Cabaret
My brother was deployed over the holidays, so on Christmas morning I woke up to the following snaps: Have you figured out what my gift was? That’s right, tickets to Cabaret […]
Quadrille Ball: Behind the Scenes
Every year, New York society descends on The Pierre hotel for a magical night of dancing, dining, and révérences. Wondering what a révérence is? It’s a French word for bowing and […]
Scandinavian Christmas Ball
You heard all about my crazy GEORGE Winter Bash, so now let me tell you about another black tie event I attended that week that was a little more… refined. […]
ABT Nutcracker YPE
The holiday season just isn’t complete without attending a performance of the Nutcracker. New Yorkers have two main choices this season: New York City Ballet’s “classic” Nutcracker or American Ballet Theatre’s… […]
Holiday Ho Ho Hoedown
The amazing holiday parties continued last week with the Texas Exes Holiday Hoedown. Texas Exes is a social group for alumni of the University of Texas (not a support group […]
GEORGE Winter Bash!
Last week was one of my favorite holiday parties of the year: the GEORGE Winter Bash! GEORGE is a young professional group related to the St. George’s Society of New York, […]
Union Square Holiday Market
Ever since I fell in love with the Union Square Greenmarket and found out that there would soon be a holiday market, I’ve been eagerly counting down the days. Every year, […]
The Breakers
My family has a Thanksgiving tradition that I absolutely love: visiting the Newport Mansions the weekend after the holiday. This year was no different, and we headed over to Rhode Island on […]
Street Art in the DTLA Arts District
As you may recall, I went on a wonderful street art tour in the Shoreditch area of London this past March. I didn’t know much about street art at the […]
Union Square Greenmarket
A few Saturdays ago, I woke up to a perfect fall day. It was too beautiful to stay inside, so I headed down to Union Square Park to visit its […]
American Ballet Theatre Young Patrons Evening
You know by now how much I love dancing, so it should be no surprise that I’m a patron of American Ballet Theatre. Last week we had our semi-annual Young Patrons […]
Village Halloween Parade
Happy Halloween! I hope you all had a fun time this weekend! There’s nothing like riding the Subway on Halloween. Although, because it’s New York, this picture could also have […]
SSMAC Halloween Party
On Saturday my Quadrille friends and I attended a Halloween Party hosted by SSMAC’s Junior Committee. SSMAC is short for Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Coast Guard & Airmen’s Club, which gives support […]
Autumn in Chicago
Fall is my absolute favorite season, and I associate it closely with my childhood. So every time it rolls around I find myself feeling just a little bit homesick, and the […]
Cantigny Park
Last weekend I had a few extra days off of work (thank you Columbus!), so I headed home to Chicago. Nope, that’s not my house! It used to be Robert […]
A Day at the Beverly Hilton
Every now and then, a girl needs a day of pampering, doesn’t she?! To get my fix, I spent this past Saturday at the iconic Beverly Hilton Hotel. I started […]
