Tom and Meredith Brokaw hosted a reception for Ellen Wright’s new cookbook "Around the Table; Easy Menus for Cozy Entertaining at Home"
Around the Table — Fresh off the Press
Meredith Brokaw, Tom Brokaw, and Ellen Wright

Guests included:

• Jennie Allen & Jules Pfeiffer
• Jim & Jessica Benjamin
• Tom & Meredith Brokow
• Peter Peterson
• Nora Ephron
• Alexander & Marjorie Federbush
 • Howard Gittes
• Vernon Jordan
• Carol & Frank Lalli
• Kate & Jim Lehrer
• Dr. David & Lucy Levine
• Judy & Michael Radin
• Jean Rather
 • Casey Ribicoff
• Ralph Schlosstein & Jane Hartley
• Marissa & Ken Starr
• Stan & Sydney Shuman
• Joan & Bob Tisch
• Ellen & Joe Wright
Ellen Wright with (from l. to r.) Tom Eckerle; Alexis Proceller; Casey Ribicoff; Vernon Jordan; Pete Peterson.
Lois Horowitz and Brooke Cohen
Joe and Ellen Wright, Brad Shaheen, and Peggy Siegal
Nora Ephron
Jane Hartley, Myrna Greenberg, and Frank Lalli
Ronnie and Roger Gershon

Photographs by Patrick McMullan



150 "Dinners on the Park" celebrated the 150th anniversary of the founding of Central Park
Joan and John Jakobson
Anna Quindlen and Regina Peruggi
Michael and Eleanora Kennedy
In the final tally, more than 2300 guests attended the 150 “Dinners on the Park,” the fundraiser celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Central Park. They raised more than $1.6 million.

There were dinners on all four perimeters of the Park. The schedule was the same everywhere: 6:30 cocktails, 7:30 Viewing of the Haagen-Dazs Central Park Light Spectacular by artist Cai Guo-Quiang from the center of the Park (this event, thanks to the rainstorm that evening was mainly a fizzle). Dinner was served at 8:00 and at 9:30 there was a Perrier Jouet champagne Toast with composition written by Pulitzer Prize winner Frances FitzGerald which she composed especially for the evening.

Each guest received a signed copy of Central Park historian Sara Cedar Miller’s book, “Central Park – An American Masterpiece” and a Tiffany custom stationery gift.

Norma Dana and Eleanora Kennedy were co-chairmen of the evening, with a committee of prominent New Yorkers who gave generous support along with top chefs, designers and musicians.

The Central Park Conservancy was founded twenty-four years ago, the brainchild of Betsy Barlow Rodgers. It is a non-profit that manages Central Park in partnership with the City of New York. Since its inception, the Conservancy members have raised $300 million to transform the park into a model for urban parks worldwide.
Peter Brown and Guests
Ian and Margaret Smith
David and Julia Koch with Ann and Bill Harrison
Michael and Shakira Caine with Luciana and Robert Duvall
Melissa Vail and Norman Selby
Mauro Maccioni, Katherine Mondadori, and Eleanora Kennedy
Susan Calhoun, Isabella Rattazzi, and Priscilla Rattazzi
Norma Dana with Honore and Karl Wamsler
Steve Ross, Mayor Bloomberg, and Bill Mack


Committee members for the 150th Anniversary Dinners:
Within the Rambles in Central Park. Photo: JH.
• Donna & William Acquavella
• Emilia Saint-Amand & Fred Krimendahl
• Ken Aretsky
• Maria Eugenia & Diego Arria
• Muffie Potter Aston & Sherrell Aston
• Jessie & Rand Araskog
• Clodagh & Daniel Aubry
• Sherri & Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.
• Bob Balaban
• Maria Bartiromo
• Commissioner Adrian Benepe
• Candice Bergen & Marshall Rose
• Peggy & Jeff Bewkes
• Cathleen Black
• Ross Bleckner
• Mrs. & Ambassador Donald Blinken
• Lorraine Bracco & Billy Siegel
• Meredith & Tom Brokaw
• Sherry B. Bronfman
• Tina Brown
• Mario Buatta
• Amanda Burden & Charlie Rose
• Shakira & Michael Caine
• Zoe Caldwell
• Wendy Carduner
• Linda & Arthur Carter
• Denise & David Chase
• Adele Chatfield-Taylor & John Guare
• Lois Chiles
• Connie Chung & Maury Povich
• Monsignor Eugene V. Clark
• Mary Higgins Clark
• General & Mrs. Wes Clark
• Hilary & William Clinton
• Joan Ganz Cooney & Peter Peterson
• Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Langone
• Annette Lauer
• Evelyn & Leonard Lauder
• Geraldine & Kit Laybourne
• Tonya & Spike Lee
• Karen & Richard LeFrak
• Diana & Barry Levinson
• Mr. & Mrs. Derek L. Limbocker
• John Loring
• Susan Lucci
• Leila & Henry Luce III
• Cynthia & Dan Lufkin
• Susan Lyons & Tom Krens
• Ninah & Michael Lynne
• Christy & John Mack
• Phyllis & Bill Mack
• Jane & Peter Marino
• Catie & Donald Marron
 • Leslie Marshall & William Weld
• Terry McDonell
• Aileen Mehle
• Christopher Meigher
• Mr. & Mrs. Albert Merck
• Bette Midler
• Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Miller
• Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Missett III
• Gretchen Mol
• Katherine Price Mondadori
• Gigi & Averell Mortimer
• Josie & Kenneth Natori
• James Niven
• Holly Newman & Robert Wood Johnson
• Jenny Conant & Steve Kroft
• Katie Couric
• Allison Cowles & Arthur Sulzberger
• Merce Cunningham
• Ann Curry
• Mr. & Mrs. Charles Dana III
• Ms. Norma Dana
• Clive Davis
• Robert De Niro
• Lady Lynn de Rothschild
• Eleanora & Domenica De Sole
• Mark DiSuvero
• Daniel L. Doctoroff
• Dominick Dunne
• Luciana & Robert Duvall
• Susan St. James & Dick Ebersol
• Mica & Ahmet Ertegun
• Edie Falco & Stanley Tucci
• Viveca & Will Ferrell
• Pamela Fiori
• Susan & Charles Avery Fisher
• Tina & William E. Flaherty
• Renee Fleming
• Anne Ford
• Kayce Freed & Peter Jennings
• Tom Freston
• Mrs. Frick
• Sandy Gallin
• Rita Gam
• Richard Gilder
• Senator & Mrs. Roy Goodman
• Cathy & Stephen Graham
• Claire & Vartan Gregorian
• Audrey & Martin Gruss
• Barbara Guggenheim & Bert Fields
• Betsy & Victor Gotbaum
• Agnes Gund & Daniel Shapiro
 • Jane Hanson
• Mr. & Mrs. William B. Harrison, Jr.
• Kitty Carlisle Hart
• John and Susan Hess
• Ronnie & Samuel Heyman
• Susan Fales-Hill
• Richard Holbrooke
• Scott Rudin
• Alexia Hamm Ryan
• Jane & Morley Safer
• Anna Moffo Sarnoff
• Diane Sawyer & Mike Nichols
• Arnold Scaasi
• Senator & Mrs. Charles Schumer
• Christine & Stephen Schwarzman
• Jessica Seinfeld
• Robert Shaye & Juno Shaye
• Betty & Virgil Sherrill
• Mr. & Mrs. A.J.C. Smith
• Anna Deveare Smith
• Liz Smith
• Daisy & Paul Soros
• Lara Spencer & David Haffenreffer
• Slida Wall Spitzer & Eliot Spitzer
• Allison & Leonard Stern
• Louise Sunshine
• Laurie & John Sykes
• Billie Szaggars & Robert Redford
• Jane Holzer
• Rachel & Ara Hovnanian
• Ron Insana
• Deborah Norville & Karl Wellner
• Charles Osgood
• Hilary Geary & Wilbur Ross
• Robin & Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
• Gail & S. Parker Gilbert
• Lynne & Michael Tarnapol
• Felicia Taylor
• Pamela Thomas-Graham
• Anne & Andrew Tisch
• Tommy Tune
• Edwina Van Gal
• Amelia Vega (Miss Universe)
• Adrienne & Gianluigi Vittadini
• Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller
• Barbara Walters
• Dr. & Mrs. Karl M.F. Wamsler
• Claude & Bruce Wasserstein
• Sigourney Weaver
• Adam Weinberg
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer

 • Susan Wetlaufer & John Welch
• Priscilla Rattazzi & Chris Whittle
• Sheila & Tom Wolfe
• Patricia S. Patterson
• Wendy & Hank Paulson
• Regina S. Peruggi
• Ms. Carroll Petrie
• Lisa & Richard Plepler
• Anna Quindlen
• Samuel P. Reed
• Ms. Casey Ribicoff
• John Richardson
• Deborah Roberts
• Josie & Julian H. Robertson, Jr.
• Allison & Peter Rockefeller
• Barbara & Steven Rockefeller
• Ms. Happy Rockefeller
• Kimberly & Steven Rockefeller
• Betsy Barlow Rogers & Ted Rogers
• Elizabeth & Felix Rohatyn
• Jane Rosenthal & Craig Hatkoff
• Janet & Arthur Ross
• Brian Ross
• Kara & Stephen Ross
• Isabella Rossellini
• Daryl Roth
• Susan & Jack Rudin
• Bianca Jagger
• Linda & Mort Janklow
• Nancy & Andrew Jarecki
• Wyclef Jean
• Christopher M. Jeffries
• Star Jones
• Erica Jong
• Veronica & Commisioner Raymond Kelly
• Caroline Kennedy & Ed Schlossberg
• Eleanora & Michael Kennedy
• Sarah Paley & Bob Kerrey
• Julia & David Koch
• Coco & Arie L. Kopelman
• Bruce Kovner
• Larry Kudlow
• Parker Ladd

Photographs by Patrick McMullan - Thos Robinson/PMc & Wireimage



Saks Fifth Avenue's Key to the Cure in Partnership with the Woman's Cancer Research Fund
Larry Platt and friend with Demi Moore
Lisa Paulson, Kelly Meyer, Glenda Bailey, Demi Moore, and Christine Johnson

A couple of weeks ago at Saks, they held a reception to benefit the Entertainment Industry Foundation's Women's Cancer Research Fund (Key to the Cure is part of EIF's Women's Cancer Research Fund). Hosted by Demi Moore, the evening took place at the Four Seasons Restaurant and featured a passed dinner and a balloon raffle of prizes.
Ron Meyer, Kelly Meyer, Demi Moore, Glenda Bailey, Jamie Tisch, Marion Laurie, Quinn Ezralow, and Larry Platt

Guests could pay $500 for a chance to pop a balloon and win one of the many fabulous prizes including: 2 .5 Cts diamond necklace ($53,000); Vespa ($2,999); Trip to Kapalua ($12,000); Knicks Courside tickets ($3,000); Gucci and Chanel Bags. Others in attendance included: Scott Foley, Michael Kors, Toby McGuire, Michka Barton, Alan Cumming, Demi Moore, Heidi Klum.



Van Cleef & Arpels hosted a preview party in Beverly Hills for their latest collection, "Frivole"
Kristin Davis
Josie Maran
Marisa Tomei
Van Cleef & Arpels with Molly Sims, Rashida Jones, Zoe Winkler, and Beverly Hills boutique manager Jean Dousset, hosted a preview party for their latest collection, "Frivole" in Beverly Hills on September 23. Guests included "Sex and the City" cutie Kristin Davis, Marisa Tomei, "Friends" newcomer, Aisha Tyler, Josie Maran, Henry Winkler, Kiera Chaplin, and up-and-coming hottie, Damian Lewis.  Native New Yorker Samantha Ronson set the mood with the music while guests noshed on caviar and sipped "Frivoltinis".  Everyone was wide eyed at the "Frivole" collection and some lucky guests were able to leave with a piece of their choice.
Nathalie Guedj, President of Van Cleef & Arpels, Marisa Tomei, and Jean Dousset
Kristin Davis and Damian Lewis



MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts Luncheon honoring Yoko Ono
Rosanna Arquette and David Geffen
Yoko Ono and David Geffen
From Celine 2003 Fall collection
Bijou Phillips and Sean Lennon
The Museum of Contemporary Art and the MOCA Projects Council held the MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts Luncheon honoring Yoko Ono at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, featuring a runway presentation of the Celine Fall/Winter 2003 collection. David Geffen served as honorary chair and award presenter. Guests inlcuded, Bijou Phillips, Dennis Hopper, Megan Mullaly, Nastassja Kinski, Rosanna Arquette, Sean Lennon.

The Museum of Contemporary Art and the MOCA Projects Council established the MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts in 1994 to recognize the many gifted women providing leadership and innovation in the visual arts, dance, music and literature.

Photographs by Lester Cohen




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