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Legends of the Village Annual Benefit Gets Down.

The Village is one of the most celebrated neighborhoods in the city, enjoying many distinctions not least of which include its nonconformist attitude to...

Bloomberg’s a Billionaire but what about NY?

Special feature by Clayton Patterson. This is a question I ask in my  movie "Captured." NYC used to be the cultural capital of the western...

The Halloween Debacle and how you fell for it.

If you were anybody you were kicking it at the most exclusive party. Where that party was only you know (and us of course). ...

The Emasculation of the American Male.

There’s a theory that goes something like this ‘that a real man is a man who does all the fucking and asserts his will...

Don’t Ask, don’t Tell. A sensational nightmare.

There is a perverse logic that sends willing able men to a foreign country in order to stand in harm's way but declines to...

JANE HOTEL – A VICTIM OF BEING TOO COOL?

What is happening to our lounges these days in New York?  Let’s get away from the Las Vegas, Dubai or Monaco/Southern Euro Trash feeling...

“Can’t buy love and other Myths that make your World go round.”

“All you need is love.” – The Beatles. Throughout the course of your life, the pursuit of love has in one way or another...

Uptown vs Downtown. Does it even matter anymore?

For anyone who has spent an inordinate amount of time in New York City, the unspoken rule is obvious: uptown is that way and...

The 7 affable habits of a Gentleman.

The dandy and maverick  Marchel Duchamp once said “one is often obliged in life to either create art or look like art but in...

GOOD GIRLS GO TO HEAVEN; BAD GIRLS GO EVERYWHERE.

In school, the good girls always made first place, but it’s what happened after school that I always found intriguing… Just recalling the neatly primped...

Sleazy in Korea Town.

Picture this: the steam, the hustle and the slanty eyes. Chanel stockings, Johnny Walker ice cubes and the fake designer handbags. Keep walking faster...

Cyber Space Classified – Deadly As Cocaine.

It must be expected that complex machines require at least a minimal amount of time to enable human comprehension; and for computers, we assume...

Exposing the Myths between Recreational Drugs vs. Pharmaceuticals.

Drugs are a ubiquitous facet of American society, appearing in shocking poignancy in the annals of the smallest towns, and conspicuously representing class and...

A Good Girl’s Checklist for a Man…

There comes a time when going out and coming home at 4 am to the apartment paid for by your father just does not...

A ride on the wild side- Fashion Island.

Nostradamus predicted that in the year 2010 Fashion Island will become one of the most predominately ‘chic’ shopping centers in all of America. It...