(New York, NY) (March 14, 2011) On Saturday March
12th, New York Times Bestselling Author and attorney
Mark W. Smith and managing partner of Smith Valliere
PLLC Tim Valliere hosted their annual toast to The
Humane Society of New York and celebrate his move
from his Madison Avenue office to Rockefeller
Center, at Pacha NYC.
Guests CBS anchor Rebecca Jarvis, CeCe
Cord, Elaine Sargent,
Gregg Zimmer, Wendy Diamond and Dr.
Robert Grant celebrated the cause with their
cuddly pets and watched a special performance by
Broadway darling Rachelle Rak who is
currently in Jack O’Brien’s production of “Catch Me
If You Can”. She wowed the crowd in a very sexy
nylon bodysuit singing her new single “Sas” as they
dined on
hors d’oeuvres by Elegant Affairs.
The 300 New York City tastemakers including Dr.
Laura Torrado, Cassandra Seidenfeld,
Michele Gerber Klein, Cindy Guyer,
Jeffrey Richards and Katie Davis were
treated to gift bags full of fun treats like
Pureology hair products, New York Yoga gift
certificates, Gotham Magazine, Bare Body Collections
as well as Canine Caviar of Manhattan treat who
sponsored the event. Also, new to the event this
year was The Digital PhotoBooth – an elegant update
to the traditional photo booth. Party guests posed
in front of The Booth, and were given their own
4”x6” picture as the party favor.