Guest Diary• September 29, 2023

Revenge, Redemption, and Refuge

Lee Fryd takes in the last couple events of the season out east, including a small dinner party for a new docu about a 20-something phenomenon; and a luncheon and lecture on Black female ornamental horticulturists. A fascinating history of style, color and beauty...

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Saturday, August 12, 2023

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REMEMBERING AVA: The Ultimate Legend, Part II

Guest Diary• August 12, 2023.
Ed Epstein’s account of the life and career of Ava Gardner. Part II of II... READ MORE

Friday, August 11, 2023

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REMEMBERING AVA: The Ultimate Legend, Part I

Guest Diary• August 11, 2023.
Ed Epstein’s account of the life and career of Ava Gardner, considered by many to be the most beautiful film star of the mid-20th century era. Part I of II... READ MORE

Thursday, August 10, 2023

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Magic Hour

Social Diary• August 10, 2023.
Tuesday night’s dinner party on Harry and Gigi Benson’s Upper East Side terrace, and a brief look at some of the Master’s images/photos; and the stories that go with them... READ MORE

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

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For the Love of

Party Pictures• August 8, 2023.
Summer fun almost entirely out East in Southampton (SERENITY, Fork It, Unconditional Love), except for the Police Athletic League’s Superstar dinner at the Plaza... READ MORE
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You Can Call Me Al

Social Diary• August 8, 2023.
A long-ago lost letter about a first trip to Monaco to learn more about the Principality, and to meet the Prince... READ MORE

Monday, August 7, 2023

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Returning to The Corner Table

Social Diary• August 7, 2023.
Today’s Diary reminds us of a killer-diller biography of a character you could only find in Hollywood or in a movie. What a life; proof of good will reigning in the toughest of times... READ MORE

Friday, August 4, 2023

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Magic in the Gardens

Guest Diary• August 4, 2023.
Greeted by winged fairies on stilts and young women on flutes, Lee Fryd is struck by the beauty all around at LongHouse Reserve’s “MidSummer Dream” before continuing on her magic journey into the woods at the Watermill Center, where theater meets art... READ MORE

Thursday, August 3, 2023

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No Holds Barred: When You’re Hot …

Guest Diary• August 3, 2023.
It’s hot out there where Blair’s living. Actually boiling. Plus there’s Barbie, a place to go, in pink, in crisis... READ MORE
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Bringing a bit of PB to SH for good reason and better cause

Guest Diary• August 3, 2023.
Karen and Hilary take us down to PB to get us dressed up for Southampton Hospital Foundation's "A Night at the Colony Hotel."... READ MORE

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

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All over the map on the Summer’s daze

Palm Beach• August 2, 2023.
A Birthday bash for Martha Stewart up in Bedford; cocktails for the Historical Society of Palm Beach in Southampton; down the road and over a dune where PALMER magazine celebrated Harry Benson; A fabulous Greek Wedding; and a benefit eve for the Young Concert Artists of Washington, D.C... READ MORE

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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Roped into her world

Social Diary• August 1, 2023.
Looking more at, into Pamela, Mrs. Harriman; she just liked the company of men... READ MORE

Monday, July 31, 2023

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Popping in on Pamela

Social Diary• July 31, 2023.
Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, the Barron's daughter, Churchill’s daughter-in-law, and Harriman’s prize... READ MORE

Friday, July 28, 2023

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Birthdays, past and present

Social Diary• July 28, 2023.
This week’s been “birthday time” around here along with a party dinner table and some other birthday stories that led to more stories that you’ll never forget... READ MORE

Thursday, July 27, 2023

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Song of the South of France

Guest Diary• July 27, 2023.
Barbara Hodes takes us to the South of France, on the sea and the towns all around. It’s a trip, and a pleasure or something to dream about... READ MORE

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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The Gilded Age Billionaires, Part II

Social Diary• July 26, 2023.
Part Two of New York mansions like palaces and the lives within, focusing on tales and tribulations of the earlier generations of Whitneys and their wealth... READ MORE

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

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The Gilded Age Billionaires, Part I

Social Diary• July 25, 2023.
Looking back on New York when what we would call moguls lived like emperors, high wide and handsome, Part 1... READ MORE

Monday, July 24, 2023

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No Questions Asked: Lost & Found at Palm Beach

Palm Beach• July 24, 2023.
Archivist extraordinaire Augustus Mayhew will have you tumbling down an endless rabbit hole into an ephemeral diversion serving up several decades of Lost & Found classifieds in 'The Palm Beach Post' from 1916 until the 1940s... READ MORE

Friday, July 21, 2023

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An American classic English Rose and her French Rosé

Guest Diary• July 21, 2023.
Lee Fryd takes us on a tour of a couple’s life and business and singular creation — a kingdom of orchards, vegetable gardens, wild animals, cover crops, bees, butterflies, birds, worms and more. It's the bee's knees... READ MORE

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

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Anyone for tennis?

Social Diary• July 19, 2023.
Quiet in New York but sometimes like the other night at Sette Mezzo, it was jammed and it was a story to watch, with Billie Jean King. Meanwhile, the crowds are still Out There, especially OUT east... READ MORE

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

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Still drawing the crowds

Party Pictures• July 18, 2023.
Good time for New Yorkers to be out of town, and interesting events in Newport, Southampton, East Hampton, and even way out West in Costa Mesa. Good even just for the eye... READ MORE

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