• Tuesday, December 8, 2009. 8:30PM – Matt Dillon, Andre Balazs, Ric Pipino, Justo Artigas, Mark Baker, Cat Wei, Nur Khan, Roy Liebenthal, Ronnie Madra, Natalie Kates, Sasha Muniak, Nick Rytting, and (of course) Sante D’Orazio at the opening night party for the Barely Private exhibit at Milk Studios.
• Tuesday, December 1, 2009. 7:00PM – Manon von Gerkan, King, and Georgina Chapman at the Barely Private by Sante D’Orazio book signing event at Taschen in SoHo.
• Wednesday, November 25, 2009. 3:00PM – Ed Norton entering a townhouse on West 10th St.
• Tuesday, November 24, 2009. 2:30PM – Parker Posey, with little dog, exiting a residential building on Fifth Ave near Washington Square Park.
• Monday, November 30, 2009. 6:00PM – Sam Shepard exiting a residential building on Fifth Ave near Washington Square Park loaded down with shopping bags.
• Tuesday, November 25, 2009. 4:30PM – Sam Shepard picking up supplies at a delicatessen on University Place.
• Tuesday, November 24, 2009. 3:30PM – Willem Dafoe walking alone down 8th St in the Village trying to avoid eye contact with gaping starstruck fans.
• Monday, November 23, 2009. 7:30PM – Lois Freedman, sans broom and melodramatic temper tantrum, at Mermaid Oyster Bar.
readers of PX This know full well how much i’m a fan of Sante D’Orazio. his newest and latest published collection of works, Barely Private, should provide ample (further) evidence as to why he is one of the world’s most prolific, reknowned, and iconic photographers.
• Friday, October 23, 8:57PM – "@ Blue Ribbon Sushi right now Chelsea Clinton sitting next table over!"
• Saturday, October 24, 10:00PM – Eric Goode and Emil Varda at The Bon Bon (née The Boom Boom) "just checking out the digs" and saying hello to Andre Balazs. When asked to confirm Artan Gjoni‘s (earlier) assertion that Juliet Supper Club is housed "in the former Area" space, Eric Goode replied, "What? Where? Twenty first street? No way."
• Monday, October 19, 2:30PM – Sante D’Orazio lunching outdoors at Bar Pitti. Also, Merv Matheson (not together).
• Tuesday, October 20, 2:00PM – Mark Baker and Artan Gjoni lunching outdoors at Gusto Ristorante e Bar Americano.
• Adrien Brody lunching at La Esquina (with a male hipster friend)— looking pale, scrawny, and headshaved enough to possibly be filming The Pianist II. Rode off into the sunset (down Lafayette St.) on his bicycle afterward.
• Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds dining at Mr. Chow Tribeca with his son, wearing an olive military-style fatigue jacket, matching cap and dark sunglasses. Ate pretty quickly and left. Little Babyface Jr fist bumped Michael "Mr" Chow on the way out. Mr Chow tried to make it fancy and fly, but little homeslice wasn’t havin’ it – he likes it plain and classic.
• Real Housewives’ Kelly Killoren Bensimmon chatting with a shorter woman outside Cafe Select in the mid-afternoon. Wearing sparkly black leggings, and a short, black, suede fringed jacket and ballet flats. Supposedly "filming" for an upcoming episode.
• Über-photographer Sante D’Orazio lunching at Bar Pitti with an übertall, leggy, beautiful model-type. What else is new.
= "personne extraordinaire"