The making of a ‘Dandy.’
According to the aesthete of yester year- Count Robert Montesquiou, “the mark of a gentleman isn’t necessarily what he say’s but how he says it.” In the same vein one can also argue the mark of a dandy isn’t...
Matt Assante- the man of the moment. At the Gansevoort…
Before you even arrive on the penthouse floor you know just by looking around you something diabolical and wonderful is going to happen. Standing there with an array of starlets, high heeled fashion models and the German rap singer...
Why I’m into ‘Hot Dads.’
So we all know the hoopla that was spawned with MILFs… meaning ‘Moms I’d Like to Fuck.’ Crude as it might be, I am a bigger fan of the Dad component. Call it a DILF if you must, yet...
The wonderful madness behind KNS Design Collective.
In a world of economic downturn and financial misfortune, where do high-minded ideas of art and design fit in? Nicole Nadeau and Kameron Gad, co-creators of the KNS Design Collective, gave us their two cents on the matter over...
Fighting Cystic Fibrosis with Fundraisers, DJ and a Dance Floor.
Saturday night-the damp corners of eleventh avenue hang freshly with rain, shrouded in a veil of gathered industrial buildings and spaciously modern art galleries. Nestled at the baron end of twenty seventh street, crouches Cain Luxe Nightclub, whose sprawling...
“Yeah, I like that.”-Pay It Forward Fashion 2009 at M2.
This Thursday night, rain aside, we made our way to the luxe M2 lounge for the Pay It Forward Fashion 2009 event. Slated to honor forward thinking individuals, designers and brands that think beyond the vernacular and are prone...
A ‘Destination’ worth coming to…
Wednesday night- Destination Bar & Grille, Alphabet City’s newest hot spot, opened on 13th Street and Avenue A. Though the bar officially opened to the public at eight o’clock, friends of the bars owners and members of the media...
Sashaying down the Met.
If you’ve ever wanted to know how to make a dramatic entrance to an exclusive party, just ask fashion and fabric designer Louda. She managed to cause quite the stir when she entered the Egyptian wing of the Metropolitan...
Avoiding the paparazzi and triumph at the Designing Women’s Gala.
The Designing Women’s Gala, a New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT) event, held its 10th annual awards ceremony at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas last night. Though the title may initially suggest a subversive feminist group would be discovered...
Think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so…
Entering Japonais is crossing from the heart of a metropolis irreverently bustling around the clock in Manhattan’s GRAMMERCY Park district into a serendipity of subtle au courant—the restaurant is all mirrors and mood lighting. Downstairs, such lighting gave the...
Hustler get’s cheeky on us…5th year anniversary.
To celebrate five years in New York City, the Hustler Club opened its doors and its taps for three hours on Monday to a crowd where men outnumbered women five-to-one, even when you count the strippers. Not surprising, I...
Old Soul Surfboards and how to ride them…
At the release party for Joe Freeman’s Old Soul Surfboards, Freeman served as a living demonstration of the truth behind the old maxim that if you work hard at what you’re passionate about, success will follow. Seeing how enthusiastic...
Pomp and Circumstance at Cipriani’s – The legends come out.
This Tuesday I took in the goings-on at the annual Friars Foundation Awards Ceremony at Ciprianis 42nd Street. The Friars Foundation is the charitable leg of the famous Friars Club, which was founded in 1904.
The three recipients receiving awards...
Brooklyn International Film Festival Awards Night:How they triumphed.
Rarely considered accordingly, film can be easily considered the crux of artistic expression. Integrating all manner of emotion-piquing writing, music, performance, and visual arts into a fusion of brilliant cinematography, filmmakers are at the cutting edge of artisan enlightenment...
The Hamptons… Almost There, Champagne in the Rain.
This past weekend Georgica was packed with the hottest ‘almost famous models’ thus far in this Hamptons season. They pranced around in the highest heels imaginable holding on to precious magic dust in their designer clutch purses. Oh how...
