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Palm Beach• February 11, 2021

Palm Beach Time Machine

Palm Beach Social Diary. Augustus Mayhew takes us on a tour of the rise of modern architecture in Palm Beach...

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PRN: A Florida Chapter

Palm Beach• January 25, 2021.
Augustus Mayhew remembers Paige Rense in Palm Beach as well as her brilliant career as the creator of Architectural Digest... READ MORE
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What a Swell Party it Was!

Social Diary• January 19, 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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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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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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Artescape at Winter Park, Part II

Palm Beach• November 17, 2020.
Augustus Mayhew’s art history tour continues at the Morse Museum of American Art beginning with Tiffany at Laurelton Hall, the country estate of Louis Comfort Tiffany... READ MORE
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Realtor’s Domain: Greenwich at Palm Beach, 1917-1925

Palm Beach• October 28, 2020.
Augustus Mayhew takes us on a historical relationship between Greenwich and Palm Beach... READ MORE
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My Love Affair with Chanel, Part III

Guest Diary• October 23, 2020.
Chanel, the legend, the woman revealed and real. The third and final chapter of Jackie Roger's "Love Affair with Chanel."... READ MORE
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My Love Affair with Chanel, Part II

Guest Diary• October 22, 2020.
My Love Affair with Chanel, Part II. Jackie Rogers, an American girl modeling in Rome and Paris, is hired to model for Coco Chanel... READ MORE
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My Love Affair with Chanel, Part I

Guest Diary• October 21, 2020.
The first installment of three of the memoir-in-the-works, “My Love Affair with Chanel,” by Jackie Rogers... READ MORE
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Virtual history: Landmarks Discovered @ Palm Beach

Palm Beach• October 20, 2020.
Palm Beach Social Diary. Augustus Mayhew covers the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach’s updating of house tours and live lectures being transferred to video, transforming the experience onto the 21 century tech... READ MORE
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THE AGE OF THE DEBUTANTE; Newport in the 1930s, Part II

Social History• October 6, 2020.
Part II of Charles Burns' history of the Newport debutantes growing up and marrying princes, counts and assorted society heirs and playboys... READ MORE

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