A few weeks ago when I got the call that Beyoncé wanted to shoot her Harper’s Bazaar cover story with Terry Richardson at The Standard, New York, I was a bit hesitant. I mean, had...
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Sports have never been my thing. The most exercise I get is reaching for my martini across the bar at Le Bain. Then I came across this video of Danny MacAskill entitled Way Back Home, and I...
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We at the Standard Hotels know that you, dear readers, are the savviest and most culturally relevant people out there. If you weren’t, you wouldn’t be sitting here reading this...
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Last night, Paper Magazine hosted its seventh annual Nightlife Awards 2011! It’s always an honor to be nominated, and it’s beyond ecstatic when you sweep the awards with not one...
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I'm sorry to have been so quiet, but I've been away. I went to the city of lights. For those of you who don't know where that is, it's Paris.
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Given our relationship, and how much I hold you all so near and dear to me, I have to tell you that I’m jetting off to my old stomping grounds later this evening…PARIS! Oh, gay...
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Fashion never stops, and neither do we at The Standard, New York. When I got the call that L’Officiel Hommes was relaunching under the helm of André Saraiva and Editor-In-Chief,...
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In the midst of all the madness of the past day (and the upcoming six!), I was able to take a moment to sit down with my good friend and famed photographer, Bruce Weber. Tonight, he’ll be...
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I already mentioned that my dear friend Marina, an Italian blogger, was coming to visit me from Italy. The moment she arrived at The Standard, New York, it was like the first moment we met. I...
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Last week, I got a letter with BIG news from my friend Marina in Varese, Italy. She was coming to NY for Fashion Week, and where else do you think she’d stay but with me at The Standard,...
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Book a flight and get a ride for the whole weekend!
Summer is almost over, and I just can’t bear the thought. I really can’t. But lucky for me, I’ve been all over...
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We are not ones to condone graffiti, but we are definitely ones to support and nurture the creative arts. I came across this website called Happy Place via a good friend of mine who I...
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You’ll remember last week I told you about the new bikes we have at The Standard, New York, right? Well, the other I day, I took one of the bikes out for a gorgeous summer ride...
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There are times when I just want to kill our Executive Pastry Chef Frederick Aquino! I’ve made it through the summer avoiding his irresistible ice cream cart at the Standard, New...
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On this hallowed day, August 16, the world was given Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone to teach us how to love ourselves (usually with one hand), how to express ourselves to the masses (using...
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I have a friend named Adam who drives me up the wall because he just does. Sometimes, to send him over the edge (I love a little revenge), I like to throw an “UGH” into a text...
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Just a little silliness for a bleak Monday morning. See you at The Standards!
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I came across this video just this morning while I was Facebook stalking Simonez, the mastermind behind the door at Le Bain. Fascinating to watch how 1969 envisioned the future as we...
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Last year, when someone finally told me that I didn’t need a driver’s license to ride a bike, I moved “Learn To Ride Bike” straight to the top of my Teux Deux list!...
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Yesterday, I was using the restroom at another hotel in Manhattan which shall remain nameless, and I saw the most peculiar sign painted on the wall. What did it all mean? After all...
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