Social Diary

Social Diary• January 24, 2019

Women remembered

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, […]...

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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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The art of it all …

Social Diary• January 18, 2019.

Light snow moving in about midnight, on the periphery, the weatherman tells us, of a much bigger storm moving northeast, with temps below freezing. They say the weekend will really show us some snow. We’ll see … Last night at the Park Avenue Armory, the annual Winter Show opened with a benefit preview. The show […]... READ MORE

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New York Lives

Social Diary• January 15, 2019.

Cold out. In the high 20s last night in New York. New York Lives. I went over to the Museum of Natural History about six-thirty for a book signing reception for Karen LeFrak who has just published “Sleepover at the Museum.” I think it’s a mystery. It’s likely I’ll never read it. It’s published by […]... READ MORE

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Meanwhile, back in the neighborhood

Social Diary• January 14, 2019.

Cold and sometimes sunny this past weekend in New York. Very cold last night, the kind that nips the tip of your nose; bundle up time. The weatherman sort of predicted snow which evidently blanketed the eastern states to the south of us but we got off with nary a flurry. Meanwhile, back in the […]... READ MORE

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A piece of the nabe

Social Diary• January 11, 2019.

Sunny and cold, in the low 30s and lower at night, yesterday in New York. Snow forecast briefly but no snow. Thursday afternoon in the city. It was a beautiful sunset, looking northeast from my terrace, I caught this shot at about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon. East End Avenue looking north from 83rd Street. It’s […]... READ MORE

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A real-life soap opera

Social Diary• January 10, 2019.

A grey, colder, overcast day, yesterday in New York. Mainly overcast with temps in the low-40s and then the high to mid-30s in the evening. And the weatherman telling us snow may be coming this way. “How do I know what I think until I see what I say.” — E.M. Forster — via Joseph […]... READ MORE

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Losing an original

Social Diary• January 7, 2019.

Monday, January 7, 2019. A mild, not very cold weekend just past in New York with some rains on Saturday and mostly sunshine on Sunday with temps in the low 50s to mid-40s in the day to high 30s in night time. Today we are re-running a Diary first run five and a half years […]... READ MORE

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The party’s the thing …

Social Diary• January 4, 2019.

Cold and occasionally sunny, yesterday in New York, with temperatures reaching up to the low 40s and falling later to the mid-30s. For some reason this has felt like a long week – in other words, not flying by. I imagine the town will be back on its frenetic schedule by Sunday night. In the […]... READ MORE

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Out with the old, in with the new

Social Diary• January 3, 2019.

Yesterday was cold in New York. Cold and grey. The city is still quiet. JH and I went down to Michael’s for a business lunch. It was Wednesday but it wasn’t the Wednesday you usually see at Michael’s. There were probably fifteen tables occupied. It looked like a holiday. Some of the staff could leave […]... READ MORE

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Elegant, young and full of promise …

Social Diary• January 2, 2019.

Wednesday, January 2, 2018. The first day of the New Year in New York was warm — 60 degrees — and sunny. People were out strolling, walking their dogs on the Promenade by the river. That was after a New Year’s Eve of heavy, steady rains until about when the clock struck midnight. The city […]... READ MORE

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Our annual Christmas and Holiday card page

Social Diary• December 31, 2018.

Monday, December 31, 2018. New Year’s Eve. It is very quiet here in New York as we bid farewell to the Old Year and hopefully welcome the New. The moment is a certain relief from the day-to-day changing world we are living in. JH and I are in the 19th (!) year of our digital […]... READ MORE

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