Out & About
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No Need To Blush
It was one of the greatest twofers ever pulled off in New York nightlife: On Tuesday, Stephen and Christine Schwarzman held a cocktail party for President Bush at their Park Avenue home, then headed off to the Waldorf-Astoria some 20 blocks south and bopped along to a live performance by Sheryl Crow at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s “Hot Pink Party.” The chief executive of the Blackstone Group, who serves as chairman of the Kennedy Center, is definitely enjoying his New York moment.
So was the founder of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Evelyn Lauder. “We’ve raised more than $5 million, including an anonymous half-million dollar donation tonight. It’s the most successful gala we’ve ever had,” Ms. Lauder said.
When Ms. Crow’s microphone at center stage didn’t work at the start of her set, she walked to the podium and said, “I’d like to just lecture my songs to you tonight.”
Inside the Covers
Children’s fashion designer Caroline Burwell was inspired by the art magazines and children’s books on display at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair but didn’t have the purse to acquire any. Joan Hardy Clark bought a copy of “Alice In Wonderland.” From a Sears catalog of women’s fashions at the booth of Bob and Lynne Veatch of Northampton, Ma., to a 1535 first edition of the Complete Bible in English at the booth of Estates of Mind of Great Neck, NY, there was something for everyone. The most popular items were the free pink-colored popcorn balls, which some dealers hid away in their booths. Others attending the gala preview of the fair last Thursday were fashion designer Stacey Bendet, financier Leon Black, writer Julia Reed, and Saul and Gayfryd Steinberg. The party raised $210,000 for the New York Public Library.
