"It has always blown my mind that New York is the last 'Footloose' city." [-Greg Miller/ of NYC Dance parade, quoted 7-14-2008 Metro "Barkeeps cheer talk of cabaret law's demise"] But don't believe the hype, yet.

This is still NYC 2008 09 .. if a new Mayor's task force does liberalise or do away with that rule, it will create some new way of controlling or monitoring clubs/bars. Mayor said it is not the dancing really, but "..problems with abuse and alcohol and drugs and that sort of thing." [-Rauh, NYSun 7-15-2008] Small bars/ clubs to large venues, are required to be licensed for ANY dancing -since 1926! That number was down from 200 in 2004 to only 181 cabaret licenses in all NYC [mid2008] city-wide- places certified for legal dancing. Mayor's remarks lead to speculation that NYC might relax Cabaret license regulation. It did not. His kind of nightlife are luxe charity and activist fund raisers and private soirees, no matter some populist posturing now and then. So the New York Nightlife Assoc. launched NPC Nightlife Preservation Committe JUNE 15 2009 + a web site to push back. Over-development and complete -hi rise-ation of neighborhoods means conflict between residents and some nightlife and non-"nice" tenants and businesses which would vary quite a bit, depending on the ages and backgrounds of the people living there!

"The perception seems to be growing that New York is a stick-in-the-mud city. The latest edition of Crain's New York tells of a German television crew that came to the city to report that nightlife is dead." The nightlife industry still battling NYC over existing rules plus new ones such as proposed nightlife license to be required for staying open PAST 1 AM [-NYSun 3-22-04] The history of the fabulous nightlife and celeb club scene in NYC can be traced from the opening of El Morocco at its second home at 307e54, to the closing of Studio 54 on W54 st. But forget the 70s, as ancient to the current scene as the Roman Empire sorta, its not even like the 80s..its not low budget high-class or easygoing at all. Less mega-clubs exist, but still a stream of smaller new club openings continue on exceeded only by restaurants [and nail-spa day salons!]

iPod face-offs at the L Train? Walk the Night.

LAST CALL for new liquor licenses with NYS 4am closing times? Increasingly are 2am in new places. Locals are striking back against noisy, "troublesome" bars and clubs through Community Boards that now do more than comment on licenses. The State Liquor Auth defers to their wishes in many cases-[-see NYSun 4-15-2008] "if a bar owner agrees to limit its hours of operation with the local community board, the liquor authority will write it into the community board."

The first NYC nightlife ECONOMIC study a few years ago by Audience Research & Analysis for the Nightlife Assoc cited "$2.6 billion in earnings through 95,000 jobs" about of the 60% revenue in the hours between 1 am - 4 am. NYC increasingly takes a hard-assed stance with bars and clubs including smoking bans, fines against bars and most of all the ol cabaret law. But again NYC govt spoke with forked tongue on this - WONDER why all the cases of bouncers looking the other way at trouble or beating others? BECAUSE NYPD issued disorderly premise fines/ summons EVERY time they are called by a club - even if the problem is strictly outside, penalised the clubs for calling them! A few of these and the liquor license could be yanked." But NY Nightlife Assoc and Police Commissioner with the City Council Speaker brokered a new understanding or agreement OCT 2007 -the cops will not fine the club if the call for help? Also, more cams, searches and security guards are to be hired! So party on. This is also from downtown-Chelsea f-up club scene the city forced by Giuliani's restrictive zoning and the new clubs that attracted the flood of hard drinking-celeb obsessed GEN Y trash. Thank you very much.

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AUG 18 2006 Hey I'm seeing a new movie in my mind-Mel Gibson and Andrew Young. Handcuffed to each other. On in the dessert or a lil island. Oh wasn't there some movie like that already? F them both. Fall 2008: Add OPRAH and make it a trio. [I'll give Rosie a pass, for now...LOL!] No. How about Michelle Obama and Rosie O'Donnell! Scroll down-> * the wrong kind of modern woman * Smoke-easys * Club Merde: The Velvet Rope * "10 Parties That Shook The Century" * Performances * Bare it and grin * "Promoters fear 'RAVE' bill will hurt circuit parties" * Gay Club Kids back to School Special * New York top snobsters SEPT 4 / 5 2008: Feminist's KNIVES are out for SARAH PALINs blood! They blog condemning her hair and clothes and criticise anything that is not spot on perfect in her background. They rant how DARE SHE have [that kind of] kid and think she can work too! OPRAH dares not damage her radical chic black cred is towing party line and will NOT have the V.P. candidate her on the show! How many times did YOU repeat the "fact"? Palin said 'I can see Russia from my house'? It was TINA FEY!@ PALIN said '..from some land in Alaska you can see Russia' This IS the politics of personal destruction. ============== SMOKE-EASYS? Strict smoking ban for bars, clubs et al. was 1-year old APR 1 2003 stricter NY State restrictions then started July 2003. Cigar shops CAN have smoking rooms! Since then, its said generally revenues at bars haven't gone down. Did it make it MORE difficult for you to get into clubs than already[?] ...to allow smoking they more nights are turned over to promoters to run private and or invitation "not open to the public" events which would allow it. The exemptions to the no-smoking rules are as complicated as the anti-porno content and zoning laws of the Giuliani administration but have hurt many small bars and restaurants, large fines over the mere presence of *ashtrays* are particularly damning. ------------ CLUB Merde - The Velvet Rope - What are these places about? If I could afford to spend thou or more for a night out would I do it at any of these places..which would let me in? If they have regular liquor licenses is really legal to bar people, if they DON'T have regular liquor licenses every event is NOT a private party -regular poor ol social clubs CANNOT and DO NOT admit the PUBLIC!! So are the friggin "clubs" overlooked for all these years because these people have money? Somebody tell me, really. Most clubs have no-general admission nights when you gotta be on a guests list or pay for bottle -service. ie-such as 2 bottle min for a table at approx $350 bottle start + 20% tip + $160 fee if waitress pour after the first round. [at Pink Elephant spring 2006] Bottle service and club scene is about Wall St money chasing T&A with no price concern. "Bohemians won't do it. The whole downtown crowd has been shut out - no one wants the artists. The Indian crowd doesn't do bottles, the Asian crowd, too. It's ineffective in courting the gay crowd, AND the ravers have been shut out..." Baird Jones of Webster Hall and Studio 54, NYPost 3-22-2006 BOTTLE service nearly forces credit card use, made it easier for clubs to circumvent drinking laws, the underaged girls get to hang with the power-guys buying the bottles and they don't worry about being carded. -clubs post WOMEN-"18 to enter, 21 to drink" DEC 6 fall 2006, w27st is outre, "celebrities won't go there." Sooo bad after the shootings plus the circus around there as it is and new 2006 police searchlights and checkpoints DEC 11 2006 NY OBSERVER cover date- even AMY SACCO wants to sell Bungalow 8 [oh F them all.] 2008: Chelsea club scene peaked. Much of the wildness has gone on to the meatpacking area. "The streets around clubs like Tenjune and Fusion offer revelry on a Roman scale: dealers openly competing for customers, stumbling drunks staggering between oncoming cabs and limousines, drugged -up zombies barely able to function." and of course those drunk sorta lost Jersey girls and all the endless clanking of high heels.->got so bad even DailyNews took notice.-4 byline on article "Drowning in Drugs" 9-2-2008 OCT 18 Mayor proposes TWO strikes and you are SHUT, for violations at Clubs, David Rabin President of NY Nightlife Assoc says this is counter intuitive "why on earth would I call the Police ever again if I'm risking my entire business?"->NY POST 1-19-2006 Clubbed > 2010-Feb/Mar Kenmare Club -no cabaret licenses go into trouble for per-opning party dancing. 2010 Jan NYC gonna close down clubs by pulling Health Dept [foor + any beverages ] licenses for smoking violaitons their spies [actually!] find. 2009 Dec 4 SLA closed Club Duvet 45w21st - which styed open but lost liquor license NOV 2004! A couple or few rapes and violent incidents later it is closed. 2009June Avenue 'gastolounge', Ballroom [lounge] at Jane Hotel-a hip but hot mess... 2009___ The Gates 2009June Avenue opened 2008 ___ fall Santos Party House - Bowery 2008Oct Greenhouse - a "green" club 2008summer- ROXY attempting to get permits, community board OK etc to reopen. The building was not torn down for condos. 2008_ Santos Party House -Lafayette 2008June El Morocco Broadway-145 a new try at another Studio 84 [latino] 2008JUN Le Poisson Rouge Bleecker St 2008Feb/Mar opened Mansion 530 W. 28th St.212.629.9000 where Crobar was 2008Mar SCOREs West- About to be banned for selling liquor for 2 years for prostitution charges - lots of sex for a price was available and private, locked spaces for it. 2008JAN 11 -STEREO shut for now after shooting death JAN 10. 3rd closing since AUG 2007., 2008- Myst Retox closed JAN 7-21 over fall 2007 "public nuisance" charges 2008 Jan -PM Lounge- 30 days "renovations" + liquor sales suspended. 2007Dec new Kiss & Fly Club. 409 West 13th Street 2007 OCT 20 Mo'Pitkins closed 2007SEPT 3 4 am raid on Mr. Black's 2 staff + 15 customers arrests mostly over drugs.. they say cops did not read them their rights at all, just cuffed cursed fag jokes etc and hi- 5 ed each other...See VVoice Sept 12-18 2007 "NYPD Busts Ass"- to court Sept 20. Cops were readying to bust the place after there was an assault on two of them outside the club APR 2007, and drug use etc came to their attention. All charges were either dropped or reduced down for everyone busted. 2007Oct Terminal 5 11Av-56 opening [was EXIT] 2007 Copacabana w34st last night JUNE 30 2007 for coming MTA subway line construction..may reopen elsewhere ...later. 2007MAY Socialista 2007 May 1 Highline Ballroom where Glo/Powder was w16st 2007 APR 13 TONIC closes 2007 APR Blender Theater rock club at ol Grammercy movie thea w23st 2007 APR 1 Sin-e closed 2007Mar10 ROXY closing and will be demolished. Who can keep the condos from coming? 2007Feb21 State was to pull Scores liquor license but Scores got temp restraining order-hearing held JULY 2007Feb16 CROBAR closed is now Studio Mezmor 2007Feb Opened - Gold Bar at 389 Broome Street 2007JAN 24 4 exotic dancers and 3 managers arrested at SCORES for prostitution and related offenses..6 were arraigned released and charges dropped against one. 2007 Jan 5 Crobar and Sol were closed for at least "5 nights" 2006Dec STUDIO B 250 Banker St Greenpoint www.clubstudiob.com Avalon closed Weds evening NOV 23 "certificate of occupancy problems" ROXY 515w18 closed NOV 1 for non-payment of NYC taxes plus $3mil State sales and withholding, 1998-2000 and 2001-2004, may reopen by late NOV. CBGB last call for real OCT 15 2006 new-Columbus 72 72nd at Columbus OCT 7 downtown goes uptown and loses the attitude? new-Dirty Disco 248w14 Sept 15 - retro Studio 54? new-TENJUNE: 26 Little W 12 preopening end of AUG and opens SEPT 5 2006. new OCT 2006 closed is MYST and RETOX Rock Bar 547w27 -was QUO til SEPT ->CITY COUNCIL passed FEB 28 2007 to required cameras at club exit-entrances. -->Cameras, id scanners and some city control over enforcement of SLA rules is proposed. -> it is some more crap- scanner won't help if some one elses real ID used and accepted, or you real ID is ol type not scannable. There are multi cameras in most places already. [-see VilVoice AUG30- SEP 5 2006, "License to Shill" P. Romano] OH clubs do NOT have actual licensed security guards, or investigators. SO abuses of the law continue, and abuses of the clubs by the law continues. The actual classes for registered bouncers was shown in the article to be sorta like ding-dong school - useless. -->Imett's law is a BS because it is weaker than fixing the system using existing laws and getting clubs licensed to hire actual security guards and private investigators among other remedies. 2006 Dec BEATRICE INN under new owner reopened. Neighborhood noise, crowds outside complaints lead to liquor license _____ 2008. CLOSED APRIL 2009 temp. 2006 Dec The Box 189 Chrystie: Studio 2006? International $exy? NOV 26 killed by 50 bullets outside a shady strip club Kalua Cabaret 143-08 94 Ave, Jamaica undercovers casing place and outside. The police had been called to the club 26 times so far in 2006 and a brothel upstairs was closed and reopened. One thing is absolutely certain..the Police Club Enforcement Unit IS looking to close some Chelsea area clubs for similar reasons that they pulled the operation in JAMIAICA, but they wouldn't have been so fast to shoot.... NOV 11 am 2 stabbed, hit with a bottle at Club Myst on w28, they did not realise the stabbing until in their limo.. Sept 7 Liquor license moratorium in Manhattan clubs, cabarets and bars subject to the 500-foot rule until end of 2006. [to take political heat off the Governor or pals! I'm sure since all the umm, incidents, well two killings plus lots 'o rowdies. Sept 2006 Studio B - 220 Banker, Greenpoint opened Aug 25 2006 Spirit closed til court hearing underage drinking and pot. --> Police searchlights placed at both end of w27 10-11Av, closed to traffic too, barricades and horse patrols THURS-FRI-SAT nite. They are handing out "Nighttime Safety Tips" fliers. Its now a war zone. Aug 23 Mayor signed Intro 366-A, A stricter addition to the state law, 366-A all security guards, including bouncers, must be properly "licensed' [actually registered] and requires such establishments to keep proof of their compliance with State law on file and ready for inspection subject to closure or "jeopardy" of public assembly permit and cabaret licenses. MARCH[!] Multi-Agency Response to Hot Spot is marching thru city bars, clubs looking for opportunities to collect fines. -->AUG 3 2006 Figures released show increased undercover operations against underage drinking and more summonses for drinking and disorderly conduct, at the W Chelsea clubs but 58% increase in assaults since 2005...so can they keep up? Re dead body of 18-y.o. NJ woman Jennifer Moore MON 7-24 after night out at w27 st Chelsea club "The Guest House" her car towed and friend passed out. She took a ride away with deadly strangers. Was found dead in a suitcase in a dumpster near a NJ motel. Rise in no of Manhattan clubs is and no of women shot who drank too much. Plus "Shootings on Saturday nights outside nightclubs in poorer neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx remain regular events." Wilson, NYTimes 7-28-06 "Being Alone Raises Perils In a Night on the Town" -Oh that column politely did not emphasize they were underage.. the straight clubs are populated by underage tits, the owners look aside as bouncers admit the underaged and, bigger tits and more blonder the younger they get in..-> 27 y.o. clubgoer avg NYer George McCook letter to am NewYork 8-3-06 "..clubs just feed off High School girls in miniskirts." See. -->July 20 Crobar-two women shot inside, suing club AUG. 22 arrests made there in 2006 so far, but nothing in connection with this and no action against club. MAY 23 2006 Bouncer on a "rampage" shoots kills one and injured three outside Opus 22, 449w22st.[opened 2005]->like so much of NYC life that is f__ up, STATE regulations apply-NOT city. 2006 Sept One Little W 12 2006 Sept [Chrystie] Club The Plumm [new April 27 2006] 246w14 membership by invitation SOunds like a gaudy-sexy lounge to exude power and sex of its celebrity athlete-actor partners draw. NYPost 4-19-06 looks at the new membership clubs- CORE CLUB 66e55 $60k initiation. $12k dues. Membership and any access by invitation. Sounds like new money, cleaned-up Euro trash and royalty wanna bes. Soho House by nomination and approval. Register $200 due $1,000. Sounds like downtown decadence in designer doos. FIZZ 137e55 dance club dues $1,00, $700 juniors Membership application and recommendations required. Doorman may let some public in. Sounds like decadent younger pro partiers. The Plumm and Frederick's --see list above 2006 Feb Element - E Houston 2006- 200 temporary closings in last "year and a half" NYTimes 4-24-2006 incl for smoking violations and clubs and bars. LET THEM GO AFTER THE Mad Sq Garden or YANKEE STADUIM equally! and close THEM for VIOLATIONS!! Courts order clubs have to contract monitors screening at door for drugs and underage, and will later report to the clubs, courts and police. ALL were gay or hosting gay events so those who reported that this was NOT targeted at the gay community are full of shit. "Except in the case of two bartenders accused of selling Ecstasy at Avalon.. none of those arrested were employees of the clubs.." --> 20 arrested incl 4 bartenders in a period of months preceding MAR 31 2006 Fri nite raids: Steel Gym w23 -drugs, solicitation allowed to stay open. Splash w17 closed [coke, pot and ecstasy] for one night. View bar 8Av still closed a week later, hearing still to be held. Avalon -drugs CLOSED until hearing[s] Spirit w27 drugs, violence, underage drinking CLOSED until hearing[s] except for a scheduled cancer benefit FRI and AIDS benefit the next SUN. Club Deep w22- ecstasy and cocaine-reopened APRIL 12. Shelter[ aka Speed] - closed then after a hearing ordered closed April 17-24 ............. Webster Hall west? Its owners are to open SCB Entertainment 251w30 [7-8Av] Labor Day weekend 2006.-was space for "Downtime" that closed in 2004. Aug 2006: Tenjune Feb 2006: G Spa and Lunge in Hotel Gansevoort -Boite -NYTimes Styles 2-19-06-"Getting In: Bring a model, a celebrity or a Greek shipping heir." Tightest door in NY? the ANNEX Feb 2006 -152 Orchard British flav lounge Exit/Black Mar 18 closed various violations. Pink Elephant op. FEB 527w27 'more posh than their 8Av-13st location.. if you pay up for bottle service, though you'll be in.' The Manor 73 8Av op. March in the Pink Elephant space. Buddha Bar [restaurant-lounge] March 17 Little W 12 NA closed is PLUMM, membership by invitation. 2005 PACHA shut for a night DEC 4 w46st on an OD. Frederick's [wah exactly?] 768 Madison Dues $1,200, $250 initiation. Non- members admitted except to back room. Sounds like a bit reserved that just is what it is for "wealthy socialites in their late 20s to mid50s. Tribeca Rock Club closed DEC 2005 Club Crush 12-2-05 539w21 under 21 and prep school - celeb brats please. No alcohol. Idea propelled by connected former prep schooler who saw that that underage but fab girls got in all the clubs, but then they could not hang out with their boyfriends. [Post 12-1-05] R&R bar -live music..416w14 st fall 2005 Stereo 512w29 "..be a model or get on the guest list." "old school hip-hop" - - -12-4-05 NYTimes Styles, boite Happy Valley 14e27 Sept 2005 Nikki Midtown 151e44 fall? 2005 "With high-priced drinks and an even higher priced menu (Sunday brunch is $125 a head and includes caviar and Champagne), Nikki caters to the over-30 crowd, especially well- heeled jet-setters worldwide and pay up to $5,000 for a V.I.P. membership. Dinner and drinks open to everyone to 10pm. --Liza Ghorbani, Boites, NYTimes Styles 12-25-2005 PEGU lounge new 2fl West Houston at West Broadway NV closed May 27 2004 Hudson at Spring St after about 10 yrs PS 450 [Park Av So.] Mar? 2005 Movida 28 7AvSouth NYTimes Boite Apr 17 2007 "Getting in: Make friends with the owner" Owner-"What happens in Movida stays in Movida." Frederick's 8w58 winter 2005 Nerveana 179 Varick -club 90s dress casual no velvet rope Duke & Duchess bar closed Feb 11 2005 closed Fez closed C-Note Ave C closed Luna lounge- Ludlow St end Feb 2005 CONDO development summer-fall 2004 Kitty Salon at the Riverview [Jane St] Hotel Dec 2004 - - Still a welfare hotel? at the edge of meatpacking district Aer Lounge 409w13 12-2-04 Glo - Ruby Falls 609w29 FILTER w14 at Washington closing, fashionista store SCOOP to expand to whole blockfront w- children's store Cain "South-African-themed" Remade fall 2008 as CAIN luxe a few less tables 'deep house music' and fabu French accent [Oct 2004 544w27st 24 tables only, reservations REQUIRED "the number changes periodically"] Green Room and Select openings Oct 2004 Duke & Duchess Sept/Oct 2004 4 av-9st Snitch 59w21 Pangea closed end of July 2004 Level V May 2004 "Kos' 264 Bowery The Delancey, 180 Delancey summer 2004 2004 Mar 7 Sound Factory 618w46 raided by city and DEA agents. closed -Richard Grant owner, acquitted of drug charges 6-9-05 trial began May 12. "U.S. Attorney David Kelly said three patrons have died at the club from overdoses since it opened in 2003 and the club maintained an "ICU" unit, or "crack alley" section, in the club for patrons too zonked out to stay alert." [-NY Sun 3-8-04 "Nightclub Padlocked After DEA Raid"] Club owner and two employees charged, said to sell servings of Ecstasy and allowed dealers to sell a variety of other drugs. The club EXIT is also a target for closing for similar reasons right now. Arc, Hubert St near Holland Tunnel, closed APR 2004 NA -Nell's [since 1986] closed June 2004 reopened Sept30 as NA after some private preopening parties Nell's 246w14 closed for remodeling BUT Marquee 12-16-03 10av bet 27-28st HIRO at the Maritime Hotel- Feb 13 2004 - for the right kind of early 21st cent. hip power broker, model, celeb. NO velvet rope - the door is more solid. Crobar 530w28 opened Dec 11 2003 Quo 511w 28 Spirit new w27st where Twilo was 'new agey' concept Spider Club - Oct 31 2003 - "club within a club" to open NYC Oct 31 within AVALON -[ol LIMELIGHT[!]'if you have to ask to join you aren't invited, memb cards are in the mail. 1st branch is at 1737 N Vine, Hollywood with DONOVAN [yeah that Donovan] as "artistic Director" oh those celebrities, I hope a house lands on them. ...When did AVALON open? Sanctum lounge, new at Tribeca Grand Scores 10av-27-28st OCt 2003 strip club Dream lounge w27 10-11av By early Dec 2003 Shine to become the Canal Room late Aug or early Sept 2003 Nocturne - Bleecker at la Guardia Pl tough door The Flat - Sept 2003 16 First Ave -no velvet rope. PM - 50 Gansevoort bottle service... ....reservation eases entry for non-celebs. Mission Club - Bowery closed JAN 2006 til? by a judge for 12 violent incidents in 2005. PM -Gansevoort where Chingalle was carribbean-flavor 40/40 6w25 6-18-03 The Coral Room -June 2003 512w19 Plaid Jun 7 2003 >closing Jan 2005 'Night life gets larger' [Post 9-19-02] Buddha Bar - 9th - 15 [delayed many months] -in Chelsea Market building - Feb 2003 Feb 7 2003 EXIT and Sound Factory closed, prob. for months, for alleged drug activity after long undercover investigations. EXIT to be sold to promoter to become a concert venue, according to 'Page Six' 3-4-03 NY Post. Crowbar 530 W. 28 [11 Av.] Feb 2003 OHM 16 W. 22 [off 5th] SEPT.- now open Capitale 130 Bowery [Grand St.] Oct 2002 Sessa 208 W. 23 [7 Av] Oct. 2002 Powder 431 W. 16 [9 Av.] Nov. 2002 LIMELIGHT DEC 2002 as Estate-bldg sold summer 2003 to become AVALON, Sept 2003 The Executive Club JAN 2003 w45st at the river - -What's a high-end "gentleman's club" -its not a strip club? No backroom sex? I dunno - 12 av IS sleazy..are straight guys so horny they're crazier tha gay guys? also B'Lo w 19st NOV. 6 -[by Rob Vinocur] club life 2003- 8 people table 2 or 3 bottle minimum at $1,000 or much more. beware -"..whether or not you grow old in front of the velvet rope depends less on how you look than on how many overpriced bottles of liquor you commit to buying." [F. Weinstein NYPost APR 23 2003] Baraconda 1439 2av-75st e side disco revival Bungalow 8 515 w27 [Amy Sacco's] celebs Cielo 18 little w12 meat market uber-fabu Lobby - Lot 61 550 w21 late late Rehab 180 Lafayette - Great ones St. "Looks like LA, feels like Miami" trendoid $$$ Pangea 417 Lafayette at Astor beautiful party people Show 135 w41 Suede - [Aton Sugarman's] also Cielo- JAN 2003 18 Little W12 'house music w/ a latin twist' be fab, tanned, be a model 2001Apr Bungalow 8- '2001-'s Pangea, Butter, Go, Exit II, "are still packed a year later.' 2000_- Slate 54w21 pool halls / sports bar Sept. 00-View Bar opens for "..cute boys and gym gods, fashion plates and grunge guys can go to see and be seen..." -HX mag. Sept. 15 '00 -->Right, just what's been lacking in Chelsea, fer sure... 1998Feb Lot 61 w21st 1987- the Kniting Factory new. Paradise garage closed 1986 last call STUDIO 54 =========================================== - the NY TIMES - Sunday Styles Dec. 26 1999 - "10 Parties That Shook The Century" --[by Penelope Green] 1. The Cult of the magazine Part I: Fund-raiser for The Masses [a socialist magazine] Webster hall 1913 2. Downtown, Uptown: Opening Party for the Dark Tower, 1928 - In Harlemfabulous, but short-lived. 3. A block Party and an Angry Mayor: V-E Day, May 7 1945 4. The Blockbuster: Premiere Party for "Around the World in 80 Days" Madison Sq.Garden Oct. 17, 1957.- "..what the 50's were all about." "..the first over-the-top premiere for a blockbuster movie." Mike Todd's party, Elizabeth Taylor - Host, Marilyn Monroe rides in on an elephant. The public got tickets too! 5. In the Mix: Truman Capote's Black and White Ball, the Plaza Nov. 28, 1966 "..probably the purest example of what can be called the Irwin Allen-"Towering Inferno" of party-giving..." the political, social and literary world's last aristocrats 6. Radical Chic: Fund-Raiser for the Black Panthers at the Park Avenue Apartment of Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montearlgre, His Wife, Jan. 14 1970. 7. The Last Day of Disco: Bianca Jagger's Birthday, Studio 54, May 1978.- baby heme, bowls of Cracker jack, silver coated male, and a gold coated Godiva led in on horses. and all the beautiful people. 8. Wretched Excess, Parts I and II: The Birthday parties of Saul Steinberg in Quogue, L.I., and Malcolm S. Forbes in Tangier, Morocco - August 1989. 9. Rapper's Delight: Puffy Comb's 29th Birthday, Cipriani Wall St. Nov. 4, 1998. --- [Puffy Combs]...arrived and peaked in one four-hour period." 10. The Cult of the Magazine, Part I: Debut a Party for Talk, Liberty Island, Aug,. 2, 1999. ->TOO BAD they left out the Jan 23 1931 Beaux-Arts Ball Fete Moderne at Hotel Astor- too much an architectural-cult event? --> OK you have to go to one of these -take a trip back in time - which one do you go to. A toss up - Studio 54, or Black and White Ball, no? ---------------------------------------- Performances: July 7 1912 Houdini Put in a box and tossed from a tugboat into the river at Governors Island [Federal prop. - it was against the law then to hold 'public performances' on Sundays] --from F.Y.I. NY Times 5-26-02 Ed Boland Jr. [I gotta get the dates for their last times NY]] -Marlene Dietrich -Judy at the Palace -Josephine Baker -Judy at Carnegie Hall more --------------------------------------- Bare it and grin: There were [are?] some backrooms on the sly at some bars, and a feeling of liberation post-Giuliani [oops in Bloombergs 2nd term, that is absolutely gone..... I think the Police resources are stretched thin due to staffing shortages and budget probs. esp. post 9-11 that's all! Dean Johnson fab weekly 'boys' party at The Park on 10th Av. in Chelsea, "Magnum" was raided by police as he decided to take a stand against local laws banning nudity at businesses serving alcohol by having real nude go go boys. the Party has been relocated out of the 'Park'-Time Out NY - 6-27 7-4 2002 -------------------------------------- 2003-MAR 8 owner of former church on 6 ave. puts bldg. up for sale Leased by John Blair as ESTATE and he intends to keep operating under that lease. -Peter Gatien lost 3yr fight against deportation 8-20-03, being sent back to Canada, 'green card' taken back, 1999 guilty plea to skimming $1.2 mil in State taxes at Limelight. INS detention. Limelight was last reopened Dec. 98, after some false starts and reopened under new ownership and mgmt with preview parties late 2002 as ESTATE. -Peter Gatien was acquitted of federal drug charges in 1996 -.. testimony of dealers backfired for the prosecution because they were so scummy. The nearby 'loft'community is against the club. Gatien and his wife pleaded guilty to tax-evasion charges Jan. 99, and he served 60 days at Rikers Island prison in 1998. He is still may lose the club's liquor license as hearings are scheduled, hearings are being dragged out by his high-priced team of lawyers. Reports on 9-26-99 speculated that the club may be for sale. ---------------------------------------- "Promoters fear 'RAVE' bill will hurt circuit parties" NY Blade - JUL 2 2002-> Sen. Joe Biden [D-Del.] is chief sponsor of bill S.2633 the Reducing American's Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act of 2002 introduced JUN 18 2002 would "prohibit an individual form knowingly, opening, maintaining, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance." this is not supposed to be aimed at drug traffickers and DEA Agents would "defer to DEA attorneys and local and federal prosecutors" in determining which promoters "knowingly" all drug use at their events..according to Special Agent Will Glaspy, spokesman for the U.S. DEA. ----------------------------------------- "Gay Club Kids Survive the Dance Police"by Adrienne Day - Back to School Special - Village Voice Aug. 21-27 2002 "The clubs that thrived in the early '90s- the Tunnel, the Roxy, Twilo, Limelight, the original Shelter [now Arc ] - are gone or have been tamed beyond recognition. Gone are the days when you could sashay inside with a dozen pills tucked inside an amply padded bustier or hidden inside 10-inch platforms. Gone are the days of "raverbathrooms," when the Tunnel had its own DJ sound system, and comfy cushions to encourage dilly-dallying and stolen kisses [not to mention naughty things that went on in the stalls." MAY 6 2001-TWILO-closed ~1:30 am Sun. by NYC sayin it did not have proper city permits [C of O and Place of Assembly Permit] but the club was open for 3 years and its lawyer says they DO have this paperwork On July 22, a college senior died at TWILO after ecstasy use, in 1998 NYPD filed a lawsuit "accusing operators of allowing drug sales within the establishment." AUG. 2001- AUCTION TUNNEL sold, MAR 2002 reopened as "Frame" by Stuart Smith an events and catering hall. Bankruptcy judge required the vacating the LIMELIGHT premises to landlords before leases ran out as the rent was not paid up. The Limelight liquor license is up for grabs, but in late August Community Board 5 voted to recommend to the State Liquor Auth. not to grant a new license to Flatiron Entertainment- new owner/operator John Blair [which includes two associates of P. Gatien] P. Gatien still owes $1.75 million in "court-ordered restitution for state and city taxes he pleaded guilty to skimming from his clubs in 1999. "NY POST 8-31-2001 OCT. 2000-Tapes seized Oct. 8 with a search warrant "..from Club Twilo in Chelsea show employees dumping unconscious patrons in a closet.."Police got "911" calls about unconscious people in the club. [NY POST 10-10-2000]->It had been arrange by worker at the club to put people outside, or call taxis to keep it all quiet and take passed out people away. Attempts to close the club have been ongoing for over a year esp. since a suburban NJ teen died after a bad reaction to ecstasy and being neglected at the club. TUNNEL->For two years at least, the club had been investigated because it was scene of drug sales, and violent crimes. In Jan. 1999 a suburban teenager died of an overdose at the Tunnel. A fatal stabbing just outside the club by customers who took their fight outside on Apr. 9 2001 leading to further calls for a shutdown. In Mar. and April 99 undercover police made buys of Ecstasy, 'special K' and cocaine there, but the club was OK'd to stay open. On Fri. Feb. 11, 2000 the club's liquor licenses were seized, and returned by different judges. In Aug. 98 it was reported that a possible connection after an admission to him to the murder, by clubkid M. Alig, of Angel Melendez, then giving Alig some money to travel away from NYC. NY Post (Devlin Barett) Aug. 31 1998 says "But because of a legal thicket created by two separate investigations into Gatien's empire - which then included the Palladium (my note: Palladium was just torn down summer 98 to make more room for NYU housing), Limelight and Tunnel - those allegations were never turned over to prosecutors handling the Melendez killing, officials said." ----------------------------------------------------------- "old places put on new faces" Post 10-4-02 LINK 120 E 15 [was Corrado Cafe] "No blasting jukebox or red rope ..just banquetes, candles." Elmo Lounge 156 7 Ave. [19-20 St.] "..inspired by 1950s Miami Beach" Society Five [was Luahn] 59 5th Ave. [12-13 St.] "..bouncers and black ropes, don't say we didn't warn you." JOEY'S [was Aunt Bee's] 186 Ave. B {11-12 St.] "comfort" Waikiki Wally's [was La Nouvelle Justine] 101 E. 2 Ave. "Don Ho fit in at last weeks opening." Bauhaus [was Orchard Grill] 196 Orchard St. [Houston-Stanton] Hi-Fi [was Brownie's] 169 Ave. A [10-11 St.] Chetty Red [was True] 28 E. 23 [Park-Madison] "One of the few lounges in town with a cabarat license." Traffic [was Beekman Br and Books] 889 First Ave. [50 St.] "Intimate and sexy." Q LOUNGE [was Chelsea Billiards] "A deep red sports bar..72 inch flat screen and 16 pool tables" ----------------------------------------- *Vault/Cellblock* S-M club on 13 St. was demolished 6/98 after being bought out by the State Oct. 97. The State moved em' out (relocated to 23 St. 11 Ave.) for "widening the West Side highway and parking". [The 23 at 11 Ave. location is a fancy, straight 'gentlemen's club' right now. "Unsafe sex activity" was observed at the gay portion (Cellblock) and it was shut, but not at the straight section - Vault -so it was allowed to move to 23 St - 11 Ave.) ------------------------------------------- PEORIA, NY? A Federal Appeals Court would not overturn the lower court decision. Closings have begun. There may be appeals in some individual cases. -> as 2-23-98 NY State Supreme Court upheld the Mayor's zoning plan which will force most all porno-adult shops out of existence in NYC. They CANNOT be within 500 ft. of a residential area, school etc. etc. and must be in industrial area. They cannot relocate. If the 500 ft. limit were increased it would literally start to have meant the only permissible area would be in the river. Most shops have changed merchandise to 60% regular 'stuff' and 40% 'adult merchandise to comply...yes the porno video stores all have that mix now. NYC Building inspectors are checking this out instead of doing bldg. violation inspections in general. The Andy Warhol Cafe may be coming to the old Factory on E. 33 at Madison. The *Jackie Doll* is now available from the Franklin Mint for five (5) equal monthly installments of $18. each! 'Jackie" a new comedy came and went on B'way. Well, regarding other icons - a T shirt with Princess Di, and Mother Theresa together and with angel wings is available at *Don't Panic* -Christopher St. and other locations-. *Uncle Charlie's* -opened in 1980- closed 9-11-97 -Chelsea is now more fabulous than the Village and rising rents and fewer customers apparently led owners to pack it up. On Christopher St., *David's Potbelly* Restaurant closed in 98 and has already come and as different restaurants twice [winter 2002] the *Army/Navy* store at the corner of Bleecker closed Spring '99, and of course *Bellardo's* packed up even longer ago. BARNEYS Chelsea store closed in mid August '97. The space on corner 17 St. will be a small museum late 2004. Loehmanns opened in part of the 7 Ave. Barneys in October '97. ========= "New York's most dangerous snobsters"</font> by Jared Paul "NIGHTCRAWLER" Stern 200_ "New York is the epicenter of snobbery..inspired by [Chicago author] Joseph Epstein's new book "Snobbery: The American Version." <p> 1. David Bouley> 2. Mario Buatta 3. David Patrick Columbia [of 'Quest']<br> 4. Marie-Chantal of Greece 5.Brooke de Ocampo, 6. Alleen Miehle ['Suzy'] 7. Pauline Pitt 8. Martha Stewart> 9. Anna Wintour.> [-well we've just been calling it attitude.] =Later !
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fabu: scroll down-> 50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers Unforgivable sin... Fashion Week: The Are-You-Fabulous Quiz Gun Club Guides and tales of the East or even Lower East Side 'Night life gets larger' South Beach "Top 5 Catfights..." Best places to pick up rich girls- Is Paris burning? Letters of the 'week' Women are fixing it for themselves NoMad - new fabu neighborhood I'm your vehicle, baby. "..too posh to push in Brooklyn." New York Observer 4-19-2006 Two men and a baby... "Young Rich Can't Stop Procreating" How to marry a millionaire.. Mortimor's, Orsay, Swifty's Zip Code Angst R*A*V*E anti-drug law HAMPTONs- Piss, One-Arm Bandits and Seccession Gays busted ON THE BEACH. Straight public obscene gropefest at Giants Stadium tolerated by management. beach fabu:"Special K Morning" Japanese Gentlemen's Clubs in NY Forbes.com - Top cities for singles. ======================================================== "50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers" [2003] 'Compiled and written by Matt Taibbi, J. R. Callan and Adam Bulger' -> Please see no. 6, guy who has about as much power over NYC Govt as the Mayor. ==== -I add NOV 2004 Star Jones for her wedding pigginess with rules for the guests, sponsorships and harassing her own guests who tried to take pics. And shut up already about it all. God don't like ugly! Selling sponsorships for weddings and banning guests from taking pics [Trump also in did it at his wedding] because rights are sold is very piggy! === 50. Naomi Campbell...Model 49. Jonathan Franzan...Author 48. Rock Revivalists.."Musicians" 47. Paul Gigot...Editor 46. Yoko Ono..."..shameless, stonal publicity hag.." 45. Vito Fosella...Politician [Staten Island] 44. Nas and Jay-Z ...Rappers 43. Gabrielle Hamiliton..Restauranter 42. Sander Hicks.."Guerilla Journalist" 41. Steve Sands...Celebrity Photographer 40. Carson Daly...Television Host 39. Jeff Koons..Artist "Is this stockbroker and playboy-turned-pop-artist an ingenious media manipulator, or is he a talentless fraud?" 38. Mark Sharfman...Landlord "Scharfman's name appears in the papers in Dickensian tales of tenant abuse with numbing regularlity." 37. Fisher Stevens/Ethan Hawke...Actors 36. That Guy in the Huge Calvin Ad at Houston and Broadway...Pretty Boy "Life in this city is difficult enough without having to navigate a path to work every morning through a forest of giant, pouting supermodels." 35. Jason Sehorn..Athlete 34. Tina Brown..Former Editor "..shrill Brit with jiggly arms who systematically massacred the reputations of two of America's most storied institutions..." 33. Baird Jones...Nightlife Figure ->my note do any of you give a F-- about "nightlife figures"? 32. Brian Williams..Anchorman 31. Sam Waskal..Criminal 30. Martha Stewart..enough said. 29. Jack Grubman...Financial Analyst "Winner of the 'Most likely to cause angry mobs to run through Wall St. with pitchforks' award." 28. Griffin Dunne...Actor 27. John Negroponte...U.S. Representative to the U.N. "..was a high-ranking aide in the Nixon administration during the Watergate years, served as the U.S. Ambassador to Honduras during the era of alleged CIA- backed atrocities in the 80s and was a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal" -and their point is? From a conservative POV he's a good guy. Otherwise someone who doesn't pass muster with proper liberal, leftist credentials again is pilloried. 26. Rick Moody..Author, Grant Applicant 25. David Rabin...President, New York Nighttlife Assoc. "..flat-assed, part owner of high-end sleaze joint Lotus supports the Giuliani-resuscitated cabaret laws.." ->he replied to the paper on defense of fully legitimate establishments that meet all bldg codes and that he supports change in Cabaret law to allow incidental dancing to relieve the witch-hunt against bars etc. penalized for a few friends making a few dance moves. 24. Patti Smith...Musician, Poet 23. Harvey Weinstein...Producer 22. Bernard Kerik...Former NYPD Top Dog "...decided not to fire the four cops involved in the Amadou Diallo incident, reminding New York that you have to shoot an unarmed black man at least *fifty* times before you lose your badge...[w]as head of a state corrections department that for years was the city's most dependable source of scandal and bureaucratic skullduggery." 21. Edgar Bronfman Jr...Median Mogul 20. Annie Liebovita..Celebrity Photographer "...[i]insufferable and lacking in a single interesting photograph taken since the Koch administration ...[a] douchbag diva with an entourage bigger than the celebrities she photographs." ohmagod 19. Peter Vecsey...Sportswriter 18. Anthony Placido...Narc 17. Bob Kerry...President, New School 16. Woody Allen 15. George Steinbrenner, Owner, New York Yankees 14. Larry Silverstein, Real Estate Developer as a Jew, Silverstein "..provided fuel for the goons who could then claim that Jewish groups engineered the Sept. 11 attacks." World Trade Ctr. profiteer, "..made it clear that he felt more greed than grief in the wake of the tragedy." ohmagod! and that 'T' word again, it wasn't a tragedy, it was a REAL attack. 13. Leona Helmsley...World's Highest Paid Female Impersonator "..[t]he face of Jimmy Cagney on the body of Mayor McCheese and lugs around the personality of George Wallace." 12. Gregg Singer...Real Estate Developer - "Runner up for the coveted Reader's Poll award for Most Loathsome New Yorker" see #6 11. Henry Kissinger "...[s]cheming, paranoid, old thug..." 10. William Safire...Columnist/Wordsmith [-they can't stand some rightward questioning.] 9. Cocaine...Drug 8. Chris Komisarjevsky...P. R. Man "..[h]as represented dictatorships on every continent.." 7. Candace Bushnell...Writer 6. Sheldon Silver...Politician/Lawyer WINNER of the Reader's Poll-"The speaker of the New York State Assembly is also one of the most despicable lawyers in the city. Works about five months a years in Albany doing his best to block campaign reform, then spends the rest of the year using his political appointment to line his pockets with taxpayer money. One of the biggest ambulant chasers in the state, his law firm has the audacity to charge New York -aka, all of us- thousands of dollars an hour for legal services." 5. Jonathan Safran Foer...One-Hit Wonder 4. Ann Coulter..Pundit....another conservative on NY Press hit parade. 3. Michael Moore..Filmaker/Activist..OK finally "..[p]andering blowhard ...the hardworking, intelligent and reasoned left is degraded by association...[E]very time Moore comes out in support of a liberal band or politician or fellow celebrity.." Oh, please. 2. Ted Rall...Freedom Fighter/Cartoonist. 1. Keith Blanchard. --also if you like this stuff check out new RADAR mag. new May 2003. - - - - - 2006 50 Most Loathsome NYers- Super Villain Edition 50. Former [NY} Press Editorial Staff. Bruce Ratner - Developer and Nets owner 49. Chloe Sevigny & Vincent Gallo "Truly a match made in indie-film hell." 48. TAKi Columnist & bon vivant 47. Vito Fosella -Congressman 46. 45. Zac Posen - Fashion Designer 44. Ruben Diaz- State Senator 43. Peter Rauhofer -DJ/Producer 42. David Marvisi -Former Nightclub [Exit, Spa, Capitale, Estate] Owner "Maybe we're glad the man responsible for ushering in the era of body-cavity door-searches at Exit is out of the headlines and our of our heir, or maybe in some sick and perverted, sado-masochistic way, we miss him and his drama just a little bit. Nah. 41. Andrea Peyser - Newspaper [Post] Columnist 40. Bill Weld- former Mass. Governor 39, Margarita Lopez - former City Councilmember 38. Michael Shvo - Real-Estate Broker."..the biggest shark in the sea by far- now." 37. Hillary Clinton -U.S. Senator 36. Ron Perelman- Financier 36. The inconsiderate moron who blasts his iPod into my ear every morning on he L train. 35. Richie Rich - Fashion Designer. 34. The FOODIES - Homo Omnivirous 33. Naomi Campbell -Supermodel 32. GAWKER[.com] 31. Marty Markowitz- Brooklyn Borough President 30. Isaac Mizrahi -"..poor man's Gianni Versace..," 29. Andy Cuomo- Perennial Candidate 28. Jonathan Safran Foer -Author 27. Iris Weinshall -Transportation Head [NYC Dept of Transpt] ohmagood she's Chuck Schumer's wife. Untouchable in 2003 after 11 dead on SI Ferry accident. 26. John Bolton - Ambassador to the U.N. 25. Meatpacking District - Neighborhood 24. Lenora Fulani- Ex-party Leader. 23. The Strokes Rock Band 22. Michael Blomberg 21. Lil' Kim 20. Isaiah Thomas - Knicks Manager 19. James and Charles Dolan Sports Arena [MSG] Owners "dumb and dumber" -trashed the Knicks and MSG 18. Shaya Boymelgreen, Dave Walentas - Real Estate Developers 17, Irv Gotti [hose of Rap "Murder, Inc."] 16. Clarence Norman -Former Democractic Boss 15. Peter Braunstein 14. Michael Mastromarino, Jospeh Nicelli -Body Snatchers Rreally. Snatching corpses and selling body parts. 13. Mike Piazza -Baseball Player. 12. Chuck Schumer U.S. Senator 11. George Pataki - Lame-Duck Governor [NY< hello] read some more of my home page NY sections and WTC6- in particular enough said. 10. Hilly Kristal -Club [CBGB] Owner 9. Laura Blackburne - Former Judge. 8. July Miller -Former Times Reporter 7. Jon Sexton -University [NYU] president 6. James Frey -'Non-fiction' Author - [my comment- see what Oprah let a hot looking guy can get way with. 5. Roger Toussaint -Transit Union Leader. 4. Allan Jennings- former City Councilmember 3. Cardinal Egan- Roman Catholic Prelate in the closet?? 2. Larry Silverstein -Real Estate Developer 1. Bruce Rater - Nets Owner & Developer ============================================ Unforgivable sin - To blab and boast about illegal services for the well heeled and connected - you can get away with it if you keep quiet. "N.Y.'s Number One 'Hooker' Busted" Mags & TV fame led to her arrest" NY Post 7-31-2005 incl July 2005 New York Mag cover story Natalie McLennon was busted by cops with a search warrant for the Tribeca? [well the articles says WORTH St] "brother" NY Confidential owned by Jason Itzler- already at Rikers for prostitution, drug and money laundering charges]. She says they have no evidence, and she gave up prostitution already. ============================================ Fashion Week: "The Are-You-Fabulous Quiz" Libby Calloway & Lisa Marsh NY Post 2-10-03 [here's only the 23 questions ..with some of the points for each yes answer] 1. Did you get invited to the "Big Three": Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, and Ralph Lauren? 2. Did you get your seating assignments messengered to you ahead of time? 3. Did you get standing room tickets at BCBG? 4. Did you get standing room tickets at Anna Sui? 5. Do you get front-row seats at Ralph Lauren's intimate show? 6. Does Ralph Lauren give you his patented "point and smile" when he walks down the runway at the end of his show? 7. At the Tents, do the security guards know who you are? 8. Is it because you've been kicked out of so many shows for crashing? [-3 points] 9. In the past, have you successfully scored a front-row seat at hard-to-access shows by adopting a French accent and claiming to be Paris Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld's assistant? 10. Do designers send you flowers with your invitations to their shows? 11. Do they send you clothes to wear to the show? 12. Do you get a gift bag on your chair at most shows? 13. Does the CDFA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) send you a giftbag? 14. Is part of your job drinking champagne and socializing between shows? 15. Is part of your job to pass out champagne between shows? [-3 points] 16. Do photographer's from Japanese magazines always want to take your picture? 17. Does "Full Frontal Fashion" reporter Robert Verrdi stop you to ask "Where'd you get that"? 18. Do the Post's style photographers stop you? 19. Which row are you seated in at the Marc Jacobs show? (5 points for beng allowed in, 10 for 3rd or 4th, 20 for 2nd, 30 for 3rd row.) 20. Do you get invited to Marc's famous after-party? 21. How about the dinner after the after-party? 22. Every pair of Manolo Blanicks you've broken running to shows..(add 10 points) 23. Each day you turn up at a show wearing the same outfit as Brittany Murphy ..(subtract 10) I add 2 questions.. If you were there and answered any questions how'd you get to my page to read this? If you were there an have a real answer to any questions and you're a guy, please don't let me know..ever. ============================================ By regulations, actually less than 1/10 of 1 perent of New Yorkers are legally able to carry a gun. Yes, the criminals have it over the rest of us, whether or not we would ourselves want to be armed. Look Who's Packing' Mar 26 2006- no of active permits down from 41,173 in 2003 to 38,544 in 2006 but more celebs and billionaires got carry permits. GUN CLUB-"City hot shots packing heat" NY Post 8-3-03 NYC still has a high crime rate, just that its not evenly distributed. Celebrities and the wealthy are chief among citizens allowed carry permits. The NYPD units granting the permits are not accountable to the people on the system and our Mayor[s] like it that way. SO here goes a few names...active licenses aprox 3,600 down from 4,500 at end of 2001. huh? that's why they printed-see above figures Edgar M. Bronfman-Seagrams owner Robert de Niro [carry and premise] Fred Drasner Daily News co-publisher-[carry and premise] Lila Gold -Brooklyn Civil Court judge [carry] Harvey Keitel-carry Michael V. Korda- [premise-2] Richard P. Lowe-Manhattan Judge [carry and premise] Yvonne Lewis-Brooklyn judge [carry] Steven Pagones prosecutor [carry] Richard L. Price- Bx Supreme Court judge [premise] Winthrop P. Rockefeller heir [carry] John Roland TV anchor [carry] Howard Safir ex police commish [premise] Barry Slotnick lawyer [carry] Howard Stern [carry] Donald Trump [carry] Tommy mattola [carry] Don Imus [carry] Joe Bruno NY State Senate majority leader [carry] there's almost 39,000 permits but majority are law enforcement related for cops, ex cops, security people etc. Renewal is every three years.and under greater scrutiny than in the past so renewal rate is now 70% or lower. =========================================== Guides and Tales of the City from East or even Lower East Side to Brooklyn: [etc]: (Mostly for the ladies) Class WIth The Countess - LuAnn de Lesseps really, its seems sleazy to be able to use that title, then agains look at DVF. from Books of Styles NYTimes 5-3-2009: Amazing Tales for Making Men Out of Boys, Neil Oliver, Morrow The Perfect Baby Handbook: A Guide for Excessively Motivated Parents, Dale Hrabi, Harper Paperbacks Love Letters of Great Men- Edited by Ursala F Doyles St. Martin's Press --NYTimes Books of Style 12-21-2008] "Fashion Victims: The catty catalogue of Stylish Casualties From A to Z" Michael Roberts, Collins Design The Culture Code -Clotaire Rapaille, Obsessive Branding Disorder- Lucass Conley/Public Affairs Books, Buying In : The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We are-Rob Walker /Random House -see NYPost 'PostScript' 6-8-2008 Last Call at Elaine's: A Journey From One Side of the Bar to Another Brian McDonald, St. Martin's Press. Memoir, was a bartender there. GLAMOUR A History Stephen Gundle, Oxford U Press glamour: an unholy blend of "class" and "sleaze".. == Schillinger, Books Of Style NYTimes 7-13-2008-> Kathleen Parker, random House- "Save the Males-Why Men Matter and Why Women Should Care"- The war between the sexes was changed into a war on boys and men. Ms. Schillenger is peeved believing the book blames 'empowered women' who are just looking out for themselves She does not see very clearly the role played by the umm activist'feminazi' and how they have had the courts changed the [actual] rules / playing field. He's A Stud, She's A Slut and 40 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know Jessica Valenti, Seal Press H. Hurt III NYTimes 2-17-2008 OFF THE SHELF-> "Seducing the Boys Club: Uncensored Tatcics From A Woman At The top", Nina Di Sesa, Ballantine "What Men Don't Tell Women About Business" Christopher V. Flett, Wiley ==== A Nation of Wimps -Hara Estroff Marano Books of Style NYTimes 10-14-07-> How to Date Men: Dating Success form America's Top Matchmaker. by Janis Spindel -Plume The Four Man Plan: A Romantic Science. by Cindy Lu , Broadway "Deluxe - How Luxury Lost it Luster" Dana Thomas, Penguin Group 2007 All the Money In The World: How the Forbes 400 Make- and Spend Their Fortunes, Peter W. Bernstein and Annalyn Swan KNOPF 2007 The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City Elizabeth Currid, Princeton Univ. Press "The Four Man Plan" Cindy Lu, Broadway Books 2007 -"Do the math- if you're always dating four men at any given time, you're bound to meet Mr. Right!" Academy X, Andrew Trees The Mystery Method: How to get Beautiful Women Into Bed by Mystery, St. Martin's Press "One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding" Rebecca Mead, Penguin Press 2007 Secrets of the Model Dorm, Amanda Kerlin and Phil Oh, ATRIA Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball -Deborah Davis, Wiley. But oh no..Post "My Fair Lady" the movie, there was first the 1964 Dominick and Lenny Dunne's Black and White Ball in Beverly Hills and the similar 1965 Paris party Madame Helen Rochas. -->Schillinger, Books of Style, NYTimes 3-26-06. I wish I had been spoiled just a bit way back when...The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids, Madeline Levine (Harper Collins) HIP: The History. John Leland Maureen Dowd : Are Men Necessary? [When sexes collide] -honey you made your own bed so lay down in it. FEH. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-Up Artists Neil Strauss, Regan Books Assouline pub. 'coffee table' society style pic books. It's A Guy Thing by David Deida- "This guide [for women] to understanding guys gives up too many secrets, but it will bail you out of a few jams."-Michael Kane NYPost 1-9-2005 - -straight guy approved book to"outfox the guy-bash bestseller" by G. Behrendt that's poisened men for single women. OK is it a good read for gay guys? Kane's highest rating was for Heidi Fleiss' "The Player's Handbook" The Ultimate Guide on Dating & Relationships" "The Ivy Chronicles" Karen Quinn, Chronicle 2005. Boy Vey!: The Shiksa's Guide to Dating Jewish Men" Kristina Grish -Simon and Schuster The Titled Americans, Elisabeth Kehoe, Atlantic The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide Richard Conniff, W. W. Norton & Co. French Women Don't Get fat, Knopf , Mireille Guiliano -maybe she means *living* French women don't get fat. www.askthefrenchwoman.com Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat by Naomi Moriyama Better Homes and Husbands, Valerie Ann Leff Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton, Pantheon 2004 Heidi Klum's Body of Knowledge: 8 rules of Model Behavior (to help you take off on the runway of life) - Heidi Klum with Alexandra Postman, Crown A lady At the table: A Concise, Contemporary Guide to Table Manners Sheryl Shade with John Bridges and Bryan Curtis, Rutledge Press and "As a Lady Would Say" Sheryl Shade -noted by Penelope Green, Books of Style 12-5-2004 NYTimes The Importance of Being Famous: Behind the Scenes of the Celebrity-Industrial Complex, Maureen Ort, Henry Holt & Co. The Hedonism Handbook: Mastering the Lost Arts of Leisure and Pleasure, Michael Flocker, De Capo Press The Metrosexual Guide to Style A Handbook for the Modern Man by Michael Flocker, DeCapo Press "In the new world, the gayest straight guys wins."--Penelope Green, Books of Style, NYTimes Styles Oct 19 2003-feh it may play well in NYC-LA- sobe, but they say regular women want regular MEN.. [I do] this is mostly marketing..how can they make some money from the greater group of men who get off more from tools from Sears than latest grooming products! Just post 9-11 there was a brief time to celebrate, ->capitalize on manly men blue collar heroes but not for too long for the fashion industry. The Street Law Handbook - Surviving Sex, Drugs and Petty Crime, Neeraja Viswanathan, Bloomsbury for the rest of us who don't have lawyers, PR and accountants on call. The Fashionista Files: Adventures in Four Inch Heels and Faux Pas -Ballantine, Melissade la Cruz and Karen Rabinovitz Nerve's Guide to Sex Etiquette for ladies and gentleman new JAN 2004 Feb 2003 - handbook for the rest of US? "The Hipster Handbook" by Robert Lanham John Leland, "Hip: The History" 2004 "The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide" by Richard Conniff, W.W Norton & Co. 2002 Bergdorf Blondes, Plum Sykes The Devil Wears Prada-Lauren Weisberger The Nanny Diaries "Genuine Authentic The Real Life of Ralph Lauren" by Michael Gross [Harper Collins] The Future of Men Marian Salzman, Ira Malathia and Ann O'Reilly, Palgrave [Macmillan] Drama Kings: The Men Who Drive Strong Women Crazy Dalma Heyn. Rodale The Art of the Steal: Inside the Sotheby's-Chrysties Auction House Scandal, Christopher Mason, Putnam I Love the Nightlife: Books 2003 Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture, Frank Owen, St. Martin's Press 1999 Disco Bloodbath, James St. James 1997 The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco and the Culture of the Night, Anthony Haden-Guest Graffiti chic [-but not in *their* backyard-] The saga of slice and paste "poster" boy "suspect" 27 year old Henry Martyjewicz - arrested JAN 2009..got notoriety, publicity and going from the 'rags [newspaper], mags and YouTube into the gallery chic scene was arrest and 'My client is innocent' crap. Prob any conviction is gonna be a pittance compared to what he is about to get from his guerilla art. F__ him. 'Graffiti has nothing to do with sneakers, so basically it's just another despicable corporation trying to look edgy by promoting a crime in search of profits.." -Councilman Peter Valone Jr. re:ADIDAS promotion of hip hop sneakers w Adidas graffiti by painting subway car mock up 4-10-2007. "Bombshell: The Life and Crimes of Claw Money" powerHouse books - she is now a fabu designer "Kiko Was Here" Village Voice FEB 28-MAR 6 2007 "Autograf: New York City's Graffiti Writes" power House book, Peter Sutherland 2004 NYTimes profiled the book 5-9-04, NY Times is very enamored of graffitiists- 2010 Feb 5 "Graffiti's Story, From Vandalism to Nostalgia" D. Gonzalez, NYTimes -"Unlike the artists who executed elaborately drawn and colored tableaux decaded ago, younger outlaws have little chance to develop into accomplished painters." - but look at web site www.at149st.com and book " Graffitti New York". To be fair write in the book or steal it, and hack the website@! The City section 11-14 - highlighted 200_ graffiti style ads for Rheingold on roll down gates of a couple of stores on Lower E Side. NOV 16 2004 "Remembering and Defending Subway Graffiti" David Gonzalez - Rather than buy space, graffiti writers were visual squatters" Yeah some of them moved on to artists studios. NOv__ fab gallery show of mini subways cars graffitied up for $sale. Marcoart gallery -___ tagged 1982-book "Subway Art" Henry Chalfont pics and Martha Cooper =========================================== JOOP You capitalist German M-F!- Wolfgang Joop "The 11th of September set a learning process in motion...in that the Twin Towers, a symbol of capitalist arrogance, have fallen." -widely quoted comments he made. Unfortunately there are people right here whose brains are this fuzzy too. =========================================== "Top 5 catfights in recent memory" 1. Julia Roberts* vs. Vera Moder 2002 2. Donna Hanover* vs. Judi Nathan 2001 3. Gwyneth Paltrow* vs. Winona Ryder 1998 4. Courtney Love vs Madonna. 5. Nancy Kerrigan vs Tanya Harding from Phoebe Reilly's "Back off , b**h! Why womens are often each other's worst enemy" review of "CATFIGHT: Women and Competition" by Leora Tanenbaum, Seven Stories Press [10-20-02] .............................................. NY Times MAY 28 2000 from front page story- "Beauty Reigns Supreme in a Florida Enclave" by Rick Bragg "South Beach is utterly absorbed by beauty, peopled with fashion models and dreamers and others who just like moving about a place where bartenders pose like Grecian statues, cafe hostesses are achingly lovely, and waiters and waitresses sway blank-faced between tables as if on an invisible catwalk - as if the ghost of Gianni Versace were looking on from a dark corner table. ============================================= The New Yorker 75th Anniversary issue Feb. 21/28 2000 ============================================= Best Places to Pickup Rich Girls -from Details mag OCT 2002, printed NY POST 9-18-02 1. AA Upper East Side -near 72st. and Madison 2. NY Racquet and Tennis Club - 370 Park 53rd. 3. Harry Ciprani 5th- 59 St. 4. Swifty's Lex. - 72 5. The Piping Rock Club, Long Island 6. Bridgehampton Polo Club 7. Brown Alumni Mixers 8. The New York Yacht Club, Newport R I 9. Edgartown Yach Club, Martha's Vineyard 10.The Bath and Tennis Club, Palm Beach FL Is Paris Burning? And F- the French, I'm sick of Paris. by the way she's so impossibly slim and rich -straight guys going for gotta be twisted. La Dolce Musto, Michael Musto VVoice Nov 19-25 2003 --says the Hilton's {Paris' parents] outrage over exploitation of their daughter is utterly ridiculous..as Paris "...jockeys for camera position when unflinchingly taking on a horse-hung sex fiend! (By the way, she's so into doggie -style that she should immediately go to Saks!" -------------------------------------------------- Letters of the "Week" NY TIMES the CITY 9-30-00 re: feature Sept. 3 ->"The Pursuit of Less" "The seekers of the simple life that were profiled...[a]lso live in some of the trendiest neighborhoods on New York...[T]hey may have stopped buying luxury items and otherwise simplified their lifestyles, but their choice to pay top dollar for a fashionable address belies their claims of ascetism."->Alex Riley Woodside Queens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in response to a New York Magazine feature [Oct. 4 issue, by Sarah Bernard] about HBO's Sex and the City "Now it all makes sense..I thought it strange that the characters bore so little resemblance to me or my thirtysomething single urban girlfriends. Nightly club-hopping, come-sleep-with-me daywear, first -date sex with a nonstop parade of available only in their good looks and complete lack of interest in marriage and children - these are the lives of (some) gay men, not straight women...[But] HBO please don't scrap the gay writers yet. Who wants to watch a bunch of sexually frustrated women whining about their weight and biological clocks?" ---Adeena Dworkin, Manhattan - -----Letters Oct. 18, 1999 New York Magazine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - New York Magazine's 30th birthday party was held April 2 '98 at *STUDIO 54* A fabu assemblage of the surviving gliterati. Lauren Hutton was asked at a quik interview by a TV tabloid reported about being back there and she said it was "...spooky. It was like Sodom and Gomorrah there." The movie '54' opened at the end of Aug 98. *CABARET* is playing there now. ........................................ "Some Women Do Their Nails With a Hammer" women are fixing it for themselves, new resources, and women friendly quality tools-->new book SEP 2002 "Dare to repair" "A Do-It-Herself Guide to Fixing [Almost] Anything in The Home" by Julie Sussman and Stephanie Glakas Tenant" Harper Resource "The authors conceived their book out of frustration: their husbands were both in the Central Intelligence Agency (Ms. Tenet's George J.Tenet was director of Central intelligence) and were never around to fix anything. [..oh so they don't allow repairmen into their homes? ...then doesn't the Agency have that kind repairmen.] ======================================== NoMad -fabu? "An anonymous neighborhood with good rents, good views, good food." "The fashion set eyes an area where the rents are two-thirds those in SoHo and TriBeCa" -23 to 34 St. Madison to 2nd. Ave.--- "..fashionistas on the move," New residents profiled in the article are Martin Hopper-fashion director of Elle magazine in her rented 3-floor 1910 town house " I wanted a house." about $5,000 month, Jason Weisenfeld [a v.p. of Barneys] and Greg Winkelman [a v.p. of Tommy Hilfiger] "bought an apartment there", John Bartlett the fashion designer", and Mark Welsh, "a writer"" It's not where you live-it's how you live.", bought penthouse at 140 E, 28-with terrace [Japanese Style by Eric Walton, American designer who lives in London] "[w]here a bamboo teahouse is set on a path of pearly beige stones bordered by larger black river stones. A tiny grove of bamboo trees is clustered in a corner. Sweetie, their black, tan and white mongrel, uses the meticulously terrace as a dog run.." Also, Antonio Prieto "an of-the-moment-hairstylest", Eva Lowell [apprentice jewelry designer, "moved into an apartment last month", Hamish Bowles [European editor at large for Vogue] is "looking in NoMad.", Alan Tankley in "his 17th-floor aerie" of 600 s.f. for $1,800. month- corner windows, Antony Nagelmann-photographer and wife Helen Faraday- Young fashion designer loft purchased 2,000 s.f. loft for $700,000. [equiv. to space for up to a million dollars in Tribeca or the Village], and if you are looking -hurry as maybe something is left at 10 E. 29 "The Madison Belvedere has move-ins Oct. 99 - studios of 443 to 609 s.f. start at $1,820 to 2-bedroom units of 833 s.f. at $3,054. Thought you'd like to know. Convenient location, nice shopping and dining. Regular neighbors. ............................................................. get on board? "CONSCIENCE CALL" - "I would like to thank Frank Owen ["Higher and Higher," July 27] for talking honestly about the party scene taking place right now in New York." "I am what is referred to as a "bus driver." What that means is that when people get together 'to party', they trust me to regulate their drug use." "I will "drive" up to 50 people at a time. The reason for this is to ensure nobody ODs." "I am not a doctor or a chemist, but I have been partying for many years and have learned that it is possible to lower the risk of drug use to acceptable levels. The attendees are no naive, and I have never told anyone that there are no risks in drug use. I always explain the dangers I have witnessed and studied over the years. When people let me "drive", I am able to watch how they are acting, so that when they ask for something else I can make an educated guess as to whether or not to allow it. The rules are no questioning me if I say no, and no one holds any drugs other than marijuana when I am "driving." "The drugs that I alow at these parties are Ecstasy, GHB, Special K, LSD, and marijuana. That is all. Absolutely NO alcohol." "The drugs are also acquired from a reliable source, and if one is not available then there is no party. Period. I have extensive literature on all these substances that I require anyone new to read and understand before we begin." Peter D., Manhattan "The writer's last name has been withheld. -Village Voice August 10, 1999 ================================= "..too posh to push in Brooklyn." New York Observer 4-19-2006 Park Slope and brownstone Brooklyner head to deluxe birthing suites at Weill Cornell, St Lukes, Lenox Hosp forsaking their local hospitals. -------------------------------- STATUS - babies 2008/09 TWINS: In vitro, shure, get it over in one shot! TWINS are a status symbol maybe ticket to show biz! Park Slope becoming post babies post new family post PC: Spring 2008 Prospect Park Alliance so inclusive maybe it could piss too may of em off: Long time even "Family Day" very calculatedly renamed "Members Day" "Four's the Charm: Yong Rich Can't Stop Procreating! M Jong-Fast N Y Observer 1-22-2007 "Yes the hot accessory of 200 is children 0 but not just one or two. It seems that fashionable women in Manhattan just can't stop popping them out." "..children are fun...[A]nd children are even more fun when you have a huge $20 million townhouse filled with staff..." NY Observed CityStyles NYTimes NOV 23 2008: L. D. Merkel wrote "Suddenly Street Wise" an uptight Upper East Mom with a clueless 13yr8month old kid who did not have any sense of place or direction who she finally somewhat tethered by cellphone and prepped to be let out finally after a year for a subway trip alone. "I am relieved, yet at the same time more afraid then ever." Oh boy the letters that followed... N Y Times Sunday Mag. Nov. 15 according to Dan Savage - (author and columnist in NY Press of Savage Lovesex column) p. 95 'Status is..' for Gay Men - The Baby "Gay men didn't invent the $10,000 children's birthday party, though we probably catered it." "Gay parents are not only making a commitment to our political future, but to the future period." -note-FL, Missisippi, Uah prohibit adoptions by gays. "An Uncle's Adventure in Paradise" [by Bob Morris] NY TIMES Styles 9-10-200 - he takes his 8 year old niece and nephew to the Pines-> ""..Being an uncle, while not nearly as monumental as having children of my own, has made me a deeper person in many ways. It also made Fire Island easier to take. There is...nothing like some innocence to undermine decadence, and nothing more grounding on a beach swarming with gay eye candy than a fearless child in need of vigilant monitoring in the surf." ------------------------------------------- "Ladies in Waiting When Mrs. Astor steps aside, society may be ruled by a junta (perhaps including Annette de La Renta, Barbara Walters, and Blaine Trump). But ultimately Marina Rust may depose them all." Charlotte Hayes,New York Magazine (Dec. 21-28 1998) THE POWERS THAT WILL BE issue -umm, ------------------------------- ORSAY-French restaurant open AUG. 2000 in former Mortimer's space at 1057 Lex. and vying for the same crowd - new Swifty's opened in '99 at 107 Lex. at site of old bistro 'The Kiosk' -- letter to editor: "SOME RESTAURANTS SEEM TO THRIVE BY treating their customers or possible customers with invective and rudeness. Such apparently was the case at Mortimer's. Glenn Bernbaum's restaurant would have lasted perhaps three months in his native Philadelphia or probably anywhere else. Meryl Gordon's laudatory piece on Bernbaum gave little weight to the fact that she reported that he was an anti-Semetic Jew, a racist who barred African-Americans, a social snob, and perhaps a homosexual homophobe. That he wept at Auschwitz obviously excused all. He seemed to be charming to those who met his bigoted standards and would toady to him. This and reasonable food prices was enough to insure his success. Only in New York. Joel P. Smith, San Benito, Tex. New York Magazine Oct. 26 1998 re: an article on now-closed Mortimer's Restaurant a .."plain economical comfort -food place for "jet set relics of the Social 400". ............................... MANHATTAN ZIP CODE angst replaces AREA CODE ANGST? Too many people, too much mail. Heart of East Side JULY 1 2007 - 10021 to be divided into *3* slices taken out for new out-of-order 10065 and 10075 -[new codes not new Post Offices.] Oh, 10128 was created from part of 10028 in 1983! "The status of 212 is lost now. You're still out of town even when you're in town." Garrison Keillor, in NY Times, The City, Neighborhood Report 1-26-03 just before mandatory 11-digit dialing started in NYC. --NY Times> 3-2-97 "Manhattan is the hub of the universe. I feel we should have our own area code. It should be 111..." Sharon Brady of the Upper East Side - "You work hard to have an operation in Manhattan; you don't want to look like you're in Brooklyn" -Nick Ericson 30, video post-producer -"...they'll say 'Oh I don't want to go out with her.' I'm from Chicago, I didn't move here to become a 718."->Arlene Haber 50, publicist. and don't forget 917.. We've more or less adjusted [or given up] on the numbers madness in NYC. The new one-upsmanship in tele numbers my be the East End, where the established telephone EXCHANGES are 283 Southampton and 324 Easthampton are much preferred over "new-money" exchanges like 258, 204 and 907! [-St. John and Wolfe, NYTimes STYLES 7-31-05 "What Do Peacocks Say? ACK"] Back in NYC, Bklyn, Bx. SI, Queens new numbers are assigned 347> area code as 718 becomes unavailable, starting Oct. 99. so NYC has 5 area codes incl. 917 orig. established for pagers etc. Add to this a new 311 code activated 3-9-03 for NYC gov't information [M-F 9am-5:30pm only]. Next door, NJ went from original 1 to 2 area codes now to 10. .............. Book to grab: "the Gay Metropolis 1940-1996" by Charles Kaiser a history of gay New York, much of it gay FABU New York ............................................ quote-"[The last thing.]In the sixties and early seventies, if you wanted to know the young politics, the fashion, the drug habits, the sexual mores, it was right in the middle of my industry. Right in the middle of Woodstock, the Fillmore, the Academy of music. If you wanted those same questions answered in the late seventies and early eighties, it was right on the dance floor. Or the basement of Studio 54 and the offices of Xenon. So, Voila!" --Howard Stein former rock impressario in STUDIO 54, DISCO, AND THE CULTURE OF THE NIGHT by Anthony Haden-Guest .......................................... HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE...from Some tricks of the trade... (New York Magazine p 27 AUG 18 '97) "Do you like older men? Are you too good-looking to waste away in a typing pool? Do you like to travel, attend benefits, and stay in hotels? Do you enjoy working out? Are you not too particular about sex? Do you think of tanning as a productive activity? If so, you may find that a career as a boy toy is your ticket to blasting off into the high life. But as with any career, there are preparations to make and rules to follow: LANGUAGE SKILLS: Foreign languages are a plus-Andrew Cunanan spoke several-but if that's too much to handle, you should at least know how to pronounce the following: BALTHAZAR, ,ménage, Jann. RESEARCH: Familiarize yourself with the following literature: the New York Times "Styles" section, Architectural Digest, "Page Six," the Cartier catalogue, Mary McFadden's divorce papers. PACKAGING: Formalwear, leatherware, Gucci loafers, abs, pecs, and an accent from anywhere but the New York area, yes. Body hair, no. CAREER OR HOBBY: Have one. It might be "interior designer," "actor," "model," "painter," "personal trainer," or "student." These are good covers, and you might think of actually pursuing any one of them if you ever tire of the gilded cage. To hurl yourself into the orbit of the moneyed magnates, get a job in publicity or as a waiter at Glorious Food. If you'd rather not work, befriend someone with a job at Sotheby's or the May Boone Gallery. Other non-office environments to "work' include Two Mile Hollow Beach or the Swamp in East Hampton, any David Barton Gym, most AIDS benefits, and all of Florida. by Maer Roshan and Eric Konigsberg "Boys On The Side" article ->NY metro has 185,000 more single women than men- from upcoming National Geographic FEB 2007 article from census data. LA, Las Vegas and Seattle have more single men than women ... hmm what could they say about Alaska! -------------------------------------------- Getting Too fab for its own good- [well I don't get Dans' Papers so I'll have to stick to Post Hamptons Diary] Summer 2004- Southampton on the lookout for high schoolers "Prom houses." John Kerry's AUG 2004 visit may have cost him a few votes, "Hamptons Diary" 8-23-04 says his huge motorcade and security phalanx was such a disruption on Lilly Pond Lane on the way to Steven Spielberg's place for breakfast, after Sat night fundraisers filled with celebrities, socialites, media and democratic party heavy hitters. Oh yeah as the Dems whine that a Republican supporter paid for some ads for the Kerry expose "Unfit for Command" Sex, Piss, One-Arm Bandits and Seccession on the BEACH-altho cops are reported to have been handing out plenty of tix to [straight] club goers at nite Summer 2003 urinating outside, Quality of life regulations seem to be a new necessity to control hordes of drinking, party pampered and posh in Southampton. Also that town is reported to be considering limits on big bash fund raising benefits. -------- STRAIGHT SEX vs. GAY SEX in PUBLIC: Who let the water out of Georgica Pond?, but the bigger scandale is - June 2003-"Cops raid Hamptons gay-sex beach" NYPost 6-2-03 Two Mile Hollow beach, East Hampton. But the police notified the EEGO of problem and upcoming raids. Maybe they were closeted married guys [East End Gay Org] protest they should get a room, these people can afford it. EEGo is pitted against somewhat mysterious Further Lane Association [of Homeowners] *NO one from the Assoc went to town meeting 7-12-03 where EEGO led some protestors over police actions. Its said in "Hamptons Diary" [NYPost 7-17-03] that one rich resident particularly is thought to be leading and bankrolling the effort, hiring private security to check on [shadow and tape] stuff going on in the dunes. "People are afraid of being arrested, said Richard Cabot, a beach regular. "If it's a straight white couple couple having sex on the beach, I think nothing would happen." [-Daily News 7-13-03]..well that's largely true. Straight sex in semi-public is basically, celebrated... in the news, in movies, songs, and game shows - remember the perennial question on old "Newlywed Games" 'Where's the most unusual place you made whoppee?' Mostly told to cut it out if caught! -->SEE NYTimes 11-19-2007 on obscene public grope-fest at half-time at GATE D and ramps at GIANTS Stadium JETS home games, not worthy of the news ANYWHERE til now, OTHER reported detained and physically threatened / tried to take tape recorder by MANAGEMENT of obscene 'show us your breasts' mass chants. They throw things down. FINALLY may become public issue as videos of it posted to Youtube. 500 men at each game or so involved in serious rowdiness and actual sexual harassment of the few women there and it's all "GOOD" too many of them for management to tell security to do ANYTHING!. The State Police besides private security are there at games. MAYbe this testosterone ballfest is the reason cops are so prone to wear JETS paraphenalia! FUCK you guys. FUCK you O'Reilly too. Your PRIGGISH self righteous head 'oh no, I don't do PDAs, gay people are out of line when they let someone know what their sexual preference is blah blah" head in the sand attitude is de facto gay bashing. Even Savage tho sounding more hostile, is actually more enlightened! ----------------- One-Arm Bandits on the Beach- Shinnecok Indians started clearing land July 2003 for a casino adjacent on their land near the Hamptons. A Fed judge granted a preliminary injunction halting the project for 18 months Aug 29 2003. NYState Atty Gen Spitzer says the tribe is not recognized by the Feds [tho they are trying to change that] and have no authority to develop a casino. Locals are the casino which would just be last straw on the local roads which are already traffic clogged and area has limited access. The presidents' petition for secession was rejected as flawed [falsely listing names of non-resident guests and family etc] on Sept 13 2003 by the Southampton town supervisor. Dune Hampton Village proposed in break away plan, hearings started in AUG 2003. There is activist support from the beautiful and very rich along the shore who are rebelling against rest of Southampton Town in its environmental correctness would prohibit these owners from rebuliding their cottages [as in Newport RI definition of cottage] if knocked down in any of the storms which DO happen. There may not be state required minimum of 500 fulltime residents there- there are only about 260 pretty large houses there. "In the PINES, Partnership For A Drug-Free Party" ..."some newly adopted restrictions may soon consign dinosaur dancing(note: "muscle queens on drugs trying to look butch rocking back and forth" -hey this is a quote, not MY term) to the lost world. "GMHC won't prohibit monumental physiques, of course, but a strict anti-drug policy is in place. (Stephanie Henderson, N Y MAGAZINE Aug. 18, 1997) .......................... "Special K Morning" Joseph Carman, New York Press Aug. 27-Sept. 2 1997 "My X just hit." "I just took my X." "I need a buttfuck now" "Sherriffs, packing pistols, were patrolling the roped off, tented area...The A-List fags...outsmarted them, though; they took their drugs back at the beach house or on the ferry..." "A truly twisted ritual, the Morning Party is the silliest of events, an excuse for drug-enhanced, muscle bound sissies to act like teen-aged girls in a basement rec room. GMHC makes a shitload of money from it each year, ostensibly, in part, to fund its department of substance-abuse counseling and education and education, which teaches people to give a their immune systems a break by curtailing recreational drug intake, promotes safer sex practices, and then produces more parties so that gay men can fry their brains on ecstasy and have unsafe sex." ..on the Aug. 17 15th annual Gay Mens's Health Crisis Morning Party, Fire Island. The oldest annual AIDS fundraiser in America. ========================================= "Not Quite Sex and the City" ..NY Times The City 7-28-02 "Manhattan harbors some 15 Japanese hostess clubs, secretive bars that employ young women to serve as companions for the almost exclusively Japanese and male clientele. Most of the clubs are clustered on the West Side between 45th and 53rd Street." 9-11 and the economic downturn have seen some close. $30. hour at 'basic places, to $150. or so cover to sit and talk and uh super-heavy flirting and 'usually the employers pick up the tab. 'Oh, those Japanese bosses! July 2009-> FORBES.com survey : NYC no. 1 ahead of ATLANTA! -HA!-> ..pushed to no. 1 because it has "more people with active online dating account that any other city." -Reuters 7-29-09 We know that really means no. 1 in horny frustration.... July 2005 Forbes.com top cities for singles = NYC was no 8 overall. DENVER-BOULDER is no 1, BOS was in the top 3. But NYC was tops in nightlife. NYPost [7-26-05] said a factor used was the cost of living and Forbes factored in the cost of pizza at PIZZA HUT. Oy vey.
All, you friggin hyper-privileged club owners and goers - it may take the handicapped to finally peel back the velvet rope some and give you an attitude adjustment. Michael Harris, fellow disabled activists and 2 City Council persons protested outside the STAR club on JAN 7 Sat nite over discrimination against the handicapped [not making the space accessible according to law] and threats by the bouncer to pick him up out of his wheelchair and toss him in the street on New Year's Eve. There is a constant trickle of news and gossip columns items about clubgoers and fans being abused or assaulted by velvet rope keepers and celeb body guards, besides all their own hanky panky. Post Page 6 10-12-04 said "Giulia Melucci, a veep at Harper's Magazine" and a friends were ejected by guards from Radio City after strongly objecting at candy counter to paying $14??! for 2 plastic cups to use to share a small bottle of Coke she also bought. Top nosiest bars-clubs by NYC 311 call centre complaints-1-Sutra CLub 16 1Av, 2-Morrisey Park 121 St. Mark's, 3-Rothko 116 Suffolk, 5-The Door 508 9Av, 6-Groove 125 McDougal, 7-XES lounge 157w24, 8-Ye Waverly Inn 16 Bank [since sold off and reopened late 2005 its we can't get it anyway], 9-Le Souk 47AveB, 10-Denizen Lounge 73 Thompson [NYPost 7-31-05].

"There have been many recent books on etiquette dealing with "modern" subjects like cell phones, sexual technique and cocaine...

We need to get back to the days when manners meant something besides lulling someone into a false sense of security so you can screw them, in business or on bed - as the case may be." - Night Crawler, Jared Paul Stern, NY Post 4-24-03.."Right now it's all about drunk girls throwing up. Everything's too loud. And I hate being pushed by people. Literally pushed." Amy Burgess [-Sick of clubs, hipsters revive old-style dinner parties, NYPost 6-7-2006]. Old style, yeah like a combination of Mrs. Astors and Mr. Warhol's party list -see dinnerclubnyc.com. Not for the bourgeois!

Tweet this! All you members of The Dumbest Generation step forward and say what. NYC is a center of fashion and image-making second to none, not even Hollywood. At the top are the male titans of finance, real estate. THEY and media bow to pieces of hot prime blonde a ___. [Trump is the most well known poster boy], jerking us all along for their ride. Using the sensibilities of women as an excuse, making business NYC a most conservative/reactionary place, these men keep male subordinates in symbolic bondage with faces required to be shaved and collared under shirt and tie while keeping 'their' women dressed as seductively as possible for their pleasure but [most of the time in most places] keeping it legal and justifiable. But not always, as sexual harassment lawsuits steadily pop-up particularly in the financial sector - male to males, too. A quick break from that to pay [or have the secretary pay] for the drugs sent bicycle messenger...and she may just use Craigs List for herself!

Beyond correcting for discrimination, beyond what real women choose or not to do, Feminist pressure groups are the using courts / media to FORCE "diversity". So I cannot be moved rich white activist women whining about their oppression. ONLY if ALL women work, and ALL children are taken away at least day to be raised by govt approved specialists [well,'it takes a village, eh] can we lay the foundation of potentially true equality! THAT is what 'THEY are working towards!! Oh, the rich will have a way around it. It is just for YOU. So have fun, all young women here are chasing a much smaller pool of those men they deem to be endowed enough [$$ and__] 'hot' enough to be partners of one kind or another.

They take their money, if in the field [like modeling] and the bait [seduced by media culture], make offerings [as eager consumers] and most reject or whine about men who aren't shaved and collared, rich and hung enough. Already a fact that there are many more female singles than men. Already a fact that women are outnumbering men in college enrollments.

Lifestyles of the door-manned class - "The Maid's Tale...They clean, they go: House keepers are vital to city life, but much about them, like details of their home lives and their reflections on what they see a work remain mysteries" There are 25,640 who report to the IRS and actually perhaps "triple or more." [-Jill Eisenstadt. NYTimes, The City 7-25-04] I don't, my parents and relatives don't have housecleaners, let alone live-in "help", though some of my acquaintances have these cleaners come. But its more of a mystery to ME, let alone the "help", what the "details of their home lives" are of privileged New Yorkers of the upper middle class, rich celebrity and non-celebrity. I think its not ALL decadence and mindless hypocritical [homophobic-sexist-racist-classist] snobbery, right? Or is it.. if "Real Housewives ofs.." is not taken art face value. And there was another piece in the same Section "My Analyst, My Neighbor."

My last, ummm, target -art victims - Still completely applicable -"The Worst Biennial Ever?" re Biennial 2002 [Michael Kuntz, NY Sun 4-16-02]