University Club

Five Old Paulines gathered on November 29 at the University Club in New York for a pre-Christmas lunch, running the gauntlet of the festive displays in what appears to be the beginning of a fairly optimistic shopping season.  Perhaps we've just jinxed year-end retail sales, but no matter - the Old Paulines are approaching 2013 with positive expectations for family and career moves, back to New York or from New York to London, and for new business and personal ventures.

L to R; Simon Strauss, Julian Weldon, Nick Weir-Williams, Tom Hickey, Mark Allison

Friends of St. Paul's and St. Paul's Girls' will continue to celebrate the season at Paulina Tamora Rush-Kellett's mince pie and Christmas drinks party at her New York City apartment on Wednesday evening December 12th.  RSVP to Tamora at tamora_rush_kellett@hotmail.com

Cornelia Street Cafe

On the evening of Tuesday 16th October a small band of Paulinas and Old Paulines met in the West Village of Manhattan for drinks.  They met at OP Robin Hirsch's Cornelia Street Cafe, a regular haunt for OPs and a lively spot to eat, drink and be entertained.

(from L to R): Simon Strauss, Stephanie Connor and Tamora Rush-Kellett

(from L to R): Richard L Williams, Tamora Rush-Kellett, Simon Strauss and Stephanie Connor
 

(from L to R): Richard L Williams (aka Bush), Stephanie Connor (aka Merkel),  Simon Strauss, Tamora Rush-Kellett and Robin Hirsch (in disguise)
 

GreenMaps

On Tuesday October 16th 2012 a party of 33 boys (ages 16 to 17) and 4 teachers from St Paul's School, London (http://www.stpaulsschool.org.uk), on their Economics and Politics field trip to the USA, were invited to drop into Green-Maps in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Wendy Brawer, founding director of GreenMap.org, graciously agreed at the last minute to host the boys and is seen here conducting a Q+A session, to describe the work of Green-Maps and that of map-makers around the world.  She was also supported by Aaron Reiss who recently graduated from Yale in Environmental and Urban Studies and spent 2 years teaching English in China.

  
Question and answer session touched on many aspects of the interplay between the boys A-Level subject (Economics and Politics) and the green economy, renewable energy, vested interests and global warming.

Sam Schmitt, Economics and Politic master at SPS, listens to the boys debating the pros and cons of green communities and renewable energy.

Wendy Brawer describes a selection of Green-Maps from around the world, that are displayed on the walls of the office.

Green-Maps, a not-for-profit organization, located in an old Catholic school in the East Village of Manhattan, was in sharp contrast to the other visits the boys made on this trip, to the likes of Moody's, Deutsche Bank and the UN.

Richard L Williams, OP stands in the background, and is the connection between SPS and Green-Maps, asked Wendy to step in at the last moment to give the talk to the boys and acted as MC for the event.

Green Map System's location is 220A East 4th Street, between Avenues A & B in Manhattan in NYC's East Village.  

(L to R) Aaron Reiss (program associate), Wendy Brawer (founding director) and Shireen Khan (strategist).  GreenMaps would like to encourage the boys and masters of St Pauls School to become map-makers themselves and keep in touch.

website: www.GreenMap.org
phone: 1 212 674 1631

University Club

On Wednesday October 10th, 2012, seven Old Paulines and Paulinas – some faces new to America or to OP gatherings in North America – gathered for lunch at The University Club in New York to sample the delicious buffet and update each other on goings-on at the School and in their lives since School. 

Present were Paulinas Stephanie Connor, Tamora Rush Kellett, Carol Eccleshare and Janet Lewis Matricciani.  Old Paulines were Simon Strauss, Edwin Pomeroy and Richard L Williams.

 
(L to R) Richard L Williams, Tamora Rush Kellett, Carol Eccleshare, Janet Lewis Matricciani, Simon Strauss, Edwin Pomeroy.  Photography by Stephanie Connor who gallantly evaded zealous members of staff attempting to enforce the Club's "No Photography" rule!


 
The University Club, One West 54th St (NW corner 5th St), NYC, NY 10019

 
The host, Simon Strauss chatting with venerable OP, Edwin Pomeroy