Bill Powers -- owner of Half Gallery, judge on Bravo's Work of Art, husband, dad, and all-around Man About Town -- sat down with Guest of a Guest to talk about the art world, family life, and his new novella, What We Lose In Flowers. More»

From Santas flooding the Brooklyn Bridge, to Prince stealing the show from Versace, to Valentino singing karaoke at the Westway, to Terry Richardson's strippers, to Studio 54's one night come back, to Charlie Sheen with the Juggalos and more, check out the best of the "Best $2k" from 2011.

Over the weekend, Leonardo DiCaprio brought Hollywood's elite to Avenue to party for his 37th birthday, Michelle Williams graced the red carpet for the NY Premiere of "My Week With Marilyn", Marc Jacobs and Carine Roitfeld got booksmart at Bookmarc, Michael J. Fox channeled Marty McFly at his 2011 Parkinson's benefit and so much more.  Last night's parties were all about the stars. More»

On Friday evening, Terry Richardson littered the floor and the walls with photos of his mother and father as an ode to their relationship and to his family with his exhibition "Mom & Dad," while Richardson fans mobbed the tiny Half Gallery to just get a peek of the photos (and more likely, the photographer). After about 2 hours of a line that looked like people were waiting outside of the most exclusive club in New York, Richardson and friends headed to Acme for rowdy dinner, followed by an after-party at the Westway, complete with male strippers. Oh, Terry. WARNING: Last couple of slides are NSFW.  More»