No Dancing on the Tables! Made-Over Jane Is… Tame

In the fall, the beloved Jane Ballroom in the West Village closed temporarily to obtain proper permits that the space lacked when it first opened last summer; two weeks ago, a more polite, well-behaved Jane finally reopened.

“It looks exactly the same, but it’s super-roomy now. Just imagine one-tenth of the amount Read More

Socialites Freak at Food Film; Coralie Paul Plumps for Tomatoes

Socialite Coralie Charriol Paul began a React to Film series on Wednesday, June 10, at the SoHo House with the film Food, Inc., directed by Robert Kenner and produced by Mr. Kenner and Eric Schlosser, author of the eye-opening and stomach-churning book Fast Food Nation.

“This movie really inspired,” said Ms. Paul’s husband, Dennis Read More

This Protest’s So Jane

The affable maitre d’ at the Waverly Inn stomped out to the curb on Wednesday night, Dec. 17, armed with pen and paper. He demanded to know, Who’s leading this mob?

About a dozen plainly dressed protesters had lined up outside the fashionable West Village celebrity haunt rather inconveniently around Read More

Schrager to Bowery Hotel: Good Luck!

Only four of the Bowery Hotel’s 17 floors have opened for business, but the fireplace in its whiskey-colored lobby already hisses. The thick velvet curtains are up, the over-worn Oriental rugs are down, and there’s pricey booze in the back-room tavern, as well as seven copies of The Times in the old-fashioned newspaper racks.

But Read More

Something in the Atmosphere (Not the Food) at the Park

“The worst thing is the guy has absolutely no sense of humor,” a tattooed young woman in a halter top was complaining to the bathroom attendant. “I’ve spent the whole evening telling jokes, and he didn’t laugh once. He just sat there cracking his knuckles and staring into space.”

She dropped a dollar in Read More