Guest Diary
Guest Diary• April 24, 2017

Empowers Africa: Honoring the Black Mambas

The treasure-filled Explorers Club was the venue for Empowers Africa’s annual gala dinner last Thursday night honoring three members from the Black Mamba APU, Africa’s only female-majority anti-poaching unit.  With auction items like prints […]...

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No Holds Barred: Meeting Mizrahi

Guest Diary• May 6, 2016.
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No Holds Barred: When Something is Worth Nothing

Guest Diary• November 27, 2015.
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No Holds Barred: Gone to the Dogs

Guest Diary• August 3, 2015.
I have almost given up on all shopping. Maybe I’m getting too old to care. Clothes don’t call me. I’ve never been a shoe ‘n bag gal. Cosmetics are hopeless. […]... READ MORE
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No Holds Barred: A Whole Lotta Sunshine

Guest Diary• April 24, 2015.
Confession: I have never been a “dog person.” I am not even a “child person.” I am part of the “selfish, shallow, self absorbed” contingent of people who Meghan Daum […]... READ MORE
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SPANA, Part II

Guest Diary• March 7, 2013.
In addition to providing veterinary care and education, SPANA also partners with local organizations to address a spate of issues ranging from the localized needs of a particular area to […]... READ MORE
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SPANA, Part I

Guest Diary• March 4, 2013.
I was crossing the street in Marrakech on a recent trip to Morocco when I saw a cart-pulling donkey get hit by a car. I heard a yelp and saw […]... READ MORE
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Animal Adoption Centers in NYC, Part II

Guest Diary• December 21, 2012.
Click here for Part 1 My tour of Manhattan’s animal adoption centers continues below. The staff at the Humane Society told me that they do everything they can to make the […]... READ MORE
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Animal Adoption Centers in NYC, Part I

Guest Diary• December 20, 2012.
When you look into a pet store window and coo at the cute puppies therein, and are perhaps even tempted to go inside during this holiday season, plunk your credit […]... READ MORE
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Blanche Auzello: Mistress of the Ritz

Guest Diary• February 10, 2012.
It’s no secret by now that during World War II, Coco Chanel was spying for the Germans while carrying on an affair with Baron Hans Gunther von Dincklage, the dashing, flaxen-haired, and considerably younger […]... READ MORE
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The Transformation of West Greenwich Village

Guest Diary• February 6, 2012.
The 1861 Bank Street Brownstone is the most “home” I have had. From its stoop for nearly four decades — where we Villagers in traditional old-New-York-neighborhood-style still sit with our […]... READ MORE

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