Last night Sean “P.Diddy” Combs celebrated his 40th Birthday at the Plaza Hotel with legions of friends and admirers. Yet what should have been a celebration quickly turned sour-no one was being let in! More»

[All photos by JP PULLOS for PMc]. The Plaza Hotel’s Terrace Foyer played host to the Rosenthal USA concept store launch, last night. In collaboration with Warren-Tricomi, the luxury home accessory brand celebrated its new shopping stop to a well-heeled crowd including Baroness von Zadora-Gerlof, Vivienne Tam, Nick Dietz, Tatianna Platt, Campion Platt, Anisha Lakhani, Peter Davis, Liliana Cavendish, Keith Lissner, Alexandra Lebenthal, Douglas Marshall, Jared Clark, and many more… More»

[All photos by SHAUN MADER for PMc]. The Lynda Obst Production Company organized a promotional luncheon at the Plaza Hotel on Thursday for Ricky Gervais’s newest comedic endeavor “The Invention of Lying”.  The new film, which is set in an alternate world where no one ever lies, stars Gervais as the first person to ever tell a lie and discover its power.  More»

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Michael Fredo’s summer engagement at the Plaza Hotel’s Rose Bar had another standing room only crowd last Wednesday evening. This society favorite is drawing a fashionable group of friends and fans to his weekly jazz quintet performances. More»

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Hilfiger family favorite (and family member!) Michael Fredo was back at the Plaza Hotel’s Rose Bar last week, performing with his jazz quintet. Fredo is performing at the Plaza every Wednesday this summer at 8:30 pm. It’s the place to be if you like cocktails and jazz….you may even spot a Hilfiger or two… More»

[Pamela Taylor, Nicole Miller. All photos by AMBER DE VOS for PMc] The old colloquialism, “Birds of a feather flock together”, rang especially true at the 6th annual Audubon Society’s Women in Conservation Luncheon held yesterday at the Plaza Hotel.  Women have played an integral part of the bird-loving society since its days of inception when protests were held by ladies opposing the slaughter of birds for plumed hates which must have all the rage back in the early 20th century. More»

[Sarah Cook, Laurent Van Hassel, Natalie Phillips. All photos by JP PULLOS for PMc] International débutantes were presented in the presence of the French Ambassador at the Sixty-Eighth Annual Bal Des Berceaux, held this past Friday at the Plaza Hotel. The ball is hosted each year by French-American Aid For Children, which funds programs for disadvantaged children in both the United States and France. This year, the ball honored Renaud Dutreil, Chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc. Among the debutants were Sigourney Weaver’s daughter, Charlotte Simpson and Dr.Mehmet Oz’s daughter, Arabella Oz. More»

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Linda Wells, Editor-in-Chief of beauty bible Allure Magazine, invited her girlfriends to a Valentine’s Day lunch Monday at the Plaza Hotel in honor of Events of the Heart, an organization dedicated to spreading the word about the truth behind women and heart disease. Diners included Events of the Heart founders Pamela Serure and Carole Isenberg, actress Caroline Rhea, Christine Taylor, Caryn Zucker, Jane Lauder, and IMG Fashion VP Fern Mallis who took a break from running Fashion Week to sit down to lunch for the cause.

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Last night, the Oak Room at the Plaza was full for “Snowflake Lighting”, a big party thrown by Gucci and UNICEF along with Rihanna. Madonna showed off her buff body underneath a fun concoction of amber green feathers. Other guests included:

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[Juxtaposing an empty reality (left) with photo-shopped images (middle, right) from theplazaresidences.com. Click image for fullsize]

This morning curbed wrote about the recent lawsuit Andre Vavilov filed against El-Ad, owners of the Plaza for among other things “lower than represented ceiling heights,” and “unappealing drainage grates” in the two penthouses he was set to buy for $53.5 million dollars (unseen).  Vavilov is trying to recover his $10 million dollar deposit.  But what are the REAL reasons why he doesn’t want to be hanging out with Eloise in the City?  A couple of possible culprits:

1. Solitary Confinement - There is no one there!  (See photos above). We did a piece on this a few months back, describing how living in this spot is solitary confinement for the nouveau riche.  Since Vavilov never saw the place, could he have been misled by the pretty photo shopped images on the plaza’s website?

2. The Rose Club- again, no one’s there!  Well actually there are some people there if you count model wranglers, promoters, and F-list “models” who won’t be anywhere near Bryant Park this week.  But do you really want to be bumping into these folk as you go up to your penthouse.  Nah, didn’t think so.
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A rose is a rose is a rose. At least it seems that way for our city’s night spot’s lately.  A friend of ours ventured to the newly open Rose club at the Plaza hotel.  He genuinely liked the atmosphere of the place (save for the typical promoter’s table with their models), and reported that he simply “walked right in” to the space.  “There was no doorman or list or anything, but maybe it was because it was a slow night.”

My bet is that this place will remain attainable.  It’s no small feat getting the late night crowd to venture uptown…just ask the Koch Brothers.

[A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose]
[Farewell Jour Et Nuit....]