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LILIES OF THE VALLEY
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The beautiful leading ladies—and lifeblood—of Locust
Valley, one of the most elegant communities on Long Island’s North Shore. PRODUCED BY
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most versatile American athletic siblings, exemplify the amateur ideal. BY JAMES ZUG
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THE HOME IN STEP WITH NATURE
Edmund Hollander’s knack for Long Island
landscapes and gardens, on display in a new book.
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RICKY LAUREN'S HAMPTONS
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us all how to cook, live, and entertain, Hamptons-style. BY DANIEL CAPPELLO
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SHORING UP THE OLD GUARD
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SUMMER SHOPPING
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Quest visited North Shore legacies back in 1999.
Hitting main streets in the Hamptons. BY DALY REARDON
ENCHANTED SEASIDE
This summer, make an escape—back in time—to the storied
Ocean House resort in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. BY MEGAN MALLOY
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YOUNG & THE GUEST LIST
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SNAPSHOT
Chronicling the social scene from New York to points east. BY DAVID PATRICK COLUMBIA This month’s guide to goings on in New York and the summer communities.
Our columnist remembers a trip to Havana for the late, great Alfred Hitchcock. Taking a plunge into the movie-making world.
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Above: Robert Redford in the 1974 film version of The Great Gatsby, which takes place on Long Island’s legendary North Shore. Right: Behind the scenes of our North Shore cover shoot with photographer Ben Fink Shapiro.
“AND SO WITH THE SUNSHINE and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” —Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby Though summer for Nick Carraway marked a new beginning of things, for me it always signaled a much-needed breath from the busier months of the year, which were all about changes, moving forward, and growing up. Summer, on the other hand, was that precious time of year when my family and I would return to the reassuring, familiar things in life that never seemed to change: the beach house that stood where it always had, smelled as it always had, and functioned without worry as it always had. Even though we’d only see our summertime spot once a year, it could always be counted on—almost uncannily so—to be pretty much the same. The towns and shores of Cape Cod didn’t change much from year to year and, in that, I always took great comfort. This summer, however, I can’t help but sympathize with Nick Carraway in feeling bursts of change. Maybe it has to do with the fact that this is the first issue we’ve produced since seeing our beloved executive editor, Georgina Schaeffer, off to new ventures. When we started this issue, it didn’t seem right that she wasn’t here to shepherd us through it; this summer change, in this particular form, took quite some getting used to. Or maybe it’s because I’ve spent the past month or so thinking about and visiting the North Shore, which inspired the setting of The Great Gatsby. For this, our annual Summer Issue, we decided to focus on that northern stretch of Long Island by visiting Locust Valley, part of the so-called Gold Coast. Some thirteen years ago, Quest documented the youngest members of Old Guard dynasties of the coast—Guests, Phippses, Davisons, Pierreponts, and Essexes—and the story that emerged was so full of fascinating family lore that we decided to run part of it again in these pages. Like a real-life version of Gatsby, it’s a terrific read. From our friends who summer on the North Shore or live there year-round, we continue to hear how enduringly special it is, from the inspiring landscape (just see our story on the landscape design of Edmund Hollander, whose genius is evident across 10 QUEST
many North Shore properties) to the quietly elegant community it remains today. So we asked Allison Aston, who proudly calls Locust Valley her weekend home, if she would allow us to join her and her friends for a day at her family’s house there. The result is our invigorating cover story, photographed by Ben Fink Shapiro: a portfolio of the fresh-faced leading ladies of Locust Valley today. Of course, it wouldn’t be summer in New York without the Hamptons, so Daly Reardon heads east to report on the best of Hamptons shopping. We also sit down with Ricky Lauren, author of The Hamptons, to hear her thoughts on the history, food, and lifestyle of these fabled beach towns. For those heading further north, to Rhode Island, Megan Malloy checks in on Ocean House, another step back in time to an era of truly luxurious— but local—travel. And finally, Lizzie Brown joins me in contemplating The Great Gatsby by saying goodbye to the Long Island property it was based upon, and hello to a new film version of it, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan. Hmm... Leo and Carey as Jay and Daisy. Indeed, life is beginning all over again. u
Daniel Cappello ON THE COVER: Patricia Lansing on the grounds of the Aston estate in Locust Valley, New York, wearing a Carolina Herrera dress and belt with shoes by Tabitha Simmons. Part of the feature “Lilies of the Valley,” produced by Daniel Cappello and photographed by Ben Fink Shapiro.
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NEW YORK SO CIAL DIARY THE HOUSE at 973 Fifth. A couple of weeks ago, the Daily News announced that the house at 973 Fifth Avenue had been sold to an undisclosed buyer for $42 million. Houses have fascinated me since I was a small boy. It was the impact of the design and the size, aesthetically speaking, but
even more was my curiosity about Who lived there and What were they like? 973 Fifth has always been one of those houses for this New Yorker—along with its birth companion, 972 Fifth, which was built at the beginning of the 20th century for Helen Hay and Payne
Whitney as a wedding gift from Mr. Whitney’s uncle Oliver Payne. Of course, one of the pleasures of my business is to learn more about them. The two houses were built at approximately the same time, and are both attributed to Stanford White. That said, Christopher Gray of the New
York Times has suggested that 973 was not done by White but rather by his partner, Charles McKim, considering the personalities and style of the designers. 972’s history is well known. It remained in the Whitney family until Helen Hay Whitney died in 1944 and left
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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A it to her children John Hay Whitney and Joan Whitney Payson. A few years later, it was sold to the French, who use it as part of their consulate. Its history is well known because the history of the Whitney owners is well known. 973 has a quieter, almost unknown history. It was built by Henry Cook, who once owned the entire block. In the 1880s, he built a big Victorian mansion on the north corner where the James B. Duke mansion stands today. Early in the new century, Cook sold the house to Duke, who tore it down and put up his palace designed by Horace Trumbauer.
Cook, in the meantime, hired McKim, Mead & White to build a “smaller” house for him on the empty lot of 973. Cook was farseeing: he had it written into the deeds of all the lots he sold on the entire block that none of the buildings could be more than five or six stories. And so it remains today for the lucky New York neighborhood. Construction of the house at 973 started in 1902, the same year Cook sold the lot next door to Oliver Payne for the Whitney house. He did not live to see his house completed in 1907, however, because he died in 1905. (Stanford White didn’t see its completion either—he was
murdered by Harry Thaw in 1906.) Henry Cook left the house to his daughter but, according to Christopher Gray, she rarely used it. In 1919, she sold it to Joseph Feder. He lived there with his wife and family. Twenty-nine years later, in 1948, it was sold it to the Mormon Church, which used it as a training center. In 1978, it was sold to Victor Shafferman, a real estate investor, for a reported $600,000. I’ve been aware of the house since the 1960s because of its location, which is set in a block of 19th- and early 20th-century mansions. It always looked mysterious.
I don’t recall ever seeing windows with curtains or even lights from any of the windows, except for the window in the entrance way. With only shades, closely drawn, it always looked like nobody lived there. I met Victor Shafferman in the early ’90s. He was a man in his fifties, somewhat portly, appearing at first to be a diffident personality, although he was decidedly friendly. He was a favorite escort of some of the older social ladies whom he would transport in his chauffeured, maroon-andblack Rolls Royce Phantom limousine. As it is when you get to know people on a social level in New York, I
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to travel to Europe so often. I tend to take people at their word on the subject of themselves and their wealth and placement. Victor was an intelligent man, worldly in his point of view, knowledgeable about the state of things and quite liberal in his thinking. He told me that he invested in New York real estate, buying and selling at great profits. His investments, coincidentally, the apartment building on the block south of where I live on East End Avenue. In time, I learned that it was he who owned the house at 973, where he had lived since the late 1970s. Although he was clearly one of those New
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Yorkers who likes the highprofile social world, I had never heard of anyone visiting his mansion. However, my not being aware of him as a host would not confirm that he hadn’t entertained there, obviously. I knew him only to entertain in restaurants. Within a few years, I also learned—without inquiring—that his story about being a CIBA-Geigy heir was made-up. Not true. He’d referred to it so many times, being so matter-of-fact, that it was hard to believe it wasn’t so. Surrounded by his accoutrements of wealth and his stories of real estate investment, all related with
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what seemed like a natural self-assurance, I continued to believe him. Many who pursue a highprofile social life in New York are drawn to the publicized limelight that surrounds it. Victor seemed to steer clear of it, a man who liked being popular but somewhat under the radar. Evidently, he rarely did entertain, but he was a frequent guest at major charity and cultural events. When I was eventually invited to a dinner at his house, I saw that it was indeed the picture of a grand mansion on the interior, filled with 18thcentury furniture—mainly French—giving it an upper-
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acquired another property, a mansion—Blairsden—over in Peapack, New Jersey. Designed by Carrère and Hastings, it was a 38-room Louis XIII-style structure. The house had been built for a Wall Street investment banker named Ledyard Blair at the turn of the century. After Blair’s death in 1950, it was sold to the Sisters of St. John the Baptist. When Victor acquired it a half century later, most of its acreage had been sold off and the house was in need of major refurbishment and restoration. Victor and his boyfriend began spending more time there overseeing the restoration. In late 2009, Victor died of pancreatic cancer at age 68. This seemed sudden to me since I had not seen much of him in the year
before. When I did see him in the spring of that year, he looked to be a man who had been seriously ill. I had no idea what that illness was although on meeting I could see that he was trying to put a brave face. So, it was with great sadness that I learned of his death later that year. It seemed that, up until he was stricken, he had found a way to make a very good life for himself, one that he could share with someone he cared for. This is no small feat for any of us. I wrote about Victor on these pages shortly after he died, expressing my interest in him and how I really didn’t know him at all; I said that, in fact, his story about CIBA-Geigy was false and that his mother lived not in Switzerland but in Quebec, in
a suburb of Montreal. In my own life, I have had the experience of a close relationship with another who fabricated his reality to the point of departure. When I was a young man, I should also add, I learned that my own father had done a similar thing, affecting everyone related to him, including this son. It is an odd and offputting experience. It doesn’t anger me the way it does some people, but it remains oddly and forevermore inexplicable. Nevertheless, the deceit always makes an indelible and disturbingly unfavorable impression. My own relationship with Victor Shafferman was never more an acquaintanceship. I liked him and enjoyed his company and conversation, so whatever the truth of his
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background, it had no direct effect on my life. After I wrote about Victor’s death, I heard from several people who knew him. I got a message from a man who had worked for him as houseman. He was sorry to hear of his former employer’s death but commented that Victor was also a mystery to him. Victor was uncomfortable with staff. It was apparent to this man that Victor was, he said, “unused to it, that it was not part of his upbringing.” Several people wrote to tell me that they knew him from college and before, when he lived with his parents in Montreal. So his visits to his 20 QUEST
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ailing mother during the years I knew him were not to Europe as he always announced, for she lived alone for many years before she died. Her house, one old friend reported, had in more recent years “seemed to be falling apart.” Another wrote to tell me that he hadn’t been born in Switzerland but in Israel, in 1941, and that his father had moved his family to Canada after the Second World War. College friends who liked him very much recalled that he was “always spinning stories” about his background, including vaguely connecting himself with the Rothschild family. Those who were aware
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knew that he was Jewish, nor did it occur to me, but then it’s not a matter I’d thought about or would think about. Another wrote: “I had brunch one Sunday with Victor at the Café Carlyle. After a pleasant hour catching up on our vastly different lives, we ambled outside and met two women also leaving the hotel. The impeccably dressed and accessorized older woman who gently held my hand in hers the entire time she chatted with us was obviously a close friend of his. Later, as he and I walked down Madison Avenue, he asked me if I knew who the older woman was. I said no. He said, ‘That was Estée Lauder.’ (And it truly was.) I
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replied, ‘But you introduced her as your friend Esther.’ He told me that he always called her Esther, adding, ‘Our families were very friendly when I was growing up in Switzerland.’ I never questioned it. Now, like everyone else, I’m wondering why he felt the compulsion to embellish fact with fiction. The irony was that, with Victor, I felt I could always be myself and really liked that about him.” Victor lived his life in disguise and had something to hide, possibly imagined or possibly real. He was gay but it was an open secret. He was very well liked in the social world, not in the least because he was rich, which always
impresses rich New Yorkers, but because he was kind and generous in his courtesies. He seemed like a man who liked people and wanted people to like him. All remains cloudy. His property, apparently, was all holdings within a foundation. Evidently, he had a business partner who had previously been a boyfriend, with whom he owned everything. Many of us were sorry to hear of his death. And many of us are left wondering why he lied about himself. The habit and need to dissemble started in his youth, long before he had business connections, long before he was out in the world. It was an inclination— a cover, really—for the Victor
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the Bronx, is beyond beautiful in its landscaping, its woodland and forests, its gardens, and its stately and elegant Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, where the feature show is “Monet’s Garden.” Monet once said that flowers inspired him to become a painter. This New York Botanical Garden exhibition is seasonally changing, turning the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory into a masterpiece of diverse plants, bold colors, and dramatic forms, and includes a recreation of his Japanese footbridge and his Grand Allée draped with flowers.
Beginning this month, Monet’s most famous subject, the water lilies, will be featured in the Conservatory Courtyard Pools in many of the varieties he grew. The affair was black-tie and very dressy. It began with a champagne and cocktail reception in the outdoor garden. The chairs were Ms. Barbara Cirkva, Mrs. Timothy George, Mrs. Charles Johnson, Mrs. Sylvester Miniter IV, and Mrs. B. Robert Williamson, Jr. Honorary chairs were Mrs. Jeremy Biggs and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton, Jr. The chairmen’s committee included Mrs. Christopher
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a beautiful evening dinner dance held in a tent during the fairest June weather in a verdant and floral oasis in the middle of the world’s greatest metropolis. A trip to the bountiful. The following Wednesday night, after a book party for Cornelia Guest at John Demsey’s townhouse in the East 60s, many moved a few blocks to another book party given by Zibby and Jim Tozer and Katie Tozer in honor of Frances Osborne and her new novel, Park Lane. The author scored a great success four years ago with a biography of the muchmarried British aristocrat Idina Sackville called The
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Bolter. Her new book is the story of “two determined women forging their own lives in socially constrained Edwardian London. A housemaid and a debutante. The kind of women who might have been part of party weekends at Downton Abbey.” Mrs. Osborne, whose husband, George Osborne, is currently the chancellor of the exchequer under Prime Minister David Cameron, has written a book about that generation of aristocrats, and her descriptions had the guests bolting for the books neatly stacked and waiting in the Tozer gallery. In the mix: Evelyn
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Tompkins, Daryl Hall (yes, the very same), Sonny and Gita Mehta, Elizabeth Mayhew, Barbara Goldsmith, Mark Gilbertson, Susan Henshaw Jones, Christopher Mason, Mai Hallingby Harrison, Phil Geier, Frederike and Jeremy Biggs, Barbara Georgescu, Amanda Foreman and Jonathan Barton, Vicky Ward, Marvin and Mary Davidson, Wendy Moonan, Ellery and Marjorie Reed Gordon, and John and Joan Jakobson. The next night, Thursday— a beautiful early summer evening in New York—the Wildlife Conservation Society held is annual gala benefit and this year’s theme was “The Coasts of Patagonia.”
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Swim that is held in Damrosch Park, on the south side of the Metropolitan Opera House. Paul and Daisy Soros started this as part of their philanthropic contributions more than 18 years ago. They wanted to do something at Lincoln Center for the neighbors in the summertime. Daisy thought dancing is something that makes everybody happy. Daisy is right. On this night the Soroses hosted a cocktail and dinner for about 100 friends in a tented platform overlooking the dance floor and the stage, where the Nelson Riddle Orchestra was playing Sinatra, Ella, and all of the music of the ’50s and ’60s. It’s one of those New York moments that feels like you’re in a neighborhood in summertime in a small town. Except, of course, it’s New York, right in the heart of Manhattan, surrounded by 40- and 60-
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Lincoln Center. He thanked the sponsors and introduced Daisy Soros. Daisy, who, like her husband, is a native of Hungary but has lived in this country her entire adult life, speaks with an accent but excellent English, and not without her charm. In private conversation she is garrulous and full of humor when she is not specifically serious. Though, she is that, too—a worldly woman. She told the guests that she’d learned a new word from one of her grandchildren, and that was “Hi-Bye.” After launching this project and funding it for 18 years, the
Soroses are turning it over to a new supporter. “I don’t know who that will be,” she told the crowd, “but they may be present tonight at the dinner.” Daisy thinks about all those things. After her speech, she came down to the dance floor to cut a rug, as they used to say in the Days of Swing, and the evening began. It’s a big dance floor so there’s room for hundreds, modeled after the great public dance ballrooms found across the nation in the 1930s and ’40s, and it’s also great for spectators along with park-goers who are there just to sit back and listen. Everyone has a good time.
The terpsichoreans present ran a wide variety of fashion and dance styles, shapes, sizes, heights, and personalities, all together and really into it. It’s interesting to observe so many that are so light and deft on the dance floor. Everyone is happy for that moment of jumping for joy, including the non-dancers. When I got home from Lincoln Center, I was shocked to learn in Liz Smith’s column that Nora Ephron had died earlier in the evening. While I was an admirer, I only knew Nora the way you can know people here: very casually, in New York, and in a wide circle of acquaintances and dinners,
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Antique Converted Barn - On desirable Honey Hollow Road. Beautifully renovated bank barn with Chestnut beams, flagstone floors and French doors. Great Room with Fireplace. Country Kitchen with top-of-theline appliances. Family Room. Private Master Suite.Three additional Bedrooms. Sitting Room. Playroom. Library. Gym. Wine Cellar. Over two landscaped acres near the Reservation. Pool. Garage with Billiard Room. $1,199,000
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Hoosier Knoll Farm - In the heart of horse country. Traditional Shingle Farmhouse with front and rear porches to take in the view. 4000 square feet with hardwood floors and high ceilings. Two Story Entrance Hall. Living Room with Fireplace. Formal Dining Room. Butler’s Pantry. Country Kitchen. Family Room with Fireplace. Study. Four Bedrooms. Office. Gated drive to four acres with five paddocks. Two Stall Barn. $1,150,000
some, ivy-clad stucco and slate echoing the grandeur of the past. Extensive millwork, graceful doorways and leaded glass windows. Living Room with doors to Wisteria-covered terrace. Richly paneled Library. Formal Dining Room. Sun Room. Gourmet Kitchen. Six Bedrooms + Au Pair. Eight spectacular estate acres. Gate House. Tennis Court. Pool. Pool House/Gym. Rare! $3,995,000
Lindenlane - From a bygone era. Prominent Country Estate built Stunning Country Colonial - Wonderful compound on four in 1912. Timeless and elegant Center Hall Colonial. Beautifully scaled rooms with fine detailing, hardwood floors, wide crown moldings, French doors and five fireplaces. Formal Living and Dining Rooms. Four Bedrooms. Over six glorious acres with an incredible allee of stately Linden. Grape Arbor. Vegetable, Flower and Peony Gardens. Fabulous stone folly. Breathtaking! $2,195,000
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Coco and Arie Kopelman, Susan Clatworthy and Patsy and Patrick Callahan
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Lee and Jane Gammill
Hans and Julia Utsch
Virginia and Nicholas Bos
Ted Smith and Sabrina Forsythe
Julie Graham
Lee and Cece Black
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GARRISON, NY - Enjoy the ultimate in condo living in THE CASTLE, a well-known landmark high above the Hudson River. This luxurious 2 floor, 2 bedroom unit offers breathGARRISON, NY - Enjoy the ultimate in condo living in THE CASTLE, a well-known taking views from Bear Mountain Bridge to Newburgh Bay. It has huge open rooms, 12 to 15 landmark high above the Hudson River. This luxurious 2 floor, 2 bedroom unit offers breathfoot ceilings, 4 fireplaces, gourmet kitchen, and sumptuous baths. It also offers outdoor spaces, taking views from Bear Mountain Bridge to Newburgh Bay. It has huge open rooms, 12 to 15 central air conditioning, and garaging for 2 cars. Offered at $2,999,999 foot ceilings, 4 fireplaces, gourmet kitchen, and sumptuous baths. It also offers outdoor spaces, central air conditioning, and garaging for 2 cars. Offered at $2,999,999
GARRISON American Gothic home, designed by the foremost 19th century American architect, Alexander Jackson Davis, offers 7800 square feet that has been restored to reflect the NY gilded age ofand country homes. Impressive GARRISON, - Spacious open country home with fabulous HUDSON RIVER VIEWS to the west and north to public Storm King Mt and 19 Newburgh Bay. The living room features keyhole staircase, large rooms, acres, GARRISON, NY - Spacious and open country home with pool fabulous HUDSON RIVER cathedral ceiling and stone fireplace, and all living areas enjoy the views and access to stone terVIEWS to thehouse, west andthree north tocar Storm King Mt and barn. Newburgh Bay. The living room features with pool garage and Offered races. 4 bedrooms and 2 ½ baths, includes huge master suite privately located on its own level. cathedral ceiling and stone fireplace, and all living areas enjoy the views and access to stone terThe in-ground pool and cabana further enhance the 5.6 acre property. Offered at $1,995,000 at $7,500,000 races. 4 bedrooms and 2 ½ baths, includes huge master suite privately located on its own level.
EAST FISHKILL, Dutchess County, NY - Wiccopee House. Circa 1894, this beautiful estate on 17.6 acres, includes the 7000 square foot Georgian style main house featuring EAST FISHKILL, Dutchess County, NY - Wiccopee House. Circa 1894, this beau6 bedrooms, gleaming wood floors, multiple fireplaces, period details and a gourmet tiful estate on 17.6 acres, includes the 7000 square foot Georgian style main house featuring kitchen. Additional features include a 100’ x 30’ barn with a 2 bedroom apartment, pad6 bedrooms, gleaming wood floors, multiple fireplaces, period details and a gourmet dock, pool, and tennis court. Offered at $2,495,000 kitchen. Additional features include a 100’ x 30’ barn with a 2 bedroom apartment, paddock, pool, and tennis court. Offered at $2,495,000
The in-ground pool and cabana further enhance the 5.6 acre property. Offered at $1,995,000
COLD SPRING, NY - Masterfully designed contemporary offers massive two story entry, living room and dining room sharing a grand floor to ceiling stone fireplace, large COLD SPRING, NY - Masterfully designed contemporary offers massive two story chef’s kitchen and 4 bedrooms. Walls of French doors lead to deck cantilevered over rushentry, living room and dining room sharing a grand floor to ceiling stone fireplace, large ing mountain stream. Delightful details and high quality materials are evident throughout chef’s kitchen and 4 bedrooms. Walls of French doors lead to deck cantilevered over rushthe home which is sited on almost 5 acres. Offered at $1,875,000 ing mountain stream. Delightful details and high quality materials are evident throughout the home which is sited on almost 5 acres. Offered at $1,875,000
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The Amagansett Fine Arts Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the weekend at the American Legion. For more information, call 610.486.6393. MAKE IT WORK
Karyn Mannix, an artist, will host an interactive event at 10 a.m. at the Pollock Krasner House in East Hampton. For more information, call 631.329.2811.
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FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD
Marina B, known for bold and colorful designs, will be partnering with Hollis Reh & Shariff this summer as the exclusive destination for the brand’s jewelry in the Hamptons. Throughout her career, Marina Bulgari made a selection of one-of-a-kind pieces, crafted with the finest stones and materials available. Each piece is completely unique and limitededition. The event will take place through the 8th at 2 Jobs Lane in Southampton. For more information, call 631.283.6653. BEAR WITNESS
The Alexander Soros Foundation’s gala to benefit Global Witness will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Fairview Farm in Bridgehampton. The theme is “Unmasked,” and guests are encouraged to dress accordingly. For more information, call 212.505.1253. PAINT A PICTURE
On Wednesdays throughout the summer, “Drop n Dine” will host children and their families at 5:30 p.m. at the Surf Lodge in Montauk. The event is designed to encourage participants to interact with one another by working on art projects. For more information, call 347.391.4004.
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GUILDED AGE
Guild Hall of East Hampton will present the “Escape: Video Art from Long Island” exhibition from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through the 29th. For more information, call 631.324.0806. TAKE THE BAIT
The Denice Given Band will perform, rain or shine, at the Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard and Horse Rescue in North Fork at 42 QUEST
2 p.m. For more information, call 631.324.0806. BET THE FARM
The Southampton Chamber of Commerce will host a farmer’s market outside the Parrish Art Museum. For more information, call 631.283.0402.
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“Drop n Dine,” an event designed for children to work on art
projects, will take place at the Surf Lodge in Montauk at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays through Labor Day. For more information, call 347.391.4004.
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The Shelter Island Public Library’s “Music Under the Tent” will take place at 3 p.m., featuring the barbershop quartet, Quatrain. For more information, call 631.749.0042.
The Shelter Island Public Library will host its annual “Shelter Island Scenes” exhibition of photography at 5 p.m. For more information, call 631.749.0042. COMING HOME
The Thomas Halsey Homestead in Southampton will hold a gala to benefit its programs at 6 p.m. For more information, call 631.283.2494. FISH OUT OF WATER
A swim in Amagansett to benefit a variety of cancer charities will take place at 6 a.m. The event is hosted by the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue Squad and sponsored by Swim Across America. For more information, call 516.848.1426.
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On July 6, the Pollock Krasner House in East Hampton will hold an event in honor of the 100th anniversary of Jackson Pollock’s birth. The event will feature Karyn Mannix, an artist who will teach attendees to create artwork by dripping paint. For more information, call 631.329.2811. FRESH AS A DAISY
The farmer’s market in Sag Harbor will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays through October at the intersection of Bay Street and Burke Street. For more information, call 646.286.6264. KID’S CORNER
The Shelter Island Public Library will host a book party in honor of Kate and Jim McMullan, creators of several children’s books including I’m Bad, I’m Dirty, I Stink, and I’m Mighty, at 12 p.m. For more information, call 631.324.0806.
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World Is Your Oyster” will feature a performance of “Dracula” at 6:30 p.m. on the campus of IYRS in Newport. For more information, call 401.847.4470. STARRY NIGHT
Greenwich Hospital will host “Under the Stars” at 7 p.m. at the Riverside Yacht Club. For more information, call 203.863.3000.
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PUT ON A SHOW
The 2012 Hampton Designer Showhouse will open in Water Mill. For more information, call 631.745.0004.
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News Corporation will present the Ultimate Summertime Party at 7 p.m. at Bowlmor Lanes. For more information, call 212.453.3235.
MAKE A RESERVATION
The LongHouse Reserve’s gala will take place at 6 p.m. For more information, call 631.329.3568.
RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
A preview of the Newport Antiques Show will take place at
6 p.m. at the Newport Historical Society. For more information, call 401.846.2669.
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GIA’s Jewelry Career Fair will open at 8 a.m. at the Javits Center. In the past, the event has taken place in Bangalore, Las Vegas, and Mumbai. For more information, call 760.603.4000.
AUGUST 2 PACK IT UP
An antiques fair in Southampton to celebrate Wig Out Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 159 Main Street. For more information, call 631.283.2494.
The Hamptons Trunk Show presented by the UJA-Federation will take place at 10 a.m. at the Bridgehampton Historical Society. For more information, call 212.836.1101.
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Newport Hospital will host “Under the Tuscan Sky,” featuring music by Bob Hardwick at 6:30 p.m. at Ochre Court. For more information, call 401.845.1617.
The North Fork Wine Tours will host guests from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. throughout the summer. For more information, call 631.723.0505.
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SUMMER SUN
The Southampton Hospital’s Summer Party will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the corner of Wickapogue Road and Old Town Road. For more information, call 631.726.8700.
ALL ABOARD
ArtHamptons, an international fair, will open at Nova’s Ark in Bridgehampton. The event is available to the public beginning on the 13th. For more information, call 631.283.5055.
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The Island Moving Company’s “The
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On July 7 and 8, Marina B will host an event with Hollis Reh & Shariff at 2 Jobs Lane in Southampton. For more information, call 631.283.6653.
“Strides for Life” will start at 8:45 a.m. at the Cultural Center in Southampton. For more information, call 646.290.5199. J U LY 2 0 1 2 4 3
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IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY
Havana, Cuba (1999), with its iconic colonial architecture and old-world character, inspired the sets of Alfred Hitchcock's 1969 film Topaz.
WHAT STRUCK ME about Cuba—something that you can’t
get away from—is what a wonderful place it must have been before the revolution. The buildings, the architecture, the ambiance. It could be Madrid, Barcelona, or any magnificent European capital because it is so overwhelmingly beautiful. I first went to Cuba for Alfred Hitchcock in 1968 to photograph locations for his film Topaz since no American film company could get into Cuba at that time. And with my British passport, I could get a visa. When I returned to New York, Hitchcock flew my wife,
Gigi, and me to L.A. so I could deliver the film in person. He was quite impressive, sitting in his director’s chair on the set, that unmistakable look of resolution on his face. Later, when Gigi and I saw the film, we were delighted to see that the set designer had used my photographs as a basis for the main square and several other locations where much of the film’s action takes place. The photograph here was taken in 1999 with my Canon panoramic lens, giving a sweeping view of the town square. It was Cuba in the 1950s all over again. Time had stood still. u
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TA K I
SHINING STAR
From left: A group of aspiring actresses photographed at the Cannes Film Festival, circa 1960; our columnist will appear in a film with Alec Baldwin.
“SORRY, I’M IN MAKEUP. If it’s some-
thing important, call my agent, Israel Goldfarb.” This is how I’ve been fending off the myriad of calls from eager females trying to reach me now that I’m about to become a major movie star. The story so far: Michael Mailer, son of Norman and a very close buddy, is producing a movie directed by James Toback and starring Alec Baldwin about a movie producer trying to finance a film during the Cannes Film Festival. That’s what movie festivals are all about. Greedy Hollywood-types 46 QUEST
deal, dicker, and haggle over future films and imaginary profits with the azure waters of the French Riviera as background. So this is a movie within a movie, I suppose. And yours truly plays an Onassis-like figure, languishing on his yacht while trying to fend off Hollywood sharks looking for a mark. Alec (we Hollywood-types only use first names) comes aboard Bushido, sees my young, blond girlfriend du jour, and makes a pass at her which ends with our fighting. The only provision the director has made is that the fight should be
for real. No faking and no taking dives, except that we both should end up in the sea fully dressed. The bad news is that Alec Baldwin is not only a tough guy but he’s also no friend, having told Mailer that I’ve trashed him in print and that he’s looking forward to a revenge. Oh, dear! Mind you, for someone who has detested Hollywood’s philistinism for as long as I have, I must say I’m looking forward to my 15 seconds of fame and rubbing shoulders with all the film people who are in Cannes as I write. I shall look at them
TA K I from afar, from my boat, and keep an Onassis-like distance from them, unless they’re very young and pretty and of the opposite sex. (Neither Baldwin nor I am gay, so we will not fight, make up, and get married, even if that disappoints Obama and Biden.) But as I have said, I have hated Hollywood since most of my adult life for the way it shows America to be. All southerners are Ku Klux Klan members, all farmers dumb and backward, all drug dealers misunderstood, and all criminals victims of an unfair system. And yet, in
the end of a beautiful friendship. Everything else has been all hunky-dory. I went out with the sexiest woman of her time, Linda Christian, a very young Joan Collins, and the beautiful Janet Leigh, but my real friendships were with men like Louis Jourdan, the handsomest actor of his time in films like Gigi, Letter from an Unknown Woman, and The Swan. Louis and his wife gave a wonderful party for me on my way back from Vietnam, introducing me to all the stars, and we used to spend our summers at the Hôtel du Cap in Antibes. Louis is now in his nineties
once said to me, “Roger is not a great actor, he’s a great movie star.” That he is, and on top of that, he’s as gentle and witty as they come. We meet a couple of times a year and get rather pissed together. Roger devotes all his time now to UNICEF and spends his own money while traveling the world helping poor children. And as luck would have it, who but the first James Bond, Sir Sean Connery himself, moved near me in Gstaad a couple of years ago? Once at a dinner party, he told me he’s been reading me for 30 or so years in the Spectator. His wife is even more of
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Clockwise, from top left: Our columnist with producer Michael Mailer; Cannes’ red carpet; the iconic Hollywood Sign in the Santa Monica Mountains.
my private life, I’ve only had good experiences when coming into contact with movie stars. Except for the ghastly Peter Lawford, next to whom I lived at the Sherry-Netherland almost 50 years ago. He was a very bad drunk, a brother-inlaw of J.F.K., and a terrible drug addict whose idea of paternal concern was to give one of his sons, according to the son’s biography, five grams of coke to consume together on Christmas Eve. I finally ended up punching Lawford after he disgracefully insulted my then wife, and that was
and looks as good as one can at his age. He has impeccable manners and is as well-read and as charming a man as one can hope to meet. Just as charming is Frank Langella, whose book, Dropped Names, is beautifully written and who is a sophisticated man and one wonderful actor. But my closest buddy in the acting world is Sir Roger Moore, a man I’ve known for 40 years and with whom I’ve spent a lot of time due to our William Buckley and Gstaad connection. As his son Jeffrey
a fan because she shares my prejudices. Sean and I have shared many dirty jokes and many good bottles of wine, and there you have it. The two best James Bonds, the great Louis Jourdan, and now, at age 75, I am about to join the pantheon of Hollywood by throwing Alec Baldwin off my boat like Achilles slaying Hector long ago. Look for the movie starring Taki and tell your children and your children’s children about it. Hooray for Hollywood! u For more Taki, visit takimag.com. J U LY 2 0 1 2 4 7
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MEMORIES OF MARILYN AND MONADNOCK THE RECENT FILM My Week with
Marilyn is charmingly based on a memoir by Colin Clark, the younger son of Sir Kenneth Clark, of Civilisation fame. Kenneth Branagh and Michelle Williams acted beautifully as Sir Laurence Olivier and the famous starlet. It brought back memories of seeing Some Like It Hot at the Central Theatre in Cedarhurst during one Saturday matinée—my sainted Irish nanny being in the roars of laughter at the cross-dressing antics of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, my younger brother and I laughing along with her. Mother was not quite so amused at my nanny’s choice of films for a seven-year-old and a four-year-old. Apparently, Old Yeller or a Jerry Lewis comedy like Hole in the Head would have been more “appropriate,” but no lasting harm was done. I still think Billy Wilder’s masterpiece is the funniest movie ever made, and I’ve been in love with Marilyn ever after. In the summer, my thoughts turn to camp, which I first attended a few years later, in 1962. My nanny did not accompany me but thoughtfully sent up a shoebox of brownies and chocolate-chip cookies every fortnight. Camp Monadnock was outside of Jaffrey Center, New Hampshire, and just across Thorndike Pond from Mount Monadnock, which, at 3,165 feet, was the most prominent New England mountain peak south of My week with Marilyn reminded the author of his crush on Monroe in Some Like it Hot.
AUDAX the White Mountains and east of the Berkshires. The name means “mountain that stands alone,” and the physical setting was spectacular. At chapel, in a stand of pristine birches, we would sing: “Here at the foot of Monadnock, towering over the plain; Here at the edge of the waters, sing we our glad refrain.” There was swimming, canoeing, sailing, archery, a rifle range, and a nature program. The July 4th counselors’ softball game was between Yale and Harvard, and there were almost enough guys from those two colleges on staff to field a complete team; some assistance from Amherst and Williams usually did the trick. We saluted the flag at dawn and sundown, played ping-pong on the porch and “Thumper” at the dinner table, sang beer jingles and
200 years. Future Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly was an assistant counselor who drew brilliant posters for the Saturday night movie; Sugar Daddys were handed out three nights a week after dinner, and the season ended with follies performed by the campers and counselors that were almost as hilarious as those in Some Like It Hot. As the buses started up to take us back to Boston or New York on closing day, the counselors would sing to the tune of “Bye Bye, Baby”: “Bye bye, kiddies, just remember you’re our kiddies, when you go back to school.” And we did, often with catches in our throats. At Monadnock, there were Mortimers, von Stades, Hornblowers, Abernethys, Davisons, Montgomerys,
New England. My first year, our gang walked the trail, which followed the Appalachian Trail until it crested at Stowe, on top of Mount Mansfield in the White Mountains, more than a thousand feet higher than Mount Monadnock. It was a good test for a 10-year-old after walking up and down several other peaks in the Presidential Range along the four-day trip. It was a Sunday morning when we walked off the peak and our counselors let us go into the general store at the bottom to stock up on Hershey bars and M&Ms for the ride back to camp. I was also interested in checking out how Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were doing for the Yankees (this was the year after Maris hit 61 homers and The Mick, 54).
From left: A view of Mount Monadnock, which stands 3,165 feet in New Hampshire; a camper takes a canoe out during the summer.
told scary stories around the campfire, contested Indian and Naval War games, read Edgar Allan Poe by a blazing fire in the lodge on rainy mornings, and ended the seven-week season with a treasure hunt that began with the annual appearance of Phineas T. Spalding, a pirate who had lived underneath the pond for the last
and Knapps, among many other family names familiar to Quest readers. Everyone still enjoys reminiscing about those magical summers. The absolute highlight of the camp calendar were the Long Camping Trips (or L.C.T.s), when myriad groups went forth to climb or canoe around
I also invested in a Herald Tribune. The headline was huge: “Marilyn Monroe is Dead at 36.” First love is often painful, but all I can say is that it had been a great three years and I am grateful to Colin Clark and the filmmakers for reminding me so happily of my own affair with Marilyn. u J U LY 2 0 1 2 4 9
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TAKING A CUE FROM the long days of summer, this month we’ve found inspiration in bright golden
rays—like the brilliant shine of a yellow diamond necklace (from Wempe), the luminous burst of a shocking neon blouse (from J.Crew), and the bold and colorful canary linings of seasonal note cards (from famed stationer Mrs. John L. Strong). Mix in some cool looks for him and gifts that any hostess would smile about, and you’ve got a shopping list to tackle in between trips to the beach. Wempe’s 18-kt. white gold Rivière necklace with 41 princess-cut diamonds and 55 radiant-cut fancy yellow diamonds. $755,000.
Days never looked brighter than in this Zac Posen ivory silk faille day dress. Zac Posen: Available at shopbop.com.
Wempe: 700 Fifth Ave. or 212.397.9000.
The perfect accessory to carry you (and your things) from summer days to nights: Chanel’s ivory leather calfskin bag. $2,800. Chanel: Select Chanel boutiques or 800.550.0005.
Get a leg up in Stuart Weitzman’s Minx wedge with gold buckle in Camel Laniard. $398. Stuart Weitzman: 625 Madison Ave. or 212.750.2555.
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Eric Javits’s Jav III in peanut is a roomy tote of Squishee® that will take you to work, to the gym, or
Save yourself a trip to the
away for the weekend.
East and pick up Roberto
$450. Eric Javits:
Coin’s Shanghai necklace in
ericjavits.com.
18-kt. yellow gold with semiprecious stones. $37,000. Roberto Coin: 800.853.5958 or robertocoin.com.
Mixing marbled resin
Thank them for that perfect sum-
with a contrasting
mer getaway at their beach
geometric motif, Tory
house with Mrs. John L. Strong’s
Burch’s Wide Resin
small crab note cards. $45.
Bangle in red is a
Mrs. John L. Strong:
powerful statement piece.
At Saks Fifth Avenue or
$145. Tory Burch:
mrsstrong.com.
toryburch.com.
Go wild in the Midinette in Tiger with black trim from Belgian Shoes—a chic way of incorporating Get your bright on in J.Crew’s Blythe silk blouse ($98), 5-inch chino short ($45), and patent-leather belt in leopard ($39.50). J.Crew: Available at jcrew.com.
prints this season. $350. Belgian Shoes: 212.755.7372.
Fresh Finds Manolo Blahnik has captured Wrap your wrists in a silk embroidered Précieux Pelages & Camouflage Twilly, part of Hermès’s concept of using silk in jewelry. $730. Hermès: 691 Madison Ave., 800.441.4488, or hermes.com.
summer butterflies in this BB heel—and so can you. $655. Manolo Blahnik: Available at Manolo Blahnik New York, 212.582.3007.
Montblanc pays tribute to New York writers and Lady Liberty herself with 50 limited Statue of Liberty Artisan Edition writing instruments. $33,000. Montblanc: 800.995.4810 or montblanc.com.
Carolina Herrera’s irresistable Gaspar poodle print long-sleeved blouse ($1,090) and print scarf ($490), with tortoise shell silk jacquard
No way around it: This Tiffany diamond ring with diamond baguettes set in platinum is a stunner. $302,500. Tiffany & Co.: Fifth Ave. at 57th St., 212.755.8000, or tiffany.com.
pencil skirt ($1,490). Carolina Herrera: 954 Madison Ave. or 212.249.6552.
Slip on Rolex’s Oyster Perpetual Lady Datejust, a 26-mm. steel and white gold timepiece with 46 diamonds set on the bezel and 10 diamonds set on a Sunbeam dial. $15,050. Rolex: 800.36.ROLEX.
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Leaving the boardroom, driving out east in the convertible, or lounging on the beach: David Yurman’s Tag sunglasses are the perfect look for summer’s occasions. $395. David Yurman: davidyurman.com.
He’s never looked cuter than in Ralph Lauren’s Hawaiian seersucker 5-inch boxer swim trunk, made in a quick-drying blend of cotton and nylon. $69.50. Ralph Lauren: ralphlauren.com. Suit up for summer in Ascot Chang’s wool, silk, and linen jacket ($1,875), silk knit tie ($288), and cotton shirt ($303.50). Ascot Chang: 110 Central Park South, 212.759.3333.
J.McLaughlin celebrates the beloved Upper East Side canteen Swifty’s with its Swifty’s tie. $75. Exclusively at the J.McLaughlin Men’s Store, 1008 Lexington Ave., 212.879.2240.
A delightful surprise for your host or your own home: iomoi’s handmade, custom lucite Coakley Cay Black with racing stripe ice bucket. $88. iomoi: Available at shopiomoi.com.
For Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, Asprey has released the limited-edition Corgi tumbler, inspired by the royal household pet. $295. Asprey: 853 Madison Ave. or 212.688.1811. J U LY 2 0 1 2 5 3
PUT A KNOT ON IT BY ELIZABETH QUINN BROWN
ELIZAB LIZABETH QUINN BROWN: Tell our readers about your brand, Kiel James Patrick... AMES PATRICK: Going to an all-boys prep school demands KIEL JAM you stick to a strict dress code, which can quickly get quite monotonous and boring. Images flashed to mind of Grandpa Henry taking me to the country club as a kid and marveling at all the men who had the audacity to rock brilliant pastel seersucker, bright madras, florals, and patterned ties all in the same outfit. This go-to-hell look was exactly what was going to bring a bit of amusement to these lackluster days. Rummaging through my family’s cedar closets I found an array of bright, nautical-motif ties; blazers that were truly “blazing;” and pants that Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack would have been proud of. Thrift stores and friends’ closets were the next victims to raid, and, soon enough, I was wheeling and dealing clothes out of my Jeep to bring a bit of country- and yacht-club peacocking merriment to class. SARAH VICKERS: The initial concept began with Kiel deconstructing his grandfather’s ties and turning them into brace54 QUEST
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KIEL JAM JAMES PATRICK founded his eponymous brand of bracelets, belts, neckwear, and other accessories in 2008 with his girlfriend, Sarah Vickers of classygirlswearpearls.com. Together, they’ve cultivated a following throughout New England and beyond. Here, Quest sat down to speak with the duo.
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This page: Sarah Vickers, co-owner of Kiel James Patrick, wears the Cape Knot Hitch bracelet. Opposite page, from top: Kiel James Patrick and Sarah Vickers have been dating for 10 years; the Skinny Jimmy bow tie with its packaging.
lets back in high school. After a summer of selling the original fabric bracelets at craft fairs, the direction of the brand started to form and we began investing all of our time into building what exists today. EQB: Right now, you offer a line of accessories. What’s next? KJP: America is full of skilled craftsmen. My dream is to find as many of them as possible and put them to work. Truly authentic, hand-crafted details and quality are hard to find these days. I dream that my future will hold a factory with a giant wooden sign outside, with thousands of men and women working, thinking, and creating U.S.A.-made products for the world to enjoy. SV: I would love to expand the brand beyond accessories into a full collection that includes clothing—especially dresses—and bags. We already have a few new products in the early stages of production for fall that are a bit of a departure from bracelets, belts, and ties. I’m very excited to release them. EQB: Visually, your brand is strong, with images of sailing and vintage maps. What was the inspiration? KJP: Rhode Island is The Ocean State. Our license plate has a giant anchor on it. Our state flag has the word “HOPE” under an anchor and nautical rope. Newport’s old New England charm offered me an array of iconic imagery I simply admired. EQB: How would you define your personal style? KJP: I refer to my style as effortless, classic American. I do not deem myself “preppy” per se, but, instead, a man who seeks quality materials, craftsmanship, and well-thought-out design. SV: Fashion models from the ’60s really inspire me. I love the way they dressed, and especially how they wore their makeup. I don’t have any specific icons but I appreciate the effortless style of Kate Bosworth and love Blair’s wardrobe on Gossip Girl. I think my personal style is a mix of vintage-meets-modern-dayclassic. I like to play with color and leave my outfits simple to let my accessories stand out.
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EQB: Have you had a “pinch-me” moment, in terms of your brand’s success? If so, when? KJP: This November, I received a call from Lilly Pulitzer’s people inquiring about whether I would sing “Happy Birthday” to her down in Palm Beach for her 80th birthday. That was a shock, especially seeing how I cannot hold a note to save my life.
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This page: Kiel James Patrick wearing the Hortock’s Compass Rose belt with a pair of Nantucket reds. Opposite page, from top: A collection of Triton and Turks Head bracelets, all of which are perfect for summer; a selection of belts and bracelets boasting names like the Brigg’s Capeside Docks belt (second from top) and the Winch Weather Bitt bracelet (third from top).
This page: Listed by the National Historic Register, the Bed and Breakfast can be converted into a seven-bedroom home (above); Robert A. McCaffrey serves the Hudson River area (below).
TWO GEMS ALONG THE HUDSON BY SCHUYLER VAN VLIET
LAST WEEK, I DROVE out to meet with the legendary Putnam County real estate czar, Robert A. McCaffrey, or “Bob.” It was the perfect sun-drenched June day, and the historic towns of Cold Spring and Garrison greeted us with charm and prosperity—qualities they’ve embraced since the early 1800s. Bob is a third-generation pillar of the well-pedigreed yet serene Cold Spring. He’s also a true raconteur, an expert town historian, a benefactor of the most deserving local charities, a collector of early American furniture, and a connoisseur of upstate vittles and grog. And, yes, he’s the most trusted and respected realtor in the area. Bob is a genuine but modest gentle58 QUEST
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This page: The grand four-bedroom Hudson River Palladian home in Cold Spring, New York, is listed at $5,900,000 (above);
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man who can regale you with countless tales that go back to the American Revolution. He is the model of discretion and probity when it comes to his clients and their wants and needs. No wonder he’s secured listings such as a grand Hudson River Palladian, a 10-bedroom Georgian brick “cottage,” and a classic Bed and Breakfast listed by the National Historic Register. Around noon, Bob and I strolled down Main Street and, after some serious antiquing and window shopping, we retreated to the banks of the Hudson River for a lunch of fresh cod, crispy fries, locally grown corn, and fresh beans—the spectacular view across that much-painted and -fabled vista was almost as good as the food! We spoke over lunch about the background, culture, convenience, and natural beauty of the Hudson Valley, specifically the towns of Cold Spring and Garrison. Finally, your wide-eyed writer blurted out to the sage Robert A. McCaffrey that these two scenic waterfront villages, only 50 miles from midtown Manhattan, must be the perfect communities for any and all New Yorkers looking for a modern lifestyle, dripping with Old World cachet. The wise seer of the Hudson looked back at me, smiling and nodding in agreement. “And don’t forget,” Bob said, “The incredible value of these well-priced properties is almost equal to the value of their heritage.” Indeed, Mr. McCaffrey. u For more information about Robert A. McCaffrey Real Estate, call 845.265.4113 or visit mccaffreyrealty.com. J U LY 2 0 1 2 5 9
Above: Silver Hill Hospital treats 3,000 patients each year. Below, from left: Dr. Sigurd Ackerman, president and medical director at Silver Hill; a meeting room; Dr. Seddon Savage, medical director of the Chronic Pain and Addiction Center at Silver Hill; the pool; the reception area.
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A SEPARATE PEACE BY STEFAN DOYNO
SILVER HILL HOSPITAL in New Canaan, Connecticut, opened its Chronic Pain and Addiction Center in February, offering an intense residential treatment program to patients who have become addicted to the opioids once used to alleviate chronic pain. The center will be directed by Dr. Seddon Savage, former president of the American Pain Society, and will include a staff of pain specialists, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and physical therapists. “I am thrilled that Dr. Savage will provide our medical leadership. Her experience and expertise cannot be matched,” said Dr. Sigurd Ackerman, president and medical director of Silver Hill. According to the Institute of Medicine’s 2011 report, chronic pain affects 116 million people, more than diabetes, cancer, and heart disease combined. Ultimately, chronic pain, misuse, and addiction present a health crisis. At Silver Hill, options for opioid withdrawal or medication-assisted treatment of addiction are combined with psychosocial addiction treatment and rehabilitation. The twelve-step model of recovery is central to treatment, as is a twelve-month aftercare program. Silver Hill is an 81-year-old, not-for-profit psychiatric hospital with acute crisis stabilization and longer-term residential transitional living programs, treating 3,000 patients each year. u
For more information about Silver Hill Hospital and its programs, please call 866.542.4455 or visit silverhillhospital.org.
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SITUATED ON the grounds of the original Burrwood Estate, home to Walter Jennings of Standard Oil, this classically designed manor house pays tribute to the domains of the previous Gold Coast industrial tycoons. The seven-bedroom, seven-and-a-halfbath property is perched upon a beautiful elevation overlooking breathtaking and expansive western water views of Cold Spring Harbor. An elegant covered porch dims in the light as the day wanes and incredible sunsets illuminate the house each evening. Privet hedges frame the property and garden ornaments from the original estate, including the beautifully detailed balustrades, adorn the current landscape design. Covering over four verdant acres, the lush grounds include a plethora of specimen and ornamental trees and shrubs. 62 QUEST
Designed by Thorndike Williams and constructed by premier builder Kean Development in 2000, this architecturally exceptional house is built from hand-hewn Westchester fieldstone and masterfully crafted with classic symmetry, stunning fenestration, superb millwork, and a collection of custom materials. The private master suite provides an intimate refuge and overlooks awe-inspiring views of the property and beyond. The third floor acts as an extension of the master suite and includes a private staircase to the gym and additional living space. Meticulous detail is evident throughout, as evidenced by the five fireplaces, elevator, custom Zeluck mahogany windows, gourmet kitchen, and attached five-car garage. The lower level is fully finished, housing a large playroom and full cabana
facilities with kitchen that leads out to the idyllic pool area. The heated inground Gunite pool overlooks the harbor and there are deeded beach rights in the Jennings Beach Association that allow access to a beach house for association members. Outfitted with 21stcentury smart-home technology, including Geothermal heat, Lutron lighting, an automatic generator, and Cat5 wiring, this is a rare offering for those who do not compromise. Located in the Incorporated Village of Lloyd Harbor, it offers Village beach, tennis, kids summer camp, and mooring rights to residents. u For more information from Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, contact Peggy Moriarty (631.692.6770 ext. 224; 516.769.2843) or Laura Zambratto (631.692.6770 ext. 284; 917.822.4360).
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This page, clockwise from top: An aerial view of the four-acre property in Cold Spring Harbor, New York—the land was once owned by Walter Jennings of Standard Oil; the estate boasts water views of Cold Spring Harbor and lush greenery; a heated swimming pool is among the amenities offered at Burrwood, which also include access to Jennings Beach. Opposite page: The façade of Burrwood in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, which is listed for $14.75 million by Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty (631.692.6770 or danielgale.com). The house features seven bedrooms, including a master suite, and seven and a half bathrooms.
LILIES OF THE VALLEY PRODUCED BY DANIEL CAPPELLO PHOTOGRAPHED BY BEN FINK SHAPIRO
Ever since the 19th century, when Vanderbilts, Roosevelts, and Whitneys erected estates across Long Island’s North Shore, Locust Valley has enjoyed a quietly rich history. Today its splendor and understated elegance continue to live on—not just in its enveloping natural beauty, but in the beautiful women who embody the spirit of the community. Quest asked one of Locust Valley’s leading ladies, Allison Aston, for access to her family’s home and friends for one gorgeous, sun-filled summer day. Her gracious reply, and general graciousness, made this portfolio possible.
Opposite page: Mettrie Lari photographed with her children, Isabelle and George, in front of the greenhouse on the Aston estate in Locust Valley. Mettrie is wearing her own Nanette Lepore dress, Kendra Scott earrings, and Christian Louboutin shoes.
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Sisters-in-law Allison Aston and Valerie Aston on the beach overlooking the Long Island Sound. Allison is wearing her own one-piece by Jenny Polanco and knit sweater by Veronica Beard; Valerie is in her own chambray poncho dress by Veronica Beard.
LOCUST VALLEY is one of the most special places in the world. Nestled along the beautiful shores of the Long Island Sound, it is a secluded and utterly private place. There was a time—though hard for me to believe—when I hadn’t even been to Locust Valley, until I met my husband, Jay, over 13 years ago. Today it is an integral part of my life and that of our entire family’s. It is our home away from home, and the place we rush off to at any opportunity. Over the years, Jay and I have made great friends here and, for the longest time, we lived a “double life” between New York City and Locust Valley. Recently, given the steady inflow of young families, we have come
to share our special spot with more and more familiar faces from the city; still, what remains a constant is the quiet and restful culture that makes Locust Valley so unique and popular at the same time. What we celebrate in these pages are the ladies who are the lifeblood of this peaceful village on Long Island’s fabled North Shore. These women are mothers, business owners, entrepreneurs, athletes, and great friends. I consider it an honor to be part of this community, and none of us could be prouder to call it home. I know we all look forward to a lifetime here with good friends, tranquil views, and fun memories for generations to come. —Allison Aston
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Meg Braff, of Meg Braff Interiors, photographed in front of her antiques and decoration store on Forest Avenue in Locust Valley. Meg is wearing her own Irving and Fine tunic, Theory pants, and Tory Burch shoes. Her bracelet and tassel necklace are vintage, and her earrings are by Janet Gregg.
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Sarah Power (left) and Nitika Moran (right) photographed in the cutting garden on the Aston estate. Sarah is wearing her own Tory Burch dress, Poggi Paris bracelet, and Michael Amrani earrings. Nitika is wearing her own Narcisa Lang dress and a cuff from Calypso St. Barth.
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This page, pictured from left to right, are Patricia Lansing, Pia Murphy, and Amos Nevin (standing) with Valerie Aston and Sarah Power (seated). The group of friends was photographed at a cottage on the Aston estate in Locust Valley, on the edge of the Long Island Sound. J U LY 2 0 1 2 7 1
Muffie Potter Aston photographed at home on the Aston estate. She is wearing her own Emilio Pucci shirt, Gap jeans, Cartier Roadster timepiece, Fred Leighton Estate cuff, Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co. gold-and-turquoise ring, and Van Cleef & Arpels diamond ring. 72 QUEST
Patricia Lansing photographed on the grounds of the Aston estate in her own green-and-yellow sparrow print dress with sepia patent-leather wrap belt by Carolina Herrera and Tabitha Simmons shoes.
The Brothers Bostwick:
THE GREATEST EVER BY JAMES ZUG THE BOSTWICK BROTHERS are the most versatile great athletic siblings in United States history. There have been greater athletes, perhaps—Jim Thorpe won gold medals in the Olympics and played pro baseball and football, and Deion Sanders appeared in both the Super Bowl and the World Series. There are siblings like the Manning brothers and the Williams sisters, but none more successful than the Bostwicks. Pete and Jimmy Bostwick exemplify the amateur ideal. Both played in the U.S. Open in golf, and Jimmy won the French 74 Q U E S T
Amateur Championship. Pete played tennis in the U.S. Nationals at Forest Hills—one of three men to have played for national titles in both golf and tennis. Both brothers played ice hockey, and Pete tried out for the Olympics in 1960. Both were world champions in court tennis, and Pete won the U.S. Open in racquets and the U.S. 40s in squash. The Bostwicks have, for generations, been Long Island royalty. Their great-grandfather, Jabez Bostwick, was founder and treasurer of Standard Oil and partner of J.D. Rockefeller.
They grew up with their sister, Laura, in Old Westbury and in Aiken, South Carolina. Their great-aunts, Margaret Curtis and Harriet Curtis, won a total of four national golf championships collectively and founded the Curtis Cup, the bi-annual women’s amateur golf match between the U.S. and the U.K. Their father, Pete, Sr., was a noted jockey in both flat and steeplechase—a famed trainer of winners and one of the great polo players of all time, winning six U.S. Opens and reaching an eight-goal rating. When he suffered a heart attack riding out for the last chukker in a match, he pitched forward but never fell off his horse. Pete, Jr., and Jimmy attended Aiken Preperatory School before Pete went on to St. Paul’s and Middlebury and Jimmy on to the Dublin School. Pete worked as a stock broker at H.N. Whitney; Jimmy worked as a salesman for an aviation company. Both Pete, 78, and Jimmy, 75, have been married for more than 50 years.
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GOLF Pete won the 1958 New England intercollegiate title as a senior at Middlebury College, as well as the 1966 Long Island Amateur and the 1968 Northeast Amateur. In 1959, he qualified for the U.S. Open at Winged Foot, where he shot a 153 and missed the cut by three strokes. Just six amateurs made the cut. In 1964, Jimmy won the French Amateur Championship in the 36-hole final. He reached the fifth round of the British Amateur, qualified for the 1964 U.S. Amateur, and won the Piping Rock Club Championship in six different decades. He played in the 1968 U.S. Open, missing the cut by 15 strokes. The most notable time that the brothers played against each other was in the second round of the 1960 Walter Travis, when Jimmy beat Pete. Together, in 1970 and 1974, they won the Anderson Memorial four-ball tournament at Winged Foot. Pete Bostwick, Jr.: I was very fortunate to play about eight rounds with Ben Hogan. I used to go to Florida to Hope Sound with my late mother and stepfather for two weeks for spring vacation. I had a guest card at Seminole. In 1961, I hadn’t played in five or six months, hadn’t hit a ball. I went over there. I was invited to play with Ben. He couldn’t have been nicer. He actually played with my father in a pro-am in Aiken, around 1946 or 1948, when Jimmy and I were at Aiken Prep School. We were allowed to go and watch them play. Anyhow, Ben shot a 66 from the gold tees there that day. Ben used to go to Seminole and practice for a month to get ready for the Masters. He’d usually practice from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. He’d hit balls for two hours. He was so precise that he took a very little divot, like a thin slice of cheese. He’d practice for two hours and there’d be a little patch, a foot by a foot, where he had practiced. Then he’d go up and have lunch and hit a few putts. He was still, you know, in his late forties, early fifties. I had never played with anybody who was such a precise ballstriker as that. I played with Sam Snead in a pro-am at Upper Montclair in 1966, and he was a beautiful player and had a great swing. I played with a lot of other good players. I played four or five rounds with Jack Nicklaus in the ’60s and of course Jack was one of the great players. But as far as precise
This page: “Before the Match” by Lisa Bostwick depicts the artist’s grandfather, Pete Bostwick, Sr., with Tommy Hitchcock. Opposite page: Pete Bostwick, Jr., was an accomplished golfer; three sets of victorious brothers, the Van Alens, the Knoxes, and Pete and Jimmy Bostwick (inset).
striking of the golf ball, no one was near to Ben Hogan. And Hogan, when he was a little older, he started to have a little trouble with the putting. He froze a little bit. He had trouble bringing the putter back. Actually, one day on the 13th hole at Seminole—a par-three—he had a three- or four-foot putt for par. He knocked it in but had hit it twice. He didn’t do that often. He called it on himself. Jimmy Bostwick: At the French Amateur, I had quite an argument with this guy from England in the semis. He was really quite a good guy, Drew Montague. The argument started during a practice round. There was a dogleg left and I was pretty strong in the rough back then, and I’d get a wedge J U LY 2 0 1 2 7 5
or a nine-iron to the green if I landed in the rough. He said, “Jimmy, that is not the way to play it. You play it with a fivewood or a three-wood out to the right and then a seven-iron to the green.” I said, “Drew, you do whatever you want.” I ended up playing him in the semis. Every time he had a little putt, I didn’t know whether to give it to him. I knew that he didn’t like to putt short putts. But I don’t like to putt short putts, either. So, the first time, he looked at me and I said nothing. The second time he muttered something. The third time, he said some more. He said, “Jimmy, if you care so much about this goddamn tournament, why don’t we walk in right now?” I said, “That’s perfect, that’s perfect. I’m staying right here.” We finished the round—I beat him one-up—and we were friends and shook hands.
This page: Jimmy Bostwick was adept at racquet sports. Opposite page, from top:
Pete and Jimmy were two of the greatest amateurs in the 1,000year-old history of the game of court tennis. They often played on the weekends at the Greentree estate in Manhasset, but most of their play was at the Racquet and Tennis Club. Pete was world champion between 1969 and 1972. He won the U.S. Open singles three times and doubles three times with brother Jimmy, as well as the U.S. Amateur singles six times and doubles three times. Jimmy was world champion from 1972 to 1975. In addition to the three U.S. Open doubles he won with Pete, he won the U.S Open singles seven times, the U.S. Amateur singles four times, and the U.S. Amateur doubles three times. In 1959, Jimmy astonished everyone when, as a 22-year-old, he beat world champion Norty Knox in the finals of the U.S. Amateur. In 1964, they faced each other for the first time in a major tournament. The brothers twice faced each other for the World Championship—in 1970, Pete retained his title by beating Jimmy 7 to 1 in the best of a 13-set match; in 1972, Jimmy took the title by winning 7 to 2. Jimmy: When I was 19, I was down in Aiken. Pierre Etchebaster said to me, “You’ve got a car, right?” “Yeah, I sure do.” I drove Pierre and his wife from Aiken, South Carolina, to Riverside Drive in Manhattan. We ran into a snowstorm starting in Virginia. I had had quite a big night the night before we left and wasn’t feeling so well. Finally, we get to a bridge over the Hudson, we get halfway across and there is a hill of snow and everyone is stuck. So we went around on the opposite side of the road, the traffic going the other way, and got over the bridge. That was one heck of a drive. Pete: I used to ask Pierre before I played a match—it didn’t matter if it was my brother or anyone—“Well, Pierre, what I am I going to do today? Do I attack his backhand?” He said, “Pete, one point at a time. No mistakes.” That was absolutely true. It all depended on where the ball was hit. If it should be hit to the forehand, even if the guy had a good forehand, that was the proper shot.
Jimmy Bostwick on the court in 1975; the Bostwicks at a polo
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Pete was a right wing on the Middlebury College team. He tried out for the 1960 U.S. Olympic team. Both men played on the St. Nicholas team for over a quarter of century. The
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St. Nick’s, the country’s oldest amateur squad, played many historic matches against collegiate teams. In December 1962, Jimmy scored the game-winner when the St. Nick’s beat Harvard. In the 1970s, Pete scrimmaged with the New York Islanders, showcasing skilled footwork. Pete: There was no ice at Aiken Preperatory School. I went to St. Paul’s School when I was 15. I had never played hockey—I had only skated four or five times on the ponds at Christmas. I started on the seventh intramural hockey team. Second year, I was on the fifth. Third year, I made J.V. and, soon, varsity. Then, I went to Middlebury. Each year I got better and better. Those years you could start a little bit late and it didn’t matter. Now, if you don’t start playing at four years old and play in two or three different leagues for 10 months a year, it’s hard to make the team. Jimmy: I wasn’t a very good hockey player but I got to play third line for the St. Nick’s. I guess we had a couple of good years. I got better because I got to play with all these great players. My feet are a size eight or an eight-and-a-half, but I used to cram myself into a pair of skates size five-and-a-half. Anything smaller than that is too much. You can hurt your feet.
RACQUETS Both Pete and Jimmy won the Gold Racquets at Tuxedo in tennis and racquets in the same year, a feat they both pulled off twice. Pete won the U.S. Open in racquets in 1969 and 1970. Jimmy: It is hard to win the Gold Racquets in both tennis and racquets if there are good fields in both. I came out of a cast one year to play—two days before the tournament started, I took off the cast I had for my dislocated elbow. Someone said, “Those Bostwicks, my god, they’ve got to be the cleanest guys in town—they are always showering after some match.” Pete: Both Jimmy and I did play an ice hockey game once in the middle of a tournament. They had the Open out at Tuxedo in the late ’60s. I beat Jimmy in the semifinals and, after we got through, we flew to Brown University in Providence in a small plane to play their varsity ice hockey team. Then we came back to Tuxedo, and I got into bed around three in the morning.
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SQUASH Pete won the U.S. 40s in squash in 1975 and the U.S. 45s in 1980. The 1975 win was remarkable, as he overcame a 0 to 2 deficit in the semis to longtime great Henri Salaun. Pete also reached the quarters of the U.S. Amateur twice in his late thirties. Jimmy coached squash at the Greenvale School on Long Island. Pete: There is obviously an athletic gene that has helped us play various sports at a fairly decent level. But there is also a bad gene that certainly hurt our squash games. I had both of my hips replaced at 53. My son had both of his replaced at 46. My grandson had his hip shaved at 16. Basically, some of our genetics aren’t so good.
TENNIS At 18, Pete played at Forest Hills in the 1952 national tennis championships. He lost 6 to 0, 6 to 1, and 6 to 4 to Charles
Masterson in the first round. Pete won the New England scholastics as a schoolboy at St. Paul’s and captained the team at Middlebury College. Both brothers played at Longwood in the U.S. Father and Son. Pete: Last winter, I played tennis with Jack Nicklaus. He’s got three grass courts at his home in Lost Tree Village in Florida. He plays quite a bit of tennis and you can see he’s a good athlete. He’s got an artificial hip but he runs better than I do now. He moves extremely well for having an artificial hip and he’s got a very good eye and a nice service motion, hits the ball very cleanly. This grass court I played on, it is the finest grass court I’ve ever played on. He has someone from Wimbledon come over and work on it and put it together. But he couldn’t have been nicer. I ended up playing a set with an amateur from the Meadow Club against Jack and a pro from Sleepy Hollow who was damned good. And we got bageled 6-love. They beat the heck out of us. u J U LY 2 0 1 2 7 7
THE HOME IN STEP WITH NATURE BY DANIEL CAPPELLO
A HOME MUST CONNECT to nature. At least that’s
what Ed Hollander believes. Hollander, whose leading environmental design firm, Edmund Hollander Design, has achieved four American Society of Landscape Architects Design Awards (among other accolades), knows that what makes a home a great place to live often depends on what lies beyond its walls. So it’s no surprise that, in his new book with fellow landscape architect Maryanne Connelly, The Private Oasis (Grayson Publishing), Hollander appeals to our greatest senses of harmony by guiding us through a series of remarkable landscapes and gardens that his firm has designed over the years. And, with each of the properties on display—no matter what their size—Hollander and Connelly explain how to apply their technique of incorporating regional and local context with An upper seating area, flanked by a pair of Stewartia pseudocamellia, overlooks the pool and gardens beyond. The lawn of this property sweeps up to the pool terrace, inviting guests into the lawn and landscape. © C H A R LE S M AY E R , CO U RTE S Y O F E DM U N D D . H O LL A N D E R L A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C TS P. C . / G R AY S O N P U B L I S H I N G
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Clockwise, from top left: A gateway of pleached hornbeam; wide poolside terraces and a wisteria-draped pergola; harmonious geometries in natural paths and architectural details; a cedar gate before a magnificent allée (inset); maritime plantings soften the walls around a pool; a series front door; a home in nature’s setting; the patterning of stones echoes the windows of the house and allows a transition between grass and pool.
a keen appreciation of the home’s natural setting itself. The designers have an especial grasp on the environs of New York. Though they have tackled private urban roof gardens and large-scale urban projects alike—in addition to traversing the globe for projects in the United Kingdom, China, and the Caribbean—their hallmark legacies, as their beautifully photographed book reveals, are the residential homes, estates, and gardens of coastal Connecticut, the Hamptons, and Long Island’s North Shore. Like the great estates of the past, their designs pay homage to regional settings and are marked by a profound respect for the environment. According to Hollander and Connelly, one has to respond to the makeup of the land and its water flows,
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of walls, stairs, and plantings smooths the transition from driveway to
Clever design solutions should always be driven by who will be using the landscape and how they will be using it. It should be responsive as well as creative.
its vegetation, wildlife, and other features in order to fashion a living landscape. It is ecological planning writ on an aesthetic scale, marrying factors from nature and an understanding of human ecology. The end result is always a cohesive union of buildings, landscape structures, and planted and natural areas. Indeed, like their designs, their book is a thing of beauty: an inspired breath of organic, cohesive, and free-flowing air. u 82 QUEST
Clockwise, from top left: A promenade to the beach, lined by white guard rails, echoes the white sand and clouds in the distance; the walls, stairs, paths, and planting areas establish a rhythm of movement within this landscape, offering changing views and inviting the visitor from one space to the next, and from one level to the next; a view through a pool house reveals a bosque of crepe myrtle trees underplanted with ornamental grasses; stairs invite the visitor from a columned, sheltered porch to the upper-level poolside setting.
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FROM SOUTHAMPTON to Amagansett, East Hampton to Montauk, Ricky Lauren’s The Hamptons (Wiley Hardcover) is a lavishly illustrated and evocatively described journey through the culture, history, and inspiring landscape of the Hamptons. The accomplished author, photographer, and artist (and wife of iconic fashion designer Ralph Lauren) shares more than 130 seasonal recipes, including her family’s personal favorites, in this rich personal collection of snapshots, inspiring food photography, and her own watercolors. With delicious takes on how to entertain in Hamptons style, The Hamptons offers a loving portrait of a beloved family. And, speaking of that
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tight-knit family, Quest sat down here and listened in as Ricky Lauren and her son David Lauren, the executive vice president of advertising, marketing, and corporate communications at Polo Ralph Lauren, talked about her book, their family, and the Hamptons for Ralph Lauren’s RL magazine. DAVID LAUREN: I’ve watched you keep notes, make sketches, and take pictures since I was born, but how long did it really take you to make this book? RICKY LAUREN: Well, you’re right, it took many years because ever since I first got married, I started collecting recipes. Over the years, as I learned more about health and nutrition, I worked on them and refined them, and those became the new recipes. And often, when I felt that I had something that we loved, I would take a picture of the dish and I would place those photos next to the recipes in scrapbooks, and those became my first “cookbooks.” I found that a picture really helps to tell you everything. DL: When people ask me what my most valuable possession is, I’ll often tell them it is my photo album—and that’s something that came from you. When did you start to keep such organized photo albums? When did that become so important? RL: From the very beginning of my life, because my parents had two albums with only a few photographs in them when they came to New York City from Vienna. They fled from Europe during the Nazi occupation of Vienna and went to China [first]. These photographs were their most prized possessions. Over the years they accumulated pictures of themselves and of me as a little girl. They treasured the life that they had, and they felt so lucky to be alive. So, they kept the albums that I loved to look at and hear the stories behind the photos. That inspired me to do the same. 86 QUEST
DL: Why are the Hamptons so significant to us as a family and why did you decide to move there? RL: We live in New York City for the most part. The Hamptons, being only 90 miles away, are quite close and offer a very different lifestyle. There is a laid-back, easy social lifestyle. You can be as private as you choose. There are different parts of the Hamptons: Some are a bit more serious and established, and others are more casual and simple. Southampton is a bit more formal, and you have Amagansett, which is about a barefoot walk to the beach. Then you have East Hampton, which is a bit more groomed, but very family-oriented. And Montauk, which is the most remote: a fisherman’s enclave, a surfer’s haven, an artist’s retreat. The beaches of the Hamptons, with their white pristine sand, the ocean crashing on the shore, the seagulls screeching up above, the sea breezes blowing across the beach grasses, present nature at its most inspiring. People have visited the Hamptons and come away invigorated and revitalized. Some creative people have considered the Hamptons their muse. DL: Now that you’ve finished [this book], do you look at the Hamptons any differently? RL: Yes, I do, because I did so much research on the history of the Hamptons, and I was amazed by what I learned. I felt that the early history was very interesting, and I enjoyed telling that story in the book. From there, I went on to learn about the artists and architects and authors who were inspired by the Hamptons, and I felt that this was something I wanted to share with everyone as well. And I thought to combine all this with our family history and my experiences with creative parenting, preparing healthy meals, and entertaining in the Hamptons. DL: Sometimes people don’t realize how much influence you have on this family, and I think this book documents that. RL: Thank you. Thank you so much, David. u
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SUMMER SHOPPING A mere 90 miles from New York City, the beach-lined towns of the Hamptons have long served as a respite from the hustle of the city. Still, that doesn’t mean you can’t do some serious shopping on and off their quaint main streets. Fingers crossed for a traffic-free trip! B Y D A LY R E A R D O N
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RALPH LAUREN 31-33 Main Street / East Hampton 631.324.1222 Just because the exterior of Ralph Lauren’s Polo Country Store in East Hampton is somewhat more laid-back than its Madison Avenue counterparts, don’t be fooled. Inside, you’ll find all the luxurious offerings from the iconic American designer, from pastel polo shirts to cableknit cashmere sweaters and the latest runway fashions. If you’re based in Southampton, don’t fret: visit the designer’s store at 41 Jobs Lane.
THE MONOGRAM SHOP 7 Newtown Lane / East Hampton 631.329.3379 At The Monogram Shop, you’ll find everything you might not necessarily need but definitely must have. Full of adorable knickknacks for the home, you can pick up “Before Dinner” cocktail napkins, printed “Cabana” beach towels, or poolside plastic cups monogrammed with the family name. Get your home (or your hosts’ home) ready for a summer of fun and stylish entertaining at this charming family-owned boutique.
J.CREW 84B Main Street / Southampton 631.287.2869 Since the early ’80s, J.Crew has been known for its classic shapes and preppy prints. If your wardrobe is calling to you for summertime staples, stocking up on J.Crew’s chino shorts, ladylike sundresses, and beach bags and clutches alike is a must. Southampton’s J.Crew-at-the-Beach store, along with the brand’s outpost on Main Street in East Hampton, ensure that you’ll find everything you need to take you from a day at the beach to cocktails at the club.
SEQUIN 20 Jobs Lane / Southampton 631.353.3137 Sisters Kim Dryer and Linda Renk are bringing their colorful costume jewelry to Southampton, but only for the summer! Sequin, which has permanent locations in Newport, Palm Beach, and Chicago, has “popped up” on Jobs Lane and will stay open through mid-September. These unique, handmade pieces are not to be missed, so be sure to stop by before the season is over.
DYLAN’S CANDY BAR 52 Main Street / East Hampton 631.324.6181 Dubbed the “Queen of Candy,” Dylan Lauren has brought her real-life Candyland—Dylan’s Candy Bar—to Main Street in East Hampton. With a ridiculously tempting spread of all our childhood favorites, your sweet tooth will be singing when you step in the door. So, go ahead, put off that diet until tomorrow so that you can spend the afternoon indulging in this sugary heaven.
J.MCLAUGHLIN 121 Main Street / Bridgehampton 631.537.1962 J.McLaughlin has been outfitting the best and most preppily dressed since 1978. With classic American style at the fore, J.McLaughlin carries just what you’ll need for a weekend in the Hamptons (think colorful day dresses and pretty patterned tops for the ladies and striped polos and whimsical swim trunks with sea creatures for the men). Located on Main Street in Bridgehampton, you can be sure to find the perfect new outfit for seeing and being seen in. There are also two stores located in Southampton.
LAND ROVER 355 Hampton Road / Southampton 877.833.0997 After Jeep, Land Rover is the oldest four-wheel-drive car brand in the world. The essence of luxury and style, it’s no wonder that the L.I.E. is packed with the brand’s various models on a Friday afternoon in the summer. If you’re in the market for a new set of wheels, Land Rover Southampton offers a wide selection of models, including the latest Land Rover LR2 and LR4, the classic Range Rover and Range Rover Sport, and the all-new Range Rover Evoque. For smooth sailing on the road, be sure to stop by Land Rover Southampton.
BOOKHAMPTON 93 Main Street / Southampton 631.283.0270 There’s nothing better than a good book for the beach, and BookHampton is your go-to for that perfect summer read. Stop by this quaint, family-owned bookstore on Main Street (other locations are in East Hampton and Sag Harbor) and spend an afternoon browsing the store’s wellstocked collection of classic novels and guilty-pleasure reads. Hard copies in hand, you’ll leave a born-again reader.
MARINA B At Hollis Reh & Shariff 2 Jobs Lane / Southampton 631.283.6653 Founded in 1977 by Marina Bulgari, Marina B is known the world over for its bold and beautiful jewelry. Today, under Paul Lubetsky’s direction at Windsor Jewelers, Inc., the brand is alive and well, with a fabulous new collection based off of Marina Bulgari’s original designs. Stop by Hollis Reh & Shariff to pick up a bauble for yourself.
CALYPSO ST. BARTH 24 Jobs Lane / Southampton 631.283.4321 Calypso is the definition of Hamptons beach wear. Since its opening in St. Barth in 1992, Calypso has earned its reputation as the destination for elegant resort wear among the best dressed. Walk into the store on Jobs Lane (other locations in Montauk, Sag Harbor, Westhampton, and East Hampton) and you’ll be transported to a veritable oasis of bright, colorful, bohemian-style clothing lining the walls. Get back to your hippie roots with a flirty parachute skirt, or find some other fashion fancy (in any color).
CHRISTOPHER FISCHER 67 Main Street / East Hampton 631.907.0900 A good cashmere sweater is a must-have in any wardrobe and, since 1999, Christopher Fischer has been reinventing the concept of classic, luxurious knitwear. Since the store’s opening, the designer has upheld his wish to create a “candy store for adults.” The East Hampton location (there’s another in Southampton) boasts a colorful array of pure cashmere perfection, down to the hand-spun and hand-dyed yarns, so there’s no question whatsoever about the quality of these sumptuously soft essentials.
VALERY JOSEPH 2454 Main Street / Bridgehampton 631.537.8967 One of New York’s top hair salons sets up shop in the Hamptons to tend to summer tresses. If your hair is lacking in luster or if you need a blow-out for an evening dinner party, book yourself an appointment at Valery Joseph in Bridgehampton. The salon, renowned for its layered cuts, also offers a variety of other services, including manicures, pedicures, and waxing, so clear your schedule and take some well-deserved “you” time.
Room offers a warm welcome to arriving guests. Rejuvinate with an afternoon glass of lemonade—an Ocean House tradition—or settle in with an evening nightcap. Opposite page: A vintage postcard of Ocean House’s famed porch and sweeping views.
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RARELY DO TIMELESS ELEGANCE and old-world charm converge so seamlessly with modern-day amenities and comfort. At Ocean House, one of the last remaining Victorian Era hotels of its kind, heritage and modernity coexist in perfect harmony to recreate the luxurious experience of travel from a bygone era. The resort is a splash of Easter-egg yellow on the coast of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, its pastel faรงade punctuated by a wraparound white colonnade porch. Originally built in 1868 along with a cluster of other Victorian-style seaside luxury hotels, Ocean House quickly rose to prominence among turn-of-the-century artists, mariners, industrialists, and the socially prominent. In 1916, it even served as the backdrop for the movie American Aristocracy, starring Douglas Fairbanks. But over the years, the hotel slowly slipped out of shape, and eventually into disrepair. Then, in 2003, the architectural firm Centerbrook decided to buy the property and rebuild the house from the ground up, preserving its rich history and keeping its original character intact. J U LY 2 0 1 2 1 0 1
Today, in the identical space of its predecessor, the new Ocean House stands in all of its former glory, with over 60 percent of the original building replicated exactly. Among the artifacts steeped in legacy and romance at the new Ocean House are the reception desk, the main lobby fireplace made of beach stones, the ornamented oak elevator cab, a phone booth, the iconic Ocean House sign, and many more. Guests are able to relish in the hotel’s history while simultaneously taking advantage of its modern comforts, including a fitness center, an international croquet court, a heated indoor lap pool, and a corporate boardroom. The luxurious suites are a far cry from the old Ocean House rooms, which had no indoor heating. Another modern delight is the OH! Spa, which beckons guests to unwind after a long day at the beach. Featuring a diverse menu of treatments and services, every experience is enhanced through the use of all-natural products and sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean. From fullbody exfoliations to energizing massages, OH! Spa is prepared to pamper.
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Boasting sumptuous grounds and panoramic views of the Atlantic, Ocean House is the perfect place this summer for lounging on the beach in style. No trip to Ocean House is complete without a visit to the beachfront cabanas, which feature cold refreshments, valet and spa service, comfortable lounging, and complete privacy. Inset: A vintage postcard depicts Ocean House’s grounds and beachfront. J U LY 2 0 1 2 1 0 3
The spirit of old Ocean House (as seen in vintage postcards below and opposite) lives on through the modern-day structure’s original ornamentation and timeless traditions. Among the enduring details are the
Perhaps the most enticing aspect of Ocean House, however, is its array of superior dining options. Seasons, the fine-dining restaurant, offers a menu that changes by the day, ensuring the freshest of ingredients and flavors. The Verandah, with its New England fare, overlooks Little Narragansett Bay. Guests may also relax in the private Club Room over traditional American Bistro fare, or take part in the Ocean House tradition of enjoying an afternoon refreshment in the cozy Living Room. A treasure of the Atlantic coast and an emblem of enduring grace, Ocean House proves to be an indispensable landmark for even the worldliest of travelers. Whether you are planning an unforgettable celebration for a special occasion or simply looking to escape into the past for a weekend, align yourself with days gone by and find yourself at Ocean House. u
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Netherland. All the ladies dressed up in pretty, bright colors and short spring dresses, starting with our hostess, Jane, who was shining in an Oscar de la Renta dress that was black with white dots and sequins with a flirty touch of feathers around the short hemline. Of course, Missy Taylor looked so great in fresh lime organza as did Grace Meigher in watermelon pink raw silk, while Jamee
Gregory was festive in a short, sequined Oscar de la Renta in a Matisse-inspired print. After just the right amount of time for cocktails (which is to say, 45 minutes), it was into a seated dinner to dine and dance! The yummy menu started with beet salad followed by lobster macaroni and cheese, which was accompanied by asparagus on the side with a key lime semifredo for des-
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Lynn Nesbit, Judith Landrigan, and Missie Rennie Taylor at a dinner dance hosted by Jane and Michael Horvitz.
sert—just the right fuel to tango the night away! Among the other guests were Jane’s sister, Cynthia Boardman, Peter Gregory, Zach Taylor, Dailey and Gordon Pattee, Wilbur Ross, Isabelle and Richard Feigen, Coco and Arie Kopelman, Christy Ferer, Pierre Durand, Aggie Gund, Mark Gilbertson, Duane Hampton, Meg and Stuart Kirkpatrick, Jo Carole Lauder, Helena and Roman Martinez, Lynn Nesbit, Polly and David Ober, Lisa and David Schiff, Percy Steinhart, and more! Ooh my, my! That darling cupid has been very frisky this spring and romances are blossoming all over the place! In early June, Julian Robertson’s son Alex Robertson tied the knot in Nassau to Alex Leonard. (Earlier, in May, Julian had fêted them at a big party at the Museum of Natural
she greeted all in a champagne-colored charmeuse evening “pyjamas” with embroidery by The Row from Barneys. The bride-to-be grew up in New York City and attended the Hewitt School, the American University of Paris, and Columbia University. She is now living in L.A. as the West Coast Editor of SELF magazine. Her handsome fiancé, Tucker, is the president of Relativity Media and produced the Academy Award-winning film The Fighter, in addition to Act of Valor, The Immortals, and Mirror Mirror. He attended Colby College in Maine and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Tucker’s father, William Tooley, is the president of Tooley Investment Company and his mother, Reva Tooley, founded the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference and is the former
and Tony Woods, Liz Cohen and Jimmy Hausman, Charlotte Ronson, Alex Kramer and Dan Baker, Jr., Town & Country’s Georgina Schaeffer, Tara Peterson, Fernanda Niven, Katie Zorn Hand, Jamie and Richie Birkenhead, Ashley McAdams, Jordan Blumberg, Laurie Prince Costantino, Steve Clark, and Stacey Bendet Eisner, plus cousins from London: Anouchka Benson Houser and Arabella Benson! Plus such “grown-ups” as famed columnist Liz Smith, Iris Love, Maria Cooper Janis, Susan Lloyd, Sharon Hoge, Mario Buatta, Ann Dexter Jones, Michelle Mazzola, Ultra Violet, John Loring, Linda Buckley, Lucy and James Danziger, Lynn Crystal, Suzy Finesilver, Kathy and Billy Rayner, Heather Cohane, Quest’s Grace and Chris Meigher, Vanity Fair’s David
From left: Michael Horvitz, Lizzie Horvitz, Jane Horvitz, and Kate Horvitz hosted their friends at Doubles at the Sherry-Netherland;
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Tessa Benson celebrated her engagement to Tucker Tooley at a party put on in their honor by Harry and Gigi Benson.
History.) In East Hampton, Virginia Coleman married Peter Duchin at the Rayners’ waterfront house, and in New York City everybody from all over the place turned up to toast Tessa Benson, daughter of famed photographer Harry Benson and his wife, Gigi Benson, as her family was celebrating her engagement to Tucker Tooley at a chic private club. Tessa looked absolutely radiant as
president of the Los Angeles Police Department Commission Board. Pretty terrific, no? Among the beautiful young things applauding this attractive couple were Tessa’s sister, Wendy Landes, and her husband, Michael Landes, Nina and James Tooley (Tucker’s brother), Rachel Thomas (née Peters) and Patrick Thomas, Lulu de Kwiatkouski, Shoshanna and Josh Gruss, Cornelia
Friend, New York Social Diary’s David Patrick Columbia, Lee Daniels (director of Precious), Wilbur Ross, Jamee and Peter Gregory, Karen and Richard LeFrak, Harold Reed, Alisa and Clay Mitchell, and more. Speaking of the Bensons, Harry has just come out with a new ravishing book, Harry Benson: The Beatles (Taschen), which you must rush out to buy before it is sold out! u J U LY 2 0 1 2 1 0 7
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At the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic on June 2, team Black Watch beat team Nespresso 9 to 7.
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Jason Wu at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic benefiting Work to Ride.
Jason Hawkins wore white with red and blue to the White Party at the Roseland Ballroom.
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ANDY WARHOL SAID, “I like to be the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place. Being the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place is worth it because something interesting always happens.” Indeed, Andy Warhol. Indeed. On May 11, the Adeona Foundation presented the White Party to benefit the Reading Team at the Roseland Ballroom. Organizers, including Grant Hewit, and a crowd of twentysomethings wore all-white-everything to the event, sponsored by companies like Knockaround and Streaker Sports. On the 24th, the junior committee of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children hosted an event at the Dream Downtown—“Once Upon A Dream.” There, I mixed and mingled with Alexis Blais, Victor de Souza, Marc Lewinstein, Alexandra Papanicolaou, Abby
Sullivan, Tatiana Perkin, and Tanner Zucker, who were supporting the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s Trauma Recovery Program. On June 1, Alex Ellis and Gordon Stewart joined me at Le Bain at the Standard Hotel on the eve of the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic. There, we sipped champers, toasting to unpaid internships becoming paid internships and, you know, seersucker and whatever. At 10ish, I blew a kiss at Becky Katz— à demain!—and was gifted a Veuve Clicquot yellow bikini before surfing to the East Village for Ethiopian... In the morning, Alex Polkinghorn and I trekked to Battery Park City where we were ferried to Liberty State Park with Caitlin Moe and Mia Moretti, both of whom wore braids woven with flowers. ’Neath orange-yellow tenting, guests were served a meal by Ben Towill and Phil Winser of Fat Radish and RusJ U LY 2 0 1 2
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chmeyer’s—the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, y’all! Anyway, Rachel Zoe performed the throw-in, and team Black Watch with Nacho Figueras beat team Nespresso 9 to 7. Spotted drinking the Kool-Aid, erm, bubbly: Leah Bourne, Poppy Delevigne, Tara Dhingra, Wes Gordon, Charlotte Ronson, Amy Sacco, and Jessica Stam. On the 5th, the Gordon Parks Foundation, a division of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation, celebrated the centennial of Gordon Parks’ birth at the Museum of Modern Art. (The Gordon Parks Foundation, with its executive director, Peter Kunhardt, Jr., preserves artwork by Gordon Parks and others, making it available for viewing in exhibitions and more.) Anderson Cooper emceed, honoring Alicia Keys, Annie Lebovitz, and Richard Pleple; Karl Lagerfeld and Gerhard Steidl co-chaired. I was seated with Jen-
Bill Cunningham and Karl Lagerfeld at the Gordon Parks Foundation event on June 5.
director of the Gordon Parks Foundation.
ny Cuminale, Teddy Kunhardt, and Sarah Yoder but, between courses of filet mignon and short rib (double your pleasure, double your fun) and something chocolate-y with peanut butter, I visited Lara Glaister of Vixely. What’s Vixely? The goto resource for It girls seeking advice about everything from sex to style. Like Cosmopolitan, but with a sense of humor—and a soul. Seriously! Visit vixely.com! Meanwhile, the Cinema Society hosted a screening of Lola Versus with Brooks Brothers. The afterparty, on the 18th floor of the Standard Hotel, welcomed Lindsay Ellingson, Greta Gerwig, and Prabal Gurung to toast the film with a Grey Goose cocktail. And, with that, I’m blowing this popstand. Looking forward to reporting next month, between sunning out east. u
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Teddy Kunhardt and Abby Kunhardt with their brother, Peter Kunhardt, Jr., executive
Oliver Blodgett with John and Elizabeth Olympitis enjoyed a three-course meal at the Museum of Modern Art.
Jackie Astier and Peter Davis at a Cinema Society after-party on June 5.
Will and Kristen Pike at an event honoring the centennial of Gordon Parks’ birth on June 5.
Vixley’s Lara Glaister and Eliza Glaister with their mother at the Gordon Parks Foundation’s event.
Carine Roitfeld, Anderson Cooper, and Sheila Nevins celebrated Gordon Parks.
Celine Rattray at the Standard Hotel after the Cinema Society screening of Lola Versus.
Jameson McFadden and Georgie Downie were in the
Thorne and Tatiana Perkin at NYSPCC’s
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Clockwise from bottom left: Stills from the 1949, 2012, and 1974 films based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Bottom right: Lands End in Sands Point, Long Island, inspired Fitzgerald.
GREAT AT ANY AGE “HE WAS CONTENT to be alone—he stretched out his arms
toward the dark water in a curious way, and as far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light,” says Nick Carraway about the protagonist in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The green light was from the house of Daisy Buchanan and her husband, Tom—a vision inspired by the swimming pool at Lands End in Sands Point, Long Island, around which Dorothy Parker and the 112 QUEST
Duke and Duchess of Windsor mingled in the mid-1900s. Erected in 1902, Lands End was demolished in 2011. Readers who have empathized—or sympathized—with the story of Jay Gatsby and his separateness have reacted with somberness. The themes of The Great Gatsby remain as relevant today as in 1949, when the first film was made. With Baz Luhrmann’s version starring Leonardo DiCaprio anticipated on December 25, audiences will yet again be borne back ceaselessly into the past. —Elizabeth Quinn Brown
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