Jason's Grey Cells

It is true that now and then a guest may luck into an invitation from a hostess like the actress and author Barbara Barrie, who has a six-bedroom house on Fire Island and has never had a breakdown in guest-host communications because she spells out the house rules: no cellphones, iPads, computers or electronic devices of any sort in the living areas after breakfast; no wet or sandy clothing in the house; beds must be stripped when you leave. And because Fire Island is short on food stores, she gives guests a grocery list.