[Photo by Ben Watts] Summer parties are the perfect place to pick up a summer fling: people are in a festive mood, open bar helps things along, and everyone looks better when they're not wearing North Face.

Still, finding the right summer fling can be tricky business if you don't know what to avoid. Here are some things to avoid when scouting for some Summer Lovin'...

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• Looks like the Blue Parrot still hasn't opened. No worries though because Curbed Hamptons has been on the Blue Parrot watch as tight as Bradley Cooper's body in the new film The Hangover [Curbed]

• Gwyneth Paltrow has the power to do just about anything these days it seems, including declare that it's time for one of the most famous men in music to get a name change pronto. Billy Joel is now... William? Apparently what Gwynnie says goes, or at least at her dinner parties [Hangin' In The Hamptons]

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