Hangin' in the Hamptons

"Royal Pains," the USA Network series on the life and times of Dr. Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein) who makes house calls in the Hamptons, has only been on the air a few weeks and it is already losing favor with the locals.

In a recent episode, Hamptons Heritage Hospital, which is modeled after Southhampton Hospital, is referred to as a "taco stand" and "the local cemetery." Harsh.

Southampton Hospital's chief executive Robert Chaloner, who late last year proudly helped announce his institution's affiliation with Stony Brook Medical Center, is angry about the insensitive references.

Despite advice to the contrary, Chaloner let loose on the show to the East Hampton Press, saying his employees, especially the doctors, tell him: “We work our butts off, and they make us look like idiots.” (Click here to read the full account.)

(Mark Feuerstein as Dr. Hank Lawson, left;
Photo by Craig Ruttle for Newsday)
(Southampton Hospital CEO Robert Chaloner; Handout Photo)

A source spills that "90210" starlet (and Kellan Lutz’s rumored girlfriend) Annalynne McCord, right, will be hitting up AXE Lounge at Dune in Southampton on Saturday. DJ Berrie will be spinning all night.

Head to the Montauk Yacht Club Saturday for the Shark Attack Sounds party with some soccer and barbecue to celebrate photographer Ben Watts’ birthday.

Former pro-wrestler Rene Goulet is expected to attend. Also at MYC, DJ Jeffrey Tonnesen will be spinning all night at the Barracuda Bar.

Saturday, designer Catherine Malandrino, along with Amaryllis Farm Equine Rescue, will host shopping and cocktails at Malandrino’s East Hampton store. Guests can enjoy 20 percent off full priced ready-to-wear, with 10 percent of proceeds going to The Amaryllis Farm Equine Rescue and Sanctuary.

Musician K’Naan will be performing at the Surf Lodge in Montauk Saturday at 6 p.m. as part of the Patron Concert Series.

Georgica Restaurant in Wainscott will play host to a bevy of DJ’s this weekend. Tonight, DJ’s Sky Nellor and Mia Moretti will be spinning and tomorrow, DJ’s Nick Cohen, Alexandra Richards, Jamie Biden and Justin Allen take over.

-- Tierney Bricker

(AP Photo)

Cover couple Kellan Lutz (“Twilight”) and Lydia Hearst are teaming up to host a “Gatsby-themed” July 4 party in Water Mill on Saturday night. The duo are photographed together for the new issue of “Social Life” magazine.

Lutz, a former Abercrombie & Fitch model, and Hearst, the model and heiress, will toast Independence Day at the Social Life Estate on Tanager Lane.

Publisher Justin Mitchell and Editor Devorah Rose will be joined by members of the host committee, which includes Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Hayley Bloomingdale and Peter Davis. Peroni and Kwiat Diamonds are two of the evening’s sponsors.
-- Robert Kahn

The Blue Parrot at 33A Main St. in East Hampton, 631-329-2583, is up and running with celebrity owners. (Click here to read all about the food.)

Here are 10 things you need to know about the bar-restaurant

1) Reservations only on Friday and Saturday nights.

Don't even try to get a table as a walk-up. Lunch is a different story, though. Blue Parrot is open daily for lunch and dinner.

2) Bring your phone.

When I went, it was still the soft opening, so they were taking names and cell numbers to call when your table was ready. This is a nice feature and the guess here is that this will continue on busy, nonreservation afternoons and nights. It's way more convenient than handing out those bulky buzzers that blink like you just won the pink elephant at the town fair. This is the Hamptons, people, not Applebee's or Bennigan's. I mean, really.

3) Maximum Occupany Allowed: 48.

They're mad strict on the 48-person capacity, be it at the bar or at a table.

4) No food at the bar.

You can get a seat at the bar if you're lucky, but you can't order food to the bar. Booooo! Takeout is available, though.

5) Dirty Bird Tuesdays

$10 burritos (normally $16) and $4 beers.

6) See what's playing.

Remember, there's a movie theater down the alley, so Blue Parrot keeps that day's movie times on the board near the front door.

7) Big-screen TV

Blue Parrot has one screen in the corner by the bar, which is perfect for afternoon baseball.

8) Outdoor seating

Blue Parrot has three four-top tables on a covered patio adjacent to the bar.

9) They serve late-night.

That's really all you need to know, but just in case you're really curious ...
>> Blue Parrot late-night menu
10) The bold-faced names

For those of you who care about this sort of thing, Renee Zellweger, Jon Bon Jovi, Ron Perelman and Larry Gagosian are among the partners involved one way or another with Blue Parrot.

-- Mark La Monica

(Getty Images Photo)

Have you seen this couple?

Who: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and soul mate Maria Belen Chapur

When: November, 2008

Where: Deep in the heart of The Hamptons

What they were doing: Locking lips and more

Why: They did it for love, L-U-V

Reward: Your name here

—Marjorie Robins

Mark Sanford photo / Bloomberg News
(Maria Belen Chapur; AP Photo)

New York Knick Chris Duhon, "NY Housewife" Jill Zarin, and New York Giant Justin Tuck played in the Hamptons Golf Classic V Monday, June 29, at the Hampton Hills Golf & Country Club in Westhampton to benefit Duhon's Stand Tall Foundation.

Duhon, a native of Slidell, La., started the foundation to build up kids through recreation, education and welfare.

In response to Hurricane Katrina that devastated not only New Orleans but his hometown about 30 miles away, he started Operation 21 with the goal of "building 21 outdoor courts for the New Orleans area, so the kids can have a place to play. That kept me out of trouble, having a park to go to and playing any kind of sport." He tells his story in the current Hamptons magazine.

Get There public relations principle Zev Norotsky founded the tournament, which benefits different charities each year, because, he said he thinks, "Golf is the one sport that embodies the spirit of the Hamptons." -- Lee Fryd

(Chris Duhon, Jill Zarin, Justin Tuck; Photo by Lee Fryd for Newsday)

We caught up with Beth Ostrosky Stern in East Hampton Saturday night at the Tommy Hilfiger store event hosted by Hamptons Magazine, Hilfiger and Molly Sims and then the Phoenix House party honoring Niche Media’s Jason Binn and wife Haley at Phoenix House board member George Kellner’s East Hampton home.

Beth was with Howard Stern seven years before he proposed, on Valentine's Day 2007. They finally tied the knot in October.

“I love married life,” she said. “I highly recommend it. As good as it was, it’s 100 percent more thrilling. Now, Howard’s my family: I’m a Stern.”

So, can we expect any new Sterns running around the Hamptons?

“We have one little girl, an English bulldog,” she explained. “But I feel I have all of the animals in North Shore Animal League, for which I’ve been the proud spokesperson for the past five years.

"We have more than 20,000 adoptions a year. I love spreading the word and telling everyone about their wonderful mission."

You are a very good spokeswoman for a very good cause, but, to get back to the question . . .
“I’m going to have lots of puppies, lots of kittens, but no human babies.”
-- Lee Fryd

(Beth Ostrosky Stern; Photo by Lee Fryd for Newsday)

Kelsey Grammer had personal reasons for hosting the Artists Against Abuse gala Saturday, June 27, with his wife, Camille, at the Ross School in East Hampton.

The 14th annual event benefited the Retreat, a haven for victims of domestic violence in the East End.

Not only was he doing a favor for gallery owner Peter Marcelle, Grammer said, “I was in an abusive relationship with a woman for a year. My second wife used to beat me. I’ve written about it.

"One of the great things I learned is, it’s such a trap: the insidious, pathological low self esteem that keeps you in that relationship. That cycle has to be broken. It’s very common, and very few get out. So, this is such a good cause.

Grammer was married to stripper Leigh-Anne Csuhany, from 1992 to 1993.

He said he was still “sorting out what had happened in my second marriage” during the OJ trial, which began in September 1994.

“Most people that been abused, when asked if OJ Simpson was guilty would say, ‘Well, I don’t know,’" Kelsey continued. "People who had never experienced abuse in their life , would say, ‘Are you kidding me, fry him!’ ” -- Lee Fryd

(Kelsey Grammer and his wife, Camille; Photo by Lee Fryd for Newday)

TV chef Rocco DiSpirito and restaurant financier Jeffrey Chodorow have obviously put their 1994 TV feud behind them.

We caught them chatting at the Phoenix House benefit honoring Niche media's Jason Binn and his wife, Haley.

Chodorow was the money behind Rocco's ill-fated restaurant and their feud was featured in the NBC reality show about it's creation.

At the time, Chodorow told NY Magazine, "'Rocco claims I cooked the books . . . I didn’t, but if I had, I would have been the only one of the two of us cooking at that restaurant.'”

But now Chodorw says, “I’m a lover not a fighter. What can I say? It was a moment in time. Move on."

The event, at Phoenix House board member George Kellner’s East Hampton home, raised money for residential and outpatient substance abuse programs in the Hamptons.
-- Lee Fryd

(Jeffrey Chodorow, left, and Rocco DeSpirito; Photo by Lee Fryd for Newsday)

Supermodel turned actress Molly Sims joined Hamptons Magazine and Tommy Hilfiger to launch the Tommy T-Studio stylized silk screening studio, in the Tommy Hilfiger store in East Hampton store on Saturday, June 27.

Each Saturday, from July 4 through Labor Day Weekend, the store will offer a different style T-shirt. -- Lee Fryd

(Molly Sims at the Tommy T-Studio in East Hampton; Photo by Lee Fryd for Newsday)