Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:31pm 84 degrees
It was a hot, heavy, humid night in New York City. The type of evening where you step outside and instantly become wet ( the unadulterated way). It was not too hot to attend the fund raising event for Champagne Joy.
Champagne Joy is a charming and extremely well connected lady. My first vision of her was during the Holiday House Press Tour. A giant, framed photograph of this woman with fascinating blue hair and colorful makeup donned in a football uniform (pads and all). She was not seated in the image.... au contraire .. . . .she was charging forward as if she had made a touch down. It is a memorable photograph that jet-set designer Ally Coulter displayed in her room at the Breast Cancer Foundation Showhouse in 2013.
Champagne Joy has stage 4 Cancer. She is the star of her own TV show called "CancerLand". Her quest is no different than yours or mine - she wants an extensive good life mixed with lots of laughs. She wants unconditional love of family and friends. And, she wants to be cancer-free.
Her fund raising event at hot spot No.8 - was a chic and sophisticated mix of who's who in design, fashion and entertainment. I spied Oscar winning actress Mira Sorvino, Holiday House Maven Iris Dankner, Interior Designer Gregory Allan Cramer, handsome actor Nick Loeb (ex of Sophia Vergara), socialites Jason Bigg and Anne Tack - and that was just upstairs.
Moet provided the delicious Sparkling Rose and tray pass nibbles were abundant. The crowd of 270+ enjoyed the jazzy tunes of a live band.
There was a silent auction and live public auction. But more importantly there was a wonderful energy in the room. That sparkling energy is called Champagne Joy. Get ready to listen to her own words . . ..
And then it got worse. More bad news after the PET Scan. Another crackly cell to cell call from the oncologist - while I’m again at a loud restaurant - to say the cancer is spreading - treatment is failing - I’m losing the battle. My mind races. My stomach drops. The panic tries to take me before even the cancer can. Every thought is a killer. I can’t get the replay audio out of my head - my dying friend yesterday asking me if I’ve thought of exactly where I want to be when I die and the sound of my crying mother exclaiming, “I refuse to believe this is the end!”. I try to get the Yoga meditation thing to kick in. I can hear my Master, Chrissy’s voice on a loop, “I’m breathing in. I’m breathing out” but she’s got competition today and now I am looking for the bottle of Valium instead. No one can drown out Grace’s angry and devastated plea to God to save her daughter.
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| Champagne Joy on the way to her Fundraiser . . . |
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| Attorney, Phillip Russell and Champagne ( she is such a good sport ) |
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| Anne Tack and Champagne Joy |
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| upstairs and the silent auction .. . . |
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| Hello Mira . . . |
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| Interior Designers, Gregory Allan Cramer and Deborah Martin |
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| Deborah -Greg and Lora Wiley show off some of the silent auction goodies |
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cast of #CancerLand Jason Binn (of DuJour Mag and host of party) - Actress Mira Sorvino
- Champagne Joy & Nick Loeb |
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| Cast of #CancerLand |
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Jason Binn and Mira Sorvino introduce the live auction . . . .
one of the auctioned items was the use of a Paris Penthouse for 1 week. magnifique |
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| Oh no, please look this way Mira Sorvino and Iris Dankner . . . |
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| fashion designer Leila . . . . |
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| magnificent Michele Becchio |
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| Blogger - Social man about town Miguel Dominguez waits for his cocktail at the bar |
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| Champagne and Iris deep in conversation |
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| Gerard Ferrell standing with Champagne |
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| Mira's husband, Actor Backus and Sopranos star Frederico Collucio |
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| bidding begins at the live auction . . . . |
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| secrets .. . . . |
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| secrets . . . . |
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| Michael Hall - husband, confidant . . . just a cool guy . . . . |
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| Fran Baxter receives a nice hug from Champagne Joy's husband Michael |
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| huge crowd downstairs as the live auction begins . . . |
#cancerland #event #citylife #love #champagnejoy
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