Ritzy

This week my dear friends Auna Jornayvaz and Karen Quinn hosted a party for HEDGE FUND WIVES at the Ritz in Denver, Colorado along with their friend Monica Owens (imagine a young Nicole Kidman). The event was marvelous--Bill Owens, the former govenor of Colorado, came--and we raised money for Dress for Success. Afterwards, Karen, Auna, Karen's friend Kathleen, and I had dinner at Elways, the restaurant in the hotel. (See above pic.)

Book Party

On Thursday night La Perla threw my book launch party for Hedge Fund Wives at their beautiful boutique on Madison Avenue. I wore a La Perla taffeta pouf dress that reminded me of the sort of dress I would have worn to my high school prom if I'd actually gone. Oh well, better late than never...and I'm pretty sure that in high school I wouldn't have had such a hot date.

The night was a lot fun. So many of my good friends came out to celebrate, we sold out of books, and I actually managed to enjoy myself this time around instead of worrying about who was there and who wasn't. Next week I'm headed to Denver for a party hosted by my dear friends Karen Quinn (author of The Ivy Chronicles, Wife in the Fast Lane and Holly Would Dream) and Auna Jornayvaz. I can't wait!

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Happy Mothers Day

My life is blessed in many ways, but here are the two most important. Wishing all the moms out there a wonderful day of tribute filled with flowers, chocolate, hugs and kisses.

Just had to share

So, a couple days ago, Hedge Fund Wives, officially hit bookshelves nationwide. This is always a thrilling but nerve-wracking time. I'm excited about the book finally being available to the public, but also nervous about how it will be received. The way I deal with publication stress is by throwing myself into my next project. But earlier this week I took some time off from writing my third book to attend the "hat" party benefiting the Central Park Conservancy as a guest of my new friend from Los Angeles, the beautiful boutique owner Rochelle Gores. The luncheon, which raised an impressive two million dollars, was something to behold and the Southerner in me felt quite at home amongst all the hats and Easter-egg colored luncheon suits. Plus, I had wonderful tablemates, and miraculously, the weather held up.

What a Hedge Fund Wife Look Likes These Days

Happy May!

Only three days until the official launch of Hedge Fund Wives. Today the Financial Times published an article I wrote about what I'm wearing for my book-related festivities and meetings, and how hedge fund wives are dressing in general. I've copied the first few paragraphs below, but you can click here to read the whole piece.

The New Modesty: it’s the hottest thing – at least among a
certain high-end, formerly bling-happy social demographic. Forget designer
togs and megawatt jewels; these days, dressing for the downturn is all about
recession-appropriate (read understated) clothes and accessories.

Trouble is, when you’re the author of a book called Hedge Fund Wives – even one about hedge fund wives during the onset of an economic recession – people have certain expectations of how you are going to look. And this has made figuring out the right wardrobe for my upcoming book tour, related meetings and press appointments awfully complicated.

Not that I myself am a hedge fund wife. I am an energy consultant’s wife. But when you write a book about the world’s super-rich, people don’t expect you to turn up in well-worn jeans and Gap T-shirts – though that is, in fact, my writing uniform. What’s more, if what I’m peddling is my insider’s knowledge – what one HBO executive referenced as my book’s “authenticity” – there is a certain advantage to looking the part.

The question is: what does a hedge fund wife look like nowadays?