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I 've just returned from two diametrically different trips. New Year's Eve was the stunning wedding of Ceron and Todd Fiscus in snowy New York, absolutely resplendent and personal at the same time. With the wedding party and guests ensconced in the Hotel Carlyle, there was no perceptible end to the four days of festivities. It was 18-hours-a-day rollicking. Read it detail by detail in the March issue. January began with what has become my favorite trip of the year: Design Weekend at the posh-in-a-WASPy-non-posh-way Lyford Cay Club in the Bahamas. Truly extraordinary, the weekend was dreamed up by Chesie Breen (this is the second year), where just under 200 personages from the world of design gather for three days of extraordinary house peeping and design lectures, cocktails and dinners, post-prandial cocktails and post-post- prandial cocktails. What's important is who Chesie entices to this lush idyll. This year, it was Miles Redd, Bruce Weber, Alex Papachristidis, Nina Campbell, House Beautiful's Newell Turner, Tom Scheerer, David Kleinberg, Hutton Wilkinson, Mary McDonald and The Peak of Chic's Jennifer Boles. Our Houston entourage consisted of Ann Wolf, Sara Dodd, Randy Powers and Greg Fourticq Jr., as well as Rand and Lindsay Holstead, who have a stunning Miles-Redd-designed home in Lyford. Read every divine detail in the March Home + Art issue. Until then, I am persona non imbiba. Holly Moore Editor in Chief holly@papercitymag.com in this ISSUE FEBRUARY 2014 | STYLE | FASHION | SOCIAL 4 , 6 , 8 , P O P. C U LT U R E . G O S S I P. Holly Moore SIMON GENTRY FULTON DAVENPORT O kay, so I missed the writing deadline for my January publisher letter, but it wasn't because I was out buying gifts! I was a bit busy — nay, overwhelmed — the last two months of the year. At the magazine, I was crafting policy for 2014, overseeing the evolution of our digital initiatives along with Kate, Max and Jackie, signing off on 2014 proposals and generally closing 2013. Personally … Oy, where to begin? I softly launched my marketing strategies and tactics consultancy (to coexist with the photo-perfecting and prepress company I softly launched last year — see flyingpixelgroup.com); I studied for, trained for and earned my airline transport pilot certificate (the "PhD" of flying); I helped Zuzana segue from being a bridal-gown importing/marketing executive to launching her personal training and healthy lifestyle business (holy crap, former-communist-bloc pro athletes are tough — I thought I was in good shape until she dragged me around the gym); and, finally, Zuzana and I bought our perfect mid-century home. (We moved in a week before Christmas — don't ever try to move during the holidays!) During my post-college two- month backpacking tour of Europe, I met Peter Harwich, who was doing the same tour in his post-Columbia University phase. Peter was big on legalizing drugs and setting up anti- drug counseling with the windfall taxes. Pipe dream, I thought. Now, 25 years later, it's reality in Colorado. I won't be making any pot-vacation trips out there any time soon, but, man, when I think about the social changes this country has gone through in the past few years, I am still in shock. (Gay marriage in Utah!?) Progress, march on … Snap! Our reader survey is in, and we have indeed proved our superior readership. See the details on page 6 — and happy new year! Jim Kastleman Publisher jim@papercitymag.com 14 11 20 12 10 22 30 33 38 45 47 50 51 52 Jim Kastleman It's hard to believe that 30 years ago, David Yurman's iconic cable bracelet was born. The simple double-helix bracelet with gemstones on either end inspired not only a coveted Cable Collection of jewels but was very much the catapult of the David Yurman brand, which had launched four years earlier in 1980. In celebration, designer Yurman, his wife Sybil and David Yurman's chief design director, their son Evan, have created a special Cable Celebration Collection. The exciting assortment includes 10 rainbow-colored aluminum cable bracelets; three dazzling all-over diamond designs of white, cognac and black diamonds; and four bracelets crafted entirely of precious metals. From $350, at the David Yurman boutique, davidyurman.com. Kate Stukenberg H ermès teams again with Texas artist Kermit Oliver to decadently execute Southwestern themes. This time, the focus is on the Texas flora and fauna preserved by the Cesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. Oliver created an exquisite prairie scene for the 90-centimeter scarf, which is available in four colorways (red, pink, blue and black) and rendered in Hermès' storied silk twill. Houston and Dallas boutiques stock the scarf exclusively for six months, with a February 12 launch at Hermès in Houston, featuring a PA by Oliver himself. Ten percent of scarf sales benefit the Cesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute — its namesake preservationist, a member of the King Ranch dynasty. $410, at the Hermès boutique. Seth Vaughan Wedding: Time traveling with Sunday Riley and Bruce Eames Wedding: Durango nuptials of Meredith McCarty Riddle and Patrick Brian Chastang Wedding: Cherokee blessings for Laramy Elick and Jon Rafpor Bride's Blue Book: All you need for the big day Wedding Style: Bridal buzz Style: The casa of jewelry designer Patricia Peckinpaugh Griffith Decoration: What's new in the design world Party: Festari for Men's Una Notte in Italia Fashion: Color us spring Party: Orange Show Gala Party: Merriment at Past Era Antique Jewelry, David Yurman, Queen of Heirs Antique and Estate Jewelry, Valobra Jewelry, and Zadok Jewelers Party: The blockbuster Chanel Métiers d'Art Party: Tenenbaum & Co.'s Noël Bleu holiday affair Pick of the New: Fresh spots to gaze and graze JENNY ANTILL Flora & Fauna à la Française Celebrates 30 The Cable Guy PaperCity WEDDINGS Tom Ford