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As he prepares to open the first celebrity-owned saloon in Park City (Downstairs, with Danny Masterson) in time for Sundance, Ryan Heil is more than just another name on Bob Yari's speed dial.

Cain Luxe's Jaime Mulholland on sailing to New York's promised land, surviving the W. 27th Street club disaster, partnering with the Brazilian female mafia, and almost going broke before hitting the big time with his expanding nightlife empire.

RDV opens tonight with a John Legend party. According to co-owner Corey Lane, the new lounge is an “exclusive venue under our highly successful restaurant Bagatelle." "RDV" is short for "rendezvous." The style is a hip, chic mix of classic Victorian and modern art. I’m sure partner and designer David Graziano will kill it; Pink Elephant and Kiss & Fly are perfect. The new space will have a separate entrance from both Bagatelle and Kiss & Fly. There's a team of powerhouse players involved as well: Randy Scott, Aymeric Clemente, and Remi Laba bring more to the table than just tables. This is a sharp, mature crew with a great crowd. It looks like a home run -- yet another small lounge with big players.

Wednesday. The week is half over, half remaining, or half in the bag. Doesn't matter. These five spots are shutting it down.

The English are having a fine old time in New York -- we’re sort of like their Mexico right now, a place where you can throw around your powerful loot and loosen your tie, get away from real-world concerns back home ... just unwind a little. Witness last week’s unprecedented bubbly fest at Pink Elephant, financed by the crass, beleaguered billionaire who owns troubled English Premier League squad Newcastle. While he was being shredded back home in the press, heavyset honcho Mike Ashley dropped $220,000 on bottles of Cristal, even finding time to spread the champagne love with various bottle hawks and other moochers who reportedly knew him only as “soccer guy.” UK tabs brilliantly referred to the beneficiaries of the clueless Ashley’s largesse as “Manhattan’s shallow set.”

Who's in and who's out at Tenjune and elswhere.

Monsieur Meatpacking: Bagatelle and Kiss and Fly's Remi Laba on boring models, the grub at Pastis, and bringing down the house (music).

Last night the legendary 27th street block between 10th and 11th avenues in Manhattan looked more like a raucous rendition of a Paris street circa the French Revolution, except rolling heads were replaced by finely tailored suits. Blood didn't flow, booze did. As part of the legendary French Tuesdays, the 27th street festival was a Bermuda triangle of debauchery between the clubs Marquee, Cain, and Pink Elephant. French Tuesdays founder Pierre Battu greeted us at the door in his pristine white suit, and was more than happy to lead us through the swarms of French partiers to the where else, but the bar. A jovial man is he. Check out photos from the festivities here.

UPDATE: Rachel Uchitel speaks about her alleged affair with Tiger Woods.