• SoulCycle launches outdoor, COVID-safe classes in the Hamptons

    SoulCycle launches outdoor, COVID-safe classes in the Hamptons

    Get ready to clip into some bikes with a breeze. SoulCycle has launched outdoor classes in the Hamptons for those spinners looking to get in workouts without having to worry about exposure to COVID-19. The Soul Outside classes, which are currently being held at the Water Mill and Bridgehampton locations, take place under a tent …
  • VIPs flock to Jill Rappaport’s Hamptons ranch for Ron Howard doc

    VIPs flock to Jill Rappaport’s Hamptons ranch for Ron Howard doc

    Jane Krakowski and other VIPs pulled up for a drive-in premiere at journalist Jill Rappaport’s Hamptons ranch this week. The screening, hosted by Cinema Society guru Andrew Saffir, was of Ron Howard’s doc “Rebuilding Paradise,” about the devastating California wildfires and their aftermath. Introducing the film via video, Howard said: “There’s tremendous value in having …
  • Tracy Anderson opening COVID-conscious outdoor studio in Hamptons

    Tracy Anderson opening COVID-conscious outdoor studio in Hamptons

    Hamptons types are willing to pay nearly $5,000 to work out safely this summer. Celeb trainer Tracy Anderson is opening a COVID-conscious outdoor studio at her Water Mill location on Friday. We hear her most popular class costs $90 for “drop-ins” and $4,860 for guaranteed access through Labor Day. The outdoor installation includes bouncy “Super-G …
  • Montauk’s Ruschmeyers COVID-compliant, but gets dinged for sparklers

    Montauk’s Ruschmeyers COVID-compliant, but gets dinged for sparklers

    Montauk hot spots continue to reopen with bumps in the road. East Hampton’s new COVID-19 “enforcement and compliance detail … found virtually all of them operating in compliance,” a press release said. Ruschmeyers, which was cited July 4 for signage and alcohol-storage issues, was written up again for amplified music after 9 p.m. and “sparkler-style …
  • Beyoncé celebrates Juneteenth by flying to The Hamptons

    Beyoncé celebrates Juneteenth by flying to The Hamptons

    Beyoncé celebrated Juneteenth by dropping her single “Black Friday” and immediately jetting off with her husband Jay-Z and three children to The Hamptons. The new song’s opening lines are “I’m going back to the South, I’m going back where my roots ain’t watered down” — but in reality, Queen Bey opted for staying above the …
  • Hamptons schools see enrollments spike from families keeping kids East

    Hamptons schools see enrollments spike from families keeping kids East

    Wealthy New York families who’ve fled to their Hamptons country homes during the coronavirus pandemic are busy making plans to keep their kids in schools out East in September instead of returning to the city. Avenues: The World School — the pricey private Chelsea school with international locations in Brazil and China, and alumni such …
  • Hamptons dining scene faces obstacles as outdoor dining opens

    Hamptons dining scene faces obstacles as outdoor dining opens

    Last Thursday evening, restaurant mogul Zach Erdem drove up to a customer’s swanky mansion in the Hamptons, rang the doorbell, and left a delicious dinner spread on the front doorstep, COVID-style. Erdem — who owns Southampton hotspot 75 Main, a longtime hangout for celebs like Kim Kardashian West, Leo DiCaprio and Joe Biden — had …
  • Prematurely opened Hamptons retailers shuttered by cops

    Prematurely opened Hamptons retailers shuttered by cops

    Retail stores in Montauk were shuttered last weekend over what seemed to be a misunderstanding over rules for reopening. “There were six cops in front of our doors,” Kelly B. shop owner Kelly Brown told us. “Then they called [the department of] code enforcement. It was ridiculous.” On Monday, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van …
  • Hamptons restauranteurs beg Andrew Cuomo for early re-open

    Hamptons restauranteurs beg Andrew Cuomo for early re-open

    Hamptons officials are begging the governor to allow restaurants out East to open for outdoor eating soon, saying it “could be the difference between [eateries] surviving this economic crisis or closing down permanently.” Under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reopening plan, al fresco dining will be allowed in the second phase, which may begin at the end …
  • Drive-in movie benefit coming to the Hamptons

    Drive-in movie benefit coming to the Hamptons

    A huge drive-in movie event is coming to the Hamptons. Bob Balaban, Jane Rosenthal, local power lawyer Eddie Burke Jr., Altice CEO Dexter Goei, Cinema Society’s Andrew Saffir and Blade’s Rob Wiesenthal have joined forces to produce a two-night drive-in screening on a Bridgehampton farm on June 12 and 13, with proceeds to food pantries …