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the rich
Graydon Carter Wields a Pink Pencil When Filling Out His Seating Chart
Caricature-coiffed Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter co-owns two restaurants where Manhattan's most insufferable douchebags go to get their "look at me" on. Each day these establishments field "thousands" of table requests and Graydon alone decides where the arses will park. More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: My dinner date with an ex-boyfriend who became a famous actor is coming up. We share the same July birthday,... 5 Responses | Other threads
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trendwatch
Privileged Elites Offer Each Other Helping Hands
The players: Manhattan media playboy Jared Kushner's younger brother Joshua (pictured); Harvard students; rich people; and NYT faux-trend specialist Allen Salkin. It's a case where both an idea and the meta-coverage of the idea are equally enraging! More »
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Comment by FrozenHaddock: Wouldn't posting on craigslist's erotic services accomplish the same thing--probably much more effectively? "18 year-old Harvard student seeking endowment from... 2 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
Allen Salkin Sacrifices Himself for the Greater Good of Journalism (Again)
A friend of mine likes to say that he reads the Sunday Styles section before he reads everything else, so that he can get good and angry in the morning. Today is no exception. More »
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By Ann CarusoComment by Zorica: Do we hate this because we don't think anybody should print it or do we hate this because of where... 5 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
Poor Annie Leibovitz Has Pawned All Her Photos
We knew that celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz had some serious financial problems. But we didn't know they were so bad that she had to sign over all of her photos to a pawn shop:
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the rich
Why It's Impossible To Live On $500,000 Per Year
The New York Times is absolutely obsessed with showing the world how wretched it is to earn just a half million dollars per year. Today it told the story with numbers. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Iceland Spar: The decision to cap salaries at firms receiving bailouts just means that the government has created a huge pool of... 18 Responses | Other threads
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Hedge Fund Hustler
Bernie Madoff's Frathouse Secrets Still Safe
New York Times faux-trend specialist Allen Salkin's dad knew Bernie Madoff in college. Sort of. Other than that, the only thing you'll learn from this piece is that Salkin's dad loves cream cheese.
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Comment by surlybastard: So, even after all these years, no one is going to open up about what went on with the goat? 2 Responses | Other threads
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allen salkin
Allen Salkin Finds Trends Where Lesser Reporters See Only Bullshit
Allen Salkin is the Times' designated kitschy trend specialist and author of a book about fake holiday Festivus, which sums up his sensibility very well. When we last encountered him he was sending out email blasts looking for travel companions to the Olympics, dinner companions to a barbecue joint, and sources for a story about ukeleles. You'll be happy to know that his aggressive pursuit of ukulele players has paid off! But you've tipped your hand, Salkin. We're onto you: More »
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Comment by onebadclam: He wrote a book about Festivus? Can't wait for his expose of this Macarena trend sweeping the country. 1 Responses | Other threads
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allen salkin
Let Allen Salkin Fill You In On The Crazy Life Of Allen Salkin
Look, we have another entrant to the oversharers hall of fame! This guy doesn't post pictures of cum on his face, or go on and on about his four-year-old's cheese preferences. But considering that this man is a reporter for the New York Times, we're going to hold him to a slightly higher standard. Anyhow, is everyone in for the barbecue excursion next week with Allen Salkin? More »
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trends
Insufferable Downtown Parties Will Spruce Up Jersey Hellhole
What do you get when you take the snobbish manufactured exclusivity of the downtown NYC faux-celebrity modeltrash circuit and combine it with the barren urban nightmare that is Atlantic City? I don't know, but idly rich hipsters across the tristate area will soon be paying big money to find out, if cultural connoisseur Paul Sevigny has anything to say about it! More »
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Comment by SeaBassTian: If they truly want to transport downtown chic into AC, perhaps they should go "whole hog" and import some of... more » | Other threads
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trend stories
New Vacation Trend So Totally Mind-Blowing
Have you not heard? No one is taking long vacations these days! (Um, except all of us here! Apparently we are shiftless and lazy.) The new trend, we hear, is for employees to take a few four- or five-day breaks, instead of a full week or two. Oh, and everyone brings their BlackBerries and "checks in" with the office while they're poolside. Wow! Sounds like such a great life! And the Times was so eager for us to hear about this new trend that they wrote two articles—one in Metro, one in Styles—about it this weekend. More »
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Comment by ellagood: @LolCait: actually did see this. can't sleep. thank you... more » | Other threads
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ms. steaks
Veggie Gals Are Needy; Burger Chicks Are Easy
Six-foot-tall amateur food semiotician Allen Salkin takes a close look at women who eat red meat on the first date. Why do they do it? Well, women eat meat mostly to fool guys into thinking they aren't neurotic, says Martha Flach—and she should know, as she's an Altarcations winner! Eating steak is also totally the new new new wave feminism. "Ordering meat...is a declarative statement, something along the lines of 'I am woman, hear me chew,'" says a vagina-blessed person. Salkin himself, although he probably has no vagina in his own body, postulates that "[t]he mediums of steak and hamburger each send a different message." Right, is true! And only sluts order their steaks rare.
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By Joshua SteinComment by TheUpMyAssPlayers: Yeah and since when did we start assigning FOOD to political leanings??? This independent bitch likes her rare steak, and... more » | Other threads
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