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Guest Diary• January 19, 2021

SoHo Still Surprises

Barbara Hodes discovers how retail in SoHo still surprises and is now demonstrating its resilience in recovering from the last ten months...

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What a Swell Party it Was!

Social Diary• January 18, 2021.
Looking back on ole Manhattan will give your curiosity a trip to bountiful in another time and place (little ole New York)... READ MORE
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No Holds Barred: It’s the Virus Stupid!

Guest Diary• January 18, 2021.
Blair Sabol takes stock of “the rough opening of 2021." ... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: A Finale, of Sorts

House• January 15, 2021.
We revisit John Foreman’s history of Eagles’ Nest, the Long Island estate of Willie K. Vanderbilt Jr. Plus a 1932 travelogue, “Over the Seven Seas with Mr. & Mrs. Vanderbilt," documenting their 29,000 mile voyage around the world... READ MORE
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Hitting the Pedal to the Petals

Guest Diary• January 14, 2021.
The What-to-Wear girls took a road trip, with Rocky in tow, from New York City to the sunny South. Click through to hop on board. ... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: A New Year begins

Guest Diary• January 14, 2021.
It’s 1976 and the artist/diarist is in the big town with his sketchbook, meeting the world as well as old friends; it’s New York at the moment... READ MORE
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The Life and Times of Josephine Hartford, Part II

Social History• January 12, 2021.
The second and final installment on the life of Josephine Hartford, one of the richest American heiresses of the 20th century, by Charles Burns... READ MORE
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The life and times of Josephine Hartford, Part I

Social History• January 8, 2021.
The Life and Times of 20th century American Josephine Hartford, heiress to the enormous A&P supermarkets fortune, by Charlie Burns... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: The Prince of Cats

Guest Diary• January 7, 2021.
Life in New York with his cat. A private affair. And rewarding... READ MORE
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New Year, New Life in MePa and the Village

Guest Diary• January 6, 2021.
Barbara Hodes takes us downtown to MePa where a host of leading retailers are establishing roots in the latest (and the greatest) fashions in New York... READ MORE
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A Tale of New York Life

Social Diary• January 4, 2021.
Looking back to the year end 2000 and 2009 and one New Yorker who loved life in the Big Town... READ MORE
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Thank you, Lady Day

Guest Diary• January 1, 2021.
Why Denis Ferrara is Glad to Be Unhappy with "Lady In Satin"... READ MORE
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No Holds Barred: Where are the clowns?

Guest Diary• December 31, 2020.
Blair Sabol asks, “Where are the clowns,” looking back over the past 8 months and into the unrevealed future; but she finds truths in a new memoir by Leonard Lauder... READ MORE

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