Monthly Archives: May 2009

HAMPTONS MAGS TRASH IT UP (New York Post)

THE new magazine on the Hamptons block claims it’s being bullied by 6-year-old competitor Social Life, although Social Life denies it had anything to do with sabotaging the upstart. Hamptonite — which is modeled after long-established Hamptons…

Posted in Gossip | Leave a comment

Casino In The Hamptons? Feds May Make It Happen (WCBS-TV New York)

A big gamble is lowering the odds of bringing a casino to Long Island. A new government ruling could put the Shinnecock Indian tribe in the high odds business. The Shinnecock Indian Nation may soon be recognized as a tribe, … Continue reading

Posted in Gossip | Leave a comment

Will it be au revoir, or adieu for Jay Leno fans?

                                                                                    It’s the end of an era in “beautiful downtown Burbank” this week as Jay Leno takes leave of “The Tonight Show” after 17 years as host — only to return to the same TV studio lot a few months later with … Continue reading

Posted in Gossip | Leave a comment

Critics give thumbs “Up”

In Pixar’s 2007 movie “Ratatouille,” a food critic played by Peter O’Toole offers a glowing review of a restaurant run by a rat, in a poignant scene at the climax of the film. O’Toole’s dramatic speech begins with the words, “In many ways, … Continue reading

Posted in Gossip | Leave a comment

Organic Dairies Watch the Good Times Turn Bad

As the trend toward organic food consumption slows after years of explosive growth, no sector is in direr shape than the $1.3 billion organic milk industry.

Leave a comment

The Talk: The World Is His Oyster

When the design superstar Philippe Starck and his wife, Jasmine, unplug, entertaining is never on the half shell.

Leave a comment

Critic’s Notebook: In a Third Act, Pig Is the Star

Publican in Chicago is for diners who are swine-obsessed and looking for great eating in foodstuffs and settings that don’t shout their sophistication.

Leave a comment

Where the Only Frill Is the Food

The food at Urbanbelly in Chicago is the work of a staff whose disregard for atmospherics isn’t any indication of their efforts in the kitchen.

Leave a comment

Off the Menu

Restaurant news from around the city.

Leave a comment

Rooms: In the Gilded World of Per Se’s Kitchen

In an Aladdin’s cave of exotic provisions and rarefied cooking techniques, the recession seems a long way off.

Leave a comment

Rudy foe pleads not guilty after Hamptons beef (The Journal News)

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) – A filmmaker arrested after confronting former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on a Hamptons street laughed off a judge’s order Wednesday instructing him to stay away from the former Republican presidential candidate.

Posted in Gossip | Leave a comment

Rudy Giuliani granted order of protection against Hamptons heckler Joe McCluskey (New York Daily News)

Happy 65th Birthday Rudy Giuliani – your Hamptons heckler has been ordered to shut up and leave you alone.

Posted in Gossip | Leave a comment