Picture The Hamptons in your minds eye. Conjure up every possible fantasy of lavish extravagance and overindulgence and you'll be right on the money .... thick gangster wads of money .... greenbacks lining non-descript briefcases, locked and chained to sturdy, muscular wrists powered by a billion deal-making handshakes. Welcome to The Hamptons: the playground of the uber-wealthy, the super-elite. Just renting a summer beach house requires a casino robbery of Daniel Ocean proportions. How does $395,000 sound? That's right, just to RENT a beach house and only for a SINGLE summer. Oh, and that would be one of the smaller estates. Supreme manors rent for around $900,000 for 3 months. With that in mind, it won't surprise you to hear that I spent Independence Day sipping icy mojitos beside a private pool before cruising the coast
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