A Night out at the Museum of Natural History: When the Socialites Come Alive.
It was a dark and stormy Thursday evening. Scampering in my black patent stilettos, I dashed from my cab and took shelter in the Museum of Natural History. And what happened afterhours in this dimly lit establishment was, in...
Global Nomads Dance for Freedom.
This past Thursday saw a wonderful turnout celebrating awareness for a very special cause very dear to our hearts. Inspired by the collective vision of Janera Soerel of Janera.com, photographer Jennifer Macfarlane and the compassionate humanist Benjamin Skinner we...
The Luxury Spot. $1600 Bottle service will always exist…
The ongoing recession isn't so much of an ongoing recession that such things as luxury-oriented online magazine launch parties aren't ongoing as well. Manhattan will simply not sit still for global economic collapse, even if the collapse in question...
The English Invasion arrives at Tribeca Grand.
The English have always been known for their tea, stiff upper lip, dry wit and all things pertaining to high fashion. Wednesday night saw us pay homage to the revelry over at the Tribeca Grand as Jason Caine of...
Gen Art Film Premier Launch Party- ‘Why I’ll always be the Reluctant Paparazzo.’
From three quarters up the block you could hear the cacophony of light bulbs, cigarette butts and designer smiles merging into an orgasmic beat. Approaching the phalanx of door personnel revealed well attired burgeoning film stars, video monitors monitoring...
Coming of Age with The New Twenty at Norwood.
255, 247…241, in gold leaf…that’s it…
Upon invitation by nightlife royalty Patrick Duffy to The New Twenty film premier party, we embraced a perfect Monday evening scene for the provocative Scallywags.
Crossing the thresholds of Norwood is like a tantalizing bite...
Why the Yuppie is finally on the way out.
There is an idea in American culture that one can be who they want to be, or rather who they should aspire to be. Such desires are often informed by the things one sees in department stores, fashion magazines...
“I’ve got a crush over you!”
Beautiful boy. This is who he is, and those gents standing in front of me are just as beautiful. Then again we’re only at ‘CRUSH’ fanzine’s launch party, and the whole room is infatuated, making their way over, their...
The Economics of Fame: Has the Celebrity Bubble Burst?
To fabricate celebrity costs money. To exploit it costs even more. The more money in the industry the more it seems are the numbers of celebrity. So what happens to the conveyor belt of mass talent in a bad...
An Unemployed Stuff checklist things to do…now that you are unemployed.
Well, here you are finally unemployed, supposedly feeling down on yourself and bored and broke. Never mind here are Scallywag’s top ten suggestions.
One- Now that you finally have more free time, you can start having that affair you never...
Jennifer Macfarlane: A snapshot of women in captivity.
In most parts of the world a woman is free. Free to express herself, be aware of herself, free to become who she needs to be. That all changes when you venture to the third world when all a...
A night out with Bergdorf Goodman. Bonne travaillez Joseph Scheer.
The real question of course was had one come to observe the magnificent work of Joseph Scheer or rather the beautiful people morphing on cool cucumber gin cocktails, the lilac dresses on display or just the wonderful banter that...
Seasick Mama and Fantastic Nobodies Cast Sails for Berlin
A bit past twilight last Wednesday night, we packed our knapsacks to trek across the East River, along the winding labyrinth paths, and into the warehouse bohemia underground to Glasslands on Kent Street. We joined Seasick Mama and an...
Flavio Alves: Provocative Film maker and ex political asylum detainee.
Sometimes, at certain moments, one can gaze upon the fresh, supple beauty of youth and see nothing but consumption and death. This is not as difficult a trick to master as you might think. Hidden under obvious masks lies...
Wild Thangs. A night out with Macy Gray and Ariel Palitz at Sutra.
Tuesday night. A scallywag decked out in green with tequila coursing through his veins. A bar in the lower east side named after an ancient Indian text. Hip Hop music blasting all around, and Macy Gray enrapturing the crowds....
