'Tis the Season

The scene at one of Doubles’ annual Christmas Luncheons.

Doubles’ annual Christmas Luncheons are one of New York’s great holiday traditions among the social set. This season Wendy Carduner welcomed almost a thousand guests over a two-week period.

The Doubles piece de la resistance was the fabulous dessert buffet: Crème Brule, Lemon Cranberry Cake, Eggnog Baked Alaska, Gateau St. Honore, Croq en Bouche, Seven Nut Torte, Bouche De Noel, Coconut Snow Puff Cake, Chestnut Cheese Cake Graham Cracker Crust, Raspberry and Pistachio Daquaise, Stilton Cheese and Crackers, Chocolate Mousse, Strawberries, Cherries, Christmas Stocking Chocolate Cake, Red Velvet-Red Meringue Cake and on and on.

Jenna Oken, Judy Miller, Erin Gaudreau, Katie Tozer, and Mariah Davis

The dessert buffet.

There were way too many to list but here are a more than a few of those we spotted: Steve and Christine Schwarzman, Rex Reed, Polly Bergen, Eileen Ford, Geoffrey Bradfield, Blaine Trump, Joan Schnitzer, Cynthia Lufkin, Phyllis George, Carolyne Roehm, Pauline Pitt, Mario Buatta, Evelyn Lauder, Stephanie Krieger, Muffie Potter Aston, Catherine Carey, Mark Gilbertson, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Gillian Miniter, Hilary Ross, Audrey Gruss, Jamee Gregory, Beth DeWoody, Heather Leeds, Betty Sherrill, Pat Schoenfeld, Larry Kaiser, Mai Harrison, Eugenie Goodman, Heather Sargent, Barbara Tober, Stella Pantelides, Carol Mack, Donna Simonelli, Roric Tobin, Susan Burke, Ashley McDermott, Soffia Wathne, Thorunn Wathne, Berge Wathne, Barbara Corcoran, Eleni Karatzas, Barbara de Portago, Adrienne Vittadini, Diana Feldman, Kari Tiedemann, Katherine Bryan, Christine Schott, Meg Braff, Grace Meigher, Melanie Hilary Dick, Sheri Babbio, Donna Rosen, Bambi Putnam, Paula Root, Jennifer Creel, Susan Zises Green, Elizabeth Stribling, Somers Farkas, Karen LeFrak, Joanne de Guardiola, Pat Patterson Mariana Kaufman Suzanne Johnson, Elyse Newhouse, Katie Tozer, Deborah Tanger, Wibby Sevener, Kathryn Beach, Paige Hardy, Anne de Louvigny Stone, Jenna Oken, Judy Miller, Erin Gaudreau, Mariah Davis, Hampton Luzak, Cece Black, Gigi Benson, Margo Langenberg, Amy Hoadley, Susan Cushing, Webb Egerton-Warburton, Lisa Selby, Mary Van Pelt, Nellie Logothetides, Maria Long, Lily Fichopolos, B.J. Casey, Judy Eisenberg, Alison and Amy Mazzola, Winnie Mortenson, Virgina Melhado, Diana Quasha, Joan Mark, Suzanne Clery, Aileen Sarda, Rosalee Brinton, Kate Edmonds and Alex Donner, Helen Remmel, Doran Mullen, Susan Bender Scheer, Daryl Roth, Dr. Nils Larsson, Chase Backer, Dr. Louis Feder, Frank Miller, Bernadette Molito, Tom Gates, Judy Ney, Georgette Farkas, Suzanne von Liebig, Willian Solloway, Kamie Lightburn, Nina Reeves, Isabel Kellogg, Jason Oliver Nixon, Gail Karr, Alison Minton, Seymour Holland, Laurie Dhue, Cynthia and Tony Maltese, Ruth Fleischmann, Lorna Graev, Alatia Bradley, Cornelia Bregman, Kari Tiedemann, Jackie Drake, Francesca Gumina, Count and Countess Braschi, Muffy Miller, Melanie Holland, Daisy Soros, Courtney Arnot, Clelia Zacharias, Robyn Joseph and hundreds more.

Gillian Miniter and Suzanne Johnson

Karen LeFrak, Virgina Melhado, Joan Schnitzer, and Diana Quasha

Barbara Corcoran and friends

Gillian Miniter and Elyse Newhouse

Hampton Luzak and Ashley McDermott

Stephanie Krieger and Cece Black

Gigi Benson and Margo Langenberg

Lily Fichopolos, Stella Pantelides, and Eleni Karatzas

Mary Van Pelt, Catherine Carey, and Amy Hoadley

Hilary Dick and Jennifer Creel

Webb Egerton-Warburton and Lisa Selby

Sheri Babbio, Donna Rosen, Bambi Putnam, and Paula Root

Judy Eisenberg, Winnie Mortenson, Cece Black, and Susan Zises Green

Paige Hardy and B.J. Casey

Amy Hoadley and Susan Cushing

Karen LeFrak, Joanne de Guardiola, and Pat Patterson

Photographs by Cutty McGill and Roger Webster

Estee Lauder Group President, John Demsey hosted a holiday party at his Upper East Side townhouse with more than 200 guests from the media, cosmetic and social scene in New York. Not one but two Christmas trees – one outside on the terrace and one inside.

In the mix: Alina Cho, Jonathan Becker, Deeda Blair, Harry Slatkin, Cornelia Guest, Bobbi Brown, Liliana Cavendish, Hunt Slonem, CeCe Cord, Jennifer Creel, Anne Hearst and Jay McInerney, Aerin Lauder, her cousin William Lauder, Charles Masson, Nicole Miller, Alex Papachristidis and Scott Nelson, Rachel Roy, Milly de Cabrol, Mickey Boardman, Veronica Webb, Debbie Bancroft, Marissa Berenson, Teri Agins, Bettina Zilkha, Deborah Norville and Karl Wellner, Sharon Bush, Jay and Tracy Snyder.

Bettina Zilkha

Blaine and Robert Caravaggi

Bobbi Brown and Marie Helene Demsey

Ann Caruso, Bronson Van Wyck, and Julie Skaratt

Harry Slatkin, Laura Slatkin, and Alex Papapachristidis

John Demsey and CeCe Cord

Lauren Dupont and Aerin Lauder

Jay McInerney, Anne Hearst McInerney, and George Farias

Teri Agins, Jeffrey Podolsky, and Milly de Cabrol

Rachel Roy and Edward O'Sullivan

Debbie Bancroft, Marisa Berenson, and Liliana Cavendish

Hunt Slonem, Liliana Cavendish, Alina Cho, Felicia Milewicz, and Joe Spellman

Photographs by Patrick McMullan

Over 300 people attended the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America's Holiday Party and Benefit Auction on Saturday, December 5th at the Racquet and Tennis Club.

Gail Green, Auction Chair Michael Simon, Etienne Coffinier, and Ed Ku

The silent auction format featured 100 works of art; sculpture, drawing, painting, decorative items created by fine artists, architects and designers all to support the Institute's national education programs for the upcoming year. The event was co-chaired by interior designers Michael Simon and Maureen Footer.

Francis Morrone, Robert Stern, and ICA&CA Chairman Peter Pennoyer

Steven Elrod, Courtney Coleman, and friend

Ted and Cheri Schmidt

Richard Cameron, Natalie Jacobs, Mark Ferguson, and ICA&CA President Paul Gunther

Stephanie Swann, Richard Swann, Suzanne Santry, and Joan Watkins

Deirdre Lawrence and Clem Labine

Trent Biltoft and Nicholas Manville

Travis Howe and Jen Hunter

Last Saturday a week, more than 1000 guests attended the annual “Winter’s Eve” dinner to benefit the National Jewish Health and raised more than $2.04 million. They also established The Jonathan L. and Wendy S. Mechanic Fund for Lung Cancer and COPD Research and Treatment Programs.

Jonathan L. Mechanic, Chairman of the Real Estate Department at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, the evening’s honoree, was presented with the National Jewish Health 2009 Humanitarian Award at the the Grand Hyatt New York.

Last year’s honoree, Lee S. Neibart of AREA Property Partners, was inducted into the National Jewish Health Council of National Trustees by National Jewish Health President and CEO Michael Salem, MD, during the event.

Stephen Siegel of CB Richard Ellis; Dr. Michael Salem of National Jewish Health; Klara Silverstein; Larry Silverstein of Silverstein Properties; Wendy Mechanic; Jon Mechanic of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Wendy Siegel; Lee Neibart of AREA Property Partners; and Joyce Neibart.

Mitchell Rudin of CB Richard Ellis; Ross Mechanic; Wendy Mechanic; Jon Mechanic
of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; and Bonnie Rudin

Cindy Scheinfeld; Steven Scheinfeld of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Helen Sorin; Craig Reicher of CB Richard Ellis; Erin Reicher; and Robert Sorin of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.

National Jewish Health is known worldwide for treatment of patients with respiratory, cardiac, immune and related disorders, and for groundbreaking medical research. Founded in 1899 as a nonprofit hospital, National Jewish Health remains the only facility in the world dedicated exclusively to these disorders. For 12 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked National Jewish Health the #1 respiratory hospital in the nation.

Joyce and Lee Neibart

Natasha and Tommy Silver

Charles and Clo Cohen

Jon Mechanic and Stephen Siegel

Wendy and Jon Mechanic

Charles and Seryl Kushner

Joey Kuhn, Marjorie Kuhn, and Jimmy Kuhn

Mark and Lisa Walsh

Larry Silverstein, Geraldine Cohen, and Klara Silverstein

Leonard Boxer, Larry Silverstein, and Robert A. Knakal

Wendy and Stephen Siegel

Photographs by Steve Friedman

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) raised over $1.8 million at its 13th annual Fall Gala in Greenwich, Conn. Funds raised at this premier fundraising event, attended by more than 1,000 guests, will support the MMRF’s efforts to accelerate the development of the next generation of treatments for patients with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer, and to find a cure for the disease.

Hoda Kotb, co-host of the fourth hour of “The Today Show” and “Dateline” correspondent, was honored with the MMRF Spirit of Hope Award. The MMRF Spirit of Hope Award is awarded annually to individuals who inspire hope with their perseverance in overcoming personal obstacles such as a cancer diagnosis.


	Hoda Kotb and Scott Hamilton

	Karen Andrews and Kathy Giusti

Deborah Dunsire, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, was also honored with the MMRF Corporate Leadership Award. The Corporate Leadership Award recognizes Dr. Dunsire for her leadership and vision in driving the development and launch of some of today’s most important oncology treatments.

Scott Hamilton, American figure skater and Olympic Gold Medalist served as Master of Ceremonies and Boomer Esiason, former NFL Quarterback and current analyst on “NFL Today” was the keynote speaker.

Other honored guests included Melanie Bloom, widow of NBC news correspondent David Bloom; Natalie Morales, anchor of “The Today Show”, CNBC anchor Carl Quintanilla, best-selling author Lee Woodruff, and ABC News journalist and anchor Bob Woodruff.

Celgene Corporation and Pepsico comprised the evening’s Leadership Circle. MMRF Fall Gala Vice Chairs were Angelique and James Bell, Richard Bellas, Dave Burwick, Elizabeth Donald, Eric and Linda Rodgers Emory, Kathy and Paul Giusti, Elizabeth and Traver Hutchins, Keno Graphics, Lori Marcus and Anne-Marie and Paul Queally.

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) was established in 1998 as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization by twin sisters Karen Andrews and Kathy Giusti, soon after Kathy's diagnosis with multiple myeloma. The mission of the MMRF is to relentlessly pursue innovative means that accelerate the development of next-generation multiple myeloma treatments to extend the lives of patients and lead to a cure.

As the world's number-one private funder of multiple myeloma research, the MMRF has raised over $120 million since its inception to fund more than 120 laboratories worldwide. An outstanding 93 percent of funds raised go toward research and related programming. The MMRF has supported 40 new compounds and approaches in clinical trials and pre- clinical studies and has facilitated 20 clinical trials through its sister organization, the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC). For more information about the MMRF, visit www.themmrf.org [1].