JAN: Surprised old friend Vera Wang on her induction to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame at the U.S. championships in Cleveland. I was invited by IWFS friend Barbie Holland, President of the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Joined Vera’s family in meeting almost all the skating stars I’ve come to know on TV, including Scott Hamilton, Paul Wiley, Nancy Kerrigan, & Dick Button.
JAN: My Cornell professor and now friend for 40 years Joe Thomas & his wife Marney caught the Met performance of Orfeo ed Euridice with me. We then joined Mom at Blue Hill at Stone Barns on the Rockefeller Estate for a stimulating and spectacular 7 course tasting dinner helping me acknowledge - reluctantly - my big birthday.
MAY: Celebrated my godmother Aileen Pei’s 97th birthday in NYC at the magnificent Park Avenue apartment of her nephew Hamburg & Miranda Tang with her daughter Patty, my Mom, and many other friends. A chamber music quintet performed a special concert in Auntie Aileen’s honor.
SEP: Mom & I joined I.M. Pei and many other friends and relatives lavishly celebrating Juliana Koo’s 104th birthday at NYC’s Hotel Pierre, hosted by daughters Shirley and Gene Young, and son-in-law Oscar Tang. We joined Auntie Juliana dancing to the 1940s music of Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks.
AUG: Don Gorman met his balloon effigy on his birthday. Lisal prepared a delectable dinner for family & friends.
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