Since becoming parents four years ago, Claudia and Wendy Tarlow have committed themselves to leading as “green” a lifestyle as possible, from the foods they eat to the cleaning products they use in their Sag Harbor home.

Since 2009, the concept of concierge medicine in the Hamptons is most closely associated with the USA Network television show, “Royal Pains,” featuring a doctor who attends to the wealthy and glamorous, often on sprawling estates overlooking the ocean.

But concierge medicine is not just a fantasy on the East End, with at least one company – Executive VIP Medical Care – aimed at providing the personal level of medical services in the homes and offices of clients interested in the old fashioned house call.

As the weather gets warmer and we begin looking outside for exercise options, two words come to mind for people seeking a true test of endurance: The Pit. Located at Studio 89 in Sag Harbor, The Pit features 27 different obstacles placed above a bed of ocean sand, with a 1/10th mile track around the [...]

On May 15th, players will gather for a round of golf at Noyac Country Club in support of WPPB (www.peconicpublicbroadcasting.org), Long Island’s only local NPR public radio station. With the women’s U.S. Open set to take place in late June at Sebonac Golf Club in Southampton, WPPB has golf fever, with its own Ann Liguori [...]

Core Dynamics (www.coredynamicsgym.com) on Deerfield Road in Water Mill is offering pre-season specials, including a six-month gym membership for $450 (regularly $579) and 10 percent off all personal training and massage packages. For more information, call Core Dynamics at 726-6049.

Southampton Hospital (www.southamptonhospital.org) will celebrate National EMS Week – May 19 through May 25 – by offering emergency medical professionals discounted fitness classes at the Ed & Phyllis Davis Wellness Institute (www.hamptonswellnessinstitute.com) in Southampton and Hampton Bays. The hospital also offers stress management classes for all EMS professionals. For more information, call 728-WELL.

Just in time for the spring season, Philoso-Fit (philosofit.com), a new private, movement training studio on Lumber Lane in East Hampton in the DeSanti building, announced its grand opening earlier this month. PhilosoFit is the creative vision of private fitness trainer, Ari Weller, a Sag Harbor resident. PhilosoFit’s methodology is based on a simple idea [...]

Naturopathica Holistic Health in East Hampton (www.naturopathica.com) has a line of effective and exquisite skin and body care, perfect Mother’s Day gifts for the woman in your life. From its cassis ultra replenishing cream to lavender protective moisture SPF 17, the oat facial polish, and plant stem cell serum and a vitamin C revitalizing complex, [...]

The Fair Foods Market in Sag Harbor, at the corner of East Union Street and Route 114 now on the lawn at the Christ Episcopal Church will continue its series of health and wellness related lectures tied to food with “Sweet Secrets – How to Make your Baking Healthier” with Anke Albert of Anke’s Fit [...]

By Kathryn G. Menu The English gastropub — by definition, a tavern, bar or pub that offers its patrons high quality dishes in an elevated form of pub cuisine — has grown in popularity this side of the Atlantic with the introduction of restaurants like April Bromfield’s The Spotted Pig and Jimmy’s No. 43 in [...]