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Madison Avenue and 60th Street

Posted on November 19, 2007 by admin
Shoppers and fashionable people travel the route between Barneys and Bergdorf's on a November afternoon.Leather accessories in beautiful fall colors.Three young women exchange a taxi.Schoolgirls - one with trench coat and cell phone.Woolen shorts.Traveling in...
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Keens

Posted on November 12, 2007 by admin
Burger blowhards are everywhere these days. Just as every Ray's Pizza calls itself "the original," every place that can scoop together a handful of ground meat and throw it on a grill likes to call...
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Young Lions Dance Party

Posted on November 7, 2007 by admin
And now for something completely different: party pictures. The crowd at the New York Public Library's Young Lions benefit last night was not just young but glamorous. F. Scott Fitzgerald would have approved.Red lips.An elegant...
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Allen & Delancey

Posted on November 2, 2007 by admin
CLOSED A friend, let's call him Twann, has a brilliant phrase I wish I could use more often. It is: N.F.P.™ n. A recently discovered restaurant or bar deemed to be one's New Favorite Place....
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Central Park in Fall

Posted on October 31, 2007 by admin
With a focus on the colors of the moment, black and orange.
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Bar Marmont

Posted on October 30, 2007 by admin
One last dispatch from LA.Something momentous has happened in Hollywood, though many there don't even realize just how big a deal it is. One of the chefs from the Spotted Pig, Carolynn Spence, who trained...
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Anorexics Make Great Party Planners

Posted on October 25, 2007 by admin
Possibly one of my favorite Page Six items ever appeared today, a report on the Style.com book party for Candy Pratts Price. It reminded me of a sticker I saw in a cab last night,...
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Robertson Boulevard

Posted on October 22, 2007 by admin
Robertson Boulevard is one of the few places in LA where you are guaranteed to see people walking down the street. Call it the Kitson-Ivy circuit.Outside the Ivy.Men are wearing jeans that look like women's,...
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The Milky Way

Posted on October 19, 2007 by admin
It's the height of lunch hour at the Milky Way, a kosher dairy restaurant in Los Angeles, and the proprietress is making the rounds, stopping at tables to greet the diners. It would be like...
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Malibu Country Mart

Posted on October 18, 2007 by admin
You guessed it - back to LA.If you find yourself landing at LAX with an afternoon to kill, it's an easy trip up to Malibu, more specifically the Malibu Country Mart, just off the Pacific...
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German Jazz Guitarist Pasta

Posted on October 17, 2007 by admin
Reading Mark Bittman's article about pasta in the Times today, I couldn't help but be reminded of a German jazz guitarist I knew years ago. This was no ordinary German jazz guitarist, but a half...
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Resto

Posted on October 17, 2007 by admin
What happens when Frank Bruni leaves the building? Can a restaurant keep its standards high after a positive review, or do they just keep on gettin' through the gettin' through? Bruni knighted Resto a "terrific...
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Endless Summer on Astor Place

Posted on October 8, 2007 by admin
If, like most of us, you have no clue what to wear on an 85-degree October day, take to the streets for some ideas. Women are stubbornly breaking out their boots, even pairing them with...
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North Fork Table & Inn

Posted on September 28, 2007 by admin
Most New Yorkers wouldn't think of fall as the season to go "out East," which is exactly why it's a great time to go. A tour of Long Island wine country during harvest time will...
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Ode To a White Anchovy Sandwich

Posted on September 25, 2007 by admin
For the Marinated White Anchovy Sandwich from ‘Wichcraft, Bryant Park Tent, Fashion Week O sandwich, no one cares for you here. The briny flesh of silver-backed fish, The gentle goodness of a soft-cooked egg, The...
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