Gramercy Park, Bastion of Manhattan Snobbery, Just Got a Little More Nauseating
In a city of snobs, could there be anywhere snobbier than Gramercy Park, where residents of selected buildings near the park are given keys for entry? It's unlikely, as we learn from yesterday's...
View ArticleSnootastic 'Metropolitan Diary' One-Liners
Oh, New York Times Metropolitan Diary, how we do love thy exceptionally pretentious and mildly prejudicial ways so far this year, and really, every year. 'My 3-year-old, John, went to his Italian...
View ArticleN+1 Movie Critic Sick of All Those Movie Stars
A.S. Hamrah, film critic for blah-blah-ing lit journal N+1, is stuck at the glamorous Cannes Film Festival but it's not as glamorous as it was when it was new, and that makes him sad. "It's not just...
View ArticleSoho House Too 'Artsy' For Plastic Surgeons
Andrew Klapper, a New York plastic surgeon, applied for membership in Soho House, the private Meatpacking District club. But he was turned down, because Soho House said it prefers to cater "to an...
View ArticleKarl Lagerfeld Will Not Tolerate Hoi Polloi Appropriations Of Chanel
Chanel, the legendary fashion brand run by Mugatu-esque overlord/enemy to Heidi Klums everywhere, Karl Lagerfeld, is pissed. They let everyone know how much they cringe when you use their name to...
View Article'Educated' Snob Berates Train Conductor for No Good Reason
Know what's worse than someone yelling on the train? Someone yelling on the train and making a complete ass of herself. Here is a self-identified "educated" woman yelling at a Metro-North train...
View ArticleHere Is the Most Obnoxious Letter to the Editor of a Book Review of the Year
On this, the final day of 2012, allow us to draw your attention to what is—if memory serves—the most obnoxious letter to the editor of the New York Times Book Review of the entire year, conveniently...
View ArticleKarl Lagerfeld Will Not Tolerate Hoi Polloi Appropriations Of Chanel
Chanel, the legendary fashion brand run by Mugatu-esque overlord/enemy to Heidi Klums everywhere, Karl Lagerfeld, is pissed. They let everyone know how much they cringe when you use their name to refer...
View Article'Educated' Snob Berates Train Conductor for No Good Reason
Know what's worse than someone yelling on the train? Someone yelling on the train and making a complete ass of herself. Here is a self-identified "educated" woman yelling at a Metro-North train...
View ArticleHere Is the Most Obnoxious Letter to the Editor of a Book Review of the Year
On this, the final day of 2012, allow us to draw your attention to what is—if memory serves—the most obnoxious letter to the editor of the New York Times Book Review of the entire year, conveniently...
View ArticleGramercy Park, Bastion of Manhattan Snobbery, Just Got a Little More Nauseating
In a city of snobs, could there be anywhere snobbier than Gramercy Park, where residents of selected buildings near the park are given keys for entry? It's unlikely, as we learn from yesterday's Times....
View ArticleSnootastic 'Metropolitan Diary' One-Liners
Oh, New York Times Metropolitan Diary, how we do love thy exceptionally pretentious and mildly prejudicial ways so far this year, and really, every year. 'My 3-year-old, John, went to his Italian...
View ArticleN+1 Movie Critic Sick of All Those Movie Stars
A.S. Hamrah, film critic for blah-blah-ing lit journal N+1, is stuck at the glamorous Cannes Film Festival but it's not as glamorous as it was when it was new, and that makes him sad. "It's not just...
View ArticleSoho House Too 'Artsy' For Plastic Surgeons
Andrew Klapper, a New York plastic surgeon, applied for membership in Soho House, the private Meatpacking District club. But he was turned down, because Soho House said it prefers to cater "to an...
View ArticleWhat Books Do You Really "Have" to Read?
This weekend's New York Times Book Review poses the following question to its "Bookends" columnists:Read more...
View ArticleTed Cruz Announces His Candidacy to Morons He'd Never Study With
This morning, Texas Senator Ted Cruz announced that he will run for president of the United States. This is the logical next step in Cruz's determined lifelong pursuit of status. Read more...
View ArticleKim K. Forces NPR Snobs to "Seriously Think" About Canceling Memberships
Kim Kardashian’s recent appearance on NPR’s news quiz Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! was too much for some NPR fans, who balled up their canvas tote bags and fired off angry emails to ombudsman Elizabeth...
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