Allon is the president and CEO of Manhattan Media, which publishes titles ranging from local newspapers Our Town and the West Side Sprit to the glossy Avenue magazine and the insider-y Hamptons chronicle Dan's Papers.
This incident brings to mind a lesser-known fact about the Hamptons: it's a place where conservative Wall Street tycoons have long co-existed with artists, many of whom love the delicate, ever-changing light that results from the region being almost entirely surrounded by sea.