On Wednesday, Avon ANEW celebrated its milestone 20th birthday at downtown hotspot Thom Bar. We were zipped back to 1992 the year that ANEW was launched complete with 90’s memorabilia, as well as special appearances from supermodel and ANEW spokesperson, Paulina Porizkova and 90’s TV icon, Alfonso Ribeiro (aka Carlton Banks from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air!).

Last night, I attended the first great cultural event of the season, the VIP Opening of David Parsons Dance at the Joyce Theater. I have been following this outstanding company for two years now and he delivered their usual mixture of the breathtaking and the awesome!

Last Friday, I was very blessed to be given the VIP treatment by the folks at Christies and offered a private tour of the items up for auction from the Elizabeth Taylor estate. The pieces are nothing short of breathtaking! So beautiful was the Elizabeth Taylor Diamond gifted to her by great Love, Richard Burton that I almost fainted under its brilliance.

Dita Von Tesse was in New York City to introduce her “My Cointreau® Travel Essentials”, a limited-edition vintage travel bar, the stunning beauty, dressed in a black Herve L Leroux floor-length gown hosted an intimate cocktail soiree at Forty Four in the Royalton Hotel. TGATP dishes on Dita and my unfortunate evening!

On October 24th, the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law held their annual A. Leon Higginbotham Dinner at the Marriott Marquis hosted by Ali Veschi of CNN.

Halloween was the usual crazy fun time here in the City and I met some wonderful people! Check out the gallery for a chronicle of my evening.

Last night, the Huffington Post and AOL held their annual 100 Gamechangers event to honor the people who have created the most positive world change in the past year. Arianna jokingly advised us to sleep our way to top – - by getting seven and a half hours of solid sleep a night!

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen extended recovery time from my Coolsculpting demo (more on that in a later post!), I was not able to fully attend StarChefs this year. However, I did make it to the Rising Stars Gala which is always one of the best food events of the year!

Last night, Sirius held a fun fete to celebrate internationally renowned cosmetic dermatologist Fredric S. Brandt, MD, PA, the host of Ask Dr. Brandt, a six-week series of live, call-in shows on which he offers listeners his highly sought-after expertise on skin care and beauty. There were tons of his patients in the room and noted attendees included: Kelly Ripa and her hunky husband, Mark Consuelos and TGATP favorite, Anna Sui.

This weekend, TGATP was honored to attend and cover the WIE (Women: Inspiration. Enterprise.) Symposium, a two-day conference that featured seminars designed to empower women in business. I loved this event and it was wonderful to finally meet women, who actually have something going on and are supportive of each other! The WIE Symposium was, quite simply, the best conference I have ever attended!

Head-to-toe pampering was the order of the evening at the Prevention Magazine Defy Your Age event! Prevention asked TGATP how best to defy age and I have one simple piece of advice. Once you hit 4o, date men fifteen years younger! Their vim and vigor will keep you younger.

The Couture Council of FIT hosted their annual Summer Party at the Boathouse in Central Park to kick of the drive to sell tickets for their fall award luncheon honoring Valentino. It was a welcome break from Fashion Week preparations for the designers in attendance.

TGATP, Lance Bass, Anthony Mackie, Fern Mallis, Phillip Bloch, Coco Rocha and Hugo Boss’s chairman and C.E.O. of the Americas, Mark Brashear all come out to see Cee-Lo at the annual Hugo Boss Summer Rooftop Party.

This past Saturday, TGATP was part of a small group of journalists lucky enough to be spirited off to Southampton for the first annual, Dan’s Taste of Two Forks.  After being greeted by a bus …

Perfectly planned, the Carrera Summer Escape parties never get stale and are my favorite party every summer! The ultimate weekend staycation, this year’s event was held at the new downtown hotspot, the Mondrian Soho and the crowd was the usual blend of beautiful fun-lovin’ folk!

Wednesday night, I had the honor to catch the premiere of the new season of Showtime Networks “The Green Room with Paul Provenzza.” The screening/reception was held at the Core Club and sponsored by the Creative Coalition. Post viewing, guests were treated to a hilarious panel discussion moderated by Provenza with Lisa Lampanelli, Rain Pryor, Billy Connolly, Jamie Kilstein, and Tony Hendra (in an arm cast) all weighing in.

On Saturday June 25th, the Met Pavillion was turned into a TGATP dream with unlimited servings of Skinny Cow ice cream and free bra fittings and giveaways!

The long overdue passage of the NY Marriage Equality Bill cast a special Joy and blessing over this year’s Gay Pride Parade!  While, unfortunately, not Gay myself – I always used to tell my Mom …