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David Patrick Columbia, who narrates the goings on of New York society, has a theory about the ladies of Real Housewives of New York City, the Bravo reality show in which five idiots wander around New York, destroying everything. These women are not Society, Columbia insists: "Socialites, yes maybe; Society, no. But then, it could be argued successfully that there is no Society anymore. Socialites go out at night. Society stays home." It's just like that movie I Am Legend, where the hero holes up in his gorgeous townhouse on Washington Square Park, while hideous zombie vampire creatures roam Manhattan. Society is aged and weak, as the socialites will be someday. This will continue until society has died and everything has been devoured. It's pretty grim. Though Columbia does demonstrate some appreciation for the socialite menace: "The Countess de Lesseps, off-camera is a very nice woman, and is also a Native American." Oh. Well, there you have it. [NY Social Diary]

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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 12:24pm CST
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What does David Patrick Columbia of New York Social Diary, a website that shares pics of the lives of the Tinsely Mortimer crowd, think of the growing income gap? He granted a rambling interview to BigThink, a "marketplace for idea-sharing, discussion between global thought leaders and the public" that's already interviewed luminaries such as Richard Branson and Ted Kennedy. His solution starts with the proclamation that, "A lot of people are just too rich." Like Donald Newhouse, one of Forbes' richest men, and the Rockefeller clan, presumably, all of whom have been lovingly chronicled on NYSD! He spirals into an anecdote about having dinner on the yacht of "a very, very rich man." The yacht in question was "big, huge... I think it was 300 feet or something like that. It was enormous." The video and transcript follow.
There are a lot of people who--they're just too rich. I mean, I remember several years ago I went to have dinner one night on the yacht of a very, very rich man. He has just built this big, huge... I think it was 300 feet or something like that. It was enormous; it was parked in New York Harbor, on the West Side.
And he gave a dinner party. As we were leaving the party, I hitched a ride in the taxi with a man who--he's now passed away--but he was a very successful, very well-known, and very wealthy businessman. And he was telling me that this particular man who owned this yacht was also very--he's still alive, but he was a very old man at the time--wanted to get in on another business deal.
He was talking about the business deal he was getting in on and he was saying, 'You know, the problem with these guys is they're just bored. Because actually, they have more money than they can spend even the income on. But they just want to make more money because it's something to do.'
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Posted: December 27th, 2007, 11:34am CST
New York society chronicler David Patrick Columbia is a little blue! He went out to lunch with Erica Jong the other day, and they talked about the YouTube videos about Henry Kravis and the tax-dodging mogul set. But lunch with Erica put him in a maudlin frame of mind, even though they went on to talk about Hillary Clinton. But how can one feel down when one receives such an amazing Christmas card from Dr. Sherrell and Muffie Potter Aston?
Says DPC of Erica:
She has spent time with Mrs. Clinton and she knows that she is a woman who will look after the children. Not all women, she said, are interested and not all men can, but Hillary will. Her record already speaks it. This was all expressed by Erica very quietly and matter of factly. I saw Hillary Clinton somewhat differently.
Later on in the day I was thinking about our conversation. These are very uneasy times for many. So many people talk about the political campaigns with confoundment and no strong feelings in any direction. Disappointment is almost a given. Is it the time, or is it the way life is.
Well, it is the time! BUT LOOK! Don't be down, kitten! Gaze upon Muffie!
The second day after Christmas [NYSD]
