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Added: July 20, 2005, 11:47 am	Share    Print    Email

You can't be four places at once right - well we were this weekend. There are just toomany events to choose from? Like art? Go to a gallery opening and have a lovely dinner afterwards. Like music? Every party has a DJ spinning. Like cocktails? So do we! And best of all its all in the name of charity right?

Patricia and Andres Hurley, Crystal Niederriter, Charlie Guardino

The Sag Harbor Whaling Museum celebrated their new "History Of Surfing" Exhibit with a festive Gala Luau Friday Evening in Sag Harbor. Kathy Kohner (The Real Gidget), Craig Stecyk and Cliff Robertson were on hand to meet fans and sign books. Hawaiian Shirts and Leis were plentiful as guests enjoyed the warm weather on the lawn of the museum. Blended drinks and a raw bar were a big hit as they waited for the pig roast and other food to be served. The museum was open for an air conditioned reprieve, and a chance to see the surfing exhibit as well as the displays on local whaling history.

Over 40 Exhibitors were at Hampton Hall in Southampton for the VIP party opening of the scopeHamptons contemporary art fair. Running through the weekend, the fair showcased artwork neatly cubby-holed into little cubicles for each artist or gallery.

Diana Jenson, Pauel Wojtasik, Bethany Bristow, Christina Garisdis

Artists were there to talk about their work as guests including Mary Klein, Laura Loving, David Smith, Brandan Murphy, Dennis Longwell, Emily Goldstein, Alicia Longwell, Donna Lederman, Henry Weil, Marla Hamburg Kennedy, Lawrence Klepner, Julie Walker, Sara Nightingale, and organizer Robert Cuicio sipped cocktails and enjoyed the art despite the distraction of the random war cry like yells from a wandering performance artist. Hpnotiq was a big hit of the evening with their glowing blue mini-martinis, though the telltale blue glow-sticks were sure sign of just how many each guest had had as they collected them in shirtfront pockets. Weighty gift bags sponsored by W magazine included a bottle of Hpnotiq for guests to enjoy at home, Chrome Cologne, and even a tin of Altoids sours for the post-party sugar pick-me-up for the drive home.

George McNeely of Christies and James LaForce

WLIU held their Jazz Legends Summer Benefit to honor some of Jazz Music's Leading Artists to benefit the 88.3 Public Radio station Friday evening. Stylist Nicholas French, Richard Zirinsky, and George McNeely - as the guest Auctioneer from Christies got the guests competitively bidding on watches and vacation packages. The weather cooled down enough to make the outdoor tent enjoyable. Later in the evening, music got the guests up on their feet to dance off the food by some of the Hamptons leading caterers as others enjoyed dessert and collected their winnings from the live auction. Gift bags as the guests departed included shirts, ties, and a few personal care items including a ZIRH set for the gentlemen and a tanning lotion for the ladies.

Polo anyone? A summer staple in the Hamptons, polo returns Saturday afternoons for six short weeks. Mercedes, hosted opening Day of the Mercedes Benz Polo Challenge at Two Trees Farm in Bridgehampton of course, and the first ball was thrown out by Owen Wilson. Wonder who was crashing this party? We spied Beth Ostrosky, Katie Lee Joel, Woody Harrelson, Ines Rivero, Neil Hirsch, Aaron Stern, Star Jones Reynolds, Sale Johnson, Carolina Kurkova, Helen Schiffter, Cindy Cook, Andrew Saffir, Jesse Della Femina, Andrew Keegan, Carol Lindsey, Kyle MacLaughlin, Jacob Young, Ines Misan, Sir Ivan, Mei, Vicky Rose, and Heidi Albertson making the luxurious rounds and stomping divots.

Nick French, Keith Feldman, Rodney Way (Winner of Golf Pro-Am), Daniel Rudick

The East End Hospice held their Golf and Tennis outing Saturday afternoon to raise funds for the hospice dedicated to caring for the terminally ill and their families on the East End. The tennis outing is in it's 12th year, finding a new home at Sportime of the Hamptons in Quogue. The golf outing took place at the Rock Hill Golf and Country Club, where everyone met up for the awards dinner and auctions. The putting greens were adamantly marked with several "no heels" sign as guests detoured around them to enjoy drinks and hors 'd oeuvres on the outdoor patio and look at the items up for bid in the silent auctions under the tent on the grass. Inside, guests enjoyed a slightly more formal, albeit crowded, atmosphere for a sit down dinner and awards ceremony for the day's winners and live auction.

Tinsley Mortimer and Wanda Murphy

Back in Southampton, over 400 people turned out for the grand opening reception of the Ezair Gallery on Main Street on Saturday night. Hosted by the Group for the South Fork with friends and supporters that included Nicole Miller, Cynthia Rowley, Debbie Bancroft, Douglas Hannant, Gillian Hearst-Shaw, Annie Churchill, Tinsley Mortimer, Luigi Tadini, John Flanagan, Ann Colley, Mary Walker and the Group's President Bob DeLuca. The opening celebrated artist Wanda Murphy's premier solo show entitled "The Connection". Lydia and Gillian Hearst-Shaw bought two of her colorful, linear paintings, which the artist says are a "celebration of life". The abstracts works the sisters purchased are entitled, "I Think I Know" and "Stillness of My Heart" respectively.

Michelle Cuomo, Fred Brettschneider, and Joanna Fefer

Other attendees included Lisa Gastineau, Nina Griscom, Anthony Todd, Jamee and Peter Gregory, Mai Harrison, Somers White, Bettina Zilkha, Jackie and Francois Astier, Tony Ingrao and Randy Kemper, famed photographer Sean Byrnes, Luigi Tadini, Gwen Rivers, Amanda Hearst and Winston Lapham, Christian Currie and Kathryn Jennings, All My Children's Jacob Young, Camille Duvall Hero, artist Michael Perez, Melissa Berkelhammer, event planner Harriette Rose Katz, lighting guru Bentley Meeker, Eva and Brendon Dillon, Ann Washburn, Santiago Gonzalez, Campbell Robertson, Nello Belan and models Ines Misan, Heidi Albertsen and Sonja Wanda, the star of the new MAC cosmetics ad campaign.

The reception was followed by dinner at Nello's next door to the gallery where the drinks flowed and dessert was pure decadence. This is the new outpost of Nello's restaurant on Madison Avenue. Proceeds from the sales of the artist's works from the run of the show are being donated to the Group for the South Fork, the Hamptons only local professionally-staffed environmental advocacy and education organization committed to the preservation of natural resources in East Hampton, Southampton, and Shelter Island since 1972.

Beth Ostrosky and her best friend Vera Errico

The party continued at Cain at Cabana as we celebrated Beth Ostrosky's brithday in a cabana on this foggy humid night. A little sand in our shoes and martini's in hand we even shared a slice of birthday cake - mmm chocolate. Her boyfriend, Howard Stern was enjoying the evening lounging in the cabana with some friends.

Still making the social rounds we headed over to the Star Room in Wainscott where music by DJ Cassidy and Reach rocked the night. Jesse Metcalfe of Desperate Housewives and a bevy of burlesque dancers got the evening off to a hot start at a private cocktail party early in the evening. Lee's ice cream made the rounds to cool off all partygoers. Partygoers included Lizzie Grubman (who looked lovely showing off her tan in a white dress with gold details), Marisa Arredondo, Anna Cosslett, Barrett Green of the NY Giants, Brad Grossman, Lindsey Bonime, Chris Heller, Peter Tunney, and Woody Harrelson.

Hamptons hot-spot Tavern played host to a bevy of A-listers and socialites Saturday night to celebrate the launch of Playboy Beauty with dinner and cocktails hosted by Sale Johnson and featuring Caribbean Soca band Elvis White.

Pearl Amoah, Kelly Kliebhan, and Joanna Cisowska at Cain at Cabana

The evening at Tavern began at 7pm with a private dinner. Complete with spice rubbed Caribbean-inspired foods by Relish Caterers and the Caribbean stylings of Elvis White, Tavern welcomed powerhouses like Kelly Klein, Jamie Gertz, Chuck Scarborough, Mark Badgley and James Mischka, Nacho Figueros, Lydia Hearst, Amanda Hearst, Gillian Hearst-Shaw, Stella Keitell, Max Von Essen, Somers Farkas, Dana Hammond, Mai Harrison, Michelle Herbert, Charles Evans and Bonnie Pfeiffer, Andrea and John Stark, Denise and Larry Wohl, Kira Cohen, Hannah Bronfman, Oliver Hammond, Luigi Tadini, Nick Raynes, Marissa Bregman, Jeff Goldstein, Mike Heller and of course the evening's host, Sale Johnson, to a flawlessly transformed Caribbean oasis. Later in the evening, polo magnate Neil Hirsch swung by with Nacho Figueros and his wife, as well as a few of the other players.

The Child Development Center of the Hamptons hosted their 9th annual Orchid Ball at the Sienna Spirituality Center in Watermill also on Saturday. Waterfront cocktails, dancing, and dinner catering by Food & Co. promised to make the event memorable. Guests included Melissa Cohn, Bruce Glasser, Jane McEvoy, Jennifer Klein, Ed and Joan North, CDCH Executive Director Dawn Zimmerman Hummel and John Hummel, Jackie Troy, Jeanine Burge, Honoree Bobby Campbell, Irene Michaels, June and David Hoexter, Karen Bass, Shail Upadhya, Jane McEvoy, Coleen Rein, Antonella Bertello Rosen, Lauren Day, Bob Roberts, Honoree Robert Isaksen, Senator Lavelle, Debra and Gregg Wasser, Bobby and Jill Zarin, Kremer, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Lisa Gastineau, and Jerry Taylor.

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