PX This.

SHALL WE PLAY A GAME ?

In honor of the just-released e-book (and the soon-to-be-released print version) of PX This – The Revised Edition and PX This Too – The Sequel to PX This, let’s see if you’re knowledgeable enough to play Where Are They Now?

Winners will receive a FREE e-version of PX This – The Revised Edition and an affectionate pat on the ass. Answers will be displayed at the bottom of this page (hey, no peeking!). If your answers are ‘close enough,’ click here to collect your e-book prize immediately! Yay! Just kidding about the pat on the ass, sorry.

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to correctly identify the current whereabouts of some of the ‘characters’ in PX This. As always, should any member of the F&B force be caught or killed, pee ex this dot com will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This web page will not self-destruct, but shall remain in the cosmos internets from now until the end of the world. Good luck.

Where Are They Now?

• eric-goode and sean-macpherson

• brian-mcnally

• "emil the maiterdee"

• "kamil the maiterdee"

• ben-affleck aka the *mackdaddy*

• Ferret

• "philippe the GM"

• "johnny the floor manager"

• marc-bagutta

• maxwell

• "laurent the GM"

• "alina the Balthazar maiterdee"

• gwyneth-paltrow aka gwyneth-paltroll

• Loser

[Scroll down for the answers.]

• eric-goode and sean-macpherson:
Well like, duh, who doesn’t know where they are? Only in like the hottttest restaurant in the wooorld! Eric Goode is also loving on the turtles (go, Eric!) and Sean MacPherson is… around. No really, he’s everywhere. Check over your left shoulder; he might be there right now.

• brian-mcnally:
Uggh. Let’s not start this again, shall we?

• "emil the maiterdee":
Evidently, looking at The Fedora with Graydon Carter.

• "kamil the maiterdee":
Evidently, getting media attention just for falling down. Go, boy.

• ben-affleck aka the *mackdaddy*:
The future Senator Affleck is out saving babies and the world, thank you very much. What the hell are you doing with your life, creep?

• Ferret:
Oh, "Ferret." "Ferret" finally gets a ‘real’ name in the upcoming PX This Too. You’ll be happy to hear that abbe and "Ferret" have… umm… kissed and made up. Hooray!
Actually, we really have no idea what "Ferret" is up to these days, since his awesome, adorable boss just got promoted to Superstar Banker of Deutsche Bank / Tyra Banks Yummy Man Candy. When you bump into "Ferret" out and about (and you will), just ask him yourself.

• "philippe the GM":
We love you, Philippe! That is all.

• "johnny the floor manager":
Well like, duh, who doesn’t know where he is? Only in like the hottttest restaurant in the wooorld! We haven’t seen him lately though, because we can’t get past the doorman. Seriously.

• marc-bagutta:
Here. No further comment… until PX This Too of course.
:)

• maxwell:
Come on now.

• "laurent the GM":
After a brief stint as the GM on restaurant-based reality television show
Rocco’s, and then opening a restaurant of his own, Laurent can be found these days in a lovely place like this.

• "alina the Balthazar maiterdee":
Oh, just here.

• gwyneth-paltrow aka gwyneth-paltroll:
Rilly? Does anybody actually give a shit? We find that very hard to believe.

• Loser:
Ha ha ha ha wooo child. No further comment— what fun would that be? But, thanks for the new fans, homeslice! Godd bless the googles.

So, did you win, did you win?! Good for you, you smart little cookie, you. Get it, girl.

Former “Maitre d’ to the Stars” to Release Second Book

Here’s a "blind item" for you:
Which restaurateurs are none too pleased with the impending release of PX Me – The Sequel to PX This? Worse yet, the timely upcoming launch of PX This – The Revised Edition just happens to coincide with the recent openings of two high-profile Manhattan restaurants. Anonymous e-mails sent to this website seem to indicate some ‘characters’ are indeed up to their old shenanigans. Some things never change!

But some things do change! For the better, even. Like for example: PX This – The Revised Edition! Now with enhanced content and photos!

And to celebrate the forthcoming launch of PX Me – The Sequel to PX This coming in the Summer of 2011 Spring of 2012, the e-book version of PX This – The Revised Edition is FREE! [Print version coming soon!]

This is a limited time offer— so get your FREE e-version of PX This – The Revised Edition for your iPad / Kindle2+ / netbook etc NOW! Hooray!

:)

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Have you heard?
Until the release of PX Me (Spring 2012), this website will henceforth be updated only intermittently (approximately once or twice a week).
Abbe Diaz’s new (daily) blog is now at: abbediaz.com

As one sagacious oenophile put it best: "OK, the sommelier will shut up now and the girl will take over… *SQUEEE! HELLO KITTY WINE!*"

[ Side note to resident sommelier and "Cellar Notes" correspondent, Aris Francisco: Please don't hit me. ]

:)

"i can’t believe that bitch gets more press than i, by maybe-being-me" —abbe diaz, 8/24/07

Well! Hey, Abbe— you wish, Miss Thing! Looks like Ms. Butler has some lessons for you in the art of Media Hype & Hoopla Hustling.

"…the notorious Gwen Butler, after an incident that occurred after service Wednesday night. ‘She assaulted me,’ Skeen tells us. We’ve heard the chef was punched in the face…"

Wow! That’s hott. No wait— that’s better than hott. Hell, that’s gansta.

Anywho, just wanted to say, "Hi, Snax!" Lookin’ good, mami. Mrreeoowwr!
Thanks for making the food blogs fun again! We haven’t read anything this LOL inducing since… well… this.

Luv ya!
Your adoring fans at PX This.
*** See our latest UPDATE on Gwen Butler ***

**See also (earlier):

• SYMPATHY 4 THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY

• Chef Roman à Clef: "I’m not Abbe"

• Is our mystery roman à clef writer Boston’s $2.45 Million Dollar Bartender?

• "I’ll punch somebody if it gets me in Page Six. Just kidding…"

• "Think of it – you would be so badass…"

** For more on this story, read PX Me – The Sequel to PX This – Coming in the Spring of 2011 **

This just in, from Juan Andres Garcia:

"That was taken at 44th St and 6th Ave at the southeast corner sewer. Yes, those are eels, and yes, they are real. Actually, three slithered out…"

Umm… Yum? Uh, excuse me, I have to go and vomit now.

i’ve only ever been to one other one in my life. but that was totally different cuz it was on a fancy french island way out in the caribbean so it wasn’t such a "scandal" or any such thing. that beach was called "saline" (that’s suh-leen not say-leen like the eyedrops) and it wasn’t very crowded at all— the only naked peoples there were a couple of (beautiful) women off in a quiet corner. with their boyfriends. the boys weren’t naked, just the girls.
see? no biggie.

but this visit was pretty different all right.

oh! before i elaborate—
did you know this beach is considered one of "new york’s best kept secrets" ? even though it’s technically 35 minutes outside of new york city.
well, apparently— it is. so i don’t want to be the one to ruin the secret (my friends will get mad at me).
alls i can say is: if you don’t know "the secret," i guess you’d better ask somebody.

ANYHOO
so yah. there’s this nude beach about 35 minutes away. it’s pretty umm dope? uhh, yah sure— dope!
i’m sorry, maybe i’m a prude or whatever, but
eeheee hahahahaa that is just some of the bugged outtest shit i have ever seen (in real life, i mean. not just like on teevee and whatnot). and i have seen some pretty bugged out stuff. i used to work at ClubUSA so believe me when i tell you i have seen some things. i have seen a row of gay men fucking in a TRAIN that’s how much stuff i’ve seen.

yah so. they even play naked volleyball at this beach. and they did naked dancing. and naked drinking. and naked singing. and naked body surfing.

A TWO MILE STROLL DOWN THE WAY IS ANOTHER PLAIN OLE REGULAR BEACH WITH A RESTAURANT/BAR GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF THE GUTTERS YOU BITCHES!