Porfirio Rubirosa was known by friends as “Rubi,” with his surname saved for when someone wanted the large pepper mill in a restaurant. “Pass the Rubirosa,” was a tribute to Rubi’s natural endowment—a moniker courtesy of an American lady who had described it as such. (She also gave me a nickname, calling me “Theodorable,” but …
During its tenure from 1929 to 1965, The Stork Club was recognized as one of the most prestigious clubs in the world. A symbol of café society, aristocrats, movie stars, politicos, and showgirls regularly mixed it up in the VIP Cub Room from dusk ‘till dawn.
American society, as recorded in popular history, began in New York with the Astor family at the end of the 19th century. It started under the faux sovereignty of Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, who was known as Mrs. Astor. Society. The word, itself, always implies money, as in financial fortunes—and, therefore, the men who created …
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. To me, he was the best-dressed man in the world, with the possible exception of the flamboyantly attired former King Edward VIII, HRH the Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. I’ve always said that men’s magazines should emulate Prince Philip in their “how a man should dress …
There is an English writer who is going around telling all and sundry that I made a pass at his wife. Now English men are known not to get too excited about such matters, but in this case the man is simply showing off. I can’t for the life of me think what else this …
It was, using Edward De Vere’s words, much ado about nothing. The media didn’t think so, called it “Deflategate,” and one of America’s great sporting heroes, Tom Brady, was pilloried as if he had inflated the beautiful model Giselle Bunchen, his wife, against her wishes. If any of you Quest readers missed it while on …
In the mid-20th century, the Great American Middle Class took its vacation in the first two weeks of July. Not everybody, of course, but that was a popular date. The working man of the house had two weeks off, and July was right in the middle of the year. Growing up in western Massachusetts, as I …