within the hedges

Within The Hedges - Countless men and women gathered at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club for cocktails, gorgeous views of the sunset over the Atlantic Ocean, beautiful hors d'oeuvres, and an auction.

Within The Hedges - Hamptons.com hosted a bikini party event at Everything But Water's East Hampton storefront, featuring fashion designer Pily Queipo's swimsuit line, PilyQ.

Within The Hedges - CCS Architecture founder Cass Calder Smith hosted a book signing and cocktail party with Krae Van Sickle and Lylla Carter, of Saunders Hamptons Real Estate, at Nick & Toni's restaurant in East Hampton.

Within The Hedges - In the Hamptons, ARF is probably responsible for more love stories than Match.com. But it's the animals for adoption outside that stole the show.

Within The Hedges - Over 160 guests attended Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic's (PPHP) annual East End Benefit over Memorial Day weekend.

Within The Hedges - Memorial Day Weekend is the start of the summer season in the Hamptons and that means parties galore. Philanthropist Jean Shafiroff knows a thing or two about hosting a fab party.

Within The Hedges - The celebratory evening was held in honor of Icim and Mark Miller, the lead sponsors of the 2014 ARTworks Gala. East End Arts was able to exceed their fundraising goal by 125% with the help of the donated auction pieces, ticket sales, fundraising, and sponsorship.

Within The Hedges - "SYS had a fantastic committee for this inaugural event who put it all together and made it a success on so many levels," says Southampton Youth Services Marketing Director Sharon O. Wood.

Within The Hedges - Over 350 guests flocked to Water Mill for The Parrish Art Museum's annual Spring Fling community party, fundraiser and networking event this past Saturday in the Hamptons.

Within The Hedges - Bay Street Theatre is channeling the spirit of the south for a Hamptons Mardi Gras Dance Party featuring the Hoodoo Loungers and Joe Delia & Thieves.

Within The Hedges - Last year, the Suffolk Theater re-opened their doors after being closed for over two decades.

Within The Hedges - The wood paneled halls of Cormaria Retreat House in Sag Harbor were filled with the peals of laughter from tiny children and cries of delight as their parents greeted old friends.

Within The Hedges - Walk through a trellis and you're at the cottage where Big Edie had her portrait taken, where Ben Bradlee wrote his memoirs. The mystique of Grey Gardens has remained in all its incarnations.

Within The Hedges - Autumn in the Hamptons received its kick start with the Hamptons.com annual Cocktails & Connections party, this year celebrating Hamptons.com's new partnership with Downtown Magazine.

Within The Hedges - Citibabes, the chic place to hang with your tots in NYC, was back in the Hamptons this summer and ended the season with a bash, the annual summer Soiree co-hosted by Hamptons.com.

Within The Hedges - The Annual End of Summer Tent Party on the Parish's Great Lawn on Hill Street took place once again thanks to support of Father Mike Vetrano.

Within The Hedges - With rehearsals and opening night for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" behind them, Broadway producers Bonnie Comley and Stewart Lane threw a pool party for cast, crew and Bay Street Theater honchos at the Lanes' East Hampton estate complete with 5-foot huge beach balls, a caricature artist, and an ice cream truck.

Within The Hedges - One morning Dick Cavett got a call from ARF saying. "We've got your dog." "I didn't know I had one," he told us at the Bow Wow Meow Ball for ARF Hamptons.

Within The Hedges - No, it wasn't a casting call for "Grease," but the Hamptons circuit that turned out for the Rydell High School Sock Hop, to benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation, at the East Hampton Studio were channeling their inner Danny's and Sandy's.

Within The Hedges - Sipping champagne at Jean Shafiroff's cocktail party at Sequin, we were mesmerized by all the shiny pretty things. We were on the western wing of the "Shop for Paws" Job's Lane Block Party in Southampton, to benefit the Southampton Animal Shelter.