The Culture of Fat Cats, Fast Cars, and the Dreams That Sometimes Go Bust.
We've been watching them lately, those gentlemen in finely wrought suits, whispered dispositions and gaunt expressions careening out of control....
The Bold, The Beautiful and the Tacky.
We've all probably succumbed at one stage of our lives to the nondescript personal ad. Some of us can...
Star Crossed. In Search of Divinity at the Turntable. We can be Heroes.
If one has spent any amount of time in Europe, say Ibiza or Mykonos they will tell you that the fancy of youth and...
The Making of a Star
A recent Friday night had me gallivanting at 'Fontanas' bar on the lower east side in tribute to our...
The Indelible Rise of the Model, Designer, and Fashionista.
They've become ubiquitous lately, the scrawny girls with giraffe like cheekbones, meta-chic cadence and their pronounced lilts. Seen cozening up in the luminous lounges...
Brooklyn Fashion Weekend Oct 3rd-5th, Spring 2008.
Last month's display at BKFW brought together a ballad of grunge, Victorian, preppy auteur, languid hip hop veneer and avande garde sensibilities. There were...
Amy Redford; Inspiring civil discourse; “Guitar,” her directorial debut, a sojourn to mortality,...
I recently caught up with Miss Amy Redford pursuant to her showing of her directorial debut “Guitar,” at the Hamptons film festival (the film’s...
The redemption of Dominick Dunne; After the party. A diatribe on fame, failure and...
What is fame, celebrity? What is it about fame and celebrity that keeps vast amounts of us addicted to it, keenly aware of it...
“How I learned to love Richard Gere.” A diatribe on the allure and burden...
Whilst at the recent ‘Hamptons Film Festival’ this scallywag had the good fortune to sit down and talk with the director of the UK...
The Travails of the Iconic; in Front and Behind the Cinema.
Seeing that 'Scallywag and Vagabond' (SCV) is a start up perhaps it would be appropriate (even though SCV is still trying to come to...
Serge Strosberg; The Dorian Gray Syndrome.
What is in an identity? How does one prevail? How does one negotiate their outward appearance and the gnarling contradictory feelings that come along...
Cultural Disarray; Starring ‘Google,” “Michael Jackson,” and “Paris Hilton.”
Given the recent capitulation of society at large being parlayed in vast banking failures, improbable political imperatives (invading Iran and Russia brought to you...
In Search of a Good Dinner Party
In Search of a Good Dinner Party with Kimberly Belle with Gourmet Chef and Caterer. Listen and Learn as Kimberly fills our bellies with...
Vincient Boitier; French without the Attitude.
According to the irreverent restauranteur Vincent Boitier, the idea of cuisine revolves around familial salutations, the subtlety of ingredients and the engagement of ones...
From Russia with Love
It was during fashion week that SCV caught up with the doyen of ephemeral, lust, gluttony and superlative desire Katya...
