What do a gold, lizard embossed diary, a diamond encrusted pinecone statue, a bespoke suit, a mix from the DJ of the Hotel Costes, and a Dries van Noten aquamarine fur stole have in common?

Perhaps you’ve heard the news? Wall Street is in trouble, recession is a reality and job offers are harder to come by than a handle of good vodka at a room party.

When the New York Times sent campaign reporter Valerie Frankel to Vermont during Howard Dean’s campaign for the presidency, Frankel came back and surmised in her glowing report, “In Vermont, auth

“I was straight when I was in college.” This is what I like to say whenever I speak to students about my experience as a Harvard undergraduate in the early 1990s.