The cool kids over at T magazine—the New York Times‘ beloved style bible—invited me to guest blog last week. The results are below:

Deathstyles of the Rich & Famous
There ought to be a magazine about the trust disputes, custody battles and ugly public dramas that so often accompany the deaths of the loaded … [read more]

Naming Your Nepotista
Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline? Surely Brangelina could have tried a little harder … [read more]

Filthy Rich Film Fest
A highly biased rundown of the filthy richest films of all time … [read more]

(Rich) Men in Uniform
A certain type of billionaire finds his look and sticks with it … [read more]

Tennant’s Platinum Hits
“If the Filthy Rich had their own soundtrack, what would be on it?” … [read more]

The Boston Globe: The Laugh of Luxury
Harper’s Bazaar: Recommended Reading
Star magazine: “A hilarious read filled with sarcastic insight and savvy”
Style.com: “So ironic it hurts”
Vanity Fair: The Filthy Rich Celebrate Their Bible
Patrick McMullan: Photos from the book launch
Page Six: A Filthy Good Time
NY Social Diary: A Beautiful June Day in New York
Blackbook: Excerpt: Jet Set Confidential

Per today’s New York Times, Filthy Rich dynamo Ron Perelman’s decision to cash in his (re)naming rights to the University of Pennsylvania’s Logan Hall isn’t going over so well. The reason? In an uncharacteristically touching move, Mr. P. opted to give his recently departed second wife, Claudia Cohen, the honors. In a former life, of course, Cohen was the first poison pen to ever write Page Six. Naming a building after a gossip columnist? How horribly tacky and out-of character for an august institution like UPenn! (Cohen’s fellow esteemed alumni, Michael Milken, Donald Trump, and Maury Povich, were unavailable for comment.)

Naturally, philanthropy and the sacred role of naming rights are explored ad nauseum in the “Playgrounds & Pastimes” chapter of the Official Filthy Rich Handbook. An exclusive excerpt after the jump …

YOUR NAME HERE …

The privilege of attaching one’s surname to something in perpetuity is the A-bomb in a fundraiser’s arsenal. Typically reserved for those who pledge 50 percent or more of a project’s budget, they are not doled out lightly.

As a rule, the donation must be in excess of a million dollars, the donor must have a lengthy history with the institution, and his or her name must be (mostly) free of negative connotations. Increasingly, however, the only rule is the golden one*, and the likelihood of getting your name cast in bronze will be in direct proportion to how badly your cash is needed. In some cases, just giving the biggest single dollar amount, known as the “lead gift,” is enough.

Academic and religious institutions are by far the most accommodating, and also the most desirable. No matter your countless misdeeds, how better to prove your unimpeachable character than by underwriting your local JCC? (Just ask 80’s villain Mike Milken!)

Still, naming rights are far from a science, as the following cases illustrate:

S.I. NEWHOUSE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS

LOCATION: Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
DONOR: Condé Nast press baron S.I. Newhouse Sr.
Before he gobbled up Vogue, Vanity Fair, and just about every other glossy rag on the newsstands, the late S.I. Newhouse cared about journalism. Or wanted his friends to think he did. COST: $15 million

THE KOHL CENTER

LOCATION: The University of Wisconsin-Madison
DONOR: Supermarket mogul and U.S. senator Herb Kohl.
After years of overcharging them for groceries, Wisconsin’s number-one alum gave Badger fans a state-of-the-art venue in which to drunkenly harass opposing Big Ten teams. COST: $25 million

THE MASTER

LOCATION: The jungles of Columbia, South America
DONOR: Amateur ornithologist Bernard Master.
The scientist who discovered the unnamed species donated his naming rights to British charity Birdlife International, which auctioned them off to raise funds for a 3,000-acre nature preserve. COST: $105,000

TISCH CHILDREN’S ZOO

LOCATION: Central Park Zoo, New York, New York
DONOR: Laurence “Larry” Tisch, former CEO of CBS television and co-owner of Lorillard Tobacco.
A fellow board member who had pledged $3 million to the zoo backed out over Tisch’s ties to the evil weed, forcing the late billionaire to cover the entire project himself. COST: $4.5 million

FRANK H. ROGERS
ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM

LOCATION: Las Vegas, Nevada
DONOR: Jim Rogers, owner of Sunbelt Communications
Rogers, who operates NBC and Fox affiliates in nine western states, named the museum for his father, who helped develop the site. Wherever dad is, he must be glowing. COST: $2 million

* He who has the gold, rules.

BILKING ABRAMOVICH For $2 million an hour, Amy Winehouse will perform drunk at your girlfriend’s gallery opening.

BITCHES & MONEY A callous judge rules departed Filthy Rich phenom Leona Helmsley’s beloved Maltese ankle-biter, Trouble, will have to make due on $2 Million bones.

FOR THE TASTE OF IT Belgian recluse Martin Margiela unveils a line of stealth-wealth jewelry fashioned from recycled soft drink tabs. (Tres derelique, at $695 a pop.)

IN BLOOM Up in Bedford, Miss Martha throws her Second Annual Peony Party. (”Pierre, as usual, did a fine job with the hors d’ouvres.”) Chevy Chase was there for some reason.

The Filthy Rich are in love with “coaches.” No, not the sports kind. The kind you pay thousands of dollars to teach you things you could easily teach yourself! Courtesy of today’s Times, meet “organic lifestyle coach” Nancy Weiser, who, for a paltry $3,000, will train you in the mysterious art of shopping at Whole Foods. Who would hire such a person?

The kind of Westchester mother who “might look like she’s concerned with material success,” as Ms. Weiser puts it diplomatically, but “wants an element of ‘crunchy’ who feels something pulling at them that’s more real.”

[New York Times]

Has the wife of someone you’re desperate to impress given birth lately? While sending over a $375 stuffed baby zebra from FAO Schwartz would surely do the trick, that place reeks of Eighties. Break from the herd with this six-foot, ride-on stuffed Buffalo from Hansa Toys. Each animal is handcrafted and “designed from pictures of real buffalos.” With a retail price of $3,825.95, it’s the least they could do. [TrulytheFinest]

A

A16, 122
Abe & Louie’s, 120
Abercrombie & Kent, 193
Abramoff, Jack, 96
Abramovich, Roman, 136, 164, 172
Academy Awards, The, 13, 15, 44
accent reduction, 120
Acker Merrall & Condit Wine Merchants, 194
Acquavella Galleries, 194
Acquired Incompetence Disorder, 219
Acquired Situational Narcissism, 219
Acute Paranoia, 223–224
Adderall, 18, 71
Adelphia Communications, 189
Adelson, Sheldon, 24, 37, 154, 192
Adidas, Stella McCartney for, 15
Adler, Jonathan, 51
Aga, 50, 70
Agnelli, Gianni, 59, 88, 133
Ago, 121
Aguilera, Christina, 112
A.I.M.S. International, 169
Airbus A380, 155
Air Royale International, 169
Albee, Edward, 33
Albert I, Prince of Monaco, 22
Albert II, Prince of Monaco, 99, 145
Allen & Company, 26, 125
Allen, Herbert, 127-128
Allen, Paul, 6, 24, 36, 41, 133, 154, 160, 164, 172, 184
Allen, Woody, 35
Ambien, 80, 83
American Ballet Theater, 100
American Express, 6
American Fur Company 20
America’s Cup, 167, 173
Amiel, Barbara, 23
Ando, Tadao, 60, 231
Andreas, Dwayne, 39
Anglomania, 225
Aniston, Jennifer, 15
Anorexia, 16
Anschutz, Phil, 172
Antigua Racing Week, 99, 167
Antoinette, Marie, 23, 54
Archer Daniels Midland, 39
Architectural Digest, 49, 52
Armani, 2, 90, 133
Armani, Giorgio, 60
Armory Art Show, 98
Armory, Cleveland, 124
Arquette, Courtney Cox, 32
Armstrong, Joe, 122
Art Basel, 100, 103
Asperger’s Syndrome, 6
Ashram, The, 93
Aspen, Colorado, 120, 123, 126, 135, 153
Aston Martin, 151
Astor, Brooke, 96
Astor, Caroline, 109
Astor, John Jacob, 20, 207
Atatürk, Kemal, 23
Atherton, California, 37
Atkins, Victoria, 118
Atlanta, Georgia, 120
Atlantic Golf Club, 117
Atlantis II, 162
Au Bar, 129
Aubusson carpet, 47, 50, 140
Auchincloss family, 42
Auchincloss, Hugh III, 131
Augusta National Golf Club, 114–115
Avantair, 169
Avion Private Jet Club, 157, 169

B

Baby names, 198
Balázs, Andre, 60
Baldwin, Billy, 50
Balenciaga, 87, 91
Ballmer, Steve, 36
Ballybunion Golf Club, 193
Balthazar, 121
Balzac, Honoré de, 69
Bandarbin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Prince, 37
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, 193
Barbour jackets, waxed, 64
Barkin, Ellen, 21
Barnard College, 12
Barneys New York, 65, 66
Based on a True Story, 137
Bass family, 125
Bassett Hall, 42
Bath, Lord, 57
Bath and Tennis Club, 115–116
Bathing Corporation, the, 131
Battenberg, J.T. III, 31
Bauman Rare Books, 194
Beacon Hill, Boston, 28–29
Beasley, Jane, 229
Beckham, David, 172
Bedford, New York, 37, 42
Bel Air, Los Angeles, 31
Belcourt Castle, 43
Bellagio Hotel & Casino, 147
Belle Haven, Greenwich, 41
Belle Mead, Tennessee, 37
Bellini Travel, 137, 147
Bellkin, Steve, 29
Belmont, Oliver, 43
Benetti Yachts, 169
Bentley convertible, 18, 151, 152
Beresford, The, 35
Beretta, 2, 193
Bergdorf Goodman, 16, 94
Berkeley Hotel, The, 148
Berlusconi, Silvio, 102
Bernanke, Ben, 10
Berkshires, The, 124
Bernardaud, 119
Berra, Yogi, 10
Best Buy Uniforms, 70
Betty Ford Center, 27, 226
Betty Maclean Travel, 147
Beverly Hills, 31
Beverly Hills High School, 5
Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows, 15, 147
Beverly Park, Los Angeles, 39
Beyoncé, 111
Bezos, Jeff, 36
Bhatia, Amit, 111
big game hunting, 176
Big Sky, Montana, 11
Bighorn Golf Club, 118
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 187
Biltmore, 43
Bing, Steve, 183
Bircher-Benner Clinic, 80
Birkin bag, 12
Birnbaum, Glenn, 106
Black Card, American Express, 6, 124
Black Dog, The, 15
Black, Conrad, 23, 140, 191
Blackberry, 2, 5, 17
Blackbird, 120
Blackstone Group, The, 112, 117, 125
Blackwater, 70
Blackwell, Chris, 133
Blahnik, Manolo, 85
Blankiet Estate, 194
Blank, Arthur, 28
Blanks, Billy, 76
Blantyre, 147
Blinde sunglasses, 2
Blixseth, Tim, 118, 153
Block, Henry, 37
Block Island Race Week, 167
Blohm + Voss, 169
Bloomberg, Georgina, 128, 179
Bloomberg, Michael, 60, 117, 192
Bloomfield Hills, Detroit, 31
Bloomfield Hills Country Club, 31
Bloomingdale, Betsy, 32
Bloomingdale’s, 2
Blow, Isabella, 91
Blue Nose Regatta, 167
Bob Hope Airport, 27
Body Dysmorphic Disorder, 223
bodyguards, 70
Boeing jet, 8, 14, 74, 110
Boesky, Ivan, 56, 96, 187
Bogart, Humphrey, 32
Bogner, 128
Bohemian Club, 114, 116
Bohemian Grove, 26
Bombardier, 155, 168
Bond Bedding, 61
Bonderman, David, 113
Bonds, Barry, 39
bonefishing, 173
Bone’s, 120
Bonfire of the Vanities, The, 23
Bono, 7, 35
Bonpoint, 215
Boot Company, The, 13
Boston, Massachusetts, 120
Boston Yacht Club, 170
Bottega Veneta, 18
Botox, 16
Bouvier-Auchincloss estate, 42
Bowie, David, 126
Brackenridge, Caroline, 94
Bradley, Vera, 132, 146
Brady, James, 40
Brafman, Ben, 9
Brando, Marlon, 142
Brandolini, Muriel, 60
Brandt, Dr. Frederic, 93
Branson, Richard, 11
Brayton, Thomas, 57
Brazilian Court Hotel, 129
Breakers, The, 42, 50, 101, 115, 129
breast augmentation, 79
Brentwood Country Estates, Los Angeles, 39
Briatore, Flavio, 111
Bridge, The, 117
Brioni, 8
Brin, Sergey, 7, 37, 154
Broad, Eli, 60
Broadway, 12
Broderick, Matthew, 131
Bronfman, Edgar Jr., 117, 203
Brooks Brothers, 10
Brooks, Elizabeth, 111
Brown University, 2, 212
Bruce Museum’s Renaissance Ball, 100
Brunei, Sultan of, 152
Bryan, J. Shelby, 34
Bryant Family Vineyards, 194
Buatta, Mario, 52
Buchanan, Pat, 37
Buckaroo Ball, 100
Buckhead, Atlanta, 28, 115, 129
Buckley School, 202, 216
Buckley, William F., 116
Buddha, 123
Buffett, Jimmy, 110, 112, 142
Buffett, Warren, 6, 10, 26, 100, 115, 122, 153
Bulgari, 16, 83
Bündchen, Gisele, 33, 145
Burberry, 4, 85
Burch, Tory, 51, 132, 146
Burgess Yachts, 170
Busch, August, 185
Bush, Ashley, 103
Bush, George Sr., 116
Bush, Lauren, 17, 103
butlers, 64
BWR Public Relations, 14

C

Cacophobia, 220
Cadillac Escalade, 150
Ca d’Zan, 43
Café Annie, 121
Cage, Nicolas, 31, 184
Cal-a-Vie, 93
California Institute of Technology, 7
calligraphy, 108, 119
Calypso, 133
Cambridge University, 4
Campbell family, 35
Campbell, Naomi, 63, 111
Campbell’s Soup, 10
Canlis, 122
Cannes Film Festival, 14, 97, 100
Cannes, France, 139, 162
Canovas, Manuel, 132
Cantitoe Farm, 42
Canyon Ranch, 93
Cap D’Antibes, France 135, 139
Cape Madras, 132, 146
Capehart, Lucien, 119
Cap-Ferrat, France, 135, 140
Capital Grille, 120, 122
Capote, Truman, 110
Capri, Italy, 6, 97, 135
Carat-Duchatelet, 152, 168
Carey, Mariah, 33, 34
Careyes, Mexico, 133, 139
Caribou Club, 120, 126
Carlyle, The, 147
Caroline, Princess of Hanover, 99
Carousel of Hope, 102
Carreiro, Joseph, 57
Carson, Johnny, 29
Carter, Graydon, 2, 98
Carter, Jimmy, 6
Cartier, 17, 83, 111
Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow, 98
Casa Tua, 121
Cason Thrash, Becca, 31
Castelo, Anita Sanabria, 66
Catroux, François, 169
Cavalli, Roberto, 160
Caviar House, 119
CBS, 23
Cedars-Sinai, 93
Cessna, 168, 154–155
Cézanne, Paul, 8
Chanel, 90
Chanel, Coco, 1
Chapin School, 202, 216
Chaplin, Mark, 112
Charleston, South Carolina, 120
Charlotte, North Carolina, 120
Charvet, 4, 94, 133
Chateau Marmont, 14, 147
chauffeurs, 65
Cheney, Dick, 115, 116, 132
Cher, 34, 221
Chernin, Peter, 118
Cherokee Town & Country Club, 115
Chesterfield sofa, 47
Chevy Chase, Maryland, 37
Chez Panisse, 122
Chicago, Illinois, 120
Chicago Yacht Club, 170
Chinoiserie, 50
Chiva-Som Resort, 148
Choate Rosemary Hall, 207, 215
Chopra, Deepek, 12
Chops Lobster Bar, 120
Christian Laboutin, 17, 79
Christian Lacroix, 16, 90
Christie’s Great Estates, 146
Christina O, 21, 158, 163
Christy’s, 120
Churchill, Winston, 21
Central Intelligence Agency, 37, 116
Cipriani Downtown, 121
Cirque Lodge, 27
CitationShares, 169
Citicorp Venture Capital, 32
Citizen Kane, 40
City College of New York, 2, 24
Claridge’s, 148
Cleveland Clinic,93
Cliffside, 226
Clinton, Bill, 6, 116, 213
Clodagh Design, 62
Club 55, 102
Club Macanudo, 194
C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery, 193
Coaching Weekend, 101
cocktails, 105–106, 115, 175
Cohen, Lyor, 9, 117
Cohen, Steven, 3, 30, 41
Cold Comfort, 43
Colgin Cellars, 194
Collegiate, 203, 216
Colonial Dames, 29, 131
Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, 23
Comfort, William T., 32
Connery, Sean, 118, 128
Cooper, Gary, 32
Coors, Joseph, 37
Condé Nast, 220
Conran Shop, The, 119
Conyers Farm, Greenwich, Connecticut, 38
Co-ops, New York City, 34
Cooper, Anderson, 203, 214
Coors, Adolph III, 228
Copperfield, David, 142
Coral Gables, Florida, 120
Corviglia Ski Club, 134
Corzine, John, 117
Costner, Kevin, 132
Costa Rica, 14
Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 138, 143
Côte d’Azur, France, 55, 144
Cottonwood de Tucson, 206, 215
Country Club, The, 114
Courchevel, France, 138
Couric, Katie, 9
couture, 17, 90, 94
Crawford, Joan, 34
CAA, 120
Creeks, The, 42
Crème de la Mer, 83
Crew Network, The, 170
Cribier, Pascal, 141
Crichton, Michael, 37
Crossroads, 226
Crossroads School, 5, 203, 216
Crow, Trammel, 130
Cristal champagne, 7, 9, 106, 126, 136
Crown family, 30
Cruise, Tom, 12, 14, 111, 156, 197
Crushpad winery, 194
Cussler, Clive, 35
Cypress Point Golf Club, 193

D

Dahm International, 170
Daily Mail, the, 15, 69
Dakar Rally, 137
Dakota, The, 33, 35
Dalai Lama, The, 8
Dalla Valle Vineyards, 194
Dallas, Texas, 121
Dalton, 203, 216
D’Amico Cucina, 121
Dan Tana’s, 121
Da Silvano, 121
Dassault, 154, 168
Dassault Falcon 7X, 154
David E. Monn, 119
David, Laurie, 102
Davidson, William, 31
David-Weill, Michael, 32
Davies, Ambassador Joseph, 21
Da Vinci, Leonardo, 185
Davis, Barbara, 102
Davis, Brandon, 5, 198
Davis, Jason, 75
Davis, Marvin, 75
Davos, Switzerland, 10, 98
day schools, 202–206, 216
de Beistegui, Don Carlos, 109
Decrane Aerospace, 169
Deerfield Academy, 18, 207, 215
defamation suits, 2
Dege and Skinner, 193
DeGeneres, Ellen, 12
de Gournay wallpaper, 47
de la Renta, Annette, 16
de la Renta, Oscar, 17, 23, 55, 91
Dell, Michael, 126
de Miranda, Athina Onassis, 111, 179
de Miranda Neto, Alvaro Alfonso, 111
Dench, Dame Judi, 15
De Niro, Robert, 33, 66
Dennis, Felix, 126
De Otero, Caroline, 22
Depp, Johnny, 142
De Rothschild, Louise, 103
Der Dau, 193
Derek, Bo, 71
Despont, Thierry, 60
Detroit, Michigan, 121
Deyrolle’s, 53
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Millionaire Mental Disorders, 218–225
Diamond, Neil, 230
Diana, Princess of Wales, 96
Diddy, P., 5, 9, 35, 39, 51, 60, 131, 133
Didion, Joan, 133
Dior Homme, 5
Diller, Barry, 13, 42, 158
dinosaur bones, 184
Disney, Walt, 8, 32, 59
Djerassi, Dr. Carl, 37
Dodge family, 16, 31, 125
Dodge, Matilda, 42
Dolan, James, 118
Dolce & Gabbana, 15, 85
Dom Pérignon, 9
Dorchester, The, 148
Dorrance, Bennett, 35
Doubleday, Nelson, Jr., 32
Dowd, Maureen, 13
Doyle New York, 94
Dragone Classic Motor Cars, 168
Drake, Jamie, 60
Draper, Dorothy, 50
Drasner, Fred, 185
Dreamworks SKG, 24, 32
Drexler, Mickey, 133, 43
D. Sokolin wine auctioneer, 194
Dubai, 139
Dubai, 162
Duck Island, Maine, 131
Duggan, Cordelia Scaife, 43
Duke, Doris, 20, 22
Duke, Robin, 55
Dunellen Hall, 42
Dunne, Dominick, 16, 69
du Pont, Henry, 43
du Pont, Irénée, 43, 185
Du Pont Pavilion, 189
Dylan, Bob, 32

E

Eames, Charles and Ray, 51
East Coast Rover, 168
Eastwood, Clint, 31
Ebay, 37
Ecdemomania, 220
Eclipse, 165
Ecstasea, 165
Edelman Ltd., 61
Edése Doret Industrial Design, 169
Edgartown, Massachusetts, 134
Edgartown Yacht Club, 167, 170
Edun, 7, 133
Eisner, Michael, 13, 60
Elaine’s, 121
Electronic Systems Assoc., 62
Elizabeth Arden’s Maine Chance Spa, 80
Ellenbogen, Dr. Richard, 93
Ellis, Doug, 28
Ellison, Larry, 21, 24, 32, 37, 40, 149, 164, 173
Ellroy, James, 37
Emanuel, Ari, 12
El Morocco, 21
Empire Safe Company, 62
Endeavor, 120
English Nanny & Governess School, 215
Enron, 189
Eos, 158, 162
Eothen, 43
Ephron, Nora, 35
Epstein, Jeffrey, 43, 96, 129, 224
equestrian gear, 193–194
Eremophobia, 220–221
Erickson, Arthur, 36
Escada, 12
ESL Investments, 3
Estefan, Gloria, 39
Eton College, 208, 216
Eurocopter, 8, 161, 170
Everglades Club, 123

F

Fabergé eggs, 21, 185
Fabucci, 146
Facebook, 7
face lifts, 78
Façonnable, 6, 127
Falaise, 43
Fanjul family, 125
Fanjul, Pepe, 125
Feadship Yachts, 169
Feinstein, Senator Barbara, 36
Field, Marshall V, 29
Ferragamo, 127
Ferrari, 121, 138, 151, 152
Festival of Speed, 101
Fifteen Beacon, 147
Fine Sports Cars, 168
Firehole Ranch, 193
Firestone, Alison, 179
First Palm Beach Properties, 146
Fischer, Bill, 144
Fisher and Paykel, 70
fly-fishing, 173, 174, 193
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 85, 102, 171
Flagler, Henry, 124
Fleur de Lys, 41
Flexjet, 169
Flora and Henri, 215
Floripa, Brazil, 145
F.M. Allen, 193
Fonda, Jane, 76
Forbes 400, xi, 68, 133, 140
Forbes family, 30
Forbes, J. Murray, 114
Forbes, Malcolm, 110, 185
Forbes, Steve, 4
Forbes, Walter, 118
Ford family, 31, 125
Ford, Harrison, 133
Ford, William Sr., 31
Ford, Tom, 13, 60, 231
Formentera, Spain, 139, 144
Forstmann Little, 26
Forstmann, Tony, 131
Forte dei Marmi floor tiles, 44
Fortune magazine, 11
Fortuny, Mariano, 51
Foster, Sir Norman, 60, 134
fountains, tackiness of, 58
Four Seasons, The, 4, 121
Four Seasons Hotel, 148
Francis, Joe, 18
Francis W. Parker School, 204, 216
Francomania, 225
Fraser Yachts, 170
Fred Segal, 5
Freebasing, 5
French Riviera, the, 136
Frette linens, 62
Frick Collection’s Young Fellows Ball, 99
Frieze Art Fair, 102
Frost, Dr. Phillip, 39
Frost, Sadie, 68

G

goatse.cx, 7
Goldman Sachs, 7
Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 23
Gabriel, Peter, 3
Gagosian Gallery, 3
Gagosian, Larry, 13, 42, 60, 133, 181, 194
Gambrel, Steven, 60
Garcia, Oz, 93
Garde Robe, 94
Gardiner, Trink, 129
Gates, Bill, 10, 24, 29, 36, 102, 118, 142, 171, 185, 187
Gates, Melinda, 36, 187
Gavin de Becker & Associates, 70
gay mafia, the, 13
Geffen, David, 13, 24, 38, 60
Gehry, Frank, 60, 231
Genius Sperm Bank, The, 6
General Aviation Services, 169
General Dynamics, 30
General Electric, 37, 118, 130
General Foods, 20
Georgica Pond, 42
Germaphobia, 222–223
Gest, David, 8
Gerstner, Louis Jr., 30, 130
George V, 148
Getty, Ann, 41, 90
Getty family, 61, 160
Getty, Gordon, 36, 41
Getty, Jean Paul, 20, 22
Getty, John Paul III, 228
Ghurka, 88, 94
Giacchetto, Dana, 96
Gibson, Mel, 32, 142
Gibson’s, 120
Gidwitz, Ron, 30
Giggle, 215
Gillett, George Jr., 172
Gino, 121
Giorgio, 121
Girls Gone Wild, 18
Giuliani, Rudy, 131, 194
Glazer, Malcolm, 172
Glencoe, Illinois, 29
Gleneagles, 193
Golden Door, The, 93
Goldsmith, Sir Jimmy, 96, 133
Gomez, Mariette Himes, 52
Goodman, Oscar, 8
Google, 3, 7, 26, 37, 130, 156
Gorat’s Steak House, 122
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 8
Gore, Al and Tipper, 37, 60
Goutal, Brianne, 179
Graham, Katharine, 110
Grand Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, 148
Grand Prix, the, 145
Grand Prix Classics, 168
Grazer, Brian, 32, 67
Green, Phillip and Christina, 111
Greenhouse, The, 93
Green Tie Ball, 102
Green Valley Spa, 93
Greenwich, Connecticut, 25, 30, 38, 41, 42
Greenwich Country Day School, 3
Greenwich Polo Club, 38
Greycoat International, 70
Grill on the Alley, 121
Grosse Point, Michigan, 19
Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, 170
Groton School, 208, 215
Grubman, Alan, 13
Grumman Goose, The, 142, 147
Gstaad, Switzerland, 19, 97, 134
Gucci, 15, 19, 60, 126, 136
Guest, C. Z., 96
Guggenheim, Harry F., 43
Guggenheim Asher Associates, 194
Guggenheim Young Collectors Council, 103
Gulfstream, 19, 123, 136, 137, 155, 157, 168
Gumball Rally, 99
Gutenberg bibles, 4
Gwathmey, Charles, 51, 60

H

Haas, Miriam, 36
Hadid, Zaha, 14, 60
Hadley, Albert, 52, 60
Hagan, Victoria, 61
Hagis, Paul, 14
Haliburton, 213
Hall, Don Jr., 37
Hamann, Thomas, 168
Hammersmith Farm, 42
Hampton Classic Horse Show, 101
Hamptons Domestics, 70
Hamptons, the, 3, 130–131
Hancock, John, 28
Hank Lane Music and Productions, 120
Hanna, Mark, 192
Harbour Island, Bahamas, 133
Hare Krishnas, 20
Harlan Estate, 194
Harry, Prince, 5
Harry Winston, 15
Harvard College, 2, 24, 103, 186–187
Harvard-Westlake, 204, 216
Haverland, Michael, 60
Hawking, Stephen, 11
Hazelden, 5, 27, 227
Hearst, Dorothy, 23
Hearst, Patricia, 81, 228
Hearst, William Randolph, 40, 180, 191, 210
Hearst-Shaw, Lydia, 17, 103, 208
Heatherette, 18
hedge funds, 3, 41, 96
Hefner, Hugh, 32, 116
Heinz-Kerry, Teresa, 29
heli-skiing, 3, 83
Hello! magazine, 18, 139
Helmsley, Leona, 42, 222, 231
Helmut Lang, 14
Helú, Carlos Slim, 75
Hemingway, Ernest, 127
Henry VI, King, 208
Henry VIII, King, 75
Hermès, 4, 16, 30, 87, 97, 120
Herrera, Carolina, 16
Herter, Adele, 56
HHK Safaris, 193
Hicks, David, 51
Hicks, Tom, 30, 172
Highland Park, Dallas, 30–31
Highlander V, 159, 163
Hilfiger, Tommy, 126, 130
Hilliard & Olander, 147
Hilton, Barry, 39
Hilton, Conrad, 23
Hilton, Nicky, 5
Hilton, Paris, 5, 18, 39, 195
Hinckley Picnic Boat, 166, 169
Hines, Gerald, 31
Hirst, Damien, 102, 181
Hitachi, 15
Hitching Post, The, 122
Hobe Sound, Florida, 97, 128
Hockaday, 204, 216
Hogan, 15
Holland & Holland, 193
Holmby Hills, California, 31–32, 40
Holmes, Katie, 111
home spa design, 62
home theater design, 62
Hominy Grill, 120
Hope’s Windows, 62
hostess gifts, 119
Hotchkiss School, 208, 216
Hotel Bel-Air, 147
Hotel Byblos, 148
Hotel Cala di Volpe, 148
Hôtel Costes K, 148
Hotel de Russie, 148
Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, 133, 135, 148
Hotel Eden Rock
Hotel la Scalinatella, 148
Hôtel le Bristol, 148
housekeepers, 65
Houston, Texas, 121
Houston Astros, 189
Howard, Ron, 38
Hubbard, L. Ron, 14
Huffington, Arianna, 13, 192
Hughes, Howard, 29, 39, 74, 183, 199, 211
Huizenga, Wayne, 130, 133
Hummer, 21
hunting outfitters, 193
Hurley, Chad, 7
Hutch Holiday Gala, 103
Hutton, Barbara, 63, 211

I

Iacocca, Lee, 29
Ibiza, Spain, 7, 144
Icahn, Carl, 131
Iglesias, Julio, 39
Ikat, 51
Il Fornaio, 122
Illingworth, Tania, 137, 147
Immelt, Jeff, 37
Imus, Don, 37
Indagare Travel, 147
Indian Creek, Miami, 39
Indian Harbor Yacht Club, 170
Indian Motorcycles, vintage, 14
Ingrao, Tony, 61
Inn at Little Washington, 147
International Guild of Professional Butlers, 70
iPhone, 7, 14, 130
Irving, Amy, 230
Isabel, Robert, 16
Isleboro, Maine, 1
Isles, Alexandra, 23
Italian Village, 120
Ivy, The, 15, 121
IWC, 3
Izola Weddings, 119

J

Jacob the Jewler, 9
Jack Spade, 7
Jackson, Michael, 8, 41
Jagger, Jade, 7
Jagger, Mick, 6, 126
Jaguar Reef Lodge, 193
Jaipur, Maharajah of, 137
Jamail, Joe, 31
Jannard, James, 133
Ja Rule, 35
J.A.R., 90
Javits, Eric, 132, 146
Jay-Z, 111, 226
Jefferson, Thomas, 41, 48
Jean, Wycleff, 35
Jeffrey, 94
Jimmy Choo, 18, 133
J. McLaughlin, 132
Jobs, Steve, 6, 7, 24, 37, 89, 98
Joel, Billy, 34, 226
Joe’s Stone Crab, 121
Johannot, Louis, 202
John, Elton, 8, 28, 99
John Galliano, 90
Johns Hopkins, 93
John Lobb, 4
Johnson family, 125
Johnson, Bob, 179
Johnson, Don, 36
Johnson, Ed, 29
Johnson, J. Seward Sr., 68
Johnson, Paige, 179
Johnson, Woody, 112, 117
Johnny Walker, 19
Jolie, Angelina, 10, 98, 145
Jones, Jerry, 30
Jones, Paul Tudor II, 41
Jones, Quincy, 185
Jopling, Jay, 194
Joy, Bill, 126
J.P. Morgan, 17
J. Press, 19, 132, 146
Judith Lieber, 17

K

Kabbalah, 18, 87, 94
Kahn, Louis, 60
Karan, Donna, 53, 77, 133
Kate Mantinelli, 121
Kaufman, Elaine, 121
Katzenberg, Jeffrey, 32, 60
Keaton, Diane, 34
Kedco Storage Systems, 62
Keitel, Harvey, 33
Kellogg, John Harvey, 74
Kelly, Grace, 16
Kelly bag, the, 21
Kempner, Nan, 96, 100, 106
Kennebunkport, Maine, 131
Kennedy family, 125
Kennedy, Bobby, 129
Kennedy Center, 187
Kennedy Center Spring Gala, 99
Kennedy, Jackie, 21, 50, 59, 132, 134, 179
Kennedy, John F., 59, 132
Kennedy, Teddy, 129
Kenneth W. Rendell Gallery, 194
Kensington Palace, 23
Kentucky Derby, 100
Kenzo, 133
Kerkorian, Kirk, 2
Kerry, John, 29, 118, 127, 130, 166, 210
Key West Race Week, 167
Khalid, King, 74
Khan, The Aga, 34, 102, 208
Khashoggi, Adnan, 21, 68, 125, 229
Khashoggi, Soraya, 229
Kidman, Nicole, 52, 183, 230
Kikoy Company, The, 146
King, Angie, 92
Kissinger, Henry, 16, 96, 133, 213
Kiton, 94
Klauer, Dr. John, 93
Klein, Calvin, 60, 128
Klein, Kelly, 128
Klein, Marci, 228
Kleptomania, 19, 108
Klimt, Gustav, 103
Kline, Franz, 46
Klores, Dan, 119
Kluge, John, 97
Klum, Heidi, 133
Knoll, 52
Kohl Center, 188
Kohler, 62
Koolhaas, Rem, 60
Kors, Michael, 84, 139
Kovner, Bruce, 33
Kozlowski, Dennis, 110, 111, 112
Kramer, Terry Allen, 53, 125
Kravis, Henry, 23, 125
Kremen, Gary. 37
Kroc, Joan, 231
Kroll, 70, 223
Kuczynski, Alex, 127
Kushner, Jared, 191
Kuwait, Emir of, 35

L

La Bal Crillon des Debutantes, 103
La Belle Notte Gala, 98
La Cimbali espresso machine, 70
Lacoste, 3
Ladurée macaroons, 80, 108, 119
Lafferty, Bernard, 20
La Grenouille, 97, 121
Lai, Stan, 111
Lake Forest, Chicago, 29
Lakeside School, 205, 216
La Layette et Plus, 215
La Maison du Chocolate, 119
La Martina, 194
Lamborghini, 3, 152, 168
Lampert, Eddie, 3, 30, 228
Lamu Island, Kenya, 144–145
Lancaster, Nancy, 52
Larabars, 17
Latin School of Chicago, 205, 216
Latvia, Miss, 2
Lauder, Leonard, 35, 53
Lauder, Ron, 4, 43, 103, 181
Lauren, Ralph, 24, 37, 48, 97, 132
Lauren, Ricky, 37
Law, Jude, 68
Lazard Frères & Co., 32
Lawrenceville School, 208, 216
Laws of Power, The 48, 9
Lazar, Irving “Swifty,” 106
Le Bec-Fin, 122
Le Grand Bleu, 164
Leibovitz, Annie, 78
Leland Fly Fishing, 193
Le Méridien Bora Bora, 148
Lennon, Sean, 34, 203
Leno, Jay, 101, 110, 152
Leontine Linens, 62
Leopold II, King, 136
Le Rosey, Institute, 17, 208, 134, 216
Les Caves du Roy, 136
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, 102
Letterman, David, 37, 133
Leukemia Ball, 98
Leukemia Cup Regatta, 167
Levin, Gerald, 77
Levinson, Barry, 36
Lewinsky, Monica, 116
Lexus LS Hybrid, 7, 151
L’Hôtel Drouot Auctions, 94
Liaigre, Christian, 61, 141
Liberia, 145
Liechtenstein, 145
Life Ball, 100
life coaches, 82
Likud, The, 2
Lily Pulitzer, 35
Limbaugh, Rush, 126, 129
Limitless, 163
Linden Farm, 42
Linden Travel Bureau, 147
liposuction, 78
Lipton, Sir Thomas, 173
Lisa Lindblad Travel Design, 147
Lithium, 11
Little Hall’s Pond Cay, the Ex, 142
Little Nell, 126, 147
L.L. Bean, 10, 132
Lobb, John, 94
Locust Valley, New York, 32
Loftin, Peter, 118
Lohan, Lidsay, 5
Lopez, Jennifer, 113
Loro Piana cashmere, 88, 133
Los Angeles, California, 121
Los Angeles Country Club, 116
Louis XIV furnishings, 50
Louisburg Square, Boston, 28
Louis-Dreyfus, Julia, 214
Love Heals, 100
Lowell, Massachusetts, 16
Luchese cowboy boots, 2
Lucien Pellat-Finet, 94
Lufthansa Technik, 169
Lürssen Yachts, 169
Lyford Cay, Bahamas, 128
Lyford Cay Club, 128

M

MacArthur, John D., 59
Madame Paulette, 94
Madonna, 15, 39, 34, 201
Mago Island, 142
Maher, Ted, 66
maids, 66
Maidstone Club, 96, 116
Maisner, Bernard, 119
Maison Goyard, 94, 193
majordomos, 64
Maldives, the, 139
Malibu, Los Angeles, 13, 32
Mamet, David, 37
Man in Full, A, 28
Mancroft, Lord, 95
Manhattan, New York, 33–35
Mandela. Nelson, 6, 8
Manhattan Motor Cars, 168
Mansion on Turtle Creek, 121
Maples, Marla, 68
Mapplethorpe, Robert, 46
Mar-a-Lago, 21, 43, 116, 118
Marbella, Spain, 21
March, Earl of, 101
Marchetti fighter jets, 11
Marchetto, Silvano, 121
Marcos, Imelda, 96
Margaret, Princess, 126
Marian Goodman Gallery, 194
Marin County, California, 36
Marlboro
Lights, 15
Reds, 15
Marrakech, Morocco, 144
Marshall Islands, 145
Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, 59, 130, 134
Martin Margiela, 84
Martin, Steve, 132, 142
Marvel Comics, 21
Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, 205, 216
Mason & Morse Ranch Company, 146
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 6
Massey’s Agency, 70
Master, Bernard, 188
Masters Tournament, 101, 114
Match.com, 37
Matrix figurines, life-size, 7
Matsuhisa, 121
Matthew Williamson, 127, 139
Matthews, Chris, 37
mausoleums, 231
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, 102, 166
Maxim magazine
Maxwell, Robert, 191
Maybach 62, 150–151
Mayflower Inn and Spa, 93
Mayo Clinic, 93
Mayr Health Spa, 80, 93
McCartney, Stella, 15
McCaw, Craig and Wendy, 229
McEntire, Reba, 39
McGuinn Farms, 194
McLean, Virginia, 36–37
McMansions, 25, 31
McMullan, Patrick, 17, 119
McNeill, Elsa, 51
Meadow Brook Hall, 42
Meadow Club, the, 131
media moguldom, 190–191
Medici princes, 35, 58
Medina, Seattle, 36
Meier, Richard, 13, 52, 60
Mellencamp, John, 113
Mellon, Richard Beatty, 115
Melnichenko, Andrei, 112, 113
Memorial Hermann Foundation’s Circle of Life Gala, 100
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 187
Menem, Carlos, 96
Mephistos, 10
Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago, 26, 102
Mercedes Benz, 150, 151
Mercer Hotel, The, 60, 147
Mercer Island, Washington, 6, 36
Met Costume Institute Ball, 100
Meyer, Ron, 51
Miami, Florida, 121
Micato Safaris, 193
Michael, George, 113
Michael’s, 122
Michaels, Lorne and Alice, 35
Microsoft, 36, 103
Middlesex School, 210, 216
Midtown Café, 121
Mikimoto pearls, 87, 103
Miller, Sienna, 68
Milton Academy, 210, 216
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 121
Minnelli, Liza, 8
Miraval Resort & Spa, 93
Miscavage, David, 14
Miss Porter’s School, 216
Mission Hills, Kansas, 37
Missoni, 133
Missoni, Margherita, 198
Mittal, Lakshmi, 111
Mittal, Vanisha, 111
Mizner, Addison, 53, 115
Mnuchin, Heather, 91
Möet et Chandon, 71, 97
moldings, 62
Mom Jeans, 35
Monaco, Principality of, 136, 138, 145
monogramming, 4, 12, 19, 94
Monroe, Marilyn, 21, 59
Monteath Moulding, 62
Monte Carlo, Monaco, 21, 136
Montecito, California, 132–133
Montessori school, 6, 41
Monticello, 41
Moore, Demi, 111, 184
Morehouse College, 9
Morgan, J.P., 98. 173, 210
Morrison, Cheyenne, 141, 146
Morrison, Toni, 12
Mortimer’s, 106
Mortimor, Stanley, 23
Morton, Peter, 32
Morton’s, 120, 122
Mosbacher, Georgette, 192
Moss, 120
Moss, Kate, 133
Mossad, 2
Motorola, 8, 15, 16
Motown, 11
Motu Tane, 141
Mount Desert Island, Maine, 131
Mount Sinai Hospital, 93
Mr. Chow, 121, 122
Murdoch, Anna, 229
Murdoch, Rupert, 11, 35, 60, 191, 229
Murdock, David, 56, 74, 118
Murphey, Marcia, 230
Murphy, Eddie, 39
Murray’s Toggery Shop, 132, 146
Museum of Modern Art, 4, 33
Musha Cay, Bahamas, 142
Mustique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 55, 126

N

Nadine Johnson Inc., 119
naming rights, 188
nannies, 64, 200–201, 215
Nannies Incorporated, 215
Nantucket, Massachusetts, 19, 130, 134
Nantucket Golf Club, 118
Napoléon, 4
Nars, Francois, 141
Nashville, Tennessee, 121
Nat Sherman, 194
Nate-N-Al’s, 121
National Cathedral, 205, 216
Natural Resources Defense Council’s Ladies’ Luncheon, 102
Near North Side, Chicago, 30
Neiman Marcus, 56, 92, 94
Nello’s, 122
Netanyahu, Bebi, 2
NetJets, 118, 153, 157, 169
Netto, David, 52, 61, 215
Neue Galerie, 103
Neverland Ranch, 41
Nevo, Vivi, 32
New Balance, 7, 133
New Canaan, Connecticut, 27, 37
New Horizons for Young Women, 206, 215
Newhouse, Donald, 24
Newhouse family, 61
Newhouse School of Public Communications, 188
Newman, Paul, 37
Newport, Rhode Island, 42, 57, 124, 131
Newport Bermuda Race, 167
Newport Regatta, 101
Newport to Ensenada Race, 167
Newton, Massachusetts, 37
New York, New York, 121
New York Botanical Gardens Winter Wonderland Ball, 103
New York Fashion Week, 102
New York magazine, 35
New York Post,2, 68, 69, 87
New York Times, The, 11, 69, 113
New York Yacht Club, 167, 170
Niarchos, Stavros, 5, 212
Niccolini, Julian, 4, 121
Nice, France, 149
Nicholson, Jack, 126
Nicklaus, Jack, 118
Nigo, 9
Nike, 9
Nimmo Bay Resort, 193
98% Angel, 215
Nixon, Richard, 8, 34, 116
Nokia, 10
Noble and Greenough School, 206, 216
Nomi, 120
nondisclosure agreements, 7, 69
Northeast Harbor, Maine, 19
Northrop, Lockheed, 21
Northwest Nannies, 215
Nouvel, Jean, 60
Nouvelle Society, 123
National Security Agency, 11
Nuala yoga mat, 15
nude swimming, 59
Nulux, 61
Nye, Matt, 35
Nygard, Peter, 128

O

obelisks, 52
obituaries, 232–234
Octopus, 160, 165
O’Donnell, Rosie, 38, 39
Oenophilia, 61
Olatz, 62, 86
Old World Symphony Ball, 99
Olivier Theyskens, 113
Olsen twins, the, 98
Olympic Club, 116
Omaha, Nebraska, 122
Onassis, Aristotle, ix, 16, 21, 158
Onassis, Christina, 199
Oniomania, 221
Ono, Yoko, 35
opium addiction, 144
Oracle, 24, 36
Oracle of Omaha, 100, 153
orchids, rare, 16, 20, 56
Ortelius maps, 4
Orthorexia, 221–222
Orvis, 193
Our Personal Guest, 147
Oval Room, 122
Ovitz, Michael, 13
Oxycontin, 129
Ozwald Boateng, 9

P

Pace Wildenstein Gallery, 194
Page, Larry, 7, 37, 154
Page Six, 2, 69, 82, 96
Paige Sports Arena, 189
Paley, Barbara “Babe,” 23, 50
Paley, Bill, 23
Pallotta, James, 29
Palm Beach, Florida, 19, 43, 54, 115, 122, 123, 124–126, 129, 153
Palm Springs, California, 29, 157
Palmer, Arnold, 29
Palo Alto, California, 37, 122
Paltrow, Gwyneth, 15, 201
paparazzi, the, 4, 15, 18
Paradise Valley, Arizona, 35
Paris Privé, 137, 147
Parish, Sister, 52, 55
Parker, Sarah Jessica, 201, 131
Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos,148
party photography, 119
party planning, 119
Patagonia fleece, 133
Patek Philippe, 8
Paul Smith, 3, 133
Paul Stuart, 32, 127, 132
Pavillion Agency, 70
Pawlitschek, Jennifer, 120
Pebble Beach, 193, 213
Pellicano, Anthony, 96, 224
Pellicano, Il, 135
Pelorus, 165
Pelosi, Nancy, 36
Peltz, Nelson, 37
peniaphobia, 222
Peninsula, The, 147, 148
Penske, Roger, 130
People magazine, 11
People’s Choice Awards, The, 14
Perelman, Ron, 2, 21, 32, 34, 42, 103, 133, 230
Perlick, 70
Perot, Ross Jr., 30
Per Se, 8
Persol, 5
personal assistants, 64
personal shoppers, 94
Peter Elliot, 80, 132, 215
Peter Luger, 122
Petrescu, Eliza, 93
Petronius, 109
Peyote, 11
PGA Championship, 101
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 122
Philip Treacy, 91
Phillips, Zara, 179
Phillips Academy, 210, 216
Phillips Exeter Academy, 211, 216
Phipps family, 32
Phoenix, Arizona, 122
Phoenix 1000 Submersible, 161
Piasecka, Basia “Barbara,” 68
Picasso, Pablo, 8
Piccolino, 215
Pickens, T. Boone, 37
Pilates, 151
Pileggi, Nick, 35
Pimm’s Cup, 106
Pitt, Brad, 13, 118, 145
Pingry School, 206, 216
PJ, 153-157
Platinum Rye Entertainment, 120
Platt, Campion, 61
Playboy Mansion, The, 32
Plimpton, George, 116
plutophilia, 225
Polistas, 19
polo, 177–178
polo, elephant, 137
polo gear, 193–194
Polo Lounge, 121
Polo Ralph Lauren, 2, 24, 126
pool shapes, 58
Popular Science, 11
porcelain
Han Period Chinese, 4
Sèvres, 21
Porche, 152
Porthault, 215
Porto Ercole, 135
Portofino, Italy, 135
Posh and Becks, 135, 152
Post, Marjorie Merriweather, 20–21
Potanin, Vladimir, 113
Powell, Colin, 10, 37
Prada, 3, 5, 126, 128
Pratesi, 62, 141
Presidio Heights, San Francisco, 36
Prince Abdul Aziz, 162
Prince, Richard, 13, 117
Princess Grace Foundation’s Rose Ball, 99
Princeton University, 4, 212
Pritzger family, 30
Pritzker, Liesel, 214
Prius, Toyota, 14
Privacy, 163
Private Chefs Inc., 70
private islands, 142
Private Jet Services Group, 16
privet hedges, 54–55
Proenza Schouler, 97
Professional Services and Domestic Institute, 70
Promises Malibu, 5, 25, 80, 227
Protravel International, 147
Prozac, 11
Publicists, 119
Pucci, Emilio, 94
Puccio, 61
Pulitzer family, 125
Pulitzer, Joseph, 190
Pulitzer, Lilly, 132, 146, 202, 211
Pulitzer, Roxanne, 129
Punta del Este, Uruguay, 139, 145
Purell Hand Sanitizer, 2, 74
Pyrolave, 61

Q

Quayle, Dan, 35, 118
Queen Anne furniture, 52
Quelle Barn, 43

R

race car dealers, 168
Raffles, 148
Raleigh Hotel, The, 147
Ramirez, Israel, 67
Rancho Santa Fe, New Mexico, 37
Range Rover, 150, 175, 176
Rao’s, 122
rare manuscripts, 185
Ray, Rachel, 12
Raytheon, 21
Reagan, Nancy, 8, 29, 31, 66, 205
Reagan, Ron, 29, 136
Redcliff Ascent, 215
Redstone, Sumner, 37, 39
Reed College, 24
regattas, 167
rehab centers, 226–227
Reimer Employment Agency, 70
Renaissance Weekend, 26
Rennert, Ira, 40
Renoir, Pierre, August, 8
Rense, Paige, 52
restaurants, 120–122
retreats, 93
Revlon, 21, 32, 104
rhinoplasty, 78
Richards, Kieth, 6
Richie, Nicole, 7, 150
Rilke, Ranier Maria, 12
Rhymes, Busta, 67
Richelieu, Cardinal, 23
Ringling, John, 43
Ringside for Mercy’s Sake, 102
Rising Sun, 21, 149, 165
Ritz, The, 148
Ritz-Carlton, 148
River Oaks, Texas, 25, 31
River Oaks Country Club, 31, 116
Riviera
French, 136
Italian, 135
Mayan, 144
Riviera Prestige International Realty, 146
Robert Hanselman Domestic Agency, 70
Robert Marc, 7, 60
Robin Hood Foundation, 100, 144
Rock Chris, 35
Rockawear,
Rockefeller family, 32, 60
Rockefeller, John D., 42
rock memorabilia, 184
Rockwell, Norman, 184
Rodriguez, Alex, 39
Roehm, Carolyne, 23
Rogan jeans, 5
Roger Vivier, 94
Rogers, Jack, 132
Rogers, Millicent, 91
Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, 101
Rolling Rock Club, 115
Rolling Stone magazine, 35, 127
Rolling Stones, The 113
Rolls-Royce, 125, 151, 152, 168
Romero, Roderick Wolgamott, 56
Ronald Jonas Interiors, 61
Roosevelt family, 32
Rose, Charlie, 11
Rosencrans, Dodie, 91
Rosenthal, Joel Arthur, 90
Ross, California, 36
Ross, Steve, 117
Rossellini, Isabella, 66
Rothko, Mark, 181
Rothschild family, 43, 63, 135
Round Hill, Jamaica, 148
Round Hill Country Club, 3
Royal & Ancient Golf Club, 193
Royal Ascot, 100
Royal County Down Golf Club, 193
Rubenstein, Howard, 119, 122
Rubin, Bob, 117
Rubirosa, Porfirio, 22
Rudin, Scott, 35
Rumsfeld, Donald, 132
Ruscha, Ed, 97
Russophobia, 225
Rust, Marina, 131
Ryserson family, 29

S

Saarinen, Eero, 52
SAC Capital, 3
Saddle River, New Jersey, 25, 35
safari arrangements, 193
Safra, Edmond, 66
Saidman, Colleen, 77
Salmon Cove, 132, 146
San Diego Yacht Club, 170
San Remo, The, 35
Sandy Lane, 148
San Francisco, California, 122
San Francisco Yacht Club, 170
San Juan Islands, Washington, 133
San Simeon, 40, 180
Santa Barbara, California, 122
San Jose, California, 37, 57
Santulli, Richard, 118
Saperstein, David, 41, 68
Saperstein, Suzanne, 68
Sarah Lawrence College, 212
Sarofim, Fayez, 31
Save Venice, 16
Saville Row, 19
Saylor, Michael, 41
Scaasi, Arnold, 34
Scaife, Richard Mellon, 192, 207
Scarface-iana, 9
Schmidt, Eric, 37, 130
Schnabel, Julian, 49
Shrager, Ian, 52
Schwab, Charles, 37
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 39, 127, 144, 153
Schwarzman, Steve, 112, 117, 125, 144
Scientology, 14, 93
Scorpios, island of, 21
Scott, L’Wren, 15
Screaming Eagle, 194
Seal, 133
seaplanes, 147
seating charts, 12, 108
Seattle, Washington, 122
Seattle Yacht Club, 170
Sebonack Golf Club, 118
Second Life, 7
Securities and Exchange Commission, 3
security systems, 62
Sedgwick, Edie, 96
Seinfeld, Jerry, 51, 152
Seneca, 217
Sequoia Capital, 37
Sette Mezzo, 122
sexual deviancy, 224
sexually transmitted diseases, 18
Seymour, Stephanie, 38
shadow boats, 161, 170
Shangrai La, 20, 43
Shaw, George Bernard, 231
Sherwood Country Club, 118
shipyards, 169
shooting and stalking, 175–176
show jumping, 178–179
Shriver, Maria, 39
shutters, 62
Sibarth Real Estate, 146
Sidekick, T-Mobile, 9
Sidwell Friends School, 206, 216
Sierra Tucson, 227
Sills Huniford Associates, 61
Silver Hill, 27
Simmons, Russell, 9, 35, 61, 77, 13
Simon & Shuster, 42
Simon, Carly, 29, 134
Simon, Paul, 37
Simonyi, Charles, 36
Simunek, Nick, 125
Sinatra, Frank, 21, 29
Sinatra, Frank Jr., 228
Sitrick, Mike, 119
Slanted Door, The, 122
slave memorabilia, 185
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s Awards for Excellence, 100
Smathers & Branson, 132, 146
Smith, Jeffery, 53, 60
Smith, Michael S., 61
Smith, William Kennedy, 129
Smythson of Bond Street, 119, 197
Snoop Dogg, 112
Snyder, Dick, 42
Social Register, The, 130
Sofield, William, 61
Sonoma Paradiso, 194
Soros, George, 10, 37, 192
Soros, Paul and Daisy, 130
Sotheby’s
Auction House, 4, 17
Great Estates, 25
International Realty, 146
Southampton, New York, 42, 123
Spago, 75, 121
Spain, 144
spas, 93
specialty foods, 119
Spearment Rhino, 8
Spears, Britney, 32
Spelling, Aaron, 40
Spelling, Candy, 8, 40, 58, 221
Spence School, 17, 206, 216
Spencer, Michael, 112
Sperry Top-Siders, 132
Spielberg, Steven, 14, 32, 43, 51, 60, 63, 184, 131, 230
spirituality, 93–94
Spring Flowers, 215
St. Albans, 202, 216
St. Bart’s Episcopal Church, 94
St. Barts, West Indies, 3, 103, 133, 153, 157
St. Francis Yacht Club, 170
St. George’s, 207, 215
St. Grottlesex, 211
St. John’s, 204, 216
St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, 167
St. Mark’s, 210, 216
St. Mark’s School of Texas, 205, 216
St. Michaels, Maryland, 131–132
St. Moritz, 134
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 94
St. Paul’s, 210, 216
St. Regis, The, 148
St. Tropez, 102, 123
staffing agencies, 70
Stallone, Sylvester, 39
Standard Oil, 23, 124
Stanford University, 8
Starchitects, 60
Star Island, Miami, 39
Starkey International Institute for Household Management, 70
stationery, 119
Steel, Danielle, 36
Steinberg, Saul, 110
Stein Erikson Lodge, 148
Steinhardt, Michael, 185
Stevenson. Charles, 127
Stephenson, Tom, 37
Stewart, Kimberly, 18, 202
Stewart, Martha, 12, 36, 37, 42, 50, 55, 131
Stewart, Rod, 112
Sting, 56, 77
stone, exotic, 61
storage (boutique clothing), 94
Streep, Meryl, 33
Streisand, Barbra, 13, 34
strollers, 195, 201
Strong, Mrs. John L., 107, 119
Strong Travel Services, 147
Stubbs & Wootton, 88, 94, 132
Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs., 131
submersibles, 6, 161
Sullivan, James, 129
Sulzberger, Arthur Jr., 11
summer internships, 213
Sundance Film Festival, 98
Sun Valley, Idaho, 127–128
Sun Valley Lodge, 127
Sutton Place, 20
Svensson, Hillevi, 68
Swan Ball, 100
Sweet Briar College, 16
Sweet Potato, 43
Swift House, 42
Swifty’s, 106, 122
Switzerland, 5, 10, 19, 97, 98, 134
Sykes, Lucy, 52
Sykes, Plum, 91

T

T, Mr., 29
Ta-Boo, 122
Talbot’s, 30
Taft School, 211, 216
Taft, William Howard, 75
Takashimaya, 120
Talitha G, 163
Tangier, Morocco, 123, 139
tanorexia, 225
Tarlow, Rose, 61
Tatler magazine, 17
Tatoosh, 164
Taubman, Alfred, 31
Taubman, Robert, 31
Taubman, William, 31
taxidermy, 53
Taylor, Elizabeth, 8, 90
Taylor, James, 134, 210
Teeterboro Airport, 27
Tefaf Maastricht Art Fair, 99
Temple Emanu-El, 94
Tennant, Sir Colin, 126
Tennessee Titans, 189
Teresa, Mother, 8
Texans, 92
texting, 204
Thacher School, 211, 216
Theodoracopulos, Taki, 97, 208
Theo Kalomirakis Theaters, 62
therapists, 82
3-D Laboratory Inc., 62
Tiffany & Co., 47, 85
Time Warner Center, 35
Tisch Children’s Zoo, 188
Tisch, Jonathan, 117
TMZ, 5
Toad Hall, 42
Tod’s, 132, 146
toe tucks, 79
Toile de Jouy, 53
Tolstoy, Leo, 137, 231
Tongariro Lodge, 193
topiary, 57
Torrente, Vivien, 66
Toscana, 121
Toto USA, 62
Town & Country magazine, 36
Traina, Trevor and Alexis, 36
Traulsen refrigerators, 70
travel agents, 147
Travolta, John, 14, 131, 154
tree houses, 56
TriBeCa, Manhattan, 33
Tribute, 121
Trinity Yachts, 169
trophy trees, 55–56
Trump, Donald, 8, 21, 53, 58, 68, 118, 154, 231
Trump, Ivana, 53, 68
Trump, Ivanka, 195, 202, 207
Truskowski, Robert, 55, 62
Tudor Jones, Paul, 3
Tulum, Mexico, 144
Turki bin Abdul Aziz, Prince, 39
Turlington, Christy, 15
Turnbull & Asser, 2
Turner, Ted, 11, 173
Turner, Tina, 60, 110
Turyk-Wawrynowicz, Lucyna, 66
Tusher, Tom, 36
Tutera, David, 119
‘21’ Club, 122
Tuxedo Park, New York, 50, 124

U

Ulrich, Lars, 36
Ultima VI, 103 [not necessary??]
umbilicoplasty, 79
uniforms, 70
Universal Music, 8
University of Pennsylvania, 3, 21
upholstery, 61
Upper East Side, Manhattan, 19, 33–34
Upper West Side, Manhattan, 35
USC, 212
U.S. Submarines, 161, 170
US Weekly magazine, 5, 35
Uzbekistan, 49, 53

V

vagioplasty, 79
Vail, Colorado, 135
Valentino, 80
Valerie Wilson Travel, 147
valets, 65–66
Valextra, 13, 94, 153
Vallarta Race, 156
Van der Rohe, Mies, 52
Van Gogh, Vincent, 8
Vanderbilt, Alva, 109
Vanderbilt family, 42
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 43
Vanderbilt, Gloria, 34, 211
Vanderbilt, Harry, 173
Vanderbilt, William, 22
Vanity Fair magazine, 2, 14, 18, 30, 96
Vanity Fair Oscar Party, 98
Vaughn, Vince, 131, 214
Veedon Fleece Ltd., 61
Vekselberg, Victor, 185
Versailles, 41, 54, 109, 110, 118
Vertu, 4, 12
Vervoordt, Axel, 44, 53
Via Quadronno, 122
Viacom, 39
Vicodin, 80, 83
Vilebrequin, 132, 146, 203
Vladi Private Islands, 146
Vogue magazine, 17, 23, 77, 91, 113
Volvo, 10
Von Bülow, Claus, 22-23, 81
Von Bülow, Sunny, 22-23
von Furstenberg, Diane, 86, 90, 97
Von Thurn Und Taxis, Albert, 199
Vreeland, Diana, 50, 96

W

Wagner, Spencer, 68
Waksal, Sam, 96
Wal-Mart, 25, 26
Wall Street Journal, 4
Wallace, Mike, 34
Wally Boat, 166, 169
Walters, Barbara, 61
Walters, Jackie, 206
Wang, Vera, 61
Warhol, Andy, 13, 43, 96, 181
Warner Music, 9
Warner, Ty, 132
Washington, D.C., 122
Washington, Denzel, 39
Wasserstein, Bruce, 35
Waterworks, 62
Waverly Inn, The, 17, 77, 98, 122
Wearstler, Kelly, 51
Webber, Andrew Lloyd, 8
Weinstein, Harvey, 75
Weintraub, Jerry, 118
Weisel, Thom, 36
Welch, Jack, 60, 118, 130, 229
Wellbutrin, 11
Wellington, Florida, 128
Wenner, Jann, 35, 127
Werther’s Originals, 10
West, Kanye, 9
Westchester County Airport, 27
Westchester County, New York, 37
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, 98
Weston, Massachusetts, 29
Westport, Connecticut, 37
Wharton, 10
Wharton, Electra Waggoner, 92
white collar prisons, 26
White House, The, 2
Whitney Museum’s Fall Gala, 102
Whitman, Meg, 37
Wiatt, Elizabeth, 102
wilderness camps, 206, 215
William Morris Agency, 12, 120
Williams, Bunny, 52
Williams, Brian, 37
Williams, Montel, 38
Williams, Robbie, 112
Williams, Robin, 113
Willis, Bruce, 111
Wimbledon, 101
Winchester, Sarah, 57
Windsor, Duke and Duchess of, 135
wine, 62, 182, 194
Winfrey, Oprah, 6, 12, 30, 57, 77, 102, 110–111, 132, 142, 185
Wintour, Anna, 17, 52, 60
World of Interiors magazine, 49
Wolfe, Tom, 28, 23, 33
Women’s Wear Daily, 17
Woods, Tiger, 128, 213
Woodside, California, 37
Woodward, Joanna, 37
woodworks, 62
World Economic Forum, 98
World of Warcraft, 7
Wozniak, Steve, 37
Wright, Daisy, 68
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 14, 31, 53
Wyatt, Lynn and Oscar, 16, 31
Wynn, Steve, 8, 26, 34, 127

X

Xanadu, 43
Xanax, 13, 83, 108
X factor, the, 53
XXL magazine, 9

Y

yachts, 169–170
yacht clubs, 170
Yale University, 4, 103
Yang, Jerry, 37
Yee, Rodney, 53, 77
Yellowstone Club World International, 118
Yoga, 15, 53
Young, Neil, 37
YouTube, 7

Z

Zanchi, Frank, 137
Zegna, Ermenegildo, 6, 126
Zellweger, Renée, 15
Zeluck, 62
Zeta Beta Tau, 3
Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 201
zoos, private, 185
Zorro, 43
Zuckerberg, Mark, 7, 37
Zuckerman, Mort, 35, 131, 171, 190, 191
Zuni Café, 122