SOCIAL DIARY Warm not-quite-summer weekend in New York; and last week's splendid events and dog stories.
PARTY PICTURES El Museo del Barrio's 19th annual gala. Parkinson's Disease Foundation's annual Bal du Printemps Gala; the Retreat's 25th Anniversary kick-off party.
HOUSE Big Old Houses visits the last house in Tuxedo Park still in the hands of the family that built it. For John Foreman, it's a sentimental journey.
GUEST DIARY Liz Smith Advises: Give "Battleship" (and Taylor Kitsch) A Chance. It's Better Than "The Avengers." Really.
Peter Cincotti Changes His Tune ... Russell Brand, Tiptoeing Through the Tulips? Bargain Lobster in NYC — Go To Swifty's.
SOCIAL DIARY
Recalling the Memorial of Yore in America; and a more vivid recollection in an obituary from the Telegraph of London of author Paul Fussell.
PARTY PICTURES
CNBC hosted a book party for Maneet Ahuja's The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds; A party in honor of Alan Shayne and Norman Sunshine; A fundraiser to benefit the Turkana Basin Institute; The first HYLAND Award; Harboring Hearts annual Spring Gala; Queens Tourism Council kicked off the first ever New York State Museum Week.
PARTY PICTURES The Frick Collection's annual "thank you" event, the Spring Party; National Academy's 2012 Spring Gala; RIOULT 's annual Gala Celebration; 2nd Annual Elly Awards Luncheon hosted by The Women's Forum of New York; Seventh New-York Historical Society's Annual Weekend With History.
GUEST DIARY Liz Smith. The Men of "Magic Mike" — They Work Hard for the Money. (But at Least They Don't Have to Wear Suits.) ... Tom Cruise Talks to Playboy — We Think ... New Yorkers Recall Donna Summer's Disco Nights ... Jane Fonda, "Crushing" on Jennifer Lopez.
HOUSE Brad Emerson interviews author Michael Kathrens about the new revised edition of his enthralling history of the quintessential architect of the Gilded Age in America, Horace Trumbauer.
GUEST DIARY Jill Lynne, cinemaphiles the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival with pictures of some of the participants and a quick review of her Faves and "Good Faith" recommendations.
SOCIAL DIARY A media madhouse of a lunchtime at Michael's where I was joined by Cornelia Guest; then last night Mark Gilbertson's annual cocktail party for a few hundred of his nearest and dearest.
GUEST DIARY Liz Smith. Sing Out, Hillary!
Also — Liz's Literacy Gala Raises the Roof and $ (and Bill Maher couldn't have been sweeter!) ... "Desperate Housewives" reboot? Maybe.
ACROSS THE WORLD Charleston Social Diary. Ned Brown asks "Why Charleston?" and then proceeds to answer the question for even the doubters.
DINING Bits & Morsels. Erin Frankel spends the weekend in New York at Food Festivals starting with Taste of the Upper West Side, then down to Taste of Tribeca, and finally in Prospect Park for the GoogaMooga festival in Brooklyn. You would have too, if you'd known ...
SOCIAL DIARY
Yesterday in New York: busy day down at Michael's; The American Cancer Society honoring Nate Berkus and Geoffrey Bradfield at the St. Regis Roof; Jill Krementz covers the Memorial Concert for the late Donald Francis Smith at Town Hall; and Child Mind Institute's Lecture and discussion with Dr. Harold Koplewicz and film producer Brian Grazer.
PARTY PICTURES
American Friends of the Louvre's Young Patrons Circle Benefit; Carnegie Hall Notables hosted its Eighth Annual Notable Occasion; Annual POSH Gala; The National Academy Foundation's annual gala.
SOCIAL HISTORY
No Holds Barred. Part II of Blair Sabol's recent excursion to the Big Town: meeting and interviewing and following Ari Seth Cohen in his rounds of photographing the older glamour girls, plus an interview with illustrator/writer Maira Kalman.
GUEST DIARY Liz Smith: Justin Bieber, Michael Fassbender, D'Angelo: GQ for June studies youth, fame, sex-symbolism and the price paid for success. Also: Kim Kardashian, mover and shaker (in politics!) ... and Lindsay Lohan, Lips, and Liz Taylor.
SOCIAL DIARY
Rainy day in New York, a wonderful evening of readings at Literacy Partners' gala benefit at Jazz @ Lincoln Center.
HOUSE
"Big Old Houses" visits the Hoyt house, a remarkable mansion in Staatsburg, New York. John Foreman hopes it will survive.
GUEST DIARY Liz Smith: Broadway Audiences Love Nostalgic "Newsies." But — Do They Read The News, Today? ... Mick Jagger and "SNL" Keep On Rolling Along. And — Where's the 21st Century Shakespeare?
SOCIAL DIARY
Last night's 30th Anniversary "Through the Kitchen" dinner benefiting the Cancer Research Institute; and remembering the life and fate of Mary Richardson Kennedy.
PARTY PICTURES
The Animal Medical Center's Fourth Annual Living Legends Luncheon; The 11th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon; The Children's Storefront's eighth Annual Harlem Luncheon; Lapham's Quarterly's first annual gala; The Food Allergy Initiative's Spring Luncheon.
GUEST DIARY
Jill Krementz, NYSD's Associate Editor, covers two celebrations in Chelsea: One for Maira Kalman's exhibition at the Julie Saul Gallery and the other for the publication of Annik La Farge's book, On The High Line.
GUEST DIARY Liz Smith: A Night On The Town With Gigi and Harry Benson, and Other Smart New Yorkers ... Remembering Donna Summer ... Celebrating Jane Fonda.
SOCIAL DIARY
Beautiful day and evening in New York; an engagement party for Tessa and Tucker; a booksigning reception for Mary McFadden; A Legion d'Honneur for Paul LeClerc; and a poor lost dog.
PARTY PICTURES
American Ballet Theatre's 72nd Anniversary Season Opening Night Spring Gala; Orchestra of St. Luke's Annual Gift of Music Gala; 71st Annual Bal des Berceaux; J. McLaughlin hosted a "Sip and Shop" night to benefit Thinking Animals.
HOUSE
Sian visit furniture designer Tucker Robbins at his home in Midtown East. Photographed by Jeff Hirsch.
GUEST DIARY Liz Smith: Sobriety Rules At Caron New York Gala, Honoring Clive Davis and Judy Collins ... Phil and Marlo Celebrate 32 years ... Ann Patchett's "State of Wonder" is ... a wonder!
SOCIAL DIARY
Yesterday's City Harvest luncheon with guest speaker Susan Fales-Hill was a big hit; and a curious conversation by Richard Turley in a new magazine called Vault.
GUEST DIARY Liz Smith: Bandleader Peter Duchin Will Play the Wedding March With His Virginia Coleman. Also — "Hysteria" Grips Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rupert Everett! (New York Screening Gives Off Good "Vibrations.")
SOCIAL HISTORY
Delia von Neuschatz interviews author Caroline Moorehead about her life, her books, and what drew her to her subjecs.
DINING
Jeanne Lawrence, our Shanghai Diarist, takes us on a tour of dumplings and other Shanghai cuisines.
