Vanities

Intelligence Report

May 1997
Vanities
Intelligence Report
May 1997

Intelligence Report

Hot zones, storied people, and favored objects of the spring

NEW YORK

LONDON

LOS ANGELES

MIAMI

CENTER OF GRAVITY

Prince Street and West Broadway

Within 25 feet of Tony Blair

Within 25 feet of David Geffen

Lincoln Road Mall

BIG TOPIC

What's with the mayor's marriage?

By how many seats will Labour win the General Election?

Why are studio movies so bad?

The sex life of. Niki Taylor

PLACE TO EAT

Le Cirque 2000

Nobu

shi Noiawa

Michael Caine's ^ South Beach Brasserie

PLACE TO STAY

The Inn at Irving Place

The Metropolitan

Room 1217 at Mondrian

Terra Nova Suit* at the Tides

CLUB OF THE MOMENT

Life

Met Bar

Sky Ba

Zep Tepi

CAR OF THE MOMENT

Ford Expedition XLT (black only)

Jaguar XK8

Audi A4

Lexus LX 450

ITALIAN POWER RESTAURANT OF THE MOMENT

Da Silvano

La Famiglia

Toscana

Osteria del Teatro

DRINK OF THE MOMENT

Sputnik (Bollinger champagne chased with Stoli Ohranj)

Chocolate martini

Cosmopolitan

Patron

BOOK OF THE MOMENT

Wfiot Falls Away, by Mia Farrow

Absolutely Nov*, by Lynne Franks

What FalkAway, by Mia Farrow

Naked Came the Manatee

IT GIRL

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

/ MeBnda Messenger

Cindy Crawford

Niki

GURU

Flawless Wall Street predictor Abby Cohen

Mr. Motivator

of JrJg^Z, Steve Yoga Ross Zone

Past-life expert Dr. Brian L. Weiss

THING TO WEAR

Cashmere from Hermes

North Face ski jacket

Justin Davis gold bracelets

Gucci thong