So unhip that even the Times knows it
We weren’t around three days ago to bring this gem to your attention, so take my word for it that we would have. Err, or I was out of town, drinking mostly, and just now saw it. But either way, here it is. Somebody over at the Times style section clearly got yelled at about not having enough content recently, which is the is the only explanation or this hardhitting masturbatory piece of journalism filler.
It’s not cool to go out on Saturday nights. The New York Times is reporting this. And They included a picture to illustrate the kind of people who do go out on Saturday nights:
For status-conscious New Yorkers, Saturday has become synonymous with hordes of pleasure dilettantes wearing gelled hairstyles and quaffing Red Bull, creating hourlong lines at clubs that city dwellers may line up for on Thursday or even Monday, but will not get within five stretch-Hummer lengths from on Saturday.
Oh, Snap! More after the jump.
What news story would be complete without quotes? So they quote people. A young woman, Annelise Peterson, whom the story describes as, “a young socialite who is a publicist for Calvin Klein” had this to say: “People in the suburbs, it’s their chance to come in, have fun and sleep the next day,” she added. “We’re on the pulse, so we can do it anytime.” I guess Annelise didn’t know she was on the record.
Oh. And then to add insult to injury, way to let the cat out of the bag:
So what do agoraphobic Manhattanites do on everyone else’s Big Night?
Annelise Peterson, a young socialite who is a publicist for Calvin Klein, said she usually goes to homey restaurants like Le Gamin or Cafe Cluny in her neighborhood, Greenwich Village, or discreet clubby places like Sette Mezzo on the Upper East Side.
Not to worry though. The socialite secrets are safe due to the article’s punchline, the big inside joke: they published it on a Saturday night.
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20061129 7:56 am
oh my god new yorkers are so full of shit! i like the girl in the article who says “it’s not because i think i’m better.”
yes, yes it is.