‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin on her favorite spots in Sag Harbor
nypost.comSunny Hostin has spent the last 20 summers soaking up rays in Sag Harbor Hills, where she rents a home. (“I hope the owner will sell it to me one day,” she tells Alexa. “I am patient.”) It’s not unusual for neighbors like fellow “The View” host Joy Behar to show up on the front porch, or for former CNN anchor Don Lemon to pull his boat up to the bay for a visit.
Hostin, 54, often walks into town with her orthopedist husband, Emmanuel, and their kids Gabriel, 20, and Paloma, 17, for “the best breakfasts, coffee and doughnuts” in the world.
But the area is more than just a vacation destination for the best-selling author and former federal prosecutor — it’s the setting of her latest novel, “Summer on Sag Harbor” (William Morrow), the second in a planned trilogy.“Sag Harbor is one of the only beachfronts where Black people were allowed to buy property, so it has this rich history that I wanted people to know about,” she says. “It’s also where my family, friends and I have some of our most cherished memories.
Lin-Manuel Miranda once told me to ‘write what you know and write what you love.’ I love a good beach read, and I love the beach!” Here, Hostin lets us in on her favorite Sag Harbor haunts.“You can buy spring, summer and winter essentials here.
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