GEORGE: It’s funny, I was feeling rather low, and then Hilly walked into the waiting room and my spirits went way up. That’s gotta be a good sign.
[Silence.]
DR. SELMAN: So you were glad to see her?
GEORGE: Yep. She got some new shoes.
DR. SELMAN: Can I see?
HILLY: Little Ralph Lauren wedges. Read More
Mauro of Manhattan
“Tonight I’m gonna cook you dinner.”
Wow.
Upper East Side women are able to turn into a memorable event what for Italian women is just boring routine. Marsha is going to feed me.
It’s a rare treat she offers me about twice a month. Usually, our home dinners are Read More
Are New Yorkers giving up? Certainly many have become weary of the frenzied fray that lies just beyond the apartment door. Forget trying to belly up to any of-the-moment bar or restaurant (a bruising battle past blue button-downs and khakis, bearded hipsters and shiny publicists)—even doing something as seemingly easy as going to Trader Joe’s Read More
It might just be global warming, but this unusually balmy winter is making many New Yorkers feel kind of frisky and softhearted. At least the ladies can show off their clavicles! Just look at the Mayor, who recently skipped a big gala attended by the Bushes to take his lady friend, Diana Taylor, to dinner Read More
It might just be global warming, but this unusually balmy winter is making many New Yorkers feel kind of frisky and softhearted. At least the ladies can show off their clavicles! Just look at the Mayor, who recently skipped a big gala attended by the Bushes to take his lady friend, Diana Taylor, to dinner Read More
DR. SELMAN: So what’s up?
HILLY: Nothing.
[ Silence.]
GEORGE: You say something first—I always feel guilty about starting off.
HILLY: George has been pretty depressed. He keeps slipping into catatonic states. But last weekend it was my birthday and he took me to D.C. It was really fun, but a bunch Read More
On Wednesday evening, Sept. 21, the designer Diane von Furstenberg hosted a cocktail party in honor of Justine Lévy, the author of Nothing Serious, a roman à clef based on Ms. Lévy’s recent, sensational personal life. Ms. Lévy, 31, is the dewy daughter of the French celebrity-philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, and her book whipped up quite Read More
I was at Steak Frites on a Friday night. I’d had the gin and tonic, the frisée salad, the glass of red wine, and now it was time for the first Parliament Light of the evening. It would also be my first cigarette in three days, and that first drag was so heavenly and guilt-free. Read More
