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Palm Beach• May 22, 2020

Palm Beach Social Diary: Road Trip — Billionaires Row, Part I

The Gold Coast, Millionaires Row, Mansion Row, and now Billionaires Row; now we’re talking Palm Beach real estate history. Augustus Mayhew delivers the facts and tales of PB from the 1890s to 2020. Part 1 of 3...

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Palm Beach Social Diary: FORE! Golf Greats @ Seminole for COVID-19 Benefit

Palm Beach• May 17, 2020.
In case you missed it: Today, the Seminole Golf Club is hosting a competitive charity golf event to benefit COVID-19 relief workers. Augustus Mayhew gives us the history of this great golf course with photos from the Ellen Glendinning Ordway Collection... READ MORE
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Palm Beach Social Diary: Preservation Matters

Across the Nation• April 23, 2020.
Augustus Mayhew’s history and photographs of the 1960s Modernist house, Quail High, now an architectural landmark in Palm Beach County... READ MORE
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Bake Back America

Palm Beach• April 9, 2020.
As some of you know, my father was a national tennis champion and I grew up playing tennis competitively. When I graduated from college and went into magazine publishing, I had the wonderful experience of working for Tennis Hall of Famer Gene Scott at TENNIS WEEK magazine. While there, I met so many players I […]... READ MORE
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Fresh Rx Farm-to-Family Program Benefits Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County

Palm Beach• March 19, 2020.
More than 4,000 children and families from Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County have received a week’s supply of farm-fresh produce, dry-goods and other household necessities through a new program called Farm-to-Family. Fresh RX Kids and Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County created the program earlier this month in less than a ... READ MORE
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Oil Swells: The Standard Oil Crowd in Palm Beach

Palm Beach• March 6, 2020.
Augustus Mayhew’s now classic history “Oil Swells: The Standard Oil Crowd in Palm Beach” around the turn of the 19th century to the 20th, when the new industry was comparable to the tech industry around the turn of the 20th to the 21st. La plus ca change ..... READ MORE
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What to Wear to the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach’s annual Dinner Dance

Guest Diary• March 1, 2020.
Karen and Hilary help get the party started in Bradley Park as the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach’s annual Dinner Dance sets the mood for swinging into spring... READ MORE
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American Humane Hero Dog Awards Luncheon

Palm Beach• February 27, 2020.
Back in late February, the nation’s top dogs and humane heroes gathered for a gala award luncheon at The Sailfish Club in Palm Beach to honor America’s most courageous canines and encourage nominations for the 2020 American Humane Hero Dog Awards®. The annual gala luncheon pays tribute to the best of our furry friends and […]... READ MORE
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Lighthouse Guild Honors Philanthropists Audrey and Martin Gruss

Palm Beach• February 20, 2020.
Lighthouse Guild, the leading organization dedicated to addressing and preventing vision loss, hosted its 12th Annual “Visionary Evening” on February 20th at Club Colette.  A highly anticipated evening in Palm Beach, this year’s event honored philanthropists, Audrey & Martin Gruss. Pauline Raiff, the immediate past Lighthouse Guild ... READ MORE
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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
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French Heritage Society Honors Ronald Lee Fleming at Club Colette

Palm Beach• February 12, 2020.
French Heritage Society hosted their annual Palm Beach Gala Dinner on the evening of February 12th. Ronald Lee Fleming was honored for his achievements in preservation advocacy and urban planning and design. His philanthropic work to support initiatives to beautify and improve communities led Newport, RI to declare “Ron Fleming Day”, noting, ... READ MORE
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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 attending... READ MORE
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Timeless Palm Beach: Spanish Revival at El Bravo Park

Palm Beach• 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 restored by its present owners... READ MORE

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