social safari
Jon Heinemann and Nicole Noonan @ Prize4Life
Jill and Andrew Roosevelt @ Astons’ birthday
Jamie Antolini and Nicole Velez @ Jamie’s NYC Opening
Andrea Stark and Judith Murat @ Rose Jewelers
Sharon Bush and Dr. Kenneth Mark @ Judith Murat
Ali MacGraw and Cornelia Guest @ Humane Society of NY
Martin and Audrey Gruss @ Lincoln center
Jean Remmel Little and Sandra McConnell @ Southampton Hospital
“LANDS END MANOR ALSO BOASTS ITS OWN STABLES WITH IMPECCABLE OLD-SCHOOL TACK ROOMS, OUTFITTED WITH ROWS OF POLO MALLETS AND GREENHOUSES BRIMMING WITH EXOTIC BLOOMS.” Rock, the impenetrable country club whose members can only be found in the Blue Book, an authentic country fair was erected. The children admired the llamas, emus and goats, one of which was very pregnant with twins of her own, and on the verge of delivery; luckily there was a doctor in the house. Ashleigh, Bracie and their pals played with the baby rabbits and a variety of hens under the eagle eye of handlers who taught the children the right way to cradle the animals. There were pony rides, a puppet show and a giant trampoline shaped like a sea monster. Everyone was free to explore the house and wander into the gazebos, one of which was created for the New York Flower Show in 1992; it now perches picturesquely on a knoll overlooking the water. Although no one jumped into the oval-shaped swimming pool, everyone gathered under the maple tree to see the twins swing bats at the matching cupcake-shaped piñatas filled with candy. Guests then sang “Happy Birthday” as the two cakes, one chocolate and one vanilla, appeared. Muffie provided baskets so guests could pick and take home vegetables or flowers from the cutting gardens. Some whispered that Sherrell Aston had turned down $100 million for Lands End, but then some will say anything. N’est–ce pas? 150 | AVENUE ON THE BEACH • AUGUST 2013
HAMPTONS KICKS OFF On the East End there have been kickoffs galore (and glamorous) for the Southampton Hospital. There was a lunch at Kathy Reilly’s given by De Grisogono and hosted by Jean Shafiroff, who chaired the 55th-Annual Summer Party, which benefits the Audrey and Martin Gruss Heart and Stroke Center and the Jenny and John Paulson Emergency Department. There were three additional fêtes: the first hosted by Barbara and Randall Smith; the second at Sequin, the chic faux jewelers on Jobs Lane; and the third for designer Judith Murat at Rose Jewelers on Main Street, whose sale of serious gems benefited the hospital. On the flip side of the coin, Cornelia Guest and other supporters of our four-legged friends saluted the Today Show’s irrepressible pet correspondent Jill Rappaport at the charming and historic Village Latch Inn on Hill Street, which just happens to be for sale for a mere $23 million. (I knew you would want to know.) Rappaport, who is also on the Humane Society Equine Council with Georgina Bloomberg, is being honored by the Southampton Animal Shelter, but more about that in my next column. Who else would tell you these things? ✦