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Social Diary• August 2, 2021

The Life and Times of Billy McCarty-Cooper

Part 3. The Epicurean Life. Billy McCarty Cooper. The end of the story, and the great Cooper Cubist Art Collection...

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Anatomy of the Collector

Social Diary• August 2, 2021.
An Epicurean life in the form of Douglas Cooper, a brilliant and difficult man, one of the century’s greatest modern art collectors; Controversial, complicated, yet with a brilliant eye, and a spectacular collector of modern art. Part II of III... READ MORE
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Billy; An Epicurean Life Late 20th Century

Social Diary• July 29, 2021.
Looking into past lives, a world emerges with other players and other casts, all related even deeply... READ MORE
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Thinking more about the man

Social Diary• July 28, 2021.
A very warm and muggy day in New York; a denouement to yesterday’s Diary about Johnny Galliher... READ MORE
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John Galliher. A Life of Style.

Social Diary• July 27, 2021.
Remembering Johnny Galliher, a most interesting fellow from beginning thru middle to the end... READ MORE
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The Center of Attention

Social Diary• July 26, 2021.
It’s birthday time for Leos in astrological charts, and this Diarist is one of them and he can’t stop talking about it... READ MORE
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Ev’ry Street’s a Boulevard in Old New York

Social Diary• July 23, 2021.
Beautiful summer weather in old New York where the Tribeca Film Festival screened a docu on Michael and Eleanora Kennedy; out East Steven Stolman and Rich Wilkie entertained at their new home in SH; plus a garden party in Essex County and book party for Laurie Gelman in Watermill... READ MORE
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Hollywood Lives, Part II, Women in Charge

Social Diary• July 20, 2021.
Part II of Hollywood Women; how the working girls made great and important progress in the industry... READ MORE
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Hollywood Lives, Part I

Social Diary• July 19, 2021.
Hollywood women, before (the liberation) and after (now)... READ MORE
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A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That

Social Diary• July 16, 2021.
A New York week in mid-July, a surprise birthday dinner for Hunt Slonem at the Polo Bar; a book party for Christophe von Hohenberg at the Madoo Conservancy out east; and New York City Ballet’s Principal dancer Lauren Lovette’s first full evening program tonight at the Spring Studios... READ MORE
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Remembering my favorite Churchill

Social Diary• July 14, 2021.
The Lady who was Sarah. A memory comes back to life when I came upon a Diary about a friend who made an impression and a difference in my life... READ MORE
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Luxury and all its trappings

Social Diary• July 13, 2021.
A room in Susan Gutfreund’s apartment designed by Henri Samuel reminded us of another Samuel commission that JH had the good fortune to see with his camera, and recalled that we’d ran it at the time. Beautiful... READ MORE
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Social Diary• July 12, 2021.
A beautiful weekend in New York with lots of evening showers; watching the Financial Markets as is my wont, and enjoying a perfect dinner party with a view of the new in our skyline... READ MORE

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Beautiful summer weather in old New York where the Tribeca Film Festival screened a docu on Michael and Eleanora Kennedy; out East Steven Stolman and Rich Wilkie entertained at their new home in SH; plus a garden party in Essex County and book party for Laurie Gelman in Watermill.
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