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Social Diary• February 14, 2019

Gone to the dogs

Thursday, February 14, 2019. Valentine’s Day. Yesterday was one of those sort of-winter days in New York. Some Sun, some clouds, temps reaching up to 40, then later down to freezing. It feels like the Winter That Never Was to this born and bred North Easterner. Although when I lived in sunny L.A. where they […]...

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A snowy day in the Big Town

Social Diary• February 13, 2019.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019. Snow came as forecast although not a storm or blizzard but light and wet. In New York it was on the wet side and of course made traffic even more difficult to get around. Cold and rainy by late afternoon into the evening, with temps at freezing. Mother Nature’s son. JH […]... READ MORE
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In the Mood

Social Diary• February 11, 2019.
Monday, February 11, 2019. Sunny and cold, yesterday in New York. Temps in the mid-30s and dropping to the high 20s by evening. More of that harsh winter cold in the forecasts this week. In the Mood. This is possibly the quietest time of the year in New York on the social calendar. The weather […]... READ MORE
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The Art of it all

Social Diary• February 7, 2019.
Yesterday in New York was overcast with temperatures in the mid-40s. In the early evening, the rains came, taking it down to the high 30s, and cold wet. Back in the room, looking at the current calendar, this past Tuesday night, the Argentine Consulate in New York hosted the opening of Tropical Icebergs, a retrospective […]... READ MORE
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The child in us

Social Diary• February 6, 2019.
A warm Spring day at 64 degrees in New York on February 4th; the alarming rate increase for all taxis, yellow or otherwise; lunch at Michael's with Brooke Hayward and Alex Hitz; and Monday night's Directors Dinner at the Frick... READ MORE
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What Becomes a Legend Most …

Social Diary• February 4, 2019.
The weather warmed up Sunday morning, reaching up to the high 40s (practically tropical these days) by mid-afternoon. JH took this opening shot of today’s Diary sometime around 2001 at a party at Doubles. I accidentally came upon it looking up something else. Now, all these years later, it looks fresh and spiffy. An antidote […]... READ MORE
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The RealFeel

Social Diary• January 31, 2019.
Yesterday began mid-winter weather; polar vortex style. It started about 3 in the afternoon. I was walking one of the dogs. It was clear and cold, and suddenly I felt moisture on my face, oddly not raindrops, with an occasional flurry in sight. About ten minutes later it looked like flurries. Back in the apartment […]... READ MORE
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Life’s a merry-go-round

Social Diary• January 30, 2019.
Raining steadily but lightly in New York as I write this late Tuesday night. It started lightly around midafternoon. Temps in the mid-30s. All the weather-watchers among us are talking polar vortex polar vortex. And very cold. I don’t know; we’ll see. Anything’s possible these days. I went down to lunch at Michael’s. The sidewalks […... READ MORE
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The evolution

Social Diary• January 29, 2019.
It’s 26 degrees as I write this at ten minutes to midnight on Monday. It was cold all day with temps touching the upper 30s. It was sunny (but not warm). It’s the dullest time of the year in the city – if you’re looking for nightlife excitement. Although each day stays lighter for a […]... READ MORE
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Just another Sunday afternoon in New York

Social Diary• January 28, 2019.
An often sunny Sunday yesterday in New York, with temperatures reaching up to the low 50s. I received an email from my ex-wife Sheila who lives out in Michigan where she says it is now very cold and expecting snow. She sent the message with this photograph she took from her hotel room window in […]... READ MORE
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Women remembered

Social Diary• January 24, 2019.
It’s 44 degrees as I write this Diary at midnight, 44 degrees warmer than it was only two nights ago. Yesterday was not as cold also, although the skies were mostly grey and the winter mood was in the air. Women remembered. As the world knows, Carol Channing died in Rancho Mirage on January 15th, […]... READ MORE
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More on Mario

Social Diary• January 23, 2019.
It was cold with some nice sunshine yesterday in New York, although it had “warmed up” (in the low 30s) after a below Zero RealFeel on Monday night. And they’re predicting temps in the 50s tomorrow. Stuff. We had a nice response to the Diary on Mario’s tribute/memorial. The power of his personality was very […]... READ MORE
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Absolute Buatta

Social Diary• January 22, 2019.
It was very cold in New York with the temperature in evening at 10 degrees and a RealFeel of -17. It’s the kind of cold you just want to get out of, and nothing feels better than a warm room after that. In late afternoon I went down to the Park Avenue Armory for a […]... READ MORE

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