Rory Tahari

According to Publishers Marketplace (subscription required), Rory Tahari—the vice chairman and creative director of husband Elie Tahari's eponymous label—has scored her first-ever book deal. The project, a "collection of approximately 75 checklists on topics including parenting, moving, traveling, financial planning, taking care of your home, preparing for a hospital stay, planning a funeral, and more," is scheduled to be published next September by Jennifer Bergstrom at Simon Spotlight. (Ms. Tahari is in best-selling company; Ms. Bergstrom counts among her authors Access Hollywood host Nancy O'Dell, Tori Spelling, talk show host Chelsea Handler, Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone, and actress Melissa Gilbert.)

Ms. Tahari, who lives in Soho, had already left HQ for the weekend when we called, but we'll update once we find out how exactly one plans a well-styled trip to the dentist's office.

We talked mob money with writer Gay Talese at the screening of Gomorrah.

After months of speculation, we got to the bottom of Marquee's temporary summer shutdown.

We tallied gifts, drank absinthe, and chatted with godfather Michael Musto at nightlife heir Liam McMullan's 21st birthday party.

Russell Crowe got a little testy at the Body of Lies premiere--par for the course, we suppose.

We partied with Diane von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, Fern Mallis, Martha Stewart and Rory and Elie Tahari as the CFDA welcomed its newest members.

On Tuesday evening, the bi-level roof of Elie and Rory Tahari's enviable Prince Street apartment was turned into a rooftop lounge with couches, bottle service, and a DJ station for a Council of Fashion Designers of America party welcoming 28 new members.

"I think it's been 10 months since we've begun planning this!" said Mr. Tahari. “It's always great to welcome new members into the community. I tell them how lucky they are because they are young and have a lot of opportunities available to them in the industry." The new members were pinned with floral boutonnieres instead of name tags so that everyone would know who they were.

The party was scheduled from 7 to 9pm; everyone could, therefore, get home in time to at least catch a part of the presidential debate. (CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg must have been looking forward to the debate, since she arrived and left in what seemed like a matter of minutes.)  read more »