On a recent spring evening, skaters plunged into the wide bowl of Mr. Payne's snake run.

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Some members of the houseboat community on the River Lee enjoy a fire on a chilly spring evening.

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That warm spring evening in New York was a tasting to remember.

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In the meadow's second year, a succession of blooms has already appeared, starting in spring with evening primroses (Oenethera speciosa) and white yarrows (Achillea millefolium) and orange blanketflowers (Gaillardia aristata) blooming now.

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"The collaboration is about having people come in to see beautiful works of art and objects from jewelry to paintings, in particular for the spring seasons kicking off the spring sales next week with our impressionist and modern evening sale and day sale on the 8th and 9th, " says Ms. Kim.

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Downstairs in the Emerald, the lounge hops with a see-and-be-seen crowd who congregate for pre-dinner craft cocktails and small plates (think fish tacos and duck spring rolls), then dancing and mingling in the later evening hours.

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And Julianne Moore, easily one of the best-dressed women of the evening, was supremely elegant in a graphic black and white (another spring 2013 trend) dress from Tom Ford.

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