After yesterday’s ragging on Vegemite, we got loads of emails insisting that this stuff was like manna from the gods. This confirms my prediction of complete world domination by the kooky Aussies. One reader even went so far as to send us this picture today of him getting ready to enjoy a nice tasty breakfast of coffee and crap. I don’t know what is more disturbing about this photo, the fact that someone would actually be able to stomach this tar before noon, or the fact that it is available in TUBE form.

[Afternoon Snack: Coffee And Vegemite]
[Australia Day]

Marc Jacobs and Jason Preston are a pair of hot rebels….

[Coverage of Marc Jacobs]

The above photo turned up in our inbox today. The wrists are from 3 highly social, highly talked about, spotlight divas. We know who they belong to, but do you?

Here’s some hints:
One is making a cameo on tonight’s episode of Lipstick Jungle,
One plays our favorite character on the best show ever created,
and one belongs to a special Warholianesque-society member.

[Hanging Out With Levin Rambin...]
[Ms. Waldorf Has Her First Party Foul]
[The Factory 2.0 Without Warhol]

Eli Manning and the Giants do TenJune last night….So does Eli Mizrahi who apparently had his big bday bash there (do you think he was upset he had to share his previously planned celebration with the other more popular Eli?). Being that his real birthday isn’t until the 23rd, we are sure the ultra fabulous socialite will have more than enough time to celebrate. These pics were sent to us via email and showcase one of the main reasons we love Eli Manning. No matter how much fame the guy receives, he will always be a regular “joe” guy (see photo below).

GO GIANTS!!! I bet that the TenJune boys Eugene and Mark are besides themselves.

[The Coup de Grâce for Tenjune]
[Who Is Mark Birbaum]

Here’s how the phone conversation went:

Cheesecake Shop Employee: “Thank you for calling cheesecake shop, how can I help you?”
Customer: “I would like to order a cake for a going away party this week.” Cheesecake Shop Employee: “What you want on the cake?”
Customer: ‘”Best Wishes Suzanne’, underneath that, ‘We will miss you’.”

Dear Lewis Austin [ignacio@azeronline.com],

Please stop sending me emails with titles such as the one above that are followed with this as the body:

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You see, when you send me emails with “Mood Sexy” as the subject, I get really excited. “Oh, who sent this? Someone is in a sexy mood and wants me to know? Then I spend at least 3 minutes playing a game with myself called: “Let’s see if I can figure out who this email is from before looking at it.” Lewis, I’m glad you are in a sexy mood and want to thank you for wasting 4 minutes of my life today. Jerk.

Sincerely,

HG

One of these things is not like the other….

An avid gofg reader sent us this picture of their “friend” Micah Jesse, posing at Stanton Social with on-again-off-again boy toy to Marc Jacobs, Jason Preston, and one of our favorite little up-and-comers, Leven Rambin. Okay, so we “get” Jason and Leven in this picture, but for the life of us, we can’t grasp what Micah was doing there. Sorry, but is this guy really still around? We haven’t heard anything about him in ages, and upon checking out his blog today, thought that his social calendar would, as suspected, still consist of grade-D parties at Touch, Marquee, Guest House, and maybe the occasional trips south to the Delano. We are assuming that either this photo is old, or that Micah somehow used his perfectly defined eyebrows to hypnotize these two into taking pictures with him.

Maybe the Norweigans aren’t better than us, as we were touting below.  Our post on the New Year’s sky celebration in Oslo provoked an avid reader to sharpen our knowledge of the tradition in Norway:

“Well.. New Years Eve in Norway was a little special this year, since it will be the last year/New Years where private people are allowed to use fire works.  From here on out, the fire works that go up in the air will not be allowed, only the ones you can see on the ground (those are not even a bit fun to watch, and will not be visible as other fireworks are). So the picture you posted are actually the last one of its kind from the freezing country up north… All this from an EU directive, saying that all fire work has to be tested and approved, but then again can not be operated by the common man in the street - all this hasopened up a lot of discussions, and also the need for a public firework show on New Years Eve next year - so that we at least have something to watch. There has been so many accidents over the past years due to fire works, just this New Years eve 21 people were injured, including one little boy that was bending over to check on a lit firework and BOOM! it exploded in his face!  Also, there have been several house fires because of fire works…(actually my neighbor’s house burned down about 10 years ago.

That picture you posted truly is special as it is the last year one can actually witness so much fire works in Norway.  So a fire work-lit up sky over Oslo, Bergen, …or one above the mountain ski resports; are history from this New Years Eve 2007/2008!

[La Plage at Eden Roc Hotel]

We received some jealously-inspiring pics from the beach at Eden Roc in St. Barth’s. The island is starting to fill up with poeple and the annoying buzz of scooters as New Year’s eve approaches.  Our friends from 27th Street, Pink Elephant, will be throwing a party at La Plage on the 31st into the wee hours of the morning.

Paul Allen, a staple during the winter season in St. Barth’s, has arrived on his megayacht Octopus, as well as Tom Perkins and his Maltese Falcon.  The Falcon is the largest sailyacht in the world (with 3 masts), and took 6 years to build at a whopping cost of $250 million!

[Maltese Falcon]

Mad Money’s Jim Cramer has also found his way onto the rocky island (Booyah!).

Funny little thing that dropped in our inbox tonight. Looks like PM is going to be having a rough new year. This Tuesday, the club-that-tries-to-be-a-lounge found out that their license was officially getting suspended, starting January 2, 2008 and lasting 30 days. That’s right, they are officially loosing their licese for…get this…over a dozen violations dating all the way back from September of 2003 (when they first opened). The most recent one happened in April of 2004! The violations range from permitting underage drinking to violating license laws to not conforming with all applicable building codes and/or fire, health, safety and governmental regulations, to excessive noise. For the entire list click on this:

Looks like someone is learning the hard way about dealing with consequences. We hate to say “we told you so” but it probably wasn’t a good idea to host some of the more famous of underage celebs when you opened. It is also a look into the speed of our legal system, It took FIVE proceedings and almost four years to get this settled. While PM has held a couple fun memories for us, we wouldn’t mind if this marked the end of its run. The only hip thing about that “lounge-though-everyone-knows-it’s-a-club” is the owners’ names (Unik, Kyky, and Dimitri). So, is this going to be the end of PM? Or will another team step forward that will take the space and spend millions on renovations in hopes of helping to “change the face of night life in the city“?

[Photo from Joonbug]

We aren’t the only ones anticipating the arrival of “Kiss and Fly” where our friend Randy is set to be #1 Bottle Host…the Junior Society of Ballet Hispanico was planning on having their after party there tonight. Alas, 1 Little West 12th will have to do. The event titled Noche de Ritmo Latino is the organization’s launch event and starts at 8pm at the Joyce Theater. Go here to buy your tickets for the performance and the after party, which will feature a top-shelf open bar and dancing. With an impressive committe member list, make sure you come “Dressed to Impress”.