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Monthly Archive January, 2009

Someone on 88th St went on a very fancy shopping spree…

January 28, 2009

A LOT of Hermès boxes.

A LOT of Manolo Blahnik boxes.

Several Chanel boxes.

Bergdorf Goodman box.

And I ended up with a nice set of Hermès boxes for storage.

These boxes were found in the garbage on 1/21/2009 on East 88th Street.

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MTV’s The City highlights my fav sunset watch spot.

January 7, 2009

I’ve obviously been watching a lot of TV this week.  On the third episode of MTV’s reality show, The City, Whitney and Erin catch up while strolling on the Jackie O’Nassis Reservoir jogging path – suddenly they stop to check out the amazing view- the same view I highlighted last week in the Sunset Gathering [...]

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The Colony Club as seen on Gossip Girl

January 5, 2009

Larry Fink, Russian Ball, Colony Club, New York City, 1977, via MoMA

Blair’s maid, Darota via WoodyCakes

On tonight’s episode of Gossip Girl, Blair throws a little party for members of the exclusive women’s social group, The Colony Club, in an attempt to gain entrance.  Her guests turn out to be a bunch of stodgy, petty, argyle-clad [...]

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‘The Met on My Birthday’ – photographs by Johnny Misheff

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Black Current Pastilles, Fancy Pharmacies

January 3, 2009

There’s a tin my family has been using to keep sewing pins in for 20 years.  It originally held black currant pastilles – one of my favorite tastes as a kid.  Seeing the tin the other day I became determined to find the pastilles once again.  I googled the brand Allenbury’s, which seems to have [...]

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