February 2012
24 posts
"Even the most skilled war correspondent, steeped... →
“A sign that Rubio’s aides see the story as potentially damaging:...”
– Don’t you hate it when flacks pull this shit?
1 tag
"Watching The New York Times try to be even-handed... →
"(Lady Sybil) is starring in the movie... →
You could tell she was the hip one.
Buried lede?
Meanwhile, Borromeo refused comment yesterday when approached by The Post at Columbia University, where she is studying for a master’s degree in journalism.
“No!” she barked at a reporter.
"I will admit that I had visions of running into... →
After each of the editors had spoken, the silence... →
"Anthony just got it so well. And I think he... →
"The lack of access to emergency medical care... →
"What are the chances that a pair of gay male... →
“I just enjoy the look. Even at the shows I don’t like, there’s always something...”
– Zelda Kaplan to me at New York Fashion Week 2009. (She was in the front row today when her time came.)
The woman who runs the funeral home handling... →
2 tags
"I'd plant stories and see who leaks 'em. I'd... →
“Don’t be stupid and use e-mail. You have to meet... →
1 tag
I love this because I love maps. I used to draw... →
Conde Nast email rage →
January 2012
15 posts
“As American business has become more and more media savvy, its leaders have...”
– A Glimpse of Murdoch Unbound
"Does New York City Really Need CBGB To Return?" →
maura:
I bet you know what my answer is!
Here here!
“…why not revive Brownies? Or Tonic? They haven’t been exploited for nearly as many licensing opportunities.”
Wetlands, even?
1 tag
Welcome to the future, in which concert tickets... →
“There’s no sugarcoating it: the Court Tavern was a dive, a dark,...”
– So many nights at this place! :(
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WatchThis new restaurant by a Craftbar/Momofuku vet is opening up approximately 27 seconds from my doorstep. Dangerous!
Overheard at Pret on 39th and 7th
How have you been?
Good. I'm moving this weekend.
Oh yeah? Where?
Greenpoint.
Greenpoint.... ?
Yeah. Greenpoint. In Brooklyn.
Never heard of it.
It's near Carroll Gardens.
I'll have to look it up.
"What'd they do to Ron Paul yesterday? Some people... →
December 2011
22 posts
“In the bathroom were posters seeking roommates for group houses, including this...”
– Any takers?
“I can recall a lunch in 1991, when I was editing The New York Observer, and he...”
– Graydon Carter will publish one last Hitchens byline in the next issue of Vanity Fair. The Atlantic has two of his unpublished works lined up for the March and April issues.
This just in from Vanity Fair spokeswoman:
It is with tremendous sadness that Vanity Fair announces the death of our contributing editor and dear friend Christopher Hitchens. Christopher died today from pneumonia, a complication of esophageal cancer, at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. “There will never be another like Christopher. A man of ferocious intellect, who was as vibrant on...
I mean, talk about reporting... →