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How to Get a Table at Graydon Carter's Restaurant
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's new restaurant, the Waverly Inn, supposedly has a secret reservation number. The Transom spent some time asking around town for this number, with not-so-good results. Finally, one Hollywood high-up set us straight.
"There are three ways you can get a table at Graydon's new restaurant," he said. "You can either be invited to the restaurant. Or you can call him at his personal office and try to get a reservation. Or you can roll the dice and be a walk-in. But the listed phone number won't get you anywhere. It just rings."
So the secret number has been Mr. Carter's office number all along? Expect our calls, executive assistants to the editor Jonathan Kelly and Leigh Herzig! (Or have those two been disposed of yet?)
--Spencer Morgan
The Flower Filcher
Never before had a perfume party been shrouded in such mystery and excitement as the one planned for the unveiling of designer Tom Ford's new scent, Tom Ford Black Orchid.
The press release for the fete last Thursday at the Top of the Rock told of Mr. Ford's "fascination with finding the elusive black orchid." It further boasted that Mr. Ford had personally cultivated the "blackest orchid in nature."
Upon receiving the notice, The Transom could only gaze upward and thank the heavens in anticipation of such a moment in the history of party reporting.
Would any of said rare orchids be at the party? Would they be locked in a glass box protected by two perfectly coifed armed guards, all in black Gucci?
The poor, unfortunate doorman stuck in the Rockefeller Center lobby--it had been converted into a Tom Ford Black Orchid gas chamber--knew nothing about any rare flowers on the premises.
"Don't know what you're talking about," said a male model carrying a champagne tray. His black suit and crisp white shirt looked like a million bucks. He said Mr. Ford had had a hand in the dress code.
Yoo-hoo, Carmen Kass! Seen any black orchids? "Yes. Over there," she nodded. "Oh, that's only a purple one. No, I guess not."
Ms. Kass said she hadn't given much thought to whether or not the black orchid was elusive....