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Social Diary• August 2, 2021

The Life and Times of Billy McCarty-Cooper

Part 3. The Epicurean Life. Billy McCarty Cooper. The end of the story, and the great Cooper Cubist Art Collection...

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Anatomy of the Collector

Social Diary• August 2, 2021.
An Epicurean life in the form of Douglas Cooper, a brilliant and difficult man, one of the century’s greatest modern art collectors; Controversial, complicated, yet with a brilliant eye, and a spectacular collector of modern art. Part II of III... READ MORE
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Hamptons Social Diary: Say Yes!

Guest Diary• July 30, 2021.
It’s the peak of the season with perfect weather, everything blooming, and everyone out at parties, fund-raisers, memorials, animals finding new homes. Lee Fryd was there reporting for the NYSD... READ MORE
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Billy; An Epicurean Life Late 20th Century

Social Diary• July 29, 2021.
Looking into past lives, a world emerges with other players and other casts, all related even deeply... READ MORE
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No Holds Barred: Fear and Loathing, continued …

Guest Diary• July 28, 2021.
Blair Sabol endeavors through it all — snow, sleet, hail, firestorms, Delta and Lambda... READ MORE
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Thinking more about the man

Social Diary• July 28, 2021.
A very warm and muggy day in New York; a denouement to yesterday’s Diary about Johnny Galliher... READ MORE
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John Galliher. A Life of Style.

Social Diary• July 27, 2021.
Remembering Johnny Galliher, a most interesting fellow from beginning thru middle to the end... READ MORE
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The Center of Attention

Social Diary• July 26, 2021.
It’s birthday time for Leos in astrological charts, and this Diarist is one of them and he can’t stop talking about it... READ MORE
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Hamptons Social Diary: Point of View: Vintage to New

Guest Diary• July 24, 2021.
Lee Fryd attends the East Hampton Antiques & Design Show and learns that color is back! So, even, is chintz. More is more for Grand Millennial Style. And Eco Chic, especially upcycling is white hot!... READ MORE
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Ev’ry Street’s a Boulevard in Old New York

Social Diary• July 23, 2021.
Beautiful summer weather in old New York where the Tribeca Film Festival screened a docu on Michael and Eleanora Kennedy; out East Steven Stolman and Rich Wilkie entertained at their new home in SH; plus a garden party in Essex County and book party for Laurie Gelman in Watermill... READ MORE
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Great Fanfare and Fashion at the 22nd Mashomack International Polo Challenge

Guest Diary• July 23, 2021.
Those What-to-Wear girls took in the polo at the Mashomack International Polo Challenge where they had perfect weather and wore the perfect colors for the event... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: Face to Face with the “King of Fashion”

Guest Diary• July 22, 2021.
Bob attends an exhibition at FIT in 1976 of “the King of Fashion," French couturier Paul Poiret — and it takes him places... READ MORE
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Along the Hudson: Old Towns, New Stores

Guest Diary• July 21, 2021.
Along the Hudson: Barbara Hodes continues her visit to the Hudson Valley and its amazing variety of shops in the village of Millbrook with its well groomed farms and rolling hills plus restaurants and even a barbecue take-out... READ MORE

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Guest DiaryJul 24
Lee Fryd attends the East Hampton Antiques & Design Show and learns that color is back! So, even, is chintz. More is more for Grand Millennial Style. And Eco Chic, especially upcycling is white hot!
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