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Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s
Friday, May 17th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The title comes from a New Yorker cartoon by Victoria Roberts. Two women sit having tea, one telling the other, “I want my ashes scattered
Woman Around Town: Amity Shlaes Pays Homage to a “Forgotten” President
Monday, March 4th, 2013
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town
Until recently, Amity Shlaes, the author and columnist, was probably best known for her 2007 book, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great
Golden Boy – Irrevocable Choices Masterfully Dramatized
Monday, December 17th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Try to put yourself in the head of a first generation American boy-in the late 1930s: raised on traditions of the past, struggling with pragmatic
Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
Although Miuccia Prada (born 1949) was not enthusiastic about the idea of comparing and contrasting her ideas and designs with those of another idiosyncratic Italian
Let’s Get It Together For Summer
Friday, May 27th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around
Summer is upon us once again, and it’s time to get out the warm weather gear, honestly evaluate our bodies, and try to get our
The Addams Family—Coming to a TV Near You
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
“They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re all together ooky, The Addams Family…” Remarkably enough, The Addams Family lasted less than two years
The Addams Family at The Museum of the City of New York
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around
Before there was the TV Show, before there was the movie, before there was the Broadway play, there was Charles Addams and his brilliant cartoons
Woman Around Town: Susan Solomon—Passion for a Cause
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town
There’s nothing like a personal experience to instill passion and a sense of purpose. Susan Solomon, the CEO of the New York Stem Cell Foundation,
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