Thursday, September 12, 2019
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Debbie’s Week at a Glance: That Old September Feeling
Guest Diary• September 10, 2019.Debbie Bancroft was back in town for a launch party for Nicky Hilton Rothschild’s new line of shoes, a lunch at Christie’s introducing the upcoming auction of Lee Radziwill’s property, a Cinema Society Screening of the “Goldfinch,” and then back out east for a fashion show of Jackie Rogers’ new line...
Sunday, September 8, 2019
Friday, September 6, 2019
Boots, Bags, Baubles, Bracelets, Belts, Brooches, and Beaux at FIT Couture Council’s annual luncheon
Guest Diary• September 6, 2019.Sharon King Hoge attended the Couture Council luncheon on Wednesday with her camera capturing many of the baubles, bracelets, bags, belts, brooches, and boots making their fall debut...
Once Upon a Time…I changed my mind! (And I might again.) Oscar time for Shia LaBeouf! Also — Joan Collins…Shawn Mendes…Ellen Barkin…Viola Davis…Renee Zellweger, great TV — and kittens!!
Guest Diary• September 6, 2019.“YOU have the right to change your mind.” — Oprah Winfrey. I really don’t need Oprah to tell me I can change my mind, in fact I’d rather she didn’t tell me anything. I’ve never been much carried away by her perceived deity status. But … maybe I’ll change my mind. I’m pretty flexible and for […]...
Thursday, September 5, 2019
The beginning of the Autumn fashion season
Social Diary• September 5, 2019.A late summer day, the end of the season, the beginning of the Autumn fashion season launched by the annual Couture Council luncheon at Lincoln Center where they honored Christian Louboutin before a capacity crowd on the Promenade of the David H. Koch Theater...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Monday, September 2, 2019
Friday, August 30, 2019
THE OLD FALL RIVER LINE: NIGHT BOATS FROM NEW YORK TO BOSTON
Social History• August 30, 2019.Leaving New York for a holiday, or business, for nearly a century it was the old Fall River Line, night boats from New York to Boston could make you wish for the ticket and the ride especially today. A trip and reported by Michael Grace taking us down history’s memory lane...
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Mrs. Post’s Mar-a-Lago
Social History• August 28, 2019.A look back on the creation of Mar-a-Lago by Marjorie Meriweather Post Hutton, the biggest, most fantastic house in Palm Beach built in the heyday of the Roaring Twenties, now the property of the President of the United States, as its owner intended...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Vive le Fashion Week
Guest Diary• August 27, 2019.The season is about to begin next week with the Museum of FIT’s annual Couture Council Luncheon. The What-To-Wear girls Karen Klopp and Hilary Dick checked out the boutique of this year’s Honoree Louboutin and found some great items from the new line...
Monday, August 26, 2019
New York Lives
Social Diary• August 26, 2019.A touch of autumn in the evening breezes, surprise guests at Sette Mezzo; a history of the house on 9 East 71st Street; up in Newport, a fund-raiser for Newport Hospital at the Eisenhower House; in Bellport, a Historical Society conversation about Bill Cunningham; and the Castles go to Europe for a special tour...
Friday, August 23, 2019
Around the globe, and around the block
Social Diary• August 23, 2019.The last days of the quiet Summer in the city are upon us; a lunch at Michael’s with Brooke Hayward; the YAGP’s annual Summer Soiree in Southampton, the 61st annual summer party benefiting the Stony Brook Southampton Hospital; plus the secrets of the goodie bag...
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Debbie’s Week Out East: Looking toward the end of the rainbow
Guest Diary• August 21, 2019.Debbie’s week at a glance, Out East: her Girl Scout week supporting animal needs, cleaning up a beach; thinking about her spiritual path, attending the annual ARF benefit and looking toward the end of the rainbow...