The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday

We've grown accustomed to Michael Shvo losing employees, not clients, but apparently Corcoran has gained a Chelsea condo project that defected from his firm. [TRD]

You'll find more than over-priced peanuts inside mini-bars at the Thompson Hotel. For just $195 you get your very own "Sensuality Kit," complete with lubricant, silk ties, and other unmentionables. [Hotel Chatter]

Jamie Lynn Sigler, a.k.a Meadow Soprano, successfully unloaded her Tribeca apartment, but she just can't seem to get rid of the pesky, four-bedroom home in Palm Beach she shared with her ex-husband. [NY Magazine]

New York voters, including a few Republicans, support raising the state income tax on people earning more than $1 million a year by a margin of 4 to 1, according to a poll released today. [City Room]

The doorman at the Plaza's lounge explains his brief stint as a soft-core porn star and how he separates the beautiful people from the unworthy. [Grub Street]

The owner of the Christadora penthouse in Greenwich Village tells his critics: "I am not scum, and my children are not scum." [Village Voice via Curbed]

Your cab drivers medallion number could be 5-0. [Daily Intelligencer]

Park Slope and Boerum Hill have been named the greenest blocks in Brooklyn. [Gothamist]