I had a great time at a party that Playboy co-hosted last week in honor of my friend and former colleague at Spy, Daniel Radosh. Daniel has just published an amusing and insightful new book called Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture, several chapters of which first saw light of day as articles in Playboy. The party was held at the Hotel QT in Manhattan in a room adjacent to the pool. A couple of times, bare-chested men wrapped in towels subtly insinuated themselves into the crowd and helped themselves to drinks. Clever! Here’s a cheeky article about the party that ran in The New York Observer.
1.) Daniel Radosh (center) seems appalled that Playboy intern Seth Fiegerman would speak to him, as a mostly photogenic Chip Rowe looms into view
2.) Daniel appears to be entertained by the antics of Gina Duclayan, the lovely Mrs. Radosh (right foreground), as a mostly photogenic Chip Rowe looms into the rear
3.) Were it not for the indispensible Joanne (that’s with an e, idiot!) Gruber, the mostly photogenic Chip Rowe would stil be editor-in-chief of the amusing but barely monetized ‘zine, Chip’s Closet Cleaner.
4.) As Alice K. Turner and Conor Hogan beam, Rocky Rakovic eclipses Seth Fiegerman, and Playboy intern Ben (not Ray) Conniff scans the crowd in the hope of spotting more interesting conversation partners.
5.) Original Spys Joanne Gruber and Nell Scovell.
6.) Playboys After Dark: Editors AJ Baime, Scott Alexander and the mostly photogenic Chip Rowe
7.) Swap out AJ, insert me.
8.) The party boy joins the party boys.