Muffie Potter Aston

Rowrrrrrr! Manhattan's Fat Cats Size Up Last Candidates Standing

Muffie Potter Aston
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Muffie Potter Aston

At the Wildlife Conservation Society on June 3 at the Central Park Zoo, we found a creature with a steely gaze and a hefty, 235-pound-ish build: Al Gore.

The Transom imagined that the former vice president was thinking the following: What am I doing here again?  read more »

Catty in the Hat! Couric Cuts Us Short At Ladies' Luncheon

Under trolling clouds, some 1,200 ladies sashayed through Vanderbilt Gate on Wed., May 2 to the 25th annual “Hat Luncheon.” Hosted by the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy, the list of upper-class attendees included Grace Hightower DeNiro, Malaak Compton-Rock, Amy Fine Collins, Blaine Trump, Muffie Potter Aston, and Harper’s Bazaar editor Glenda Bailey.  read more »

Go, Shorty! It's Your Earth Day

Illustration by David Chelsea
Illustration by David Chelsea

You know the drill: The Prospect Park Audubon Center offers the kids some  “interactive exhibits” (let’s hope that doesn’t include that baboon family) with music, crafts and general whoop-de-do.  read more »

Raffish Society Scion Matt Aston Opens 'Swifty's for Kids' Bistro

On Christmas Eve, when many of the bland restaurants cluttering Third Avenue from 75th to 85th stree  read more »