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Countess Luann de Lesseps Conjures Lascivious Mae West at the Night Hotel

Thu, 28 May 2009 20:50:20 -0400

The classy Countess Luann de Lesseps is a big fan of the old bump and grind.

"I love burlesque!" Ms. de Lesseps confessed to the Daily Transom on Wednesday night, May 27, during intermission at former Roxy and Palladium promoter Lee Chappell's risque weekly Foreign Affairs show in the dimly lit lounge at Vikram Chatwal's Night Hotel on West 45th Street.

Sporting a slinky black Michael Kors dress, the 43-year-old co-star of the popular Bravo...

Pump It Up! Socialites Go 'Culty' for Designer Brian Atwood's Shoes

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:04:15 -0400

Fresh off her recent misdemeanor assault charge, comely fashion writer Kelly Bensimon arrived at the Openhouse Gallery in Soho on Thursday night, March 19, wearing a pair of striking black heels that lace up the leg.

"I love putting them on!" gushed Ms. Bensimon, co-star of the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of New York City. "Look, the little bow!"

The fancy footwear was appropriate. Ms. Bensimon was there for...

Gentle Jason Ashlock Ignores Recession, Opens Literary Shop

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:28:52 -0500

Back in Jonesboro, Ark., they still don’t know for sure what Jason Ashlock is doing in New York City. Whenever he tells his friends and family he’s sold a book, they go to the bookstore and look for it on the shelf. “I’m like, ‘Wait 18 months!’” the boyish 28-year-old said on Sunday night, sitting in a booth at the Old Town Bar, around the corner from the studio apartment he shares with his...

Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Newest Star of Bravo's Real Housewives, is Not a Socialite

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:13:16 -0400

It seems that Kelly Killoren Bensimon, the newest addition to Bravo's Real Housewives of New York City cast (the second season, which is now filming, will air sometime in 2009), is at once the most and least qualified woman to be on the show. A longtime fixture on the Manhattan and Hamptons social scenes, the former model used to be married to fashion photographer and longtime Elle creative director Gilles Bensimon and has been...

The Week in DVR: Is New York City Under Attack By Flesh-Eating Mega-Rats?

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:46:13 -0400

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With all the local hype over The Real Housewives of New York City, we'd almost forgotten about their west coast predecessors and sister show, The Real Housewives of Orange County, which taught us everything we'd ever wanted to know about plastic surgery, Southern California Republicans and bad parenting. But now that summer's here, it's time to revisit Silicone Valley. Bravo's airing a Real Housewives mini-marathon starting at 5 p.m., followed by a...

Hot Housewives of Manhattan

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:14:01 -0500

On a recent Wednesday evening, Ramona Singer, a blond-haired, brown-eyed bombshell mom of indeterminate age, was sitting in an Italian restaurant near her home on the Upper East Side, waiting for her teenage daughter, Avery, to return home from school.

“My daughter sometimes asks me, ‘Mom, are we rich?’” said Ms. Singer. “I don’t like that word. I tell her, ‘We’re well-to-do.’”

Currently, Ms. Singer, her husband, Mario, and Avery...