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See It Now by Sharon King Hoge – BHS Monthly Newsletter

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Table Settings Avant Garde

Supper with spectacular Susans. May 22, 2023  Sharon King Hoge The unexpected was expected when over-the-top designer Machine Dazzle was invited to concoct costumes for an Opera Lafayette performance of an 18th-century Baroque opera-ballet about three disguised gods scheming to woo the … Continue reading

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Inside TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair

TEFAF is open at the Park Avenue Armory through Tuesday, May 16. May 12, 2023 In Cottages & Gardens Sharon King Hoge The annual elegant “pop up museum,” TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair, is running through Tuesday at the landmark … Continue reading

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The American Friends of Versailles Tour the Lakes of North Italy

New York Social Diaries, JANUARY 10, 2023 By Sharon King Hoge Aristocratic villas, sumptuous gardens, and historic sites surrounding picturesque northern Italian Lakes Garda, Iseo, Como, Orto, and Maggiore were autumn destinations on the annual tour of the American Friends of Versailles. … Continue reading

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Art Basel Miami 2022

In preparation for Art Basel Miami, take a look back at last year’s creativity. October 26, 2022  Sharon King Hoge in Cottages and Gardens Magazine Photograph by Sharon King Hoge Whether you’re a collector, designer, shopper, or merely admirer, there’s … Continue reading

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Industrial Revolution England

Download Article What the Dickens ever possessed me, you might ask, to take a vacation in northwest England, home of the Industrial Revolution!!??  But the once grimy, smoke-filled “Bleak House” cities of Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool are in the midst … Continue reading

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DON’T LOOK UP — Handbags at the 40th Annual Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon

BEAUTY• BY: SHARON HOGE There’s no question hats take top billing at the annual Conservancy Luncheon, but handbags also weigh in as fashion accessories. Our snapshots caught basic (sometimes embellished) beige and black Birkins, classic Chanel clutches, bedecked baskets, designer classics, treasured … Continue reading

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Imperial Hotel Wien

Download article Imperial Hotel Wien Hotel Imperial Vienna Many hotels fancy themselves as “Grand” and “Royal,” but in the case of Vienna’s Hotel Imperial  the description can be taken literally.  Custom built in 1863 as Palais Württenberg, it was designed and … Continue reading

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Treehouse Resort

Story and photos by Sharon King Hoge Additional photos courtesy Treehouse Resort Download article I’m checked into a duplex with balconies opening off both the living room and bedroom. Red velvet curtains frame floor length windows which overlook the surrounding … Continue reading

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New York Social Diary

The American Friends of Versailles travelers at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna PART ONE JANUARY 16, 2022 PART TWO JANUARY 19, 2022

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Gathering in the Arabian desert for the Hegra Conference of Nobel Laureates

FEBRUARY 24, 2020 TRAVEL• BY: SHARON HOGE Even in 1001 Arabian Nights, it’s unlikely Scheherazade could have invented a scenario as marvelous as the Hegra Conference of Nobel Laureates. Once upon a time in January 2020, 19 winners of Nobel Prizes, Saudi nobles, … Continue reading

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New York Social Diaries Articles

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MICE Minsk

GT Global Traveler A PRISTINE CITY OF BROAD boulevards where monumental government buildings intermingle with charming restored shops and churches. An urban landscape where welcoming residents stroll along meandering river banks, pausing at picturesque bars and cafés for borscht and … Continue reading

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Advantages of Traveling  

Leaving the comforts of home can be good for body and mind by Sharon King Hoge, AARP, December 3, 2018  Sharon King Hoge leans on “the navel of the earth” at Delphi, Greece. It’s one thing for teenagers and college kids … Continue reading

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Celebrating arts, culture, letters and scholarship

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Peak foliage in Central Park. 2:00 PM. Photo: JH. Wednesday, November 7, 2018. A very rainy Tuesday in New York with temperatures in the high 50s, low 60s. Election Day all over America. This past Monday night … Continue reading

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