Dimitri of Yugoslavia, Martha Stewart, Liz Robbins, Ambassador Earle Mack and his wife, Carol Mack, Judy Taubman, Lally Weymouth (who is just back from interviewing Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud plus Australia’s prime minister Tony Abbot—she should write a book, no?), Katharina Otto and Nathan Bernstein, Jay Snyder, Kalliope Karella, Cecilia Attias (formerly married to Nicholas Sarkozy), Leila and Henry Heller, Richard Johnson, and Laura and Harry Slatkin… Speaking of Slatkins, the next stop was Susan and Coleman Burke’s party with Kathy and George Moore at the Georgian suite to celebrate Howard Slatkin and his new book, Fifth Avenue Style. This luscious book will make a perfect Christmas
to his house for a heavenly dinner. Another night, at Asprey’s, British star interior designer Nina Campbell was fêted, having just published a new book, Interiors. I must mention my dear pal Mario Buatta’s book—a best-seller, no less: Mario Buatta: 50 years of Interior Decoration. I think he has set a record for book signings and parties with over 50. Wow! There’s nothing on this planet more glittering than a black-tie dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Temple of Dendur! This time, it was glittering—literally—because we were stepping out to a preview exhibition of the fabulous jewels by JAR followed by a seated dinner given by Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis. What a treat! The Kravises were toasting Joel Arthur Rosenthal (better
we headed right into the gallery, which was darkly lit with pink display cases just like the discreet store in Paris around the corner from the Ritz. We took in 395 masterpieces, all unique, imaginative, and beautiful. We dined on wonderful fare by Glorious Foods, starting with seared tuna and field greens with citrus soy vinaigrette followed by sliced hangar steak with roasted squashes, baby fall carrots, pommes allumettes, and delicious apple cobbler with lattice-work crust and cinnamon ice cream plus cookies—yum! There were just the right amount of toasts to mark the occasion, starting with our host, Henry Kravis, and followed by Pierre Jeannet, Joel’s charming partner who spoke so eloquently. Among the bejeweled (lots of guests were sporting their JAR treasures)
PAT R I C K M C M U LL A N
From left: Geoffrey Bradfield and Nina Campbell; Howard Slatkin and Martha Stewart at a party for Fifth Avenue Style.
present for many of your pals! At another venue, Larry Gagosian’s fabled Madison Avenue art gallery, people were lining up tohave ever popular Billy Rayner sign his book, Notes and Sketches: Travel Journals of William P. Rayner, before they headed
know by his initials, JAR) the American, Harvard-educated, brilliant jeweler based in Paris whose coveted designs are absolutely true works of art. After sipping champagne in the Petrie Court with musicans playing gentle background music,
were Debbie and Leon Black, Agnes Gund, Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder, Lita and George Livanos, Estella and Daniel Brodsky, Princess Firyal of Jordan, Katherine Farley and Jerry Speyer, Nancy and Howard Marks, and more! X DECEMBER 2013 147