The Blake at Taos Ski Valley

I have it on good insider authority that The Blake at Taos Ski Valley is going to be THE PLACE this winter to ski and be seen.    The brand new lodge hotel is opening in February and now is the time to book it to get in on the action and for incredible savings in...

The Darlings

Photograph above was taken by Deborah Feingold The Darlings ($17) What is the new book that has the Upper East Side buzzing? Financial analyst, Christina Alger’s novel The Darlings is a sophisticated page-turner about a wealthy New York family embroiled in a...

NYSD GUILD HALL

Intense and immense defines the excitement on the East End as the Guild Hall Gala will for the first time be held at the newly reimagined museum, theater, and gardens on Friday, August 2.   Guild Hall has been a creative fixture for four generations, bringing the...

Frieze Art Fair 2017

It is the wonderful and wild time of year in New York City, when a young girl’s (ahem) fancy turns to ART!    Deutsche Bank  is proud sponsor of Frieze New York, one of the  most exciting event in the New York art world.   Don’t miss Frieze Week that begins on...
Celebration of Asia Week

Celebration of Asia Week 2012

Celebrate Asia Week New York with the Asia Society’s exciting signature Benefit Gala Monday, March 19th at The Plaza Hotel. The evening opens with a chic 1930’s Shanghai nights-themed cocktail reception featuring music by the LeZhang Quartet,...
March Quest Magazine Cover

MCNY Winter Ball in QUEST

Did you see our March What the Chairs Wear™ column in Quest Magazine? Year after year, the Director’s Council of the Musuem of the City New York Winter Ball is one of the chicest soirees in town and this year’s fete is sponsored by the design legend...
Rachel Hovnanian portrait

Artist Rachel Lee Hovnanian

You will not want to miss Rachel Lee Hovnanians’, stunning new show, Mud Pie, at the Leila Heller Gallery in Chelsea. The  solo exhibition of provocative new work will be on view from May 3 – June 2, 2012.  Mud Pie will include large-scale installations,...

NYSD Mad Ave Welcome Back Saturdays!

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 See you on the Avenue! GUEST DIARY• BY: KAREN KLOPP AND HILARY DICK Break out the band and start marching! Madison Avenue Retailers are opening their doors (with open arms) for the next three Saturdays. They need our business, and we could certainly...

NYSD Celebrate Olmsted at 200!

APRIL 22, 2022 GUEST DIARY• BY: KAREN KLOPP AND HILARY DICK There is an air of excitement (over land) as the natural world celebrates the 200th birthday of landscape visionary Frederick Law Olmsted. Known as the founder of American landscape architecture, Olmsted...
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2013

W2WW from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

Whew! We’ve spent a whirlwind of a week at Lincoln Center and all over Manhattan for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.   There were so many amazing Spring 2013 Collection runway shows that is was hard to keep up.  We managed to photograph many for our feature on what...

NYSD Debutantes

EDITOR’S NOTE:  We are reposting on of our most read articles from 2018.  Hope you enjoy it!  At this time of year some of us have ginger plum fairies dancing in our heads,  the young among us listen for the prancing of each little hoof, and the rest of us are...