The Hamptons - The Delaplaine 2021 Long Weekend Guide

By Andrew Delaplaine

A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in The Hamptons where the uber-rich sand uber-famous gather every summer.  Updated throughout the year, you'll save a lot of time using this concise guide.
 

"This book showed me you don't have to be Steven Spielberg or the Clintons to have a good time in the Hamptons." ---Gertrude H., Milwaukee

"We had a wonderful time in August—though the traffic was awful—once we got out toward Amagansett things were great."  ---Ramona E., Phoenix

=LODGINGS, from budget to deluxe

= RESTAURANTS, from the finest the area has to offer ranging down to the cheapest (with the highest quality). More than sufficient listings to make your Long Weekend memorable.

=PRINCIPAL ATTRACTIONS -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you.

= SHOPPING – a few interesting alternatives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gramercy Park Press
• Release date: Sep 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393047827

Andrew Delaplaine

Delaplaine lives on South Beach, Miami’s Billion Dollar Sandbar. He writes in widely varied fields: screenplays, novels (adult and juvenile) and journalism. He also has a series of Long Weekend Guides covering some 50 cities around the world. Email: [e-mail] He writes several series: The “JACK HOUSTON ST. CLAIR” political thriller novels. “THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IV,” a series of novels starring the great-great-grandson of the famous consulting detective. “THE ANNALS OF SANTOPIA” series, an epic that follows a Santa born in 1900 through to his death 82 years later. The AMOS FREEMAN police thrillers. Other novels: “The Trap Door” follows a boy who is taken back in time to 1594 and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. “The Meter Maid Murders,” a comic look at a detective trying to nab a serial killer on South Beach who only murders meter maids. Has written and directed three features (one doc, two narrative features), as well as several short films and won several awards for his film work. (See imdb.com for details).  His latest film, “Meeting Spencer,” starring Jeffrey Tambor, won the prestigious Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.  DELAPLAINE’S “LONG WEEKEND” GUIDES These no-nonsense guides contain Delaplaine’s recommendations and advice for travelers visiting these places for 3 or 4 days. As "The Food Enthusiast," he writes a series of restaurants guides, updated annually. He has no hobbies.

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THE HAMPTONS

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THE HAMPTONS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1

WHY THE HAMPTONS?

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Chapter 2 – WHERE TO STAY

High on the Hog – Sensible Alternatives – Budget

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Chapter 3 – WHERE TO EAT

Extravagant – Middle Ground – Budget

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Chapter 4 – NIGHTLIFE

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Chapter 5 – WHAT TO SEE & DO

Chapter 6 – BEACHES

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Chapter 7 –  SHOPPING & SERVICES

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Chapter 1

WHY THE

HAMPTONS?

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Only because there’s nothing quite like the Hamptons. Visiting Long Island in the summer is just one of those things everybody ought to do once.

It gets a little crazy (OK, it gets a lot crazy) in the height of the hectic summer season, with bumper-to-bumper traffic in East Hampton and elsewhere, but it’s still something you ought to experience. I always prefer to go a couple of weeks before it gets too nuts, or the week right after Labor Day, when everybody skedaddles back to New York or wherever they came from. And believe me, it does clear out with the snap of a finger right after Labor Day.

A couple of years ago, I spent two weeks in a beach house a couple of miles east of Westhampton. The first week was before Labor Day and the second week was after Labor Day, and unless you’ve experienced that particular part of the summer up here, you can’t