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  • Had some folks over Saturday night, a farewell for a co-worker sacrificed in the latest purge, and it was a rollicking time – although it concluded with the guest of honor playing a few songs from her lovely CD on the piano, which gave the evening a civilized cafe-society sheen you always hope your parties will have.

    Monday Blog Post and the Olympians – The Bleat. 2010

  • His image as a cafe-society photographer to the contrary, Avedon is neither an extravagant man nor a social butterfly.

    Avedon 2008

  • His image as a cafe-society photographer to the contrary, Avedon is neither an extravagant man nor a social butterfly.

    Avedon 2008

  • The hordes descending on the city are a far cry from the wealthy European and American visitors of earlier decades who made it an elite cafe-society playground.

    Venice, Italy, a city truly being "adored to death" 2005

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