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From birthdays to books parties

Randy Harris and friends at his 21st birthday party at ‘21’ Club.
Anne and Jay McInerney gathered close friends and family to celebrate Anne Hearst McInerney’s son, Randy Harris’s, 21st birthday. The ‘21’ Club was the fitting location for the intimate fete and Randy and friends enjoyed the sophisticated setting as a lovely welcome to adulthood.

Guests included Randy’s father, King Harris with wife Alison Moore Harris, sister Amanda Hearst with friends Luigi Tadini, Theresa Berkery and Meredith Dunn, aunt and uncle Patricia Hearst Shaw and Bernard Shaw, close family friends Edith and Joseph Tobin, Kimberly and Steven Rockefeller with sons Steven Rockefeller III and Christian Rockefeller, Candace Bushnell, Carolina von Humboldt and Christophe von Hohenberg, Sharon Bush and daughter Ashley Bush, George Farias, Alison Mazzola, Jim Signorelli and daughter Sophia Signorelli, Milly de Cabrol, Jamie Figg, Jonathan Becker and Alexandra Kotur, Janna Bullock, R. Couri Hay the great Patrick McMullan captured the lively party on film.
The cake
Anne Hearst McInerney celebrated her son’s milestone with a video montage that captured his childhood and young adulthood in hundreds of images and some classic songs. Friends traveled from across the country to attend Randy Harris’s big night, college roommate Alex Ersoff, Kyle Schainuck, Emma and Lucy de Kooning, Ethan Fischbein, Austin Kay, and YK Kim. The evening stretched into the early morning out on the town.
Jay McInerney, Amanda Hearst, Patricia Hearst Shaw, Anne Hearst McInerney, Bernard Shaw, Randy Harris, King Harris, and Alison Moore Harris
Randy and more friends
Bridgette Faupel, Calvin Swint, Austin Kay, and Randy Harris
Candace Bushnell and Randy Harris
Jim Signorelli and Patricia Hearst Shaw
Joseph Tobin, Kimberly Rockefeller, and Jamie Figg
Christian Rockefeller, Kimberly Rockefeller, Steven Rockefeller Jr., and Steven Rockefeller III
Lucy de Kooning and Emma de Kooning
Alexandra Kotur and Jonathan Becker
Milly de Cabrol, George Farias, and Alison Mazzola
Mortimer Canepa, PAolina LEccese, Charles Berthoud, and Vito Leccesse
Shaon Bush and Ashley Bush
Steven Rockefeller III, Alex Ersoff, and Randy Harris
Luigi Tadini, Amanda Hearst, and Theresa Berkery
Patrick McMullan, Amanda Hearst, and George Farias
Bernard Shaw and Edith Tobin
Chrisophe von Hohenberg and Alison Moore Harris
New York City environmentalists gathered at Mara and Tom Lehrman's apartment where Christopher Collins, Executive Director of Solar One, spoke about Solar One, the City's first solar-powered "Green Energy, Arts and Education Center," which inspires New Yorkers to become environmentally responsible city dwellers.

Guests included Lady Liliana Cavendish, Sharon Bush, Philippe Bigar, Barbara and Bruce Winston, Christine Schott, Mariam Azarm, Alberto Veronesi, Paola and Arnie Rosenshein, Michael Gross, Mika Sterling, Wendy Sarasohn, Frances Shelton Bruder and Bill Bruder, Hilary Cushing Block, Paula Hunnicutt, Jamie Figg, Emery Westfall, Melissa and Thor Thors, Rene Hunt Brown, Karen Hoyos, Carole Bellidora Westfall, Christine Mortimer Biddle, Barbara DanaTollis, Roy Kean, Wayne Fox, Godfrey Bloch, Maxine Tall, Ed Rotter, Andrew Flach, Diane Habig, Ugo Bertolotto, Harriet Norris and Bob Bellhouse, Henry Bismeth, Ken Lane, Pericles Lantz, Amos Eno, Victoria Anstead, Lisa Simonsen, and Peter Lang.
Tom Lehrman, Mara Lehrman, and Christopher Collins
Solar One's annual "Revelry By The River" Dinner will be held on Monday, June 11th at Guastavino's. The Chairs of the dinner are Jen Bawden, Hartley du Pont, Margo Langenberg, and Jean Shafiroff with Junior Chairs Katie Corrigan, Maggie DeFilippo, Nicole Rhodes, and August du Pont. This year Solar One is honoring Jigar Shah and the Carbon War Room, founded by Sir Richard Branson. The funds raised will go to support Solar One's award winning environmental education programs.

Solar One is an organization that helps educate our children and provides visitors and residents with public programs about energy efficiency, renewable energy, green building and urban ecology. www.Solar1.org.
Christopher Collins, Hartley duPont, and Paul duPont
Kathy Boyle
Jamie Figg, Christine Schott, and Ken Lane
Helen Cook, Esther Siskind, Marc Brodeur, and Dina Elkan
Harriet Norris, Bob Bellhouse, Henry Bismeth, and Susan Beer
Ginny Butters
Godfrey Bloch
Mariam Azarm, Carole Bellidora Westfall, Rene Hunt Brown, and Sheshe Atchison
Christine De Lisle, Wendy Sarasohn, Ken Klein, and Victoria Anstead
Mica Sterling
Emery Westfall and Paola Rosenshein
Wayne Fox and Karen Hoyos
Melissa Thors and Hilary Cushing Block
Alberto Veronesi and Mariam Azarm
Philippe Bigar and Liliana Cavendish
Christine Schott and Lisa Simonsen
Sharon Bush
Lee Fryd and Roy Kean
Pericles Lantz, Andrew Flach, Katie Corrigan, Nicole Rhodes, and Thor Thors
Michael Gross and Christine Biddle
Diane Habig and Paula Honeycut
Barbara Winston
Frances Lagatta Shelton and Bill Brunder
Edward Rotter and Thor Thors
Last Thursday night, Candace and Rick Beinecke opened their Fifth Avenue maisonette for a book party for Daniel Cappello's The Ivy League (Assouline). Cappello, an Ivy Leaguer himself (Harvard) and currently the fashion director at Quest, presents an historical overview of the “Ivy League” colleges, how the term came into being and what he thinks it stands for today both here and in the world.

Among the nearly 200 guests at the Beineckes were Allison and Jay Aston; Charles Rockefeller; Fernanda Kellogg; Kelly Rutherford; Jennifer Creel; Ann Caruso; Steven Gambrel; Charles Fagan of Ralph Lauren; Brooks Brothers’ Arthur Wayne; GQ’s Brett Fahlgren; Katherine Stirling, Amanda Meigher, and Chris Rovzar; Edward Romaine; Patsy and Jeff Tarr; Connie Simmons and Jim Krugman; Lucy and Joseph Cappello; the Honorable Thomas Zampino and Mrs. Zampino; Helaine and Robert Shapiro; Jana Pasquel de Shapiro and Adam Shapiro; Jeffrey Caldwell; Maryanne Muller and Michael Krugman; Gail Monaghan; Robert Burke and George Sotelo; Christian Leone and Malcolm Kutner; Assouline’s co-founder and co-publisher Martine Assouline; Marcelo Gomes, Nicola Curry, and Stephanie Williams of the ABT; Scott Rothkopf; Paul Goldberger; Keith Scott; fashion designer Katie Ermilio.
Brian Sandstrom and Heather Tyree
Brian Mazza and Georgia Mack
Paul Goldberger, Brenda Phipps, and Ben McGrath
Marcelo Gomes, Stephanie Williams, Nicola Curry, Brie Wilson, and Allison Derusha
Kate Pickett and Eliza Nordeman
Maryanne Muller and Charles Fagan
Jeff and Patsy Tarr with Rick Beinecke
Jana Pasquel DeShapiro
Dave Krugman and Annie Willcox
George Sotelo, Martine Assouline, and Robert Burke
Jeffrey Caldwell and Fernanda Kellogg
Katie Ermilio, Daniel Cappello, and Rose Marie Terenzio
Darrell Hartman, Dana Drori, Mark Hogarth, and Christian Leone
Kelly Rutherford
Charles Rockefeller
Darrell Hartman, Brian Sandstrom, Cub Barrett, Daniel Cappello, and Chris Rovzar
Candace and Rick Beinecke with Daniel Cappello
Allison and Jay Aston
Joseph Cappello, Daniel Cappello, and Lucy Cappello
Alicia Loehle, Marc Troisi, and Lauren Donohoe
The Columbia Kingsmen
Stacey Tisdale, Winning Play$ founder/finance expert and television personality, moderated a special panel discussion at an invitation-only fundraiser on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. The event was hosted by Loreen Arbus, Disabilities Rights Activist/Producer/Philanthropist and the first woman to head up programming for a major U.S. television network, at her home in New York City.

The panelists discussed some of the unique social, political, and economic challenges woman are facing and discussed ways in which we can collectively identify and provide the kinds of support women need while enjoying musical performances by BETTY and Third World. Additionally, the fundraiser kicked-off the Women’s Empowerment Campaign, a collaboration with organizations and groups that will bring the Winning Play$ program to women to offer literacy skills and support. One of the first to implement the program was The Women’s Academy of Excellence, a high school for girls in the Bronx, adopted by Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Mary J. Blige.
Carol Jenkins, Stacey Tisdale, Dr. Janice Pochaska, Sharron Epperson, Michelle Miller, and guests
Winning Play$ Financial Literacy Program panelists included: Sharon Epperson, CNBC Correspondent covering the commodity markets and finance; Janet Hanson, CEO and Founder, 85 Broads; Michelle Miller, CBS News Correspondent; Dr. Janice Prochaska, President and CEO, Pro-Change Behavior System, Inc.; Stacey Tisdale, On-Air Financial Journalist and Author; Special Guests in attendance included Maurice Dubois, CBS 2 News Award-Winning Journalist and Anchor; Ronnie Lott, NFL Hall of Fame Legend and Founder of All Stars Helping Kids; Marc Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League; Alyson Palmer, Amy Ziff and Elizabeth Ziff of BETTY; 10 time Grammy Nominee Cat Coore, and Norris Webb of Third World.

More VIPs in attendance included Nili Gilbert, Matarin Capital; Tracy Day, Emmy Award Winning Television Journalist and Creator of the World Science Festival; Ryan Nece, American Football Linebacker for The National Football League; Mimi Liebeskind; Audrey Pass, Fox Television; Carol Jenkins, Carol Jenkins Media; Margo Tyler, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Henry Stifel, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation; Priscilla Shanks, YWCA; Theresa McBride of McBride and Company; Terrie Williams, The Terrie Williams Agency; JGPR publicist Christopher M. Vicini, Matt Flynn, and JGPR President James Grant.
Stacey Tisdale, Carol Jenkins, Ryan Nece, and Michelle Miller
Winning Play$ is an award winning Life Skills and Financial Literacy program that uses a cognitive behavioral approach to financial literacy in kids and most recently, women, by providing built-in assessment tools, that will be delivered to high school students in partnership with NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott’s foundation, All Stars Helping Kids. The program is made available to high schools and other non-profits. Winning Play$ is the winner of the 2011 National Association of Black Journalists Community Service Award and was the recipient of the U.S. Department of Education’s Excellence in Economic Education Award in 2010.
Elizabeth Ziff, Cat Coore, Stacey Tisdale, Norris Webb, and Alyson Palmer
Ronnie Lott, Stacey Tisdale, and Isaac Vaughan
Naomi Minkoff, Isaac Vaughan, Danielle Gardner, and Lawrence Fuhrman
Lori Sokol and Teresa McBride
Loreen Arbus
Mimi Liebeskind and Lavelle Olexa
Lee Nesser and Nili Gilbert
Margo Tyler and Terry White
Marc Morial, Michelle Miller, Stacey Tisdale, and Priscilla Shanks
Stacey Tisdale and Maurice DuBois
On Thursday, March 29, J.McLaughlin's Westport store hosted Kelsey Banfield as she launched her latest creation The Naptime Chef: Fitting Great Food Into Family Life. Guests were treated to a sampling of recipes from the cook book as they enjoyed an evening out.
Susan Walstrom, Carla Hutton, and Natascha Kay
Kelsey Banfield
F. E. Smurlo Jr. wearing J.McLaughlin
Caroline Gallager, Duncan Banfield, and Jim Gallager
Photographs by Anniewatt.com (Solar One); BFAnyc.com (Cappello).
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