🌱 East Hampton Daily: East Hampton Pride Parade + 'Go Big Or Go Home'

Hello again, friends! Diane Witek here this morning with your new copy of the East Hampton Daily. Come along to find out the most important things happening in town...

First, today's weather:

An a.m. shower or two; cloudy. High: 70, low: 57.

Here are the top stories in East Hampton today:

1. On Saturday, the East Hampton Pride Parade begins at 11 a.m. near Pond View Lane and Guild Hall. The website carved out the itinerary, "at noon, participants will march east on Main Street and continue to Herrick Park via Newton Lane, Railroad Avenue, and Lumber Lane." The park will be hopping until 3 p.m. with celebration and music from deejay Karin Ward. (East Hampton Star)
2. Wedding planners on the East End this summer say that couples are planning extravagant weddings; "it’s go big or go home." According to a top Hamptons wedding planner, "couples are now spending 40 percent more per guest than they did before the pandemic." And, of course, "no wedding Out East is complete without one amenity," she said: "a Kardashian-endorsed, skin-smoothing MirMir photo booth." (New York Post )
3. Blade, helicopter and seaplane service, removed all online, social media, and print advertising about service to Sag Harbor after the village complained of misrepresentations in Blade’s advertising. The company no longer services Sag Harbor. (East Hampton Star)
4. Fauna opened at the end of May in Westhampton Beach. A steakhouse in the same town, with the same owners as Flora (a Newsday top 100 restaurant), Newsday reports. Fauna is run by chef Aaron Mitchell-Patrick and his wife, Kathleen Matos, who is the general manager. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in East Hampton:

• Summer Reading Club — East Hampton Library. (All Day)
• Community Service Weekend Take & Make DIY To-Go: Welcome to YA Letters. (3 p.m.)
• 2022 Tennis Clinics Grades 3 & 4 — Town of East Hampton Recreation. (4 p.m.)

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Events:

• Spring Fling Music Festival (June 4)
• Decorators-Designers-Dealers Sale and Auction Benefit Gala (June 4)
• Art Opening: Showings in Four Dimensions (June 4)
• Pony Rides to benefit Stony Hill Stables Foundation Equestrian Scholarships (June 5)
• Hampton Flea + Vintage Market (June 5)
• Huge Benefit Tag Sale (June 5)
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You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you soon!

— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.

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