Kim Renk, who, like Lilly Pulitzer, also owns a dress and jewelry shop on Worth Avenue, opened the historic Spanish Colonial home she shares with husband Greg Dryer (and their many cats and rabbits) to Capt. Gilbertson mentioned “the many friendships and, yes, relationships that have formed and blossomed between all of those involved along the way.” He asked one favor of the familiar audience, however: “If anyone asks, just tell them I was a very sophisticated 12-year-old when I was asked to found the !”Ĭopyright ©2022 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Ballet dancers Mayara Magri and Jacopo Tissi with Kamie Lightburn and friends of YAGP in Palm Beach. Gilbertson and supporter of the museum.ĭuring his speech, Mr. As far as everyone you saw 10 years ago, they’re still here, and that says a lot,” said Kamie Lightburn, a friend of Mr. We’ve all just gotten a little older, more wrinkles, the smiles are still there. Others observed this well, including one female guest who whispered to her companion, “this party is like Groundhog’s Day,” as a tray of cocktail shrimp passed by. Some things have changed-“we were typing the guest list, and we were making all kinds of mistakes I remember David Koch arriving and his name wasn’t on the list”-and some things have stayed the same. “I was already known to be sociable and I was good at organizing,” he recounted.

Gilbertson tell it, however, he’s just there for the party, and he has been, ever since he moved from Palm Beach, Fla., 30 years ago, and was asked to start the Director’s Council for the Museum.

“Really, we’re all here for Mark, and we can’t forget that, first and foremost,” she said, after they handed her a blue Tiffany box as an honoree gift. Rockefeller graciously deferred attention from herself and toward Mr.

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