• Meet the heavyweight political donors who live at River House.
• Have you looked inside Natalie Portman's apartment?
• Henry Kravis gave $5 million to charity last year. And he's still smiling despite the economy.
  
• Have you called George Whipple, Tom Colicchio, Jon Tisch, Cynthia Nixon, and Nathan Lane recently? We did.
  
• Jason Pomeranc's hotel has been delayed many times. But he's had other things on his mind.
• Have you heard about the Manhattan doctor who spent $10,000 on his dog's bark mitzvah?
• Meet Devorah Rose, New York's most relentless social climber.
  
• Nancy Jarecki's rather unusual new ad campaign.

• The desperate couple behind the sale of estate in Greenwich. The bidding begins at just $19 million.
• Simon Doonan went to Capri and spent some quality time with David Geffen. 
  
• So how much does Steve Hanson pays for his guacamole?
• An alternative to your pool in the Hamptons.
• Anisha Lakhani's (not-so-original) new book.
• Cartier heads off into MySpace.
• Tory Burch could use some money!
• Rachel Ray's abode is expanding.
• Catfight: The lawsuit between two of NYC's top agencies.

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