· The best awards in media are announced: the Pappu-litzers. This year, includes "Biggest narc, non New York Times scandal category: Whichever Vanity Fair employee called the nicotine police about the smoking that s been going on there." (Which reminds me: I'm offering a carton of Winston Lights to the double agent who correctly dishes me the name of the VF narc. That goes double for you, Graydon.)
· The ladies of the Black Table make New Year's Resolutions. (Sample from Blaise: "Stop fucking women. They're as bad as men, so stick with the cocks that come naturally." That's sweet.)
· No more late night drunken street-treats? The war on Manhattan's vendors.
· Rich Girls v. Silver Spoons.
· And, of course: with the knighting of her paramour, we must now call her Lady Tina Brown! Shriek!