The Gossip Column: November 11, 2022
All the applause and shouting you’ll hear from the BILLIE JEAN KING TENNIS CENTER in Flushing Meadows, New York, home of the US OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS, is not for RAFA or SERENA. It will be more for DUKE and DUCHESS when the WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB holds its 147th annual dog show there in early May. The announcement about the 2023 show was a long time coming and patiently awaited by the fancy. It brings the storied and famous dog show back to New York City. Not Manhattan, but as close as you can get. For those unfamiliar with the location, it’s a stone’s throw from LaGuardia Airport. A short cab, Uber or train ride from Manhattan, it really affords you everything — hotels, parking and ample space for the dog shows. There is no question that New York is a dog-loving city, and they miss the dog show. The club realizes its responsibility to promote purebred dogs and to get back to where the action is. No one questions the physical beauty of LYNDHURST, but how many years in a row can luck and the rain hold out? No one wants a wet and soggy dog show, especially the one you have waited for all year long. I don't think it’s a secret that the club would like the show to be back in Manhattan, but it takes time to fit into schedules made years in advance. But this coming show keeps the unbroken record of the second longest-running sporting event in the United States, second only to the Kentucky Derby. You can’t create that kind of tradition; it’s earned over the decades. ...
Sailing off to Montenegro, Croatia and Greece, EV GREGORY & DAVID HADDOCK will end their Mediterranean holiday with a week in Tuscany. ...
ROZ & ANDREW KRAMER just returned from a quick trip to Ireland. Don’t be surprised if some Irish themes show up in ROZ’S BEE & HOUND fabric designs, a great place to buy Christmas gifts for your doggy friends. ...
Celebrating Birthdays … the ageless national treasure PETER GREEN, CHRIS MANELOPOULOS, DAVID ALEXANDER, JENNIFER MILLER FARIAS, ESTEBAN FARIAS, MISSY GALLOWAY, JOAN ZIELINSKI, LINDA CLARK, BOB EKLE, JERRY KLEIN, AGNES BUCHWALD, ADRIAN ROCHA, ERNESTO LARA, REBECCA HEIMANN, LINDA NOLL, LAURIE CAMPBELL, DANIEL MEHLI, KATHY BILICICH GARCIA, JULIE JONES, HAL BIERMANN, PAULA MURRAY, THERESA LYONS, ABBE SHAW, SYDNEY GOOD, JASON HOKE, ALISA ANDRAS, PAM OXENBERG, JOHN MCCARTHY, PAM SAGE, SALLY SASSER, DEBBIE SCOTT, MELISSA PILLOW, CHRIS WORNALL, BOBBI DAVIS, RON JARAMILLO, MELISSA TURNER, LORAINE BOUTWELL, KARIN ASHE, CAROL TOBIN MURRAY, LINDA WILSON and JIM HALL.