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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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Rachel Zoe, Fab 5 Freddy and Noel Gallagher Walk Into A Bar...
Someone went to eat at the Waverly Inn (finally!) and they came back with the strangest "celebrity" dinner grouping ever: Raisin Rachel Zoe, Oasis' Noel Gallagher and Fab 5 Freddy. What did they talk about? More »
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By Joshua SteinComment by aurora*raby: How can anyone understand what Noel is talking about ever? 6 Responses | Other threads
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how we eat
Waverly Inn Basically a Drive-Thru At This Point
While the other Inn, the Beatrice, faces an uncertain future, and Graydon Carter is getting ready to open his approachable Monkey Bar, his Waverly Inn restaurant sounds easier to get into than Marc Jacobs' pants. More »
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Comment by SarahHeartburn: I'm waiting for The Waverly to go total irony and serve Stouffer's Mac n' Cheese and Meatloaf. And they'll pack... 4 Responses | Other threads
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restaurants
New Waverly Inn Reservation Strategy: Walk In, Ask for a Table
Danger Graydon Carter, your oh-so-exclusive Waverly Inn brand is slipping. The West Village paparazzi-magnet restaurant just seated a blogger. Who walked in off the street. More »
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Comment by TedSez: Laura Rohrman is the granddaughter of Dale Messick, creator of the comic strip "Brenda Starr: Reporter." So I say that... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Graydon Carter Controls His Neighbors Like So Many Puppets
SCANDAL: George Washington doppelganger Graydon Carter is reportedly wooing his West Village neighborhood critics by giving them reservations at his Waverly Inn and putting their pictures in his Vanity Fair. Yes, and? More »
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Comment by Nic Fit: Deni, who owned Save the Robots in the old days, famously bribed all the neighbors with free drinks until they... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Anna Wintour Said Replaced By French Counterpart
The Waverly Inn was crawling with Condé Nast insiders earlier tonight, some of whom had been waiting as long as 20 years for the appetizer: The hot, delicious rumor that Si Newhouse was meeting in Paris with Carine Roitfeld to work out the final details of the French Vogue editor's move to New York, where she is expected to take over flagship Vogue from Anna Wintour immediately after New Year's. It did not go unnoticed when Condé Nast overlord Newhouse departed early for his annual three-week December vacation in Vienna; it turns out he needed time for his meeting with uptight Wintour's chic Parisian counterpart.
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By Ryan TateComment by Steverino Begins: Jacqueline Follet? Wintour is frantically ordering the DWP DVD to find out how to solve this. 9 Responses | Other threads
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michael lewis
Graydon Carter Sticks It To Portfolio Again
It was something of a coup when Vanity Fair, in May, did what its Condé Nast sibling Portfolio couldn't and poached Fortune's winsome star writer Bethany McLean. If Portfolio's uncertain editor Joanne Lipman was annoyed then, she must be really steaming now that rival Graydon Carter snagged his latest catch from her own magazine. Vanity Fair's editor just inked an exclusive deal, the Observer reports, with Michael Lewis, who had contracts at both Lipman's glossy and with the Times magazine. Carter lured Lewis even though the Liar's Poker author recently saw his pay upped at Portfolio and despite a grudge the financial writer harbored against Vanity Fair for 10 years over an an unflattering 1997 profile. How did Carter do it? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Aaron Altman: Ryan, there's no such thing as a $55 plate of mac and cheese, stop lying! 3 Responses | Other threads
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Graydon Carter's New Investors
"Carter notes in his Vanity Fair editor's letter that... [Monkey Bar investors] 'include four people who are a part of this year's New Establishment: Ronald Perelman, Jerry Weintraub, Jean Pigozzi and Bryan Lourd.'" [Post]
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By Ryan TateComment by smithhimself: I get the "establishment" part of the title, but don't get the "new." Smithhimself has dealt with one of the... more » | Other threads
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The 50 Biggest Losers
Vanity Fair's annual new establishment rankings—a highly subjective guide to status within editor Graydon Carter's universe—has always been more interesting for the losers more than the winners. The magazine's arbiters are too tactful to dole out many down arrows to the moguls, financiers and stars on the list; but the rankings themselves can't be fudged. Here's a list of last year's and this year's contenders ordered by the number of places they've fallen. (Those who've been dropped entirely are assumed to have been relegated to 101st place.) More »
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By Nick DentonComment by PandoraSpocks: I'm still celebrating that the Coen Brothers made the top 100.And I hear Denton can get us all into the... 2 Responses | Other threads
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In Brief
They Made the Best of a Vaguely Awkward Situation
Reading this very website led a fashionable young lady named Julia to enter the contest to with a date with redheaded, beleaguered Vanity Fair editorial assistant Bill Bradley—at the Waverly Inn! It ain't the first awkward date we've contributed to. [VF Online]
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By SheilaComment by Multiphasic: Cheese? Do you like cheese? I like cheese, too. That's so funny! I read the Time.... more » | Other threads
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restaurants
Rules Of The Waverly Inn
Leslie Kaufman's feature on Waverly Inn for the Times dining section reads too cutesy and is almost nakedly self-ingratiating. The writer couldn't find one angry chef or would-be patron to slag Graydon Carter's It-restaurant? But the piece is well-researched, on its own puffy terms, and thus useful to those strivers eager to be seen among the restaurant's celebrity diners, no matter how expensive the macaroni or rich the wine list. Here, then, is a quick list of the ways to lose friends and alienate people, and perhaps accomplish the opposite, at the Waverly:
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By Ryan TateComment by wholenuther: Am I right that this place is being disparaged because they don't cater to hedge-funders and attention craving reality TV... more » | Other threads
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Graydon Carter's New Bar Probably Already Booked
"The Vanity Fair editor, who already co-owns the Waverly Inn, has bought the lease of East 54th Street's famed Monkey Bar from the Glazier Group with two partners, hotelier Jeff Klein and London- based restaurateur Jeremy King." [Post]
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By Ryan TateComment by BookishLookish: Graydon Carter shall suck the solitary hoof of Satan for all eternity if he pulls down that gorgeous monkey wallpaper. more » | Other threads
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magazines
The Waverly Inn Will Seat One Vanity Fair Facebook Fan
OK, the "beleaguered Vanity Fair editorial assistant Bill Bradly has to get 10,000 VF fans on Facebook before he gets fired" stunt is wearing a bit thin, but it's still relevant. Why? Because it proves that somehow, deep down, Vanity Fair actually believes that getting those 10,000 fans on their Facebook group is actually important to their online brand strategy. That's what's funny! But. Ladies! You could win a date to Graydon Carter's Waverly Inn. Hang on to your panties, though. Ol' Bill won't be getting fired anytime soon. [VF Online]
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By SheilaComment by UnreliableNarrator: @UnreliableNarrator: Correction: Not fired. more » | Other threads
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parochial news
The Waverly Inn's Norman Mailer Nostalgia
Blackbook has gotten their hands on a Waverly Inn matchbook (Vanity Fair ed Graydon Carter's restaurant), which says "Norman Mailer for Mayor" on it and includes a map of the "city," a cozy pretend Village bounded by "Downtown" and "Uptown." THERE BE DRAGONS. (Meanwhile, Mailer is somewhat inexplicably reprinted in U.S. News today, a 1979 rumination on the '70s.) Click for the map of the Waverly Inn's tiny world! More »
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By SheilaComment by famousauthor: I remember a lady named Hassie Annelle who lived on Waverly Place and gave thousands of dollars to worthy causes.... more » | Other threads
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john mccain
Random Question
Did anybody see Republican nominee John McCain last night, at Graydon Carter's Waverly Inn restaurant in the West Village? Tell us.
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By Nick DentonComment by Catfish_Jones: If the Secret Service was at the door instead of a state trooper you must have meant to write the... more » | Other threads
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rumormonger
Convincing Graydon Carter Imitator Writing Waverly Inn Blog
It's fun to imagine Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter personally typing up the VF blog for his restaurant Waverly Inn. Launched by an anonymous author in January, the journal does have an air of middle-aged confidence about it, as in this bit about restaurant manager Emil Varda turning on a dime to face a demanding celebrity: "Old habits die hard; a former occupant of a Polish prison camp for political dissenters, Emil has mastered the protective, cat-quick pivot." Alas, we hear the author of the blog is not Carter, but rather someone close to him: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by chickenjungle: "An air of middle-aged confidence..." ?? Really ? Well, let's see now-- I have "bits" about Emil Varda mastering the arts... more » | Other threads
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the old hotness
Basically Anyone Can Get Into Waverly Inn Now
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter is apparently handing out Waverly Inn tables to anyone, as though he doesn't mind his "hot" restaurant showing up so much on has-beens portal DListed.com. Guido and Jesus freak Stephen Baldwin was just spotted coming out of the restaurant without the help of a bouncer. He followed in the footsteps of Michael Lohan, the desperate estranged father of Lindsay, and actor and drunken scooter jockey Mickey Rourke. Sure, it would be easy to blame Carter's new executive assistant for the influx of lesser celebrities, but an eventual decline for Waverly has probably been in the cards since the beginning. Maybe the naysaying food critics were right: More » -
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Anne Hathaway Answers Hypnotic Call Of Distant Dolphins
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Ally Hilfiger in Sloppy Third Position While Dance Instructor Asks, "Why Me, God?"
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Slow Night
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Pop Singer Regards Her Career
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[Actress Brooke Shields outside the Waverly Inn in New York last night; image via INF]
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Lennon/Ono Collaborations Never Yielded Success
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"I'd Love to Talk, Ellen, But Maybe Some Other Time"
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Graydon Carter, Restaurant Promoter
Graydon Carter may have been wasting his time launching and editing magazines all these years. The 58-year-old's true calling is restaurant promoter. Carter's Vanity Fair is doing fine, at least among the middle-aged middle-American women who make up the core of its readership: the glossy title is a carefully-disguised supermarket tabloid. But Carter has had greater success recently with the restaurant the Canadian bon vivant opened up just a few doors from his house. The Vanity Fair editor was a regular at Da Silvano's on Sixth Avenue; he and his friends lent the Italian restaurant an allure, which brought a celebrity clientele, and press mentions. But look at this chart of mentions of the restaurants in the Nexis press database: Carter's new restaurant, which drew Lindsay Lohan and Cameron Diaz last Friday, has eclipsed his old haunt.
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"Yes, The Wrist Reduction Surgery Went Swimmingly"
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Howie Mandel Behind Waverly Inn Google Ranking
UPDATE: Under what circumstances exactly could Carter's elite spot become one of the most queried terms on the Internet on a Friday in January?
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By MaggieComment by dcunstrukt: It's unfortunate that it's Zagat rating fell after Howie's attendance though. more » | Other threads
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google trends
Waverly Inn Storms The Internet
The 79th most searched item on Google Trends today? Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's power crowd restaurant, the no-reservation "Waverly Inn." Either New York is taking over the Internet or the rest of the world is taking the day off. More »
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By MaggieComment by PandoraSpocks: That's nothin'. Monday Regis and Kelly have accidentally booked Riskay, thinking she's the new Beyonce. more » | Other threads
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Waverly Anthropology
One web maven, recently arrived in New York, was asked whether he'd like to experience the scene at Graydon Carter's Waverly Inn, downtown's power restaurant of the moment. His reply: "As an anthropologist, sure; as a human, not really."
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By Nick DentonComment by raincoaster: @Nick Denton: "One web maven," eh? Cutting edge stuff. more » | Other threads
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eulogies
Deceased Conde Nastie Steve Florio Is Spun In the Grave
Ex-Conde Nast president and recently deceased Steve Florio didn't always really get on with one-time GQ publisher and model for Mr. Big model Ron Galotti, a fact which would have come to light in Florio's tell-all memoir had it not been squashed by more prudent minds. But athis funeralover the phone with Observer's John Koblin on Monday, Mr. Galotti said, "A lot is always written about myself and the Steve Florios. But I would hope you understand that when you get older, you forget the bad. You just do. You really try to focus on the good. And my memories of Steve Florio are all good. And I'm lucky to have had him as a friend." The Steve Florios, may they rest in peace. More »
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By Joshua SteinComment by Fritzpeterson: Having met Ron Galotti several times over the course of my career in the ad game, I can say that... more » | Other threads
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cautionary tales
Michael Wolff And Newser: No Contract, No NDA
Last night Graydon Carter's Waverly Inn was host to a party for Napeolonic media mufti Michael Wolff and former New York mag honcho Caroline Miller's new project Newser, the web 1.0 news aggregator. Ten years ago, Michael Wolff wrote Burn Rate; it chronicled the spectacular failure of his first web venture, NetGuide. Along the way, Wolff seriously burned his backer Alan Patricof and nearly everybody else he worked with. So whenif Newser fails, will there be a Burn Rate II? More »
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By Joshua SteinComment by RoryO: Lefty? Check your facts--I'm definitely right-handed! more » | Other threads
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nosing around
In an attempt to determine where in New York it's still socially acceptable to do cocaine, our former intern Neel Shah travels around various city locations "pretending" to snort cocaine. Here he is at Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's Waverly Inn, where it is apparently completely okay to get your snort on. [Radar, an absolutely phenomenal publication that we recommend you all read regularly.]
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By abalkComment by hhpeterson13: This piece was an awesome idea -- hilarious. How did Radar beat Gawker to this anyway? I'm just... more » | Other threads
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conspiracy theories
The Truth About Jeffrey Epstein and 'Vanity Fair'
Here are some of the crazed rumors we've heard about the Vanity Fair story that John Connolly is writing about alleged financier-perv* billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, of whom it is alleged that he retained a procurer of underage girls. Oh my God, we heard that Bill Clinton came into 4 Times Square and told Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter that this expose of Epstein must not run and of course Graydon folded like a paper doll. And also we heard alleged former Epstein alleged friend Ron Burkle is Danny A's backer on every club he opens and Burkle does that to harvest pretty young things then flies them to L.A. and allegedly sells them to Epstein and alleged movie-producer Steve "Bing Laden" Bing and it is this cabal of partying hedonists that has prevented the piece from running! And also we heard that Prince Andrew (the one who divorced Fergie!) and the royal family interceded, promising to shut down Graydon Carter's restaurant The Waverly Inn if this piece runs and that is all why it has not seen the light of day yet! More »
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By ChoireComment by raincoaster: Anybody who'd spike a John Connolly piece has to answer to me; I am to John Connolly as Chris Crocker... more » | Other threads
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eating out
Mariah Carey Snubbed At Waverly Inn
On Thursday night, Mariah "Sparkle" Carey showed up at Graydon Carter's Waverly Inn. But when the paparazzi magically materialized for her, the regulars turned vicious. More » -
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The Boring Sexual Fantasies Of The Glitterati Gals
When the New York Observer's lover-for-hire George Gurley embarked on his quest to reveal the top ten sexual fantasies of the women at the Beatrice Inn, we lauded his Kinseyian quest for knowledge. As vapid and annoying we find those jangly-braceleted, soft-cotton-cosseted lithe young things who frequent the Beatrice, we also secretly want to touch their soft parts. So we looked forward to the article as a playbook, if nothing else. Imagine our flaccid disappointment when Alexa Rose Greenstadt, ("a lush, busty and witty 21-year-old who was wearing Lanvin pearls, a Zac Posen dress and brand new Prada shoes") divulged her sexual fantasy. More »
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By Joshua SteinComment by boringpants: @LolCait: Failing the availability of several men at a time, she likes her forest haunted by a lion, a leopard,... more » | Other threads
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how it really went down
From the mailbag, regarding the Doug Stumpf book party: "As you may have guessed, press WAS allowed inside. Sadly, just not Gawker. I was there and spotted Page 6 Bill Hoffmann, aged Liz Smith (she's so old she had to be escorted in by two matronly woman who seemed to hold her up the entire time. Of course this didn't stop Stumpfy from groveling at her geriatric feet), and Michael Wolff running out the door in a tan suit. Graydon did his best to resemble the fictitious EIC in Dougy's novel, Ed Brown, who "tends to dress like he's about to go trout fishing. Or at least sit by the fire and fantasize about trout fishing." His button down was barely tucked in to his day-old khaki shorts. Ehk. As for the AC you thought you felt...oh no no. Everyone was embarrassingly sweaty, sopping up schvitz with cocktail napkins. The big man opens a club house with poor circulation—go figure. No matter. All the prim and proper drifted to garden where waiters were serving oysters and the bulimics quickly lit cigarettes. To all the UES ladies' horror, a transvestite-looking lady waltzed in. It appears she was a friend of the real shoeshine boy who was in attendance and very very handsome. They're keeping him hush hush and away from the press because he's—gasp—not exactly legal. He's still a shoeshine boy and other than the tranny, he brought with him some of his banker clients."
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Comment by Dwayne Provecho: Were this informant's tranny and Doree's Betsey Johnson the same person? Because I was looking for some tranny-spotting in Doree's... more » | Other threads
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party crashing
The Best Party In The World Was At The Waverly Inn
Last evening, as Town Cars disgorged their passengers at the intersection of Bank St. and Waverly Place, a curious interaction played out in front of Graydon Carter's clubhouse, also known as the Waverly Inn. A man and a woman with carefully alphabetized lists stood guard, checking names as people attempted to enter. It was all in honor of a début novel by Vanity Fair deputy editor Doug Stumpf (#69, currently, on Amazon; #73 on Barnes & Noble's website; film rights optioned by Warner; etc.). Stumpf is no stranger to the publishing world, having worked as a book editor at Morrow, where he edited Michael Chabon. He is also the basis for what became the Robert Downey Jr. character in Wonder Boys, and we hope he came off looking better and better as he edited it. Apparently at one point it was 1,000 pages long. Also, he is also the author of From Baby to Bikini: Keep Your Midsection Toned SAFELY during Pregnancy and Flatten Your Abdominals FAST after You Have Your Baby. Anyway, as Graydon Carter does for all of his loyal pets, he excerpted Stumpf's book in the latest issue of the magazine, and of course, hosted this party.
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the only restaurant that matters
Inside The Waverly Inn
At 9 p.m. last night, Bank Street was humming with black Mercedeses, all idling for the air conditioning. "It's gotta be cold when my client comes out," said one driver. A bright red motorcycle with Diplomat plates screeched to a halt and an olive-skinned man bounded off into the most literarily significant inn since the Tabard. As prescribed by the Post's Mandy Stadtmiller, we had made reservations through Jon Kelly, Graydon Carter's assistant. More » -
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Jay McInerney Still Not Over "Bright Lights" Film Disaster
As many people know, broken-footed gadabout Jay McInerney is currently upholding his title as Prince of Downtown Debauchery by blogging about wine for House and Garden. His columns follow a familiar routine. He goes to the Waverly Inn, sees some faces, drops some names, drinks some wine, and says some stupid stuff. This week he tells Meg Ryan ("whom at first I didn't recognize," maybe because her lips have taken her face hostage!) that Tom Hanks (sitting nearby) "would meet her at the top of the Empire State Building." Get it? But in recent weeks, another element has been thrown into the mix: Unnecessary mentions of his stinker of a movie adaptation of Bright Lights Big City. More »
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By Joshua SteinComment by HowDareThey: @boinkingForjesus: I SOOOO wanted it to be "Downtown Douchebaggery". Rats! more » | Other threads
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Graydon Carter Misses His Own Feast At The Waverly
Tonight the James Beard house is hosting a dinner at the Waverly Inn with ticket prices around $200. Basically this is for those rich in cash but poor in cachet who can't normally get a table in the somehow still exclusive diner. Part of the reward, other than the candy cane beets and arugula, was the chance to rub shoulders with the leonine eminence gris Graydon Carter, who is not only an owner but was also listed as one of the event's hosts. Sadly for those gourmand suckers, Mr. Carter shan't be attending. Something something about Father's Day and children, according to the PR firm.
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