HOLIDAY HOUSE Kick Off Party

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On October 22nd, the Holiday House NYC benefit for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation had its kick off party at the Academy Mansion, where the show house takes place every year. It's a nice gathering for the people and companies from all the architecture and interior decor related industries involved, before they start the hard, exhausting work of putting each of the rooms together.

Holiday House will run from November 21st to December 18th, with their Gala Opening on November 20th, which I already covered and will be posting in the near future with a link to this article as well.

Holiday House Co-chair Christopher Hyland with Founder/Chair Iris Dankner  flank Sara Gore.
To see article of Hyland Magazine's awards event, click here

Christopher and Iris look on as Sara Gore pep talks the happy crowd

 Darrin Varden, Vasilis S.,  Caroline Vaughn, and Patrick J. Hamilton, who planned to do a "St Patrick's" room

Patrik Lonn, Sigrid Frie, and Joseph Hakimian

Tori Mellot, Design Editor at Traditional Home magazine, with Flexform CEO David Levy Y.
and Amir Kazerani at each side

Rio Hamilton and Tori

They're supposed to be having fun at a party, not synching smart phones at work!

Andrew Joseph, Kristen McCory, Barbara Viteri

Anne Keating, Bloomingdale Senior VP of
Public Relations with Iris

Rio and John Lyle, firm believers in the beauty of symmetry.
Please click here to see John Lyle's posting of Holiday House

C.J. Dellatore, Carl Lana, and Andrew

Fashion accessories designer Marcia Sherryll with Film and TV producer/writer Eve Krzyzanowski

Heather Harrison Moran, john, and Andrew

Ally Coulter, who got the enviable task of doing the whole top floor of the house, including the stairs leading up to
it, told me she was doing a NFL Man Cave, complete with bar and multiple video screens. Here with Eric Vincent

Andrew and John having a blast

John, Ally, Traditional Home Senior Editor Doris Athineos, and Patrick

Thomas Preti Caterers provided the wonderful refreshments

To see more photos of this event, CLICK HERE