Monday, August 5, 2019

Hamptons Happenings

Party Pictures• August 5, 2019.

Preview Cocktail Party for the East Hampton Antiques & Design Show to benefit the East Hampton Historical Society; Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research 14th annual summer concert; The 2019 Hampton Designer Showhouse to benefit Stony Brook Southampton Hospital... READ MORE

Friday, August 2, 2019

Fortune’s Children

Social Diary• August 2, 2019.

Some fair summer weather with sunshine, a very good, can’t-stop-reading book about a famous family and a more famous patriarch to steal my time; plus Blair Sabol remembers Kenneth Jay Lane’s savvy artistry... READ MORE

Forty Four Years Ago I Met the Boy I (Finally) Married. Hey, Sometimes Things Work Out!

Guest Diary• August 2, 2019.

Denis Ferrara ruminates on love, life, and marriage five years in... READ MORE

Thursday, August 1, 2019

No Holds Barred: “Seventies Syndrome”

Guest Diary• August 1, 2019.

No Holds Barred. Blair Sabol considers the headlines of “Dazed and Confused” about Robert Mueller’s testimony which led to her own experiences with the “Seventies Syndrome.”... READ MORE

Newport Art Museum’s Artists’ Ball showcases “beautiful things”

Party Pictures• August 1, 2019.

Up in Newport, the 92nd Artists' Ball was held, coinciding with the Newport Art Museum's dual exhibition of the works of lifelong friends Howard Gardiner Cushing and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, including murals not seen for a century... READ MORE

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Debbie’s Week at a Glance: Movie Stars, Birthday Girls, Presidential Candidates, and a Little Razzle Dazzle

Guest Diary• July 31, 2019.

Debbie’s Week at a Glance: In town, out east, a breakneck schedule from birthdays to Presidential candidates... READ MORE

A birthday weekend in Nantucket, Part 2

Social Diary• July 31, 2019.

Re-visting a birthday weekend in Nantucket, Part 2, back by popular demand... READ MORE

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

A birthday weekend in Nantucket, Part 1

Social Diary• July 30, 2019.

Last year around this same time both JH and I were invited to Nantucket for the long weekend. Mother Nature was really in season to the point of reverie — it was so beautiful we thought it worth a re-run. Here's Part I ..... READ MORE

Monday, July 29, 2019

Setting sail, properly attired of course, for Nantucket by Design

Guest Diary• July 29, 2019.

Our What2WhereWhere gurus Karen Klopp and Hilary Dick take us on a little tour of Nantucket Island in advance of Nantucket by Design, a whirl and swirl of celebrations of the island’s influence on American Design... READ MORE

Sunday, July 28, 2019

The guest list that drew the guests

Social Diary• July 28, 2019.

A quiet summer weekend in the city, and considering Jeffrey Epstein’s phone book and what a party he made from it... READ MORE

Speaking freely and living beautifully

Party Pictures• July 28, 2019.

13th Annual American Institute for Stuttering (AIS) Benefit Gala; East Hampton Historical Society Celebrates the Opening of “Thomas Moran Discovers the American West”; Kohler and Traditional Home magazine co-hosted a cocktail party to kick off the annual Hampton Designer Showhouse... READ MORE

Friday, July 26, 2019

Apryl Miller

House• July 26, 2019.

Sian, Lesley, and Pierre are gobsmacked when visiting artist April Miller in her properly original Upper East Side digs. You will be, too... READ MORE

Lana Turner’s Imitations of Life — Bad Behavior Paid Off!

Guest Diary• July 26, 2019.

Denis Ferrara recalls the slick 1959 remake of Fannie Hurst’s "Imitation of Life," realizing the true beginning of bad behavior in Hollywood... READ MORE

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Art and Science in all forms

Party Pictures• July 25, 2019.

The National Institute of Social Sciences’ annual luncheon at the Princeton Club of New York; Longhouse Reserve in East Hampton presented a special evening with Julian Schnabel, including a screening of his film, "At Eternity's Gate"; The 2019 Halsey House "Beach Ball" Gala to benefit the Southampton Historical Museum... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page, October of ’72: The Theater of war and otherwise

Guest Diary• July 25, 2019.

Schulenberg’s Page. Bob takes us back to the early turbulent ‘70s; the War, the downtown changing, playwrights emerging, discotheques jamming, and Ben Bagley producing ..... READ MORE

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Debbie’s Week at a Glance Out East

Guest Diary• July 24, 2019.

An evening at LongHouse Reserve where they honored Julian Schnabel with the LongHouse Award and Donna Karen with the Leadership Award at their annual la vie en rose-themed summer benefit... READ MORE

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Oh! We’re having a heatwave …

Social Diary• July 23, 2019.

The subject just about everywhere for the past four or five days has been the weather and the heat its graced us with. Plus some photos from JH who’s in Lake Como with George and Amal... READ MORE

Monday, July 22, 2019

Sicily and the Coast of Many Cultures

Travel• July 22, 2019.

Barbara Hodes is drawn to Sicily, having explored the island several times. But on this occasion she's decided to try a different piece of the amazing island. And has much to share... READ MORE

Friday, July 19, 2019

Fulsome Friday! Elvis…The Shangri-Las…Judy…Emmy nods…Bad TV/Good TV…”Fluidity” arrives!…Over the moon with Iris Love…The perils of exercise!

Guest Diary• July 19, 2019.

“THE TRAGEDY of life is what dies inside a man while he lives,” said Albert Schweitzer. THE BIG casting news this week was the choice of Austin Butler to portray the role of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming big screen biopic about Elvis. Yeah, I never heard of him either, although he’s racked up […]... READ MORE

Swan Ball 2019: Coming Home to Cheekwood: a Country Era Estate

Party Pictures• July 19, 2019.

The 57th annual Swan Ball on the Swan Lawn in Nashville’s most fabled botanical gardens and arts treasure, Cheekwood... READ MORE

Lever le Tôit” (Raise the Roof) Dinner Dance at The Elms