Dana Vachon
Bingo Says Bye-Bye Byrdie! But for Phoebe Eaton and Dana Vachon, Love Is Perfuming the April Air
Spring is in the air, the birds are chirping and the town’s notable couples are hooking up and splitting up like wild dogs on the prairie.
In recent weeks, socialites Byrdie Bell and Bingo Gubelmann split. read more »
Let Them Eat Steak: How the Economic Downturn Impacts You
Today's New York Times reports that 81 percent of respondents in a Times/CBS News poll believe that "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track" in the U.S.
According to The Times' David Leonhardt and Marjorie Connelly, "two in three people said they believed the economy was in recession today." Twenty-eight percent answered that they've been falling behind financially in the past couple of years.
But if you enjoy the occasional steak at Palm Too, you already knew the economy was in trouble.
In a Fortune magazine column penned by Dealbreaker founder Elizabeth Spiers this week, the writer cites a friend, "a former real estate investment banker who got out of investment banking comfortably before subprime mortgages hit the fan," who contends that the price of filet mignon at Palm Too is a serious indicator of inflation. read more »
Have You Met My Friend...Before?
"Why pay several hundred dollars for a scalped ticket when the hand of a willing bouncer might be greased for only 50? Of course, bribery is illegal, and I felt filthy even thinking about it. But the summer changes people, and as the days grew long and warm, I resolved to try my hand." - Allow Me to Introduce My Friend, Andrew Jackson, by Dana Vachon, The New York Times, September 5, 2004.
"When it comes to the language of money, credit cards are nouns. Dull, concrete, limited by rules and restrictions and creepy fine print, credit cards have all the élan of aluminum foil. Personal checks--the coward's stand-in for cash--are ugly and static pronouns. But a twenty-dollar bill, now, that's a thing of beauty. Nothing static about a twenty. Used correctly, a twenty is all about movement, access, cachet. Forget the other bills." - The $20 Theory of the Universe, by Tom Chiarella, Esquire, March, 2003.
—Matt HaberCostume Drama
