Mother and Child Celebration

THE PARTY Beach hosted a celebration of Claiborne Swanson Frank’s new book, Mother and Child, at The Seville lounge in The James Hotel. THE SCENE Co-sponsors Assouline, Winston Flowers and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices honored the photography book in The Seville’s intimate, vintage setting. Guests including Veronica Swanson Beard, Brent Neale Winston and Maya Haile sampled cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. THE HIGHLIGHTS In a charming gesture, Alex Assouline gifted each guest a pink peony as an early Mother's Day gift from his family. –Anna Grazulis

Photos by Kenny Chen