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When the Missus and I Visited Hearst Castle 4 Times in 1 Day
Patricia Leigh Brown’s New York Times piece the other day about the Hearst Castle in San Simeon was interesting in its own right. Taking a Dip at Xanadu Guests swim at Hearst Castle, where Hollywood luminaries one cavorted. SAN SIMEON, … Continue reading
The World’s Oldest Living Altar Boy (Mario Cuomo Edition)
St. Ignatius Loyola Church, the Kim Kardashian of the Upper East Side that’s about to swallow the far more worship-worthy Church of St. Thomas More, is back in the news today. (As the hardlapsing staff has previously noted, we were an … Continue reading
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Campaign Outsider Book Review Review
Paul Collins’s new book, The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars, looks like a media-watcher’s dream. From the Wall Street Journal review: In “The Murder of the Century,” Paul … Continue reading