By Drew Grant 5/02/12 12:42pm

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A Dog Christening with R. Couri Hay and Friends: Animal Weddings, Mad Russians, and Music

(Cassandra Seidenfeld, R. Couri Hay, and Wendy Diamond)

“Have you ever met the Mad Russian?” Animal Fair founder and dog lover Wendy Diamond asked The Observer at dinner last night. We had been covertly smoking outside on the lush patio of publicist R. Couri Hay‘s Upper West Side apartment after watching “Hindu Priest” Robin Cofer christen Mr. Hay’s dog, Webster Westbrook Alexander Hay, by rubbing behind the long-haired Cavalier King Charles Spaniel’s ears and whispering something in his ear.

Webster was being named after Mr. Hay’s good friend, Roger Webster, who died last year. Earlier in the evening, Mr. Hay had lead a group sing-along to classics like “No Business Like Show Business.”

We had not heard of the Mad Russian, but it seemed like that kind of night. Read More

By Erica Martin 4/13/12 5:22pm

Party Report

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Lake Bell, Scott Campbell, Jeffrey. [Patrick McMullan]

At ASPCA Bergh Ball, Isaac Mizrahi Gives Us Dating Advice and Jeffrey the Chihuahua Learns the Woes of Fame

Isaac Mizrahi munched on an hors d’oeuvre (“I never waste an opportunity for a pig in a blanket”) and gushed to us about the virtues of his dog Harry, as well as of dog-ownership in general. He was the emcee for the ASPCA Bergh Ball last Thursday, but the guests of honor were a pack of dogs up for adoption.

They strutted across the marble floor of the Plaza’s Grand Ballroom while women in little black dresses held the ends of their stylish neon-orange leashes.

“Let me tell you, as a single girl- are you single? A dog is a man magnet!” Mr. Mizrahi said. Read More