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YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE to Montauklife Saunders & Associates Is the Leading Firm in Dollar Amount of Sales Transactions in Montauk 2019 MAY 2020 • VOL. 26 • ISSUE 2 YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO MONTAUKLife Saunders & Associates is The Leading Firm in Dollar Amount of Sales Transactions in Montauk 2019 NEW SAUNDERS MONTAUK OFFICE OPENING SOON #SAUNDERSMTK 33 sunset avenue 14 main street 2287 montauk highway 26 montauk highway 764 montauk highway #4 westhampton beach southampton village bridgehampton east hampton montauk (631) 288-4800 (631) 283-5050 (631) 537-5454 (631) 324-7575 (631) 668-2211 We invite you to contact one of our market savvy Montauk agents to assist you in achieving your real estate objectives. “Saunders, A Higher Form of Realty,” is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Equal Housing Opportunity. Saunders & Associates is The Leading Firm in Dollar Amount of Sales Transactions in Montauk 2019 NEW SAUNDERS MONTAUK OFFICE OPENING SOON #SAUNDERSMTK 33 sunset avenue 14 main street 2287 montauk highway 26 montauk highway 764 montauk highway #4 westhampton beach southampton village bridgehampton east hampton montauk (631) 288-4800 (631) 283-5050 (631) 537-5454 (631) 324-7575 (631) 668-2211 We invite you to contact one of our market savvy Montauk agents to assist you in achieving your real estate objectives. “Saunders, A Higher Form of Realty,” is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Equal Housing Opportunity. MAY 2020 | Vol. 26 | Issue 2 YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO MONTAUKLife 10 YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE HAMPTONSLife YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE HAMPTONSLife FACING THE FUTURE ���������������� 6 RIDE THE WILD SURF �������������� 26 With summer at our doorstep we Beaches are open and the water is cope with the lingering effects of warming so grab your board and hit the COVID crisis� Read how the East the line-up! End prepares to enjoy a season in the face of this disease� EAST END BIKING ������������������� 27 Enjoy a brisk ride through spring EAST END PARKS ��������������������� 10 woods and roads� Take advantage of the many parks and all the open spaces to forget RESTAURANT ROUND-UP ������ 28 about your troubles and reconnect Choose from dozens of fine with life� restaurants, casual to sophisticated, Montauk to Southampton� SPRING GEAR ��������������������������� 12 Need a new board, bike or boat? Find HAMPTON REAL ESTATE �������� 36 the best here� 2020 is going to be a challenging year for real estate and allied services� Find OUTDOOR LIVING ������������������� 16 out more in these pages� NOW OPEN Time to move outdoors! Find the right furniture and more to enjoy it� HOME IMPROVEMENTS ��������� 42 AT THE MILL IN WATER MILL Sink dripping, lawn brown, pool green, SPRING SPORTS ����������������������� 18 A/C on the fritz? Here’s a list of the The weather outside is delightful with best pros to keep your home pristine� plenty to enjoy� Text or Call SPRING SHOPPING ����������������� 44 SUMMER CAMPS ��������������������� 22 From cars to chardonnay East End for Curb-Side Pick-Up It is prime time to book the camp of stores brim with gifts, goodies and your kid’s dreams� essentials for you� & Delivery Options ON THE COVER This may be a challenging time but the chance to walk out you door and enjoy the East End can be just the tonic you need� We offer images to inspire by ace photographer Kim Miller� 760 Montauk Highway, Water Mill Montauk Life is published monthly 631-500-9368 PUBLISHER ART DIRECTOR EDITOR IN CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER HEAD OF DELIVERY Kirby Marcantonio Sara Mannino Ted Strong Kim Miller James Powers www.provisionsnaturalfoods.com/watermill Write to us at PO Box 420, East Hampton, New York 11937 Call us at 631-324-2405 • E-mail us at [email protected] We welcome your comments and submissions of articles and photos. 4 | MAY 2020 www.MontaukLife.com PUBLISHER MESSAGE WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM MY FRIENDS s a child of the ‘60’s I tend to reference things rection of ROBERT CHALONER they have held the through that era’s cultural lens. And a large line managing to balance beds against patents, staff A part of it was the music the Beatles gifted against overflow, PPE supplies against demand. The us. So, there’s nothing like a little “Sargent Pepper’s” staff there is to be congratulated on answering the to put things in proper perspective. The fact a cer- call in what must be one of the most critical times in tain track from that iconic album echoed through my their over 100 year history. Through their efforts and days these past few weeks makes perfect sense. the good Lord above we’ve seen far fewer deaths and We have all come to rely on our friends and hospitalizations than Long Island overall and the City. neighbors in ways never before thought this peril- To them we add thanks for the volunteer EMT and ous spring. Simple acts like staying inside, wearing a Ambulance crews from across East Hampton and mask, avoiding contact, only buying 2 rolls of toilet Southampton Towns. The State, Country and local paper a day are all part of that community effort. Al- police, volunteer firemen and Town workers who though my sister-in-law’s mailing a 4 pack of Char- have showed up every day to answer the needs of min from California was a particularly kind, if strange their fellow East Enders. Never forget the men and thing to do. women who stock the shelves of your local grocery Given our spot in the eye of this once-in-a-hun- store or market, the deli and restaurant workers who dred years pandemic those actions and more have keep the food coming, the taxi and bus drivers who been crucial to our bending the curve and saving get you from A to B. lives Even so, too many have been lost. Most of us And don’t forget to give yourself a big pat on the know someone who has been sick or died. One of back for being part of the solution. Every individual’s my wife’s best friends lost a best friend. Her Temple act to tamp down the spread of this killer has been Let's hear it for the staff of Stony Brook/Southamp- mourns another. Overall this great State has counted crucial to the progress we’ve made. Much has come ton Hospital! its daily lives lost in the hundreds while the country’s at a hefty price to your economic, mental and per- toll top’s 70,000 as I write. sonal fortunes. Sad to say we may have to keep this this together. And I for one could not be prouder up a bit longer or risk an increase in infections. It’s of my fellow East Enders. Hang in there. One day, THANKS WHERE THANKS IS DUE not easy. But the price to pay for indifference or ne- hopefully soon, we’ll be in that land where we might Locally STONY BROOK/SOUTHAMPTON HOS- glect could be high. walk hand-in-hand, mask less into a bright future. ■ PITAL has led the fight again the virus. Under the di- Like few times in our shared history we are all in Kirby Marcantonio SHOP ONLINE with Curbside Drop-O or 1 to 14 Day Delivery On All In-Stock Items www.MontaukLife.com MAY 2020 | 5 WHAT'S NEW IN 2020 NEW SEASON, NEW CHALLENGES f I may modify a phrase from Shakespeare we are all living through a spring of our utter discontent. I The Cono-19 virus stalks the country overshadow- ing what should be a season of hope and life with indiscriminate death and despair. As part of the epi- center the East End is firmly in the eye of this storm. And it is changing the shape and scope of the most important few months of year here like no other event. As we go to press we hope the current NY State PAUSE will begin to lift and allow a semblance of nor- malcy to creep back into view. At best that looks to begin mid-June. While we wait much of the area plans how to offer you a summer’s worth of enjoyment and reprieve under these challenging circumstances. We are a resourceful lot and will find ways to do that. For now there are things to bear in mind. MEMORIAL DAY Let’s start with the traditional opening event of the season. Memorial Day weekend has always been a pivotal point on the East End calendar. An All-Amer- ican day marked with parades and speeches honor- ing those who have served and those who have fallen. When I was a Boy Scout I marched in the annual East Hampton parade. Main Street was lined with adoring Bridgehampton’s St. Ann’s offers a sentiment we all share this season. parents and friends cheering us on as we made our way past the shops towards the Hook Mill green. What were to me old men in faded uniforms laid wreaths for often called one of the most beautiful in the land. music, lectures, parties and more. Unfortunately as we fallen comrades and gave thanks for our way of life. As we relax from the grip of this disease we will move into June most are still closed and their summer This year we will have no parades. If wreaths are no doubt reschedule the village’s centennial parade. seasons cancelled or in limbo. That includes the largest laid they will be done with solemnity that reflects these Maybe we can see it over the same weekend the LVIS including BAY STREET THEATER, GUILD HALL, the days as much as battles waged long ago.
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