New York Social Diary: On the town for the holidays!

We did up Barbara Coughling like a Christmas tree to get in the festive spirit!

Bobo McKinney — a charter member of the Clean Plate Club! Such an inspiration, our Bobo ...

For a holiday treat, Laurie and Carolyn Tisch brought their friend Thelma Golden, who simply cannot believe what she sees! Darling Thelma!

Sensing an opportunity for escape, Nancy Lopez's breasts made a break for Josh Steiner's tie clip!

At the Tisch, Tai-Heng Cheng said the caterers seemed to be making the most delicious-smelling cookies, while benefit committee chair Londa Weinstein was making the best of her laundress overstarching her pantsuit.

What is the name of the cute little pooch snoozing on Henry’s head OP?

Prince Dimitri stopping by for a light snack and a few drinks before sauntering over to The Eagle.

Dear Melanie Seymour tests the staying power of David Holland's Hepplewhite chair.

Martha Glass and Kirk Henckles are agog at Fernanda Kellogg's cyclops breast.

OMG, Henry Watkins: W.C. Fields with Justin Bieber's hair.

R3: GET OUT!!!!!

Nia McNeil, Bright Judson and Jay Paul dare you to guess their personal pronouns.

Mary McFadden regaled Joan Kahn with tales of her recent rejuvenating trip to Transylvania.

Mary McFadden makes me question if vampires might just be real....

Had a shitty Monday. Leave it to you, DL, to make me laugh.

R12, you're not kidding. Most of these women look like men in drag. How do these women with so much money at their disposal end up looking so wrong?

I love these threads.

These people are mutants !

Ahoy matey! Your ship's captain Gael Greene is about to have a touch of seasickness, but thankfully David Rockwell has a puke basin at the ready.

Sail on, Gael!

Geoffrey Bradfield showing off his new veneers after his surprise $20m inheritance.

[quote]The frost is barely off the pumpkin

You could have fooled me. Some of these people seem to have a bad case of freezer burn.

Love these threads. More please!

Deborra-Lee Furness made the bold choice of wearing her couch to the Citymeals on Wheels annual gala.

I'm troubled that Somers Farkas isn't in any of these photos. Tell me that she still battens upon the air of the living!

Darlng, yaaaassss!

Original Soft Butch sous chef, Camille Martin kikis with old queen Timothee Joyce

Bright Judson dazzles in upholstery inspired wide load couture ...

This shit is GOLD.

"Why pick one color when you can just wear them all?" wonders Jennifer Garrigues.

These are my favorite threads on Datalounge.

A heartfelt thank you to all the contributors.

Love these threads too

Somers is laying low until after Thanksgiving R24, lest someone takes an axe to her neck mistaking her for a turkey.

Thanks so much OP! Way to bring back the original Datalounge spirit in time for the holidays. I look forward to these and am so happy we still have them here.

Feel the heat! Permele Doyle and Garner Robinson show us why they are NYSD's most passionate couple!

Dear Bobo McKinney smiles the sweet self-satisfied smile that eating two creme brulees produces...

Did Somers & Muffie Potter Aston jet off to St Barths early this year?

The younger set, led by Mischievous Missy Poole snapping a “selfie”, “gets jiggy with it” as the kids say these days ...

Nancy Wexler couldn't look more delighted as Richard Axel serenades her with Notorious B.I.G and R. Kelly's "I'm Fucking You Tonight" as the crowd cheers him on.

Betty Cooper Wallerstein is never one to miss a good soirée, even if it means bringing her Jamaican home health aides with her.

R39 🤣

[quote]How do these women with so much money at their disposal end up looking so wrong?

That is the eternal question about the NYSD. How do people with this much money and this much access to the best of everything in life look so hideous and freakish? It is truly puzzling.

This is how R40 and R41

Miss Elise Taylor, smelling cookies.

Wonderful and just wonderful.

it's lucky these people are rich cause they're fuckin ugly

Viva la Vivi. Brava.

Peggy Siegal. Photo by Michael J. Fox

I just adore rich white people giving the peace sigh. It's so rich/

You fuckers are at your BEST when there’s a NY Social Diary Post.

R43. Those two pussy hounds are gonna score tonight!

The lovely ladies cannot resist the dashing Di Mondo

Is that THE 'Bride of Wildenstein' at r23?

The gents cannot resist Di Mondo either.

After the revolution, I think I’ll miss these threads most of all.

Bravi, DL.

Do Mondo is serving up some 1980s Realness.

CeCe Black catches a glimpse of herself in the mirror.

Lynn Bayard's balloon recreation of her recent Tarts and Vicars party was the hit of the night.

Loooool. R53 truly looks like The Hunger Games, Capitol City

R38 😱

I live for these threads. Bless your soul or lack thereof, Vivi (and others).

Margery Hadar receiving an unexpected pussy grab by Eric Hadar, President & CEO of Allied Partners.

Joanna Fisher and Cole Rumbough

Bet she’s thinking, “yum yum, I’m gonna get me some”

[quote] That is the eternal question about the NYSD. How do people with this much money and this much access to the best of everything in life look so hideous and freakish? It is truly puzzling.

And it’s not just NY. Many years ago a friend (also a DataLounger) invited me to an event at the Cosmos Club In Washington, DC. Many (but not all) of the members come from old DC money. And, most of them looked freakish, as if they had just been on the set of a horror movie. Truly bizarre. All that money . . . .

BTW, these threads are among the best on DL. Kudos.

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring tingle tingling too

Come on, it's lovely weather for Somers and Muffie to be together with you

Oof, Somers’ iris blouse is burning my irises.

Lady#3s outfit should not be worn by anyone, ever.

I eagerly await the appearance of the Baroness von Langendorff to make the holidays bright.

Baroness Gabriela’s blush placement is everything.

I love these threads. Op, I worship you.

Fun fact: Melanie Seymour Holland on the right, is in a Flock of Seagulls tribute band.

Baroness von Langendorff, upon hearing of Geoffrey Bradfield's newfound wealth, fails to entice him by whispering 'carpet match the drapes' in his ears.

I’ve met Eric a few times and found him to be a super nice guy. And he’s donating over a million to a housing charity. He’s also a total fitness fanatic these days and looks amazing for mid 50s.

I'm most displeased by the lack of emaciated sternum on display at R63.

Why are so many of these women so fug? With their money can't they afford a nip, tuck and peel?

Is this an old money thing? Is plastic surgery a nouveau riche thing?

I don't think I've ever seen anything so rare and wonderful as the photo of John Catsimatidis and Baroness Gabriela von Langendorff together at R65. Bless, you NYSD! And bless you, OP!

Hmmm this is NY society now? Feh!

Monique Van Vooren.

I’m too stunned to caption this.

Jean Shafiroff decides to hold her quinceañera 65 years late as Miss Sonja Morgan focuses on holding together the chaos inside her Spanx.

Haints to the front, spooks to the back

Are these people actual movers and shakers or just there for the party? Where are the Rockefellers and Rothschilds?

R74 and R76. Please let’s have drinks. God I needed this thread tonight. Much love to OP.

Bernadette Lejeune: "I'm working this peel-and-filler tune-up for points, henny"

Prince Dimitri: "I wish I was getting my kitten punched right now"

Twanta Faye Spraddle, of the McIntyre, GA, Boo Boos, went on the lam for bad checks and resettled in NYC as society ventriloquist Agathe David Weill.

James “I Anglicized my Jewish name” Goldston and Emily Mortimer discuss her menses

Irene Goodkind and Elaine Uzan Leary soldier bravely through the pungent wafts from Simone Galton's chicly discreet Hermès Kelly ostomy bag.

I have no words for the couple on the left

Pete?????? Noooooooo

BRad Learmonth and Jon Gilman. Scissor sisters

Our plan is working perfectly, our disguises make us undetectable amongst the humans. Soon, we will depart for the mothership to begin the invasion of Earth.

I thought D.C. was ugly Hollywood. I guess New York is, woof. Are these the upper crust that you ladies in New York rave about? Everyone looks so unhealthy.

Fern Mallis absorbing Ruben Toledo. And his mustache

R70, not only lack of emaciated sternum but also lack of rich golden tan! Also, WTF with the glorious top and ripped white jeans? Somers had an off day.

These are the ugliest people ever. And how did Pete get to see Anna Wintour in R84 without her massive sunglasses? The Baroness definitely enjoys those emeralds and diamonds as she wore them to both events. Of course, the makeup may have also been the same for both events as well.

The two guys at r74 should be charged with abuse of a corpse.

As you gaze upon the Baroness's dime-store-rouge-enriched loveliness, R72, remember that this is the woman once hailed as the best titty-fuck on the North Shore of Long Island.

[74] Monique van Vooren used to go to a dentist on East 63rd Street insisting she be allowed to sniff poppers instead of taking a shot of novocaine. She was also Rudi Nureyev's best fag hag/gal pal. Thought she had died years's ago.

She apparently did, R93.

Wtf are these people?

Is r86 the Mercer spawn? Has she not been shunned from all decent society?

I will help you with the caption at r74. It should be captioned: What the hell is this?

These events look excruciating. I’m so happy to be a poor person.

Ladies and gentlemen, the east coast elite.

The thing that I find gut bustingly funny is that these tools always sigh and talk about “social obligations” and how one is expected at these things or it looks bad not to attend.

Reality: literally nobody gives a shit if any of these people show up anywhere except in their own minds. We love your checks supporting the cause. You? Sure, whatever.

R74 - For all these years I thought Madame was buried with Wayland Flowers’ corpse.

R8 ‘s post destroyed me. I haven’t busted out laughing like that in ages. Thank you.

R38, if I knew who you were, I'd pay for your next five rentboys.

Is the picture @R65 a really old one and they colorized it? They're way off, I think. They made that woman look unnatural. Damn you, Ted Turner!

These women make Katherine Hellman in Brazil look absolutely natural.

I love these threads.

Looking @R68, is Geoffrey off to fight at the Battle of Little Bighorn or merely recreating it for Broadway? And I imagine Monique Van Vooren would be an advisor having witnessed it as a younger woman.

Sanja Morgan looks the best of all and she was a floozy who married into old money. I never can understand how some of the wealthiest get the worst plastic surgery and have the worst fashion sense. It’s baffling but oddly entertaining. These threads rock.

They all look like extras from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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FWIW, as others have noted, it's not just New York.

Link is to an entire array of photos from the San Francisco Opera Ball that somehow found their way onto NYSD and are ripe for the captioning.

R110. Thank you for that recommendation. I found Michael Purdue and Jay Jeffers (on the right here). Late arrival from the Pride Parade.

Oops.

So many bitchy queens who are envious of the lives of the superior inhabitants of New York society. Just remember your place - it's much lower than anyone whom you are mocking.

Muffie, can you say that in your native Klingon?

Qo' bljatlh'e'ylmev HabSoSli'Quch!

Translation for you non-Klingon peasants:

"I won't. Shut up. Your mother has a smooth forehead."

Don't challenge me, bitch.

The ones from SF are actually far less atrocious.

R41, if you have a ton of money and social position, you don’t need to have perfect teeth and a stunning figure. You don’t have to impress anyone.

r118 it's not about teeth and body size. It's about looking like extras from a Fellini movie.

Clever Sabine Riglos crafted her fabulous ensemble from an old tablecloth, some doilies and a napkin.

The bow around her neck is repurposed from her days as a Playboy Bunny and from the looks of it, Sabine was rode hard and put away wet on many an occasion.

[quote]The ones from SF are actually far less atrocious.

Yeah, they merely look like Bravolebrity rejects vs. the true gargoyle realness of their NYC counterparts.

R38 is quite possibly the funniest post in the history of DataLounge...and that's saying a LOT because you guys are comic geniuses.  Well done, brothers!

The Baroness von Langendorff pictured at R65, has volunteered to do Mary McFadden’s make-up for all upcoming holiday gatherings.

I cannot wait to see the glorious results!

This thread indicates that you really can be too rich and too thin.

It’s not colorized R103. That’s our Gabby, as always, blushing with modesty.

A Hollywood screenwriter couldn't make up the Baroness von Langendorff. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

I enjoy her makeup choices. Very sans souci.

So NYSD is "People of Walmart" with better lighting.

What you people can’t seem to grasp is that some people are too secure in their wealth and position to worry about appearances. It’s the grasping middle that goes for plastic surgery and fashion.

Mr. Catsimiatidis is a major supporter of The Blobfish Protection Society.

Good for him!

R120 - 😂

Rolling here!

When photographing next to socialites wearing Chanel, something modest and concealing your undergarments is advised.

Strangely depressed about us humans after scrolling through. Maybe I should visit the R132 Luncheon.

I'm sorry but that "Baroness" looks like she grew up on Long Island. I assume she married into her title? And are there really still Barons running around these days, even in Germany? Or has she just made the whole thing up and none of these rich people are willing to challenge her on it?

I think the Baron just made up his title to sell perfume—he was an Austrian immigrant who founded Evyan Perfumes with his first wife, and he created White Shoulders, among other fragrances. He was reportedly worth $125 million when he died in 1983. He used to own this historic house in Gramercy Park.

Ah, the Baroness.

Saw her in person once at some black-tie thing and wondered where the life size Raggedy Anne doll came from.

Article about the Baron's Westport, Connecticut, mansion

Oooooo.....White Shoulders.

The Baroness gave her age as 50 in this 1982 NYT article, which if true means she's 87 years old.

Why do so many of them resemble aliens whose human masks are melting?

Because that's what they are.

White Shoulders has to be one of the worst smelling perfumes ever. I had a coworker once who would wear it and I could hardly be in the same room with her.

The baroness looks like she uses 17thC face powder with lead.

They make the Housewives of NYC look like supermodels.

Let's not go nuts.

Just gastly.

And ghastly also..

Monique van Vooren was temporarily banned from high society for some years due to below:

In 1983, van Vooren was found guilty of lying before a federal grand jury and "ordered to get psychiatric help and perform 500 hours of community service as part of a suspended sentence."[10] The sentence resulted from an investigation of "whether she had pocketed her dead mother [who died in 1957]'s Social Security payments."[10]

Who hasn't?

Poor Cole Rumbough at R61 looks like that bashful buzzard from the Looney Tunes.

I keep going back to R38, that had me laughing out of control.

Geoffrey Bradfield is certainly getting his money’s worth R20.

He and Sharon Handler Loeb spent a lovely evening recently discussing veneer maintenance, and the merits of a good swish and spit.

Caroline Bassett and Charlie Scheips forget their teeth whitening pens, but that didn’t stop these two scamps from partying the night away.

I love the double-barrelled WASP-Jew names.

The dose of viagra Lucia Hwong Gordon’s dance partner took had not kicked in as of yet.

Here she is trying to will an erection into existence, as her partner signals the troubling state of affairs.

The dose of viagra Lucia Hwong Gordon’s dance partner took had not kicked in as of yet.

Here she is trying to will an erection into existence, as her partner signals the troubling state of affairs.

R151, I had that same thought. I've gone back to it numerous times. I don't know what's funnier: Reading the post, then looking at the picture or vice versa. Either way, hilarious.

r151 I'm glad I could make you laugh!

Geoffrey Bradfield looks like the Gremlins that live under my bed.

Mr. Catsimiatidis and the Baroness von Langendorff are like two small planets when they're together, causing wobbles in each others' orbits as they pass through the firmament that is the NYSD.

The New York Social Diary (aka New York Freak Show) threads are always a DL highlight.

Flashback and fun fact: In this photo from spring of this year, Michael Bloomberg is wearing the very hat that he recently tossed into the race for president.

I think we need to ID the OP; as in assign him (or her) as the NYSD Troll. We need to have a new troll to add to our list of DL's most beloved trolls

R163, maybe you're new, but the OP is an homage to an old NYSD troll "Didi von Cuntington" who use to post about NYSD all of the time. Those threads were the best part of DL.

Two out of three participants passed Hamish Bowles’ latest master class on Resting Bitch Face.

Mary McFadden is serving Fosca from Passion realness.

Shelby in OP’s photo looks WASTED!!!

Arie & CoCo Kopelman upon the mention of Didi von Cuntington's name.....

More like the ferment, R160

When did Fern Mallis start the transitioning process, R88?

[108]: That's David Patrick Columbia on the right, the founder of New York Social Diary, Does he still live in a walk-up? Does he still visit the Townhouse every Friday and Saturday night?

171: I mean he's on the left.

Catherine Vaillant-Faugerolas did not eat a bite of her dinner.

She’s saving her appetite for dessert. In 2026.

Yikes. Body dysmorphic disorder to the max.

The husband @R173 has the look of someone who has seen that woman naked one too many times. He looks absolutely defeated.

She makes Somers Farkas look like Chrissy Metz.

Jay Paul and Helene David-Weill are the picture of good sportsmanship as they hand over the trophy following this year's photo finish indoor mixed doubles discus.

Meg Smith-Brown receives the 2019 Barbara Bel Geddes Memorial Fashion Certificate.

If that man @R177 has one more facelift, his ears will be on his neck.

Stage IV second wives Katherine Linderhoff and Christina Ginnandbrand cut nostalgic figures at the Playtex Women in Business Podcast Gala.

r180 you would think they were the granddaughters of those men.

Women of a certain age, say 30, should not wear sleeveless or shoulderless gowns, no matter how thin they are.

What do these people talk about at these events?

Has Somers Farkas been murdered by Jonathan?

How to drink but not eat, R183.

r171 r172 Please learn how to post a reference. You need to put an "R" immediately in front of the number. Nothing else. No brackets. Just an "r" (upper or lower case.)

And if they don't?

You know they'll type in "r", don't you, r186?

[quote]the OP is an homage to an old NYSD troll "Didi von Cuntington" who use to post about NYSD all of the time. Those threads were the best part of DL.

I'm the OP and this is correct.

I was in awe of "Didi von Cuntington" and after she'd disappeared for a few years I tried to bring back the NYSD threads as her sister "Vivi von Cuntington" as homage. I definitely didn't create the concept.

Is there a third von Cuntington sister waiting in the wings?

Yes, R190

And there's me!

R189, and thank you for having done so. I'm the one who wrote that and I'm so glad you did this thread. Love you for it.

She's not the only one. The von Cuntingtons will pale in comparison as their new sister shakes them to their foundation garments.

This is a "bit" of topic - but some of the names in this thread made me want to ask my fellow Dlers: do you think the name "Kip" for a guy is, well, do you think any guy named KIp is a dickhead? What kind of name is that? I had a MAJOR homophobic boss named Kip and he was the epitome of dickheadedness.

Ask Miss Lavin, r195.

Kip Forbes seems nice enough.

At dear Geoffrey Bradfield's book party, the guests paid homage to the master (in the striped tie) by going taut, taut, TAUT!

Was Geoffrey Bradfield the inspiration for Will and Grace's Beverly Leslie, one wonders?

I am so happy this thread showed up this evening. I am having a terrible weekend, and this is some of the best content on DL.

The role of Beverly Leslie was originally written for Joan Collins. They had a scene in mind in which she tries to steal Rosario away from Karen, and the two get into a Dynasty-like cat fight.

Whenever I see Somers, I always think of this:

Where is Mark Gilbertson?

I think of this, R202

Do think think Somers was ever teased about her last name? Fart-ass, Fart-us, Fark-us, Fark-ass????

Farkas is her married name. Her maiden name is Somers White. She's from Virginia horse country.

Really r206? Who has ridden her?

r203. It's Mark Gilbertson Palm Beach to you.

At SW FARKAS, we only work with clients we respect.

Thanks for posting that gem, r209! Who knew our girl was such a hard worker....

R209. I read all that shit and still have not idea what she does. Well done: not talking about impolite things like work, even when talking about impolite things like work.

"...do you think the name "Kip" for a guy is, well, do you think any guy named KIp is a dickhead?

Well, this one sure is pretty.

Fun fact: "farkas" is Hungarian for "fox."

I have an odd compulsion to see the Baroness naked. I’m so curious as to what she looks like and how low those giant melons sag. Anyone ever seen her in the buff? (Her personal “dresser” or masseur?)

Somers is quite the experienced professional!

Somers reminds me of "Emma's" best friend in Terms of Endearment. Comes to NYC and dates/marries rich Jewish guys.

At your request, R214:

YES!^

R183 -- I've been to some of these events and to answer your question -- they talk about each other, where they've been, where they're going, and then their favorite restaurant meals and favorite hotels, and then more about each other, their clothes, their jewelry, and their summer plans, and winter plans, and on and on. It's beyond boring.

Interestingly though they avoid politics like the plague, as there is a blend of democrats and liberals in the mix, and no one wants to get into an argument, as you never know -- the person you are arguing with could be the same person who's a guest at your dinner tomorrow night, or at the weekend house you're invited to in the Hamptons, or your son's best friend's parents. Anyway, all they really care about is what other people think of them. There is little intelligence, almost no understand of human nature, and zero empathy for the human race. What they usually care most about is Fifi, their dog, or Piewacket, their cat.

You mean they don't discuss how hard it is to find "good help" these days?

I would love to see footage of them getting ready for these events. Seeing them stuffed into their dresses by assistants and handlers.

I just want to see the Baroness put on her face.

R222 - The Baroness is exclusively styled by Helen of Keller.

[quote]There is little intelligence, almost no understand of human nature, and zero empathy for the human race. What they usually care most about is Fifi, their dog, or Piewacket, their cat.

So like an average night on the Datalounge, basically.

Elli Dukofsky and Susan Wood Richardson: pretty, lifelike, and TWICE AS EXCITING!

Dear Jim Beauvelt (here with Ken Roach and darling Future Andy Cohen Jonathan Stas) had his nose sharpened for the holidays.

Wow, Heart has not aged well^

Guy Mognaz, Beverly D’Anne, Edward Villella and Linda Villella are the reason for the season!

By the pricking of Vivi's thumbs: Diana Byer, Valda Setterfield, and Jan Schmidt this way comes!

Everyone's favorite Joanna Fisher débuts her holiday look with new chum Maria-Cristina Anzola.

You people have no idea how much I love these comments. 225 and 226. Love you

Joanna Fisher looks like an escaped mental patient.

I’ve never loved anyone like I do The beautiful Bobo McKinney. Everything about her, especially her flinty gaze, makes me swoon.

Looking @R232, I can't help but think we're looking 50 years into the future at the youngest Guidice girl on the right. The one who looks most like a bookie from Newark.

Geoffrey is full of ridiculous twaddle (as well as veneers): “I have always felt that I was born at exactly the right time for my psyche.”

My word, what is our dear Valda wearing in R229? She appears to be mixing and matching patterns in an attempt to cause an epileptic seizure in at least one of the attendees. She must have picked up that idea from an Agatha Christie book club offering.

Newlywed Sharon Bush raises her bouquet in triumph as her wedding / night gown combo was deemed a huge fashion success.

Sweet dear Monique van Vooren is looking festive and elegant, as always. By photoshopping herself before the photos are taken, she saves some very valuable time.