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CONTENTS T he Palm B each Issue 136 108 thank heaven Quest photographs Palm Beach fathers and daughters

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Worth the wait

With recently widened streets and taller palm trees

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A new book on architect Morris Lapidus,

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Clockwise from top left: with my dad on graduation from Madison Avenue Presbyterian; David and Lydia Ober during this issue's photo shoot; Laddy and Gracie Merck at their Palm Beach home.

I am not a palm beach native. It wasn’t until after college

that I began having fond memories of the island while visiting for birthdays, weddings, and other celebrations. When I was little, my mother used to bring me to Jupiter Island in Hobe Sound for spring break, but what I remember most from these trips is rain. Lots of rain. After one particularly rainy season, I turned to my mom and asked her if we could, perhaps, do something else the following year. From then on, my mother challenged herself to find new adventures for us every year. We went to see the wild ponies of Assateague Island, and stayed in the B&B where Marguerite Henry wrote her tale of the wild pony, Misty. We drove the coast of California and, along the way, stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Hearst at their farmhouse at the base of San Simeon. One of my dearest memories is a magnificent trail ride with Mrs. (Austine) Hearst and her granddaughter Addie through the famed “hills of gold” on her beloved Arabians. Very few girls escape the horse bug between the ages of four and fourteen, when horses get replaced by a different girl obsession: teenage boys. My freshman year at boarding school, I had a crush on a boy who, concidentally, also went to Hobe Sound on break. I looked at my mother pleadingly, and down we went. And it rained. Again. So it is always with trepidation that I board the plane to Palm Beach to produce our annual photo portfolio of Palm Beach families. It is complicated enough coordinating schedules, but the weather? She's downright unpredictable. And, sure enough, it did rain, but not more than a sprinkle between shots. In 16 QUEST

the past, we’ve shot mothers, grandmothers, sons, daughters, and children, but, this year, we captured the unique bond between fathers and daughters, a relationship so filled with love it’s hard to not get a great photo. This is not to say that there wasn’t a certain amount of bravery on the part of our models (and not just on what I consider the uncomfortable side of the camera). “You want us to actually get on the bikes?” Yes. “You mean you actually want us to kayak?” Absolutely. Every father and daughter share their own favorite pastimes. My dad and I had puddle-jumping after rainstorms, Sunday sundaes after church, and fierce games of Go Fish before school. It is this last one that caused my mother a great deal of consternation when she would find my father and me in the library playing cards at five or six in the morning. She would carry on about how I needed my sleep for school, which resulted in a wink and a smile from Dad—an unspoken “see you here tomorrow morning.” It’s that wink between fathers and daughters that we’ve hoped to capture in these photos. Elsewhere in the issue we review the newly renovated Worth Avenue. While I was in Palm Beach, I stayed at the home of Jimmy Borynack, owner of Wally Findlay Galleries, located on the corner on Worth Avenue and South County. I took several strolls and found some new stores, including the Island Company (I picked up a shirt-dress and flipflops), Sequin (home of fantastic clip-on earrings), and Woof Gang Bakery (a gift for my dog)—all of which are great new additions since my last visit. So, rain or shine, there’s always a reason to go back to P.B.! u

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NEW YORK SO C IAL DIARY It was a lovely holiday season that just passed, ringing out the old year in New York. Those who came to visit, those who live and stayed here, can attest. Mother Nature crowned it with a raging, windy storm of the white stuff over the Christmas weekend. It made hard going

for travelers, but it was a beautiful and enforced respite for many others, and the city sparkled in the aftermath of the snowfall. A lively topic of conversation during that time was George Gurleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s piece in the Style section of the New York Times about a pretty

young New York woman, a Johns Hopkins undergrad named Hadley Nagel, who was making her debut at the International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf. Nagel has no shortage of self-confidence, and apparently no illusions about her privilege and its advantages. Being

a debutante at the dawn of the second decade of the twenty-first century is far from old-fashioned for Nagel. If anything, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brilliant selfmarketing. Tinsley Mortimer and Paris Hilton come to mind, although neither gained attention as debutantes. Nagel is bright and openly

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ambitious, as are many who “make it” it this world of society and privilege and power. Ambition is desirable for getting ahead in life. However, the word, for many women, brings to mind (and often rightly) Joan Crawford’s personality on the movie screen—although there are even worse examples in real life. She is a graduate of Nightingale-Bamford, a private girl’s school here in the city. She is a writer, a singer (coloratura soprano), and carrying a double major (international relations and history). She’s pretty too. While reading it, I was 20 QUEST

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thinking how the debutante image has never been an intellectual one—until this girl came along. The closest Hadley Nagel gets to that old, spoiled debutante image is, again Gurley’s reportage, the intimation by some that the character of Serena van der Woodsen on “Gossip Girl” is a lightly veiled version of Nagel (minus the “promiscuity and drugs”). But, given that the writers created the character just around the time Hadley Nagel arrived in the world, that’s a stretch. Debutante balls in the days of yore went out around the same time that John and Jacqueline Kennedy moved

into the White House in 1961. Jackie Kennedy had been a debutante in New York in the 1947-48 season. When the longtime Democratic Roman Catholic bachelor senator from Massachusetts decided to marry and take his political career and his father’s wishes seriously, he made a brilliant move in pursuing the then Miss Bouvier with his wit and Irish charm. No doubt his father’s immense fortune garnished the offering. Jackie was Roman Catholic also, which would have pleased his mother, Rose Kennedy. Plus, she was “society”—and looked it. Ironically, for the worldwide

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fame that Jackie acquired, the write-ups on the parties and balls and committees that she served on and attended in the winter of 1947-48 never spotlighted the pretty young woman with the wide dazzling smile. She was not a stand-out debutante, like women such as Brenda Frazier or Barbara Hutton who came before her, nor was that probably even on her mind. Her name found its way into the New York Times as a volunteer or committee member, but there were no interviews asking her what she thought of her future. She was like her contemporaries— going through the motions of

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A preparing herself for a future in “society.” In late January 1952, in the wedding section of the New York Times, it was announced that Jacqueline Lee Bouvier had become engaged to John G.W. Husted, Jr. Besides listing the schools the girl attended (Chapin, Miss Porter’s, Vassar, Sorbonne), it stated that she was “a debutante of the 1947 season.” Husted was a graduate of St. Paul’s and Yale. That bit of background was an important part of a young woman’s life: a badge, a stamp of approval for the groom’s reputation. Her betrothal was the ultimate for a debutante: Mission Accomplished. Of

course, fate in the form of Jack Kennedy stepped in, and the girl’s life took a different course. The world of Jacqueline Bouvier, the world of debutantes, as it were, began changing when the boys (and girls, but mainly boys) came home from the war in Europe. Their own children, the first post-war/post-Depression babies, the so-called Boomers, would be brought up with other ideas, including Civil Rights and Women’s Lib. The children of this generation would complete that change. In the Times interview with Hadley Nagel there was no indication that marriage, motherhood, or homemaking

were priorities in the young woman’s objectives. Nagel is equipping herself for bigger things and could just as likely be running a corporation or a government, rather than planning a dinner or managing a household. The traditional idea of presenting a young woman to society dates back further than the fourteen-year-old Cleopatra, as she was prepared to take the throne of Egypt. The ritual had a specific and practical use: finding husbands. A lot was riding on it: those who didn’t succeed often became governesses or nuns. Or spinsters. Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, the first of the famously

celebrated debutantes of the last century, writing in her memoir 1954 The Glitter and the Gold, referred to her “coming out” in London and Paris as exhausting. It lasted weeks with the trans-Atlantic voyages, trips from London to Paris for fittings, followed by all the social events in addition to the actual debut, which took place in London— where Americans went to gain prestige. Alva Vanderbilt, her mother, had a plan to find the girl a husband, preferably a king, a prince, or a very high-ranking duke. The objective was achieved when the girl was introduced to the Ninth Duke of Marlborough, Charles

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had remarried happily and was living as an American woman of great independent wealth. She admitted that her mother’s ambition had provided a very interesting and privileged life. The generation following Consuelo Vanderbilt ushered in the Roaring ’20s, the Jazz Age, Prohibition, the Stock Market Crash, and Barbara Woolworth Hutton, the only child of Edna Woolworth, one of three daughters of F. W. Woolworth, founder of the five-and-dime chain. Barbara’s mother committed suicide when the girl was five years old, and she discovered her mother’s body. Her father, Franklyn Hutton, brother

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of E.H. Hutton, had been divorced from her mother at the time. The child went to live with relatives, including her cousin Dina Merrill. Not surprisingly, little Barbara was withdrawn and introverted. Like her friend and contemporary Doris Duke, she was also one of the richest girls in the world. In 1930, on her eighteenth birthday, Barbara was given a coming-out party at the RitzCarlton Hotel (demolished in 1951, the Ritz-Carlton was the fashionable choice for large private society parties and balls). It was the party of the year for New York. Maurice

Chevalier and Rudy Vallee, two of the biggest singing stars of the day, entertained. The guest list carried all the big names of society, including Vanderbilts, Astors, and Rockefellers. The flowers alone were said to have cost $50,000—hundreds of thousands in today’s currency. The market crash, which occurred a year before, in late October 1929, had caused a great dislocation for business and for working people, but the Great Depression, as the period later became known, was not yet apparent. By late 1930, many believed the stock market was recovering. In fact, it rose substantially that year. However, the New

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York press had a field day covering Barbara Hutton’s lavish debut. The upshot was very negative for Barbara, already known as the Poor Little Rich Girl. Fifty thousand bucks on flowers while there were people who didn’t have fifty cents a day to feed themselves? They gave her a new name: Rich Bitch. The young girl was innocent, but the public perception was harsh, similar to that of Lindsay Lohan today. It was so bad was that she was sent to Europe to get away from the clawing press. When Barbara turned twenty-one, in 1933, as the world was really entering the 26 QUEST

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depths of the Great Depression, Barbara Hutton came into her inheritance: about $45 million (approximately $1 billion in today’s dollars). That year, still in Europe, she married her first husband, Alexis Mdivani (a selfstyled prince, one of three brothers from the country of Georgia, famously known as the Marrying Mdivanis, and connoisseurs of rich women. She had six husbands after the prince, whom she divorced less than two years after their marriage. There was Lance Reventlow, an abusive German count who gave her a son and her only child. Then, seven years later, there

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was Cary Grant, with whom she lived in Hollywood—that lasted a little less than three years. Then another prince, Igor Troubetzkoy (four years), Domincan playboy Porfirio Rubirosa (a couple of months), a German baron, von Cramm (four years), and, finally, a Vietnamese prince, Pierre Raymond Doan (two years). It was a vagabond life for the little girl whose mother left her so traumatically, a life suffused with entourages, travel trunks of possessions, drinking, drugging, moving, traveling, building, selling, marrying, divorcing, and moving, moving, moving.

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The face tells the story— terminal ennui for the Poor Little Rich Girl. Barbara had what her longtime friend John Galliher called “inconsequential generosity.” She lived extravagantly and grandly in large residences in Europe, Morocco, Mexico, New York, Paris, and others. She showered her husbands with huge, expensive gifts (Rubirosa got a string of polo ponies and an airliner in his brief marital foray with Barbara.) She was a major collector of precious jewels, buying frequently and without concern for cost. Her “generosity,” Galliher explained, was expressed when

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A anybody admired something she owned. If they liked it or thought it was beautiful, inevitably she’d take it off and give it to them. When she died, at age sixtysix—living at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel—she was said to have had less than $3,000 in her bank account, and a great many of her million-dollar jewel pieces were gone. Eight years after Barbara Hutton made her debut at the Ritz-Carlton, in 1938, as the nation began to raise itself out of the depths of the financial debacle, another young heiress, Brenda Frazier, was introduced to the world of society in the same ballroom at the Ritz.

Frazier was a stunner, and she would soon become the debutante of the century. As the New York Times declared, she was “the most glamorous, black-haired, gardenia-skinned, ruby-lipped debutante who ever wore a strapless dress.” Brenda’s mother, Mrs. Frederick Watriss, born Brenda Williams-Taylor, was the daughter of a woman with great pretensions toward society. The grandmother kept a portrait of Hitler, given to her by the dictator himself, and no amount of history prevented her from prominently displaying it in her house. “It made very little difference to my grandmother

whether a man was a beast or a hero, as long he as he was a head of state,” Brenda later recalled. Her grandparents— her grandfather was a knighted Canadian diplomat—lived between New York and Ottawa. The first Brenda was presented to society at Buckingham Palace during the reign of Edward VII. Encouraged by her mother, she developed a taste for society in New York. Despite her background, her social connections went unpublicized until her beautiful daughter came of age. Brenda Frazier’s mother and father had divorced when she was four years old, and

her mother remarried twice. Growing up in New York, she attended Chapin and then Miss Porter’s in Farmington. Her father died a few years later, leaving his young daughter a little over $4 million (or more than $50 million in today’s currency). Frank Duff Frazier had been a commodities trader and made most of his fortune in relatively short time by cornering the Western wheat market in the early 1930s. The emergence of Brenda Frazier, debutante, glamourgirl millionaire, was what today would be called a major marketing event. She was as famous as Paris Hilton. Like Hilton, the girl developed a yen for the nightlife in New

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York in her early teenage years. By the time she was fifteen, Maury Paul, writing the Cholly Knickerbocker society column for the JournalAmerican, predicted that she would become famous when she made her debut. She created the white powdered look for her face contrasting the red of her lipstick and making her dark brown hair look black. The strapless gown, again creating a new look, became her signature. Her comingout party—she took bows at several—turned into one big long night at El Morocco. Soon she was not only on the cover of Life, but in Walter Winchell’s 30 QUEST

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column in the Hearst papers, as well as magazine ads for soaps, cars (although she couldn’t drive), and cigarettes. Her fame surprised her more than anybody. “I don’t deserve this. I haven’t done anything at all; I’m just a debutante,” she once remarked. On the night of her official bow, she’d come down with flu and her legs were swollen painfully from edema. Begging her mother to cancel the party was ineffective. The show went on, and it was later reported that Brenda went with it: she danced all night with the party winding down at six the following morning. Fame brought her dates

with Howard Hughes, among others, but the results of her spectacular “debut” were slow in materializing. “Unless I married well, the whole year would have passed in vain,” Frazier later said, adding, “I was bred and trained to be married, run a household, give parties, and rear daughters to have their own debuts and sons to dance with a new generation of debutantes.” Finally, three years after her coming out, in 1941, Brenda Frazier, the world’s most famous debutante, married John “Shipwreck” Kelly. Kelly, eleven years older than his bride, was a tall,

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handsome all-American track and football star from Kentucky. He played halfback in the NFL and five seasons in the for the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers football club, which he later owned with Dan Topping, and reorganized as the Baltimore Colts. A charming, charismatic personality, a frequent habitué of “21” and El Morocco, he was the darling of the social set and was said to be unfazed by it, although his social pals became his security blanket. Their wedding, in contrast to Brenda’s coming-out parties, was tiny, taking place in her mother’s apartment at the Ritz-Carlton in the

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A presence of immediate family and twenty guests. T. Suffern (Tommy) Tailer, a socialite golfer, was best man, and the bride, attended only by a flower girl, Helen Alexander, was given away in marriage by her step-brother, Frederick Watriss. After the wedding there was a reception in the hotel for two hundred guests, including Doris Duke, Molly HudsonVanderbilt, Jock Whitney, and Creighton Webb, known in his day as the “grand old man of society.” The couple honeymooned in San Francisco and settled down in New York in an apartment off of Sutton Place (currently the residence of

Tina Brown and Sir Harold Evans). Their only child, Mary Victoria, was born the following year. The star-studded lives of both newlyweds had its limits, and their wedding also marked the peak of their personal success and popularity. This did not bode well for either. “Shipwreck” Kelly’s athletic career had brought him all kinds of accolades from supporters and fans, including mentoring by rich bankers and business tycoons. But his off-field business ventures never had the success or the sensational turns he experienced as an athlete. His business prowess was unsteady. His greatest

achievements had come in youth and disintegrated thereafter into memories, hailed most enthusiastically at cocktail parties or long martini lunches at “21.” By 1950, according to Frazier’s biographer, Gioia Diliberto, the marriage was over, although they were not divorced until 1956. The world’s most celebrated debutante was no longer in the circle of interest. The crowd had moved on and she was alone, isolated by her defunct fame. She got involved in two volatile relationships, particularly one with jetsetter Count Pietro Mele, a wealthy Italian who was given to unpredictable mood swings.

After one especially explosive public scene, the couple broke up. A week later, Brenda was admitted to a hospital for treatment of a severe nervous breakdown. After recovery, she attempted suicide. In 1957, Brenda married a man named Robert ChatfieldTaylor at her house in Harwichport, on Cape Cod. She later told friends that she knew the marriage was a mistake from the outset, and five years later they divorced. Soon after, she was hospitalized for more than a month. Drugs and alcohol had moved in. Over the next three decades, she made thirty more attempts—all unsuccessful— to end her life.

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A In December of 1963, Life magazine, which had made her famous with a cover twentyfive years before, re-visited the famous debutante. The attention buoyed her briefly and she appeared several times on television talk shows decrying the emptiness of her former celebrated life. Those televised moments, however, were appearance of stability in the woman’s life. For the next three decades, Brenda Diana Duff Frazier Kelly Chatfield-Taylor, would be in and out of hospitals, treated for alcoholism and habitual drug use. In February of 1982, she entered a hospital complaining of chronic pain. She was finally diagnosed with

inoperable bone cancer. Three months later, on May 2, 1982, she died. Recalling her mother’s life, Brenda’s daughter, Victoria, said: “I’m guessing, but I’d say my mother didn’t care whether she lived or died. She was depressed. If she died, she died. If she came to, she came to.” Ten years after Brenda Frazier made her debut at the Infirmary Ball, in 1948, a year after Jacqueline Bouvier made her bow, a pretty blonde named Joanne Connelley made hers at the same annual ball. A little girl from New Jersey, blonde—very blonde—with large, piercing blue eyes,

who was an “extraordinarily middle-class” girl, according to one who knew her then, Joanne Connelley was shy around the “adults,” although she was sure of herself when it came to getting a reaction from the opposite sex. After puberty, “pretty” became “beautiful,” and eventually “gorgeous”— the kind of looks ambitious girls in those days would kill for. She was, so it seemed, not so ambitious on the face of it. Dutiful, respectful, obedient, even compliant. Nice girls were. Or so it seemed. The mother was another story. The mother had been a one-time (but never forgetting) debutante named Margaret Dorner, who as a

young girl married a handsome Irish-American named Jack Connelley. He, like his wife, was not in the Social Register, but he got around. Their child, the angel, Joanne, was born in 1931, just after the bottom dropped out of the stock market. The Connelley fortunes were tanking too. A few years later, the couple divorced. Margaret remarried—a guy named Huntington Watts— right out of the New York Social Register. Little Joanne, however, remained the focus of her mother’s dreams. She stood out—at least her mother thought so— with luminescent beauty, that kind of untouchable charisma

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some people seem to have and are also unaware of. Her mother was aware for her, and she would be brought up to expect the best, and she would have it. After her mother’s marriage to Watts, Joanne was placed in a convent school on Long Island, and then Miss Beard’s in Orange, New Jersey. However, Margaret’s marriage failed. By the mid1940s, Watts had faded away, and Margaret, working in an exclusive Upper East Side dress shop, was eking out a living to keep the precious child in private school. By her mid-teens, the child was developing into a lady. Petite, well-formed, and buxom, with hair of naturally golden blonde. There was a kind of feverish mistiness to her hazel eyes, the kind that boys read as sex. Someone 36 QUEST

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else might see sadness or anger. Then when she smiled, the sun beamed, gone were all hints of darkness. The temptress was a virgin. By age seventeen, a very young woman in Joanne Connelley’s world had only a handful of choices. College, if she could afford it (which she could not), or a job (which meant a menial one, for the glass ceiling was very low), or she could get married, perhaps the most legitimate pursuit in the minds of most women. A rich man was a very good idea. New York City in 1948 was the center of the world. The country had emerged from the war unharmed. The Depression had turned into the greatest boom in modern history, bustling at all hours of the day and night. There were thousands of

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clubs throughout the town, as well as in all the big hotels like the Plaza, the Pierre, the Ambassador, the Savoy-Plaza, the St. Regis, the Waldorf. It was a great big town of working-class neighborhoods, manufacturing and office districts and avenues for the rich. There were at least seven daily newspapers. There was no television. Everybody read the papers, often two or three, everyday. Republicans got the Trib in the morning and the Telegram in the afternoon. The Times went to the liberals and the hoi polloi read the News and the Mirror in the morning and the Post and the Journal in the afternoon. All the papers had their star columnists. The biggest was Walter Winchell. Then came Dorothy Kilgallen, and Cholly Knickerbocker, the latter being a nom de plume for a

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column called the Smart Set, in the Journal. They all wrote about society, starting with Barbara Hutton, whose coming-out party startled the nation. Then Brenda Frazier. Then Cary Latimer, Mimi Baker, and Cobina Wright, Jr. They were glamour girls, beautiful and presumably rich—a dream come true. This was how Margaret Watts saw her Joanne. A social debut was step one. Margaret didn’t have a dime, but there were ways. She had access to clothes, and the Infirmary Ball was a bargain. The girls paid $50 to bring one escort and $10 for each additional escort. On the evening of December 20, 1948, Joanne Connelley was presented with 124 other girls to society at the annual Debutante Cotillion

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A Ball, benefiting the New York Infirmary. The Infirmary Ball was (and still is) prestigious, with girls from the best old New York families. Within weeks she was hitting El Morocco and the Stork, smiling behind a glass of champagne, dancing the rhumba with the South American millionaires. In mid-January of 1949, her face was on the cover of Life. “One of the prettiest of this year’s crop of debutantes,” pronounced the editors. By the springtime, her name or face was in the papers every morning. Screen tests were offered and taken (she flunked). And there were marriage proposals—suitor

number four won. He was Robert Sweeny. Jr., a lanky California-born millionaire, R.A.F. hero, and one-time British amateur golf champion. Tall, dark, and handsome, Sweeny was already famous for his affairs with Barbara Hutton (to whom he’d been engaged), and Lady Sylvia Ashley, famous herself as the widow of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and former wife of Clark Gable. Sweeny and Connelley made a beautiful couple out of Town & Country. Or, city slicker and country bumpkin. He was also twice her age. They began spending time in Palm Beach. A daughter was born the following year, in

1950. Two years later, they had a second. Father played golf, the young mother sat around bored, drinking with her older society women friends. Drinking became part of her daily regimen. She was a young drunk, in a world where they were all ages. She developed the classic vanity syndrome of worrying about her weight, hindering the situation with diet pills. They took off weight and gave you energy—a miracle! That, with a couple glasses of gin, and you could be on another planet. Sleeping pills could bring you back to the satin sheets for a nap. In short time, the Sweeny marriage was over. In 1954, naming Porfirio Rubirosa as

the other man, and getting custody of their daughters, he divorced her. The year before, in Switzerland, she had met Jaime Ortiz-Patino, known to his friends as Jimmy Ortiz, a member of the Bolivian tin mining family, and only two years older than she. By the time her divorce from Sweeny came through, she had accepted Ortiz’s proposal to marry. The now ex-Mrs. Sweeny was traveling in the same orbit as Elsa Maxwell, the Windsors, Maria Callas, Mona Bismarck, Aristotle Onassis, Aly Khan, and Rita Hayworth. Pleasant, although without wit, her fame in America had crossed

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A personally ambitious the Atlantic. debutante had a dazzling party catapulted her into no The night before the finale in America in 1959 when celebritydom so that she mothers and there were no wedding something went Charlotte Ford came out at a was almost as famous as her disappointments. After the assassination of wrong. Joanne wanted to party given by her parents in automotive-heir father, Henry back out. Mother’s pressure Grosse Pointe. It was covered Ford II. Although, later in life, John Kennedy, Jackie’s life was applied. Daughter was in the national press, in Time she and her sister had multiple changed, as did fashion and and in no position to back out. and Newsweek. The whole marriages like so many of their culture—dramatically She’d left the Sweeny marriage world read about it. Mainly contemporaries, neither had a decisively. The Vietnam War’s effect on the national without a sous. The couple dialogue killed the concept was married in Margaret of elite girls coming out, Watts’s Paris apartment. along with a lot of other They headed to Capri for concepts. From 1964 the honeymoon. onwards through the One day, seven weeks 1970s and the liberation after the “I do’s,” Jimmy movements, debutantes Ortiz returned to their and their parties were either villa to find his bride non-existent or dullsville. on the bedroom floor, In the first decade of the unconscious. Sleeping pills. twenty-first century, I’ve A long and messy divorce seen their public image rise followed. Three years later, somewhat. This year the in 1957, she was given a International Debutante $100,000 cash settlement. Cotillion held its fifty-sixth And allowed to keep her annual ball with several jewels (a few million in hundred attending the today’s dollars). black-tie, white-tie gala Late in the morning of at the Waldorf-Astoria June 31, 1957, however, just three days before two weeks into Joanne Christmas Eve. Connelley’s new life, a maid Young women today, entered her bedroom and however, have different found her “unconscious role models than their and pale, breathing antecedents. They expect heavily.” Panicked, she to advance themselves called for Margaret Watts. through education and The young beauty was careers, rather than taken to the hospital. But marriage. They often want not in time. Wrapped in full-time careers instead of, a bathrobe, still wearing or as well as, motherhood. the $100,000 diamond They also live in a Jimmy Ortiz had given her, world where the word Joanne Connelley had died “marketing,” as much of a heart attack. She was as education, is a key to twenty-seven years old. The “She was the beauty Clockwise from top left: Joanne Connelley on the cover of Life magazine; Brenda accomplishment. Frazier as a debutante; Frazier later in life; Charlotte Ford at her debut in 1959. word “debutante,” aside with the miseries,” wrote from its social intimations, Dorothy Kilgallen in her is, as it always was, an best sob sister prose. “She because it was reported to have taste for the fast life (Charlotte had the brilliant smile for the cost $500,000, which would be has never had a drink). As they “opportunity,” but now it is photographers and the terrible like $15 million today. matured, besides parenting for the experience of meeting tears when the bedroom door Charlotte’s sister Anne their children, they devoted people, of going out into the was closed. She was equipped came out at another dazzler themselves to their friends and world, of gathering. And so it for nothing more than posing the following year, but the their philanthropies. Neither remains the ritualistic tradition and taking orders. You press reaction was a little had been led to expect (or that it always was. What has couldn’t really feel sorry for lower key: a kind of been desire) anything more from changed is the world, changed her.” a coming-out party than the to suit the debutante, the there, done that. The great era of the Charlotte’s famous party itself. So there were young woman of tomorrow. 40 QUEST

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Sabrina Forsythe and Michael Kovner

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The Junior Assembly will hold its “Disco Daze” cotillion at 4:15 p.m. at The Beach Club. For more information, call 561.762.4431. the giving tree

The Tree of Life Foundation International will present the 2011 Global Heart Awards pre-event cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. at Club Colette. For more information, call 561.833.1533.

plan ahead

Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast will host its annual dinner dance at 7 p.m. at Club Colette. For more information, call 561.848.6402.

a piece of paris

The Hospice Foundation of Palm Beach County will hold its annual “An American in Paris” dinner dance at 7 p.m. at The Breakers. For more information, call 561.832.8585.

coming up roses

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will host its “Sixty-Five Rose” dinner dance at 7 p.m. at The Breakers. For more information, call 561.683.9965.

premiere party

The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County will hold its premiere event at 6 p.m. at The Breakers. For more information, call 561.478.0700.

get a kick out of it

On January 14, contemporary art, design, and photography will be displayed to the public during the Miami International Art Fair at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The event will take place through the 17th. For more information, call 239.495.9834.

musical suppers

The New York Philharmonic is offering five post-concert culinary events, called “Musical Suppers,” beginning in January and lasting until June, at Arpeggio Food & Wine. For more information, call 212.875.5656. 62 QUEST

caring community

The Alzheimer’s Community Care will host its annual gala at 6:30 p.m. at The Breakers. For more information, call 561.683.2700.

policemen’s ball

The Palm Beach Police Foundation

will hold its sixth annual “Policemen’s Ball” at 7 p.m. at The Mar-a-Lago Club. For more information, call 561.820.8118.

amazing arias

The Palm Beach Opera will host a dinner and cabaret at The Colony

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will host its kick-off party at 6:30 p.m. at The Mar-a-Largo Club. For more information, call 561.833.2080.

honoring philanthropy

The Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties will hold its “Celebration of Philanthropy” dinner dance at 7:30 p.m. at Club Colette. For more information, call 561.659.6800.

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OB/EN SD #6. MLS# 2339649. $4,495,000. Deborah Tintle Hauser, LSP, 631.692.6770 ext.328

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SD #3. MLS# 2326809. $5,450,000. Christina Porter, LAB, 516.759.4800 ext.142 c.516.835.5512

SD #3. MLS# 2340152. $2,999,000. Michael Piccolo, Esq., LAB, 516.759.4800 ext.106 c.516.376.2926

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Old Brookville, NY

SD #3. MLS# 2326022. $3,199,000. Rita Varriale, LAB, 516.674.2000 ext.119 c.516.382.4892

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SD #15. MLS# 2344716. $5,500,000. Jean Margolin, LAB, 516.484.1800 ext.250 c.516.317.9349

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SD #3. MLS# *1090464. $15,500,000. Barbara Candee, LAB, 516.759.4800 ext.136 c.516.456.0330

SD #6. MLS# 2306379. $2,750,000. Lori Schoen, LSP, 516.922.9155 ext.130 Christina Whitman, LAB, 516.922.9155 ext.126

SD #4. MLS# 2249440. $7,900,000. Yvonne J. (Bonnie) Doran, LAB, 516.627.4440 ext.222 c.516.729.5663

SD #3. MLS# 2348574. $11,900,000. Bonnie Devendorf, LAB, 516.759.4800 ext.111 c.516.509.6229

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graceful luncheon

The New York City Ballet’s annual luncheon will be held at 11:15 a.m. at the David H. Koch Theater, following a performance of “Dance on Stage and Screen.” For more information, call 212.870.5585.

for the children

The New York Presbyterian Phillis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health will host “Plates for Pediatrics” at 6 p.m. at The St. Regis Hotel. For more information, call 212.821.0967.

florida fun

On January 21, the Palm Beach Zoo’s seventh annual dinner dance will be held at 7 p.m. at The Breakers. The proceeds from the event will support the non-profit zoological organization, which houses more than 1,400 animals with 23 acres of lush tropical habitat. For more information, call 561.307.8000.

The Palm Beach Zoo will host its seventh annual dinner dance at 7 p.m. at The Breakers. For more information, call 561.307.8000.

host an event at 7 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-bythe-sea. The musical performance will be conducted by Ramon Tebar. For more information,call 561.655.2657.

Art Palm Beach, running through the 24th, will display contemporary art, design, and photography at he Palm Beach County Convention Center. For more information, call 239.495.9834.

The Winter Antiques Show Young Collectors Night will take place at 7 p.m. at the Park Avenue Armory. Proceeds from the event will benefit the East Side House Settlement. For more information, call 718.292.7392.

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on display

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have a ball

The American Red Cross will hold its fifty-fourth annual International Red Cross Ball at 7 p.m. at the Mar-a-Largo Club. For more information, call 561.718.5602.

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The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation will host its “Into the Light” dinner dance at 7 p.m. at Club Colette. For more information, call 888.944.4408.

Antiques at the Armory will feature a hundred select exhibits of fine and affordable pieces. The event will run through the 23rd at the 69th Regiment Armory. For more information, call 973.808.5015.

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The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will host its “Gem of an Evening” gala at the Flagler Museum. For more information, call 561.686.7701. night at the museum

The Breast Cancer Foundation will host its “Hot Pink” luncheon and symposium at 11:45 a.m. at The Breakers. For more information, call 561.835.0510.

The Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach will hold its annual “Bishop’s Reception” at 6:30 p.m. at the Mar-a-Largo Club. For more information, call 561.314.1250.

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The American International Fine Arts Fair will be held at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. For more information, call 239.949.5411.

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party religiously

The Palm Beach Symphony will

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The Norton Museum of Art will hold its “Bal des Arts” to honor the seventieth anniversary of the museum. For more information, call 561.832.5196.

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The American Cancer Society will host its fifty-third annual Palm Beach gala at 7 p.m. at The Mar-a-Largo Club. For more information, call 561.655.3449.

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On January 8, the sixth annual “Policeman’s Ball” will take place at 7 p.m. at the Mar-a-Lago Club, raising funds for the Palm Beach Police Foundation and providing an opportunity to support those who serve the community. For more information, call 561.820.8118.

The Associates Committee of the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center will host the third annual associates council luncheon at Rouge Tomate. For more information, call 212.639.7972.

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Elesabeth and F. Warrington Gillet, Jr., at their home in Palm Beach, 1983.

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IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY as i was sitting at my home in Wellington recently,

wondering when it was going to get warm again in Palm Beach, I began thinking back on my visit there in 1983. I was to produce a lifestyle photo essay for LIFE magazine, and had been photographing many well-known Palm Beachers in and around their pools. When I got to the home of F. Warrington Gillet, Jr., and his wife, Elesabeth, I wanted to try something different. I suggested that they stand on the roof of their lanai and, great sports that they were, they agreed. Warry went right out to get a ladder and started climbing up. Elesabeth, dressed in a ball gown, didn’t want to climb, so up she went to the second floor of their lovely home and crawled out of a window onto the lanai for a quick photograph with the pool below. It turned out to be an amusing shot, and I’m happy the couple was willing to go along with the idea and the ordeal of climbing out a small window while dressed to the hilt. Everyone was in hysterics at the time, but we all felt it was worth the effort. Palm Beach was—and still is—a great location for a photo essay, and I am pleased to have done one. Never dreaming that, years later, I would be living in Wellington, I look back on that first trip with fond memories and a smile on my face. u J A N U A RY 2 0 1 1 6 7

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here’s to you, mrs. robinson This is in praise of younger men. An outrage is about to take place at Preston Crown Court, England, where on January 7, 2011, a beautiful twenty-seven-year-old ballet teacher, Sarah Pirie, will be sentenced for having an “improper relationship with a fifteen-year-old” who was not named. In my not-so-humble opinion, this is dead wrong. And if Pirie is convicted, it will be the cruelest decision since the Athenians sent poor old Socrates down for corrupting the young. Mind you, the Brits have always been under-sexed, under-financed, and, most of the time, under the table with drink—but this is ridiculous. Because is there a greater gift a twenty-seven-year-old beauty can bestow upon a fifteenyear-old boy than sex? Not the other way around, mind you. A twenty-seven-year-old man should not have sex with a fifteen-year-old girl, although in our promiscuous times, finding a fifteen-year-old innocent is like winning the lottery. No, a girl has to be of age, but certainly not a boy. The greatest rite of passage takes place between the sheets when an older woman takes a young man to bed. The recent Sarah Pirie scandal recalls The Graduate, still the classic portrayal of younger-man-older-woman relationships. 6 8 Q UEST

Clockwise from top left: Jerry Hall, looking fabulous at fifty, tempts a young male model in a Chanel ad campaign; Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore make the age difference seem easy; choreographer George Balanchine, known for seducing his ballerinas, once wrote Jackie Kennedy, “Woman is the world, and man lives in it.”

Take my case, for example. It was September, 1952, and I was returning to America with my parents on the S.S. Constitution, a great liner, sister ship to S.S. Independence. We boarded in Cannes with our next stop New York harbor. On board was a famous Norwegian ship owner known as Oilboat Olga Kunnow. She and my father knew each other and we shared a dinner table in the first-class dining room. Oilboat Olga was travelling with her daughter, a twenty-four-year-old blonde beauty who was obviously bored, and in her boredom took a shine to me. We ended up in the sack. I had turned fifteen the previous month. Needless to say, I couldn’t believe my luck, so much so that I stayed in my cabin throughout the trip until my mother had enough and mentioned the fact to Oilboat Olga. My father, in the meantime, was making a play for Olga, so the atmosphere became strained to say the least. The captain of the good ship was called Bernt Jacobsen, of Norwegian stock, so my mother, a saint if there’s ever been one, went to him dropping hints that her two men were acting in an undignified manner. The captain played dumb, according to old dad years later, and assured her that it was all innocent fun. (Knowing my father, he most likely had promised a port captain’s job to Jacobsen after his retirement.) Now I ask you, dear readers, should Oilboat Olga’s beautiful daughter have been arrested upon arrival for corrupt-

ing me? I was not a virgin, but she sure taught me a trick or two. That we overdid things cannot be denied. We only appeared for lunch and dinner and never once made it to the swimming pool or the bars. Perhaps even a trans-Atlantic record may have been set, but at fifteen, anything is possible. When I got back to Blair Academy and told my schoolmates about it they all laughed in my face and said these things take place only in the movies. Some movie! The funny thing is, I never saw or heard from her again. But the trip will always stay in my mind as the greatest ever, the most dizzying crossing of any ocean, and that includes those crossed by Magellan, Columbus, and even Vasco de Gama. Sexual ferment is to a teenager what lying is to Tony Blair.

Ever present and all consuming. A normal fifteen-year-old is a walking boner, no ifs or buts about it. I’d see an ankle and the tennis game went down the tubes. My wrestling coach used to look at me while addressing the team before an important meet and say that we wouldneed all our strength tomorrow, so stop thinking of girls. As the great choreographer George Balanchine wrote to Jackie Kennedy, “Woman is the world, and man lives in it.” Jackie wanted to know why he was so obsessed with ballerinas—old George landed them all, the beauties in any case—and he answered her truthfully. For good measure, he also wrote the widow that “men take care of material things, women take care of the soul.” You can say that again. So back to Sarah Pirie. I only know what I read in the tabloids, but I think it’s funny that the alleged victim, the teenager, was reluctant to testify. Why testify against your benefactor? Five charges of unlawful sexual activity that took place between March and June last year have been dropped. Without knowing the details, I’ll bet that March, April, May, and June are the teenager’s favorite months, and a few cheap hotels in Manchester are palaces in his imagination. I can still remember my cabin on the Constitution and fifty-seven years have gone by. So, older women of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but a few good screws while they cart you off to jail. u J ANUARY 2 0 1 1 6 9

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Fresh Finds by da n i e l c a p p e l lo AN D e l i z a b e t h m e i g h e r

Precious in black and white: Wempe’s Zebra

pendant in 18-kt. white gold, brilliant-cut diamonds, and black lacquer. $9,925. Wempe:

start the new year with a whole new color palette—or a

700 Fifth Avenue or 212.397.9000.

simple yet elegant one like black and white. Our finds on this page prove that you can never go wrong with standards like black, white, and silver. For the more colorful at heart, check out our picks from Lilly Pulitzer, Tiffany & Co., and Linda Horn. Whether you’re shopping Worth Avenue or Madison Avenue, be sure to ring in the new year in style.

Go for shift-like minimalism with this geometric silk charmeuse print dress from Fiandaca. The print is sure to please. $995. Fiandaca: 150 West 36th Street or

Montblanc’s Meisterstück Diamond LeGrand Fountain

alfredfiandaca.com.

Pen in black precious resin and 14-kt. gold nib with rhodium-plated inlay. $990. Montblanc: 598 Madison Avenue or 212.223.8888.

Slip on a pair of Belgian Shoes’s Midinettes, in white patent leather with black trim. $295. Belgian Shoes: 110 East 55th Street or 212.755.7372.

You’ll be sure to stop traffic with the Traffic by Harry Winston ring, with .75 carats. $5,200. Harry Winston: 800.988.4110 or harrywinston.com.

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Eric Javits’s quilted Italian

Asprey’s Calla Lily

patent-leather wallet, in wine,

earrings in yellow

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pockets. $750. Eric Javits:

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800.374.4287 or

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The Best of Thornwillow Collection celebrates the stationer’s twenty-fifth anniversary with sets of its most beloved motif cards. Thornwillow Press: $95 for twenty-four cards at thornwillow.com.

Splash it up in Lilly Pulitzer’s printed crêpe de Chine Saemus dress, with a nineteen-inch long jeweled neckline. 3101 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, 561.799.9400, Gilles Gorriti’s “Biarritz,” a 14”x18” oil-on-canvas painting, will transport you from Palm Beach to the French beachside. $11,000. Wally Findlay Galleries: 165 Worth Avenue or 561.655.2090. 72 QUEST

or lillypulitzer.com.

Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. enamel bracelets in 18-kt. yellow gold and varied enamel colors. $22,000-$38,000. Tiffany & Co.: 259 Worth Avenue or 561.659.6090.

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$398. Lilly Pulitzer:

Fresh Finds David Yurman’s pavé Chevron double-sided cross necklaces with black diamonds come in large ($7,480) or small ($2,500). David

Stunning strands: Mikimoto’s Classic Pavé necklace in multicolor Black South Sea cultured pearls set in 18-kt. white gold. $92,000. Mikimoto: 730 Fifth Avenue or mikimotoamerica.com.

Yurman Townhouse: 712 Madison Avenue or 212.752.4255.

Style master Kendall Conrad’s handbag line is worth flying to L.A. for. Here is the Cordero bag in brown Tibetan lamb fur. $900. Kendall Conrad: 310.399.1333 or kendallconraddesign.com.

Wrap yourself for winter in Dennis Basso’s black Not your mother’s cat: the all-new 2011 Jaguar XJ is a sleek reinterpretation of an icon—and is helping to modernize the Jaguar brand. Priced from $72,700. Jaguar: JaguarUSA.com.

velvet chincilla jacket ($55,000) and black wool skirt ($950). Dennis Basso:

Rolex’s 39-mm. Oyster Perpetual Day-Date “Special Edition”

765 Madison Avenue

in platinum is set with forty diamonds and a black mother-of-pearl

or 212.564.9560.

diamond dial. $87,950. Rolex: 800.36.ROLEX or rolex.com. 74 Q U E S T

Fresh Finds Cure your winter blues and take advantage of polo season at Casa de Campo, the Dominican Republicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading resort. Casa de Campo: 800.877.3643 or casadecampo.com.do.

A lady can never be without enough sophisticated and elegant stoles, such as this gray and white silk-and-cashmere

Keep time on your side with these nightstand clocks from Timeworks, measuring four inches high. $98. The Picket Fence: thepicketfence.com.

one from CHANEL. $660. CHANEL: CHANEL boutiques or 800.550.0005.

This nineteenth-century Victorian snake head bracelet features snakes entwined, symbolizing infinity and eternal love. Red enamel body encrusted with old mine-cut diamonds, with emerald cabochon eyes. Linda Horn: lindahorn.com.

Quoddy, long admired as the king of hand-sewn moccasins, presents the Grizzly boot this season, available at J.Crew. $360. J.Crew: 800.562.0258 or jcrew.com. Upgrade for a little Parisian chic with Ralph Lauren Collectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medium French wallet in leather. $525. Ralph Lauren Collection: select Ralph Lauren stores or ralphlaurencollection.com.

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ROBERTA.McCAFFREYREALTY Garrison • Cold Spring, NY • 60 Mins NYC

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GARRISON, NY - Enjoy the ultimate in condo living in THE CASTLE, a well-known landmark high above the Hudson River. This luxurious 2 floor, 2 bedroom unit offers breathtaking views from Bear Mountain Bridge to Newburgh Bay. It has huge open rooms, 12 to 15 foot ceilings, 4 fireplaces, gourmet kitchen, and sumptuous baths. It also offers outdoor spaces, central air conditioning, and garaging for 2 cars. Offered at $2,999,999

EAST FISHKILL, Dutchess County, NY - Wiccopee House. Circa 1894, this beautiful estate on 17.6 acres, includes the 7000 square foot Georgian style main house featuring 6 bedrooms, gleaming wood floors, multiple fireplaces, period details and a gourmet kitchen. Additional features include a 100’ x 30’ barn with a 2 bedroom apartment, paddock, pool, and tennis court. Offered at $2,495,000

GARRISON, NY - Spacious and open country home with fabulous HUDSON RIVER VIEWS to the west and north to Storm King Mt and Newburgh Bay. The living room features cathedral ceiling and stone fireplace, and all living areas enjoy the views and access to stone terraces. 4 bedrooms and 2 ½ baths, includes huge master suite privately located on its own level. The in-ground pool and cabana further enhance the 5.6 acre property. Offered at $1,995,000

COLD SPRING, NY - Masterfully designed contemporary offers massive two story entry, living room and dining room sharing a grand floor to ceiling stone fireplace, large chef’s kitchen and 4 bedrooms. Walls of French doors lead to deck cantilevered over rushing mountain stream. Delightful details and high quality materials are evident throughout the home which is sited on almost 5 acres. Offered at $1,875,000

GARRISON, NY - Courtside. This rustic stone barn, whose distinctive architecture sets it apart from the ordinary, has been converted into 10,000 square feet of luxurious living space. The home features large public rooms, country kitchen, 7-8 bedrooms and a separate 2 bedroom apartment. The beautifully landscaped 4 acre property also offers a tennis court and gunite pool. Offered at $1,650,000

Putnam Valley, NY - Lovely country retreat on almost 5 acres. This C. 1935 home offers 4356 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 4 ½ baths, 2 working fireplaces, hardwood floors, and numerous window seats, nooks and crannies for added character. The glorious backyard features an inground pool with spa and sizeable barbeque and patio area. The property also includes a former dairy barn and pond. Offered at $1,300,000

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french comforts culinary offerings in palm beach can tend toward extremes, from the fancy and proper (“expected” Palm Beach, in other words) to the laid-back and casual (with nods to the seaside-resort appeal of this idyllic island). There is, of course, a middle ground, which reminds us that good dining doesn’t necessarily mean formal dining. And, thankfully, there’s always Bistro Chez Jean-Pierre as a constant reminder of what good dining ought to be. For any Palm Beacher, Bistro Chez Jean-Pierre is more than 7 8 Q U EST

just a culinary affair—it’s a family affair. Chef and owner JeanPierre Leverrier and his wife, Nicole, opened the bistro’s doors back in 1991. Today, their younger son, Guillaume, serves alongside his father as a fellow chef, while their older son, David, manages the dining room with his mother. The Leverriers, as regulars know, come from the Normandy region of France, which is reflected in the classic NorthernFrench menu. The authentic bistro ambiance is felt down to the hearty portions of food that are served up in elegant

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This page: The main dining room and menu. Opposite: Bistro Chez JeanPierre is a Leverrier family affair, with head chef Jean-Pierre and Nicole, seated, and sons Guillaume and David, standing, left to right.

yet simple plate presentations. Traditional must-haves include the homemade boudin blanc sausage (with caramelized onions, apples, and Calvados sauce), the feuillete d’escargots (with shiitake mushrooms and garlic cream sauce, in a puff pastry), salade curieuse (green beans and asparagus, with a half-slice of foie gras terrine), artichoke vinaigrette, lobster fricassée, Dover sole à la meunière, beef short ribs with Bourguignon sauce, and chef Jean-Pierre’s famous handmade desserts like

chocolate profiteroles and the frozen hazelnut soufflé. Chez Jean-Pierre has an extensive wine list featuring nearly 350 selections that are predominantly French and American, with prices ranging from $15 to $1,400. Each variety is handpicked by sommelier David Leverrier. The Leverriers’s best recipe is their recipe for success: A warm atmosphere matched by a knowledgeable, efficient, and friendly staff. It’s like having a slice of Northern France in the sunny south of Florida. What’s not satisfying about that? u J AN U ARY 2 0 1 1 7 9

AUTOMOBILES

J.D. Power & Associates announced its 2010 Rental Car Satisfaction Study results, three of the top four rankings went to the Enterprise Holdings portfolio of brands—Enterprise Rent-ACar (highest-ranked brand), National Car Rental (second), and Alamo Rent A Car (fourth)—for the third year in a row. “We are very pleased that the challenging economy has not distracted us from our longtime focus on outstanding customer service,” says chairman and CEO Andrew C. Taylor, whose family owns and operates Enterprise Holdings, “and we take great pride in this recognition that comes straight from our customers.” Indeed, that history of outstanding customer service goes back to the company’s humble beginnings in the lower level of a car distributorship in 1957. It was then that Jack Taylor, a thirty-five-year-old car sales manager in St. Louis, took a gamble and a fifty-percent pay cut and established an auto-leasing business with a desk, telephone, and seven cars at Lindburg’s Forest Cadillac dealership. By the end of that first summer, the fledgling business leased eightyseven cars and never looked back. During its second decade, Enterprise continued to grow, expanding outside of its St. Louis roots and beyond its core leasing business. Focusing on neighborhood locations and the needs of local

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renters, the company opened offices in Kansas City, Atlanta, Houston, and key markets in Florida. By the 1980s, the company’s game plan for expansion would be to open a presence in new markets, quickly build a critical mass of offices, and then let the rental business grow naturally. Throughout the 1980s, the friendly face of Enterprise spread quickly across the country as the rou-

tine of picking up customers brought Enterprise service to the customer’s doorstep. The company launched an unprecedented era of expansion during the ’90s, applying and adopting its business model in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Ireland. In 1995, it opened its first on-airport rental location in Denver, and by the end of the decade, it would be recognized as the largest rental-car company in North America. In 2007, during its fiftieth anniversary, the company

acquired the National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands. Now known as Enterprise Holdings, it operates National and Alamo as well as the flagship Enterprise Rent-A-Car brand, and is the only investment-grade company and most comprehensive service provider in the car-rental industry. With annual revenues of $12.6 billion and more than 68,000 employees, Enterprise Holdings also owns and operates, through its regional subsidiaries, more than a million cars and trucks, making it the largest car rental company in the world measured by revenue, employees, and fleet. Enterprise Holdings, still headquartered in St. Louis, continues to be owned by the Taylor family and today is ranked seventeenth on the Forbes “Top 500 Private Companies in America” list. Such success can be directly attributed to “The Enterprise Way,” a unique customer-service model and customer-centered business that has stood the test of time since 1957. And judging by its car-rental industry leadership and ratings, Enterprise Holdings will continue to exceed customer expectations every step of the way for many years to come. u This page: Today, the National Car Rental brand is part of Enterprise Holdings. Opposite, clockwise from top left: Enterprise Leasing; Enterprise Rent-A-Car; a vintage ad; founder Jack Taylor (seated at right); National Car Rental.

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the perfect vintage By Georgina Schaeffer

it is rumored that Carly Simon wrote her 1972 hit

“You’re so Vain” on a paper napkin in a Saratoga bar. There must be some creative energy that flows through paper napkins because, this season, Tracy Smith, of House of Lavande, and Jordann Weingartner, of Jordann Jewelry, released their show-stopping “Hera” necklace, which began with a sketch on a cocktail napkin. “One meeting later, we worked out all the details on how and where to have the necklace made and it’s been a mad-dash ever since,” Smith says. House of Lavande, located in the Royal Poinciana Plaza in Palm Beach, specializes in vintage jewelry of every period imaginable: from the Victorian era, through the roaring ’20s and the glamorous ’50s, to the electrifying ’80s—the designs may vary but the quality does not. Prices range from $65 to $12,000, making sure there’s something for everyone. “I really just buy what I love and what I would wear myself,” Smith says. “I never only consider what will sell as a factor when I buy. That way, if it doesn’t sell, it is still a part of my private collection.” New to Palm Beach and just five years old, House of Lavande stemmed from Smith’s own passion for collecting. Today she travels the world combing flea markets, estate sales, and working with private dealers to find one-of-a-kind pieces for her customers. And with over 10,000 pieces in the store, there is sure to be something that suits every style, from the Hollywood A-lister 82 QUEST

to the Palm Beach matriarch. But what separates this jewelry business from a host of other vintage dealers is Smith and her team’s personal attention to their clients. House of Lavande provides constultative services on what jewelry should be worn with what article of clothing, which has made it a favorite of red-carpet celebrities like Jessica Alba, Fergie, and Cameron Diaz. From an evening dress to a sweater and jeans, clients can send photos of their clothing and then House of Lavande will return with photos of pieces chosen especially for that outfit. Clients can also call the store and discuss details on what colors, designers, and looks they like, and the stylists will put together a wardrobe of selections to choose from, which can be emailed or mailed (upon approval). Smith has provided myriad stylists and editors of national fashion magazines, including Vogue, with pieces from the collection. Of her new Palm Beach boutique, Smith says, “We want everyone to know that this season, we are here and available to style any wardrobe for any need.” u House of Lavande is located at 340 Royal Poinciana Way. For more information, call 561.802.3737 or visit houseoflavande.com.

This page: the interior of House of Lavande, a new Palm Beach jewelry boutique. Opposite: owner Tracy Smith; a vintage necklace and haircomb.

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smith river kitchens is not a typical kitchen designer, but a boutique design firm specializing in cabinetry. By combining Old-World craftsmanship, strict attention to detail, and exceptional architecture, Smith River Kitchens creates rooms that express the unique style and sensibilities of its customers. Owners Scott W. Smith and Erica Broberg-Smith understand that a rigorously designed, solidly crafted kitchen can change the way you live and how you feel about your home. It can bring family and friends together while making the process of preparing a meal easier and more efficient. With Scott’s background as a residential contractor and Erica’s experience as the owner of an eight-person, high-end residential architecture firm specializing in East End country houses, historic restorations, and pre-war city renovations, Smith River Kitchens is able to deliver a superior product. “Scott and I are the lead designers and managers on every project, so clients are always dealing with an owner. This upholds the quality and standards that our clients have come to expect,” Erica says. Since 1997, Smith River Kitchens has expanded to East 8 4 Q U ES T

Hampton, New York City, Greenwich, and Fair Haven. And, with the Smiths’ recent move to the Upper East Side for their children’s schooling, a fifth location is being planned in their new neighborhood of Carnegie Hill. What makes Smith River Kitchens unique? “Our combination of architectural experience, superior design, great prices, and the ability to provide city permitting and coop board presentations,” Erica says. “Since Smith River Kitchens is essentially a ‘cabinetry architect,’ we are able to look at the whole project, combine maid’s rooms, move walls, and whatever else may be required to maximize limited space. Our firm dovetails nicely with other architects’ cabinetry drawings since we understand the importance of upholding an overall vision.” When you hire Smith River Kitchens, the work is comprehensive. Scott, Erica, and their employees know that the kitchen is the heart of the home, and will work to ensure that everything is fully completed to the homeowner’s greatest expectations. u For more information, visit smithriverkitchens.com or ericabrobergarchitect.com.

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Inset cabinetry in a vintage 1920s look, as requested by the homeowner. Open transom shelves, a built-in shelf tied into the window sill, and an antique pendant over the island work together to enhance this pre-war, yet light and modern space. Smith River Kitchensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work is both beautiful and functional.

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This page, above: a view of the clubhouse Ro b e rt S te v e n s

at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. Below, left to right: the course at sunset; the gracious lobby; a view of the clubhouse at dusk; the dining room, which has a fabulous menu for members.

trump golf boasts eleven golf courses, from Aberdeen, Scotland, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, but the flagship of the program is the newly expanded Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. Now with twenty-seven holes of premium golfing, the club is currently listed by Golf Digest as one of the “50 Best New Golf Clubs” built in the United States. Golf Magazine rates it “the #1 course in the state of Florida,” and it was ranked by Golf Magazine’s “Top 100 in the Country.” The club is the only recipient of the “Six Star Diamond Award” from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences. What was once a 350-acre parcel of flat, scrub land has been transformed into a world-class course comprised of hills, palm trees, flowers, waterfalls, oak trees, streams, creeks, and coconut trails. Jim Fazio, the course’s architect moved more than three million cubic yards of earth in a period of nine months. “If I never design another course, I am satisfied that this project was one of the highlights of my career,” he says. More than 1,000 live oak trees were adapted to the landscape and 800 coconut palms now grace the grounds. The perimeter of the course is ringed with 700 mature Royal Palms that define the boundaries and establish a formal quality of the club. The course was built for tournament caliber play, measuring 7,350 yards from the back tees, and the club has hosted nine LPGA tour championships, with such winners as Annika Sorenstam, Karri Webb, and Lorena Ochoa, and two ADT Skills Challenges, won by Nick Faldo and Peter Jacobson. But Donald Trump insisted the course be challenging yet playable. Each hole has six sets of tees, so each accommodates a variety of skill levels and gives the option of playing over water. The practice facility is so highly regarded that many professionals from the PGA, LPGA, and Champions tours regularly visit to hone their skills during the off-season. The world-renowned teaching staff, directed by PGA hall of famer Dr. Gary Wiren, gives members the opportunity to elevate their games. u

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Q: How does today’s market compare to what was going on twelve months ago? A: The Palm Beach real-estate market overall is up significantly from twelve months ago and we’ve certainly seen that in our office. Q: What advantage do buyers have in today’s market? A: Our buyers are finding a larger inventory from which to make their choice of home and pricing that represents real value. While it seems that rock bottom prices are history for the most part, good values are still attainable, and we’re seeing a lot of clients who recognize that. 00 QUEST

Q: Who then is taking advantage of this opportune time to purchase? A: Buyers in all ranges have come to realize that the proverbial train may be leaving the station. High-end buyers are back after sitting on the sidelines for the last couple of seasons. Case in point, the Sotheby’s International Realty Palm Beach office recently closed on a $22.5 million transaction, which according to the Palm Beach MLS was the highest sale in the market for 2010. Q: With that benchmark, how do you see the upcoming season unfolding? A: Extraordinarily enough, in the opening weeks of 2011 we’ve probably seen

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r e a l e st a t e more meaningful activity than we did in the first quarter of 2010. We are now witnessing a more aggressive pursuit of the higher end properties by buyers, the likes of which we have not seen since 2007-2008. Q: What should someone who is considering selling look for in a broker and a brokerage firm? A: Sotheby’s International Realty offers sellers the most comprehensive global property exposure. We are represented by over 500 Sotheby’s International Realty® affiliate offices in more than 40 countries. This unparalleled marketing foundation coupled with our proprietary publications offering qualified distribution, our branded websites, and our online marketing partnerships with some of the world’s top news media outlets makes us the force to be reckoned with when it comes to the exposure

of properties to an appropriate global audience. Another important factor for any seller to consider is our relationship with Sotheby’s auction house and the referrals generated as a result. Each year, the clients we share generate hundreds of millions of dollars in sales. Q: How does the Sotheby’s Auction House act as a harbinger of the real estate division? A: This year’s auction sales saw strong bidding activity and even record-setting prices, perhaps best exemplified by November’s Impressionist and Modern Sale in New York. In parallel, we’ve seen more clients who are ready to buy and a dramatic increase in our average sales price in the last few months. Q: What advice do you have for anyone selling right now? A: While all indications seem to suggest

that a strong season may be unfolding, sellers must resist the temptation to get ahead of the market. Overpriced properties can be “on” the market, but those that sell are actually priced “in” the market. When a property is appropriately priced to be ‘in’ the market, a seller may reasonably anticipate achieving 90 percent of their asking price within three to six months. Recent examples of this are two listings of senior agents Cris Condon and Ned Monell. Cris recently placed a well-priced property under contract within five percent of the asking price less than two weeks after listing it! Ned had a significant property in the Estate Section of town that, despite being shuttered up for the summer causing showings to be performed practically by flashlight, was put under contract in less than five months for 93 percent of the asking price. u

Opposite, from top: a Mediterranean-style villa; Reginald Fairchild, vice president brokerage manager; the pool at a five-bedroom oceanfront home. This page, clockwise from top left: a Wyeth-designed, Venitian-style home; Mizner’s masterpiece “Louwana;” a seven-bedroom home on South Ocean. For more information, please contact Reginald Fairchild at 561.659.3555 or reg.fairchild@sothebyshomes.com.

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P alm B each B rokerage 340 Royal Poinciana Way, Suite 337 | Palm Beach, FL 33480 561.659.3555 | 561.659.2359 www.sothebyshomes.com/palmbeach Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. is owned and operated by Sotheby’s International Realty®. Sotheby’s International Realty® is a registered trademark.

CRISTINA CONDON

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REPRESENTING PA L M B E A C H ’ S FINEST HOMES

NED MONELL

1.5 ACRE OCEANFRONT COMPOUND

$35,000,000

WITH PROVEN RESULTS...

120 CANTERBURY LANE

$7,500,000

200 JUNGLE ROAD

PALM BEACH BROKERAGE | sothebyshomes.com/palmbeach 340 ROYAL POINCIANA WAY, SUITE 337, PALM BEACH, FL 33480 T 561.659.3555 F 561.655.2359 NED MONELL T 561.722.0886 | ned.monell@sothebyshomes.com Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. is owned and operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, LLC. Sotheby’s International Realty® is a registered trademark.

$7,200,000

PA L M B E AC H FINE PROPERTIES

WALLY TURNER

VENETIAN VILLA Located in the Estate Section. Society architect Marion Sims Wyeth designed this house in 1925 for the Glidden family on one of the longest Intracoastal parcels in Palm Beach. It has undergone a massive reconstruction, restoration, and addition. 5 bedrooms + guest house. Stenciled ceilings and incredible fireplaces. All impact glass, Elevator, pool. 125 ft. cement dock. $12.9M. WEB: 0075269

THE POINT The Northeast tip of Palm Beach is now available for purchase. This is the most amazing and fabulous Waterfront parcel to Custom build your own residence. Surround yourself with direct Oceanfront and the Palm Beach inlet. Seawall. Best views on the Island! $28.9M.

REGENT PARK Located in the exclusive estate section enclave, this outstanding 4 BR and 3 BR Staff accommodations French Regency style house was designed by renowned architect Clarence Mack. Presented in Excellent Condition with Exquisite details and decoration, 12+ foot ceilings and perfect scale for daily living and entertaining. 40 ft Pool and Cabana. Large Outdoor Gardens and Covered Terrace. WEB: 0075311

GORGEOUS GEORGIAN Beautiful Georgian Colonial created by Tom Kirchhoff & Colefax and Fowler of London. The spacious and inviting rooms are well proportioned and include extensive molding and millwork accurate to the Georgian period. All stainless commercial kitchen. Master suite with dual baths, dressing areas and sitting room/office. Property is walled for privacy. Owner financing is possible. $6.45M. WEB: 0075224

WEST INDIES COLONIAL Located in exclusive Eden-Dodge Estates 4 BR plus Guest House facing the pool. Recently built one of a kind custom design. Impact windows/doors. Large lot. Service road. Full house generator. Lake and Beach access. Interiors by Celerie Kemble. $5.495M. WEB: 0075116

LA PALOMA In-town location. Fabulous 1920’s Spanish-Mediterranean style 3BR residence and 2 Bedroom guesthouse with kitchen and bath. Fireplaces. Enchanting courtyard. Large sumptuous pool. Sauna. Outdoor loggias. Oversized lot boasts gracious gardens. Wonderful ambiance. Steps to lake trail and Intracoastal.

PALM BEACH BROKERAGE | sothebyshomes.com/palmbeach 340 ROYAL POINCIANA WAY, SUITE 337, PALM BEACH, FL 33480 T 561.659.3555 F 561.655.2359 WALLY TURNER T 561.301.2060 | wally.turner@sothebyshomes.com Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. is owned and operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, LLC. Sotheby’s International Realty® is a registered trademark.

WALLY TURNER 561.301.2060

PA L M B E A C H ’ S WAT E R F R O N T P RO P E RT I E S

MARY BOYKIN

MARY BOYKIN 561.379.3767 Mary Boykin, has been one of Sotheby’s International Realty’s top producers and dealmakers since joining the firm in 1990. Mary has represented the Sellers and Buyers of homes, townhouses, and condominiums in all price ranges; including many distinguished waterfront properties.

UNIQUE WATERFRONT COMPOUND

This exquisite 4 bedroom Mediterranean Villa with 2 bedroom Carriage house, 3-car garage and dock offers the utmost in elegance for waterfront living and entertaining features breathtaking water views from the main house. WEB: 0075331

BUILD YOUR DREAM IN PALM BEACH Largest Lakefront Lot for Sale on Everglades Island. 135’ direct Intracoastal property is ideal for new construction. This west facing lot capitalizes on beautiful sunsets and sweeping views. Lot size: 21,600± sq. ft. Cubic Content Ratio: 3.88. $6,900,000. WEB: 0075002

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5 bedrooms, 5 full, 1 half baths.

ENCHANTING OCEANFRONT ESTATE

7 bedrooms, 6 full, 1 half baths.

To see all of our exclusive offerings, please visit www.koeppelpalmbeach.com PALM BEACH BROKERAGE | sothebyshomes.com/palmbeach 340 ROYAL POINCIANA WAY, SUITE 337, PALM BEACH, FL 33480 T 561.659.3555 F 561.655.2359 CAROLE KOEPPEL T 561.329.0019 | carole.koeppel@sothebyshomes.com BRETT KOEPPEL T 561.310.8494 | brett.koeppel@sothebyshomes.com Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. is owned and operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, LLC. Sotheby’s International Realty® is a registered trademark.

CAROLE RUHLMAN

E X T R A O R D I N A RY H O M E S F O R EXTRORDINARY LIVES

Artfully Uniting Extraordinary Homes with Extraordinary Lives For 25 Years Carole Ruhlman, 561.329.9372

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NORBERTO AZQUETA, JR.

W E L L I N G TO N RESIDENCE & PRIME E Q U E S T R I A N L OT

PB POLO & COUNTRY CLUB

Impeccable, custom home within Palm Beach Polo & Country Club on more than 1/2 acre. Finest address in Wellington; Kensington estate section. 4 bedroom, 6.5 bath, wood paneled library/office. Water & golf course views from 2nd story veranda. Gourmet kitchen with butler’s pantry. Top quality construction, hurricane resistant windows & doors, generator. Pool. 3-car garage. 8,801± sq. ft. total. WEB: 0075158

MALLET HILL DOUBLE LOT

Exceptional Double Lot (Lots 16 & 17) in one of the most exclusive and desirable communities in Wellington’s horse country: Mallet Hill Court. SW exposure. Zoned for house, barn, & paddock Gated community. 2.61 acres. WEB: 0075159

For these and other extraordinary properties, please contact Norberto Azqueta, Jr., 561.719.4187 PALM BEACH BROKERAGE | sothebyshomes.com/palmbeach 340 ROYAL POINCIANA WAY, SUITE 337, PALM BEACH, FL 33480 T 561.659.3555 F 561.655.2359 NORBERTO AZQUETA, JR. T 561.719.4187 | norberto.azqueta@sothebyshomes.com Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. is owned and operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, LLC. Sotheby’s International Realty® is a registered trademark.

PREMIER PROPERTIES OFFERED BY HEATHER WOOLEMS

360 S. OCEAN, 5C

$3,200,000

360 S. OCEAN, 4B

250 VIA LINDA

$2,995,000 198 VIA LINDA

$2,495,000

8 LAGOMAR

$6,995,000

$2,795,000

109 OCEAN TERRACE

$3,250,000

HEATHER WOOLEMS, 561.301.0928

EXTRAORDINARY VIEWS OFFERED BY CAROL HICKMAN

OCEAN TO LAKE COMPOUND, Manalapan, FL $17,395,000. WEB: 0075232

DIRECT LAKEFRONT ESTATE, Palm Beach, FL $9,950,000. WEB: 0073751

CAROL HICKMAN, 561.386.7399

PALM BEACH BROKERAGE | sothebyshomes.com/palmbeach 340 ROYAL POINCIANA WAY, SUITE 337, PALM BEACH, FL 33480 T 561.659.3555 F 561.655.2359 HEATHER WOOLEMS T 561.301.0928 | heather.woolems@sothebyshomes.com CAROL HICKMAN T 561.386.7399 | carol.hickman@sothebyshomes.com Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. is owned and operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, LLC. Sotheby’s International Realty® is a registered trademark.

EXQUISITE PROPERTIES OFFERED BY KRISTINA GUSTAFSON LAKEFRONT HOME WITH DEEP WATER DOCK IN-TOWN MEDITERRANEAN OCEAN BLOCK

Palm Beach, FL

Ocean Block, In-Town home, 4 BR, 5.5 Ba with Grand Staircase, Library, Fireplace and Pool. $4,700,000. WEB: 0075019

Lakefront Regency home, 5 BR, 5 BA with ideal Water Views and Deep Water Dock. $8,750,000. WEB: 0075113

KRISTINA GUSTAFSON, 561.346.6917

LUXURY RESIDENCES OFFERED BY KIM RAICH

EL VEDADO ESTATE SECTION, Palm Beach, FL

New Offering. Spectacular 1927 John Volk residence located just 6 houses from the ocean and walking distance to Worth Avenue. Complete restoration with grand public and private rooms all leading to tropical gardens and pool. Great value at $7,850,000. WEB: 0075319

OCEAN BLOCK, Palm Beach, FL

Over 9,000 sq. ft new construction on highly sought after 195 ft. deep lot. Expansive 1st floor master suite w/dual baths. Paneled library, large family room w/bar & billiards area, wine cellar, staff residence plus guesthouse. Outdoor kitchen. $10,950,000. WEB 0075230

KIM RAICH, 561.718.1216

PALM BEACH BROKERAGE | sothebyshomes.com/palmbeach 340 ROYAL POINCIANA WAY, SUITE 337, PALM BEACH, FL 33480 T 561.659.3555 F 561.655.2359 KRISTINA GUSTAFSON T 561.346.6917 | kristina.nederlander@sothebyshomes.com KIM RAICH T 561.718.1216 | kim.raich@sothebyshomes.com Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. is owned and operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, LLC. Sotheby’s International Realty® is a registered trademark.

EXQUISITE PROPERTIES OFFERED BY KAREN LEHRMAN

OCEAN TOWERS #301, Palm Beach, FL

Spectacular ocean-views from all rooms of this Spacious, 3 bedroom SE direct ocean front corner apartment in move-in condition! Excellent in-town location, full service building w/resort-like amenities including 300’ private beach w. lounge chairs and parasols, pool, new gym. $2,250,000. WEB: 0075286

OCEAN TOWERS #212 Palm Beach, FL

Spacious one bedroom, one and one half bath condominium with views of the ocean from the balcony in centrally located Ocean Front condominium building. Marble and tile floors. Offered furnished! Full time manager and 24 hour doorman. $420,000. WEB: 0075270

KAREN LEHRMAN, 561.602.7051

LUXURY RESIDENCES OFFERED BY NANCY MENDEL AND PATRICIA MAHANEY

79 MIDDLE ROAD, Palm Beach, FL

Landmarked 1927 Maurice Fatio home with beautiful courtyards and enclosed by loggias. Beautiful arched/rectangular windows. Many original details throughout.

PHIPPS PLAZA, Palm Beach, FL

Marion Syms Wyeth designed Mediterranean-style house offers 3 bedroom, 3.5 baths, high ceilings, pecky cypress ceiling in dining room, spacious kitchen, and an elevator.

NANCY MENDEL 561.315.0617

PATRICIA MAHANEY 561.352.1066

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LUXURIOUS PROPERTIES OFFERED BY GLORIA BLACKBURN THE GRANDEUR, THE ELEGANCE, THE OPPORTUNITY, THE BELLARIA Renowned as the newest exclusive enclave in Palm Beach, the Bellaria was created in a Mediterranean style. Bellaria brings a wide array of luxuries to the beautiful setting directly fronting the ocean with views of Lake Worth. Residing high above the shoreline in a sweeping viewpoint, these elegant units stands above all others. Glorious views provide the backdrop for the spacious open living areas which flow with gracious ease onto balcony terraces. Unit PH #4: 7,794± sq. ft. $4,995,000. Unit #404: 4,458± sq. ft. $2,899,000. Also for lease at $11,000/mo unfurnished. Unit #204: 4,458± sq. ft. $3,295,000. Also for lease at $11,000/mo unfurnished.

DIRECT OCEANFRONT 330 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD This spacious condo offers beautiful panormamic views of the Ocean. The 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath unit has been renovated and features limestone floors throughout. The state-of-the-art Italian kitchen is equipped with Miele appliances and Viking refrigerator. There are hi-impact doors/windows throughout the unit. Building offers heated pool, 24 hr doorman, 2 parking spaces. $3,490,000. GLORIA BLACKBURN, 561.351.5980

TROPIC AL SOPHISIC ATION OFFERED BY JESSICA MARULLI

$2,299,000

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JESSICA MARULLI, 561.308.1727

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west side style This legendary building with only thirty-three residences is home to many of Manhattan’s cultural elite—all at the ultimate Central Park West address. This exceptional fourteen-room residence encompasses two

high floors in the Brentmore, which was completed in 1910 by the architectural firm Schwartz and Gross. In grand Beaux-Arts style, the façade of 88 Central Park West is constructed of limestone and beige brick, with an open light court at its center. Upon entering the twenty-foot gallery leading to the elegant thirty-two-foot living room, you will be dazzled by superb Central Park views from the oversized windows. This is a mag-

nificent room for entertaining. The gracious dining room with coffered ceilings, inlaid floors, and French doors with glass transoms adjoins the well outfitted, custom-designed butler’s pantry with a wet bar and extensive storage for fine china, crystal, and silver. A library or den with oak built-ins and a powder room are well situated between the dining room and kitchen for the ultimate in comfort. Even the stunning custom kitchen and breakfast room enjoy sundrenched park vistas. The recent restoration has respected the period details while adding central air conditioning and a state-of-the-art sound system on the floor. Soaring ten-anda-half-foot ceilings add volume and drama. As you walk up the original staircase to the upper floor, there is a smartly designed corner master bedroom facing Central Park with two walk-in closets and an attractive master bathroom. Proceeding down the hallway there are five additional bedrooms, an informal living room with a coffered ceiling, a casual dining room, a fully renovated kitchen, and a gym. There are four full bathrooms with the possibility to create more, and the exposures are outstanding from the west-facing windows. u

Inside the Brentmore, designed by Schwartz and Gross. This page, above: the dining room with coffered ceilings, inlaid foors, and French doors.Below: the corner master bedroom with dynamic views of Central Park. Opposite, from top: the elegant thirty-two-foot living room with oversized windows; the stunning custom kitchen with breakfast room. For more information, please contact Cindy Kurtin at Stribling: ckurtin@stribling.com, 212.452.4406, or Jessica Vertullo Maher: jvertullomaher@stribling.com, 646.709.3340.

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Westview - Spectacular old world craftsmanship and grace! Stunning Stone and Shingle Colonial perfectly sited to take in breathtaking distant view. 12,000 square feet with classic proportions and meticulous detail. Elegant Entrance Hall with Cloak Room. Antique Cherry Library. Sun Room. Front and rear porches. Formal Dining Room. Fabulous Kitchen. Six Bedroom Suites. Long drive to nine estate acres with Pool. 1930’s Log Cabin. $5,750,000

Cassiobury - Linden tree lined drive to handsome Wisteria-covered 1920’s Brick Georgian Manor and Gatehouse. Original architectural details from historic British estate—hand-carved mantles, aged paneling, intricate carved molding and 18th Century painted silk panels. Over 24 glorious estate acres with rolling lawns and phenomenal trees including 100-year-old Beech. Apple Orchard. Spectacular frontage on the Beaver Dam River, a Class A trout stream. Pool. $7,450,000

Meadow House - Wonderful outdoor lifestyle perfect for the sporting family! Create your own private golf range. Phenomenal flat land for football, soccer, lacrosse, golf, baseball or horses. Seven estate acres perfect for outdoor sports on the Bedford Riding Lanes. Pool site. Fabulous, New 8700 square foot Shingle Style Country Estate with phenomenal detailing. Great location convenient to shops, trains, restaurants, theaters and schools. $3,395,000

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At The Riverbend - Nestled amongst towering Norwegian Spruce on the banks of the Mianus River. Over two gorgeous acres with stone terraces for entertaining. Weeping Cherry, Pear, Weeping Willow, Lilies, Roses and Rhododendron. Breathtaking Country Colonial completed in 2002. 5200 square feet with Santos Mahogany floors,floor-to-ceiling windows and French doors.Wraparound Front Porch. Four Bedrooms plus Maid/Au pair setup. $1,549,000

Chestnut Ridge Farm - A working horse farm! Over eight acres

(914) 234-9234

Peaceful and private nine acre hilltop with wonderful countryside views and frontage on the Waccabuc River. Impeccable Clapboard Colonial with 7500 square feet of exquisite living space. Seven fireplaces, fabulous millwork and incredible detailing. Formal Entrance Hall. Pine-paneled Library with coffered ceiling and Fireplace. Five Bedrooms. Gym. Spa Bath and Sauna. Recreation Room with Fireplace. $2,395,000

surrounded by the protected lands of the 625-acre Westmoreland Sanctuary. Fabulous ten stall barn with hayloft and groom’s apartment. Circa 1700’s Antique Farmhouse with hardwood floors and three fireplaces. Five Bedrooms. Pool and Tennis. Three-Car Garage with One Bedroom Apartment. An incredible opportunity. $1,495,000

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25’-wide, five-story, mint condition single family mansion comprised of six bedrooms and seven and one half baths spanning approximately 12,000 square feet. every inch of this D & J Jardine designed home has been lovingly restored, from the stunning limestone facade to the hand painted bas-relief ceiling panels adorning the parlor floor. Other features include a seperate service entrance and stairwell, home gym and theater, staff quarters, multiple outdoor spaces, wine cellar, and wireless internet. $29,500,000

22’ wide, five-story, neo-French Classic mansion on one of Manhattan’s finest townhouse blocks. Replete with original detail and modern amenities, this proper ty is a unique opportunity to create a single-family mansion or take advantage of its commercial zoning. Adjoining The Knoedler Gallery, sharing the same block with the Frick Museum and steps to both Madison Avenue and Central Park, this limestone mansion with an elevator represents an outstanding opportunity for a residential or commercial user. Full height, usable basement. Presently the entire building is occupied by Hirschl & Adler Galleries however it will be delivered vacant. $22,500,000

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$9,950,000 · Please visit: www.bellehavenclassic.com Exclusive Agents: Joseph Williams / Blake Delany

$5,995,000

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$3,950,000

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Gracie and Laddy Merck Is there anything better than a warm afternoon bike ride? Gracie and Laddie took to the bike path outside of their home in Palm Beach.

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There is a special relationship between fathers and their (forever) little girls.We photographed some of our favorite fathers and daughters in Palm Beach as they share with each other their most cherished pastimes.

Gary and Sasha Lickle There is no place for the faint of heart in the Lickle familyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they prefer extreme pastimes, like flying planes and shark diving. This seaplane (which has the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original tail number from the 1920s) is made with lightweight carbon fiber so Gary and Sasha can fly to the Everglades and the Bahamas for their conservation projects. Sasha wears a necklace of her own design, from her company Sasha Lickle Designs.

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Amanda and Wilbur Ross Wilbur taught his daughter how to play backgammon when she was just a young girl. On a glorious Florida afternoon, we photographed the pair playing some points on the back porch of their Palm Beach home.

Kate, Michael, and Lizzie Horvitz A sundae on Sunday? Yes, please! For this family photo, we headed to Palm Beach’s historic Green’s Pharmacy—about as old-school as you’ll find. They’re famous for their diner food, but on this afternoon Lizzie went for the chocolate milkshake. 114 QUEST

Lydia and David Ober The Obers have always enjoyed taking outdoor adventures together. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been bungee jumping in New Zealand, hiking the Himalayas in Bhutan, and cliff jumping off the coast of Belize, but these two-time graduates of the National Outdoor Leadership School also love being close to home and taking to the waves in Palm Beach in a pair of ocean kayaks.

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Raymond and Christina Floyd When your father is a professional golfer, you can bet youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pick up a few game pointers along the way. We photographed the Floyds at Old Palm Golf Course, where Raymond is not only the honorary club chairman, but also designed the course. 118 QUEST

Pepe Jr. and Lulu Fanjul In the garden of their Palm Beach home, Lulu reads to her father from the Seekers series, about the life of four bears. The duo is joined by Casper (on Luluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lap) and Zac (at Pepeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feet).

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Harrison Williams’s Blythedunes, Harold Vanderbilt’s Eastover, E. F. Hutton’s Four Winds, and Otto Kahn’s Oheka are just a few of the legendary Palm Beach residences featured in the new book Maurice Fatio: Palm Beach Architect (Acanthus Press). Born in Geneva in 1897, Maurice Fatio was a true society architect, designing for the Widners, Schiffs, Stehlis, McCarthys, and McAneeneys, among many others. He studied architecture at the Federal Polytechnic Institute under Karl Moser, and, upon graduating, in 1920, he moved to New York to work for Harrie T. Lindeberg. Nine months later, along with colleague William A. Treanor, Fatio started his own firm. The porch at the Alworth residence, designed by Maurice Fatio in 1932, a legendary architect whose work still remains in many of the graceful homes throughout Palm Beach and other parts of southern Florida. J AN U A R Y 2 0 1 1 1 2 3

This page, clockwise from top left: Mrs. Harold S. Vanderbilt at the Everglades Club, 1939; Alva Base, the residence of William and Roseamund Vanderbilt, Jr.; Maurice Fatio, Isabel Dodge Sloane, Gertrude Sanford Legendre and Alistair Mackintosh golfing at the Everglades Club, 1930s; the entrance to the Fatio residence; the patio at Villa Oheka, the residence of Otto and Addie Kahn. Opposite, clockwise from top left: the east loggia of the Stehli residence, Bernard Boutet de Monvel; the dining room at Blythedunes; the Schiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residence, Casa Eleda, on Ocean Boulevard; Audrey Chadwick in her garden at Villa Today, circa 1939; Villa Today.

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This page, from top: The east terrace and fountain of Villa Bellaria, the residence of Emil and Marguerite Stelhi; the cover of the new book, Maurice Fatio: Palm Beach Architect. Opposite, from top: The Reef, residence of Vadim and Josephine Makaroff; the pool at Alva Base, Fisher Island, 1936.

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From weekends in Newport with Otto Kahn to attending the “400” ball at the home of Mrs. Vanderbilt, Fatio kept socially active from his earliest moments in the United States, which would prove more than lucrative for his firm. In 1923, Fatio received many invitations to visit Palm Beach, and after just one trip, he returned home with a half-dozen new commissions. As the state’s land boom began in the 1920s, Treanor & Fatio won the commission for a new development at what is now Hobe Sound. Because of this contract and a dozen others, the firm opened its Palm Beach office in 1924. Business flourished. From 1924 to 1942, Fatio designed more than two hundred buildings, the majority of which are were in Palm Beach and its surrounding areas. Although there were signature elements throughout all of his work (notably, a type of limestone called quarry key stone and a strong use of symmetry), Fatio designed in any architectural style a client wished: Art Deco, Italian Renaissance, Regency, Georgian, and more. What remains is a lasting impression of what we now call, simply, “Palm Beach Style.” u

With the recent revitalization of Worth Avenue, Questâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual tour of the legendary shopping district is more exciting this year than ever before. Preview the best the boulevard has to offer in these pages, then hit the streets yourselfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;luxury awaits! by Georgina schaeffer

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This page, clockwise from top: the clock tower at the end of Worth Avenueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a new edition to this immortal road; the top of the avenue, now with a wider street and new trees. Opposite, from top: the street today;

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Dennis Basso at saks fifth avenue 172 Worth Avenue / 561.833.2551 Fur may not be the first thing that comes to mind when shopping for a Palm Beach wardrobe, but on those nights that dip below forty degrees and the blustery wind begins to blow, a stop by the Dennis Basso boutique for a cropped or bolero-style jacket at Saks Fifth Avenue on Worth Avenue might just be your ticket. The famous furrier began his collection in 1983 out of the back of a rented towncar and has been outfitting notable personalities from Upper East Side socialites (mothers and their daughters) to hip-hop moguls ever since. In 2003, the designer opened a massive Madison Avenue flagship store. Then, in 2007, Basso launched his first ready-to-wear collection on the runways at New York Fashion Week. Today, Basso can also be found at select Saks Fifth Avenue boutiques.

House of Lavande 340 Royal Poinciana Way / 561.802.3737 You can find Tracy Smith scouring the flea markets of Paris and London, or combing estate sales and private dealer stock in Toronto and Beverly Hills to find her unique collection of vintage couture jewelry. With literally thousands of pieces on site, there is something for every type of woman—from a young fashionista searching for a piece of ’80s atomic glam to a Palm Beach matriarch looking for a blue-chip piece by Chanel or Yves Saint Laurent. But what sets House of Lavande apart is the service of Smith and her team—they will hand select pieces for any outfit that needs accessorizing.

Nancy Corzine 375 South County Road / 561.820.1501 Much like her interior design projects, Nancy Corzine’s eighteen locations across the country mix different periods and styles together to provide a unique interior design source for trade and amatuer aficionados alike. With a mixture of couture and pret-a-porter pieces of her own design, along with a sprinkling of antiques, Nancy Corzine has something for everyone, from the perfect hostess gift to the piece that will become a family heirloom. Inside her Palm Beach store (which is scented with her signature candles), be sure to check out her line of picture-perfect picture frames—which just might be a great gift to yourself.

tiffany & co. 259 Worth Avenue / 561.659.6090 A landmark on Worth Avenue, Tiffany & Co. opened its doors in Palm Beach, in 1991, right in heart of town. The company, founded in 1837 as a stationery and fine-goods store, has grown into a global brand with locations around the world, and the Palm Beach store maintains the brand’s commitment to and reputation for quality. Tiffany & Co. is renowned for its fine jewelry, often given as gifts for life’s most special occasions, and in Palm Beach this is no exception. Whether you are looking for an engagement ring or a baby gift or just new stationery, Tiffany & Co. in Palm Beach is sure to suit your needs.

william r. eubanks INTERIOR DESIGN, INC 340 Worth Avenue / 561.805.9335 A classicist’s classicist, William R. Eubanks has been designing interiors since 1976. Known for his use of French and English antiques, oriental porcelains, sumptuous silks, damask fabrics, and jewel-tone colors, the Eubanks team is ready to take on the simplest task of redecorating a room to the most complex construction of a new home. The showroom houses a lovely melange of antiques, from exquisite eighteenth-century foo dogs and rare nineteenthcentury tortoiseshell boxes to rock amethyst frames. A stop at Eubanks is a must-do for the design connoisseur.

jennifer garrigues 308 Peruvian Avenue / 561.659.7376 A true Palm Beach insider secret, Jennifer Garrigues is the perfect place to find that item you didn’t know you needed for your home (while adding a little island style). From fantastic textiles and pillows to unique lamps and accessories, this boutique is a treasure trove for shoppers struck with wanderlust. Garrigues combs the world to bring one-of-a-kind pieces into her store, from outstanding antique Turkish rugs to lighting fresh from Jenny’s most recent trip to Morocco, and so much more! J A N U A RY 2 0 1 1 1 3 1

CHARLOTTE KELLOGG 256 Worth Avenue / 561.820.2407 Tucked away in one of the courtyards off the main drag lies Charlotte Kellogg, an insider source for Palm Beach style. The shop offers casual clothing designed for the lifestyle of southern Florida and other like-minded resort communities. Featuring bright colors and the finest linens, cottons, and silks, the clothing appeals to both young and old alike with Vietnamese jackets and linen separates in European styles. Founded in 1998, Charlotte Kellogg has become a true Palm Beach tradition for fashionable pieces that will suit every occasion, from sportswear to eveningwear.

Fiandaca 351 Worth Avenue / 561.659.3339 Alfred Fiandaca counts Audrey Hepburn, Lady Bird Johnson, Julie Andrews, Louise Fletcher, and Gail Ryan among his long list of notable clients. A native of Boston, Fiandaca cut his first patterns at nine years old, and at his father’s side. This thirdgeneration fashion designer hasn’t stopped since. Known for his classic sense of style, his international clientele includes Anita Baker, Nancy Reagan, Joan Kennedy, Pia Lindstrom, Pauline Boardman Pitt, Jane Dudley, Sarah Farrish, Barbara Wainscott Berger, and HRH Princess Maria Pia de Savoie. Alexandra Lind Rose has teamed up with Fiandaca to round out the collection with her fun and flirty designs for the next generation of Palm Beach girls.

LARS BOLANDER 3731 South Dixie Highway / 561.832.2121 Lars Bolander, a pioneer in Swedish design, opened his doors in West Palm Beach in 2006. While this Nordic designer may seem an odd pairing with such a tropical location, Bolander’s theatrical sense of style, knowledge of history, and European confidence in mixing antiques with current pieces (along with anything else that may strike his fancy) make this showroom and design studio a natural fit for Palm Beach. Lars Bolander also maintains a 2,800-squarefoot Manhattan showroom in the Fine Arts Building. So, if you don’t find exactly what you are looking for in the Palm Beach location, that doesn’t mean it can’t be found at this unique design source. 132 QUEST

ralph lauren 300 Worth Avenue / 561.651.3900 It is little wonder that Ralph Lauren is located in one of the most elegant buildings on Worth Avenue. With its majestic, imported European stone fountain and beautiful triple-arched faĂ§ade, the exterior of the Ralph Lauren store reflects the timelessness of Palm Beach. Inside, the interior is designed with the classic elegance of both Palm Beach tradition and the Ralph Lauren lifestyle. As with all their boutiques, you can find apparel for a glamorous evening on the town or a simple polo shirt for tennis. No matter what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for, Ralph Lauren provides a world-class retail shopping experience.

WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES 165 Worth Avenue / 561.655.2090 Among the artists currently on view at Wally Findlay Galleries in Palm Beach is the work of primative painter Henri Maik, whose dreamscapes are at once filled with the childlike wonder for the animal kingdom and the sophistication of an accomplished French naif artist. Wally Findlay Galleries specializes in impressionist and modern master works, but on the walls of their four locations, including Palm Beach, you will also find superb examples of a host of periods to suit any taste. Make sure not to miss their works-on-paper department.

STUBBS & WOOTtON 1 Via Parigi / 561.655.6857 With locations in New York , Southampton, and Palm Beach, Stubbs & Wootton is a favorite among both ladies and gentlemen for their classic signature slippers that exude both style and comfort. This iconic brand has stepped out with some hip collaborations as of late (including with Marc Jacobs and Kanye West). And, following in the splatterpainted footsteps of the new Southampton shop, the Palm Beach boutique features graffiti art on the back wall. So whether you are seeking a replacement pair of velvet slippers or the latest designer collaboration, a stop at S&W is sure to keep you well-heeled.

Left: The entrance to Morris Lapidus’s Americana Hotel, Bal Harbour, Florida, 1956. Right: The lobby staircase at Miami Beach’s Fontainebleau Hotel, 1952-1954.

never too much By daniel cappello

the architect morris lapidus, perhaps best known for “inventing” the postwar resort hotel—which, incidentally, also helped to invent and define the southern Floridian landscape—is earning his rightful place in the American architectural pantheon. In spite of a prolific and longstanding career, Lapidus met with a very fair share of criticism and disparagement. Still, by the end of his life, in 2001, he had begun to reap the fruits of his labor—and a real vindication. In 2000, he was honored by The Smithsonian’s National Design Museum as an “American Original.” Indeed, “original” is probably the best word to describe Lapidus, who, this year, is being honored in another way—with a handsome book by Deborah Desilets titled, aptly, Morris Lapidus: The Architecture of Joy (Rizzoli). Desilets, an architect 1 3 4 Q UEST

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and artist herself, was Lapidus’s last collaborator, and her pictureheavy book pays homage to the man she respected and admired as a true innovator. “The vast array of forms he manipulated, managed, and integrated proves his massive capacity for architectural scripts,” Desilets writes. To her, the originality of Lapidus’s ingenuity still rings true today, from Miami Beach to Brooklyn, from the Caribbean to London, from Africa to Israel, in “a global cord” of pearls—his masterpieces—in which “the ideas of Lapidus still dazzle.” The striking volume celebrates the spirit of Lapidus’s modernity. Even though he was trained as a Beaux-Arts architect, Lapidus embraced the formal freedom and sensuality of modernism while simultaneously rejecting its more rigid principles. It was a risk at the time; the occupants of his spaces were thrown off the beaten path, guided into and through non-linear shapes, and then set above and between them to take them in. Two of his more glamorous examples are still on the map today: the Fontainebleau and the Eden Roc, in Miami Beach. Lapidus’s flair for form and his uniquely American vernacular of spectacle and whimsy landed him on the outskirts of architectural practice for most of his professional life. It didn’t, however, hurt his career. Between 1927 and 1984, Lapidus produced 276 hotel projects, 210 housing projects, 250 civic office buildings, and almost 500 stores. His style was truly his own, melding baroque fantasy with modernism’s clean lines and flowing spaces. The breadth of his originality is captured in Desilets’s book, a journey through buildings that broke the rules of architecture, but which remain as enduring legacies to the popular culture and collective unconscious that they stood for, and still do. u 1 3 6 Q UEST

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The bar and lounge at Lapidus’s Americana Hotel in Bal Harbour. Lapidus, an American iconoclast, was fond of saying, “Too much is never enough.” Opposite page: The cover of Morris Lapidus: The Architecture of Joy, by Deborah Desilets.

shelter from the elements “Wood and water, fire and ice, darkness and light—such are the powerful elements of nature that define Scandinavia,” writes Heather Smith MacIsaac in the new source book, Lars Bolander’s Scandinavian Design (Vendome Press). In Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, design is defined by the environment. It echoes nature's essence, as interpreted for the home. Within the source book, interior designer Lars Bolander and MacIsaac, formerly of House & Garden, showcase the best of Scandinavian design and trace its inspiring evolution throughout history. When Bolander decorates, he honors Scandinavia through his

appreciation of basic elegance—organic and sophisticated. As illustrated in Scandinavian Design, the exterior of a Scandinavian house traditionally has a wood façade, sometimes colored with a reddish pigment derived from the Falun copper mines. Because the region’s landscape is heavily forested, wood has long served as a primary building material. Doorways are decorative, often embellished with carvings or detailing of the neo-Baroque, neo-Viking Dragon, and other styles. Window frames recede, welcoming daylight into the space. Scandinavian structures admire their surroundings, complementing the

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A rosy terra-cotta such as the wall color of this entry hall complements a warm gray trim. Opposite: Falun red dominates the Swedish countryside.

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world in a symbiotic relationship. The dwellings are constructed to conserve light and warmth, originally sheltering inhabitants from the elements: “Inside Scandinavian houses, no matter the season, it’s all summer, all the time. At least that’s the image that has come to define Nordic interiors,” MacIsaac writes. The interior of a Scandinavian house is functional. Entrances and staircases are informal and intimate, operating as rooms, rather than receptions. Living rooms appear minimalist, yet comfortable; dining rooms are either dimly lit and dramatic or airy and light-washed; kitchens—inherently the hub of the home—are purposeful, with homey hearths and open storage for kitchenware. Bathrooms and bedrooms are charming and cozy, recognized for their practical uses. When Bolander designs, the signature Scandinavian sensibility Top: In a mid-century apartment in Stockholm, the centrality of the kitchen to modern family life is recognized by awarding it the generous space of a traditional salon. Right: A black-painted Rococo side chair and an Empire table with tripod dolphin base, as well as numerous glints of gold, elevate a front hall from modest entry to elegant foyer. 1 4 0 Q U EST

A bathroom made cozier by the addition of a few antiques retains the soft contours of log walls. Opposite: An eighteenth-century case clock in chalky blue with gilded accents exhibits the elegant curves of the classic Mora style. The town of Mora turned out nearly a thousand tall case clocks a year in the late 1700s.

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demonstrated in the source book is incorporated with a broader comprehension of British and French decorating. His work is, at once, cosmopolitan and Gustavian. He employs a sophisticated, eclectic mix of traditional European antiques and modern pieces, textiles, and decorative arts. Lars Bolander's sun-washed interiors nod to his homeland, but they're grander, more luxurious. More New York. More Palm Beach. Still, Bolander upholds the Nordic tradition: “As far and wide as Scandinavians ultimately drew and still source inspiration, they always have and will pass design through a humanistic filter,” MacIsaac writes. “In a Nordic home you will never feel overpowered by scale, suffocated by stuff, or put off by clinical minimalism. You will feel utterly at ease: comforted by sensitive proportions, delighted by thoughtful details, calmed by unfussy decorating, and subtly yet profoundly connected to a larger world. Because no design feature, no matter how clever or sensitive, can ever trump firelight flickering on faces or an open sky just fading to dusk at midnight.” u J AN U AR Y 2 0 1 1 1 4 3

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A Lars Bolander bedroom is unmistakably Swedish, yet always cosmopolitan. Mixed in with traditional checked curtains and Gustavian chairs and benches are headboards comfortably upholstered, plus bold strokes of neoclassicism in the form of oversize

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Amidst the sultry black and white shadows evoking the most dreamy moments ever seen in film, Cleveland Clinic Florida celebrates the Bergman Bogart classic, “Casablanca” with its 2011 Ball, “A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA” to be held February 25th, 2011, at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach. Moroccan street scenes, Rick’s Cafe Americain, and naturally Sam at the upright singing “As Time Goes By” will greet guests wearing white dinner jackets, exotic caftans and sporting letters of transit who will have assembled to support

Cleveland Clinic Florida and its newly created Critical Care Program.  Since 2003 Cleveland Clinic has extended its excellent facilities to incorporate a South Florida campus with its hand picked, highly trained professionals and visiting world-renowned specialists from Cleveland.  Chairs Patrick Park, Nathalie Fernandez, Bill Rollnick and Nancy Ellison Rollnick are creating an evening of dinner and dancing guaranteed to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship with Cleveland Clinic and South Florida.

Top row, left to right: Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau and Minnie Pulitzer McCluskey; Carl Hirsch and Dean Goodman; Judith Murat Grubman; Sydell Miller and Phil Zieky; Leo and Kathryn Vecellio; Carol and Robert Garvy. Middle row, left to right: Jane Grace, Caleb and Bunny Whitaker; Jeffrey and Trisha Cole; Diann Scaravilli, Dr. Bernardo B. Fernandez, Mickey Beyer, Dr. Toby Cosgrove and K.K. Sullivan; Lynda and Jeffrey Jacobs; Robert and Suzanne Tomsich. Bottom row, left to right: Alfred Fiandaca and Anka Palitz; Tom Quick and Grace Meigher; Jeff and Gina Sabean; Jane Told and Jimmy Bornyack ; Gene Beard, Nancy Beard and Bill Told. 146 QUEST

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A Nostalgic and Romantic Night in Casablanca to Benefit Cleveland Clinic Florida

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February 25th, 2011 Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach. A Night in Casablanca” has the gracious support of corporate sponsors Tiffany and Co., Wally Findlay Galleries, Rizzoli International Publications and Sisley Paris.

Honorary Chairman Dame Celia Lipton Farris

Special Honored Guest Sydell Miller

Chairmen Bill and Nancy Rollnick Patrick Park and Nathalie Fernandez

International Honorary Chairman Donald J. Trump

Corporate Chairmen William and Jane Told Honorary Committee Chairman Kathryn C. Vecellio

Founding Chairmen Mickey Beyer Minnie Pulitzer McCluskey Diann Scaravilli K.K. Sullivan

Committee Chairman Judith Murat Grubman

Committee Al and Linda Adelson Bruce D. Bent Timothy and Katherine Carew Jeffrey Cole and Trisha O’Brien Cole Richard and Phyllis Crock David and Frances Dickenson Mrs. Florence DeGeorge Suzanne and Lawrence DeGeorge Angel and Teresa Fernandez Robert and Carol Garvy Bruce and Lori Gendelman

Dean and Christine Goodman Carl E. Hirsch Jeffrey and Lynda Jacobs Margaret Krupa Tim LaRose and Lorrie Wright Bobby Leidy, Jr. Petra Levin Robert Mackler Albert and Katherine Maroone Michael and Monica Maroone Chris and Grace Meigher Patty Myura

Anka Palitz Ray and Ruth Perelman Thomas Quick Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau Florence Seiler Susan and Dom Telesco Mr. and Mrs. William Tiefel Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Laurence and Cynthia Trotter Caleb and Bunny Whitaker Nikita Zukov

So, round up the usual suspects and join the fun, for, without health, time will pass you by! Proceeds from “A Night in Casablanca” will directly support Cleveland Clinic Florida and its Critical Care Program. For more information on Cleveland Clinic Florida, “A Night in Casablanca,” tickets or sponsorship please contact Stephanie Rapp at (561) 804-0264. 148 QUEST

Cleveland Clinic’s heart program has ranked as the best in the nation, earning the No. 1 ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s “2010-11 Best Hospitals.” Since 1994, no hospital in the country has ranked higher than Cleveland Clinic in cardiac care. Cleveland Clinic Florida has also been ranked #17 in Gastroenterology and #40 in Diabetes & Endocrinology in U.S. News & World Report’s 2010-11 Best Hospitals. Cleveland Clinic Florida is one of only three Florida-based gastroenterology programs to make the top 50 rankings and achieved the highest ranking in the State of Florida.

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Cleveland Clinic Florida was recently selected as a Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital by Thomson Reuters.

Clinic CEO, Dr. Delos M. Cosgrove, this integration of care, research and education—the three cornerstones of the Clinic’s practice—serves as the driving force behind numerous medical innovations and “world firsts” that physicians and researchers continue to pioneer. One of these pioneering firsts is the robot-assisted prostatectomy and cryosurgery, supported by a newly modernized operating room within the Department of Urology at Cleveland Clinic Florida, an integral part of the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute in Cleveland. National leaders in treating urologic and kidney disorders such as Alok Shrivastava, MD, Head of Urologic Oncology, offer a high level of expertise through the latest options in treatment.

Top image: Nancy and Bill Rollnick with Alok Shrivastava, MD. Bottom image: In the Robotics Operating Room with Alok Shrivastava, MD.

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the party of the year by hilary geary

Clockwise from left: Kathy and Richard LeFrak at the big birthday bash; Earth, Wind and Fire perform; Lally Weymouth and Pamela Gross.

Surprise, surprise! How do you keep secret a surprise party for three hundredplus people in honor of Richard LeFrak’s birthday? Especially when it was the talk of the town for weeks before? Well, not so easily, it turns out. The story his adorable wife Karen told him was that they were going to meet Wilbur and me to go see a ballet, and afterward we would grab a bite downtown at a casual restaurant. We picked them up with our disco outfits 154 QUEST

discreetly covered by out coats, while Karen tucked her glittering Michael Kors mini-dress into her Hermès Birkin bag. So far so good—in fact, Richard showed us the fabulous bottle of Lynch Bage he planned to uncork at dinner. We headed west and all was cool, going just as planned, until we pulled up to the Hammerstein Ballroom for the “ballet” and—busted!—Richard saw his mother’s car and knew something was up.

Well, something sure was up—the party of the year! This fabulous dinner dance was organized by Karen and Richard’s sons, Harry and Jamie, and the  silvermirrored invitation read “dress disco” and “absolutely no ties,” and  most of the guests took the theme and ran with it. There must have been 150 sequined dresses—let’s bring back the ’70s! Let me tell you, the evening was fun from start to finish. After cocktails, chatting,

and  giggling at some of the disco outfits, we headed into the ballroom, transformed by Bronson Van Wyck into a cool disco, with banquets, palm trees, lava lamps, a lit dance floor, and more. There were lit boas and sunglasses and every kind of bright party favor you can think of, all passed out just for the fun of it. The  yummy dinner  by Glorious Food was pure comfort fare, a salad as a starter, then a trio of kobe beef, turkey, and tuna burgers, followed by  delicious Good Humor ice-cream sticks— just the right fuel to dance all night. Dazzling entertainment, kicked off by Nile Rodgers of CHIC, followed  hysterical toasts by the kids and then the one-and-only Earth, Wind and Fire, so we all danced way into the wee hours of the night. Among the gang were  all of

McInerney, Gail and Carl Icahn, Pamela Gross and Jimmy Finkelsten, Kimberly and Steven Rockefeller, Marianna and George Kaufman, Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder, Senator Frank and Bonnie Lautenberg, George and Lita Livanos, Carol and Earle Mack, Peggy and Alberto Mejia, Muffy and Don Miller, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, Gigi and Avy Mortimer, Susan and Timmy Mortimer, Dailey and Gordon Pattee, John Paulson, Daryl and Steve Roth, Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, Christine and Steve Schwarzman, Senator Chuck Schumer, Allison and Leonard Stern, Judy and Alfred Taubman, Blaine Trump, Diane and Tommy Tuft, Peggy Seigal, Lis and Richard Waterman, Susan and Philip Warner, Lana Wolkonsky, Lally Weymouth, and  more. What a blast!

tering tables covered in silver lamé with silvered manzanita branches hung with crystal icicles, all reflecting light from votive candles created by Tom Mathieu and Steven Stollman, and all on the terrace overlooking the pool. Before Tommy’s dinner, many guests attended Jamee Gregory’s booksigning at  Neiman  Marcus, also in honor of the Boys and Girls Club benefit. Among the guests at both events: Tim Malloy, Tom Kirchoff and his wife Carol, John Kahn, Beth Pine, Betsy and Wally Turner, Brett Price, Franny Scaife, Tom McCarter, Penny and Keith Williams, Polly Onet, Sylvia and Daniel James, James Berwin, John Grand, David Grand, Eva O’Neal, Kenn Karakul, Minna and Herbert Hyman, Barbara and Michael Crimi, Stephen Mooney, Laura Evans, Mary and

Clockwise from top left: The Donald and Melania Trump; Carol Mack, Peggy Siegal, Dixon Boardman, Blaine Trump and Arriana Boardman; Joanne and Roberto

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de Guardiola; Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Diana Taylor; Woody Allen with Soon-Yi Previn, left, and Anne Hearst; Harry and Jamie LeFrak toast their father.

the LeFrak family, Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen, Muffy and Sherrell  Aston, Fizzy and Aidan Barclay, Laura and Lloyd Blankfein, Barbie Bancroft, Gigi and Harry Benson, Leon and Debbie Black, Mike Bloomberg and Diana Taylor, Arriana and Dixon Boardman, Cornelia and Marty Bregman, Wendy Carduner, Joanne and Roberto de Guardiola, Christy Ferrer, Jamie Figg, Pamela Fiori and Colt Givner, Anne Hearst and Jay

Then it was back to Palm Beach without missing a beat as the “season has begun.” There have been quite the round of parties. Philanthropist Tom  Quick had a seated dinner at his dazzling house in honor of Carol Mack, honorary chairman of the Jingle Ball, benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County, along with chairman Katy Dew Amling, Susan Malloy and Ross Meltzer. The dinner was unbelievably glamorous, with  round glit-

Marvin Davidson, Michele and Howard Kessler, Mary and Mark Freitas, Steven Stollman, Jerry Seag and Pauline Pitt. Speaking of Pauline, that same weekend she and her daughter, Julia Nye, co-chaired the Palm Beach Opera benefit, featuring a performance of Hansel and Gretel. Among the group: Hans and Sigrid Bauman, Emilia Fanjul, Emilia Pfeifler, Ross Meltzer, and Karin Luter. A holiday treat for kids of all ages! u J A N U A RY 2 0 1 1 1 5 5

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THE YOUNG & THE GUEST LIST Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss the latest from the Cinema Society, the La Perla and Jean Paul Gaultier collaboration launch, and much more as Elizabeth Brown goes behind the scenes with Manhattanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freshest young faces. by Elizabeth Brown

Models displayed the La Perla and Jean Paul Gaultier collaboration to passersby at the La Perla boutique on Madison Avenue.

Owen Wilson, Val Kilmer, and Harvey Weinstein at an after-party at the Top of the Standard.

Alexis Clark attends the La Perla and Jean Paul Gaultier launch.

Amy Sacco and Mary Alice Stephenson attend a Cinema Society after-party.

Amy Adams and Melissa Leo at a

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screening of The Fighter.

Mark Wahlberg poses like a boxer at the Cinema

Cheryl Casone, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Suzy

Society screening of The Fighter.

Biszantz, Ainsley Earhardt, and Andrea Cantarof.

“New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls, and humbug resolutions, and we wish you to enjoy it with a looseness suited to the greatness of the occasion,” wrote Mark Twain in 1863. As I welcome 2011, be it neither too promiscuous nor too drunk, I resolve to explore Brooklyn, master the recipe for duck confit (or even scrambled eggs), and become one of those people that J. Mendel lends eveningwear to. On December 1, the Cinema Society, with Miuccia Prada, Sandra Brant, and Ingrid Sischy, hosted a screening of Biutiful at the Lighthouse Theater, attended by Alina Cho, Rachel Roy, and Gigi Stone. That Friday, Lotte Hanbury-Williams (my Greenwich Academy BFF, circa 1995) arrived to stay for

the weekend. We hastily dressed for an “Aspen, Circa 1986” party. Fair Isle sweater? Yes. Oakley Frogskins? Yes. Frosted lipgloss? Obviously. We carbo-loaded at Serafina before racing to Flatiron where we entered an apartment bursting with fifths of Rumple Minze, spandex, and neon everything. As the night progressed, warm layers were shed and scattered around the dancefloor, where Pete Hansen, Ashley Passik, and Grant Wentworth were moving to electronica. On the 9th, Quest’s Georgina Schaeffer and I started up Madison Avenue to the presentation of the Jean Paul Gaultier La Perla Collection Createur, hosted by La Perla and Sentient Jet. There, I learned that Madonna’s “Blond Ambition” world tour was not so much the last of the cone bra. No. It’s been J A N U A RY 2 0 1 1 1 5 7

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to a get-together at his apartment. Despite a crew of Exeter and Andover alums, conversation remained civilized. We mused about all sorts of things, like AIM screen names and how consuming alcohol is counterintuitive to wearing suspenders. On the 13th, I swung by 625 Madison Avenue where Eton of Sweden and New York Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist celebrated the grand opening of the flagship store. I departed to join Q’s Elizabeth Meigher at the Tribeca Grand Hotel where the Cinema Society and Piaget hosted a screening of Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. There, I grabbed a Twix and located my seat. Also, I accidentally stepped on Joan Rivers’ foot (oops). At the after-party at the SoHo Grand Hotel, bartenders mixed cocktails with DeLeon Tequila for Ashley Baker and Judah Friedlander. So, hello 2011, a year in which I can apply everything I’ve learned in 2010: calories in Cadbury’s chocolate don’t count, a mink headband is your best defense against frostbite, Dorrian’s isn’t the only place in New York City that serves beer, and there’s life after Beatrice (it’s called “The Bunker”). u

New York Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist, right, and Anna Eberg and Helena Elliasson, left, celebrate Eton of Sweden.

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reworked into something that every self-respecting material girl wants (read: needs). I mingled with Samantha Platner and Donna Simonelli before disappearing in a cloud of La Perla’s fragrance J’aime La Nuit. Next, I stopped at 965 Madison Avenue to toast Samantha Thavasa by Hanley Mellon, a new line of handbags from Nicole Hanley and Matthew Mellon. The beverage? Cider, as served from the back of a Porsche Cayenne. After all, as Nicole and I know, one doesn’t graduate from Trinity College without a degree in “Tailgating.” Alixe Laughlin, Kiliaen Van Renssalear, and others joined the festivities, wrapped up in cashmere scarves and fox fur earmuffs. On the 10th, the Cinema Society hosted a screening of The Fighter starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg, benefitting the Cinema School, with Men’s Health and the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation. After a couple of hours of Boston accents and boxing, Emily Rittershaus and I migrated with the audience to the Top of the Standard. There, guests like Florence Henderson, Johannes Huebl, Calvin Klein, and Harvey Weinstein discussed the film over foie gras BLTs. The following evening, Tanner Zucker invited some friends

Alana Tabacco, Sharon Patrick, and Sara Olmebact at the Eton of

Steve Maher, Fabio Frisoli, Medora Hartz and Dane Evans on December 3rd.

Derek Cianfrance with Michelle Williams at the Cinema Society premiere of Blue Valentine.

Anabel Tollman attends a Cinema Society screening of Biutiful.

Michael Arguello and Andrew Jenks at a Cinema Society screening of Blue Valentine.

Caroline Smith, Lotte Hanbury-Williams, and Elizabeth Brown at an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aspen Circa 1986â&#x20AC;? party.

Joan Rivers, always on every guest list, at a Blue Valentine screening.

Jimmy Cook, dressed in a onesie, plays for a crowded house party.

Daniel Benedict, Bonnie Morrison, and Edward Chapman at

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the Blue Valentine after-party at the SoHo Grand Hotel.

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S NA P S HO T Michael Thomas:

This goes way, way back—back to when Elaine’s was one long room running, maybe the late ’60s, early ’70s. It was a summer night, and a friend and I, about a hundred sheets to the wind, staggered into Elaine’s saloon. I didn’t know her. In the way back two flint-eyed types were playing darts desultorily. They spotted us, two snockered Upper East Side boys, and immediately invited us to have a game. Stakes were agreed upon and we were given a couple of practice throws: mine hit the radiator, my friend almost took his own toe off. Our opponents licked their lips, but not for long—God watches out for babies and drunks. A half-hour later, we were up $200, or about twice what I estimated the combined net worth of our opponents to be. At that point, they went to Elaine and complained that we were a couple of “dart hustlers.” Well, she was having none of that in her joint, and we were told to settle our check and get out, which we did, our gambling winnings unpaid. I didn’t let it affect my relationship with Elaine. Bottom line: I liked Elaine, liked her a lot, but I never cared much for Elaine’s. Elaine Kaufman, 1929-2010

Chuck Pfeifer:

in memoriam

Taki Theodoracopulos gave me my fiftieth birthday party at Elaine’s. My dad was there, as was Dr. Michael Bruno, a second father to me, Willem Dafoe, Oliver Stone, Reinaldo and Carolina Herrera, and all my favorite West Point classmates. Every beautiful girl in New York turned out, and as the night went on people lined up on the street, clamoring to get inside. Finally, I went to Elaine and said, “This is getting out of hand. I think we need a little security.” She poked her finger into my chest and said, “I’m the fucking security.” And so she was.

When I saw Elaine Kaufman’s obituary, I immediately flashed

back to the night George Plimpton died and Elaine was on the phone haranguing someone at the Times, “…And I want it above the fold!” George got a great obituary, as did Elaine, but they were both just beneath the fold, together forever. Elaine’s was a late-night place that didn’t really get rolling until George Plimpton, Lew Lapham, Norman Mailer, and the other regulars had finished their rounds at the various cocktail parties. On quiet nights at P.J. Clarke’s, owner Danny Lavezzo, Jr., would lead pals uptown to hang out with Elaine—a high compliment from one joint to another. Elaine was famously tough. The one night I ever saw her a bit intimidated was in 2002, during a book party for Christopher Buckley’s hilarious novel, No Way to Treat a First Lady. Bill and Pat Buckley were still getting around town and had come into the back of the room. Elaine was hanging by the bar, looking uncharacteristically uncertain. I asked her if she would like to meet the elder Buckleys, and immediately she said yes. I took her back and made the intros, saying, “What a thrill to be able to introduce two of the greatest ladies in New York.” Elaine was beaming from ear to ear, and Pat gave me a look that could kill! Here, a few of her many friends share their own favorite memories of the late, great Elaine. —Jamie MacGuire 160 QUEST

Every obituary I read about Elaine included the words, “icon,” “brassy,” “landmark,” “true New Yorker,” and other such clichés. I was among the original clients of Elaine’s, having been taken there by Clay Felker, the great magazine editor who discovered such small timers as Tom Wolfe, Leslie Stahl, Chris Buckley, and even poor little me. As clichés are verboten, here are a few vignettes through the forty odd years I knew her. One time, when I was in my late thirties, she and I finished up the last two in her joint. Elaine used to mix her perfumes and managed to always smell wonderfully. Sure, she was over three hundred pounds, but when one is dead drunk and can’t see, one’s olfactory nerves work overtime. I suggested we go back to her place. “Go home, kid,” she whispered in my ear. I misunderstood and took it for a yes. “I’m gonna slug you,” was her next sentence. I finally took the hint. Mind you, she also had a bad side. Like when she took down my picture from her wall—I was between Jay McInerney and Hunter S. Thompson. When I screamed bloody murder, she got straight to the point: “You don’t spend money in here the way you used to.” I replied, “Why is Hunter still up? He’s dead and never paid anyway.” I got a withering look in return, one that told me something I already knew. Thompson was a much better writer and star than poor little me. Rest in peace, dear Elaine, every broken down hack in Noo Yawk will sure miss you. u

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