By Peter Davis 9:00am

The Eight-Day Week

Prince Dmitri of Yugoslavia

To Do Thursday: Bag Lunch

The cutesy-named “Purses and Pursenalities” luncheon benefits the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, and this year it honors five fabulous and oft-photographed faces: Betsy Pitts, Claudia Overstrom, party vet/party snapper Patrick McMullan, Susan Meyer of preppy shoe line JP Crickets and socialite/jeweler HRH Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia. The master of ceremonies is decorator Thom Filicia, who became famous on the reality show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and there are of course handbags by designers such as Stuart Weitzman, Cole Haan and Douglas Hannant to buy at the silent auction, so make sure your Gucci coin purse is well stocked with credit cards. Read More

By Meredith Bryan 9/11/08 8:18pm

Domino Double Dating! Deborah Needleman and Jacob Weisberg Get Cozy With Elizabeth Banks and Hubby Max Handleman

"I don’t know anything about what’s happening at my magazine!" exclaimed Domino editor in chief Deborah Needleman Wednesday night at a party she was hosting for the magazine’s fashion issue at socialite and contributing editor Alison Sarofim‘s West Village townhouse.

Ah, Fashion Week. "I’m hoping it will still be there next week," she sighed. Read More

By Staff 3/02/06 2:22pm

From Harkness House to Showhouse


4 East 75th Street.

Recently, the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club announced that the 50-foot-wide mansion at 4 East 75th would be the location of the organization’s next showhouse.

Currently on the market for $55 million, The Observer has been closely tracking this residence–still widely known as the Harkness Read More