Lindsay Lohan, Jeremy Piven, Dustin Hoffmann and Malcolm Gladwell

Lindsay Lohan, Jeremy Piven, Dustin Hoffmann and Malcolm Gladwell
What do these four celebrities have in common? I've seen/met them all in the past week!


First, Lindsay Lohan. I was at the Maritime Hotel (16th and 9th) at one of the restaurants, Matsuri (a Nobu knock-off) last Thursday night. Before I could walk in, there was a gaggle of tall, thin models puffing away on their Marlboro lights (it is Fashion Week) blocking the doorway. As we made our way past them and the maitre'd (drinks only), we found a nice spot at the bar and started to people watch (ordered a martini, of course). Lo and behold, I spied a skinny blonde who looked familiar and it was Ms. LL herself. What was shocking, was not that she had gained a few badly needed pounds (she looks a bit healthy now and fuller in the face) but was the fact that she was solo and not at the bar (sans drink!). Aren't almost of the sightings of her at some bar/club drinking/dancing up a storm? Well, not that night. She was acting quite demure and quiet sitting by herself (near the maitre'd) and texting away on her sidekick.
Rumor has it that Jared Leto is staying at the Maritime and she was waiting for him to arrive.
Even though she wasn't drinking, she did have a perfect view of the bar and vice versa; guess once you start getting attention, it's hard not to want it.


These pictures of her and Gwen were taken Saturday at the PSP fashion show. They were seated next to each other. Hmm. Are they planning their wardrobes again? Remember, they wore very similar leopard print dresses to the MTV VMAs? Hope they stop dressing alike.



Malcolm Gladwell - does anyone know who he is? He's a famous writer with two best-selling books, "Blink" and "The Tipping Point." I saw him at Pastis last Wednesday night sitting outside enjoying a very late lunch/early dinner. A friend of mine purchased his Tribeca apartment so I did have something to discuss with him. He is very slight in person and sporting that infamous 'fro. Had to stop myself from telling him that The Tipping Point was great; Blink not so much.


Jeremy Piven - hosted a party last Friday night at PM lounge. It was co-sponsored by Lufthansa (yes, the airline people) and it was a private event (don't ask how I was invited; still trying to figure that one out). Cute place but tiny and no VIP room to speak of (at least I didn't see one). Hostesses were all dressed up as flight attendants; a very cute idea for a Halloween costume (you heard it hear first). Ari did not disappoint, cute but short and extremely protected by bodyguards and thirty women willing to be near the coolest guy on tv (sigh. Vince aka Adrien Grenier was not there but he's still an uber hottie!).


Okay, last celebrity sighting of the week - Dustin Hoffmann.
I was at Paladar (cute Latin bistro on Ludlow - Lower East Side) last night (Saturday) and therewas a rather large, rowdy dinner party of 20 something hipsters with two old people in the group. One of the old people? Mr. Focker himself! He is adorable (yes, he really is that short) and very friendly and obliging (everyone at the table took photos except for us; so not cool). But he was very nice to me and my friends. Even caught him sending a wink and a smile my way. Love that old dude.

That's that. There are sooo many parties this week because of Fashion Week; will have to try to crash a few and report some more. Celebrities and models are everywhere; it's hard not to bump into one somewhere this week.