RAND Luxury hosted its first ultra-exclusive private brunch of the season showcasing the latest marques from supercar maker and main event sponsor Bentley Motors of Greenwich, a division of Miller Motorcars. The event also featured goods from several luxury brands, including fashion brand Robert Graham; luxury goods purveyor Shreve, Crump & Low; leading electronics company LG Electronics; soundsystem company Devialet; and official private aviation sponsor NETJETS.
Month: May 2016
Innovative Tech Concierge myEZBZ Launches Marketplace Partnership with National Network My City Mommy
Online concierge service EZBZ has paired up with My City Mommy, a network of 100 local mommy sites across the US, to launch a special virtual concierge platform. The platform enables users to easily find products or services offered by local businesses and for those businesses to bid on the user requests.
COLLABORATING FOR A CURE
A Luncheon Benefiting the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation
With a Fashion Presentation Showcasing Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta models
The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF) hosted its third annual Collaborating for a Cure Luncheon at the private Upper East Side residence of Andrea Stark on Wednesday, May 18th, 2016. The event honored Oscar de la Renta with a fashion presentation showcasing the fashion house’s pre-fall 2016 designs before a private audience, and benefited the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation. Guests in attendance included Samuel Waxman, Marion Waxman, Ramona Singer, Andrea Stark, Jean Shafiroff, Pamela Morgan, Erica Fineberg, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, Ingeborg Rennert, Bernice Schwartz and Randi Schatz among others.
34th ANNUAL FRED & ADELE ASTAIRE AWARDS 2016
THE DOUGLAS WATT FAMILY FUND FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS HONORED
The 34th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, which recognizes outstanding achievements in dance on Broadway and in film, took place on Monday, May 16, 2016. This year’s Award Recipients included Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Emerita at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Nigel Lythgoe, Creator & Executive Director of So You Think You Can Dance. Choreographer Maurice Hines received a special award for his body of work in the field of dance. Dr. Joan Fallon also received an award for special achievement in the field of autism and related disorders.
Spring Clean Your Pantry of Processed Salts and Restock it with All-Natural Hamptons Salt
This season, take the opportunity to spring clean your pantry of potentially unhealthy processed salts with additives and anti-clumping agents. All-natural Hamptons Salt is a great alternative to processed salts, which is not only great tasting and comes in a variety of flavors, but also a healthier, unrefined option for you and your family. Hampton Salt Company’s raw salts, such as the Cooking Salt and the Finishing Salt, naturally contains essential minerals, and never any additives like the common iodized salts. So purge your pantry and welcome a healthy and flavorful spring!
MAMO Restaurant First Anniversary Celebrates the 69th Cannes Film Festival in New York
The Legendary Cannes Film Festival opened May 11th, 2016 in the South of France, right around the same time that celebrity favorite MAMO restaurant celebrated its first year in New York’s bustling SoHo neighborhood. MAMO New York is the transatlantic sister to Cannes film festival go-to restaurant MAMO Le Michelangelo, a two decades old French Riviera staple and favorite among movie stars and socialites alike.
The MOMS & Serta Mattresses Hosted a MAMARAZZI® “Breakfast in Bed” Screening Event Celebrating New Film MOTHER’S DAY
The MOMS Denise Albert and Melissa Musen Gerstein, with Serta Mattresses, hosted a comfy morning Mamarazzi® Event and conversation with Kate Hudson and Garry Marshall on Thursday, April 28th, 2016 at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. The event brought together influential moms and media for a special advance screening of new film Mother’s Day, which is a celebration of mothers everywhere. This big-hearted comedy invites us all to enjoy the laughter, tears and love as three generations come together in the week leading up to Mother’s Day.
34th ANNUAL FRED & ADELE ASTAIRE AWARDS 2016 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
THE DOUGLAS WATT FAMILY FUND FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS HONORING
Nominations for the 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, which honor outstanding dance and choreography on stage and screen, were announced May 2nd, 2016 at the Friar’s Club by New York Post columnist Michael Riedel. For the first time, the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards have explored recognizing excellence in dance, movement, and choreography off-Broadway. Twenty eligible shows in the non-profit and commercial off-Broadway arenas met the eligibility requirements and were considered.
Iconic Broadcaster Geraldo Rivera Hosted Exclusive 1-Hour Special on Fox News: Beauty and the Beast; When Kate met Chapo
Remember in the movie King Kong when a bystander congratulates the pilots who knocked the giant gorilla from his perch atop the Empire State Building? Overhearing, the promoter who captured Kong shakes his head and utters the movie’s unforgettable line: “No, it was beauty killed the beast.”
Lux Beauty Club & Real Housewives of New York Kickoff Viewing Party

Victoria Flores
Affordable Luxury Hair Extensions expert Victoria Flores of Lux Beauty Club (LBC) hosted a kickoff viewing party, in collaboration with partner Ramona Singer from Real Housewives of New York, at the District CoWork Nomad loft space on Wednesday May 4th, 2016. Guests were invited to try the quality hair extensions and receive a chic hair styling from the LBC experts as well as glamorous makeup from beauty partner Priv. Guests mingled the open loft space while enjoying champagne from Sento Bene and delectable nibbles from Baked by Melissa.