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...pseudo-literary quasi-luminaries who have passed through the Signet’s hallowed halls, visiting lecturer Elvis Mitchell made his debut at the tea-totin’, art-appreciatin’ private club two Thursdays ago. Our spy reports that Elvis showed up around 10:30 to a cocktail hour, went unrecognized by most of the wannabe hipsters in attendance, and handed out his digits to perplexed partygoers. Or tried to, at least. While we doubt Elvis will be put up, we do wonder whether any fame-seeking Signette...
...high-powered lawyer in New York. In her loft downtown, she’s going to have huge vistas of abstract art lining the walls, floor to ceiling, and she’ll casually hold a martini glass as she points out artistic nuances to guests at cocktail parties. She’ll be living the part of Posh Spice, whom she played impeccably this past Halloween...
...delegation of Harvard administrators and senior faculty, led by University President Lawrence H. Summers, trekked to Mexico City last week for a two-day fiesta of cocktail balls and panel discussions with top Mexican government officials and prominent alumni donors. The visit came almost exactly 10 years after Summers, then a top official at the Treasury Department, orchestrated the multi-billion-dollar loan package that rescued the Mexican peso from free-fall...
Summers’ visit and the DRCLAS advisory committee meeting coincided with a two-day Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) bash in Mexico City. The fundraiser, which kicked off with a cocktail party at the 14th century Chapultepec Castle, drew more than 400 Harvard grads, according to Summers’ spokeswoman Lucie McNeil. Alums each paid $140 to attend...
...select a new name, delay publication for a month, and go through the manuscript, changing scores of references to the eponymous Osaka hostess lounge where much of the action takes place. Despite that setback, the book has finally appeared, and it proves worth the wait. Sayonara Bar is a cocktail of astringent cultural observations, genres stirred and shaken, subplots served with a twist. At first, it seems to be the story of Mary, an attractive young Englishwoman who, upon finishing her studies in Japanese, finds work as an "economy geisha" in Osaka to earn money for travel. Mary's adventures...