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...collect," said Washington's Gwen Cafritz. She meant paintings, since she was a guest, not a hostess, at the Manhattan society opening of 32 landscapes and still lifes by French Artist Bernard Buffet, 36. The gallery was filled with art inexperts. "Buffet paints a variety of styles!" remarked one black tie, eying some Picassos hanging near by. But Peter Duchin's band was playing, the buffets were laden with filet mignon and champagne, and even the upper-case Buffet felt decidedly a la mode. Already 20 of his oils-which he simply dashed off-were sold...
Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. borrowed .the biggest yacht in town-a 40-footer owned by New York Industrialist John Snyder-to throw a dockside luncheon. Junior later showed up at a cocktail buffet given by some Washington buddies who had, at $10 an hour, rented a donkey named Joey to liven things up. The President's Club, a collection of party faithful who have kicked in $1,000 or more to the campaign war chest, gave a beach clambake featuring 3,250 lobsters trucked down from Maine's Casco Bay the night before. While...
...which offers 800 hostesses to entertain customers, or ogle the sights from a 338-ft. observation tower, the symbol of the city's growth. Osaka's myriad restaurants are noted for their epicurean meals-and it is just as well. The new trains from Tokyo carry buffet stalls but no dining car. Reason: the railway claims that its trains go too fast to leave time for full-course dinners...
Though obviously silly, an August vacation was still chic. At St. Tropez alone, Premier Georges Pompidou, Conductor Herbert von Karajan, Artist Bernard Buffet and Author Franchise Sagan were dining and dancing. Brigitte Bardot arrived, then left when she could not find a maid. There were so many of the young, beautiful people from Paris that the town was being called St. Tropez-des-Près. In Antibes, Pablo Picasso good-humoredly cavorted for tourist cameras at the Restaurant Roger...
Secret of this bargain-basement luxury is, first, that all food is served buffet style and its cost is not included in the fare; a passenger may eat and drink as lightly as his budget or digestion permits. Secondly, he pays for his berth in the single-class cabins (with toilet and shower) on a sliding scale of privacy ranging from $10 (one way) in a cabin for four to $40 for a cabin all to oneself...