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Social Diary• October 11, 2024

Society Dreams: Mario Buatta

Lauren Lawrence’s dream subject is Mario Buatta, who died almost six years to the day in 2018. Losing Mario left a big hole in New York, but his humor and deeply sensitive nature has never left us...

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Recipes for success

Party Pictures• October 10, 2024.
Dinner (at Sette, of course) and a movie ("Stardust") along with a fascinating talk on the recipe of life at the Haseltines' residence in conjunction with the Carnegie Institution for Science; festive cocktails hosted by Jean Shafiroff to kick off French Heritage Society's busy gala season; and Opera Italiana was in the Air at the Naumberg Bandshe... READ MORE
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Life in the big town with that small town feeling

Party Pictures• October 9, 2024.
Stopping by Mark Gilbertson's annual fall cocktail party; Catching up in Millbrook where they sold-out (again) at their Fourth Annual Wethersfield Garden Luncheon; And back in our backyard for Central Park Conservancy’s Women’s Committee and Playground Partners' fifth annual Play for the Park round-robin tennis tournament... READ MORE
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Dueling Parties

Party Pictures• October 8, 2024.
The state of domestic affairs, plus parties both big and intimate including the Musicians Foundation, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées International Circle, New England Society in the City of New York, and David Hayes's opening at Sorokin Gallery... READ MORE
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Society Dreams: Debbie Reynolds

Social Diary• October 4, 2024.
The great Debbie Reynolds, who I came to know very very well, is the subject of Lauren Lawrence's dream series... READ MORE
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Holiday Sweets and Wedding Treats

Social Diary• October 3, 2024.
A trip to William Greenberg for some Black and Whites to celebrate the Jewish New Year; while wedding bells are ringing out in Los Angeles; and more wedding fodder in the form of a beautiful new coffee table table book... READ MORE
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Life, death, love, and accountability

Social Diary• October 2, 2024.
Framing our four-legged friends, CatWalk Furbabies, and flowers, fauna and the Fund for Park Avenue... READ MORE
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The change in the weather

Social Diary• September 30, 2024.
The change in the weather has once brought along the Sea of Life in old NYC. ... READ MORE
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This is New York, Now

Social Diary• September 27, 2024.
Still fighting the traffic on my way to Doubles where Quest magazine was hosting its annual cocktail party celebrating “The 400.” ... READ MORE
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Society Dreams: Christophe Lambert

Social Diary• September 27, 2024.
A dream and its interpretation (by Lauren Lawrence) from the one and only Highlander and two-time Tarzan, Christophe Lambert... READ MORE
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We The People

Party Pictures• September 26, 2024.
A party at Paige Peterson's that I never made it to (thanks to the traffic UN Week has brought with it); A black tie dinner hosted by Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation's Peter Widener; and the Jay Heritage Center's opening reception for its first fine art exhibit, "Rich Soil," by Kristine Mays... READ MORE
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I Happen to Like New York

Party Pictures• September 25, 2024.
Autumn brings back the busy days in little old New York including New York Phil's Opening Gala, a kick-off event for Casita Maria Fiesta!, and Lighthouse Guild's “An Evening of Discovery," Plus UN Week... READ MORE
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Scott Currie celebrates 60!

Party Pictures• September 24, 2024.
An El Morocco-themed black-tie “birthday” dinner party for Scott Currie marked his 60th birthday here in little ol' Manhattan. And it was fun, fun fun!... READ MORE

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