Doomed to be Cliche.
There comes a time in a woman's life, around the quarter century mark, that she has a quarter century crisis. Mine happened about a...
The Celebrated life of a Paparazzo coming to your nearest TV..
So here’s an idea. A reality show about the lives of celebrities. Seen it all before? So have we. Then how about a reality...
Let’s Get Physical. The Girl in the Video is more than meets the Eye.
What's in beauty? What's in vanity, and when is it okay to be the rock star in bed and should one wear make up...
How to Behave like you Know what you are Looking at. Etiquette at the...
"This is how you are supposed to stand," Umberto whispered in my ear as I took a sip of my PBR and stared at...
Vivid dreams and Pandora’s Box.
Redhook, Brooklyn. We’ve been trudging through the sleet for just under an hour, cursing ourselves and wondering if snow flakes will get in the...
Meditations of a Disco beat at Merkato 55; Post Siesta. Part 1.
We here at Scallywag and Vagabond have been inspired, nay, seduced by the candor of slinky femme fatales, exfoliated cheek bones, sashaying disco beats...
This Is What Happens When You Eat Vodka for Breakfast.Merkato 55, part 2.
I never thought I would find backless shirts and eggs benedict in the same room. Of course, that was before I attended Merkato 55’s...
Let’s Go to Chloé and Talk About Plato.
Katharine K. peers into Bobo culture to examine the undercover upperclass and their seamless sense of style.
Start with equal parts Bohemian and Bourgeois. Add...
Tits, Lips and the Life of Glitz: How Perfect Works until it Doesn’t.
A Christmas visit to the Ritz Carlton on the Mexican Riviera doesn't leave a girl much to think about. Surrounded by very big rocks...
Bijoux goes off the Cliff! Revelry in 2009.
If one has ever wondered what’s it like to sustain an evening with bated breath, perky somethings, managed misbehavior and the incredulity that the...
Mercato 55 lights up. New Year’s Revelry. Where’s my Tiara?
There’s an adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but last Wednesday whilst at Mercato 55 we suddenly came to terms...
How to Misplace Friends and Rehash the Past.
Arkady’s New Year’s Eve in Williamsburg.
Speaking of el crème de Bailey’s, Ambien, flasks of whiskey, Daft Punk, and a hornet’s nest, I went to...
Custom made Cigarettes and a Prelude to New Year’s.
We don’t pretend to be divas, but already an hour late for this evenings new year’s eve revelry we’re playing the role that we...
This New Year’s Eve you’ll be smashed. Then again so will we.
As we approach the countdown to the new year we here at Scallywag and Vagabond are watching with giddy delight as the town goes...
So you say you want a Revolution…
As the year comes to a close we here at Scallywag and Vagabond have been wondering about the degree of discord that we’ve all...
