Jeanine Edington In The News

Jeanine Edington's New Years Eve Bash
January 1, 2008

By Nicole B. Brewer and Edward Callaghan

Not everyone hit the club and restaurant scenes for New Year’s revelries. Private at-home dinner parties were de rigueur this year and one of the best was the bash Jeanine Edington tossed in her Noyac Bayview manse for a lively group of friends – a quasi potluck dinner of gourmet proportions with lots of fine wines and bubbly!

Not surprisingly, Jeanine, one of the East End’s top brokers who recently joined the ReMax International team, has an amazingly diverse circle of friends from plastic surgeons to world class musicians, so the crowd was not your usual mix. Famed cellist Lutz Rath arrived with a huge cauldron of Boeuf Bourguignon and an equally enormous pot of roasted winter vegetables, enough to feed a small army.

While Lutz and kitchen helpers Aliza Patchkova and Joelle Missonier laid on the baked brie with almonds and a mountain of fresh shrimp, others prepared, under Lutz’s directions, several mammoth whole filet mignons. Needless to say, we all started the New Year with very satisfied tummies.

Following dinner, guests wandered around Jeanine’s stunning new eclectically decorated home, with contemporary art by some of the East End’s most respected artists set against classic American antique furniture accented by such family treasures as Col. Sanders’ sterling tea service.

Needless to say the conversations were as diverse as the crowd. ReMax’s Anthony Bara was keeping us abreast of the luxury housing market. Designer Lee Fine was offering decorating tips while Estelle Pereira shared her excitement to be heading off to Germany with Lutz to meet with several art collectors. In addition to being a world class musician and founder of the Washington Square Music Festival, Lutz is also a much respected art dealer and collector. Among those spotted in groups throughout the spacious living room were George and Katrina Finnefan, Drew Green, Eric Ramme, Loree and Richard Rosenthal, Kelle Hankins, Pauline Jenkins, Neil Joffe, Liza Greenberg, Richard Cohen, Charles O’Donnell, Dr. Barry Weintraub, Mark Mason, and Mary McCarthy. As midnight struck, the music shifted and everyone took to the dance floor to dance in 2008!

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Wells Fargo Private Mortgage Banking celebrated its expansion and move to new quarters on Hill Street in Southampton with a wonderfully Hamptons style evening of art, music and cocktails! Wells Fargo, strong supporters of the arts on the East End, reached out to Tom Steele, President of The Artists Alliance of East Hampton to bring in the works of the Plein Air Peconic painters and photographers for a special exhibition to celebrate their location and reaffirm their commitment to the local arts scene. Indeed, the prominent mortgage company is a sponsor of the upcoming Artists Alliance Studio Tour in July.

Christine Curiale, Michael Jacobs, and the Wells Fargo team welcomed guest to their bright and airy new digs for great cocktails and scrumptious treats. Adding to the special glow were the Brazilian duo of Ludmilla and Marcello, who delight guests regularly at Le Chef on Jobs Lane.

On hand were Rebecca Chapman and Kathy Kennedy of the Peconic Land Trust, Raphael Avigdor with Majbrit Aronstein and her son Matthew, The Corcoran Group’s Jeanine Edington, attorney Robin Long, Eleanor Daly Kobel, Shawn Steinmuller, Michael and Barbara Daly, Maureen Kirkevold, Carisa Skretch, Sue, Natalie, Leah and Robert Delgado, and many of the Plein Air Peconic artists including Anthony Lombardo and wife Ann, Eileen Dawn Skretch, Casey Chalem Anderson, and Gordon Matheson.

Friday night, the Southampton Fresh Air Home ushered in the 4th of July week-long celebrations with a bang, quite literally, with their 20th annual American Picnic and Grucci Fireworks show. We started over at the party for the campers where party games, music and ice cream were free flowing as they enjoyed their own private party.




Summer 2006 Launches with a Big Party and a Big Show
May 24, 2006

The “Crew” at Hamptons.com jump-started the summer party circuit with an elegant bash at Peter Marcelle’s Hampton Road Gallery to celebrate the opening of its new editorial and sales office at 38 Main Street in the heart of Southampton. This new space features the striking artwork of noted Brazilian artist, Hamilton Aguiar.

Hamptons.com Publisher Robert Florio, Editor Nicole B. Brewer, and staff welcomed a wonderful mix of the area’s business and cultural leaders, artists, writers, designers, realtors, and friends to the popular gallery known for handling such acclaimed artists as Dan Rizzie, Paton Miller, David Geiser, Bruce Lieberman, and the Wyeths - Andrew and Jamie.

The spacious and airy gallery was a wise choice as though the new offices are quite spacious they could scarcely accommodate the over 250 guests who turned out. Even still, the crowd, grateful for the sunshine and balmy weather, quickly spilled out to the sidewalk. Waiters from Robbins Wolfe Eventeurs swirled effortlessly around pouring, quite appropriately with the onset of summer, delicious Kettle One Apple Martinis and delightful Chardonnay and Cabernet from Barefoot Wine as well as their festive, Barefoot Bubbly which flowed copiously all night.
Robbins Wolfe dazzled everyone with savory treats that included: Grilled Thai Spice Prawns with lemongrass sauce, Caviar Cheesecake on Almond Wonton Crisps, Steak Frites-seared beef on homemade potato chips with herbed aioli, delectable Roquefort Grapes with pistachios, Maple Pecan Chicken with honey mustard sauce, Artichoke Pizza with truffle oil, Curried Lamb Wontons with citrus yogurt sauce, Parmasean Cheese Straws, and Vegetable Shiitake mushroom spring rolls with a sweet soy chutney.

No surprise that the firm counts as clients the likes of Chanel, Giorgio Armani, The Bay Street Theater, Hampton Classic, and such hostesses as Nina Griscom.

Without breaking the rhythm of the high energy gathering, Florio climbed atop an ottoman to not only thank the team and the guests but also to share his vision about Hamptons.com and what is in store for the summer season. A special toast was made to long time Hamptons.com contributor, author Thomas Clavin who was nominated this week for a Press Club of Long Island Award.
Enjoying Robbins Wolfe’s savory treats and sipping the luscious product of Barefoot Wine Cellars and Kettle One were: Ann LaWall of the Southampton Business Alliance, Alison Milano of Prudential Elliman, restaurateur Leif Hope, Barbara Warner of H.Groome, Esperanza Leon of Solar Gallery, Phillip Prianti of Dune Management, Penny and Jay Lieberman, George and Amy Kane, publicist Tony Vargas, meteorologist Jim Castillo, Ellen Cea of Beigelman LLC, Jeanine Edington and Meg Salem of Corcoran Group, Minerva Scelza and Joe Pallester, Barbara and Lee Oldak of Amagansett Beach and Bicycle, Sandra and Donald Lazar, Joe Pallitster “Designing Joe”, Michael Wudyka or Enclave Inn, Stephen Keszler and Barbara Mueller from Properties of the Hamptons, Bill Brewer, Blossom and Marty Gluck of the Parrish Art Museum, singer Samantha Cole, Lisa Strong from SavATree, artists Davis Gaffga, Paula Cooper, Andrew Wargo, and Judy and Michael McDowell, and Hamptons.com’s writers Heather Buchanan, J.Z. Holden, Christine Kiernan, Kelly Krieger, Mani Malee Cofield, and Maya "Green" Jones.

Enjoying the evening was our own contingent of creative whizzes including Melissa Palma, advertising account executive Vanessa Leggard, Kathleen DeMasco, Rob Schwenk, Edward Callaghan, and John Wegorzewski.

Following the revelry at Hampton Road Gallery, the gang moved across Main Street to the recently opened Lori Restaurant & Wine Bar where Chef Michael Meehan rules the kitchen. The hearty appetites went for his juicy filet mignon, butternut squash ravioli, and his succulent lamb chops. Under Lori Escallier's ownership, the restaurant now offers a new American fare menu that includes a raw bar to the delight of the diet conscious.
Feeling the need for a little fresh air and something more pastoral, it was off to the “The Big Show” at Silas Marder Gallery, on the sprawling acreage of the famed Marder’s nursery, now a riot of color especially greens in every hue. After wending through the stately trees slowly, very slowly, as gardeners are moving the towering pines, guests arrived at the base of a gentle slope.

Perched atop is an enormous barn overlooking the graded lawn, where enormous boulders are strewn like so many marbles, The Marder Family, long time residents of the Springs and surrounding communities, has a great appreciation for the natural beauty out here and the artists attracted by the landscape and light. Several of the family members including Silas’ parents and brother Mica are artists.

As committed as his family is to bringing natural beauty to the residences and businesses of the East End. Silas Marder is equally so, providing an opportunity for collectors big and small to be exposed to the wide range of artistic talent on the East End.

The Big Show is a truly novel concept. Marder along with Isobel McMahon, asked over 50 artists to make three 8” x 10” works especially for this show which features ”a collection of artwork that spans age, religion, gender, experience, education, style, and contrast.”

Now in its second year, the gallery is in the words of McMahon ”coming of age” in realizing Marder’s desire to support young artists who are not getting the chance to be seen. Certainly not in the company of such recognized figures as Sally Egbert, Connie Fox, and Robert Miller, who are all represented in the show. Hung on white panels striping the whole of the barn including the hayloft, the show is an interesting cross section of talents featuring such up and comers as Mica Invisible Marder and Tin Ojeda. Catching our eye immediately was Ojeda’s “Presidente” collage over an image of Arnold Schwarzenegger a not so subtle jab at the Governor’s presidential aspirations, the rare political statement in the show.

Sitting on hay bales (really quite comfortable) or wandering amidst the Stonehenge-like grounds were 148 Lafayette Design Chief Edward Wilkerson, artists Judy and Michael McDowell, Perry Burns, WVVH producer and artist David Nadal, Nathan Slate Joseph, Jennifer Frasher with beau artist Tin Ojeda, designer Allison Sneed, and scores more.

The Big Show runs through June 18. Gallery and Grounds are open Wednesday through Friday form 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., and Sunday 10:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m.