Sag Hampton is an idiosyncratic, sometimes irreverent, sometimes irrelevant view of the goings on in Sag Harbor, NY and the surrounding area. Sag Harbor is one of the communities that comprise the part of eastern Long Island commonly referred to as the Hamptons. Within recent memory (mine), Sag Harbor was known as the "un-Hampton"; populated mainly by working stiffs, writers, artists, bikers and other folks who were either born here, or chose the place because it was in, but not of the Hamptons. That, unfortunately, is no longer true. Present day Sag Harbor reflects the attributes, both positive and negative of the surrounding area. Bound together by geography, history and, now more than ever, economics, we are inextricably linked with our neighbors to the East, West, and South. North of us is Shelter Island and Long Island's North Fork, but that's a different story.

And, of course, we are an American community, so the issues that affect us here on Long Island's East End, are very much the same issues effecting the rest of the country. Sometimes those issues get distorted here by the the things that make this area unique. One of those is our geography, remote and surrounded on three sides by water, yet convenient enough to be a prime vacation destination for the rich and powerful from New York City and elsewhere who bring with them their own craziness.

I'm calling the blog Sag Hampton because I can't write about Sag Harbor without writing about the Hamptons, and I can't write about he Hamptons without bringing my own Sag Harbor viewpoint to whatever story I'm telling. So, welcome to Sag Hampton.