A blog about doing good and doing well.
Send tips to Amanda Gordon: alougord@gmail.com
66 W. 38th St., Suite 5D | New York, NY 10018
Archives: Posts From September 2006
Watch out, here they come! Scenes from the Young Women's Leadership Foundation
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 28 Sep 2006 at 7:07 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Want to know who'll be running the city in a few years? The girls enrolled at the Young Women's Leadership School, that's who. Read about their debut in front of New York's elite in today's column, and see photos from the event here. Meanwhile, the ...
Stars and Butterflies
By Amanda Gordon | Tue, 26 Sep 2006 at 9:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Photos from the Metropolitan Opera opening night gala are up in the Out & About photo gallery. ...
A Multi-Million Night at the Opera
By Amanda Gordon | Tue, 26 Sep 2006 at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: The Metropolitan Opera raised $3.8 million at its gala last night, a more than $1 million increase over last year's event. The boost is due mainly to the hundreds more tickets sold for the post-performance supper (which cost up to $5,000). The ...
Evelyn Lauder's Baked Apple Recipe
By Amanda Gordon | Fri, 22 Sep 2006 at 11:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Evelyn Lauder with the chairman and chief executive of Bloomingdale's, Michael Gould, and Elizabeth Hurley
It's always a pleasure to see Evelyn Lauder at a party. She inspires me with her grace, upbeat attitude, and long list of achievements. And last ...
New Homes for Art and Science
By Amanda Gordon | Fri, 22 Sep 2006 at 9:08 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Culture flowers downtown as the Diker Pavilion opens at the National Museum of the American Indian, while the scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory tell their stories at a friend-raiser in anticipation of going public on a $200 million capital ...
A New Tradition At City Opera
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 21 Sep 2006 at 9:43 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: New York City Opera's first fall gala concert on Tuesday was a great success. The program, under the direction of Mark Lamos with George Manahan and Julius Rudel conducting, showed off seasoned and budding talent and the innovative repertory. The montage ...
The Art of the Paris Art World: the Biennale des Antiquaires
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 14 Sep 2006 at 2:34 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: "You can't even call this a fair," L&M Arts partner Robert Mnuchin said at his booth last night, standing in between a de Kooning and a Warhol. "It's an exposition," he said, that last word coming out in French. Many visitors to the booth, which occupies ...
Science in the City
By Amanda Gordon | Wed, 13 Sep 2006 at 10:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: In today's column: Honoring Dr. Paul Marks at Columbia, Celebrating the David H. Koch Dinosaur Wing at the American Museum of Natural History. ...
Haute Depot
By Amanda Gordon | Mon, 11 Sep 2006 at 1:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: The Frenchman pictured here is Christian Deydier, who presides over the Biennale des Antiquaires , the art and antiques fair in Paris that opens to the public Friday. With the show returning to the Grand Palais, Mr. Deydier has been in overdrive to make ...
Today's Column
By Amanda Gordon | Mon, 11 Sep 2006 at 12:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Because it lost 10 alumni and one parent on September 11; because the school's students, graduates, and parents consider themselves a part of a strong "Poly family"; because it is a school whose leaders and teachers are sensitive to and responsive to the ...
Lunch at the L'Atelier
By Amanda Gordon | Wed, 6 Sep 2006 at 5:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: At the counter today at L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon -- designed to give diners a view of the meticulous preparations going on in the kitchen -- Charlie Rose, positioned two seats down from me, had passionfruit iced tea, a small plate of crabmeat served ...
Fall Fund-raising Preview
By Amanda Gordon | Tue, 5 Sep 2006 at 8:32 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Press the tux, get out the jewels: it's time to party and raise money for good causes. Here's a link to my preview on the season. Did I forget to mention the party you're working on? Let me know about it - send an email to agordon@nysun.com. ...
|
