Noms de Dunes! "Hide the Home Buyers" Is the Hamptons' Favorite Word Game
It’s the classic multi-millionaire’s dilemma: You’ve found the perfect South-of-the-Highway Hamptons home—but what do you name the shell company you’re buying it through?
Nobody Wants to Buy Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein's Hamptons House
Pity Lloyd Blankfein, CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs, who has had to drop the asking price of one of the houses he owns on the Hamptons by $4 million, The Real Deal reports, from $17 million to $13 million.
Cops: Manhattan Real Estate Developer Accused in Friend's Death Googled "How Do Fugitives Escape" After Indictment
At a Tuesday hearing in State Supreme Court on Long Island, Sean Ludwick was remanded to jail with no possibility of bail. The New York City real estate developer, facing vehicular homicide charges, was arrested last week after attempting buy a boat in Puerto Rico to take him to South America. “When I set bail at $1…
NYC Real Estate Developer Charged in Hamptons Vehicular Homicide Accused of Trying to Buy Boat to Flee Country
Sean Ludwick, the New York real estate developer who allegedly dumped his dead friend’s body in the street after getting into a car wreck, was arrested this week, the Associated Press reports. Prosecutors said he’d tried to buy a boat in Puerto Rico that could get him to South America.
Prosecutor: NYC Developer Accused in Friend's Death Threw "Personal Effects" From Car After Ditching Body
On Monday, the East Hampton Star reports, prosecutors said that Sean Ludwick, the Manhattan real estate developer charged with vehicular homicide in the Hamptons death of his friend Paul Hansen, drunkenly threw Hansen’s belongings into the woods after dumping his body on the side of the road.
Manhattan Real Estate Developer Indicted on Vehicular Homicide Charge in Hamptons Crash
A grand jury indicted New York City real estate developer Sean Ludwick last week on 13 criminal charges, including vehicular homicide, manslaughter, and drunken driving in a fatal accident. Cumulatively, Ludwick faces up to 32 years in prison.
Once Bridgehampton Twice Shy: Nancy Pelosi Slinks Back to the East End
After suffering a public Hamptons humiliation this summer, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi is leaving nothing to chance: She won’t even show up at a venue without an advance team first ensuring she’ll get in.
NYC Developer Accused in DWI Death Counted Cash in Court to Kill Time
The New York City real estate developer accused, after wrecking his Porsche, drunk, in the Hamptons, of dragging his passenger out of the car and leaving him to die, killed time in court on Friday by counting out a thick wad of cash, the New York Post reports.
The battle for the soul of the Hamptons: “‘We have to find positive ways to move forward and reclaim our Montauk,’ said Diane Hausman, chairwoman of Montauk’s advisory committee to the town board. ‘We’re not going to do that by catering to party animals.’”
Hampton Jitney: Sorry We've Been Running Late (Blame Bill de Blasio)
The Hampton Jitney is a private bus line that takes well-off New York City residents from the city to the Long Island towns where well-off New York City residents enjoy spending summer weekends. Lately, some of those buses have experienced delays. One can only imagine the effect sitting in traffic must have on the…
John McCain Did the Robot for Jamie Foxx at a Hamptons Party
GOP senator and former presidential candidate John McCain unveiled his rendition of The Robot during a performance by The Roots and Jamie Foxx in the most awkward meeting of Republicans and hip-hop since MC Karl Rove.
Getting Out of Jury Duty Is Easy When You're Madonna
All long weekends must come to an end, unless you're Madonna.
New York Times Finds That The Hamptons Are Now Totally Trashy
After a summer-long investigation by its Hamptons beat-reporter Jim Rutenberg, the New York Times has discovered that the Hamptons are no longer the sole domain of the gilded elite (and the various news reporters who are supposed to be covering them), but are now becoming pretty trashy. Like Jersey levels of sleaze.
Here's Video Footage of Colin Powell Dork-Dancing To Daft Punk
As if these photos of Colin Powell cutting a rug—pursed lips conveying his boogie-woogie seriousness in one; hands-on-hips stance indicating he may be contemplating a hernia-inducing squat dance in another—weren't uncomfortable enough, now we have approximately 20 digital-video seconds of the former secretary of…
Hamptons Man Busted For Growing Pot After Shooting Neighbor's Pool
A Hamptons weed grower and his girlfriend got busted for felony possession of marijuana and misdemeanor gun possession last month after the man accidentally shot his neighbor's above-ground pool.
Rich Coastal Brats Still Partying Like It's 1999, Times Can't Underscore Enough
You'd be forgiven if you'd mistakenly thought you were experiencing déjà vu as you thumbed through the Sunday New York Times, as two nearly identical front-page features ran in the Styles and Business sections. Each offered its own, fellated love letter to an emergent breed of carefree young fucks.
Even the Trailer Parks Are Nice in the Hamptons
If you're spending your whole summer being jealous of people with mansions in the Hamptons, you need to start being jealous of people who have trailers in the Hamptons. Because the trailers there are nice!
Meet the Guy With $100 Million in His Savings Account
The man behind this rage-inducing ATM receipt? None other than David Tepper, founder of hedge fund Appaloosa Management, who keeps both a high balance in his savings account and brass replicas of testicles on his desk. [Dealbreaker]
$43 Million Mansion Demolished Because It Didn't Have Ocean Views in Every Room
From Curbed Hamptons we have this aerial shot of where once stood the $43.5 million home of "billionaire hedge-funder David Tepper." Why tear down a perfectly good beach palace? Because he couldn't see the ocean from every room, they report. Has anyone ever built a house entirely out of smudge-proof glass? That would…
