[Photos by NICK HUNT for PMc]
Guests went wild last night in Central Park as the Wildlife Conservation Society celebrated their 2009 Gala. The event, which marked the opening of the park's new Allison Maher Stern Snow Leopard Exhibit, had guests mingling (at a safe distance) with these fearsome beauties, whose population has dwindled to just a few thousand, thus classifying them as critically endangered. Friends and supporters of the wildlife conservation effort included Carl Bernstein, Adrienne Vittadini, Gillian Miniter, and Muffie Potter Aston.
Vassili Verrecchia Shows Off His Favorite Things In His Paris Home
While his brother, Timothee, runs the NYC office, Vassili takes on the Paris-based side of things. To gain some insight to what inspires such a creative and entrepreneurial spirit, we asked Vass to show off some of his favorite worldly and sentimental possessions in his Paris home. See where Vass's travels have taken him...




















June 12, 2009
12:55am
awesome party! CHEERS!
anonymous
June 12, 2009
1:18pm
Always an amazing event!
partypants
June 12, 2009
4:52pm
If nobody got drunk and frolicked in the polar bear pool then it wasn't a good party.
SNOBBIEST
June 12, 2009
6:22pm
this used to be a great party. it was horribly under attended this year.