Bestchester
The rain held off for the event of the year: Westchester Magazine’s 10th annual Best of Westchester party, celebrating the 317 restaurants, shops, services, etc., that were selected as our 2010 winners. Once again, more than 3,000 partygoers attended the event, which was held, as it has been in recent years, at the waterside Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle. Missed it? Too, too bad. But as a consolation: visit our website (westchestermagazine.com) for more photos of the event. Oh, and by the way, while the object of this event is to have fun and sample the best that our county has to offer, it also has a charitable component: a raffle raised $4,000 to benefit the American Cancer Society.
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Jeff Nykos of Katonah, Diane Brasell of Bedford, and Westchester Magazine Publisher Ralph A Martinelli of Ossining |
| Westchester Magazine Account Executive Jill Coronel-Contacessa of Armonk with Westchester Magazine Managing Editor John Bruno Turiano of White Plains |
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Samantha DiSilvestre of the Bronx, “Lady GaGa,” and Westchester Magazine Fact-Checker/Researcher Jonathan Quartuccio of Yonkers |
| X20 Chef Peter Kelly of Blauvelt, New York |
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Leslie Lampert and Café of Love Chef Michael Cutney, both of White Plains |
| Janet Odgis and Michael Murphy, both of Larchmont |
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Brian Trainor, Donna McCloskey, Robin Trainor, and Steve McCloskey, all of White Plains |
| Jim Dibbini and Susan Cacace-Dibbini of Bronxville; 9) Cesar and Colette Calderone of White Plains |
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Cesar and Colette Calderone of White Plains |
Yurman and Yanks for Catch 25
David Yurman, a Bedford resident, and Kim Girardi, an Armonk resident and wife of Yankees manager Joe Girardi, hosted an evening in support of Catch 25 at the David Yurman boutique at The Westchester in White Plains. Wives and girlfriends of New York Yankees players as well as top Yurman clients were treated to cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while viewing—and purchasing—the designer’s newest jewelry, timepieces, eyewear, and fragrances. A portion of the evening’s proceeds benefited Catch 25, a charity founded by Joe Girardi and dedicated to providing educational assistance and support to families and individuals who have been challenged with ALS, Alzheimer’s, cancer, and fertility issues.
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Rebecca Comizio and Anna Loguidice with Kim Girardi of Armonk |
| Amber Sabathia and Leigh Teixeira |
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At the Women’s Enterprise Development Center’s annual Microenterprise Fair held at the Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown:
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Congresswoman Nita Lowey of Harrison, Lisa Caputo, executive VP and chief marketing officer at Citi, of Bronxville, and Anne M. Janiak of White Plains |
| Serena Perlman of Greenwich, Connecticut; Deidre Michael, Alison Kaplan and Amy Song, all of Scarsdale |
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At the American Jewish Committee’s 2010 Dinner Gala held at the Hilton Rye Town:
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Lawrence Otis Graham of Chappaqua and Lauren Thaler of Briarcliff Manor |
| Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gabriela Shalev with Scott Richman of Hawthorne |
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Caren Ellis Fried of Pleasantville with Jill Gottlieb, Tom Kornreich, Caroline Kornreich, and Barbara Kornreich, all of Chappaqua |
| Jan Fabry, Mayor Doug French, and Jim Sullivan, all of Rye, with Lisa McKiernan of Purchase, at a press event for the reopening of a renovated Morgans Fish House in Rye |
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Steve Apkon of Pleasantville, Tony Award-winning Director Julie Taymor of Manhattan, and Art Samberg of Ossining at the Jacob Burns Film Center’s ninth anniversary celebration held at the theater in Pleasantville |
| Greg Berger of Purchase, Leslie and Jeffrey Mendell of Armonk, and Janelle Berger of Purchase at the gala grand opening reception of the renovated Clubhouse at Brynwood Golf & Country Club in Armonk |
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Nick, Corina, John, and Bill Livanos, all of Armonk, at the opening of Moderne Barn restaurant in Armonk
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