What if I told you that random patchwork of Jelly Bellys was actually the eye of Martin Luther King Jr.? You'd think I was raving mad, right? Well I am, and it isn't, but it is part of a larger mosaic that makes up the face of the civil rights leader, who was joined last night by j-bean versions of Reagan and Lincoln at the opening of the re-designed and expanded Dylan's Candy Bar. Owner Dylan Lauren was joined by fellow Laurens ( handsome bunch), Woody Allen and tots, Ivanka Trump, Elizabeth Berkley, and Jason Biggs, who I'm sure all dodged cameras to gorge on candy coated apples and lobster cakes. I of course, missed any such behavior because I was too busy drinking candy in the guise of cocktails, with names like Bazooka Bull (Bacardi Limon, Red Bull, garnished with Bazooka gum), and Rock Candy (Grey Goose and Jelly Belly watermelon mixer garnished with a rock candy stirrer. It was a cheap thrill seeing the stiffness of the Upper East Side temporarily alleviated by gummy worms and fizz pops, even though I didn't catch Ivanka step within two feet of a lolly. Click through to see jelly MLK and some more snaps of the sweet spot.
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