Media-Whore D'Oevres

"Table 1. 'Mayor' Joe Armstrong, Sharon Hoge and a table full of handsome gents ... Table 6. Kathie Lee Gifford, Eduardo Verastegui & Lisa Dallos. Kathie Lee (looking splendid in vintage Ralph Lauren winter whites) joked with me about one tabloid's breathless report of her close friendship with the dashing Eduardo, the star and producer of the critically acclaimed Bella. 'I told my husband he needs to come to lunch with us,' she quipped. 'And I made sure I had my wedding ring on today!' ... Table 8. New York Social Diary's David Patrick Columbia with FishbowlNY's Ron Mwangaguhunga ... 20. Glamour editrix Cindi Leive (looking fab in a killer Givenchy mini trench, Yves Saint Laurent skirt and Michael Kors platforms) with Dave Zinczenko fresh off his appearance on Ellen yesterday. " (FishbowlNY)

"In New York on Wednesday, that quiet I mentioned about Tuesday went away and the streets of Manhattan were jammed and gridlocked once again, just like old times. Down at Michael’s the place was jumping and full-up. The beautiful and intrepid journalist Phoebe Eaton, just back from South America where was getting lessons in polo (oh really?); at the center table in the bay, Joe Armstrong, Sharon Hoge, Chris Buckley, Maurie Perl and Michael Clurman were holding their annual Shirley Clurman Memorial Luncheon." (NYSocialDiary)

"Joseph Myers, a local man who watched Obama speak in a high school gymnasium in this struggling town in the north-east of the state, said he had been leaning toward John Edwards until he saw Monday's CNN debate, replete with its rancorous Clinton-Obama exchanges. 'That swayed me' in Obama's favor, Myers said, accusing Clinton of 'trying to deflect' legitimate questions by attacking her main rival." (Observer)

"A chic crowd gathered at The Modern at MoMA Wednesday afternoon to prove that it's fashionable to save corals. The event, hosted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Kowalski, chief executive officer of Tiffany & Co., Sylvie Chantecaille, and designers Lela Rose, Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock of Vena Cava, and Michael Aram, marked the launch of Too Precious to Wear, a program of the ocean conservation organization SeaWeb." (Fashionweekdaily)