Very Gray Gardens

Last week I ventured to Newport, Rhode Island to check out the notorious mansions built in the late 19th and early 20th century by the nation's wealthiest families. It was totally worth it. 

There are several mansion tours you can go on, but I hit Chateau-sur-Mer, the only of the historical society's houses to have been a full-time residence, and The Breakers, the massive summer palace built by Cornelius Vanderbilt.

The former was kind of meh, but The Breakers is a must-see for anyone schooling on the East Coast. It's unimaginatively big, and the audio tour absolutely rocks. Plus, had the manse not been sold to the historical society, Anderson Cooper (son of 70s jean designer Gloria Vanderbilt) could have been an inhabitant. So there's a little journalism trivia for you newsies out there.

Week in Review

I am beyond exhausted from four days worth of poor sleep. But hey, who needs sleep when you've had an awesome week? Let's review:

Monday - Dinner at the Squealing Pig, drinks at the Savant Project

Tuesday - cupcake at Sweet + beers at The Pig .

Wednesday - covered various tea-bagging activities on the Common.

Thursday - News banquet.

Friday - Last day at The Dig (for now), the South End Buttery (more on that to come), drunken Tomb, Cambridge 1, Jillian's, and a broken up house party in Allston

Saturday - Lunching, magazine-buying binge, Grey Gardens + party with Liz and Eric

Sunday - Valentino (!!!! More to come on that!), Brookline Booksmith, Paris Creperie.

And now, some rest.

Come on Feel the Wine

Finals stress bogging you down?

Wine Riot has you covered. Fork over $45 for one of two four-hour long wine tasting sessions, featuring more than 250 kinds of delicious vino.

The wine-tasting spectacular will also have a sweet photo booth (check out the people at left), crash courses in wine, and DJs Die Young and RedFoxxworth.

As if that wasn't enough, the riot is sponsored by the Second Glass and my own (if I may call it that) Weekly Dig. So you're bound to run into some painfully cool (and hopefully drunk) hipsters.

Help (I need somebody, not just anybody)!

I am desperately seeking someone with HBO and a free Saturday night around 8 pm. Why? So we can get terribly dressed up, sip martinis and watch the dramatized "Grey Gardens," duh.

The Emperor Has Sweet Clothes

So given that it's finals week over here at good ol' NU, I'm not exactly expecting a roster full of fun and fabulous things to do this weekend.

But there is ONE thing I'll definitely be doing - cruising over to my favorite Brookline neighborhood to screen "The Last Emperor," the new documentary about legendary fashion designer Valentino.

It's showing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre (also known as the best place on earth) starting Friday.