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A Very Real Housewives Independence Day
Courageous Guest of a Guest blogger Doug braved the unthinkable this weekend: Jill Zarin's 4th of July party in the Hamptons. The Real Housewives of New York City star and her husband hold an annual backyard soirĂ©e at their landed estate, and Doug was (un)fortunate enough to receive an invitation. Everything just farted class, from the salmon and lobster salad to the lychee martinis to the "Team Jill" dessert cookies. And look, even RHoNYC costars Bethenny and Countess LuAnn (wearing flamenco water wings) were there, teetering about in all white, mistaking the event for an actual party (sort of) worth covering. A humble and grateful guest, Doug doesn't really dish any dirt, but there are photographs, so you can make up your own tragic stories. Some select few await you after the jump. More »
Gusts near 50 MPH sent a loose chain crashing into the side of the
Trump SoHo tower on Saturday night, cracking windows and showering the
street with glass, officials and neighborhood residents said.
[www.nydailynews.com]
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'Times' Gets Third Ombudsman
Clark Hoyt, the former Knight Ridder D.C. bureau chief who once publicly sparred with the New York Times second ombudsman, Barney Calame, has been appointed as the Times' third ombudsman. This is going to sound a little mean, because supposedly Barney's the nicest guy in the world—but we really hope Clark won't be the total mealy-mouthed, overly-cautious, eggshell-walking, "and-on-the-other-hand"-using and "to be fair"-sayin' kindergarten-teacher-style total wuss-biscuit that Barney almost always was. Lotsa luck, Clark! More »
What Did You Desperately Try to Undo This Weekend?
New York men continue to see only 1 very awesome side.
New York Women See 2 Sides of Prescription-Free Morning-After Pill [NYT]
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New York men continue to see only 1 very awesome side.
New York Women See 2 Sides of Prescription-Free Morning-After Pill [NYT]
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Adventures in 'NYT' Photo Editing
We're trying to decide if we think the Times website is showing us Bowie's left nut today. We think it is. Your call? The Glamous (Sigh, Whine) of Heartbreak [NYT] MORE »
We're trying to decide if we think the Times website is showing us Bowie's left nut today. We think it is. Your call? The Glamous (Sigh, Whine) of Heartbreak [NYT] MORE »
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Straining at the leash [NYT]
Dog run as metaphor
GQ editor Caroline Campion has a piece in the NYT about class warfare in the Tompkins Square Park dogrun. She laments the fact that the yuppies have moved in with their "breedist" dogs. (The owners of the more aggressive dogs say the tiny yuppie dogs deserve to be attacked because they're usually wearing sweaters.) Says one homeless park resident "articulately"—her description; not mine—"Homeless people were moved out to make room for the dogs, dogs that have been enslaved for domesticity. They should be in the countryside. Not a pleasure for rich people, the rich homosexuals and freaks of society." (Homeless people have opinions, too, you know!) "With the city in the throes of an economic downturn, there may yet be hope for residents sentimental about this grungy little hamlet's rebel past," Campion writes without a single note of intentional irony.Straining at the leash [NYT]
