Huntington Has Taste 2009

Join RSVP Events on Tuesday, June 23rd for the Second Annual Huntington Has Taste Fashion Show

Come enjoy the sunset over Huntington Harbor as we bring together local style & flavors on the deck at Prime

Last year Huntington Has Taste was featured in several local publications as well as on NBC's Weekend Today Show!

Runway fashion show (with AGAIG Blogger, Cristina Divuolo modeling for the second year) featuring The Wardrobing Room, Spotlight Italia, Francine's Boutique, Milano and Helisport.

Cristina DiVuolo in KandiSwim at 2008's Huntington Has Taste Fashion Show

Hair & Makeup by Cactus Salon & RJ West Live DJ, Delicious Hors D'oeuvres, Special Guests, Prizes and Giftbags courtesy of some of Huntington's Finest Merchants & Restaurants

The event was completely sold out last year, Don't miss out! $40 in advance/ $50 at the door

Visit RSVPEVENTSNY for Tickets, Info. & photos from last year

Tickets may also be purchased in featured boutiques

Brangelina Sightings

As expected, there have been more Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sightings on the North Shore of Long Island. I was home for Easter last weekend and stopped at my local bagel store to pick up breakfast. Plastered on the glass bakery case was a newspaper clipping announcing to all Bagel Works customers that Brad Pitt was in there ordering an onion bagel the week before. One source claimed to see Angelina stepping out of a limo in Llyod Harbor while another say they saw Brad in a black infinti on Centre Island Road. It is rumored that Brad and Angelina are staying at Rosehearty, an 11-bedroom Centre Island estate owned by media mogel Rupert Murdoch and his wife, while work is being completed on the Sassafras Estate in Llyod Neck. I believe that report may be to throw off paparazzi since most of the sightings have been in or around the Huntington area. I have heard from multiple sources and magazine articles that the couple dined, more then once, at Cassis, next to Bagel Works in Huntington Village. It is reported that the owner shut down Cassis just for them but the owner has refused to confirm or deny that report. Reports of Brad picking up Pizza at DiRaimo's in Huntington and frequenting local bars have been flooding in. It is even rumored that the school aged Brangelina clan are attending East Woods School, Oyster Bay's private elementary and middle school. While I have yet to see the Jolie-Pitts around my hometown, I will certainly keep my eyes open while I am visiting home.

XOXO,

Cristina

Spotted: Brad Pitt in Huntington

Back in February, As good as its guests reported that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were moving to the Sassafras Estate, nearby our home town in Huntington, Long Island while Angelia films her new movie "Salt". We also told you we would let you know if there were any Brangelina sightings in the area and there were! Brad Pitt was seen buying a few slices at DiRaimo's Pizza, one of our hometown Pizzeria's. Newsday and Life & Style magazine reported on the sighting and got to speak with owner Steve DiRaimo for the details. Brangelina was also seen dining at Bistro Cassis on Wall Street in Huntington Village. I have been visiting home the past few weekends to escape the city and have noticed a growing number of out-of-towners at our local bars- all hoping to catch a peak of Hollywood's "It" couple. Maybe we will be lucky enough to run into the twosome and their clan of kiddie's...

xoxo,

As good as its guests

Jolie-Pitts Rent Long Island "Gold Coast" Estate

The Jolie-Pitts are moving to the gorgeous "Gold Coast" in the North Shore of Long Island. They will be renting out Sassafras; the $ 60 million dollar, 48-acre waterfront estate located in Long Island's Lloyd Neck. Brangelina & Co. are expected to reside in this Tudor-style mansion with two helipads and a private dock through mid-summer while Angelina films her new CIA spy movie "Salt".

Since they will be residing within minutes of our parent's houses in Huntington and being huge Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt fans ourselves, our curiosity caused As Good As its Guests to do a little research on the Sassafras Estate. Newsday.com said that "The main house has 22,000 square feet that includes eight bedrooms. There is also a six-bedroom guest house and an 11-bedroom staff house. (Need an au pair for the kiddie clan this summer, Brangelina? Call us!) Yearly taxes alone are an astounding $195,000." $195,000 in taxes? Apparently, the owner of the mansion and the Jolie-Pitts aren't feeling the effects of this recession either. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to bump into them at one of our favorite Huntington Village restaurants or at the grocery store (get real AGAIG, they have people who shop for them)... or maybe they will take Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and the twins for an outing at Caumsett State Park. That will certainly add some excitement to our jogs and photo adventures around the Caumsett grounds. We'll keep you posted if we, or any of our friends have a Brangelina sighting in Huntington and as always, keep those comments and tips coming!

XOXO

As Good As Its Guests

The Huntington Girls Sneaker

Girls sneaker featuring Huntington Harbor on the front.
On the side it quotes " another day another dollar, another footprint in the sand"

Get them now!!
http://www.zazzle.com/footprints_in_huntington_kedsshoe-167743448166882639

Still Burning

My candle burns at both ends;It will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!
-Edna St. Vincent Millay


Speaking of burning the candle at both ends, I went out last night with my fellow blogger "Courtney" and we drank a glass of wine in nearly every Huntington establishment while waiting for our friend who was stuck on the LIRR. Three hours later we were bombed and found ourselves mocking every place we went. What's with the ribosome lighting fixtures? The cliche use of ailoi? The losers who latch onto you while your friend is in the bathroom "breaking the seal?" All these things suck, especially when you have to spend Friday with high schoolers who can't understand the meticulous test directions you stressed over. I'm just glad that our little "Tom" has a bad sense of smell, otherwise he's smell the Pinotage underneath vast amounts of Narciso Rodriguez eau de parfum. P.S. Those T-strap heels killed my feet ---> http://zeta.zappos.com/product/7404919/color/144402


Still burning, Melinda *-)