The Young Ones

Meg Chrisner thought it all looked just perfect, even though the party had been put together on the cheap. And true, the “models” were just friends, and friends of friends. And the liquor had been bought for all of $432—in Jersey, no less!

The evening sounded just like a fantasy of a reality show. Nike Read More

The Screening Elite

On a rainy night in October, Schiller’s Liquor Bar was closed to the public. But anyone passing by the restaurant’s location at Rivington and Norfolk streets would have noticed that the restaurant was hopping. Inside, Colin Callender, president of HBO Films, looking casual in a black V-neck sweater, moved about the room conducting equally casual Read More

Grubman Crackup: It Was a Bad Night at Conscience Point

Less than 24 hours after 30-year-old publicist Lizzie Grubman put her Mercedes in reverse and allegedly plowed into a bouncer and a group of 15 people who were waiting to get past the velvet ropes at Southampton’s Conscience Point Inn, the damage to the well-worn Cape Cod-style nightclub had been patched up and painted over Read More

I’ll Vote for Bloomberg, But Will He Be Mayor?

The prospective Mayoral campaign of Michael Bloomberg makes

interesting food for thought. I myself will almost surely vote for him if he

chooses to run. His likely opposition does not make the pulse race: Mark Green

is the Harold Stassen of city politics; Peter Vallone does not encourage trust

in this writer; other candidates fall Read More

Lizzie Grubman and Peggy Siegal: P.R. Marriage of Year

Seated at a banquette at Balthazar on a snowy March afternoon, publicist Lizzie Grubman was remembering a previous joint effort with Peggy Siegal, her brand-new business partner.

“She did the majority of the work for Two Guys and a Girl at Moomba,” said Ms. Grubman, between sips of diet Coke. “I got her the location Read More