D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
Adele Chatfield-Taylor and John Guare
Harry Crosby and Dina Chartouni
marking his 82nd birthday. Sirio has been a real legend in this town for several decades, starting out in the days of yore at the fabled Colony restaurant, where all the swells and café society and visiting royalty lunched and dined daily (wearing their jewels, of course). In the 1980s, Sirio’s Le Cirque—which was located where Restaurant Daniel is today at 65th Street and Park Avenue—was a magnet for all the “nouvelle” society girls and their husbands, benefactors, pals, and chums. Lunchtime was a lineup of table after table of the “who’s who” in the social world of New York. Everybody wanted to lunch or dine at Le Cirque. And just 30 QUEST
Darren Walker and Shelby White
Stephanie French and Jim Marlas
about anybody who was anybody did. Today, Sirio’s vision extends to both coasts—well, sort of: from New York to Las Vegas. He’s a brand. There are currently three Maccioni restaurants and watering holes here in Manhattan: Le Cirque, Circo, and Sirio Ristorante in the Pierre Hotel. And don’t forget Le Cirque at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Circo Las Vegas, Circo Abu Dhabi, and the Beach Club by Le Cirque at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic. He’s lightened up on his workload somewhat with the assistance of his sons, who are all in the family business and are well tutored by their father and mother. The boys also
Olivia Flatto, Nicolas Mirzayantz and Princess Alexandra of Greece
Anne Bass and Steve Reich
possess their father’s finesse. That said, Sirio continues to “think” about his business and is always looking to approve. He had a big turnout at Lauren Lawrence’s including: Pamela Fiori, Carolyne Roehm, Susan Gutfreund, Iris Cantor, Carmen, Kalliope, Karella Rena, Elizabeth Kabler, Larry Kaiser, Hormoz Sabet, Dennis Basso, Geoffrey Bradfield, Ann Rapp, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Cole Rumbough, Alex Papachristidis and Scott Nelson, Leesa Rowland and Larry Wohl, Michele Gerber Klein, Maggie Norris, Consuelo Costin, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Monique van Vooren, and many more. Everyone was paying tribute to The Man.
Leaving Lauren Lawrence’s that night, and back to the subject of jewels and jewelry, I headed up Fifth Avenue to the Guggenheim Museum, where Tiffany & Co. had taken over the space for the evening to celebrate the debut of Tiffany & Co.’s Blue Book 2014 Collection. This was a first for me, visiting this annual Tiffany & Co. tradition for the presentation of their Blue Book 2014 Collection of dazzling diamonds. Jessica Biel, Kate Bosworth, and Katie Holmes were among those attending and wearing what Anita Loos dubbed, “A girl’s best friend…” in her tale of Miss Lorelei Lee almost a century ago in New York.
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Kathy Brown and John Heimann