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Mother Photographing Son 9,000 miles from home
Travel• January 9, 2019.When you haven’t seen your son for months, what’s 22 hours on a plane? Nothing. And when you get there, a 1,400-mile road trip across islands that were among the last to be inhabited by humans? Irresistible. My New York clothes stayed in my closet; I packed for the back of beyond. My son Peter […]...
AFMO: A Weekend in Paris
Travel• November 30, 2018.Photographs by Krystal Kenney Coco Chanel had helped cure the writer’s broken heart, recounts Justine Picardie, Editor-in-Chief of Harper’s Bazaar UK, in a recent talk in Paris about the famous couturière. Ms. Picardie’s then husband and father of their two sons had just announced that he had fallen in love with someone else, putting a [&hel...
Save Venice Celebrates Tintoretto’s 500th birthday
Travel• October 18, 2018.Tintoretto, the Venetian master, wouldn’t roll over in his grave, he’d burst out of it if he knew of Save Venice’s glorious celebration for the painter’s 500th birthday. Born in Venice, living and working there all his life, his work is spread over the whole city in museums and churches as well as in exhibits […]...
13th Annual Festival Napa Valley Opening Weekend, Part I
Travel• October 3, 2018.13TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL NAPA VALLEY OPENING WEEKEND 2018 Part I – THE OPENING NIGHTS Festival Napa Valley recently “uncorked” its 13th season. I made my annual summer pilgrimage, one of a delighted 10,000 attendees who enjoyed wine, food, and cultural events over ten days at a multitude of venues throughout the Valley’s Wine Country. A [&h...
American Friends of Versailles in Paris, Part 2
Travel• September 17, 2018.On Friday, we recounted several exclusive events from the four-day trip to Paris with the American Friends of Versailles (AFV), including visits with the first lady of France, HRH Prince Charles de Bourbon des Deux Siciles, and the American Ambassador to France. But the trip’s high point was private time at Versailles Palace away from […]...
American Friends of Versailles in Paris, Part 1
Travel• September 14, 2018.On a four-day visit to Paris, members of the American Friends of Versailles enjoyed several exclusive events, including roaming around the Élysée Palace with France’s vivacious first lady, Brigitte Macron; dining with HRH Prince Charles de Bourbon des Deux Siciles, Duke of Castro, head of the royal house of France; sipping cocktails with US Amb...
Southern Comfort: Central Park Conservancy to Charleston
Travel• August 8, 2018.Recently, several members of the Central Park Conservancy Women’s Committee Benefactor board and their spouses joined together for a trip to “the belle of the south,” Charleston, South Carolina. Our previous group trip took us to Cartagena, Colombia, which was hard to beat! With so much to explore in Charleston, the CPC planned we...
Paris When it Sizzles
Travel• July 24, 2018.Those who think glamour is dead should visit Paris during fashion week, particularly during the couture shows. I happened to be there – the first week of July – to visit a friend, Baroness Jacqueline von Hammerstein-Loxten, who was helping Ethan Koh, a designer, launch a handbag collection. Another friend, Danielle Rossi Hirsch, also flew [...
Madain Saleh: One of Saudi Arabia’s Hidden Treasures
Travel• July 20, 2018.When he was the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir gave me an extended visa. He had two good reasons for doing that. One was professional. I am the Executive Vice President of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation, where one of my missions has been to build alliances with […]...
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