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Can The Transom really be homesick for somewhere it's only been once--and back in the 80's, at that?

In September's Tatler, we learn of London and her people:

"The Brazilian is over and the bush is back," says Saffron Aldridge. The history of the sugar momma goes back to Clytemnestra! LOMBARD is apparently, allegedly, acronymical slang for Loads Of Money But A Real Dickhead. A psychic—named Amaryllis MacIntyre—has much to say about her skin care secrets! What's Jade Jagger's travel secret? "Xanax and Goyard." And then? A Seamus Heaney poem!

Of course, there is real magic: The New Social Rich. "Flamboyance is their creed, Cipriani their playground. They love private planes, but love bikini waxers even more..." Sidebar! "Is it just us, or is everyone who works at a hedge fund boring? Does anyone know what a hedge fund is? Who cares?" Hooray!

What marvelous dimension is this? What heavenly place does this magazine depict? How are we not there?
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32328#comments O2 London Saffron Aldridge Seamus Heaney Xanax Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:43:00 -0400 Observer Staff 32328 at http://www.observer.com Call Off the Coup: I'm Leaving Early http://www.observer.com/node/40616 The ballfields I stroll across on my way home from work were crowded with 6-year-olds the other day.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/40616#comments Joyce Purnick Peter Kaplan Seamus Heaney Steve Roberts Inc. Sun, 07 Jun 1998 20:00:00 -0400 Terry Golway 40616 at http://www.observer.com