The heiress wanted to meet the Dalai Lama. She wanted the Dalai Lama to be her friend. She had been obsessed with him for two and a half years.
“I was literally in my bedroom one day listening to his tapes and thought to myself, ‘Wow, this guy is amazing!’” Sara Bronfman Read More
In one of those Jesus lives among us moments, GuestofaGuest has announced that there’s been an In-N-Out Burger secretly operating in New York City for over a year. Though, not really.
With the fervency of a someone who sees the face of the Virgin Mary on their toast, the blog enumerates the reasons the Read More
President Obama said that he hopes the long career of Congressman Charles Rangel will end in dignity. So do we. That means the congressman should step down, now, and avoid a public trial in the House. He has become an embarrassment to New York and a poster child for a Republican Party intent on Read More
Here’s how low the bar is in Albany these days: There was a collective sigh of relief on the second floor of the State Capitol last week when a report about the conduct of the governor and his aides concluded that they exercised poor judgment, but they didn’t commit a crime.
In a Read More
For professional reasons, I watch a lot of Fox News. And it’s not easy to fully convey its nightly mendacity — or how programs are little more than RNC video ads. Of course, two weeks ago the cable network was caught hyping the Andrew Breitbart political smear of Shirley Sherrod, first on its Read More
Eric Schneiderman completed his sweep of Manhattan’s City Council delegation Thursday, securing the straggling endorsement of New York City Councilman Dan Garodnick in his quest to become Attorney General.
Gardonick, who represents the East Side of Manhattan and parts of midtown, credited Schneiderman for being a go-getter, do-gooder–the kind of progressive that, well, you just Read More
This just in: Eric Dinallo has walked the walk.
That is the message the candidate for Attorney General delivered late Wednesday afternoon when he criticized his opponents for lacking his breadth of knowledge of the office and his experience within its hallowed halls.
”Some of my opponents, in talking about the Attorney General’s office, have Read More
Until recently, I was a ding-dong about interior decorating, thinking it was frivolous, superficial: a silly pursuit for rich socialites, O.C.D. neat freaks obsessed with appearances and superior magazine-design twerps. I was proud to have no idea what chintz, sconces, William Kent tables, Queen Anne chairs, trellises and porticos were. I happily wallowed Read More
We asked Beth Rudin DeWoody how much art she actually owns. After a minute, “lots,” the real estate heiress said. “Just say ‘lots.’”
That is an understatement. Ms. DeWoody, a prominent and busy figure in the art world, can usually be spotted poolside at the Raleigh during Art Basel Miami, or as Read More
