Media-Whore D'Oevres

"Green tea, cognac, champagne—it's difficult to make. Also, a Chatham Artillery Punch, which is equally elaborate. This is pretty close to the end. At this point, maybe shots of whiskey till I pass out. Then I don't want to know what happens." (VillageVoice)

"Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Tuesday blasted President Bush’s foreign policy record, saying that 'his judgments will be subject to the harsh light of history, and the verdict will not be kind.'" (TheHill)

"Yesterday over at Swifty’s, Tory Burch took over the restaurant to give a girl’s lunch for her friend Samantha Boardman Rosen. The young lionesses: ... Peggy Siegal, Blaine Trump ... Stephanie Seymour Brant, Cristina Greeven ... Renee Rockefeller ... Shoshanna Gruss, Gigi Mortimer, Aerin Lauder, Kimberly Kravis ..." (NYSD)

"The fashion-laden streets of Manhattan will be that much emptier come the New Year, when a who's who of society circles will gather in Cartagena, Colombia, for the wedding of Lauren Davis to Andres Santo Domingo. Nine bridesmaids have been selected to join the Vogue contributing editor on her big day, and each PYT has been paired with a specific designer for the January 8 affair." (Fashionweekdaily)

"One way to cause pandemonium in a Hy-Vee supermarket in Des Moines is to send Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Magic Johnson there at the same time. The trio entered, in size order, this morning and greeted a group of high school students in the market’s coffee shop, (Hillary said, 'Hello!' Bill said, 'Good Morning' and Magic said,'What’s up baby.') Magic caused the biggest stir, literally overshadowing the politicians." (Observer)

"Hey, former HBO CEO Chris Albrecht is going to make an honest woman out of the ladyfriend he choked in public earlier this year! That is great. We bet her mother is so proud." (Gawker)

"Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit Tuesday to Kirkuk in the oil-rich Kurdish region, where the U.S. administration has emphasized what it sees as new signs of cooperation and progress, and then flew to the Iraqi capital for meetings with national leaders." (Time)