At Chelsea’s old McKittrick Hotel, Jay McInerney presides over one of the strangest ‘salons’ we’ve ever witnessed. ‘Bright Lights, Big City’ isn’t dead after all. This past Sunday night, we hesitantly headed out to see what this strange e-vite was … Read More
The next reality game show? This past Monday evening, Manhattan’s Labyrinth Theater Company hosted some serious wattage with its annual “Down and Derby” Celebrity Charades, held in The High Line Ballroom. The speed players, featuring the one-and-only Philip Seymour Hoffman, … Read More
From ‘Fashion’s Night Out’ to Mercedes-Benz’s Fashion Week, a runway primer (with 9/11, aptly, in-between). Now in its third year, Fashion’s Night Out: a city-wide street party for the style set sponsored largely by Vogue, proved that it was more … Read More
The magazine of culture, nightlife and photography will not be ignored. Full disclosure: I was the Manhattan-based glossy’s editor for several years, and it’s a testament to BlackBook that it still exists, let alone, remains relevant in the social-networking cult-chuh. … Read More
…But it’s worth more than a go. Sarah Tuft’s ’110 Stories’ benefit reading commemorates what we lost in 9/11, and the incredible tales of the resilient Big Apple. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the worst tragedy in New … Read More
In memory of two great British artists, one who lived to be 88, the other a very tragic 27. Both marched to their own beats, both were geniuses, of course, of very different kinds. Freud, the grandson of Sigmund, pushed … Read More
Group show at David Zwirner creates helter-shelter Get outta’ the house and into this show. Through August 5th, New York’s David Zwirner is featuring “The House Without the Door” at its 525 & 533 West 19th Street gallery spaces. The … Read More
This Just Inn | Thompson Hotels invites New York’s gay and lesbian couples to come tie the knot, and make a splash, in style With Gov. Cuomo’s conquest this past week, allowing gay and lesbian couples to legally get hitched … Read More
Montreal hosts saucy (but serious–not!) Jean Paul Gaultier retrospective. Another reason to go to lovely and so-civilized Montreal this summer: The Montreal Museum of Art’s just-opened “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk.” Pity … Read More
Room 100 rocks on… We’re just checking in. If you’re new to this bi-weekly blog, brought to you by Thompson Hotels–the subtle-luxury inn collective about to be globe-hopping over the pond to London this Fall, with the new London Belgraves … Read More
NYC’s The Box and Balthazar to Open in London Coming soonish to that city where that wedding thing happened: Brit ex-pat Keith McNally–who has done quite swimmingly for himself in Manhattan (Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, Pullino’s and on) is returning … Read More
The late Alexander (the Great) McQueen, always late, is given the proper sendoff with the Met’s phantasmagoric showcase of his finest fashions, from high art to full-on crazy-time. Love it! Organized by the Met’s Costume Institute, the posthumous retrospective, “Alexander … Read More
DeNiro to chair the ‘mean streets’ of the French Riviera Bust out your best auteur-ial New Wave style: The Cannes Film Festival, now in its 64thyear, hits the Eden Roc shores May 11th, running through May 22nd. Per usual, everyone … Read More
The American Museum of Natural History knocks it out of the rotunda with their new Sauropods exhibit. If you’re an adult, it’s time to go back and recall your gee-wiz innocence. If you have kids, let them have that baptism … Read More
Ralph Lauren’s cars take Paris: go, man, go! Jay Leno, he is not. With inexhaustible supplies of both money and good taste, iconic designer Ralph Lauren has assembled the most attractive collection of classic sports and luxury cars in the … Read More
