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Social Diary• September 8, 2019

What a swellegant, elegant party this is!

Last Saturday night I went to perhaps the most spectacular birthday party I’ll ever go to, Daisy Soros’ 90th at the Rainbow Room. Inimitable, beyond compare!...

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The beginning of the Autumn fashion season

Social Diary• September 5, 2019.
A late summer day, the end of the season, the beginning of the Autumn fashion season launched by the annual Couture Council luncheon at Lincoln Center where they honored Christian Louboutin before a capacity crowd on the Promenade of the David H. Koch Theater... READ MORE
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New York Lives

Social Diary• August 26, 2019.
A touch of autumn in the evening breezes, surprise guests at Sette Mezzo; a history of the house on 9 East 71st Street; up in Newport, a fund-raiser for Newport Hospital at the Eisenhower House; in Bellport, a Historical Society conversation about Bill Cunningham; and the Castles go to Europe for a special tour... READ MORE
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Around the globe, and around the block

Social Diary• August 23, 2019.
The last days of the quiet Summer in the city are upon us; a lunch at Michael’s with Brooke Hayward; the YAGP’s annual Summer Soiree in Southampton, the 61st annual summer party benefiting the Stony Brook Southampton Hospital; plus the secrets of the goodie bag... READ MORE
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Changing subjects and changing times

Social Diary• August 19, 2019.
Warm and mainly sunny weekend; more news grinding out on Epstein; plus all the solicitation coming by email for politicians asking for donations; plus a Hollywood memory when campaigning began on Election Year... READ MORE
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Dog Day Afternoon

Social Diary• August 16, 2019.
Dog Day Good Afternoon out in Southampton where they’re getting the attention they need from animal lovers with big hearts... READ MORE
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Life in a Fishbowl

Social Diary• August 13, 2019.
Epstein’s still the topic for some but Prince Harry and the Royals are the topic for another; even the Queen and the late Queen Mother. ... READ MORE
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Wowing and wooing the crowd

Social Diary• August 12, 2019.
Beautiful weekend in New York; Jeffrey Epstein mystery continues, plus the Hamptons Dance Project wowed audiences at Guild Hall in East Hampton; the Budapest Festival Orchestra came to the David Geffen Hall; the Nantucket Summer Antiques Show held its preview party, and the Nantucket Historical Association held its Night at the Museum at the Whalin... READ MORE
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The End of It All; the Life of Jeffrey Epstein

Social Diary• August 10, 2019.
Considering the Life of Jeffrey Epstein on hearing the news of his demise early this morning in New York... READ MORE
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New York, Southampton, Nantucket, and Newport

Social Diary• August 5, 2019.
Quiet weekend in New York; Southampton, Nantucket, Newport are busy-busy... READ MORE
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Fortune’s Children

Social Diary• August 2, 2019.
Some fair summer weather with sunshine, a very good, can’t-stop-reading book about a famous family and a more famous patriarch to steal my time; plus Blair Sabol remembers Kenneth Jay Lane’s savvy artistry... READ MORE
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A birthday weekend in Nantucket, Part 2

Social Diary• July 31, 2019.
Re-visting a birthday weekend in Nantucket, Part 2, back by popular demand... READ MORE
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A birthday weekend in Nantucket, Part 1

Social Diary• July 30, 2019.
Last year around this same time both JH and I were invited to Nantucket for the long weekend. Mother Nature was really in season to the point of reverie — it was so beautiful we thought it worth a re-run. Here's Part I ..... READ MORE

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A Night of Triumph; The firestorm surrounding Safari West

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