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Jean Shafiroff Philanthropist and author Jean Shafiroff hosted her Annual Bastille Day Luncheon for 40 guests on Thursday at Le Cirque Restaurant in New York City to honor the French on their national holiday. Jean Shafiroff With Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia Dawne Marie Grannum With Lee Fryd And Ann Rapp George Gurley During the luncheon, the hostess Jean Shafiroff, wearing a pink and yellow silk Zac Posen dress, toasted the French and then gave a short speech honoring the 86 people who lost their lives to terrorism in Nice on Bastille Day one year ago. She then spoke of the need for our country to unite and avoid fighting with one another during these difficult times. She said our enemies would want to see us fighting with one another so that we would weaken as a nation. Jean then repeated the famous quote, "United we stand, divided we fall", a saying originally attributed to Aesop but then later used by several leaders i...

Jean Shafiroff Victor De Souza With Kevin Roche Michael Gross With Geoffrey Bradfield Philanthropist and author Jean Shafiroff hosted a Bastille Day Luncheon for close friends recently at Le Cirque Restaurant in New York to honor the French national holiday, Bastille Day. This holiday celebrates the unity of the French people after the Storming of the Bastille prison in Paris, France in 1789. Jean Shafiroff, a board member of the French Heritage Society in New York City, spoke passionately against the Paris terror attacks that occurred on November 13, 2015. Moments after her luncheon, there would be another terrorist attack this time in Nice, France. On an annual day of celebration, when French people should feel proud and unified, fear rippled through the country after the tragedy. Lee Fryd With Randi Schatz And Janna Bullock Lucia Hwong Gordon With Ann Rapp And Roy Kean Last year, on Sunday, November 15, 2015, Congressw...

Heather Thomson Those were Aviva Drescher's famous last words on the season finale of " Real Housewives of New York " as she removed her prosthetic leg and chucked it across the table of Le Cirque. And while viewers sat at home in awe, fellow "RHONY" cast member Heather Thomson looked in the other direction and laughed, remembering that Drescher had conceived of this outrageous plan long before it happened. Thomson: "In that situation, you saw a lot of different reactions. You saw shock, you saw laughter, you saw, 'Ugh, I'm not surprised.' It was planned by Aviva. She had planned to do this. Call it her swan song or whatever you want to call it." During her HuffPost Live interview on Wednesday, Thomson recalled how Drescher had told her of her plans to "go after Bravo for a little more money" in exchange for her removing her prosthetic leg. Thomson: "I knew she was going to pull it off. I...

**** NEW YORK CITY'S BEST PICK **** Cole Rumbough Hurry up and make your reservations for May 19th at 7 pm to hear Cole Rumbough and his jazz trio perform at Sirio Maccioni's Le Cirque Cafe at 151 East 58th Street. The 23 year old crooner's "musical charms are a throwback to the good old days of elegance, sophistication, and glamour," according to two-time Tony award winning actress, Christine Ebersole. As Dina Merrill's grandson, Cole knows a thing or two about elegance. "I grew up with music all around me and my grandmother's dinner parties always had Sinatra or Ella Fitzgerald playing in the background, if not a live jazz quartet." Even her party guests included celebrated icons such as Tony Bennett. Now it's Cole's time to continue the tradition and make sure the Great American Songbook thrives. Cole Rumbough has been singing at Le Cirque regularly since October and even made his debut at The Metropolitan Roo...