Emily Brill
Emily Brill To Host A "Strictly Uptown" Vice Presidential Debate Screening Party Tonight
"Hey New Yorkers," begins Emily Brill's invitation to tonight's Strictly Uptown Vice Presidential Debate Screening Party at Lexington Bar and Books. This party is "no joke," she writes. In fact, cocktail attire is required to join Ms. Brill in watching Sarah Palin and Joe Biden go at it.
And! You may even participate in a live party blog if you wish, in which case you should bring your own BlackBerry--these, unlike snacks and drinks, will not be provided. Full invitation below; stay tuned for a post-party report tomorrow. read more »
It's a Brill a Minute! Media Watchdog Steven on Daughter's Giddy Internet Adventure
How does Steven Brill—the entrepreneur and journalist whose many ventures include Court TV, American Lawyer magazine and the now defunct media-watchdog monthly Brill’s Content—feel about his daughter Emily Brill’s fledgling blog, Essentially Emily: Confessions of a 5th Avenue Misfit, whose topics inc read more »
Emily Brill Parties with the Duchess of Harvard
We have to admit: Emily Brill's ever-evolving blog tickles us. And not in that painful way when your older brother terrorizes you—well, maybe a little—but in the way that makes us giggle on a dark and stormy day like today.
Today, Ms. Brill—daughter of Manhattan journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill—informs us that she spent a rather exciting evening with Erica Birmingham, who has christened herself the "Duchess of Harvard" while attending the college. According to a 2006 Harvard Crimson profile of her, the Bud Light-guzzling Ms. Birmingham checks into hotels under the name Rosalind Connage, the debutante from F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise, sips Kir Royales at breakfast (shocking!), and was the closest thing to Paris Hilton the college ever had. read more »
Morning Memo: Obama and Pitt, Jolie and Clinton, Cousins; Tinsley and Topper Not Talking?
Having broken up with Jason Preston, Marc Jacobs is on the prowl and a drama queen. [P6]
France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's nude portrait taken by Michel Comte in 1993 will be auctioned at Christie's on April 10th. [NY Daily News]
Is there discord in the Mortimer home? Tinsley and Topper arrive separately to the Young Fellows of the Frick Collection midnight breakfast after party last night and avoided each other while there. [P6] read more »
