ELITELIXIRS

September 27th, 2010
yusef_austin_elitelixirs

  Admit it, you could use a drink right now. (The fact it’s only 10:44AM is totally irrelevant.) Need a cool recipe? (Ha, lookit that: September 27, 2010 – Avion Tequila Coffee Shooter! See? It’s got coffee in it!)       Check out your boy Yusef Austin‘s brand-spanking new webspot for ELITELIXIRS! It’s dope. […]

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My Day Off: Special Request

July 7th, 2010
SATC

Welcome to: Where I Spent My Day Off —by a NYC Restaurant “Insider”

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BOND.

June 8th, 2010
Kamil_BoomBoom

    Get. A Load. Of Me.   :)  

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i’m just sayin.

April 7th, 2010
kelly_bensimmon

• omg! remember when i spotted kelly-killoren.bensimmon outside CafeSelect? look! here’s the outfit she was wearing— it was on last week’s episode of Real Housewives of NYC. i recall thinking at the the time it was quite eye-catching, but since it was particularly sunny and warm that day, it seemed rather an odd choice for […]

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My Day Off: Hasaki, Maialino…

January 22nd, 2010
MDO

Welcome to: Where I Spent My Day Off —by a NYC Restaurant "Insider" So, what do you do in the industry? Now? I’m a consultant. But I used to work directly in the industry for about 20 years— I started as a waitress, but I’ve also been

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“You forgot one…”

January 11th, 2010
andre_standard

A concerned reader just wrote in to point out where we were remiss. “…Love your site… but you forgot one picture from the Standard staff Xmas party… lol…” You’re absolutely right, dear reader! Thank you! Who says the holidays are over? They’re over when we say they’re over. The gifts just keep on coming… :) […]

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SPOTTED:

December 15th, 2009
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• Tuesday, December 8, 2009. 3:30PM – Kanye West lingering outside a dark SUV parked in front of a luxury residential building on West Houston St, with two bodyguard types, a driver, and a very talented young man— who was serenading him acapella right there on the sidewalk. No joke. • Monday, December 14, 2009. […]

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Celebrate the Holidays…

December 10th, 2009
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… with the staff of The Standard Hotel. Gotta admit— the F&B/Hospitality industries really know how to throw a party like nobody else’s business! :)    

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SPOTTED [Indochine’s 25th Anniversary]:

November 23rd, 2009
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• Friday, November 20, 2009. 9:30PM – Stephen Gan, Glenn O’brien, Andre Balazs, Jacqueline Schnabel, Ann Dexter-Jones, Geoffrey Zakarian, Jason Pomeranc, Kenny Kenny, Ronnie Madra, Richard Johnson & Sessa Von Richtofen, Anna Sui, Willem Dafoe, Lauren Ezersky, Lyor Cohen, Tory Burch, Carmen d’Alessio, Merv Matheson, Marc Bagutta, Sean MacPherson, John MacDonald, George Wayne, Steven Greenberg, […]

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SPOTTED:

November 9th, 2009
spotted

• Saturday, November 7, 2009. 8:00 PM – Famke Janssen dining with female friend (having the miso cod) at Omen. • Thursday, November 5, 2009. 8:30PM – Tony Shafrazi joining Peter Brant and several other guests for dinner at Indochine. • Tuesday, November 3, 2009. 3:00PM – Ann Dexter Jones with a female friend walking […]

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