For most of us New York City folk, crossing the velvet rope into the hottest club is a moment of pure ecstasy. A moment when you can take a hard look at your life and give yourself a pat on the back for being cool enough (or wealthy enough, if you bribed the bouncer). But as Justin Ross Lee sees it, anyone can sneak into a place, and who cares anyway? What's really important are the places you have been banned from -- the hot spots that when you walk up to the door they take one look at your face and know exactly who you are and tell you to turn around and leave immediately. JRL wears his bans like badges of honor, and offers me a piece of advice, “Embrace your lifetime bans: The only thing better than being able to go anywhere- is not being able to go some places. 86 is my favorite number.” So where has the infamous Facebook Jewjetter been banned from? Click through to see, and find out the one place that JRL would never want to be banned from... [All photos via Facebook]

[Ekaterina Rybolovleva, daddy's little girl] After weeks of speculation, it has finally been revealed that a 22-year-old Russian co-ed by the name of Ekaterina Rybolovleva is the lucky owner of the sprawling $88 million dollar penthouse at 15 Central Park West, former home of ex-Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill.  While most of us as undergrads slummed it in a 2x4 dorm room, complete with cork-board and plastic IKEA furnishings, Ekaterina is living in the lap of luxury thanks to good ol' Dad.  And since 'Rina seems to be just so down on her luck these days, we thought we'd help the rich Ruskie out by finding ways to blow the rest of her cash.

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NYC sees its shares of club and restaurant openings all year long. However Fall Fashion week in particular is not only celebrated as the perfect time to launch your hotspot, it's almost a pre-requisite for an immediate A-list crowd to christen your doors. Tonight, after Karl Lagerfeld finishes toasting the fashion elite at his hot-ticket Chanel dinner, his guest will have to decide between not one but THREE different club openings to finish off their start of Fashion Week revelries.... More»

Like our beloved Meatpacking club scene, Hamptons brings the same bottle-popping, fist pumping scenesters in their various degrees of posh, just with more money and more cableknits.  Read, take note, act accordingly...it's the 2010 Guest of a Guest guide to Hamptons nightclubs. More»

[Photos by JOE SCHILDHORN for PMC] If you've ever got stuck in traffic on the way to the Hamptons or made a pit stop at the Louis Vuitton store in Manhasset on your way out here you know that it's a truly impressive shopping spot. So it's no wonder Details Magazine chose the store to host an event with LL Cool J this past Saturday, even if it wasn't the typical New York venue. While most of us were cruising the racks of Blue & Cream, Intermix, and TBD, celebs like Ashanti and DJ Cassidy were checking out what LV had to offer in Manhasset. While we didn't spot LL Cool J in the Hamptons Saturday night, we're sure more than a few of the guests at the LV event made their way out here after leaving the store that night. More»

[Jason Strauss, Paris Hilton, Noah Tepperberg] Did you miss the lecture that Harvard kids sat in on last week with Strategic Group founders Jason and Noah? Are you curious to see what it's like to party around Jason Strauss himself?  Wait no longer. The man himself will be tearing it up at Marquee tonight at his very own birthday party. The action starts at 10pm. Expect to see friends like partner Noah Tepperburg and Rich Thomas in attendance.  As for getting in? You're going to have to work that out on your own with Wass.