Art-world denizens put their thinking (and drinking) caps on last night at the Accompanied Literary Society’s “Art War” quiz challenge at Milk Gallery. A brainier follow-up to the paintball tournament the group put on at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach, the war combined cocktails, works by Andrew Cramer, and five teams slightly confused about [...]

If you heard about the crush at Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld’s after-party at Indochine, be assured it was no exaggeration. Potted plants were tipped over, drinks were spilled, and strangers became extremely intimate with each other while trying to squeeze from one empty pocket of the room to the next. That’s why Benicio Del Toro started a [...]

Many were wondering if Beatrice Inn, the West Village nightclub that has held the lock on fashion week after-hours for a few seasons, was going to continue its dominance during the Fall ‘09 collections. (Well, at least I was.) And while there have been some competing venues-Chloe 81 was allegedly raving Friday night, and the [...]

Fresh on the heels of the announcement of Topshop’s much anticipated opening date for its first New York outpost (check Style File later for news from the official press conference), Sir Philip Green held court last night at Amy Sacco’s party for Topman at Bungalow 8. Donna Karan, Mary Alice Stephenson, and Ann Dexter-Jones were [...]

The meatpacking district private club Soho House has been somewhat overshadowed of late by newer rivals like Norwood, not to mention a pair of “public” joints that can be harder to infiltrate than any membership list, the Waverly and Beatrice Inns. But is a comeback brewing? The French hipsters behind Purple magazine are hosting their [...]

You know, I was just thinking, now that Le Baron has set up a permanent outpost in Tokyo and done pop-ups in Miami during Art Basel, why hasn’t André Saraiva moved on to New York turf? Sure, he has his hooks in the hipster crowd with Beatrice Inn, but surely the cool kids—with their top [...]

Few people know the etymology of expressions they regularly bandy about. I often ask stutterers if a cat has gotten their tongue, with scarcely a clue as to whether it originated in medieval folk believing that a witch’s cat could indeed steal your tongue or Middle Easterners of yore legendarily feeding the tongues of liars [...]

Our previous, um, exposure to France’s first lady has proved that she’s no wallflower. So it’s not much of a surprise to learn Carla Bruni-Sarkozy green- lighted a documentary following her courtship with the French president while he was still married. Only in France, kids, which, sadly, is the only place this little gem will [...]

Earlier I erroneously suggested that the Raleigh hotel’s backyard was the Beatrice Inn of this year’s Art Basel Miami. I am now reporting that as an error. (My bad.) Sure, the Oasis, as the André Balazs-owned hotel calls its sandy post-pool area, is a hot spot: Visionaire’s party last night was just as good as [...]

A major pastime in the rural parts of Missouri where I spent my childhood summers was caving. Yes, wading though mud in the dark in underground parts of the earth—woohoo. The first thing a caver learns is that if a bat flies into your face, it’s not an attack—it’s because bats memorize the layouts of [...]