10.1.10: The fete of fetes | New York Social Diary

The fete of fetes

Mayor Bloomberg the center of attention at the Fete de Swifty.

This past Wednesday night up on East 73rd Street between Lexington and Third they were holding the annual Fete de Swifty, which is a big, friendly, fund-raising block party under a tent. The recipient is the Mayor’s Fund.

This is always a fun party with lots of food in many varieties, right down to the popcorn, pretzels, hot dogs and hamburgers, as well as the hors d’oeuvres, and the seafood bar and buffet tables; the DJ, the amusements and most of all, the people. It’s the ideal after work cocktail party in New York.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Liz Smith with the Fete de Swifty Junior Leader Chairs Jake Bright, Keri Ingvarsson, Mia Morgan, Sora Caetano, and Mike Muse

Megan Sheekey (President, Mayor’s Fund); John Rhea (NYCHA Chairman), Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Commissioner Yolanda Jimenez of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence

Liz Smith, New York’s Ex-Officio ambassador of Glamour, Glitz, Gossip, Good Will and Good Works (yes, all of that and then some), introduced the mayor. The Mayor’s speech was short and meant only to thank the guests for their contribution and to praise the cause. After that, it was back to the business of being at an enormous cocktail/buffet/drinks party with several hundred guests. Even the mayor stayed on with his significant other, Diana Taylor, gnoshing and chatting with everyone.

The Fete is a recipe for success for New Yorkers after one of our hectic weekdays, and it was a success: they raised more than $500,000 for the Mayor’s Fund and its work assisting underserved families in New York City. Photographer Ann Watt and I took a lot of photos. We ran some on yesterday’s Diary and here are a few more.

Gillian Miniter and Dr. Pat Allen

Fete juniors

Marcia Levine and Jonathan Farkas

Grace Miegher and Bob Hardwick

Liz Smith, Peter Rogers, and Mayor Bloomberg

Jim Kaufman and Lisa Gulley

Cece Cord

Joe Pugliese with his sister Susan

Jon and Lizzie Tisch with Chris Meigher

Michael Witmer and Michele Gerber Klein

Barbara de Portago and Michele Gerber Klein

Lee and Cece Black

Robert Caravaggi and Countess Dagmar de Brantes

Konrad Kessee and Roberta Sanderman

Ellery Gordon, Marjorie Reed Gordon, and Cetie Ames

Ann Rapp, Charlie Scheips, and Roy Kean

Denise RIch

Jackie Rogers

Wendy Carduner and Mayor Bloomberg

Anka Palitz and Beth Hardwick

Peter and Jamee Gregory

Jim Kaufman and friend

Laurie and Daniel Colon

Charlie Scheips, Blain Caravaggi, and Roger Webster

Jamie Figg and Cetie Ames

Barbara and Kevin McLaughlin

Mark Gilbertson and Mary Hilliard

Barbara de Portago, Sabrina Forsythe, and Christopher Walling

Mayor Mike greeted by Susan and Donald Newhouse

Bob and Beth Hardwick, Stephanie Krieger, Brian Stewart, and Margo Langenberg

Gail Karr in Carlisle

Nancy Baker and Tobie Roosevelt

Mimi Strong, Polly Onet, Diana Oswald, and Iris Love

Sherlock Hackley and Carolina Richards

Cynthia McFadden

Sotheby’s blockbuster exhibition “Divine Comedy” opened on Wednesday night with a private preview hosting guests such as Julianne Moore, Padma Lakshmi, Alan Cumming, and Emily Mortimer. The show which features over 80 works by artists such as Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, and Takashi Murakami highlights how artists have harnessed the power of humor in their work. James Frey and Rob Pruitt signed catalogues for guests, marking each book with a personal anecdote. Meanwhile, artists Sante D’Orazio, Will Cotton, and designer Dennis Basso explored the three different main rooms which were themed Inferno, Purgatory, and Heaven. Of the works available for purchase prices range from $30,000 to $10 Million.

Salvador Dali
The Vision of Hell
1962

Tord Boontje
The Fig Leaf
2008

Maurizio Cattelan
Daddy Daddy
2000

Francis Bacon
Study for Portrait (Man Screaming)
1952

George Condo
God
2007

Other notable guests included: A very pregnant Yvonne Force Villareal, Casey Freemont, Linda V, Jeisa Chimanazzo, Mary Boon, Charlie Schaffer (Anna Wintour’s son) Murray Moss,Teen Vogue photo Director Jennifer Pastore, Sabine Heller, photographer Francis Tulk Hart and many others.

Rob Pruitt

Bart Freundlich, Julianne Moore, and Lisa Denison

Amy and John Phelan

Jeisa Chiminazzo and Linda Vojtova

Anthony Grant, Julianne Moore, and Bart Freundlich

Mary Boone and John Thompson

Dennis Basso and David Ganek

Bill Powers

Padma Lakshmi and Alan Cumming

Frances Tulk-Hart and Sabine Heller

Emily Mortimer

Lisa Anastos and Natascha Theis

Lisa Dennison, James Frye, and Amy Phelan

Julianne Moore

Will Cotton

Yvonne Force Villareal

This past Tuesday night down in Tribeca, Richard and Laura Parsons hosted a cocktail reception at their Duane Street loft to celebrate The American Folk Art Museum’s “Advocates for the Arts 2010.” They are: Betsy Bloomingdale, Edythe and Eli Broad, Mario Buatta, Sheila C. Johnson, Latifa Kosta, and Kiki Smith. The Advocates will be formally recognized at the Museum’s upcoming annual Fall benefit.

Kiki Smith, Richard Parsons, Alexander Smalls, Jerry Lauren, Cicely Tyson, Cy Rapaport

Kiki Smith, Richard Parsons, Alexander Smalls, Jerry Lauren, Cicely Tyson, and Cy Rapaport

Marisela Staller, Yaz Hernandez, Joel Klein, Eleanor Kennedy, Carey Staller, Toni Colon

Marisela Staller, Yaz Hernandez, Joel Klein, Eleanor Kennedy, Carey Staller, and Toni Colon

Katie Hush, Blair Hartley, Maria Ann Conelli, Kim Hartswick, Elizabeth Kingman, Christine Corcoran, Jonathan Marder, Catherine Petree

Katie Hush, Blair Hartley, Maria Ann Conelli, Kim Hartswick, Elizabeth Kingman, Christine Corcoran, Jonathan Marder, and Catherine Petree

Among the guests were: Betsy Bloomingdale, Hayley Bloomingdale, Henry Buhl, Claudia Cisneros, Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman, Charles Danziger, Lucy Colman Danziger and Mike Danziger, David and Joyce Dinkins, Jackie Weld, Cathie Hardwick, Yaz and Valentine Hernandez, Genevieve Jones, Police Commissioner and Mrs. Ray Kelly, Eleanora and Michael Kennedy; School Chancellor Joel Klein and Nicole Seligman, Michelle Gerber Klein, Rikki Klieman and Bill Bratton, Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder, Jerry Lauren, Diahn and Tom McGrath, Georgette Mosbacher, Charlotte Moss, Agnes Nixon, Jessye Norman, Judy and Peter Price, Kimberly and Steve Rockefeller, Kiki Smith, Cecily Tison and Veronica Webb.