EW YORK’S fashionable style setters gathered at the chic Assouline Book Shop overlooking the sumptuously redesigned Champagne Gallery at the Plaza Hotel to toast boyish looking California interior design whiz Barclay Butera on the publication of a gorgeous new book of his work, Barclay Butera: Living in Style, by Assouline Publishing.

The beautiful tome features breathtaking views of Barclay’s enormous talent including sections on his own former residences, many of which were owned by celebrities including Desi Arnaz, Jr.’s Beverly Hills home, Frank Sinatra's estate in the desert and a Bette Davis cottage by the sea.

Paging through the presentations it is no surprise that Barclay, the darling of interior design fans from the Hamptons to Palm beach to Aspen, has been recognized as one the country’s most important young talents.

Raising their champagne flutes to Barclay were Robert Verdi, Grace Meigher, Lydia Fenet, Jason Oliver Nixon, Robert Zimmerman, Lori and Ron Sheldon, Betsy Nixon, artists Julie Harvey and Goldine Eisman, publisher Ian Shapolsky, Kyle Timothy Blood, Lauren Bennett, Bianca Mead, Elisabeth Saint Amand and restaurateur Alison Becker.

he new "Dinner and…" series at OSO Restaurant at the Southampton Inn has been a major success, enabling you to share a gourmet dinner with a variety of Hamptons luminaries.

Recent guests have included famed civil rights activist Bob Zellner, author of The Wrong Side of Murder Creek, A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement; legendary publisher Dan Rattiner, author of In The Hamptons: My Fifty Years with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities; political activist Gordon Herr speaking on growing up in Africa during and after apartheid; noted wine expert Miguel Martin of Palmer Vineyards, and theater artists Josh Gladstone, Kate Mueth and Josh Perl.

Recently Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman spoke and enthralled dinner guests with his views on Israel, contemporary Jewish culture and the role of the arts in our lives. Rabbi Zimmerman is the author of numerous children’s and young people’s prayer books for the Sabbath, festivals and holydays and a rabbinic leader in Reform Judaism.

He is a past president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Rabbi Zimmerman is the 11th generation of rabbis in his family and is currently the rabbi of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons

Michael Liebelson, Layne Lieberman, Barbara Poliwoda

Sinfully Rich And Heart Healthy

HE annual Heart of the Hamptons Summer Gala cane up with a unique twist on the committee pre-event cocktail party. This year Barbara Poliwoda and her team at the American Heart Association invited supporters to judge the sweet confections created by six of the area’s top chefs and select one that would be served at the summer fete. Each of the desserts had to meet strict heart healthy guidelines—no fat ir heavy sugars and cholesterol free. The winner was a decadent no-animal product chocolate cake from Gurney’s Inn & Spa.

Brian Le Clerc and Dr. Janet Ross	Kenneth Morsch
Kevin Burke and Winston Irie	Musicians Dan Bailey and Jay Schneiderman
Producer Bryan Downey

Nothing Regular At The Café

EWCOMER Regulars Music Café is heating up the nightlife scene in Southampton. In less than a year, Regulars Music Café, owned by radio magnate John Maguire, his wife Kate and partner David Saia has already become a welcoming destination for music fans, families and folks seeking a good time with quality food in a casual relaxed what "used to be the Hamptons" atmosphere.

Good news in these recession weary times and for all of those out-of-work Wall Streeters who have managed to hold onto their Hamptons getaways—no $600 bottle service here.

Reasonably priced drinks and a palate and pocket pleasing menu has made this a major go-to spot for savvy nightlifers who don’t want to pay the price of a mortgage payment for a night out.

Regulars Music Café has become the cutting edge scene to hear the best in local – and not so local – talent. From rock to reggae, country to blues, Regulars serves up an always interesting, often eclectic roster of musicians, singers and songwriters to an under served and appreciative community when it comes to live music.

Tasting The Two Forks

HE Parrish Art Museum’s Business Council’s fifth annual Two Forks and a Cork, an evening of wine tasting, live jazz and artisanal foods, chaired by Donald Sullivan, proprietor of the Southampton Publick House, featured award-winning wines from the North and South Forks of Long Island. Several hundred revelers enjoyed the wine tastings and sampling food from a number of area chefs.