On Friday night, Feb. 20, in Los Angeles, Mark, a friendly expert in the art of mixology, tore up a few more bits of oregano at Cecconi’s, a sprawling Italian bistro that sits atop the hallowed Melrose Avenue dirt that was home to longtime industry staple Morton’s. The restaurant, which is owned...

“She just dated a guy who was uncircumcised,� said Sam, a sassy 23-year-old brunette, pointing at her friend Lauren. “Oh, thanks a lot,� said Lauren, a pretty 24-year-old blonde who works in advertising and whose hair was stylishly parted to one side, her neck swallowed by the enormous colla...

The Prince of Madagascar lives in a penthouse apartment at the National Arts Club, overlooking the barren trees and locked gates of Gramercy Park. The Prince loves Ping-Pong. His mission is to properly introduce Ping-Pong to Manhattan; he’s plotting Ping-Pong establishments all over the city. So w...

At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28, Martin Schaedel, a 23-year-old Gatsby-like Internet entrepreneur, had a 20-minute meeting in Los Angeles with venture capitalist Derek Norton. It was their first meeting, and by the end of it, Mr. Norton was insisting that Martin stay in his pool house, as his guest,...

The scene is a prewar apartment building on West 84th Street in Manhattan, around sunset. Two white dudes—rich kids, if you had to guess from their demeanor and slang—are carrying heavy parcels through the lobby, up the elevator and into a sprawling, mostly empty apartment. They’re taking the ...

Armin Amiri , the mastermind behind the now closed West Village nightclub Socialista, is moving on. He’s about to start work on indie flick The Imperialists Are Still Alive, in which he plays the protagonist’s “30-something scruffy, sexy, Middle Eastern ex-boyfriend.� (He also recently playe...

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On Monday night, a dozen or so New York media types gathered at Rex Sorgatz’s top-floor apartment near ground zero to watch Gossip Girl on his enormous flat-screen TV. Among those in attendance at the weekly gathering in the long narrow living room were some dudes—Dodgeball.com founder Dennis Cr...

Wall Street." title="Chuck with Charlie Sheen in the Oliver Stone picture Wall Street." / “I don’t want to jump off a cliff here, but the kids today didn’t go through what I went through, in terms of mode of discipline. They’re all so pampered and spoiled, the men are. They’re kind of born...

Spend a weekend at the Carlyle Hotel on Madison Avenue and East 76th Street. You have to listen closely. Bop, bop bop. Bop, bop bop. Around 8:30, Friday night at the Café Carlyle, home of the legendary late lounge singer Bobby Short, the five-piece band was getting the ball rolling for the room’s...