Brooke Geahan, the 20-something founder of the Accompanied Literary Society, has made a career of throwing scruffy readers and writers together with scenesters and socialites, and using the dim light of glamorous venues to make them look significantly more attractive than they might elsewhere. She was up to her old tricks on Wednesday, Sept. 25, when the Accompanied Literary Society threw a party in conjunction with Diesel, in the penthouse of a new luxury condominium in Tribeca called One York, at the intersection of Canal and Sixth Avenue.

The gathering was in honor of "Flash Fiction," a public art project of sorts in which 10 short stories—commissioned from authors such as Jonathan Ames, Colum McCann, Sloane Crosley, Jonathan Lethem, and Jay McInerney—were screened on the side of the building.  read more »

Last night, in in a townhouse near the Flatiron building, the very young editors of Lapham's Quarterly were embarrassed. They were aged 23, 24 and 28, and, by coincidence, they all wore the same H&M suit: dark, pinstriped and under $200. Each wore a red tie.

"We did it and didn't realize it," said Elias Altman, the 23-year-old, who is the back-page editor and has the baby face of a choir boy. "We thought maybe we should do a song and dance."

To diffuse the situation, there was a suggestion Media Mob talk to Lewis Lapham, the quarterly's editor. Mr. Lapham, what do you think of the crowd?  read more »

Of course, summer's almost over and ambitious Ivy Leaguers ditch their resume-building internships for collegiate life. So it's fitting that the New York Times reports on the prestigious doorman internship (aka "superintendent's assistant") at tony 1088 Park Avenue. Amongst many thankless tasks, you sweep sidewalks, stay up for a couple days at a time, and are insulted by wealthy residents. For that you get $14 an hour and a headstart on writing your own Barbara Ehrenreich-style class conscious memoir. Calling Lewis Lapham!

These are good days for those young, upwardly mobile types who love organic cooking (but never cook), and enjoy hitting on health-obsessed strangers while pouring a generous helping of chickpeas. Now looking to conquer Houston Street, Whole Foods plans to expand its dining section in the massive 76,000-square-foot store coming to the Avalon Christie. Just to point out, that's over 25,000-square-feet bigger than the Union Square location.

In other celebrity news, Eddie Murphy just cut the asking price of his New Jersey mansion down to $27 million, following a previous price reduction for his upstate farmhouse.

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