Oil wives taking shots with Jake Paul.
"Crowds of people freaking out over the Pauls while the president of Argentina stood alone at the bar."
Hi everyone. Last night I visited Minetta Tavern’s new location in DC. The scene was really good for DC. You know what, the scene was really good for New York. The staff was excellent, the steak was perfect, the gave us a corner booth to observe the whole dining room (we sat across from a table of eight, shouting things like “Live by the sword, die by the sword!” and “It’s not over until it’s over!”), and somehow the design choices make the brand new space a little lived in.
Last time I was in DC, I went to Pastis which is across the street from Minetta Tavern. But you guys wouldn’t know that because the newsletter that covered that trip was famously placed in a vault, never to be seen again.
Over the weekend, Town and Country published a whole story about the doubling down on Washington as a food city. I had a cupcake from Baked and Wired for dessert — still hits after all these years.
One of my DC readers went to the Starlight Ball (the event for big money donors) last night. This morning, she texted me a rundown of the scene:
The list of guests last night included Javier Milei (president of Argentina), Vivek Ramaswamy, Rogan, Theo Von, Nelk boys, Vince Vaughn which was random, Bret Baier, a bunch of other D-list made celebs I don’t know. Huge crowds of people freaking out over the Pauls while the president of Argentina stood alone at the bar.
LOTS of fur shawls, good thing there are no PETA lobbiests here. People were fangirling so crazy hard… it was honestly embarrassing. ALL the celebs were men.
It was so much fun and I really do think that the republicans are looser than the dems with these parties. I mean.. you have some 79-year-old institutionalized oil wife posing with the Paul brothers, asking everyone to take shots in her $5k Dior dress.
Also lots of big political names wearing shit like… leather jackets and sneakers… to these events signifies something. Not sure if it’s fun or knee problems.
Dior’s golf collection will be a flop. Give the people what they want: a Yeti golf bag.
Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd will return to the company as CEO.
This morning, pointed out that New York is wearing big, freaky, fluffy coats. This is where I call out the choice fur dealer for the downtown TikTok girls — Madison Ave Furs. Considering their popularity over the last few years, I’m shocked that their website is stuck in 2008.
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All of my columnists are becoming stars!!!
, the GOAT, on :Another New York movie theater is in danger of closing. Greenwich Village’s Quad Cinema is dealing with some legal and financial troubles (plus their neighbors say they can hear movies through the walls — wouldn’t like hearing The Substance’s body sounds while I’m on a work call). Charles Cohen who owns the theater allegedly owes unpaid rent, plus expenses reaching $600k.
A Campari spritz and a cigarette outside in Milan this spring sounds nice right? Well you better enjoy it from JAIL. On January 1, a law prohibiting smoking in public spaces in Milan—streets, parks, and outdoor areas—came into effect. “This is Milan. People are thin here. People smoke here.”
I’m sorry to the four people with Bain email addresses who read this letter but… this merch blows.
After I wrote about the new San Vicente Bungalows last week, three people texted me some upsetting news about Chez Margaux. APPARENTLY, they have over-accepted members, and it has resulted in a bad vibe — long waits for tables, bad outfits, members who are “too young.” To correct this wrongdoing, I’m hearing that the Meatpacking club is now paying members to not belong anymore. I am willing to invite anyone who has been affected by this to host their own Feed Me chat on how they survived the experience.
Does anyone want to talk about the tabloidification of sex and viral OnlyFans stunts? I kind of want to ask one of my sex worker friends to hop into this conversation and share their thoughts.
Addison on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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This line is the beginning of a Netflix show (or a future season of The Diplomat) that I would watch the absolute hell out of: "Huge crowds of people freaking out over the Pauls while the president of Argentina stood alone at the bar."
The resurgence of fur at this particular moment is interesting. I just bought a vintage fur from a consignment store in Palm Springs so I am part of the problem. (I live somewhere cold). I’m sure wearing a vintage fur is also bad morally but I wanted to use something that’s already been made. In my mind that was more sustainable than buying a new one that’s made of plastic but I understand why other people look at it differently. For what it’s worth when I wore it with my fake fur Russian hat the other day, five different people told me I looked like a movie star.