Fund for Park Avenue hosted by Scully & Scully, April 18, 2013
Michael E. Scully, President of Scully & Scully celebrated The Fund for Park Avenue and the 2013 Park Avenue Tulips
Not even a few April showers could dampen the spirits of the crowd that gathered last Thursday evening at Scully & Scully to celebrate the blooming of Park Avenue’s tulips. Each spring Michael Scully, President of Scully & Scully, hosts a reception at his chic Park Avenue shop to coincide with this eagerly anticipated spring ritual. The tulips, along with all of the planting and maintenance that takes place on the Park Avenue malls, is made possible by the annual contributions from the community to The Fund for Park Avenue.
Stepping into Scully & Scully is like being welcomed into the beautifully decorated home of a dear friend. Michael Scully and Fund for Park Avenue President, Barbara McLaughlin, greeted guests as they arrived. Music from Alex Donner Orchestras filled the rooms, home-made hors d’oeuvres were passed by members of the Scully & Scully team, bowls of Eleni’s red tulip cookies were there for the taking and real red tulips were in vases throughout the store. Table settings, combining in unique ways, the wide variety of top-of-the-line luxury gifts and home furnishings available at Scully & Scully were inspired by JB Glass of Glass Men’s Swimwear; Karen Klopp, founder of What2WhereWhere.com; Paola Quadretti, the luxury women’s apparel designer; Tina Sloan, author of “Changing Shoes” and Clay Tompkins of Tompkins Menswear.
The highlight of the evening was a short performance by ten year-old, Sadie Sink, one of the members of the cast of the hit Broadway musical, “Annie.” As Barbara McLaughlin, explained, “Our red tulips caught the eye of the producers of “Annie” and the cast is now proudly supporting The Fund and our work. We’re thrilled to have Sadie bring a little Broadway to Park Avenue!”
Among the 200 guests present for this special treat were: Elaine Arace, Pat & Stephen Attoe, Jennifer & John Argenti, Charles Bergman, Geoffrey Bradfield, Evie Brown, Friederike Biggs, Veve & Peter Brown, Mario Buatta, Sharon Bush, Frances & Bill Bruder, Dayton Carr, Blaine & Robert Caravaggi, Gale & Kendall Chen, Cece Cord, Hilary Dick, Kate & Alex Donner, Diane Dunne, Polly Espy, Jamie Figg, Andrea Fahnestock & George Hambrecht, Maria & Ken Fischel, Anne Ford, Deborah Foord, Mark Gilbertson, Eugenie Niven Goodman, Amy Hoadley, Council Member Dan Garodnick, Martha & John Glass, Eleni & Randall Gianopulos, Tom Gibb, Nina Griscom, Alexandra & Eric Hoyle, Eileen & Robert Judell, Konrad Keesee, Shirley King, Michèle Gerber Klein, Anki Leeds, Jacques Leviant, Nicole & Derek Limbocker, Caroline & Jose Los Arcos, Jack Lynch, Hildegard Mahoney, Annabelle & Alberto Mariaca, Mary Matthews, Martha McLanahan, Kevin McLaughlin, Caroline & Zubin Mehta, Seton Melvin, Robin & Norman Nelson, Eliza Nordeman, Maggie Norris, Bambi Putnam, Carol Prisant, Lindsay Pryor, Norman Rau, Susan & George Relyea, Missie Rennie, Dr. Annette Rickel, Sara & Axel Schupf, Pam & AJ Schwegel, Lisa Selby, Lisa & Bob Semple, Jeanne & Alexander Sloane, Stephanie Stokes, Barbara Tober, Vebjørn Sand, Dee Dee & Robert Scarborough, Ron Wendt, Peter van de Wetering, Michel Witmer and Mikel Witte.
The Fund for Park Avenue relies on contributions from the community to plant, light and maintain the trees and flowers on the Park Avenue Malls from 54th to 86th Streets. Each year over 60,000 tulips bloom along the Park Avenue malls. This year’s variety is Darwin hybrid Oxford. For more information or to make a contribution online, visit http://www.fundforparkavenue.org
Directors, The Fund for ParkAvenue: Ronald D. Spencer, Esq. (Chairman); Mary Davidson; Eugenie Niven Goodman; Derek L. Limbocker; Helena Martinez; George B. Moore; Judith T. Steckler; Margaret M. Ternes; Ron Wendt; Ex Officio – Veronica M. White (Commissioner, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation). President: Barbara McLaughlin; Executive Director: Jo-Ann M. Polise.
Read MoreNot even a few April showers could dampen the spirits of the crowd that gathered last Thursday evening at Scully & Scully to celebrate the blooming of Park Avenue’s tulips. Each spring Michael Scully, President of Scully & Scully, hosts a reception at his chic Park Avenue shop to coincide with this eagerly anticipated spring ritual. The tulips, along with all of the planting and maintenance that takes place on the Park Avenue malls, is made possible by the annual contributions from the community to The Fund for Park Avenue.
Stepping into Scully & Scully is like being welcomed into the beautifully decorated home of a dear friend. Michael Scully and Fund for Park Avenue President, Barbara McLaughlin, greeted guests as they arrived. Music from Alex Donner Orchestras filled the rooms, home-made hors d’oeuvres were passed by members of the Scully & Scully team, bowls of Eleni’s red tulip cookies were there for the taking and real red tulips were in vases throughout the store. Table settings, combining in unique ways, the wide variety of top-of-the-line luxury gifts and home furnishings available at Scully & Scully were inspired by JB Glass of Glass Men’s Swimwear; Karen Klopp, founder of What2WhereWhere.com; Paola Quadretti, the luxury women’s apparel designer; Tina Sloan, author of “Changing Shoes” and Clay Tompkins of Tompkins Menswear.
The highlight of the evening was a short performance by ten year-old, Sadie Sink, one of the members of the cast of the hit Broadway musical, “Annie.” As Barbara McLaughlin, explained, “Our red tulips caught the eye of the producers of “Annie” and the cast is now proudly supporting The Fund and our work. We’re thrilled to have Sadie bring a little Broadway to Park Avenue!”
Among the 200 guests present for this special treat were: Elaine Arace, Pat & Stephen Attoe, Jennifer & John Argenti, Charles Bergman, Geoffrey Bradfield, Evie Brown, Friederike Biggs, Veve & Peter Brown, Mario Buatta, Sharon Bush, Frances & Bill Bruder, Dayton Carr, Blaine & Robert Caravaggi, Gale & Kendall Chen, Cece Cord, Hilary Dick, Kate & Alex Donner, Diane Dunne, Polly Espy, Jamie Figg, Andrea Fahnestock & George Hambrecht, Maria & Ken Fischel, Anne Ford, Deborah Foord, Mark Gilbertson, Eugenie Niven Goodman, Amy Hoadley, Council Member Dan Garodnick, Martha & John Glass, Eleni & Randall Gianopulos, Tom Gibb, Nina Griscom, Alexandra & Eric Hoyle, Eileen & Robert Judell, Konrad Keesee, Shirley King, Michèle Gerber Klein, Anki Leeds, Jacques Leviant, Nicole & Derek Limbocker, Caroline & Jose Los Arcos, Jack Lynch, Hildegard Mahoney, Annabelle & Alberto Mariaca, Mary Matthews, Martha McLanahan, Kevin McLaughlin, Caroline & Zubin Mehta, Seton Melvin, Robin & Norman Nelson, Eliza Nordeman, Maggie Norris, Bambi Putnam, Carol Prisant, Lindsay Pryor, Norman Rau, Susan & George Relyea, Missie Rennie, Dr. Annette Rickel, Sara & Axel Schupf, Pam & AJ Schwegel, Lisa Selby, Lisa & Bob Semple, Jeanne & Alexander Sloane, Stephanie Stokes, Barbara Tober, Vebjørn Sand, Dee Dee & Robert Scarborough, Ron Wendt, Peter van de Wetering, Michel Witmer and Mikel Witte.
The Fund for Park Avenue relies on contributions from the community to plant, light and maintain the trees and flowers on the Park Avenue Malls from 54th to 86th Streets. Each year over 60,000 tulips bloom along the Park Avenue malls. This year’s variety is Darwin hybrid Oxford. For more information or to make a contribution online, visit http://www.fundforparkavenue.org
Directors, The Fund for ParkAvenue: Ronald D. Spencer, Esq. (Chairman); Mary Davidson; Eugenie Niven Goodman; Derek L. Limbocker; Helena Martinez; George B. Moore; Judith T. Steckler; Margaret M. Ternes; Ron Wendt; Ex Officio – Veronica M. White (Commissioner, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation). President: Barbara McLaughlin; Executive Director: Jo-Ann M. Polise.
