San Francisco Social Diary
San Francisco kicked off the winter 2014 social season with a collection of events, including the dazzling and completely sold-out SF Ballet opening gala.San Francisco Social Diary San Francisco’s...
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Outside the St. Regis: Orcun Turkay, the beverage director at the St. Regis Hotel, with Joseph de Feo and Shane Harris. CHERRY BLOSSOMS TWO WAYS: ON THE TREE AND IN A GLASSby Carol Joynt The annual...
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The courtyard of Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville at the funeral service for Bunny Mellon.Bunny Mellon’s Perfect Funeralby Carol Joynt If you believe that our deaths are a reflection of our lives...
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Tulip magnolia and forsythia, framing the Washington Monument.Andy Warhol, The “Holy Terror,” Revisited by Bob Colacelloby Carol Joynt Clarity and detachment are two profound virtues of emotional and...
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Sunday sunset at Beth Rudin DeWoody's residence where The Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County held its annual Spring Benefit.Mounts Botanical Spring Benefit encore at DeWoody's waterfront...
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Happy Easter, bunny.A GEORGETOWN STATE OF MINDby Carol JoyntAn acquaintance was saying he doesn’t come to Georgetown often because he doesn’t know what to do there. He said the shopping looks to be...
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One of the stunning art-inspired floral displays of the de Young Museum’s Bouquets to Art exhibition, this aerial design by Waterlily Pond Studio’s Natasha Lisitsa, Daniel Schultz, and Carla Parkinson...
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Happy Easter! How about the grumpy face on the Easter Bunny?A Reality Checkby Carol Joynt The New York Times Sunday Style section cast some light on the Bravo channel reality TV rookie Southern Charm...
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Performer Amber Riley sang against a lovely backdrop of the San Francisco Bay at sunset during the star-studded benefit for UCSF Medical Center, a highlight of the city’s spring social season.SAN...
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It was a secret, and will be kept. DC chef Dan O’Brien, CJ, and Patrick O’Connell, chef and owner of The Inn at Little Washington.PARTIES AND THEIR PHOTOSby Carol Joynt The best party photos invite the...
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The best view in town: the nation's capitol on Sunday afternoon, May 4, from the rooftop of the Hay Adams Hotel at a party hosted by Thomson Reuters, with the White House and Washington Monument in the...
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AtSan Francisco’s recent FOG Design+Art Fair, some of the nation’s top artists, designers, and galleries were represented. SF’sJohn Berggruen Gallery, shown here, showcased pieces by such famed artists...
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Monica Lewinsky and William Ginsburg, her attorney at the time. (Dan Loh, The Associated Press)Everyone Has a Monica Story. Here’s One Moreby Carol Joynt There was a media riot of conspiracy theories...
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Sunday night fireworks over Palm Beach, view from corner of Peruvian and Cocoanut. On Palm Beach, the political fireworks have been non-stop since the Royal Poinciana Way zoning referendum was voted...
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At the San Francisco Opera Guild’s fundraiser, POPera!, famed drag queen Kotya Smirnoff Skyy and award-winning soprano Deborah Voigt performed for the glamorous, nostalgic evening.SAN FRANCISCO OPERA...
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Luci Baines Johnson Turpin, Lyndon Boozer and Lynda Bird Johnson Robb at a Washington reception for the Lady Bird Johnson Environmental Award.THE LADY BIRD JOHNSON WILDFLOWER CENTER (and a...
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Intermittent rain made the bar on the lawn a sometimes lonely spot at the Tudor Place garden party, but what lovely green grass.SPRING’S BIG BANGSby Carol Joynt The spring social season is winding down...
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Having a good time at the Hillwood gala: Gabrielle Bekink, Rudolf Bekink, and Sophie Delattre.A HORSE, A BALL, A GALA, A BARBECUE, AND A CAFTANby Carol Joynt From the top I want to say something I’ve...
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Having a good time at the Hillwood gala: Gabrielle Bekink, Rudolf Bekink, and Sophie Delattre.A HORSE, A BALL, A GALA, A BARBECUE, AND A CAFTANby Carol Joynt From the top I want to say something I’ve...
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Untitled Document"Wisdom is better than Strength." Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1932. National Register of Historic Places. Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942), architect. Rollins College, Winter Park.Winter Park...
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