They are known to the world on a double first name basis: Ben and Sally. Before Bennifer, before Brangelina, they took one look at each other and it was Kismet. He was barrel-chested and gravelyvoiced ...

When Erica Jong first published her best-selling book, Fear of Flying, over 30 years ago, it was clear she was not afraid to speak her mind. After a string of successful novels and memoirs, Jong ...

“It gets better every year,” Meridian Ball hosts Walter and Didi Cutler jointly exclaimed as they welcomed over 600 guests to the 37th Annual Meridian ball on October 2. Thirty embassies hosted seated ...

THE EVENT: A 100th anniversary gala to celebrate Charles Lang Freer's generous gift of his collection of Asian and American art to the Smithsonian.

ENERGY AND THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Because of the way we have modernized our society and economic infrastructure internationally in the last two to three decades, we have created some very serious ...

World renowned fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg gave a lively lecture at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in cooperation with the Embassy of Belgium on January 24. The Belgian-born designer revealed ...

How would you feel, as a handsome young male, if you were stripped naked in front of 100 people, dunked in rapidly cooling water, not once but three times, then bundled into an embroidered dress? This ...

Throughout the course of history, collectors, merchants, kings, queens, sultans and maharajas have been dazzled and intrigued by precious gems. The late master jeweler, Harry Winston, known in the ...

This holiday season Santa is checking his list twice for those who have been naughty, and for others who have been nice. At WL, we’ve been checking a little list of our own—our Social List that is, ...

It was another successful racing season in Saratoga for the folks from Middleburg. Carol Holden, who owns Sporting Life Stables with Sam Huff, our town's most famous Pro Football Hall of Famer, had ...

On a recent night filled with power, politics and posing, it was a surprise piano duet by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and composer Marvin Hamlisch that had the "Brides of Hope" night buzzing.