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 Balls, Birthdays, and Luncheons
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| The dinner Tent at the Preservation Society of Newport County's Tiffany Ball. |
The Friday before last, up in Newport, the Preservation Society of Newport County, in partnership with Tiffany & Company, entertained 600 at a Tiffany Ball held in The Breakers, the mansion of Alice Gwynne and Cornelius Vanderbilt II. The Preservation Society’s ongoing mission is to preserve its collection of historic houses and landscapes, including seven National Historic Landmarks. The black tie event raised $300,000 for the cause.
An interesting additional fundraiser was the sale of 200 Tiffany boxes for $150. Each box contained a keepsake Tiffany crystal or porcelain box. Two boxes however, contained a pair of Tiffany Aria pearl and diamond drop earrings in platinum and a Tiffany T-57 men’s sports watch.
The ball was held in the Great Hall of the mansion (See NYSD 8.18.08: Newport Summers). Dinner was served on the terrace in a tent, decorated by David Price of Newport. The menu consisted of: Chilled Lobster Salad with Smoked Paprika Remoulade, served with Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio 2006. The entrée was Beef Tenderloin with Melted Leeks and Shitake Mushrooms, Oven-roasted New Potatoes and Summer Sweet Pea Puree, served with Chateauneuf du Pape Mont-Redon 2004. Dessert was Meyer Lemon Mascarpone Cheese Cake with summer fruit jewels served with Taittinger La Francaise Brut N/V. |
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| Dancing in the Great Hall. |
| After dinner they danced the night away in the Great Hall, to the music of the Alex Donner Orchestra. Co-chairs of the Ball were Leslie (Mrs. Mark D) Hull, Miss Gladys V Szapary, and Mary (Mrs. Guy F. C.) Van Pelt. |
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Lynne and Armin Allen |
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Leslie Hull, Mary Van Pelt, and Gladys Szapary |
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Howard and Madlyn Fafard |
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Ralph and Bobbie Carpenter |
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Pierre duPont Irving, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Preservation Society, Cynthia O'Malley, and Thomas Jayne |
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James Gaffney and Trudy Coxe. She is CEO & Executive Director of the Preservation Society (and is wearing Tiffany diamonds on loan for the evening) |
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Monty and Richard Burnham |
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Tripler and Tawfik Hammoud |
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Sandra Ourusoff and Bettie Pardee |
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Peter and Jane Elebash |
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David and Lynda Lindh |
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Pierre and Kathy Irving |
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Peter and Eaddo Kiernan |
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W.H. Dyer and Kimberly Jones |
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Eugene and Lynn Roberts |
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Les and Carol Ballard with their daughter and son-in-law, Leslie and Mark Hull |
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Colleen Johnson and Peter Englehart of Tiffany & Co |
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Rosemary Ponzo and Kathy Irving |
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Elizabeth Prince de Ramel with Fernanda Kellogg |
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John and Peggy Richmond |
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Topsy Taylor and John Peixinho |
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Bettie and Jonathan Pardee |
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Carol and Scott Williams |
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Tim and Robin Shippee |
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Vice Admiral (USN-Ret.) Thomas and Trina Weschler |
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Allison and William Vareika |
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| Rodial Skincare's Maria Hatzistefanis hosted a luncheon to benefit Five & Alive at Saint Ambroeus, Southampton with Kate Roberts, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, and Emma Roig-Askari. |
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Ayla Farnes and Lea Lis |
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Adelina Wong Ettelson, Jennifer Carlston, and Jennifer Harkness |
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Brooke Ensigm and Glenda Harvey |
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Brooke Ensigm and Maria Hatzistefanis |
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Kate Roberts, Glenda Harvey, Natalie von Bismarck, and Vanessa von Bismarck |
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Maria Hatzistefanis and Emma Roig-Askari |
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Glenda Harvey and Natalie von Bismarck |
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Kelly Killoren Bensimon and Kate Roberts |
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Jamee Gregory |
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Jennifer Carlston and Katherine Culbertson |
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Emma Roig-Askari and Angela von Liechtenstein |
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Brooke Hudis and Celia Cohen |
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Jennifer Carlston and Simone Levinson |
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Lea Lis and Helena Khazanova |
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Bettina Zilkha, Emma Roig-Askari, and Rita Konig |
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Celia Cohen, Tara Cathcart, and Vanessa Patronoss |
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| Meanwhile out in the hills of Beverly, in the land of Stars and Starcaps, Nikki Haskell hosted
a birthday party
for Frank and Kathie Lee Gifford in her tower aerie with L.A. sparkling and twinkling at their feet. |
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Kathie Lee Gifford, Frank Gifford, and Nikki Haskell |
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Fran and Mel Harris |
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Joan Linclau and Seth Baker |
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Gary Peel, Eugenio Lopez, and Fabian Basabe |
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Regis Philbin with Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford |
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Alan Nevins and friend |
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Regis Philbin and wife Joy |
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Michael and Pat York, Annabelle Begelman, and Jay Weston |
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Kathie Lee and Nikki with Eva Mohr |
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Martyn Laurance Boullard and friend |
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Mrs. and Mr. Brian Kennedy |
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Fabian Basabe, Bruce and Kris Jenner, and Nikki |
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Kathie Lee with Jolene and George Schlatter |
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Leonard and Wendy Goldberg |
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Ann and Arnold Kopleson with Sherry Lansing |
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Taylor Dane and friends |
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Kris Jenner, Dyan Cannon, Kathie Lee, and friend |
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E.T. Executive Producer Linda Bell Blue and Brad Bessey |
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Regis with Leba Sedaka |
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Victoria Hervey, Jack Gilardi, Casey Johnson, and friend |
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Dyan Cannon with Frank and Kathie Lee |
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Buzz and Lois Aldrin with Regis |
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Bruce and Kris Jenner |
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Alex Hitz, Brooke Davenport, and Nikki |
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Barbara Davis |
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Nikki |
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Suzanne Depasse and Laurie Rodkin |
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Geoffrey Thomas and Sharon Sondes |
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Michale Klein and Olivia Lopez |
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Buzz Aldrin with Linda and Steven Blue |
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Walter Morgan and Beverly Johnson |
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Casey Johnson, Taryn Davis, and Laurie Rodkin |
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Danny Welk, Jay Weston and Annebele Beagleman |
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Kathie Lee blowing out her candles |
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Jack Friedkin and Sherry Lansing |
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Don Luciano and Taylor Dane with friends |
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The Dupont Twins, Richard and Robert |
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Supermodels Ann Turkel and Beverly Johnson |
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| Photographs by ©PatrickMcMullan.com (Rodial); John Sterling (Nikki). |
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