[Photos by NICK HUNT for PMc]

We laugh, we sang, and we danced our way through the festivities uptown last night.  After stopping by the Victor Demarchelier/Alexandra Richards party at Mina Gallery in Astor Place, we headed WAY uptown to join the UES’drs at the Frick Collection Young Fellows Ball. Afterward, everyone headed to the St. Regis Hotel’s Aston Court for the La Perla-Clandestine Interlude where this gentleman tickled the old ivories for everyone’s amusement.  Guests at St. Regis included…

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Page Six recently put together their picks for the top 50 Hottest New York City Bachelors, and while we agreed with some of their choices, there were those who were in fact, not bachelors, and others who left us scratching our heads (also there wasn’t a single gay man on the list!) We thought of a few they left out who would make excellent dates this Valentine’s Day and who belong on the list of Top Hottest Bachelors In New York City.

Paul Johnson-Calderon

This social scenester aka “The King of Bow Ties” gets our list started for his classic style that has yet to falter and because who wouldn’t want to replace Jules Kirby as this fashion stud’s arm candy?

[PJC GofaG Directory]

Steve Lewis

For our next bachelor, only the youthful dames need apply. Our favorite king of the nightlife and master of charm, Steve Lewis, likes them young because in case you didn’t know, “you can buy them a gift for 300 bucks, and they think you’re P. Diddy”.

[All Steve Lewis Posts]

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Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby! Socials left and right are expecting, and New Yorker’s are looking forward to every minute with the new additions to some of Manhattan’s power couples-about-town.  So, want to see where the newest socialites will be sprouting from?

Minnie Mortimer and director/writer husband Stephen Gaghan are expecting their first child together on February 4th. The two social powerhouses have been together for almost two years after their fairytale wedding in May 2007. The addition to the Mortimer clan combined with Gaghan’s Hollywood grandeur is nothing short of exciting. Designer and director genes? This promises to be some very artistic offspring.

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[Christina Huffington with mom Arianna at her debutante ball, photos by CHANCE YEH for PMc]

On Monday night the Waldorf Astoria held another deb ball.  Routine, sure…after all this is the 24th anniversary of the International Debutante Ball there.  But this year in particular a very special media mogulette’s daughter was unveiled.  Christina Huffington, daughter of HuffPo’s Arianna Huffington has finally made her grand debut.

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Our friends over at Fame Game have revealed their top searches of the year and we got the exclusive details below:

Mayor Bloomberg, Anna Wintour and Marc Jacobs Among the Highest Ranked on the New York Scene in 2008. Fashion and Local Scandals Dominate as Largest Drivers of Web Traffic and Online Trends on FameGame.com

ATTENTION: HIGHEST RANKED 2008

Top Attention Overall: Fashion and Politics Beat Out Society
In the wake of the economic meltdown, the New York media focused more on politicians and fashion moguls than the socialites and pseudo celebrities of years past. Mayor Bloomberg (1) takes the top spot, followed by Anna Wintour of Vogue (2), Derek Blasberg of Style.com and Women’s Wear Daily (3), socialite Fabiola Beracasa (4), designer Marc Jacobs (5), publicist Kristian Laliberte (6), Lindsay Lohan (7), Martha Stewart (8), socialite Emma Snowdon-Jones (9), and finally, Paris Hilton (10.) Other notables: Tinsley Mortimer (12), Calvin Klein (16), and the newest cast member of “Real Housewives of New York,” Kelly Killoren Bensimon (19.)

Top Fashion Designers: Social Designers Lead the Charge
Marc Jacobs (1) remains in the limelight with his constant party hopping, followed tightly by socialite-turned designer Tory Burch (2,) and the original wrap dress innovator Diane von Furstenberg (3). Zac Posen (5) and Peter Som (10) climb their way into the top 10. New York designers Cynthia Rowley (11) and Nicole Miller (12) just barely miss the top 10.

Top NY Politicos: New York Locals Win the Race, Scandal Propels Spitzer to New High
Mayor Bloomberg (1) takes the cake with the number one spot, followed closely by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (2), and Senator-Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton (3). Hillary Clinton’s husband Bill takes the number 5 spot, while Eliot Spitzer (6) rises to the top 10 in the wake of scandal.

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[Photo via ASW]

ASMALLWORLD has expanded.  With a couple new additions to their team, including the always lovely Serena Merriman joining Sabine Heller, they have launched their first edition of “ASMALLMAGAZINE” available online to members only.  Within the issue today, there is the article “Remember my name: Top Fame Gamers” in which they take a look at some of the top hundred players from Fame Game (and many writers and contributors on this site) to get the dirt.  Here’s what they came up with:

#7 Kristian Laliberte

Occupation: Publicist and…well, it’s complicated.
Claim to Fame: Tipping off Gawker
Low Point: Rumor has it he will star in new reality show Social Heights.
High Point: Rumor has it he will star in new reality show Social Heights.
Quote: “I want to be New York’s answer to Rachel Zoe.”
BFFs: Annabel Vartanian, Devorah Rose, Timo Weiland & the Unruly Heir boyz
Origin: Upper middle class, Massachusetts
Man Behind the Man: Gawker

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[Chris Brady and "The Crew" in Far Hills]

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This past weekend was the single greatest weekend of my year: the Far Hills Races (or the Hunt), where every sort of excessive and foolish behavior is accepted, nay encouraged; it is better than Christmas and my birthday rolled into one. If you don’t believe me, read this Sunday Star Ledger headline. Picture a quaint NJ town of 500 swarmed by ten’s of thousands of people in search of booze-fueled entertainment. Now picture all day drinking, horses running around (they are the excuse for this event, however not the point), random people hooking up, hopefully a lot of mud, good friends, copious amounts of alcohol, etc. That doesn’t do it justice, you really have to experience first hand, but rest assured it is excellent.

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[Serena Merriman, Justin Belmont, and Victoria Thompson. Photos by PMc]

NY Socials and art-lovers came together Monday night to celebrate the Asia Society’s new exhibit ‘Art and China’s Revolution’ at an intimate party hosted by APrivateClub, and sponsored by Shanghai Tang. The Host Committee included Adrianna Archer, Anastasia Rogers, Annabel Vartnanian, Ashley Wick, Bobby Kennedy III, Caitlin Kelly, Caroline Rowley, Carter Cramer, CeCe Barfield, Dalia Oberlander, Fort Parker, Franck Raharinos, Gavin Maxwell, Jessica Nagin, Julia Erdman, Justin Belmont, Kipton Cronkite, Kloe Korby, Laird Roach, Lauren Armstrong, Luigi Tadini, Marissa Bregman, Martin Dawson, Peter Davis, Robert Gilbane, Rochelle Goldberg, Samuel Pedersen, Serena Merriman, and Stephanie Wei.

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Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler have just tied the knot!  The power couple (Simon the creative director of Barney’s and author, and Jonathan the uber popular interior designer) have been together for 14 years!  They signed their marriage documents at City Hall in San Francisco yesterday, with a more formal Jewish ceremony in the afternoon at a hotel.  The bachelor party was at Zuni Cafe, breakfast at Boulette’s Larder in the Ferry Plaza, and dinner at Chez Panisse.  The couple plans on going to Big Sur for their honeymoon.

[Via SF Gate]

[Hurray for Bill Cunningham! Photos by CLINT SPAULDING for PMc]

“New Yorkers have their own distinct take on fashion, and no one chronicles that style better than Bill Cunningham,”-Jim Gold, president and CEO, Bergdorf Goodman [Marketwatch]

Last night, Bergdorf’s, the place where only the most fashionable shop, opened it’s doors to help celebrate Bill Cunningham, the man who’s been capturing said fashion for his long running and extremely popular New York Times columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours”.  Both columns appear weekly in the Sunday Styles secion of the newspaper and online at NYTimes.com.  There could have not been a better setting to showcase his work either, as he has been known to hang around the area capturing the city’s zeitgeist for quite sometime, likely with his bicycle in tow.

All of his subjects were there to shout HURRAY!  HURRAY!! for Bill Cunningham and his ability to make us look beautiful!!

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[Photos by Patrick McMullan]

1. Rufus Wainwright: “The Greatest Songwriter of our time” looked more like the greatest dresser of our time at his own “Last Song Of The Summer Concert” at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center.
2. Olivia Sterns and Jason Alexander: At same concert. With their bright summer colors, these two look like yummy eye candy.
3. Stacy Engman: I love her style.  Not only does she have the requite summer concert headband, but she added the one glove to complete the look.
4. Hugh Grant: At Evian’s “A taste of polo” in Watermill.  If you thought Polo was over, think again.  The real fun looks like it’s just beginning…if I knew William Thacker from Notting Hill was going to really go all English on us this weekend I may have actually showed up on the fields for a Saturday.

[Rufus Wainwright Gives Us The Last Song Of Summer]