Hamptons Real Estate Showcase: Going Green

OCTOBER 2017
With climate change and global warming being a very real concern, any step taken to reduce your carbon footprint is necessary. Whether it be recycling, opting for reusable goods rather than disposable ones, or simply turning off the lights when you leave a room, each action helps. The home you live in can draw large amounts of energy that lend to the increase in greenhouse gases. Having an awareness of this and embracing a green ethic, three builders offer their insights to what makes a home green, and what can be to done to create a beautiful yet environmentally responsible Hamptons domain.

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Sag Harbor Express: Generations-Old Business Brings Central Asia to Sag Harbor

OCTOBER 2017
For Zamani Gallery, cultural values lie at the heart of the generations-old family business. Beginning in 1930s Afghanistan, the Zamani family has amassed an authentic collection of handmade rugs, textiles, jewelry, and artifacts from Central Asia. Having recently opened a Sag Harbor outpost, Zamani House of Heritage, company president Temur Zamani aims to offer these same wares to Hamptons clientele while honoring the history of his native country.

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North Fork Real Estate Showcase: 7 Artists of the North Fork Art Collective

OCTOBER 2017
A collective is a group of entities that share a common interest and are motivated to achieve a common objective. For seven young artists living and working on the East End, that objective is to bring varying mediums of art together in an approachable, unpretentious place, and share their work and ideas with the masses. The North Fork Art Collective on Front Street in Greenport is a pop-up working studio and gallery in a temporary space with a lasting goal.

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Express Magazine: Maritime Festival: When There’s Fire on the Water

SEPTEMBER 2017
On the outskirts of Greenport, hidden behind the North Ferry’s pilings, Long Island Railroad, and East End Seaport Museum, is a dock often used by fishing and party boats. In a village teeming with maritime history, which is celebrated every September, the dock is also home to a moveable, floating National Historic Landmark – America’s first fireboat. Now a nonprofit museum operated by dedicated and passionate volunteers, the fireboat is preparing to celebrate another birthday in Greenport just in time for the Maritime Festival.

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Sag Harbor Express: Makoid Explores Modern Architecture Inside and Out

SEPTEMBER 2017
The East End has long been a draw for those looking to trade the confines of metropolitan life for barefoot afternoons and fresh, salty air, even if just for a weekend. Many have found the Hamptons as an ideal location for second and third homes, with new abodes serving as destinations themselves. Designed to entertain, there is often a constant flow of family and friends from the Memorial Day to Labor Day weekends. With this in mind, the modern and minimalist trend on the East End in terms of architecture design has been a cornerstone in new construction, which is on the upswing, and renovations for years.

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Express Magazine: Trailer Home Evolution

AUGUST 2017
From the early traveling caravans in the 1500’s, Wally Byam’s Airstream in the late 1930’s, to modern prefabricated East End homes on the market for $1 million or more, the mobile home is not a new, or dying, thing. Commonly known as trailers, this type of housing has evolved over the years as the needs of the consumers have, and with United States Census data revealing an approximate 20 million Americans living in mobile homes, there’s something to be said of their relevance to society.

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Express Magazine: Growing Blueberries with Spiritual Respect for the Land

JUNE 2017
Gautama Buddha believed that everyone is capable of cultivating a sense of enlightenment, as he also believed in the importance of tending to the land. “Bhavana,” which is Sanskrit for “fertile land,” is where one of the North Fork’s newer niche farms got its name. Tucked away down Horton’s Lane in Southold is the small and sweet blueberry farm called Bhavana Berries. Through stewardship of the land, the behind-the-scenes farmers cultivate more than just a specialty crop.

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Long Island Pulse: Kelly Franké Brings Art to the Big Screen

MAY 2017
In a studio facing Greenport Harbor, a large desk is a transient home to pieces of birch wood and paper, each making their voyage from blank canvas to finished art. Walls are covered with encouraging letters and notes to the artist, and photos of loved ones remind her to stay focused and finish the work at hand. Shelves of art books are a given, with charcoal smudges on antique and handmade canisters holding the necessary creative tools in an inspired space. This is the studio of Kelly Franké.

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North Fork Real Estate Showcase: Creating Zen by Clearing the Clutter

MAY 2017
After a long day, sometimes there is no place you would rather be than home. Finding peace amongst the chaos of daily life is challenging, especially in a world where the over stimulated reign. But even home can be stressful if the interior is not meeting your design needs.

Debra Gildersleeve is the interior designer at Renee’s; the luxury department store she and her husband William own on the North Fork in the hamlet of Mattituck. Offering a comprehensive design service, Ms. Gildersleeve strives to create beautifully crafted interiors for the most discerning clients. Her tips and tricks for freeing up space in your home sweet home are an easy first step in designing the serene space of your dreams.

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Sag Harbor Express: Gobler Sees A Glimmer of Hope in Bays

APRIL 2017

Dr. Christopher Gobler examined the decline of critical marine habitat and shellfisheries as well as inreasing nitrogen levels in groundwater in a lecture entitled “Hope at the Brink” on Friday at Stony Brook Southampton’s Chancellor’s Hall. The talk was part of Dr. Gobler’s annual State of the Bays Symposium.

With the immense concern from the public, elected officials, environmental organizations, and scientists regarding the negative impacts of excessive nitrogen loading on Long Island’s coastal marine habitats and fisheries, Dr. Gobler began with a significant explanation; “All of Long Island is a watershed. What happens on land effects what goes on in the sea,” he said.

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Long Island Pulse: North Forkers Travel to Guatemala to Promote Education

FEBRUARY 2017

Tucked away in a hidden valley between nameless mountains and covered by native trees, San Antonio, Guatemala is a tiny and desolate village that has been nearly forgotten. Except for the shadeless dirt field lined by cement homes with tin rooftops, travelers wouldn’t know there existed a village at all. One Long Island community is bringing attention to this area and its people the world has seemingly left behind.

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Sag Harbor Express: Greenport’s Shellabration To Benefit Cornell Marine Program

DECEMBER 2016

A celebration of culture, food, and beverage — the fifth annual Greenport Shellabration — highlights the ways in which the local community supports East End aquaculture. During the first weekend of December, village restaurants will offer $5 small plates featuring local shellfish paired with $3 sips from Long Island vineyards and breweries to support the efforts of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Marine Program, including the Back to the Bays Initiative and the Southold Project in Aquaculture Training (SPAT).

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Express Magazine: Harvest - Working the Land with the Next Generation of East End Farmers

Autumn marks a time of sweater weather-filled weekends complete with wine tasting, apple picking, and everything pumpkin. There will not be a slowdown of traffic on the East End post Labor Day with harvest season being one of the most coveted times of year for city dwellers and locals alike. Over the course of just a few short months, an influx of pumpkin pickers will come and go with their bounty of fresh produce and farm stand selfies unaware, but not unappreciative, of the generations of farming families that work tirelessly to cultivate the crops essential to the farm-to-table movement. With “buy local” a common mantra among today’s consumers, the next generation of farmers are taking over the East End ready to meet every foodie’s demands.

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Sag Harbor Express: “Obsessed by Light” Opens in Riverhead

Artists like John Stefanik are rare in the digital age. Amongst Photoshop pros and graphic artists using multi-mediums to create various works, there are a few photographers like Mr. Stefanik that opt for old school methods and in this case, that’s good old film photography. With a collection of his life’s work currently on display at the Lyceum Gallery at Suffolk County Community College’s Eastern Campus in Riverhead, “Obsessed by the Light” features the photographer’s first public showing of this scale of black and white landscapes and seascapes spanning nearly three decades.

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Express Magazine: Home & Garden - Beach Meets Modern in the Gildersleeve Home

AUGUST 2016

East End living offers unparalleled inspiration to artists of all mediums. Whether it be on canvas, paper or in your home, the coastal influences are abundant. Owner and interior designer Debra Gildersleeve of Renee’s in Mattituck often draws from her North Fork surroundings when creating functional yet beautiful living spaces for clients across the East End into Manhattan, and now in Florida as well. Her personal style is what ultimately helped transform the store from just a women’s clothing store into a luxury department store, complete with two showrooms and a design center.

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Edible East End: Love Lane Kitchen Staff Members Travel to Guatemala on an Education Mission

JANUARY 2014

At Love Lane Kitchen in Mattituck, the staff shares more than a love for good food, they also share a passion. Assistant manager Jazmin Carillo started Programa Suenños, a nonprofit whose mission is to improve education for low-income children in her native Guatemala. Inspired by their friend’s dream, a few staff members traveled to San Antonio el Angel to visit Carillo’s tiny hometown.

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