By Drew Grant 6/15/12 3:30pm

galas

Maria Cornejo, Cindy Sherman, and Nicole Phelps at the WSC Gala (Patrick McMullan)

Sea Lions, Cindy Sherman, and Tinsley Mortimer at the Wildlife Conservation Society Gala

“Sea lions are covered by a fine layer of fur,” a woman announced over the loudspeaker as guests noshed on appetizers of smoked salmon and potato gratin at the Central Park Zoo Thursday evening.

“They are mammals and they eat mackerel,” The Observer exclaimed, having learned a similar speech by heart during a recent run-in with dolphins in Jamaica.

“Whoa, how did you know that?” A reporter from The Wall Street Journal asked us. We were just that good.

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s 2012 gala–this year the theme was The Coasts of Patagonia, prompting more than one party-goer to ask where in the world that was–a pre-show involving the sea lions doing tricks was par the course. Read More

By Kristin Anderson 6/06/12 5:15pm

Causes

Susan Rockefeller and David Rockefeller, Jr. (Photo by Shaun Vakil)

Grasping for (Eco-Friendly) Straws at Susan Rockefeller’s Mission of Mermaids Premiere and World Oceans Day Celebration

Top-billed guest Wendi Murdoch was notably absent from last night’s Mission of Mermaids film premiere/pre-World Oceans Day celebration at MoMA. Whatever engagement precluded her attendance (intercepting another airborne pie, perhaps), the evening went on mostly unhampered. Guests still turned out to celebrate the 19-minute self-proclaimed “love letter to the ocean,” written, directed and narrated by Susan Rockefeller. Read More

By Ted Gushue 4/11/12 2:28pm

Party Report

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A Fool's Fête: New Yorkers for Children's Ninth Annual Spring Dinner Dance

New Yorkers Raise Big Bucks For Foster Kids, Doutzen Kroes Is Hot

It’s unusual to attend an event in New York that has no photographer present, and for a certain circle it’s even unusual to attend an event where you don’t know the photographer by name. But when one sees living legend Bill Cunningham snapping away—you know you’re at a good party. Last night at the Mandarin Oriental, New Yorkers For Children threw a good party (not to mention raised over half a mil for kids in foster care).

As the room filled to capacity it became clear why Bill Cunningham was here: this night was about the dresses—almost to the point of sensory overload. Read More