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HUSAIN HOLIDAYS

Mother of three, jewelry designer, and supporter of

American Ballet Theatre, Blair Husain shares her holiday traditions as she

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decorates her home—with help from the cast of ABT’s The Nutcracker.

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A look back at the Sun Valley Resort in Idaho,

where some of Hollywood’s most glamorous skiiers (and ski bunnies) enjoyed the slopes by day and the après-ski by night.

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YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME

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Toys from our childhood give us more than just

a good time when we’re young: they are talismans of great power as we get older.

We dig through some classic toy chests for examples.

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In Debutantes: When Glamour was Born (Rizzoli),

an exploration of what it means to come out to society—featuring an introduction

by Quest’s David Patrick Columbia.

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SHINE AND REFLECTIONS

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ELIZABETH QUINN BROWN

The dazzling displays in storefront windows, decked

out for the holiday season, add to the festive air that permeates the Big Apple this time of year, delighting the crowds of passers-by.

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STAGING A COMEBACK

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GIFT GUIDE

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APPEARANCES

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YOUNG & THE GUEST LIST

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SNAPSHOT

The hustle and bustle of the holidays is beginning... BY DAVID PATRICK COLUMBIA This month’s guide, with a holiday twist, to the best happenings in town.

Ronald and Nancy Reagan, captured in the White House Rose Garden.

One-liners, as uttered by the greats.

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Having Christmas lunch at the 21 Club—the memories, the stories, and the traditions.

Gift-giving goes differently for those involved in politics, according to our D.C. columnist Dennis Basso marks 30 years in the biz with a move up Madison. BY DANIEL CAPPELLO

Beyond the Goldilocks approach to art market transactions.

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When making your list, pick up these gifts for everyone nice.

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It’s a swirl of parties in this month’s column, “An Open Book.”

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Out with autumn and in with a whole new season. BY ELIZABETH QUINN BROWN

Jacqueline Kennedy’s art and artistry—from a Christmas 50 years ago.

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Not dreaming of sugar plums, but ginger snaps: James Whiteside, from American Ballet Theatre, in repose with the Husain

Our gift guide is here with some sure-fire tips To stuff stockings so full, they may start to rip.

With one final word, we send you our best: Happy holidays to all, from us here at Quest. X

family dog, Ginger (above); a vintage holiday store window from Lord & Taylor (inset).

Lily Hoagland ’TWAS THE DAY before the holidays, and all through the office, We were trying to close and, boy, it was raucous.

The pages laid out, text edited with care, With a cover so cute that no others compare.

The cast of “The Nutcracker” performed pirouettes (As ABT dancers, they don’t break a sweat); The Husains decked halls in red, green, and yellow; Each merry moment caught by Daniel Cappello.

Back in the office, as we pore over galleys, We hear the sweet call of the slopes in Sun Valley.

While we marvel over how quickly this year went, Toys litter our desks (they were for an assigment!)

ON THE COVER: Hannah Husain, in a velvet ruffle-sleeve dress

by Ralph Lauren Childrenswear, catches the Little Mouse (played by Justin Souriau-Levine) from American Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker.” Part of “Husain Holidays,” by Daniel Cappello, photographed by Julie Skarratt.

Correction: In last month’s Real Estate section, we listed the Sotheby’s

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NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY NOVEMBER FLEW PAST. It seemed like a minute and a half, no? The peak of autumn painted the town for us, providing some heavenly joy amid the pearls and the perils of the metropolitan fast life.

November is always the height of the autumn social season in New York. It’s when

many of the big charities stage their major fundraisers of the year. I don’t have the total figure but all together they raise tens of millions at what is now a long list of galas.

I started this column just about this time 20 years ago, in this magazine. The content then versus now is markedly

different. There were charity galas then, but nowhere near the number we have today.

All social life in New York in the modern age is built around people meeting. This often means meeting new people or making important connections. But a lot of it is what being social is anywhere:

people congregating for the pleasure of the camaraderie and entertainment—a respite from the workday.

The past two decades of social activity were transformed by technology, which is something that has taken over the lives and social relationships of many of us. With it comes

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A the good, the bad, and, let us not forget to mention, the ugly.

In the New York social scene today, technology makes it more efficient to bring people together—which may explain to some extent why there are so many more philanthropies and fundraising activities operating with higher public profiles.

Today, the benefit galas dominate the social calendar, along with book signings. I could fill every page of editorial content in this magazine just with reports of the month’s parties and receptions and still not offer a complete rundown.

No exaggeration here.

In the last six months I’ve been invited to dozens of book

signings, many if not most for coffee table books by interior designers. One week last month there were four that I covered. I had been invited to more but there are only so many hours in the day—especially in a town where the traffic now often crawls no matter where you go.

Those four were in honor of Brian McCarthy, Howard Slatkin, Alexa Hampton, and Mario Buatta. They’re all wonderful and I’m sorry I don’t have space to cover each. They are all on the same subject but, at the same time, they are all different. And wonderful.

The sheer number of these books leads one to consider the phenomenon. It points

to the fact that, what with all our social gathering for the philanthropic, there is also an intense desire to make a nice home, a better nest. That instinct is natural, and its emphasis is increasing.

There was one book, however, that had a different slant.

A different kind of interior design, if you will. One Wednesday night, downtown at the Standard, hotelier André Balazs hosted the party for George Rush and Joanna Molloy and new book, Scandal: A Manual” (Skyhorse).

Rush and Molloy were, for years, The New York Daily News version of the Post’s “Page Six.” There was a difference because their column had

a vibe that went more for the joke rather than the jugular.

Whenever possible. Of course, it wasn’t always possible in the Naked City (or Jungle). “Scandal” is full of those tales of show and woe—and, oh my!

So, when you think of picking up an interior design volume to suit your tastes, consider accompanying it with Scandal: A Manual for a little interior diversion as well as a few laughs.

Meanwhile, back at the galas (to give you an idea of the intensity): the same night as the Rush and Molloy incident, over at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, the American Ballet Theatre opened its season with a grand benefit. This was not only bal-

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let but after-ballet theatre too, as the ladies were all bejeweled and be-gowned and the Promenade was decorated by Bronson van Wyck and his merry band of artists. The scenery was a sensation, as well as a reminder of the current environment: tornados. You had to be there to believe it.

At the same hour, down at the Mandarin Oriental, The Carter Burden Center for the Aging was holding its 42nd anniversary gala, “Art Works,” which honored John Phelan.

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Side) back in the early 1970s, died at a very young age (in his fifties) in the mid-1990s.

This writer worked in the first campaign that Burden staged when seeking office.

We won, he won. A Vanderbilt heir—born and brought up with a silver spoon in his mouth—turned out to be a knight in shining armor for the people he was representing in a district that, in those days, had a large working class and aging population.

The neighborhoods along the avenues east of Lexington still housed the tenements where many had grown up and lived all of their lives. There were a lot of pensioners—often sin-

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gle people, often widowed, and often with little to no family to assist them.

Carter, the Harvard-educated heir who grew up in Beverly Hills (in a Wallace Neff-designed mansion later own by Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston), was deeply affected by this reality that he saw, and chose to do something about it. He created the “Burden Center for the Aging,” a place where the senior citizens could have a meeting place—a haven, a source of information and support—in the neighborhood.

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was to help the community and its citizens. He worked very hard at that, although he became disillusioned by the political process and eventually just quit. His political legacy is all but forgotten but nevertheless his intention and his work lives on gloriously.

His wife, Susan, who is the personification of community activism, took up the center, renamed it the “Carter Burden Center for the Aging,” thereby dignifying it so that people wouldn’t perceive as a center of “burden.” Today, the center is involved in many activities, including a daily lunch catering to the older members in the neighbor-

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Meanwhile, on the same day, at the same hour, down at the Museum of Modern Art, they were holding a ceremony presenting the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize to director Spike Lee. The Gishes were sisters, actresses who began on the stage as children at the end of the 19th century. They were both early stars, growing up in the silent films working for their mentor, D.W. Griffith.

Both treated their profession

like members of a religious novitiate. And they set a good example.

And there was more, same hour, over at the New York Public Library, Billy Rayner was interviewed by Jonathan Burnham, the publisher of HarperCollins about his new book, Notes and Sketches: Travel Journals of William P. Rayner.

Billy, a longtime New Yorker, is a highly sociable fellow, meaning: he gets along with everybody, including a lot of everybodies, a hail-fellowwell-met.

Billy has been keeping these diaries since he was a very young man. He’s also been painting his travels at the same

time, all his life. This book is part of the sum of that activity.

Mae West once said: “Keep a diary and someday it’ll keep you.” In Show Business, maybe. Billy’s diary has a distinction all its own: a man’s hand expressed and described with his brushes and his pen. It’s beautifully published in two volumes, boxed with a silken cover featuring a depiction from a canvas of his.

Meanwhile, even more…

Ward and Nico Landrigan were hosted a book signing over at the Verdura salon at 745 Fifth Avenue for Alexander Vreeland, who edited a book of his famous grandmother’s memos during her years as the editor of Vogue.

It’s called Memos: The Vogue Years. It’s coffee table-book sized, beautifully published with photocopies of Mrs. Vreeland’s actual typewritten and handwritten memos and letters. Those of us who are Vreeland-ophiles believe this is the ultimate memoir of hers because it is her wit and clever thinking and unique point of view in her own words of the moment.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: New Yorkers got a new Mayor, Bill de Blasio.

That night was the annual Library Lions dinner at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue. This is

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A always a beautiful evening, black-tie, which honors distinguished, often literary members of the community, national and international. This year’s honorees were Mayor Michael Bloomberg; authors Katherine Boo, Junot Diaz, and Marilynne Robinson; and the very literate and witty Stephen Sondheim, who also has a couple of books out.

One of the highlights of this dinner that is now anticipated by the guests is the David Monn décor of the Rose Main Reading Room— officially, the Deborah, Jonathan, F. P., Samuel Priest, and Adam R. Rose Main Reading Room. Monn created an exotic literary wood-

land in this vast two-story reading hall.

The gala co-chairs were Mr. snd Mrs. Oscar de la Renta, Antoinette Delruelle and Joshua L. Steiner, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Malkin, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marron, Mr. and Mrs. John Paulson, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schwarzman, James Tisch and the Honorable Merryl Tisch, and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wachenheim III. On a Wednesday early in the month, I went down to the Metropolitan Club where the Audubon Society was honoring Allison Rockefeller. At the same time, on the third floor in one of their beautiful dining rooms, the American Asso-

ciates of the Royal Academy were hosting a luncheon with the Duke of Devonshire, guest of honor and speaker.

At the Audubon luncheon, David Yarnold, president and CEO of the National Audubon Society introduced Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam, who is the founding president of the Student Conservation Association.

The award was named for Thomas W. Keesee, Jr., a lawyer by profession but a conservationist. It is one of the Audubon Society’s highest honors, going to individuals “who have shown remarkable leadership and commitment, particularly in New York State, Audubon’s mission to

conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity.”

Somehow that’s how I know Allison Rockefeller. I learned a few years ago about her conservationist side, which is a big side. She got me to attend the luncheons of the women’s committee, which she heads up. Audubon’s not about just the birds anymore, it’s about the bigger picture: the earth.

Mother Earth. Where the birds live. (If they can live.)

This is what Audubon is about now: Us. Here. And How. Conservationists are not conducting a hobby. They love

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all mankind: clean air and clean water. She asked as to what business or corporation would really want to make a living killing the planet, which would naturally kill all of us.

Allison Rockefeller knows she cannot convince everyone that we are endangered. But there are many other women who are in agreement. Those women, you women, can make the difference. Therein lies the hope.

Meanwhile, moving on during that evening, over at Cipriani 42nd Street, the Humane Society of the United States was holding its New York gala benefiting and celebrating the lifesaving work of

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its Animal Rescue Programs, hosted by Ali Wentworth with a live performance by Colbie Caillat. The event was chaired by Amanda Hearst, Georgina Bloomberg, and Kimberly Ovitz.

Guests included Angela Simmons, Katrina Bowden, and Ms. Georgina Bloomberg’s father, Mayor Michael Bloomberg with Diana Taylor. Also, Mark Sanchez, Scotty McKnight of the Jets, Prince Amukamara of the Giants, Lo Bosworth, Pia Lindstrom, Jenna Morasca, John Quinones, Top Chef’s Sam Talbot, Michael Ovitz with Tamara Mellon, Lorenzo Borghese, Sasha Cohen, Miss

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My dear little Byrone (a.k.a. Big Guy) came to live with us from the Humane Society almost six years ago.

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Many can’t help it, but then there are many who ultimately don’t care, who think of their pets as “things” that they can dispose of when it’s too much bother. Many acquire a pet because it’s cute and cuddly when it’s a pup. Then they tire of the cuteness as the animal grows up, and they can’t be bothered with the care and patience the animals naturally require. These times that we’re in are growing more challenging, economically speaking,

and one can be sure that it will be even more challenging with pets in the family. Many of these pets will find themselves out of luck and out the door. It pains me to think of their predicaments.

The Humane Society, and the other valiant organizations that rescue these animals, have their hands full, but they soldier on. It is important now to adopt when you decide that you want a dog or a cat. How would you like it if someone decided to throw you out of your home because they didn’t need you around anymore?

That’s what it’s like for these friends. And they are friends— even forever, despite us.

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night: New York City Center held its annual gala beginning with cocktails at City Center, followed by a performance of the new Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis show, A Bed and A Chair: A New York Love Affair, which stars Bernadette Peters and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. They honored City Center’s outgoing president of the board, Raymond Lamontagne. The chairs behind this great success were Bobbie and Lew Frankfort, Patricia and Jesse Lovejoy, Perry and Marty Granoff, Stacey and Eric Mindich, and Lisa and Richard Witten.

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The wealth propelled an aesthetic and social revolution that led to the transformation of New York City so radical that more than a century ago seems like more than a millennium ago.

The high social life then was dominated by parties, although rarely created for philanthropic purposes. Fun and show were the emphasis. One of the most famous parties of

that era is captured in what is now a familiar and somewhat puzzling (that is, unless you know the story) archival photograph of men in whitetie and tails sitting in a large circle on horseback eating dinner. Known as the “Dinner on Horseback,” it was thrown

by Cornelius Kingsley Garrison at Sherry’s Restaurant on 44th Street and Fifth Avenue in March 1903.

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the 21st century. By age forty, in 1901, Billings decided to retire from the day-to-day of business, and moved himself and his young family to New York where the action was for millionaires with leisure time.

Like many of his social peers, Billings’ great love was horses and harness racing – a horse pulling a small two wheeled cart called a sulky.

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A Horses for harness racing were fast but not thoroughbreds. This allowed the contests to be open to both the rich as well as the local farmers (remember this part of Manhattan was still mainly countryside), making it to a more popular public sport.

CKG Billings took to his sport in a big way. At a cost of $200,000 (multimillions in today’s currency) he built a large stable (250 by 125 feet near 196th Street, right next to the Speedway. To celebrate its completion, on March 28, 1903, he hosted a special dinner for 36 gentlemen (in white tie) at Louis Sherry’s restaurant, a twelve story edifice containing even a grand

ballroom for special parties.

Sherry’s was then the hot restaurant of its day and also a trendsetter. It was the very first restaurant where women of society went to dine in public—and even without a male escort—the first New York ladies who lunch.

Mr. Billings’ guests were his fellow racing club members.

His original plan was to hold the dinner in his new stables, the objective being (a tradition among the club members) to outdo the last dinner given by a club member for the club, an awesome atmosphere, sensational and different.

But word got out to the press, which in those days was rapacious in covering the

daily life and at times scandalous stories of very rich New Yorkers. So Billings secretly moved the venue to Sherry’s while maintaining the story of the original plans by sending equipment, furniture and supplies up to his new stables, which reporters staked out.

This way they would be distracted from the Billings’ big night at Sherry’s.

On March 28th, the 36 guests arrived at the restaurant for caviar and cocktails at a small banquet room where a stuffed horse was the centerpiece. After drinks the party moved to the main dining room—a vast two story ballroom which the host had transformed into a bucolic

countryside with grass and dirt, a babbling brook, waiters dressed for a foxhunt, and three dozen real horses. Guests entering this room-within-agrand ballroom, were aghast and agog.

The horses were equipped with special saddles and trays measuring two feet by two feet, champagne bottles with long straws in the saddlebags, and a large bag of oats for each horse. Entertainment was provided by an orchestra and a bevy of chorus girls dancing and singing. Guests were given sterling silver menus made in the shape of horseshoes.

The final cost of the Billings dinner was reported to be $50,000 (or approximately

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The party, of course, was a sensation with the guests but when word leaked out to the press, it was portrayed as a scandal, an obscene display of wealth in a world of millions of working poor. Town Topics, the much feared-bythe-rich scandal sheet of the times called it a “freak dinner on horseback.” Although the scandal did not deter its host and other members of the leisure class from partaking in conspicuous consumption, historians regard the horseback dinner as a milestone

marking the beginning of the end of the Gilded Age. Mr. Billings, a naturally energetic and industrious man (he later founded the company now known as Union Carbide among his other activities), later built a big house for his family near his stables on a large plot of land he acquired.

Years later he sold the estate to John D. Rockefeller who developed it into what is now Fort Tryon Park in the Bronx.

The last week of the month, Americans were reminded of the 50th anniversary of the murder of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas. Anyone who was alive on that day has specific memories of where they were when they heard,

and the long weekend that followed where the world watched the television reportage of the procession to the Capital and then Arlington, where he was buried.

The Assassination was such a trauma for the nation including those close to the slain President that the event has remained shrouded in speculation ever since. The suddenness of his departure did the same to his political legacy.

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So it was with John F. Kennedy whose image and stature was greatly assisted by the presence of his beautiful young wife Jackie and their two beautiful children.

When he came to the office, he had succeeded a very popular and highly admired man, a military hero, a two term President, whose only deterrent was his age (Eisen-

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There were no stories of a randomly voracious sex life.

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Those who knew protected him as well as his beautiful wife and children.

The term “conspiracy theory” came into the parlance with his assassination and the complicated circumstances— and subsequent deaths—surrounding it. It became the go-to explanation for the inexplicable. The Warren report was accepted and then later de-bunked without alternative conclusions. Nevertheless, the majority of us prefer to dump

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In the end, it was a very great sadness for the American people to see a young man, a young father, with a vigorous and compassionate spirit and an inspiring consciousness of his world, our world, torn from us by man’s inhumanity.

There has been endless consideration given to “what” he would have done had he lived.

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Gordon and Peggy Davis

Scott Malkin, Tony Marx and Neil Rudenstine 54 QUEST

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Frederick Eberstadt and Barbara Goldsmith

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Susan Jablonski and Jimmy Brown

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Sharon Bush and Bob Colacello

Rachel Hovnanian and Christopher Gow

Martha Glass and Melanie Holland

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Annette Tapert and Harry Slatkin 60 QUEST

Cathy Graham and Dana Hammond

Judy Cormier and Frank Wisner

Kelly Bensimon

Howard Slatkin and Ali Slatkin

Susanna Salk and Stacey Bewkes

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Hamish Bowles and Claire Potter

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Leonard Lauder

Antoinette Guerrini-Maraldi

Jerry Seay and Lorna Graev

Regina Greeven, Felix Perera and Jim Mitchell

Lawrence Graev and Pauline Pitt

Richard Johnson and Grace Meigher

Tessa Johnson and Rainer Greeven

Nathan and Katharina Bernstein with Carlos Souza

Giancarlo Giammetti with Prosper and Martine Assouline 62 QUEST

Johanna Flaum and Grégoire Billault

Afes and Tamara Mellon

Bruce Hoeksema, Andy Cohen, Bruce Bozzi and Valentino Garavani

Marc Jacobs and Tobias Meyer

Charlie Moffett, Courtney Kramer and Michael McCorley

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Michael Eisner and Rudy Giuliani

Kate and Brad Peck with Fiona Rudin

Jeff Peek and Adelina Wong Ettelson

Vartan and Claire Gregorian with Herman Berliner

Robyn Schmidt and Ed Torres

Marian Heiskell

Robert A.M. Stern and Sid Bass

Bill and Ellen Turchyn with Sheri and Marc Feigen

L I G H T H O U S E I N T E R N AT I O N A L H O ST E D L I G H T YE A R S AT T H E P L A Z A H OT E L

Somers Farkas and Suzanne Murphy 64 QUEST

Stephen Perelman

Joe Ripp and James Dubin

Barry Weissler and Mark Ackermann

Jean ShaďŹ roff, Ike Ude and Patricia Shiah

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Frederica Biggs and Jean Earman

Robert Katzmann and Susan Henshaw Jones

Andrew Auchincloss, Lisa Yokana and Blake Auchincloss 66 QUEST

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Nancy Newhouse and Enid Nemy

Bob Hardwick and Polly Merrill

George Rich and Jeanne Jones

Nancy Newcomb and Newt Merrill

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James Ben and Trish Regan

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Eva Mohr with Dan and Bianca Harris

Dave Granville, Arriana Boardman and Jeff PfeiďŹ&#x201A;e 68 QUEST

Linda Lambert and William Secord

Jane Preiser and Chuck Scarborough

Catherine Cahill and Bill Bernhard

Frances Scaife

Alexander Jakowec and Melanie Wambold

Liz Swenson, Lily Maddock and Allison Aston

Sharon and John Loeb

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Please join us for the inaugural

THE GIVING BACK FOUNDATION

which will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at The Pierre Hotel in New York.

Education is the right of every human. Each of us should have the ability to better ourselves through education. The Giving Back Foundation was created in 2010 to ensure this in the world.

Giving Back inspires us to share our hearts and our minds. It’s not just what’s in our wallets, but it’s our time and state of mind when we give that is important. The Giving Back Foundation runs and is involved in numerous projects all around the world.

For more information about The Giving Back Foundation, please visit our website: www.thegivingbackfoundation.net.

For more about the Gala, email tgbf@darnellstrategies.com.

“We are to the universe only as much as we give back to it” Meera Gandhi, CEO & Founder

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Mary Brosnahan, Carey Lowell and Kayce Jennings

Hilaria and Alec Baldwin 70 QUEST

Kim and Michael McCarty

Elettra Wiedemann and James Marshall

Veronica Bulgari

Hilary Rhoda

Franco Lacosta

Kai Dugan and Jennifer Connelly

PAT R I C K M C M U LL A N

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Reviving 5,000 years of civilization.

IMAGINE a theatrical experience so profound, so inspiring, it touches your soul. Let Shen Yun take you on a journey through 5,000 years of divinely-inspired culture: A journey where the virtues of ancient China, the world’s finest dancers, a unique East-West orchestra, and dazzling animated backdrops converge in one spectacular performance.

“It was an extraordinary experience... the level of skill, but also the power of the archetypes and the narratives were startling.

It was exquisitely beautiful.”

“A marvelous evening…

I am completely enchanted.”

— HRH Princess Michael of Kent

“A beautiful show, fantastic!

If you ever get the chance to see it, you should.”

— Cate Blanchett, Academy Award-winning actress

SHEN YUN cannot be seen in China today, where traditional culture has been mostly destroyed under communist rule. Yet, Shen Yun has become a global cultural sensation bringing the virtues and wisdom of traditional Chinese culture to millions of people across four continents.

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Roberta Armani and Hilary Swank

Caroline Winberg

Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl

Jaime Alexander and Peter Fascinelli

Leonardo diCaprio and Giorgio Armani

Bruce and Nan Weber

Kyleigh Kuhn

T H E N E X T S T E P R E A LT Y ’ S R O O F TO P C O C K TA I L PA R T Y

Matt Winter and Cassie Parker

Brianna Coughlan, Rebecca Fine and Erin Wilson 72 QUEST

Sandra Dolman and Blair Brandt

Nick Larkey and Brendan O’Brian

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HIGH-WIRE FUN

The Hospital for Special Surgery will hold its seventh annual Big Apple Circus benefit at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 212.606.1658.

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LET THERE BE LIGHT

For the 68th consecutive year, the Fund for Park Avenue will host the 2013 Park Avenue tree lighting and ceremony outside the Brick Presbyterian Church at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 212.705.4237.

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MEMBERS ONLY

The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach will hold a membership lunch and Ballinger award presentation at The Breakers at noon. For more information, call 561.655-6611.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The MD Cancer Center will host its annual gala honoring David Koch and the late Maria Floyd at the Mar-a-Lago Club at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 561. 832.2600.

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The Winter Ball for Autism will take place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 6 p.m. For more information, call 212.218.4080.

New Hope Charities will host its holiday bazaar and reception at The Beach Club. For more information, call 561.842.4874.

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The Palm Beach Junior Assembly will hold its annual Snowflake Ball at the Mar-a-Lago Club at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 561.832-2600.

Leading international galleries will show work from masters of modern and contemporary art, as well as pieces by newly emerging stars, during Art Basel

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Miami Beach, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Collins Park, and nearby beaches through December 8. For more information, call 305.674.1292.

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FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE

MorseLife will hold its annual dinner dance, hosted by Susan Ross, Heidi Schuster, and Laurie Silvers at the Mar-a-Lago Club at 7 p.m. For more information, call 561.832.2600.

AHOY THERE

The American Red Cross Palm Beach Treasure Coast Region will host its kickoff reception aboard the M/Y Lady Kathryn.

For more information, call 561.650.9105.

COOL CHOREOGRAPHIES

The New York Theatre Ballet will begin its 2013–2014 “Once Upon a Ballet” series, beginning with Keith Michael’s “The Nutcracker” at Florence Gould Hall. This

CO U RTE S Y O F A RT B A S E L M I A M I B E AC H

On December 5–8, Art Basel Miami Beach—the premier international art show, providing a platform for artists and gallerists from around the world—will return to Miami Beach for its 12th year. The fair continues to serve as a vast international meeting place for the art world. For more information, call 305.673.7311.

Manhattan Youth Ballet and the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center will present “The Knickerbocker Suite” at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center from December 13–15.

“The Knickerbocker Suite” features New York City landmarks, such as The Statue of Liberty, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and New York sports teams weaved into the time-honored tale of The Nutcracker. For more information, call 212.787.1178.

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Already considered a staple event on Palm Beach’s distinguished annual social roster, The Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival will take place at the Four Seasons Resort, Swank Farms, Coolinary Cafe, and other Palm Beach locals from December 13–17. For more information, call 561.389.1222.

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SHOWING SUPPORT

The Daniel E. Ponton Fund for the Neurosciences will hold its anniversary dinner dance at Club Colette at 6 p.m. Created in 2007, The Daniel E. Ponton Fund is committed to propelling medical research and advancing patient care in both our local and global communities. The fund has provided critical support for some of the nation’s most promising scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital who are paving the way to accelerate advances to cures for diseases For more information, call 561.659.0537.

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ARTISTIC ADVENTURES

The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach’s destination for art, music, 76 QUEST

drama, and literature, will host a cocktail reception honoring the gala chairwomen and donors at Wally Findlay Galleries. The Society offers hundreds of cultural program including children’s programs, films, lifelong learning, concerts, exhibitions, and more. For more information, call 561.655.2090.

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PHILANTHROPIC FUN

The American Red Cross Palm Beaches Treasure Coast Region

will hold its Red Cross Beach Bash at The Beach Club. This signature event, sponsored by Lilly Pulitzer, allows over 500 of the Palm Beach region’s next generation of philanthropic leaders to gather each year to benefit the American Red Cross.

The evening’s theme, “A Story Written in the Sun,” will honor the late fashion icon and the birthplace of the brand’s beginnings. Bobby Leidy will chair the event. For more information, call 561.650.91533.

JANUARY 8 GOOD HEALTH

The Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County will hold its annual Bell Society dinner at the Colony’s Royal Room at 7 p.m.

The dinner is black tie. For more information, call 561.650.9133.

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BREAK OUT THE CANDLES

The Salvation Army will celebrate its candlelight soirée at The Breakers in Palm Beach at 7 p.m. For more information, call 561.655.6611.

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CHINESE CULTURE

On December 20, following their sold-out series of dazzling concerts last season, the Salomé Chamber Orchestra will return to the Met for a program of seasonal music. For more information, call 212.570.3986.

Shen Yun will kick off its 2014 season at the David H. Koch Theater at 20 Lincoln Center Plaza. Shen Yun features visual marvels: heavenly maidens, brave warriors, mischievous monks, and a flying pig! China’s 5,000 years of uninterrupted history has yielded an endless treasure trove of legends, myths, and literary classics.

These stories come to life in vivid detail through Shen Yun’s aweinspiring performances. For more information, call 800.818.2393.

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holiday ballet, set to Tchaikovsky’s beloved score, is imagined in the spectacular Art Nouveau style.

Performances on the 14th are at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.

Other ballets in the series include: “The Alice-in-Wonderland Follies,” “Cinderella,” and “Carnival of the Animals and Sleeping Beauty’s Wedding.” For more information, call 212.679.8171.

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Ronald and Nancy Reagan at the White House Rose Garden, 1986.

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IN NOVEMBER 1986, I went to the Rose

Garden at the White House to photograph the President and First Lady for LIFE magazine’s 50th anniversary issue.

The Reagans appeared that day in fine spirits—jovial, in fact. Their relationship

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seemed fresh and new yet, at the same time, comfortable and possessed of a familiarity found only in couples who have long known each other’s secrets. They were a team. And I expected they could finish each other’s sentences if they tried.

Everyone knows that theirs was a love story—an extraordinary one that I have been privileged to experience firsthand over the years. When I first met Ronald and Nancy Reagan in August 1966, he was in the middle of his

campaign for the governorship of California. The pair acted like newlyweds, though they had been married for 14 years. At the time, only one other actor, George Murphy, had crossed over into politics to become a U.S. senator from California. Reagan meant to follow his lead all the way.

My journey of photographing the Reagans over the years led to being at the White House many times as well as to their Rancho de Cielo in the Santa Ynez mountains. The last time that I photographed the Reagans was April 16, 1998, in the garden of their Bel Air home for the cover of Vanity Fair. The photo session didn’t last long, but it was filled with love. Theirs had continued to be a love story. They were still a team, still by each other’s side. X DECEMBER 2013 79

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STAGING A COME BACK THERE ANYTHING better for Christmas than a bit of a laugh? Well, outside of a visit by, say, the blonde C.I.A. agent in Homeland, but I think that Claire Danes has got other things on her mind than yours truly. Great comebacks are my favorite way to giggle. For example: When the great French actress Arletty was dragged into court and accused of giving comfort, the French way, to a German Luftwaffe officer, her only defense was, “If you men hadn’t let them in so easily, I wouldn’t have slept with him.” She added that her heart belongs to France, “but my ass is international.” She was cheered and set free immediately.

The most famous comeback belongs to Voltaire—who else? When asked on his deathbed, by a priest, if he renounced the devil, he responded that such was no time to make new enemies.

An even bigger ham, and also on his deathbed, the great John Barrymore.

He felt his nurse put her head on his chest, trying to hear if his ticker was still ticking. “OK, hop in,” said the actor before expiring. A pompous English judge who was notorious for cruising for boys late at night asked a colleague what he gave for buggery,

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This page: Princess Margaret, a witness to our columnist’s greatest comeback.

From left: Voltaire; Groucho Marks; our columnist harbors a crush on actress Claire Danes, who stars as a C.I.A. agent in the T.V. show Homeland.

by which he meant the punishment.

(Homosexuality was illegal until 1967, in a nation of what I believe to be mostly homosexuals.) “Oh, 50 pence or so,” answered his colleague.

My own greatest quip came to me while dead drunk. Most good comebacks are never thought out, they just happen. We were at Mortimer’s, at a Reinaldo and Carolina Herrera dinner party for Princess Margaret. I was seated next to Margaret after the main course. (The hosts were switching people around so that the guest of honor would be able to speak with everyone.)

“I think we met in ’67,” I said, slurring my words. “What, you’re a schivil shervant?” slurred the princess right back.

“Do I look like a shivil schervant?”

“My God, he’s a shivil schervant.” End of conversation, and a quick change of placement. On our way out, the pianist saw the princess and hit a few bars of “God Save the Queen.” “No, no, none of that,” said Margaret agitated.

“It’s not for you, ma’am, it’s for Jerry Zipkin,” said yours truly, never to be spoken to by Jerry ever again.

As good as Voltaire’s (who some believe had thought of his response ahead of time, as he knew what the priest was going to ask him) is that of John Wilkes, the brilliant orator and Parliamentarian. When he was told by

the Earl of Sandwich that he would die either in the gallows or by the pox, he didn’t miss a beat: “That depends, sir, whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.” Robert Benchley, one of our greatest humorists, was a famous lush. Emerging from a nightclub, he saw the resplendent doorman in uniform and said, “My good man, call me a taxi.” “How dare you,” said the furious gentleman, “ I am a United States admiral.” “Oh, in that case, call me a battleship.”

“What the fuck was that?” This vulgarity was supposedly pronounced by the mayor of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

My own dear father came up with a good one under unfortunate circumstances. A notorious womanizer he always raised a pennant featuring a ball and chain when my mother was on board his boat, warning the fairer sex to stay away whenever he dropped anchor in some hotspot with mama along. One day, he forgot all about it and went to bed. My mother was still walking the deck and two beauties arrived and asked her if she was “John’s latest.” My mother played along and they spilled the beans. When she went below and started screaming at him, the only thing he could come up with was, “Damn it, I forgot to raise the bloody flag.”

William Buckley was a natural. He

was once asked on live T.V. why we were losing the war in Vietnam? “Well, we have the Bavarians and they have the Prussians,” came his answer. And how true it was. The Americans were fighting like Prussians and the South Vietnamese like Bavarians. When flying to Boston to debate Arthur Schlesinger at Harvard, I believe, Bill was offered a cigar by Schlesinger, one that he accepted. As soon as they landed they were surrounded by reporters. The professor said something like he was there to defend American values against warmongers like Buckley. “All I know,” said Bill while rolling his eyes, “is that if the good professor and his ilk hadn’t screwed up the Bay of Pigs, we’d still be smoking Havanas.”

These are all oldies but goodies.

Nothing is harder than humor, something that’s totally disappeared nowadays, replaced by crudeness and vulgarity. One could fill a book with Groucho Marx’s rib ticklers. My favorite is very well-known. He asks a man and his wife on his T.V. program how many children they have. 13! “How can you have 13 children?” “I love my wife.”

“Well, I love my cigars but take them out of my mouth once in a while.”

Merry Christmas. X For more Taki, visit takimag.com.

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OF ALL NEW York’s landmarks, The 21 Club stands out as a symbol of another age, adapting itself seemingly effortlessly to the demands of a new century. Founded as a speakeasy by cousins Jack Kreindler and Charlie Berns, it moved to its present location at 21 West 52nd Street in 1929. Although raided frequently during Prohibition, an ingenious system of levers tipped the shelves of the bar, sweeping the liquor bottles through a chute and into the city’s sewers, and the joint was never closed.

My mentors Murray McDonnell and Charles Wohlstetter used to take me to memorable lunches at “21,” receiving the royal treatment as members of the family. But my favorite story of Charlie’s was how the color bar was broken at “21.”

One night in the ’40s when Lena Horne was the toast of Broadway, George Jessel brought her in on his arm and asked to be shown to his regular table. The maître d’ gulped and tried to stall for time. “In what name is your reservation, Sir?” “ABRAHAM LINCOLN!” answered Georgie, and walked right on by him with Lena. There was never a problem after that.

I can count four generations of my own family at “21.” My mother used to laugh that Kreindler would always produce a waiter who had known her father, Schuyler Casey, when she and Dad would come in from Long Island for a night at the theatre after the War, until finally there was not a single staffer left. The most loyal of the restaurant’s supporters was my cousin Mary Ann Travers, an Auntie Mame if there ever was one. She was long past her drinking days (her husband, a minor Danish aristocrat, had been paid off to go back to Copenhagen, and she had reformed), 82 QUEST

but whenever she brought us in the staff pampered her and plied her underage cousins with drink. One day Kreindler introduced her to Nelson Rockefeller, and Mary Ann reminded Rocky that their grandfathers had been friends on adjacent places, Pocantico Hills and Eastview, near Tarrytown. “You were a much better neighbor than Union Carbide,” the Governor replied, the company that had turned Eastview, her family farm, into a corporate headquarters. Mary Ann once threw her mink coat onto a roulette table at the Piping Rock Casino in Saratoga and cried out, “Put that on black.” When she died, her nephew, a priest, began his homily, “Mary Ann always said she wanted to die overdrawn at the Chase Bank. Mary, you got your wish.”

When she gave another nephew his 21st-birthday dinner dance at “21,” she had her doctor sit beside her and had been pre-admitted to his hospital, “just in case.” Those were the days!

Today the restaurant is owned by The Orient Express Group, and a new manager, the gregarious Teddy Suric, has taken it well in hand, steadily introducing improvements that build on its longstanding strengths. On a recent night the bar area was crowded with revelers, but Michael, the head waiter, dealt with them with aplomb and Agron, the present maître d’, presided graciously over the dining room. The uncanny memory that the greeters, Shaker and Pedro, and all the staff have for old friends remains a source of envy for occasional visitors. The venerable men’s-room attendant, Reverend Robinson, passed away this fall and is not to be replaced, but the ladies’ room is still charmingly supervised by Roseann,

who started working at the restaurant in the coat room in the 1980s.

The contents of the wine cellar at “21” are still the stuff of legends, the jockeys outside on West 52nd Street still bear august racing colors, and inside the restaurant there still hang a unique collection of sports and business memorabilia, and important American paintings. The days of calling for a phone to be plugged in by your table have now gone by the boards, and the age of lengthy publishing lunches have lapsed (when one Time Inc. executive stayed through from lunch to dinner on such a regular basis that his nickname became “42”) and are but a distant memory.

But of all the traditions at “21,” by far the most beloved is that of the Salvation Army Band playing and caroling during the Christmas season. It started over 70 years ago on a frigid, snowy night when Kreindler took pity on a shivering, small band of missionaries and invited them in for tureens of hot soup. They insisted on offering something of themselves in return, and began to regale the diners with songs of the season. The spontaneous outpouring from the patrons was overwhelming, and when Kreindler passed a hat around the room, it was overflowing in no time. And so the tradition has continued ever since, putting the lie to the myth of New Yorkers being a hard-hearted, Scrooge-like lot.

I will be there this year with Michelle and my boys, Pierce and Rhoads, for a memorable lunch on December 23rd, surrounded by the spirits of ancestors and many friends, old and new, from around the world. So if you want to experience the true spirit of the holiday season in New York, I invite you to join us for a “21” Christmas. X

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Clockwise, from top left: The notorious “21” patrons included Aristotle Onassis, in 1952; the private stock of wines belonging to regulars like Gerald Ford, 1980; the invitation for a 1938 party to celebrate both a birthday and a wedding anniversary; 21’s early exterior; the annual Salvation Army fundraiser, 1972; the late Lorenzo Robinson, a.k.a. “The Rev,” who supervised the men’s room; a menu from 1938, which included “spécialités de la maison” like half a guinea hen for two dollars; a “Comanche Dinner” for Yalies, 1940.

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THERE IS LITTLE that brings out warmth and holiday cheer in Washington like the combined Christmas-KwanzaaHanukkah-Druidic Solstice Ritual.

Nothing beats a few sugarplums to gloss over the outstretched hand, tin cup, or hat to be filled with yet another wad of campaign cash...

It will be a little different this year because Hanukkah has merged with Thanksgiving on the calendar. That said, the change is not expected to affect the overall tone of bipartisanship and camaraderie that unites the capital in the collection of bribes.

Despite the existence of regifted plum puddings and really dreadful ties, most holiday offerings are intended to please the recipientâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but Washington does things differently. December is payback time and the currency of payback is dudgeon. The higher the better.

Most people, especially those residing outside of the Beltway, might think payback is a bad thing. Well, not in Washington. Here, payback is a very good thing indeed. In an effort to advance the study of Civics toward a semblance of reality, here is a tale of the truth behind Washington holiday gift giving.

Imagine an entire economy built on fighting while accomplishing nothing.

Washington now has more wealthy zip codes than even Manhattan, suggesting that faking, rather than fixing, has

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WASHINGTON HOLIDAYS AND THE EXCHANGE OF DUDGEON

This page, from top left: The dome of the Capitol building outshines the Christmas tree; Dupont Circle,

replaced derivatives trading as the industry du jour.

All these people have a lot in common; they have to keep it going. Private schools, ballet classes, private sports coaching, S.A.T. prep, and facials don’t come cheap, to say nothing of jumbo mortgages, rent, co-op fees, therapists, limos, private aircraft, and club dues.

In New York, maintaining that lifestyle might only require trading desks, but in Washington it requires fighting.

Most people don’t figure this out because they only see the appeal from their side of the aisle. In fact, both Left and Right stand for exactly the same thing. “I am fighting for you. Pay me.”

Nothing else. That’s it.

This simple business model requires only a battle to wage in support of the mercenaries.

I give you something to raise the dudgeon of your supporters and you give me something to raise the dudgeon of mine.

Each side then sends apocalyptic letters promising Old Testament consequences if sufficient funds are not forthcoming.

(The Old Testament is viewed as "politically correct" because it is common to several religions— not to Druids, but that is forgiven as Druids are modest donors and they don’t vote in large number.)

In Washington, the exchange of gifts goes more or less like this: Ted Cruz announces legislation to return women

covered in snow; a menorah

to chattel slavery in exchange celebrates Hanukkah in front of the for Nancy Pelosi’s promise to Washington Monument. Opposite nationalize investment banking. page: the Executive Office building Call 1-800-VICTIMS. Operators is decked out for the holidays. are standing by! Press 1 for D and 2 for R. There are no secret Santas here.

Such gifts are only given to alleged enemies who are actually your best friends. Your enemies make your bribe-taking possible. The exchanges are carefully negotiated and timed to preserve the political duopoly and maintain property values in those wealthy zip codes.

The Tea Party shuts down the government, sending torrents of money to the Democrats, but only if Occupy Christmas-Kwanzaa-Hanukkah-Druidic Wall Street demands the death penalty Solstice Ritual song. for the top 1 percent making the money flow the other way.

Dashing through DC Every side has its opposite: NRA and In a darkened limousine gun controllers; pro choice and pro life; Oh how rich we’ll be gay rights and family values; top 1 perJust for acting mean. cent and the 99 percent; climate change Coins in tin cups ring and deniers; basically, the haters and the Making spirits bright hated. Each has a gift for the other, but Oh what sport to ride and sing they are actually trades and these trades And pass the hat tonight. are sacred. It is perfectly okay to promise to vote for a bill if your dollop of pork is Jingle hats, jingle cups included, then to lead the opposition. But Jingle all the way! perish the elected official or D.C. insider O what fun it is for us who welshes on a bargain to make the To stiff them all today. X money flow toward his enemy.

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This page, from top left: The latest looks on display at the Dennis Basso Townhouse flagship; the designer at his Spring 2014 runway show; interiors of the new flagship. Opposite page: A rendering of the Dennis Basso Townhouse at 825 Madison Avenue.

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DENNIS BASSO: MADISON AVENUE MILESTONE

B E R N A R D H U N T ( S TO R E I M A G E S ) ; DA N LE CC A ( M R . B A S S O ) ; CO U RT E S Y O F D E N N I S B A S S O ( R E N D E R I N G )

BY DANIEL CAPPELLO

THEY SAY THAT 70 is the new 50—or 60 the new 40, or 40 the new 20. No matter how you calculate it, young is the new young.

And no one seems to embody this better, or in better style, than the fashion designer Dennis Basso. This year marked his 30th anniversary in the industry, and, to celebrate, Basso recently relocated his flagship to 825 Madison Avenue, just a few blocks north of its former incarnation.

The newly minted, 10,500-square-foot Dennis Basso Townhouse flagship spans four vertical floors and 30 feet of Madison Avenue frontage. It feels less like a boutique and more like a miniature department store.

“The Townhouse represents a whole new vision for the brand,” Basso tells me. “Most people want to be winding down after 30 years in fashion,” he claims, “but I have never been more excited. And this [store] represents a whole new beginning for Dennis Basso. It’s an exciting part of a modern world—I find it exhilarating.”

That exhilaration carries throughout the first three floors, which are dedicated to selling a mix of luxurious furs (comme-il-faut for the brand), an expanding range of elegant readyto-wear, and a growing accessories collection.

At this juncture, Dennis Basso is venturing into lifestyle and home furnishings—or “objets for the home,” as he prefers to call them (why settle for a cashmere throw when fur is an option?)—part of “the growth pattern for the brand,” as Basso explains.

The fourth floor—housing Mr. Basso’s office, a wholesale showroom, and an on-site atelier—has been meticulously designed by Kenneth Alpert in the Mid-Century modern style. “This was my opportunity to have a magnificent office on Madison Avenue—complete with a Juliet balcony,” Basso beams. “Environment is so important to me. I wanted to have an office with a fireplace in a townhouse building, for entertaining clients and friends during private showings and business luncheons.” The subdued palette of grays and taupes sets off the bold furniture, like Mr. Basso’s rosewood Dunbar desk and a dining table by Mid-Century maven Milo Baughman.

Only “Mad Men” ever had it this good.

The store’s exterior glass façade, by architect Sawicki Tarella, sets the stage for the sleek interior, designed by John Lindell.

The main floor boasts two large media walls playing loops of

Basso’s runway show and behind-the-scenes footage. On the three selling floors, the emphasis on design has been minimalized to gray slate flooring and lots of black and white glass in order to showcase the products. “I wanted this to be modern and contemporary—almost like a gallery,” Basso explains.

“Now, the clothes and the fur are like artwork—beautifully lit against a simple, elegant background.” (That background, incidentally, also includes a floating steel-and-glass staircase connecting the floors: very art-gallery chic.)

Every detail has been attended to, and that’s what it’s all about, according to Basso.

“Quality and attention to detail are paramount to me,” he explains. That’s why shoppers will find dressing rooms lined with black velvet curtains and mirrored-glass walls. Or a V.I.P. lounge on the third floor, where clients can have a private meeting with the designer to sketch one-of-a-kind pieces just for them.

“It’s the haute-couture experience—a modern throwback to the Paris of the ’50s and ’60s, and the way women were treated back then.” In other words, forget prêt: Basso intends to incorporate all the service elements necessary “to complete the luxury experience,” which means attendants on hand with silver-tray service, seamstresses in the fourthfloor atelier, and smiles on the doormen to greet customers and hail them taxis should they so need.

The Dennis Basso woman has always been accustomed to luxury, and she will feel right at home at the new Townhouse flagship. “It used to be that the Dennis Basso client was a woman of a ‘certain’ age,” Mr. Basso says, when asked to describe his typical client today. Now, she’s not so easily shelved in one category; instead, according to the designer, she might be described as a woman who loves art, likes to entertain, travels, owns several houses, and manages both a family and a career (or a special cause). “She’s sporty, she’s fit, she’s comfortable in black-tie or in boots, jeans, a T-shirt, and a Dennis Basso fur,” he muses. “She’s 30, she’s 40—and she’s also 60 and 70. She’s a modern woman and she wants beautiful things—things she can keep forever.” At the new Dennis Basso Townhouse flagship, she has at her disposal all that she might need, from fashionable dresses to fashionable sofas, from fur throws to fur coats. And, above all, she is treated like a lady. X DECEMBER 2013 87

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MOVING BEYOND THE “JUST RIGHT” GOLDILOCKS APPROACH TO ART MARKET TRANSACTIONS

BY JUDITH L. PEARSON

IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT and widely reported art market litigation, many collectors, advisors, dealers, and galleries are more cautious and confused than ever about how to go about buying and selling art and collectibles without losses or lingering liabilities. Parties’ due diligence obligations are unclear.

News from Munich of the discovery of a trove of over 1,400 works by seminal artists such as Picasso and Matisse has shaken the global art market and brought renewed emphasis to the Second World War restitution cases.

The hoarder, Cornelius Gurlitt, is the 80-year-old son of Hildebrand Gurlitt, an art dealer authorized by the Nazi regime to buy and sell confiscated art. It is yet to be determined the ways in which a special task force, which was appointed by the German government, will manage the restitution interests of victims and their heirs under German law.

It is noteworthy that since the late 1960s, when his mother died, Cornelius reportedly put similar, allegedly looted artworks into the stream of commerce.

Selling off his family’s art collection was Cornelius’ primary source of income, and many purchasers were likely unaware of the storied past of this fine art.

Coupling the Gurlitt controversy with the authenticity disputes surrounding Knoedler Gallery, LLC, and its sale of major works now in question, highlights the lack of clarity in global art trans-

This page: One of the recently discovered paintings in Munich: “Landscape with Horses” by Franz Marc. Opposite page: Judith L. Pearson,

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author of this piece and president of ARIS Title Insurance Corporation.

actions and what traditional due diligence standards can and cannot manage.

The Knoedler-related cases in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York involve several different buyers. Many of these buyers, who are sophisticated collectors and relied-on art advisors and other experts at the time of their Knoedler transactions, are seeking redress from the gallery, its former director, and other defendants for their multi-million-dollar purchases of allegedly fake American Modern works by the likes of Rothko and Pollock.

In a ruling on a motion to dismiss, the court effectively found that the two subject plaintiffs were not on inquiry notice of the possible art forgeries and were entitled to rely upon the gallery’s alleged misrepresentations. In essence, the seller’s actions were allegedly so egregious (rising to a conspiracy to defraud) that the buyer’s investigation—irrespective of whether there were any red flags triggering a heightened duty on the buyer to investigate—was less important to the analysis.

For the past 30 years, art market

cases interpreting the Uniform Commercial Code and art transactions have vacillated, based on the facts, between imposing a duty on the buyer to investigate the transaction beyond standard norms based on the party’s stature (for instance, sophisticated collectors or merchants) or red flags in the transaction (including disproportionate pricing, unusual negotiation tactics, or indications of financial distress such as a rushed sale), and finding that a buyer’s baseline investigation is sufficient.

There are no apparent trends in U.S. case law establishing due diligence standards in the art transaction beyond the increased length, bitterness, and expense of art market litigation. In other words, because court decisions in art transaction cases are highly fact-dependent, there are no clear guidelines for stakeholders to follow to ensure problem-free art transactions and avoid future litigation.

A fundamental question facing all art market stakeholders—from buyers to advisors and dealers, who all presumably act in good faith—is how much due diligence is necessary to avoid

buying art with ownership claims and fake art; and if caught in possession of allegedly problematic artworks, how to avoid liability under claims of negligence or defeat claims of insufficient investigation.

Rather than trying to gauge the sufficiency of art market due diligence standards as “just right” in a Goldilocks-like approach, the market is demonstrating a sea change in which leading art market actors are adopting heightened best practices in art transactions as a standard, borrowed from the real estate and banking industries, including the required use of title insurance.

For best practice standards to have their intended effect, and for stakeholders to avoid pitfalls of the art market such as the Gurlitt and Knoedler scenarios, transactional standards should be (and are being) consistently applied in all art transactions, not just the seemingly higher-risk transactions. X For more information about ARIS Title Insurance Corporation, call 212.563.3600 or visit aristitle.com.

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THERE ARE RARE MOMENTS in history when a show, a book, or a piece of art takes its viewer to a whole new realm. Boundaries previously thought unmovable, like those between the stage and the backdrop, are erased and reinvented, never to be the same.

Watching Shen Yun Performing Arts is witnessing just such a moment.

When Shen Yun arrives at Lincoln Center in January for a ten-show run, its newest innovations will be on full display.

Alongside its talent-laden cast of dancers and musicians, Shen Yun’s ingenious animated backdrops continue to leave the entertainment industry astounded.

“It’s like going to the theater and the movies at the same time” is how Robert Stromberg, Academy Award–winning production designer for Avatar, described it. “It was so inspiring, I think I may have found some new ideas for the next Avatar.”

What Shen Yun’s projection designs do is seamlessly synchronize all aspects of the performance. The costumes’ colors, specific dance steps, drums, lighting, and particular notes played by the orchestra are all timed with animated 90 QUEST

movements on an enormous digital backdrop.

In one dance, the Monkey King—a sort of Buddhist superhero from ancient China—soars through the air with exquisite dexterity, gracefully delivering kicks and twirls to his enemies.

As the enchanting scene continues, the Monkey King pulls the moon down from the sky onto the stage.

In several other dances, celestial fairies and divine beings descend to earth, magically transitioning on stage from digital backdrop figures into flesh and blood. The effect is like a beautiful painting coming to life.

“It starts off very simple,” said Mike Hogue, who animated movies such as Titan A.E. and Anastasia. “Then when you all of a sudden have these surprises of people coming out of the screen, it’s just, ‘Oh my gosh, O.K., this is something really different, really innovative.’” X Shen Yun Performing Arts will return to Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater from January 10 to 19. For more information, call 800.818.2393 or visit shenyun.com/new-york.

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This page: Shen Yun, “Ancient Elegance,” 2013 (above); Shen Yun, “Yang Zhi and His Saber,” 2013 (below). Opposite page, from left: Shen Yun, male dancer, 2010;

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Shen Yun, the great Han Xin, 2010.

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BARNEYS BLOW BAR BY VALERY JOSEPH SHEAR GENIUS! Now, when you swing by Barneys for lunch at Fred’s and perhaps a well-deserved splurge on this season’s tote à la mode, you can also stop by the new B3 Barneys Blow Bar by Valery Joseph and treat your tresses to a fresh new ’do.

Located on the new cosmetics floor on the lower level of Barneys’ 660 Madison Avenue location, the sleek space (opened October 8) houses seven chairs with one “star stylist” chair reserved for celebrated hairstylist Valery Joseph. The new salon also has its own convenient entrance for early and late hours.

Valery Joseph, the charismatic, dashing coiffeur affectionately known by his devotees simply as “Val,” is a well-known fixture among the ladies who lunch uptown. He boasts three Upper East Side locations and one in Bridgehampton and the cool, easygoing Israeli native (who also happens to be easy on the eyes) also comes from a cool background.

Having originally planned to pursue architecture (hence his keen sense of angles, space, and shapes when working with scissors), Joseph was trained and sent to hairdressing school while in the Israeli army. Years later, having just opened his fifth salon in one of the world’s most prominent department stores, Joseph regularly handles the locks of an inspiring list of clientele, including: Lauren Santo Domingo, Margherita Missioni, Ivanka Trump, chef Katie Lee, Anna Wintour, Lady Gaga, and Madonna.

Even though it’s called a blow bar, Valery Joseph’s newest outpost offers guests a full range of options, including haircuts (from $250), updos (from $200), extensions (from $600), and treatments (like Express Kérestase, $50). Blowouts start at $85. X 92 QUEST

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Valery Joseph, owner and coiffeur extraordinaire, in his new Barneys Blow Bar.

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R E A L E S TAT E This spread, clockwise from top left: The Biscayne Beach tower; the property will offer sweeping views; the blue-green Biscayne Bay; a rendering of the luxury condominium.

CUTTINGEDGE LUXURY EDGEWATER, THE newly popular neighborhood located north

of downtown Miami, is quickly transforming into one of the area’s most privileged places to live. Similar to the fortuitous facelift Miami’s Design District got in the past few years, Edgewater is making similar headway. Developers from across the country are hurriedly investing in this booming area, which has fast access to all the amenities of Miami and Miami Beach.

According to Reid Boren, an Eastview Development partner, “With the growing sophistication of Miami rising to its sister cities of New York and London, it has become more attractive to hedge-funders and financiers because there is relative value in real estate, especially as it relates to the tax burden that New Yorkers carry in comparison to Florida residents.”

Where, specifically, are developers now looking? Easy answer: Edgewater in Miami. “Not since the early 2000s have you seen such extensive growth in the Miami market,” explains Taylor Collins, another Eastview Development partner. “With the emerging growth of the Edgewater, Wynwood, and Brickell neighborhoods, Miami has become an International destination—not just a tourist destination.”

But of all the action going on in East Edgwater, one project truly stands out: Biscayne Beach. The 399-unit luxury-condominium tower, currently being developed by a joint venture between Eastview Development and GTIS Partners, will be completed in 2016. On the artistic side, the developers of Biscayne Beach tapped internationally acclaimed celebrity interior designer Thom Filicia’s firm, Thom Filicia, Inc., to craft its interiors. Filicia has designed properties for numerous celebrities, including Tina Fey, Peter Jennings, and Jennifer Lopez.

The beautifully conceived Biscayne Bay will offer luxury residences, ranging from one- to four-bedroom layouts, as well as exclusive penthouses with private rooftop gardens. All units will include oversized balconies and will boast sweeping views of the Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach, and the sprawling city skyline.

In-residency amenities will include two tennis courts, basketball courts, and a private park. Those who seek the synergy that urban sophistication and waterfront pleasures offer should get ready to call Biscayne Beach home! X DECEMBER 2013 95

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1 This page: 1. The iconic Oyster Perpetual Day-Date from Rolex now comes in a fetching yellow gold with cognac dial and strap. $22,150: rolex.com. 2. Head back in time, but forward in style, with this ca.-1920 French 18-kt. gold Art Deco brooch in diamonds and lapis lazuli: Available at Leah Gordon, Gallery #18, at the Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, 212.355.4400. 3. Good things come in small packages, as Kara Ross proves with these Petra Contour earrings in 18-kt. gold with sky blue topaz, opal, and white diamonds. $9,100: 655 Madison Ave., 212.755.8100. 4. Your feet will shine bright in Salvatore Ferragamo’s gold metallic Vara with bisque bow. $595: 866.337.7242 or ferragamo.com. Opposite page: 1. MILLY makes getting dressed a breeze in this tropical-

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print neoprene skirt dress ($395) and python-embossed stretch leather jacket ($975).

MILLY: millyny.com. 2. Win her heart with the Tiffany Filigree Heart diamondand-gemstone pendant in 18-kt. rose gold on an 18-inch chain. $11,000: tiffany.com. 3. Begin your day on a sweet note with Épicerie Boulud’s breakfast collection gift box, with homemade brioche, artisanal jams and honeys, and customroasted Fonté Gold Label coffee. $119: danielnyc.com or 212.595.9606.

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2. Fabergé’s Aurora Lace bracelet in emeralds, white gold, and diamonds. $98,000: faberge.com. 3. Hand-stitched Alphabet cushions

by Sue Timney for The Rug Company. $155: therugcompany.com.

4. Christofle’s silver-plated Filets desk clock. $500: 212.308.9390 or christofle.com. 5. Spray on SHOW’s Decadence Hair Fragrance for an air of mystique: At the John Barrett Salon, 212.872.2700. 6. Proceeds from Altruette’s ballet-slipper charm benefit the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre. $15: altruette.com. 7. Roberto Coin’s Scalare hoop earrings in white gold and diamonds. $5,400: 800.853.5958.

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3. Three-string pearl bracelet with 18-kt. white gold, sapphire, and diamond clasp. $4,950: Scully & Scully, 212.755.2590. 4. Celebrate in the sun with a trip to the Dominican Republic’s Casa de Campo: 800.877.3643.

5. The go-to patent leather Midinette slipper by Belgian Shoes. $350: belgianshoes.com. 6. On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Jonathan Adler’s Doves Duchess Medium East/West tote. $228: jonathanadler.com.

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1. These L’Objet Pour Fortuny canisters make for understated decorative emphasis. $200–300: shop.fortuny.com.

2. Take home the magic of the Met Opera House’s starburst chandeliers with a Sputnik Chandelier Ornament. $18: metoperashop.org. 3. Man up with these leather boxing gloves from design maven Timothy Oulton. $195: ABC Home, 646.602.3273. 4. There’s no sleeker seat than the Letizia by Gastone Rinaldi. From $2,670: Poltrona Frau, www.poltronafrau.com. 5. Hunter Boot has partnered with rag & bone for a militaryinspired rainboot, in army green and black. $295: hunter-boot.com. 6. Go bold (and gold) with Marina B’s Atomo ring, made of intricately strung

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1. Asprey’s Stag Head Stopper ($1,150) and Stag Head Decanter ($3,350) in sterling silver and crystal: 853 Madison Ave., 212.688.1811, or asprey.com. 2. Masculine chic: Yuvi Alpert’s gunmetal-tone silver-mesh bracelet with navy and ecru cord. $340: At MR PORTER, mrporter.com/shop/designers/yuvi.

3. Celebrate 20 years of Stubbs & Wootton with the Anniversary Black Limited-Edition slipper. $450 (men); $400 (women): At stubbsandwootton.com. 4. A classic way to

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6. Stock up on The Balvenie Caribbean Cask oak whisky, aged 14 years. $65.99: At SherryLehmann, 212.838.7500, or sherry-lehmann.com.

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1. You don’t have to head to the South of France for 1920’s Chanel-style chic, thanks to Les 100 Ciels’ striped cashmere pullover. $224: les100c.com.

2. Every day’s a snow day for the little ones in this Armani Junior cotton snowsuit with snapbutton closure. $250: armani.com. 3. Get cozy in Madewell’s striped waffle leggings. $49.50: madewell.com. 4. Your kids will be rocking in Stuart Weitzman’s BabyMoto boots, in black stud. $54: stuartweitzman.com.

5. Make every voyage more colorful with Valentino’s Super Stripe tote. $1,695: Valentino Madison Avenue, 212.772.6969.

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1. Let the holidays begin at Red Door Spa: Receive a $30 spa card with every

launch an exclusive line of sophisticated travel pieces, The Chatwal Collection: tanthony.com or thechatwalny.com. 3. MoMA’s Slim Coffee Pot offers the perfect pour. $88: momastore.org. 4. Cartier’s Paris Nouvelle Vague ring, in dazzling gold, lapis lazuli, chrysoprase, and diamonds: 212.753.0111 or cartier.com. 5. Purchase a ranch or cabin for membership at Pine Creek Sporting Club and give the gift of true natural beauty that will last generations: 561-346-9365. 6. Colorful Intreccio Impero Ayers Knots from Bottega Veneta. $1,450: bottegaveneta.com.

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by Howard Slatkin (The Vendome Press); $150.

3. Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration, by Mario Buatta with Emily Evans Eerdmans (Rizzoli); $75. 4. The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe, by Mary Simses (Little, Brown and Company); $26. 5. Nina Campbell Interiors (CICO Books); $45. 6. Olga de Amaral: The Mantle of Memory (Somogy Éditions D’Art, Galerie Agnès Monplaisir, and Amaral Editores); $50. 7. The Gramercy Tavern Cookbook,

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3. Westin makes a landmark debut in the Dominican Republic this month with The Westin Puntacana Resort & Club, a prime beachfront property offering two golf courses: 809.959.2222. 4. For the refined collector: 19th-century polished bronze doré Regence-style Sphinx chenets.

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6. It’s all about laid-back luxe with this leather Michael Kors sandal. $185: michaelkors.com.

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American Ballet Theatre Principal dancer James Whiteside, as the Nutcracker Prince, helps Blair Husain kick off the season as she prepares her home for the holidays. Blair is wearing a Prussian blue silk velvet dress by Ralph Lauren Collection, black Kati heels

by Manolo Blahnik, and Blair Husain Jewelry from her eponymous jewelry line.

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FOR BLAIR HUSAIN, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

The holiday scene is being set at her tony uptown apartment as we arrive, having asked if she’ll allow Quest in for a peek at some of her family’s favorite traditions. And though there aren’t any elves afoot, there are plenty of other tiny helpers dancing, prancing, and frolicking about. Was that the Little Mouse from The Nutcracker we spotted running down the hall?

“Hannah!” Blair calls out to her daughter. “I think they’re ready. Do you want to help serve?” She’s talking about the family’s favorite seasonal sweet treat: butterscotch-fudge Christmas wreaths with festively dyed corn flakes, which mother and daughter transfer onto silver platters.

Back in her office, from where she manages her eponymous jewelry line, Blair is sifting through photos for the family’s annual holiday card. “I think about my Christmas card the whole year,” she tells me. “It has to be original, on a good card stock, and include all three children in the same photo—which is sometimes harder than it sounds.”

Over tea, fudge wreaths, and lots of bows and tartan, Blair lights up when talking about some of the Husains’ traditions: like going as a family every December 1st to pick out a live Christmas tree, then to Wollman Rink for ice-skating and hot chocolate, or the customary family dinner on Christmas Eve (they draw names for gifts—it keep fuss to a minimum and focuses them on the true meaning of the day).

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Above: Hannah, in Ralph Lauren Childrenswear, and Blair, in a ruffled plaid shirt and Palermo Hudson twill jodhpur by Ralph Lauren, prepare fudge Christmas wreaths as Ginger watches on. The table is set with tartan accessories by Bronson van Wyck. Below: Hannah, in a velvet dress by Ralph Lauren Childrenswear, catches the mischievous Little Mouse from ABT’s “The Nutcracker” under the family tree. Opposite: In her office, Blair reviews holiday card options in a Michael Kors dress and Blair Husain Jewelry.

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like the Christmas season has begun!” Speaking of The Nutcracker, we hear the family dog, Ginger, barking in the study at a life-size Little Mouse, who, along with several other characters from ABT’s version of the holiday ballet— choreographed by artist-in-residence Alexei Ratmansky—has made his way to the Husain household just in time for the stockings to be hung by the chimney with care. Hannah, taking a cue from the arriving dancers, starts twirling. But not before James Whiteside, a Principal at ABT who plays a leading role as the Nutcracker Prince, kicks off the season for the Husains with some, well, high kicks. It’s a sweet scene.

Then again, maybe not as sweet as another Husain habit: “Whenever we go to The Nutcracker,” Blair explains, “we dress up, put jelly beans in our pockets to eat during the performance, and enjoy a tradition that will hopefully continue for many years.” —Daniel Cappello

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This page, clockwise from top left: Hannah twirls in Ralph Lauren Childrenswearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tartan party dress; a scene from the study; Blair sits back with Ginger in the study, wearing a gold bateau-neck gown by Angel Sanchez.

This page: Characters from American Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker”—Clara, the Nutcracker Boy, and the Little Mouse—bring Blair’s favorite family tradition to life at home. Blair is in a one-shoulder red crêpe gown by Angel Sanchez and Blair Husain Jewelry.

This page: Film and T.V. star Cliff Robertson enjoying the slopes of Sun Valley Resort. Opposite page: Janet Leigh (whose daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, still returns to the area) gets a lesson from the ski schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director, Sigi Engl.

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Mountain, the famed ski hill of Sun Valley Resort, would tell the best stories. “Baldy,” as it’s referred to, has seen generations of America’s most glamourous glide down its slopes and enjoy evenings of après-ski. The resort’s quieter atmosphere, in contrast to places like Aspen or Vail, attracted Hollywood stars like Janet Leigh, Clark Gable, and Gary Cooper in the 1940s and ’50s; that tradition now continues with Tom Hanks, Justin Timberlake, Oprah Winfrey, and more being associated with Sun Valley.

This season is especially important for the valley: two weeks of wildfires burned through the area in August, luckily leaving the resort untouched, but hurting many local businesses.

When the jet set flock there this year, their support will aid the surrounding community.

The perfect destination for a less flashy, more private winter getaway, Sun Valley Resort has always held the possibility that the ski bunny at the lodge could turn out to be Marilyn Monroe, while the bearded alcoholic in the next room could be Ernest Hemingway, finishing his novel For Whom The Bell Tolls. Like a down coat, the appeal of the place lies in its insulation. X 120 QUEST

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YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME Nothing is as sure to inspire a warm feeling of nostalgia like the toys from childhoods past.

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EVERYTHING RETRO CYCLES back to become popular again. Classic toys are sought as treasure either by people looking to relive their younger years, or hipsters trying to show off their love of iconic things from past eras. Aside from their emotional value, the craftsmanship that went into their creation adds to what makes them so precious. Rather than the current practice of mass production for a global market, they were meticulously made by hand, often with materials of higher quality than vinyl and styrene. “They don’t make ’em like they used to,” is not just a saying that reveals the speaker’s propensity towards cantankerousness, but a fact.

Like Marcel Proust’s madeleine, coming upon a beloved doll or cherished toy train—especially ones that had fallen out of favor with the successive generations and became scarce— tugs instantaneously at the thread of memory. Going through some dusty box up in the attic can regress one’s personality in a flash. And not just in terms of what some would consider

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boardgame that has lately been replaced by the smartphone game Candy Crush; Radio Flyer; the modeling clay Play-Doh; Lincoln Logs; a ViewMaster, something that was once seen as futuristic. Opposite page: A child who had enough of an uptick in good behavior to make the big guy’s “nice” list; another seems a little less sure of her status (inset).

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items of “quality”—ones made from natural wood, or ones that are emblems of youthful innocence. (The pleasure someone in their forties experiences when they see an Atari game system can attest to that.)

The incredible story of how one such classic toy was saved from extinction is that of the Etch A Sketch. After a very small part in the first Toy Story, the company behind the toy, Ohio Art Co., had been faltering to the tune of a defaulted $17.7 million loan from Fifth Third Bancorp. Then Toy Story 2 came out, and this time, Etch A Sketch prominently helped Buzz Lightyear and the gang save the day. The resulting clamor for the toy ensured that it would remain a favorite gift for many holidays to come.

While it would be easy to decry the apparent dearth of good toys nowadays, the new generations have also been able to absorb and reflect positive social changes. Many are devoted to raising cultural and ecological awareness, something that went previously unexplored.

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BY ELIZABETH QUINN BROWN

DEBUTANTE IS DEFINED as “a young woman of upper-class

background who is presented to society, usually at a formal ball” or “a girl or young woman regarded as being upperclass, wealthy, and of a frivolous or snobbish social set.”

But in spite of the superficiality that it implies, the word has come to characterize a variety of women—Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and Lauren Bush Lauren, for example—who have excercised a sense of integrity that has influenced the world beyond the realms of society.

Debutantes (Rizzoli), by Diana Oswald, with a foreword

by Oscar de la Renta—as well as an introduction by Quest’s David Patrick Columbia—offers a retrospective of the women who have entered society by coming out in the 20th and 21st centuries, and recounts how the institution has evolved.

“Debutante balls in the days of yore went out about the same time John and Jacqueline Kennedy moved into the White House in 1961,” explains David Patrick Columbia. “After the assassination of President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy’s life changed dramatically and decisively, as did fashion and culture.”

While debutante balls, of course, continue to take place today—among them the Crillon Ball at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris as well as the Debutante Cotillion and Christmas Ball and This spread: Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mary Lou Whitney present their daughter, Heather, at her coming out in Saratoga, New York, in 1972.

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the International Debutante Ball, both at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York—may not always compare to the elegance on display in the pages of Debutantes, which are aswirl with snowflakes in the form of white dresses and elbow-length gloves, scenes set against backdrops of ballrooms. Sprinkled throughout, the smiles of Nina Auchincloss, Rosie Grosvenor, and Catherine Mellon.

Oscar de la Renta contributes to the narrative with a memory of the debut of Beatrice Lodge, daughter of John Davis Lodge, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain. She came out in the advent of the acceptance of Spain, which was at the time under the leadership of Francisco Franco, to the United Nations in 1955. The debutante, wearing a two-tier tulle dress by Oscar de la Renta, was featured on the cover of Life magazine in 1956, launching the career of 24-year-old designer.

“Women have changed in unbelievable ways since I made the dress for Ms. Lodge,” reminisces Oscar de la Renta. “To ‘debut’ then meant that a young woman was eligible to marry; the purpose of her coming out was to present her to young men and their families. Today women are much more in control of their destinies. They know that their femininity is a tremendous asset. The modern debutante is more concerned with the perfect dress than the perfect suitor.” X

This page: Tricia Nixon is escorted

by Edward Cox at the International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf= Astoria in 1964. Opposite page: Natalie and Freddy Cushing at the debut of Angela Brown at Harbour Court in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1957 (above); Debutantes (Rizzoli)

by Diana Oswald (below).

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SHINE AND REFLECTIONS A staple of the New York City holiday season, storefront windows try to capture magic within their frames.

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This page: The Christmas façade that Saks Fifth Avenue displayed in 1940, with shoppers eagerly looking in. Opposite page: One of the intricate scenes invoking a snowy winter wonderland from Bergdorf Goodmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2004 holiday window displays.

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One window brings to life a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longing for a perfect holiday, while another shows off the new fashion for this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parties.

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This page: An illustration from Lord and Taylor titled “My Favorite Christmas Ornaments” (above); the picture depicting “My Favorite Christmas Stories,” (below). Opposite page: One of Lord and Taylor’s 1995 holiday window displays; another continued

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the spirited storytelling of Christmas stories.

This page, clockwise from top left: Tiffany & Co. creates an atmospheric setting to showcase its silver and jewelry; Tiffany’s outfitted two dogs with signature flair for the holiday season; in 1998, Bergdorf Goodman displayed an artistic picture called “Distant Shore;” a vintage Lord and Taylor window reflects the style women used to don—with a whip to crack.

Opposite page: Bergdorf ’s “Fire” window created a dramatic effect for all the passersby on Fifth Avenue.

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CO U RTE S Y O F T I F FA NY & CO . / LO R D A N D TAY LO R / B E R G D O R F G O O DM A N

ABOUT FARE Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) works on behalf of the 15 million Americans with food allergies, including all those at risk for life-threatening anaphylaxis. Formed in 2012 as a result of a merger between the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network and the Food Allergy Initiative, FARE’s mission is to ensure the safety and inclusion of individuals with food allergies while relentlessly seeking a cure.

FARE is dedicated to advancing food allergy research, education, advocacy, and awareness. The organization works hard to ensure that every dollar raised furthers its mission. FARE’s strategic plan and programs draw on the knowledge and experience of its advisors – prominent researchers, senior government officials, industry leaders, and food allergy advocates.

RESEARCH — FARE invests in clinical trials of the most promising therapies, as well as research that answers crucial questions about the causes, prevalence, and economic and social impact of food allergies. To accelerate research and assure access to the latest diagnostic tools and treatment, FARE seeks to expand the number of food allergy research centers of excellence nationwide.

EDUCATION — FARE’s educational programs and resources help individuals and families manage food allergies and live safer, healthier lives.

Its training tools help educators, health professionals, restaurant workers and others learn how to protect individuals with food allergies. FARE experts conduct seminars and training for schools, food manufacturers and restaurant workers across the country.

ADVOCACY — FARE advocates for key federal, state, and local initiatives — including access to life-saving epinephrine and managing food allergies in schools, camps and restaurants — and increased government funding for food allergy research.

AWARENESS

— Through its programs and outreach to media nationwide, FARE heightens awareness of food allergies as a significant and growing public health issue that demands urgent attention.

FARE’s supporters – dedicated individual and corporate donors, members, and volunteers – drive our achievements and ensure our success. To learn about FARE and the many ways you can get involved, contact us today!

FARE National Headquarters 7925 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100 McLean, VA 22102 800-929-4040

FARE New York Office 515 Madison Avenue, Suite 1912 New York, NY 10022 212-207-1974

info@foodallergy.org • www.foodallergy.org

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The 16th Annual Food Allergy Ball Benefiting Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) Tuesday, November 12, 2013 THE 16TH ANNUAL FOOD ALLERGY BALL, benefiting Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), took place on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Ball, which attracted more than 500 supporters, is a signature event for FARE, the leading national organization working on behalf of the 15 million Americans who have a food allergy, including 1 in every 13 children. FARE’s mission is to ensure the safety and inclusion of individuals with food allergies while relentlessly seeking a cure.

This year’s event honored Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports, for his dedication to FARE’s mission. Nick Valenti, CEO, Patina Restaurant Group, received the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to an outstanding restaurateur for his commitment to excellence and compassion for diners with food allergies. Rebecca and Sacha

Lainovic received the Legacy Award for their long-standing dedication to FARE and the food allergy community.

John L. Lehr, CEO of FARE, spoke at the event.

Julia Koch, Sharyn T. Mann and Todd J. Slotkin were the Gala Dinner Chairs. David H. Koch was the Corporate Dinner Chair. Liana Silverstein Backal and Arthur Backal, Abbey and Steven Braverman, Patricia and James Cayne, Nina Rennert Davidson and Mitchell Davidson, Roxanne and Dean Palin, and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff and David Wolkoff ^LYL [OL )LULÄ[ +PUULY *OHPYZ Guests enjoyed a peanut-, tree nut- and shellfish-free dinner inspired by Patina Restaurant Group chefs, as well as a special performance by opera stars Susan Graham and Adam Diegel. The festivities for this black-tie Gala began at 6:30 PM.

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1. Dr. John and Ingrid Connolly; 2. Steven and Abbey Braverman with Roxanne and Dean Palin; 3. Sean McManus, Mary Jane Marchisotto and John Lehr; 4. Arthur Backal and Liana Silverstein Backal; 5. Todd and Judy Slotkin with Thomas Slotkin; 6. Helen and David Jaffe with Lori Stokes; 7. Tracy McManus, Jackson McManus, Maggie McManus and Sean McManus; 8. Donald and Barbara Tober; 9. Jane Preiser, Leslie Cornfeld and Joan Hornig; 10. Sirio Maccioni and Marco Maccioni; 11. Nick and Linda Valenti; 12. Todd Slotkin, Nina Rennert Davidson and Sharyn Mann; 13. Julia and David Koch; 14. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff and David Wolkoff; 15. Nicole and Marc Lenner; 16. Sacha and Rebecca Lainovic; 17. Salman Rushdie and Missy Brody ; 18. Susan Graham and Adam Diegel.

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FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION for honoring

NICK VALENTI, CEO, PATINA RESTAURANT GROUP FARE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SEAN MCMANUS, CHAIRMAN, CBS SPORTS GUEST OF HONOR REBECCA AND SACHA LAINOVIC FARE LEGACY AWARD

ABOUT FOOD ALLERGIES Food allergy is a life-altering, life-threatening disease that affects up to 15 million Americans. There is no cure and no standard treatment to prevent anaphylaxis, a severe, potentially deadly reaction.

Even a trace amount of the wrong food can trigger a dangerous reaction within minutes. For people with food allergies, strictly avoiding problem foods is the only way to stay safe.

A food allergy develops when the body’s immune system mistakenly targets a harmless food protein (an allergen) as a threat. To fight this threat, the body releases histamine and other chemicals, causing symptoms that can range from mild to severe.

Mild symptoms may include hives, eczema, gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting or diarrhea; and an itchy mouth or ear canal. Symptoms of anaphylaxis may include swelling of the lips, tongue, and throat; shortness of breath or wheezing; a drop in blood pressure; or loss of consciousness. Epinephrine (adrenaline) is the only medica-

tion that can reverse the symptoms of anaphylaxis.

Available in an auto-injector, it should be administered at the first sign of a severe reaction. Even if symptoms appear to resolve, it is critical to call 911 and ensure that the patient is taken to the hospital for further treatment.

Although a person can be allergic to any food, eight foods (milk, egg, peanut, tree nuts, wheat, soy, fish and shellfish) cause 90 percent of all reactions in the U.S. Anyone, at any age, can develop a food allergy, but the impact on children is especially severe. The numbers tell the story:

• 1 in 13 U.S. children have a food allergy – roughly two in every classroom.

• Nearly 40% of children with food allergies have already experienced a severe or life-threatening reaction.

• Every three minutes, a food allergy sends someone to the emergency room.

• Increase in food allergies among children: 50% between 1997 and 2011.

• Economic cost of children’s food allergies: Approximately $25 billion per year.

The need for a cure – and for greater understanding of food allergies – is urgent.

FARE is the leading national organization dedicated to food allergy research, education, advocacy, and awareness.

To learn more about food allergies and FARE, please visit www.foodallergy.org.

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2013 New York Spring Luncheon honorees and co-chairs with

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their children.

SAVE THE DATE! Please join us for FARE’s 15th Annual New York Spring Luncheon April 30, 2014 Cipriani 42nd Street New York, NY

For more information, please contact FARE’s New York Office at 212-207-1974 or email Anne Horning at ahorning@foodallergy.org.

APPEARANCES

AN OPEN BOOK

BY HILARY GEARY

From left: Gagosian Gallery hosted a party for Notes and Sketches: Travel Journals of William P. Rayner; Billy Rayner and Bette Midler; Fifth Avenue Style.

SURE SEEMS LIKE a bumper-crop year for wonderful books and, of course, the big bonus is the fabulous book partiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; one after another! A highlight was when Lynn and Evelyn de Rothschild opened the doors to their dazzling duplex, which 146 QUEST

overlooks the river, to toast Piers Morgan, the CNN talk-show host who took over for Larry King a few years back. His fascinating new book, Shooting Straight: Guns, Gays, God, and George Clooney, is written in diary form and is filled with

reveting storiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a must-buy! Amonghis fans were Harvard-educated Pamela Gross (editorial director of Piers Morgan Tonight) and her husband Jimmy Finkelstein (owner of The Hill in Washington, D.C.), jeweler extraordinaire Prince

Dimitri of Yugoslavia, Martha Stewart, Liz Robbins, Ambassador Earle Mack and his wife, Carol Mack, Judy Taubman, Lally Weymouth (who is just back from interviewing Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud plus Australia’s prime minister Tony Abbot—she should write a book, no?), Katharina Otto and Nathan Bernstein, Jay Snyder, Kalliope Karella, Cecilia Attias (formerly married to Nicholas Sarkozy), Leila and Henry Heller, Richard Johnson, and Laura and Harry Slatkin…

Speaking of Slatkins, the next stop was Susan and Coleman Burke’s party with Kathy and George Moore at the Georgian suite to celebrate Howard Slatkin and his new book, Fifth Avenue Style. This luscious book will make a perfect Christmas

to his house for a heavenly dinner. Another night, at Asprey’s, British star interior designer Nina Campbell was fêted, having just published a new book, Interiors. I must mention my dear pal Mario Buatta’s book—a best-seller, no less: Mario Buatta: 50 years of Interior Decoration. I think he has set a record for book signings and parties with over 50. Wow! There’s nothing on this planet more glittering than a black-tie dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Temple of Dendur! This time, it was glittering—literally—because we were stepping out to a preview exhibition of the fabulous jewels by JAR followed by a seated dinner given by Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis. What a treat! The Kravises were toasting Joel Arthur Rosenthal (better

we headed right into the gallery, which was darkly lit with pink display cases just like the discreet store in Paris around the corner from the Ritz. We took in 395 masterpieces, all unique, imaginative, and beautiful. We dined on wonderful fare by Glorious Foods, starting with seared tuna and field greens with citrus soy vinaigrette followed by sliced hangar steak with roasted squashes, baby fall carrots, pommes allumettes, and delicious apple cobbler with lattice-work crust and cinnamon ice cream plus cookies—yum! There were just the right amount of toasts to mark the occasion, starting with our host, Henry Kravis, and followed by Pierre Jeannet, Joel’s charming partner who spoke so eloquently. Among the bejeweled (lots of guests were sporting their JAR treasures)

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From left: Geoffrey Bradfield and Nina Campbell; Howard Slatkin and Martha Stewart at a party for Fifth Avenue Style.

present for many of your pals! At another venue, Larry Gagosian’s fabled Madison Avenue art gallery, people were lining up tohave ever popular Billy Rayner sign his book, Notes and Sketches: Travel Journals of William P. Rayner, before they headed

know by his initials, JAR) the American, Harvard-educated, brilliant jeweler based in Paris whose coveted designs are absolutely true works of art. After sipping champagne in the Petrie Court with musicans playing gentle background music,

were Debbie and Leon Black, Agnes Gund, Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder, Lita and George Livanos, Estella and Daniel Brodsky, Princess Firyal of Jordan, Katherine Farley and Jerry Speyer, Nancy and Howard Marks, and more! X DECEMBER 2013 147

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THE YOUNG & THE GUEST LIST Starting with the Hunt in Far Hills, New Jersey—or

Christmas in October—the season is becoming merrier and merrier.

This month, a roundup before the holidays.

BY ELIZABETH QUINN BROWN

The Far Hills Race Meeting celebrated its 93rd anniver-

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sary on October 19.

Abby Alderman and Sarah Quirk at the Hunt in Far Hills, New Jersey on October 19.

Our columnist and James Kukstis, alums of Trinity College, at the Hunt on October 19.

Katie Parker-Magyar and Anna Bloy supported the Somerset Medical Center at the Hunt.

Kurtis Gibbs, Jason Merrit, and Alex Haack tailgated in Far Hills, New Jersey.

Sarah Harvey and Kalyn Finch at the Far Hills Race

Dane Evans, Miles Rutter, and Pete Hansen,

Meeting for the Somerset Medical Center.

who wore lederhosen to the Hunt.

“THE TRUE NEW YORKER secretly believes that people living

anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding,” said John Updike. And isn’t that the truth?

On October 19, the Far Hills Race Meeting, a.k.a. the Hunt, toasted to 93 years of sport at Moorland Farm in New Jersey.

The event, which benefits the Somerset Medical Center, entertained 35,000 spectators, including Martin Ambrose, Anna

Bloy, Dane Evans, Briggs Fraser, Brad Hunnewell, Meredith Murphy, Katie Parker-Magyar, Amy Pompea, Wells Ross, and Grant Wentworth. The Hunt was, well, the Hunt: I wore Hunter boots with shorts (because, like, Kate Moss) and was passed a Mason jar of moonshine by Pete Hansen. But, twist! There was service this year—by the grace of God—which meant Instagram and Snapchat and so on and so forth...

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On the 30th, Caroline Smith and I attended a screening of Diana, which was hosted by the Cinema Society with Linda Wells and Allure. Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti were among those remembering the People’s Princess before attending the after-party at the Skylark, where Vikingfjord cocktails were served.

On November 6, Fountain House—an organization that dedicates itself to the recovery of men and women with mental illness by providing opportunities for members to flourish while contributing their talents within a community—hosted the Fall Fête, chaired by Byrdie Bell, Madeleine and Alexandre Desmarais, Jeremy Goldstein, Kathleen and

Reha Kocatas, Katherine Lipton and Alex Lipman, Jennifer Oken, Lil Phillips, Sarah Simmons, Katie Tozer, Kiliaen Van Renssalaer, and Katie Zorn. The evening started with champagne at Armani on the Upper East Side, followed by dinner at the Racquet and Tennis Club. The highlight?

Bumping into Chrissy Gaffney and Charlotte Ross!

On the 12th, the women of Sail to Sable, the collection of preppy-inspired clothing, invited guests to shop at Jack Rogers at 1198 Madison Avenue. Carly Heitlinger of College Prepster and Mackenzie Horan of Design Darling showed to support the brand on the Upper East Side, dressed in Sail to Sable tunics. Le Palm Beach, c’est chic! X

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Hilary Kouyfman, Katie Zorn, and Charlotte Ronson for Fountain House on November 6.

Jennifer Stocker and Anne Battey at Jack Rogers at 1198 Madison Avenue for Sail to Sable.

Elisabeth Saint-Amand supported Fountain House at the Racquet and Tennis Club.

Dani Stahl attended an event for Fountain House at Armani on November 6.

Luke and Daniela Parker Bowles at the Cinema Society after-party for Diana at the Skylark on October 30.

Angela Clofine and Jennifer Oken at Fountain House’s Fall Fête on November 6.

Jennifer Taylor, Mackenzie Horan, and Molly Dexter fêted Sail to Sable on November 12.

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Jacqueline Kennedy’s 1963 paintings “Glad Tidings” and “Journey of the Magi,” which were produced by Hallmark as Christmas cards to raise funds for the National Cultural Center (eventually the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts); President and Mrs. Kennedy in the Blue Room with the 1961 White House Christmas tree.

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ed the two paintings seen here: “Glad Tidings” and “Journey of the Magi.” Hallmark produced them as Christmas cards later that year, with proceeds going toward the development of the National Cultural Center, which she helped envision.

Ironically, her joyful cards took off just as her husband’s life and administration came to a shockingly abrupt end. Still, her dream for a national arts center would eventually be realized, and named the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She “brought the arts to the center of national attention,” Ted Kennedy said. “Today, in large part because of her inspiration and vision, the arts are an abiding part of national policy.” This holiday season, 50 years after she first painted them, may her Christmas scenes serve as a reminder not just of her artful legacy, but of her artful life. —Daniel Cappello

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“NO ONE ELSE looked like her, spoke like her, wrote like her, or was so original in the way she did things,” commended Ted Kennedy of his former first lady sister-in-law. To be sure, Jacqueline Kennedy was an American original—in her every manner, thought, and approach. She cherished and championed the arts, but few knew that the woman who restored and elevated the president’s home, established the White House Historical Association, and helped save from destruction such monuments as Grand Central Terminal and the 13th-century B.C. temples of Abu Simbel, was herself an artist. In fact, she was quite a talented painter: the people and animals she depicted were graced with elegantly long figures; her style was dreamy and romantic, colorful and decorative—bearing a hint of Raoul Dufy. In the summer of 1963, Mrs. Kennedy complet-

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