Page Six Redux 12/14/04

Okay friendsters, by popular demand by the unwashed masses not fortunate enough to call New York City home (you know who you are), I have decided that I will quasi regularly post an over-the-counter version of the NYP's Page Six...just a few highlights...will have you actin' like little Oliver beggin' "Please sir for some more!" (said with really bad British accent and a lisp).

Apparently civil rights icon Rosa Parks demanded payment and a Gulfstream IV jet to attend the Clinton Toast a few weeks ago. When told that the best one could do was provide her with a first class ticket on a commercial flight, Parks' assistant replied "what about Air Force One?" - Not to be a dick, but a Gulfstream IV is a long way from the back of the bus

J.Ho has issued a new edict in her home - no more tighty whities for hubby Marc Anthony. It's boxers all the way as the two re-enact plow fest 2004 in an attempt to conceive. Off the record, a fatigued Marc Anthony was heard lamenting "the things I endure for a juicy piece of ass"

SIGHTINGS: BJORK, in gold metallic moon boots and an oversize black puffy jacket, at Dance Theater Workshop in Chelsea to see the performance by fiercely hip choreographer Maria Hassabi . . . NEWLY engaged actress Kerry Washington having lunch at Vento . . . MANDY Moore in the upstairs room at Eleven with friends.

ELLEN DeGeneres and her ex, Alexandra Hedison, were putting on a unified front as early as a week ago, our sources said. "You would never have known anything was wrong, they seemed so happy together," one insider stated. Just a month ago, DeGeneres and Hedison did a lovey-dovey interview for the cover of the Advocate due out next week. A pal of both women said, "No one knows what goes on behind closed doors and as we all know, couples in trouble usually give interviews on how much in love they are." In any event, DeGeneres, who's now with Portia de Rossi, might not have taken the breakup lightly. On Saturday, spies saw her "crying hysterically on her phone in the lobby of the Chateau Marmont around 10:30 at night."

WE HEAR THAT Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa will marry his girlfriend, Sonia, Saturday at Casa de Campo, the Fanjul family resort in the Dominican Republic. Sosa popped the question last month when he celebrated his birthday in Paris . . . THAT Shoshonna Lonstein Gruss who dated Jerry Seinfeld when she was still in high school and then married a super-wealthy investment banker is four months pregnant. The mom-to-be, who designs dresses for big-chested women like herself, has also been designing maternity frocks . . . THAT Federico Castelluccio will return to "The Sopranos" for the final season. His hitman character, Furio who went home to Sicily after falling in love with Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco) comes back to New Jersey to go head-to-head with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini).

Word I taught my spell check for this blog post: redux, friendsters, actin, beggin, Gulfstream, tighty, Vento, dovey, hitman, blog


Like Marc Anthony, I have
a preference for tighties...
here I am in my 2-Xist's

It's a Start

I've spent lots of time recently reading about how blogs are revolutionizing everything from politics to friendships. I consider myself to be up on most of what's hip in the tech world, an early adopter if you will, but, until a few weeks ago, I, admittedly, was very much in the dark as to what exactly a blog was. My lack of knowledge made me nervous and a bit anxious. I began to wonder "what am I missing out on?"...."am I growing old and out of touch?"..."does blogging involve any form of internet porn?" Sadly enough, it was the latter question that began my research into blogging but, gladly, I have realized a few more puritan applications for the technology: having something to occupy my largely platitudinous weekdays at the office and being able to keep in touch with friends I never really see and, admittedly, am very lax about emailing / calling regularly (though I think about you all very frequently).

So here it is. I hope to be disciplined about posting, though, I have no set format or template of information in mind. I'm not going for revolutionary here, some posts will likely not even be that interesting, but I do hope that you visit often and post comments.


Me, with cornrows,
discovering blogs!