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to a get-together at his apartment. Despite a crew of Exeter and Andover alums, conversation remained civilized. We mused about all sorts of things, like AIM screen names and how consuming alcohol is counterintuitive to wearing suspenders. On the 13th, I swung by 625 Madison Avenue where Eton of Sweden and New York Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist celebrated the grand opening of the flagship store. I departed to join Q’s Elizabeth Meigher at the Tribeca Grand Hotel where the Cinema Society and Piaget hosted a screening of Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. There, I grabbed a Twix and located my seat. Also, I accidentally stepped on Joan Rivers’ foot (oops). At the after-party at the SoHo Grand Hotel, bartenders mixed cocktails with DeLeon Tequila for Ashley Baker and Judah Friedlander. So, hello 2011, a year in which I can apply everything I’ve learned in 2010: calories in Cadbury’s chocolate don’t count, a mink headband is your best defense against frostbite, Dorrian’s isn’t the only place in New York City that serves beer, and there’s life after Beatrice (it’s called “The Bunker”). u
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reworked into something that every self-respecting material girl wants (read: needs). I mingled with Samantha Platner and Donna Simonelli before disappearing in a cloud of La Perla’s fragrance J’aime La Nuit. Next, I stopped at 965 Madison Avenue to toast Samantha Thavasa by Hanley Mellon, a new line of handbags from Nicole Hanley and Matthew Mellon. The beverage? Cider, as served from the back of a Porsche Cayenne. After all, as Nicole and I know, one doesn’t graduate from Trinity College without a degree in “Tailgating.” Alixe Laughlin, Kiliaen Van Renssalear, and others joined the festivities, wrapped up in cashmere scarves and fox fur earmuffs. On the 10th, the Cinema Society hosted a screening of The Fighter starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg, benefitting the Cinema School, with Men’s Health and the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation. After a couple of hours of Boston accents and boxing, Emily Rittershaus and I migrated with the audience to the Top of the Standard. There, guests like Florence Henderson, Johannes Huebl, Calvin Klein, and Harvey Weinstein discussed the film over foie gras BLTs. The following evening, Tanner Zucker invited some friends
Alana Tabacco, Sharon Patrick, and Sara Olmebact at the Eton of