SOCIAL DIARY
Beautiful day and evening in New York. Spring luncheon symposium with Gloria Vanderbilt a thte Museum of the City of New York, and a crowded booksigning party for Bill Moyers at a friend's West Village house.

PARTY PICTURES
ARF Thrift Shop Designer Showhouse re-opening; New York Police Foundation held a celebration of its 40th anniversary; Hartley House's Spring Benefit Dinner; The Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center's 2011 Legacy of Conservation Gala.

TRAVEL
Augustus Mayhew continues his luxurious tour through the grand hotels and houses of the Italian Lake District.

SHOPPING DIARY
Last week, Animal Fair celebrated its 11th Annual Paws for Style Benefit, hosted by Wendy Diamond and her dog Lucky.

SOCIAL DIARY
Ruminations on the life, why's and wherefore's of the very rich centenarian friend and supporter of John Edwards, Mrs. Bunny Mellon.

PARTY PICTURES
The Madison Square Boys & Girls Club's 6th annual Purses & Pursenalities luncheon; The Central Park Conservancy’s annual Taste of Summer benefit; The New York Pops’ marked its 28th birthday with Celebrate Hope.

ACROSS THE WORLD
Washington Social Diary. Carol Joynt anticipates the coming summer months with a nostalgic glance at a special USA one, coast-to-coast.

SHOPPING DIARY
Actress Alexis Fedor visits the Carlisle Collection with an eye on creating a professional wardrobe on a limited budget.

SOCIAL DIARY
The life of an Irish baronet, recaptured in the Ballyfin House hotel in "the most beautiful Regency mansion" in Ireland, restored to its former glory by an American businessman and collector.

HOUSE
Sian and Lesley visit Brett Beldock at her Upper East Side apartment, photographed by Jeff Hirsch.

PARTY PICTURES
Literacy Partners hosted “Food for Thought” luncheon at Le Cirque with Erica Jong as the guest author; The National Audubon Society 2011 Rachel Carson Award Winners; A special reception of Stephen Burks | Are You A Hybrid? at the Museum of Arts and Design; Elizabeth Segerstrom receives The Golden Baton from the Philharmonic Society of Orange County.

SOCIAL DIARY
Hot hot day in New York; busy Michael's; an ordinary discussion of the weather and its effect on our needs; plus Erica Jong talks about Sex and Women in an interview for Literacy Partners; Central Park Conservancy's annual Taste of Summer buffet benefit with 1000 guests; Michael Simon feted at Christie's.

TRAVEL
Augustus Mayhew continues his odyssey touring the lake district of Italy and discovering 20th century Modernism; a rich architectural tour.

PHILANTHROPY
Susan Sawyers visits Bonnie Strauss, founder of the Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation. Mrs. Strauss is one of those courageous individuals who can seize victory from the jaws of defeat. Read more ...

PARTY PICTURES
Playground Partners Party in Your Playground Event 2011; Women for Women International's third Annual Luncheon and Panel Discussion on the Future of Afghanistan; One To World's Fulbright Awards Dinner; The Junior Committee of The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children hosted their annual Spring Benefit.

GUEST DIARY
No Holds Barred. Our Sunbelt Brenda Starr comes East and hits QVC -- not the channel but the "campus" outside Philadelphia and de-constructs the whole phenomenon of being a compulsive QVC customers (like the writer).

DINING
Bits & Morsels. Erin Frankel uses summer as the excuse to go off and search for the best lobster rolls in the city. Any excuse is good enough for me. The opening shot is unadulterated temptation: don't look calorie chasers!

SOCIAL DIARY
Carnegie Hall's 120th Anniversary Concert gala and its broadcasting on Great Performances tonight on PBS; plus the razzle-dazzle of the El Museo del Barrio gala last Thursday night honoring Mario Testino and bringing out the worlds of fashion and Hollywood.

PARTY PICTURES
New York Restoration Project 's 10th Annual Spring Picnic; The 29th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards at the Skirball Center for The Performing Arts at NYU; Teens give back at CCFA’s First Annual Teen Event.

ACROSS THE WORLD
Washington Social Diary. Carol Joynt goes to see Stephen Sondheim's Follies at the Kennedy Center and reminded of the first time she saw it on Broadway in 1970, she loves it all over again.

SHOPPING DIARY
Enjoy a Complete Luxury Villa at 30% off This Summer at
Round Hill in Jamaica.

SOCIAL HISTORY
Revisiting Whitemarsh Hall from inception to glory to ruin, the Philadelphia estate of Lucretia and Edward Stotesbury and their times.

PARTY PICTURES
The McCarton Foundation's 10th Year Diamond Anniversary; The Mount Sinai Medical Center's 26th Crystal Party; Parkinson’s Disease Foundation's annual Bal du Printemps Gala; The Actors Fund’s Annual Gala.

HOUSE
Holiday Weekend HOUSE. Re-visiting the style setting interior designer Vicente Wolf in his loft in the garment district.

SHOPPING DIARY
The Recessionistas come to Greenwich; Alexandra Lebenthal speaks at the Carlisle Collection Showroom at a luncheon to support Family Centers, a non-profit which offers education and human services to families living in lower Fairfiled County.

SOCIAL DIARY
Rich Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Or do they? The unknown saga of the lonesome New York heiress Huguette Clark, who died at 104 after living in a hospital in New York for 23 years.

DINING
Bits & Morsels. Erin Frankel hits Five Points, the Marc Meyer restaurant on a quiet cobblestone street in NoHo, plus Pulino's Bar & Pizzeria at 282 Bowery, Gemma at 335 Bowery, and Corsino at 637 Hudson. A feast for all seasons.

ACROSS THE WORLD
San Francisco Social Diary. This spring in San Francisco, the charitable, cultural, and social events seemed to go on nonstop.

SOCIAL DIARY
Last night's Celebration of Life Spring Benefit for the American Cancer Society New York City with Paula Zahn emcee and honoring Perri Peltz and this writer.

PARTY PICTURES
NMSDC Minority Business Leadership Awards Dinner-Dance; PRADA hosted a private cocktail reception to benefit the New Yorkers For Children 2011 Fall Gala; Pratt Institute and Luxe Pack Art of Packaging Award Gala; ASPCA's 14th Annual Bergh Ball; The Animal Medical Center's Third Annual Living Legends Luncheon; PROMISE PROJECT's fourth annual fundraising event, "Beautiful Promise"; 40th Anniversary of Learning Through Art at the Guggenheim Museum; David and Susan Rockefeller hosted a book party for Roger Housden.

SOCIAL DIARY
A rare and significant event last night in New York: the re-dedication of the Centennial Gala of the New York Public Library.

GUEST DIARY
Jill Krementz, NYSD's Associate Editor, covers the annual ASME National Magazine Awards honoring Tom Wolfe for Creative Excellence.

TRAVEL
Augustus Mayhew continues his beautiful tour through the lake district of Italy visiting Lake Maggiore's Isola Bella & Isola Madre.