Interiors (Playroom), Lucille Khornak Photography (Lower level Hall), Jeff Lincoln Interiors, Inc (Rear deck) and Tara Seawright, Inc. Interior Design (Pool area).

The Hamptons Designer showhouse Foundation is in it’s twelfth year…they are operated by a unique and talented group of marketing, public relations, fundraising and special events experts. It is recognized as one of the country’s most successful showhouses. The event was presented by Traditional Home and for the last ten years the Showhouse has benefited the Southampton Hospital.

I absolutely loved this Modern Master Bath designed by Robert Passal Interior & Archetectural Design…I could definitely live in this room. I loved the shock of pink…the drapery and wall covering was so serene and soothing, the flooring by Stanton Carpet just completed the room. Staton also supplied the flooring in the Nusery, Back Porch, Lounge on the Lower Level. You can find Stanton flooring at The Carpetman in Southampton

I ran into a woman that I really admire and I love her work, she is ridiculously talented and she was given the lower level “Fun Room”…The way she transformed this room was pure craft and creative. I loved how she used several pieces from English Country Antiques located in Southampton and Bridgehampton, NY. I am talking of no other than Libby Langdon... Check out this room on the lower level….many of the home furnishings were from Libby Interiors, Inc and the upholstery from Libby Langdon Upholstery for Braxton Culler.

I liked the Master Bedroom designed by Robert Passal Interior & Architectural Design, I guess because it’s modern and I really loved the vibrancy and exuberant bright bold beautiful colors as they made the room come alive. I am certainly no expert on design but I do know what I like and this is the kind of furniture that I would like in my bedroom. To be honest, this room reminded me of a design that I had seen on an interior design website like Collov. I would love to recreate this style in my own bedroom. For example, I like the bed not being pushed against a wall, it gives the room character, and the green just pops and brings the room out. However those are my thoughts and my personal taste.

This was another one of my personal favorites…The Dining Room. I just love these colors..maybe it’s because they are the Tiffany colors…but nevertheless I think this room is just so charming and so warm. The lights were also something that really stood out to me here, they were so vibrant and definitely something that not only made this room, but would also brighten up your dining room, or anyones dining room too! It was all so amazing. I could feel the passion that Mabley Handler put into this room. Yes this would be on the top of my list of rooms I must have…

The Hamptons Showhouse will be open Daily M-Sunday 7/22-9/3 11am-5pm

Admission is $30 and includes a Journal.

Tickets may be purchased at the door or may be purchased in advance.

No admission 30 minutes before closing.

No strollers, infants, children under 6, or pets are admitted.

House built by Grande Design Residential Inc.

This house is on the market for sale at a whopping $5.395M* Emily J. Demone @ CorcoranYou can see more of the photos of this House at www.photographybykurt.net or click here for a direct link… As always Hamptons Mouthpiece keeping you in the know!!

Bubbly and Flirty..Perfect Combination

Greetings Hamptons Mouthpiece Readers….my goal is to keep you in the know with what’s happening in the Hamptons, new business in the Hamptons, and new products you can find in the Hamptons. Today I introduce a product to you that you can find in the Hamptons..DIRTY BLONDE Sparkling Wine Cocktails..

When I first heard of the name I could not imagine how they would taste and I admit I was definitely skeptical and somewhat leery to take the plunge and taste. I finally had the opportunity to taste this delicious blended bubbly white wine with effervescent fruit infusions. Both Kurt and I decided to have a mid-morning cocktail today and we were pleasantly surprised on how good they were. We tasted both the Raspberry Flirtini and the Blood Orange Mimosa…we both preferred the Blood Orange Mimosa, although the Raspberry was good if you like raspberry. These cocktails come in 3 flavors with the last flavor being Peach Passion Bellini. You can choose to drink it with a straw as pictured above, I however prefer my cocktail to be poured in a glass.

This drink is definitely going to be the featured drink at my next Girls Night Out…It’s fun, flirty and yummy. These clear, sleek bottles with simple screw caps are ideal to grab and go. This drink does contain 12% alcohol…so make sure you drink responsible.

You can find Dirty Blonde at any Target store and selected retailers throughout the Hamptons…I was able to find them at Race Lane Liquors..21 Race Lane East Hampton, (631) 324-4595…..Perfect Hamptons summer Breeze!
As Always Hamptons Mouthpiece keeping you in the know!!!

Vanessa Leggard