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NOB HILL... AN ATTITUDE NOT AN ADDRESS.... ............. ........ ...................MAY 2008

Coming In June:

    Spring has sprung and summer is finally here. And it’s all about brides and dad’s this month as NHG Editor Emerita Merla Zellerbach kicks things off with a feature about power dads and daughters.
    On the bride and groom front, Georgia Hesse checks out haute Honeymoon Hideaways. Jennifer Raiser gives rise to top local bakers who create the most elaborate (and delish) wedding cakes. Diane Bourdo examines the state of prenuptial agreements. And, to round out our connubial focus, Dr. Jerry Oremland sweeps us away to an exotic wedding he attended in India. In other good Gazette news: Sandra Swanson delivers the 411 on accessorizing for a fashionable summer.
    Find out the latest about the local boldfaced and beautiful, and those from afar through our columnists George Christy (Celebrity Watch) and Boswell Peeps (New York Live!).
    Keep an eye out for our Doers page, the Real Estate Showcase feature on the finest of elegant living now available on the market, and party pictures of you and your pals at major charity events around the Bay Area. (If you weren't there, you'll surely want to see who was!)
    As always, enjoy juicy tidbits from Steven Oliver's Taste (a round-up of local restaurants) as well as Victor Turks’ Quick Quiz, Ed Schwartz’s Wine Wisdom, Martin Swig’s Wheels, and Seriously, Though by our humorist Asher Rubin. You'll want to read all this, and much, much more.

Ed. Note: Sometimes, usually for space reasons, the stories we expect to run are moved to a later date. So keep watching for them…

SF Ballet’s New Works Festival Dinner As part of a spectacular 75th season finale, SF Ballet invited glitterati to attend its New Works Festival Dinner Opening Night. Guests enjoyed a festive seated dinner in a tented pavilion followed by a performance at the War Memorial Opera House. The works by 10 guest choreographers premiered over three successive nights as part of a two-week festival to close the Ballet’s ‘08 Repertory Season. Photos by Stacy Cahill and Drew Altizer

Laura Albini with Bulgari’s SF manager Daniel Diaz and Danielle Butros	Co-chair Mary Jo Kovacevich with her husband Richard	Co-chair Yurie Pascarella with her husband Carl

Co-chair Ann Fisher with her husband Bob	Kathleen Scutchfield and Ricardo Bustamante	John & Lisa Grotts

Kristen and Marissa Avansino	Susan van Wagner with principal dancer Pascal Molat and Lola DeAvila	OJ Shansby and Carl Pascarella with a partygoer

Fran & Cleo Streets	Holly & Karl Peterson	Décor designer J. Riccardo Benavides of Ideas with Jennie Allen
A.CT. Illuminates The Night Former American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) students Adrian Pasdar, Milo Ventimiglia and Masi Oka, all current stars on the hit TV show Heroes, joined A.C.T. at the theater’s Illuminate the Night, A Spotlight on Our Shining Stars benefit gala at the Four Seasons Hotel. The evening raised over $725,000 to support the theater’s actor training programs. During the evening, A.C.T. honored its Young Conservatory director Craig Slaight for his 20 years of service by announcing the launch of an endowed fund in his name. Photos by Drew Altizer, Aubrie Pick and Vasna Wilson

The stars of TV’s hit show Heroes Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar and Milo Ventimiglia	A.C.T. executive director Heather Kitchen with co-chairs JaMel Perkins, Patti Rueff and Chandra Gordon	Simon Blattner with A.C.T’s artistic director Carey Perloff

Mike & Judy Gaulke	Nancy Livingston with Gene & Mary Metz	Tobah Suttle, Leslie Bires and Caitlin Talbot

A.C.T’s artistic director Carey Perloff with executive director Heather Kitchen and honoree Craig Slaight	Co-chair Chandra Gordon and her husband Leonard and Francie & Patrick Devlin	Patrick Thompson, Ellen Uy andL actor Milo Ventimiglia

Christine Ebersole	Barbara & Danny Maco	Scott Harkonen and Sandy Mandel