Jodi’s Shortcuts 2005 (now in its 7th year) continues to be the # 1 guidebook to the Hamptons, and has been featured in New York Magazine, The New York Times, The New York Post, The Daily News, Liz Smith, USA Today, W, Vanity Fair, Hamptons, Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, The New York Observer, Page Six, and on The Today Show. This year’s 2005 edition (the book"s 7th edition) features a foreword by beloved nationally syndicated columnist and best-selling author Liz Smith, along with the celebrity favorites and secrets from a roster of Hamptons notables including Ivana Trump, Cynthia Rowley, Patrick McMullan, Dennis Basso, Frederic Fekkai, Betsey Johnson, Nicole Miller, and many, many more. The 2005 edition also features a brand new “Best of” section, highlighting the Hamptons’ best restaurants, gift shops, antique stores, car repair, beaches, coffee, farm stands, pharmacies, etc. There’s also a new “Stops Along the Way” section, which includes info on the best pit! stops along the drive out East. All of the top North Fork vineyards have also been added. And the book, which waits until the last possible minute prior to the Summer, before going to press, features the hippest most up-to-the minute restaurants and nightspots you won"t find in any other guidebook, this summer’s hottest events (and how to get tickets), the area"s best hotels, and an Events calendar that covers every event all year long, a Sporting Events calendar & an Antiques Show calendar, Medical section, Weddings section, Gardening & Flowers section, Lodging & Real Estate section, Shelter Island, 24-hour ATM’s, 24-hour food, gas stations, emergency, newly updated restaurant reviews and village and town maps, and over 250 brand new listings - every single new shop, hotel, restaurant, bar, gourmet & specialty store, antiques dealer, etc. in the Hamptons. Also included are the favorite restaurants and food recommendations from the area’s hottest chefs and restaurateurs. Jo! di’s Shortcuts is the most up-to-the-minute guidebook with listings and information and tips you won’t find anywhere else. It’s the only book with all of the shortcuts and backroads to the Hamptons, along with everything else you’ll need to know to get around the Hamptons like a true insider.