Augustus Mayhew, Author at New York Social Diary

Palm Beach Modern: Pitbull + Geoffrey Bradfield + Winslow Homer + Snowbirds

Across the Nation• February 18, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew takes in the seasonal flocks of snowbirds sweeping through the skies of Palm Beach... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: #New Norton: 45th Gala + 1st Pre-Gala ArtBeat

Across the Nation• February 6, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew to the Norton Art Museum’s 2020 Gala — the 45th — with an exhibition “Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern” and 750 supporters ... READ MORE

Timeless Palm Beach: Spanish Revival at El Bravo Park

Social History• February 3, 2020.

Palm Beach Social Diary. Augustus Mayhew takes us on an historical tour of a famous Palm Beach mansion in Bravo Park, built in 1930 and completely res... READ MORE

Best Friends: Jewish Society in Old Palm Beach

Social History• January 28, 2020.

Augustus Mayhew reminds us of the social heritage of Palm Beach in its creation, many of the prominent Jewish leaders of New York who winter there and... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: PBSD @ The Breakers + @ The Gardens

Across the Nation• January 13, 2020.

A quick lookback of the Breakers’ private pier of yesteryear, often a quick seaplane jump to Havana, back then; plus the Palm Beach Gardens Conserva... READ MORE

A Debutante’s Diary, Part II: 1920-1921 From Engagement to Honeymoon to First Born

Social History• January 7, 2020.

Take a trip with your imagination to another place, another time, a moment in history in someone’s life when everything was not only all right, but ... READ MORE

A Debutante’s Diary, Part I: 1919-1920

Social History• January 7, 2020.

Returning to Ellen Glendinning Frazer Ordway, whose photo memoir began with her 1919-1920 coverage “A Debutante’s Diary, Part I” of young of Soc... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: Palm Beach Now & Then

Across the Nation• December 18, 2019.

Augustus Mayhew covers the holidays in PB with a benefit dinner for the Gentlemen of the Garden at Casa Phippsberger under a full moon; plus a trip th... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: Art + RR @ PB + Orty’s Party + Spellbound

Across the Nation• December 9, 2019.

Palm Beach Social Diary. Beth Rudin DeWoody and Firooz Zahedi hosted an exhibition at The Bunker, an invitational highlight of the Palm Beach New Wave... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: Past Pleasures at Palm Beach

Across the Nation• December 4, 2019.

Palm Beach Social Diary. Augustus Mayhew reports the activities going on down there under the sheltering palms like last month’s 3rd annual Sculptur... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: Estee Lauder’s PB era

Social History• November 20, 2019.

Forever Young: Estee Lauder’s Palm Beach era Helen Boehm invited Estee out to Wellington for an afternoon at the polo matches when Helen said she to... READ MORE

Quid Pro Status Quo Vadis at Palm Beach

Across the Nation• November 19, 2019.

According to Augustus Mayhew, the Palm Beach season has begun its annual philanthropic and social convergence amid streets cluttered with even more th... READ MORE

Resort Life: Chapter XXX, May 1966 – September 1966

Social History• September 2, 2019.

The Ritz, The Rolls & Rendezvous on the Rocks: Re-visiting Ellen Glendinning’s fabulous photo album from a Labor Day Weekend in Northeast Harbor 53 ... READ MORE

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