Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict. Two of the most popular out-and-about men in New York, the team of Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict (or Daniel Benedict and Andrew Saffir) devote a lot of their spare time to a number of New York based charity organizations such as New Yorkers for Children, ASPCA, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York City Ballet, Make-A-Wish, Central Park Conservancy and God’s Love We Deliver. In the summer they are ubiquitous in the Hamptons, seen at many events and parties, both philanthropic and social.

Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict are both ideal extra men on the New York/Hamptons (and occasionally Palm Beach) social scene. They are also an idea extra couple (who’ve been together for eight years now) and are, in fact, often invited as a couple (of ideal extra men) for they always participate and make an effort.

Saffir grew up here in New York, where he attended Hunter High School and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a year spent abroad in London and France. When I first met him several years ago, he was a marketing executive with Polo Ralph Lauren. Today he runs the Cinema Society here in New York. Cinema Society screenings, frequently reported on in the NYSD Party Picture pages, are a popular private event among the social set.

Benedict hails from Massachusetts where he attended Northeastern University in Boston before coming to the Big Town to make his way as a designer. He is co-author with Jodi Della Femina of the very popular (and controversial with the Hamptons locals) Jodi’s Shortcuts which provides an insider’s knowledge and know-how to getting around the now densely traveled communities of the South Fork of Long Island. It could be called “Life Goes On Away From Route 27” (now often the longest parking lot in the world in summertime). Last year, with partner Marjorie Gubelmann Raein he created Vie Luxe International, a scented candle and body fragrance business with products sold in better stores across the country.

The two are very savvy navigators of the upper strata of the New York social scene. They could write a book on how it is done successfully. They are one of the few examples of two people who move comfortably in all environments both singly or as a couple. More than a small part of that can be attributed to the fact that they are always presentable: Well-dressed, courteous, thoughtful, and in summation: real gents. They often travel in the company of one or sometimes two of the most popular women in town who are also real friends.