Dan Rattiner
-
Dan Rattiner's Stories
At the Harbor: Through Binoculars to a Bird Feeder Up Close and Personal
“Why don’t we put a bird feeder on our front lawn?” my wife asked. We were out on our afternoon…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
1969: Watching the Full 15 Hours of the Miracle Mets World Series Win!
For five consecutive evenings a few weeks ago, I watched as the New York Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles in…
Read More » -
The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of May 14–20, 2020
Week of May 14–20, 2020 Riders last week: 6 Rider Miles last week: 8 DOWN IN THE TUBE The Hamptons…
Read More » -
House & Home
Tips for a Creating a Well-Designed Zoom Room
Raise your hand if you have had a Zoom meeting in the last two months, whether for a fun family…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Lapham Rising: Monster McMansion Rattles Secluded Novelist
One of the best passages I’ve ever read in a book appears in the opening chapter of fellow Hamptonite Roger…
Read More » -
The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of May 7–13, 2020
Week of May 7–13, 2020 Riders last week 86 Rider miles last week 438 DOWN IN THE TUBE The Hamptons…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Where’s the Noise? East Hampton Airport Silence Upsets Neighbors
Since the start of the coronavirus emergency, the number of aircraft coming into and out of East Hampton Airport has…
Read More » -
The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: New Rules, Week of April 28–May 5, 2020
Week of April 28–May 5, 2020 Riders last week: 4,693 Rider Miles last week: 22,814 DOWN IN THE TUBE The…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
24 Hours: Life at a Distance in the Coronavirus Quarantine
Our friend Chris came over to our house early last Saturday afternoon. I think it is still legal in the…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
The Last Pandemic: How the Hamptons Weathered the 1918 Spanish Flu
On the morning of Thursday, December 12, 1918, the residents of Southampton picked up the new copy of The Southampton…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
New Rules: Major League Baseball and the Coronavirus
At a press conference late yesterday, Major League Baseball officials announced that the 2020 season will shortly get underway. This…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Still Searching for Peter Beard
It has been more than two weeks since Peter Beard went missing. And in spite of all efforts to find…
Read More » -
The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of April 2–9, 2020
Week of April 2–9, 2020 DOWN IN THE TUBE No trains are running on the Hamptons Subway, so our celebrity…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Epidemic Halted in Montauk: How an Outbreak Was Stopped at The End
There’s been a lot in the news, as we deal with the coronavirus, about another pandemic that raged across this…
Read More » -
The Hamptons Subway
Vintage Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of March 27–April 1, 1948
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: During the recent scrubbing and cleaning of the Hamptons Subway system, one of our maintenance men found…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Into the Woods: Conversations at a Social Distance
My wife Chris and I, self-sheltered, are going for walks with our dog, Bella, down various trails nearby every day…
Read More » -
The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: 2020 Q1 Internal Audit Report
As the first quarter of every year comes to a close, the Hamptons Subway conducts an internal audit, portions of…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
It’s In the Bag: My Adventure with a Washed-Up Treasure in East Hampton
Walking my dog on Main Beach in East Hampton last Monday afternoon, I looked down to discover a small, flat,…
Read More » -
The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of March 20–26, 2020
Week of March 20–26, 2020 Riders this past week: 3,821 Rider miles this past week: 46,371 THE FINDING Every year,…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Walking Dunes: The Daring Attempt to Climb All the Way to the Top
Who can forget Tensing Narsik and his climb up to the top of the Walking Dunes in Napeague? The year…
Read More » -
Real Estate
Rentals, Resilience and Reality for East End Real Estate Amid Coronavirus
“Our phones have been ringing off the hook.” The statement from Alan Schnurman of Saunders & Associates may, at first…
Read More » -
Real Estate
Legally Speaking: 5 Real Estate Laws to Know in These Times
In the era of Coronavirus (COVID-19), we are living through both a health and a financial pandemic the likes of…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Onward and Upward in NYC: Tallest Building Battle Fears
In recent years, extremely tall and thin skyscrapers have sprouted up like blades of grass just south of Central Park…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of March 13–19, 2020
Week of March 13–19, 2020 Riders this past week: 18,512 Rider miles this past week: 69,960 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Sports Doldrum: The Long Wait from End of Football to Start of Baseball
I love watching baseball and football. For me, the NFL and MLB are our twin national games. I watch them…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
East Hampton Airport Agreement: Helicopter Noise Problem Is at an End
Helicopters thunder across the sky. Corporate jets scream as they come down into their approaches. Twin-engine private planes howl as…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Beg Your Pardon: Presidential Reprieves and Southampton Bath & Tennis
Surely among the most controversial of all the folks who Donald Trump has pardoned or granted other forgiveness is former…
Read More » -
The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of March 6–12, 2020
Week of March 6–12, 2020 Riders this past week: 37,423 Rider miles this past week: 88,913 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Me and the Bottle: Rainy Day Thoughts on Pellegrino and Bubbly Water
I sit at my kitchen table in East Hampton with an hour to kill, slowly drinking a bottle of Pellegrino.…
Read More » -
Dan Rattiner's Stories
Official Seals: Good and Bad in East Hampton and Southampton Villages
The Village of East Hampton has come out with a new Village Seal. The old one, and I’ll get to…
Read More »
