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Isabella Rossellini has already planned a winter getaway – she will travel through the Chilean fjords with her daughter Elettra and son Roberto. “This is my first cruise,” she told the New York Sun. “We’ll spend Christmas in Patagonia, and New Year’s Eve in Valparaiso,” she added.


The Rossellini family needn’t pack a camera: The Italian photographer Fabrizio Ferri, who often shoots for Vogue and Vanity Fair, will document the trip. Mr. Ferri’s ballerina wife, Alessandra, and daughters Emma and Matilde will accompany him. The photographs of the Rossellinis will likely appear in the new advertising campaign for the Silversea cruise line, which features small, luxury ships. Ms. Rossellini announced her new gig as the Italian company’s first “ambassador” on Friday, aboard the Silver Whisper, docked on the West Side.


“When I think of Italians and ships, I think of immigration. I think of my mother coming to America,” she told guests in the boat’s Show Lounge, including Shirley Lord and A.M. Rosenthal, Francine LeFrak and Rick Friedberg, Georgette Mosbacher, Gayfryd Steinberg, and Gay and Nan Talese (Mr.Talese, the author of many books, said, “I’ve always managed to work well on ships.”)


The party continued with drinks by the pool, followed by a lunch of risotto and honey-roasted veal tenderloin.


Most guests disembarked before the ship set sail Friday evening for Quebec. Ms. Lord and Mr. Rosenthal stayed aboard and planned to fly back to New York from Halifax tomorrow.


“The cruise line knows exactly who’s on the ship at all times – it’s one of the safest ways to travel now,” Ms. Lord said.


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A wheel of Parmesan cheese was reduced to rubble as a group of Italian-Americans celebrated Saturday night at the Waldorf-Astoria. “This is the opposite of “The Sopranos,” said Mary Ann Aidala, who hails from Brooklyn “con passione” – with passion. “Everyone here is highly educated and caring.”


The Columbus Citizens Foundation, which organizes the Columbus Day Parade, hosted the black-tie affair, emceed by Maria Bartiromo with a special appearance by the parade’s marshal, the famed race car driver Mario Andretti (who brought along his son Jeff, daughter Barbie, and granddaughter Marissa).


The foundation, which has 500 members, will award $2.4 million in scholarships this year. It has also given aid to earthquake victims in Italy and Turkey, and donated $1 million toward the construction of the New Millennium High School near ground zero. The foundation’s clubhouse on East 69th Street is a meeting place for Italian-American organizations, such as the Columbus Lawyers Association.


Anthony Dolce came with Judith Amato, whom he is sponsoring for membership. Ms. Amato reports at 8:30 a.m. today to volunteer in the parade. Some of the prettiest young things were Jinelle Benitez, Shannon Knight, and Andrea Piegare, whose fiances are members. They wore similar dresses by Vera Wang (Ms. Knight is Ms. Wang’s fit model).


Also seen: the president of the foundation, Lawrence Auriana; the chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation and of the foundation, Charles Gargano; and brothers John and Mario Gabelli, of Gabelli Mutual Funds, which has a float in the parade.


Giovanni Colturi and Michele Magatelli flew in from Bormio, which will host the Alpine World Ski Championships in 2005.


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