Bill McMenemy, Barbara de Portago, Helene Benhamou

Hurricane Isabel blew Barbara de Portago’s annual autumn Roof Party to Le Cirque — a first for the famous eatery — so the wind wouldn’t mess with the colorful tablecloths and tableware, nor disrupt her guests’ enjoyment of a delightful lasagna déjeuner.

Barbara, who has served this menu alfresco to her friends, once a year, for the past 12 Septembers, greeted guests in the day’s uniform, a red-and-white picnic-plaid apron, then turned them over to the Le Cirque staff—also clad in picnic plaid.

Lasagna-loving guests included Audrey and Martin Gruss, Kassidy and Roger Schagrin, Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, Chappy Morris, Jill and Andrew Roosevelt, Laura and William Zeckendorf, Melva Bucks-baum and Raymond Learsy, Cece Black, Meera Gandhi, Alexander Hitz, and Patricia Duff.

Choose your lasagna!


Chappy Morris, Patricia Duff

Prince Dimitri, VP Creative Director for Assael Int.

Audrey and Martin Gruss

Cynthia and Tony Maltese, Cece Black
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