an "open letter" to Page Six's CORYNNE STEINDLER, sigh Options

[abbe]

dearest Corynne,

i'm sorry you were saddened by my comments here on the board. really truly i am

i started to respond to you privately, via e-mail, but then soon realized i would much much rather do it this way. and not simply for all the vain, self-important, self-centered, egotistical reasons you would assume-- but also cuz i think i've got a lot of shit to say and i would really hate to have to repeat myself, should the situation arise (and these days i'm kinda learning to prepare myself for anything)

anyways. i'll start by addressing the particular comment (?) you found hurtful. if i'm not mistaken it's most likely this one: "i made that [our dinner is 'off the record'] promise to Page Six's corynne-steindler and what did it do for me ?? jack shit."

well
to respond to your remark, no i did not think our dinners together were going to culminate in my "getting somewhere"-- sorry but i'm not THAT naive come on now.
what i meant more by the "jack shit" remark is that, umm
well i don't want to get all melodramatic or whatever, but to me, asking a memoirist NOT to write about her experience is a wee bit akin to asking diego-rivera to white out his portrait of lenin off the RadioCity mural [and we all know what happened to that poor fuck] or asking the black-eyed-peas to take the word "retarded" out of their song lyrics.
but whatever... i caved... it's my own fault... when it came to my "artistic integrity" i pulled a justin instead of a janet. and so yessss it's quite possible i was maybe "saddened" too-- (when instead of a BlackEyed commercial endorsement deal i was sent packing back to mexico with my tail between my legs)

but i guess i have to rewind for a minute, for the benefit of my "readers"--
when this whole "Morandi" shit went down (ONE DAY after the official launch of this forum, mind you), a lot-- and i do mean A LOT-- of people (even some who, you might say, are "close" to Page Six and familiar its uhhh "machinations") suggested i forward it along to you. one person even went so far as to design a PageSix-esque "blind item" out of the entire spectacle (!!)-- which eeheeheee quite frankly i find utterly hysterical, i'd like to add.

so i went ahead and did as suggested (even by you, may i remind you).
now
did i think this little blurbie i sent along would AUTOMATICALLY make it into the hallowed esteemed annals of Page Six, simply by virtue of its absolute BRILLIANCE ?? no of course i didn't, don't be ridiculous.
but when it wasn't even remotely acknowledged-- by a good acquaintance with whom i had "chatted" and had "fun"--
okay i admit it-- YES i was a little "saddened" too. was it naive and childish of me to expect that someone (who's met him socially-- who's sat across the dinner table from him, not once, but twice) might offer some small comment or gesture of sympathy, that he was so undeservedly maligned ?
YES IT WAS TOTALLY CHILDISH OF ME i admit. but did it still feel just a little bit like a slap in the face ? yah, kind of.

especially since we already know The New York Post hasn't exactly been so very kind to me as it is.
- it chose "Team Restaurateur" in that long ago "employer-vs-blogger" article [for which i was interviewed and asked to pose for a (horrific) photograph], and then went so far as to paint me as a stupid babbling idiot too.
- it put words in my mouth and signed my name to a column i DID NOT WRITE.
- and then it took information "inspired" by MY website but manipulated and twisted by an outside source, and printed it as fact, without bothering to check its validity with the subject in question.

now, if you consider the comment, "i made that promise to Page Six's corynne-steindler and what did it do for me ?? jack shit."
a PERSONAL dig --- i sincerely apologize. it was not meant that way BY ANY MEANS.
(sorry but i'm not a trained "reporter" i'm just a babbling idiot who writes what she thinks.)

i was merely making a general "journalistic" observation. i was simply trying to posit: that's just the way shit works.



sigh.
anyhoo
hopefully i've done a pretty decent job of addressing what "saddens" you.
now can we talk for just another minute about what else saddens me ? [ahhahhha of course we can ! this is MY fucking joint]


- it saddens me "this place" cannot warrant recognition for what it has accomplished. it doesn't matter that it brought together a group of knowledgeable, experienced, insightful, hardworking members of the F&B/nightlife industry, who are so passionate about what they do, they gather here so that they may, hopefully, in some small way, change whatever they view as wrong, for the benefit of ALL concerned-- the restaurateurs, employees, AND customers.

- it saddens me the members here have been denigrated for doing nothing except minding their own goddamned business (literally).

- it saddens me they live in such fear of expressing their opinions, they have to hide behind concocted pen names, or worse, express nothing at all.

but most most MOST OF ALL
- it saddens me i have been advised by my "PR manager" to address all this HERE out in the open, so it can then be sent along to all the corynne-steindler "haters" like Radar and Gawker and whomever the fuck else, and then back to Page Six again-- (since all yalls "journalistic" high-school assed mutherfukkers can't seem to get along with each other to save yer fucking lives jobs. geezus).

because apparently: "THAT'S HOW YOU GET ATTENTION."





my sincerest apologies again.
xoxo,
abbe

[MILFweed]

Oh boy.

[Dick Johnson]

[Don Logan]

From the august Eater's Digest :


Abbe Diaz, the William Jennings Bryan of foodie message board PXThis, has serious beef with Page Six's Corynne Steidler. Oh, and she's nuts. "asking a memoirist NOT to write about her experience is a wee bit akin to asking diego-rivera to white out his portrait of lenin on the RadioCity mural [and we all know what happened to that poor fuck] or asking the black-eyed-peas to take the word "retarded" out of their lyrics."

joshuadavidstein says:
that is to say, ms. diaz is a silver-tongued orator as evidenced by her use of rhetorical flourish in the quoted passage, in which she cites both the black-eyed-peas AND diego-rivera as artistic peers. Also, we referred to her in the past as Koreshian which might have been a tad unkind so this is sort of an olive branch.

[Dick Johnson]

she's nuts.

Finally, Gawker manages to get one fact right.

LOL

[jo]

"...Also, when does Abbe Diaz get her commenting privileges? Let's get some batshit crazy up in this Gawker restaurant/chef coverage."
http://gawker.com/news/frank-bruni/bruni-b...57.php#c1339218

[abbe]

i knew it they loooove me they wanna have like 10,000 of my babies

[Staff Meal]

hey abs i just wanted to tell you i used your letter for a paper for my media course. andi guess the prof liked it 'cause i gotta B+

[abbe]

hey abs i just wanted to tell you i used your letter for a paper for my media course. andi guess the prof liked it 'cause i gotta B+

cool !

remember me when you graduate and become the next Oprah.

[NYC Guy]

hey abs i just wanted to tell you i used your letter for a paper for my media course. andi guess the prof liked it 'cause i gotta B+

wtf ??

[Staff Meal]

wtf ??

i don't understand the question??

[MILFweed]

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/05/...ve-page-six.php

An open letter to Page Six: Dear Assholes You are so fucking lame. I hope you all get run over by a bus. Or better yet by Richard Johnson the next time he is out driving drunk.

[Dick Johnson]

On Page Six, Nello’s Usual Table
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/fashion/...amp;oref=slogin

[Inkslinger]

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/05/...ve-page-six.php

An open letter to Page Six: Dear Assholes You are so fucking lame. I hope you all get run over by a bus. Or better yet by Richard Johnson the next time he is out driving drunk.

Don't hold back now, tell us how you really feel.

[abbe]

paris-hilton made drunk-driving so chic now. apparently DUI is the new black.

[Nadine Johnson]

http://www.jossip.com/birthdays/happy-birt...sip-4-20071010/

Happy Birthday, Jossip!
Jossip Editors 'Celebrate' By Figuring Out What They Need To Work On By This Time Next Year

Today, Jossip celebrates its fourth wonderful year of existence. In honor of this momentous occasion, each editor has come up with a list of goals/achievements he/she hopes to have accomplished by the time Jossip turns five. Next up: Corynne Steindler*

By this time next year, I will have….

1. Stopped accepting $1,000 Christmas gifts on behalf of Richard Johnson.

2. Discovered how to attend an open bar without getting intoxicated to the point of slipping off the bar stool. Twice.

3. Gotten a Blackberry.

4. Stopped referring to Liz Smith as “The Cryptkeeper.”

5. Finally admitted the shameful truth and told the world “Yes, I am madly in love with Neel Shah.”

6. Acknowledged that while my boss trusts me to write time-sensitive, borderline libelous charges about litigious celebrities for a living, he still doesn’t trust me to handle his baby daughter’s poopy diapers.

7. Discontinued the practice of making out with sources and then nervously joking, “This is off the record, right?”

8. Learned how to discuss the “Sarah Polonsky” incident without squirming uncontrollably.

9. Developed a better fake-laugh in anticipation of Paula Froelich’s next stand-up “comedy” performance.

10. Put my feud with Abbe Diaz to rest over a nice dinner…at a restaurant that she expects me to plug.

11. Stopped describing my current job as “a stepping stone.”

*As imagined by Debbie Newman. And (to a lesser extent) her sort-of boss.

[MILFweed]

http://www.jossip.com/birthdays/happy-birt...sip-4-20071010/
10. Put my feud with Abbe Diaz to rest over a nice dinner…at a restaurant that she expects me to plug.

I guess that would have to be at a restaurant that Abbe hates because I'm sure she's aware that plugging a rest in page six is the fastest and easiest way to ruin it completely.

[Ferret-n-Chicken...]

I guess that would have to be at a restaurant that Abbe hates because I'm sure she's aware that plugging a rest in page six is the fastest and easiest way to ruin it completely.

Did they have this dinner already??? At Morandi??? 'Cos that would explain everything!!!!

[Inkslinger]

I guess that would have to be at a restaurant that Abbe hates because I'm sure she's aware that plugging a rest in page six is the fastest and easiest way to ruin it completely.

10. Put my feud with Abbe Diaz to rest over a nice dinner…at a restaurant that she expects me to plug.

Uh yeah, and I don't see how Abbe said anything about wanting any restaurant plugged. If Page Six wanted tips from Abbe, and she sent them the story about the grasshoper, it's obvious the only reason they didn't print it is because of politics with Keith. Page Six prints such dumb bullshit all the time, and the one time they're sent a good story, they decide not to run it.

[Inkslinger]

Did they have this dinner already??? At Morandi??? 'Cos that would explain everything!!!!

I think the fact that the food sucks, the reviews were all bad and the chef is so nasty to the staff explains it all much better. ;)