Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Luncheons, Lectures, and Lang Lang

Party Pictures• September 14, 2022.

Wethersfield Estate & Garden hosted their second Garden Luncheon; Lang Lang International Music Foundation's Young Scholars Concert; East Hampton Historical Society's sixth annual Summer Lecture Luncheon... READ MORE

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Heralding the arrival of New York Fashion Week

Social Diary• September 13, 2022.

The first luncheon of the Fashion season, the annual Couture Council of the Museum at FIT luncheon at Lincoln Center; sold out!... READ MORE

Monday, September 12, 2022

The end of an era for all of us

Social Diary• September 12, 2022.

Summation of a Royal Life, of a mother’s children and then her own, and all for her people... READ MORE

Friday, September 9, 2022

A place to call home, shelter dogs and all

Guest Diary• September 9, 2022.

Lee Fryd takes in the Hamptons Designer Showhouse that takes her into the subject of Your House. The home, the hearth, and the weather of the lives within. Plus Global Strays fourth annual benefit, teaching the next generation the importance of caring for our fellow animals... READ MORE

Thursday, September 8, 2022

No Holds Barred: Getting back to where we once belonged …

Guest Diary• September 8, 2022.

Blair Sabol takes a good hard look at September and what came before, and wonders what’s next. Maybe?... READ MORE

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

When Society was in Flower

Social Diary• September 7, 2022.

A view of the architectural monarch of the Gilded Age in summer, still going strong and up to date — Newport... READ MORE

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

The Focus of Social Economics

Social Diary• September 6, 2022.

With Fashion Week in New York upcoming, and fashion changing noticeably, we look back only fifteen years to see the changes... READ MORE

Monday, September 5, 2022

Resort Life, Chapter XXXVIII: January 1970 – December 1970 Palm Beach + Boca Grande + Down East + Brittany + Ireland

Palm Beach• September 5, 2022.

Labor Day Special. We look back to Ellen Ordway’s photographic record of a life and lives on these days in yesteryear... READ MORE

Friday, September 2, 2022

Family, Family, Family

Social Diary• September 2, 2022.

And we return to the literary legacy of Chips Channon whose 20th century diaries so capture the world of political power. Plus we revisit the legacy of a great New York family... READ MORE

Thursday, September 1, 2022

First signs and first visits

Social Diary• September 1, 2022.

Another piece of evidence of the difference between a photograph and real life... READ MORE

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Summer Ramble: Birthday Cake & Hard Hats @ Palm Beach

Palm Beach• August 31, 2022.

Augustus Mayhew celebrates Palm Beacher David Reese’s milestone 90th birthday dinner and can't help but take a look at the finishing touches being put on around the town... READ MORE

What to Wear to the Wethersfield Garden Luncheon

Guest Diary• August 31, 2022.

What2WearWhere's Karen Klopp and Hilary Dick highlight the Wethersfield Garden's annual luncheon where “Hats if Convenient” are encouraged. All to raise funds for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of the estate’s garden and grounds... READ MORE

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Midtown Is Having Its Moment

Guest Diary• August 30, 2022.

Barbara Hodes takes a fresh look at a fresh new Fifth Avenue with new shops catering to the new looks and new customers; fascinating (and useful)... READ MORE

Monday, August 29, 2022

Knowing all the right people

Social Diary• August 29, 2022.

A private look inside the lives of the royals and aristos’ very active private lives as seen through the eyes of a boy from Chicago who wanted it all and wrote to tell about it... READ MORE

Friday, August 26, 2022

A Mortimer’s Encore out East

Guest Diary• August 26, 2022.

Lee Fryd covers a book signing for “Mortimer’s: Moments in Time" out in Sag, bringing back those times — old times, good times — and a chance to be amused by it all... READ MORE

What to Wear to the annual Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation’s friends and fundraising gala

Guest Diary• August 26, 2022.

What to Wear Where's Karen Klopp and Hilary Dick take in the fresh air and bright light of the Rockies as they prep for the Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation's annual event at the Aspen Valley Polo Club... READ MORE

Thursday, August 25, 2022

No Holds Barred: From surge to splurge

Guest Diary• August 25, 2022.

Blair recalls the deadly surge that freaked everybody out. But now even the NY Times is wondering if we can have fun. Where? Blair asks: How about in an Apple store?... READ MORE

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Ghost Stories

Social Diary• August 24, 2022.

A reminiscence, a trip to Los Angeles that provoked beautiful memories of, at the time, the beauty and wonder of Los Angeles and Hollywood... READ MORE

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

The Costume and Capote

Social Diary• August 23, 2022.

Today’s Diary was inspired by an article in the Daily Mail about an upcoming series about Truman Capote and his social ladies... READ MORE

Monday, August 22, 2022

The bright young women of New York

Social Diary• August 22, 2022.

A beautiful, quiet weekend in the city, with a couple of moments from our archive of two remarkable New York women... READ MORE

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