Hamptons Elite Parties Are Back, With Grand Hosts and Money to Burn

  • Jason Flom shows off his Vette, Kathy Rayner her new henhouse
  • Talk of politics and taxes abound as the summer heats up
Ashok Varadhan and Mike NovogratzPhotographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Mike Novogratz hosted a Sunday gospel brunch. Kathy Rayner opened her gardens for Guild Hall. Larry Gagosian gathered art collectors, and Lally Weymouth is set to revive her July 4 weekend dinner party.

The Hamptons elites are back on their social circuit, chattering in person about inflation, migration and taxes. Goldman Sachs’s Ashok Varadhan said at Novogratz’s brunch that he’s been reading academic papers on cryptocurrency.