blackbook.FeatureImage27315.past

Cleaning up these songs would have been like giving them the wrong haircut.

more
blackbook.Image19787.marlow06181

Williamsburg foodie destination Marlow & Sons is promoting an ethical approach to fashion. The restaurant, which butchers all of the animals it serves, is now introducing a line of leather goods. While it may sound bizarre for the eatery to be launching a namesake accessories line, the move is actually an extension of the restaurant's commitment to sustainability. The bags are made from leather sourced from the pigs and cows that have been butchered in-house. What's brewing in LA tonight?

more
blackbook.Image16121.naomi_mydec

1. Naomi Campbell @ Interview magazine’s 40th anniversary party: I don’t know. I don’t really live here so much anymore. In London? I don’t live in London. I live in Russia. Favorite restaurant in Russia? Pushkin’s. 2. Chloe Sevigny @ Interview's 40th anniversary party: Depends on what I’m in the mood for. I like Jack’s Luxury Oyster Bar in the East Village. I like Balthazar for oysters. I love Raoul’s. 3. Peter Brant @ Interview's 40th anniversary party: I would probably say the Four Seasons. I like that restaurant, but I have a lot of favorites. That’s, usually, a favorite of mine. There’s a lot of great things to eat there.

more

Le P'tit Paris Bistro (Windsor Terrace) - Windsor Terrace gets down with L.P.P. ● The Union Square Lounge (Union Square) - Relaunch of the lounge under Coffee Shop. Good for young'uns not yet out of the habit of partying in basements. ● Roman's (Fort Greene) - Marlow and Diner peeps bring the white tile and marble to Ft. Greene.

more
blackbook.FeatureImage10960.pf_h

A PhD rockin' dancerocker.

more
blackbook.Image9942.TOMMYSALEH.j

Tommy Saleh, creative director for New York's Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand hotels, is the mellow curator of coolness who's been keeping both downtown institutions grand since they opened in 1996 and 2000, respectively. With a keen eye for talent, the soft-spoken, Egyptian-born Saleh consistently hosts the most groundbreaking musicians, artists, and scene-making cultural figures at his twin lairs. If you run into Saleh at a party in New York or LA or Istanbul or Marrakesh or London -- you know you're in the right place.

more
blackbook.FeatureImage8848.pf_ho

The French food magazine's inevitable takeover of America.

more
blackbook.Image8249.martha-wainw

It's a cold, soggy June afternoon in Williamsburg. After getting drenched in curtains of rain, I run into Marlow & Sons and eventually sit down with a cup of coffee and a brownie the size of a cinder block. A few minutes later, Martha Wainwright joins me with a coffee and a slab of strawberry almond pound cake. We both take turns lamenting the awful weather, but find it makes for the perfect ambiance when getting down to business, discussing Édith Piaf and her staging of the legendary singer's more obscure songs at Dixon Place, along with the accompanying live record, due out this fall.

more
blackbook.Image7109.siennapeter1

You'd think that when Sienna Miller was in New York, she'd take a meal at a Meatpacking mecca like Bagatelle, or a blinged-out celebrity trap like Nobu. Nope. The globetrotting actress recently told us that her favorite place to dine in the Big Apple is Harlem's historic soul food institution Sylvia's. "Collard greens and fried chicken is my idea of heaven," she says.

more
blackbook.FeatureImage6986.pf_ho

The 'Superbad' director's new comic angst

more