By Drew Grant 2/06 4:01pm

Gatsbabies

Tabber Benedict, the Sherman McCoy of our time. (Patrick McMullan)

Gatsbaby Tabber Benedict Throws Pre-Prison Party, Tells Friends He’s Going to Europe

Tabber Benedict, one of The New York Observer’s “Gatsbabies,” who almost killed a man during a drunk driving incident in the Hamptons two years ago, is taking his upcoming prison term in stride. The night before he was to be handed down a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for plowing his GMC Acadia into a 45-year-old teacher named Steven Dorn in 2011, Mr. Benedict threw himself a party at Bungalow 8 (or whatever we’re calling it now. Number 8? The former Bungalow 8?).

He told friends that the party was in honor of his upcoming departure … for Europe. Read More

By Matt Chaban 6/23/11 11:57am

manifest density

The party is over. (NY Social Diary)

Bungalowed: How the High Line Killed Club Row

Once upon a debauched time, West 27th Street was the beat, beat, beating heart of the city’s club scene, with such notorious haunts as Pink Elephant, B.E.D., Spirit and, of course, the queen of them all, Bungalow 8. Marquee still throbs around the corner, but that is about it—all thanks to an elevator shaft and a little rezoning. Read More

By Irina Aleksander 2:21am

Paper Cub

As a teenager, Taylor Plimpton went clubbing in New York when he returned home to East 72nd Street on breaks from boarding school.

“Back then, one of the first clubs I went to was Limelight, which was just a totally crazy scene,” said Mr. Plimpton, recalling his introduction to nightlife in the Read More

By Spencer Morgan 6/24/09 6:27pm

Beware! Bungalow Bungler is Back

We were a tad disturbed the other day when we picked up the phone at the old headquarters and heard a menacing, vaguely familiar voice on the other end.
“It’s Giovanni Luciano,” said the legendary Bungalow Bungler,  whom I visited in prison upstate last year. “Yeah, I read the article you Read More

By Staff 10/26/07 2:55pm

Alicia Keys Dates Herself at Rock ‘n’ Roll Benefit

“You know service is the best Prozac, or any drugs that are out there for stress. Service! It’s cheap, it’s good!” AIDS activist and Keep A Child Alive founder Leigh Blake told audiences yesterday at Condé Nast’s Black Ball in support of her organization.

Ms. Blake, who left school at 14 to follow the Who Read More