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The Art of Appearances and why the City is hooked.
They say one should never judge a book by it’s cover but we're afraid that’s just wishful thinking. The truth is one is judged,...
Hair and Rally. Whatever happened to the idealism?
The line for “Hair” was packed. Just a Sunday afternoon observation. Of course I wasn’t here for the theater show, I was here for...
The Real Reason Why You Watch Gossip Girl.
In case you have not checked out the hyper-sexualized Gossip Girl, (now in its second season) here is some motivation for setting up your...
A Gigolo’s Handbook. Part 1.
Based upon every Thursday night at a Turtle Bay bar, the point of the program was for young, affable men to charm the knickers...
Loitering and Smoking. The past time of dilettantes.
Nonchalance and its sister arrogance are the type of acquired characteristics that can never be feigned. Such qualities of being often take a lifetime...
The Girlfriend Experience finally hits a Nerve.
Everywhere you look these days you could say that America’s values have taken a turn for the worst—something beyond what is occurring in the...
Tia Walker- Observations of a Celebrity Blogger.
According to Tia Walker, girl about town there was a time when admitting you were a blogger, and celebrity blogger at that required quick...
Class with the Countess, lessons in Etiquette.
Manners, etiquette, where do they come from, can they really be learned or is one just born into it? With that in mind we...
The unraveled etiquette of publicists in New York City…
If one spends enough time in New York City one will come to find that one’s eventual ascension in society requires the discreet efforts...
How To Tell If They Are All That, Plus More: A Guide To Assembling...
I had a dream recently in which I was in a relationship.
It was one of those dreams that I have infrequently but that I...
The curious affairs of women who marry for money.
Gold-diggers (women who marry for money and status): they’re much savvier and smarter than they lead on. How hypergamy, the seeking of money and...
The guaranteed etiquette to misery and social climbing for young girls.
So you’ve arrived in the big city from 'who-knows where,' Idaho and you want to meet the people that will plug you into that...
The Curious Affairs of Psychotherapy.
I fired my last therapist because of a poorly-photo shopped advertisement in the back of one of those tawdry, overly glossy gay magazines. By...
Chuck Bass in Colored Lipstick. XOXO. Gossip Girl.
It seems that Chuck’s rainbow is missing a color.
Gossip Girl is part of a vast right-wing conspiracy promoting a uniquely Christian agenda. In this...
Aliens with Cheek Bones: Talking Shop with Model-Manager JJ Cortez
What is beauty? Why is it commercialized? What makes it so important and is it really in the beholder’s eyes? We sat down with...
