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california cool; Hollywood hostess Connie Wald_ is as celebrated for her youthful chic as for her unforgettable parties.
Byline: Susanna Moore
Connie Wald is 91 years old. Her day begins with the sun. Now that it is summer, she swims in the pool every day for an hour or two. She works in the garden, tending the camellias beneath the big California oaks that shade the lawn. She works at her desk. Each week, she puts in her time at the Colleagues, a charity concerned with the welfare of children that runs an elegant thrift shop in Santa Monica stocked with many of its members' clothes. She sees her two lively granddaughters, Julia, fourteen, and twelve-year-old Diane. She has dinner with friends. "I do my parties well in advance," Connie says. "I pick the flowers, prepare the menu, ...
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