We get so entranced by Martha Stewart's accounts of her horse's enflamed rear hock and white asparagus updates on her blog that we didn't even notice the photos she posted yesterday from the Time 100 gala that took place May 8th. She even brought her own photographer!  read more »

David Chen, the longtime Trenton reporter for the Times, is replacing Diane Cardwell as the paper's City Hall Bureau Chief, according to an internal memo. Mr. Chen will join Michael Barbaro and Fernanda Santos in Room 9.

Mr. Chen's departure means there's a vacancy in Trenton, but at this point it's unclear whether the paper has any intention of filling it.  read more »

The numbers are in: James Frey's Bright Shiny Morning, published by the flagship imprint of HarperCollins on May 13th, sold 14,343 copies in its first week, putting it at number nine on the New York Times Bestseller List. (It should be noted BookScan only tracks 70% of total sales.)

We hear HarperCollins is pleased.

The press junket to showcase British Airways’ $30 million renovation of Terminal 7 in JFK began at 10 a.m. in Bryant Park with a chartered bus.

At the terminal, reporters were greeted solicitously by British-accented airline staff, but didn’t get to skip going through security. Turnout was good: The Associated Press, the BBC, the New York Post, Agence France-Presse, CNBC, the Financial Times, and assorted others, including Golf for Women. (The English are big golfers, the executive editor explained.)

After 45 minutes of mulling about and sipping breakfast-y beverages came the press conference. The 18-month renovation would be to enhance what British Airways C.E.O. Willie Walsh referred to as the company’s “premium ground product.” The terminal will be LEED-certified.  read more »

A "Make Ready" of this week's New York Times Magazine just arrived, featuring the much buzzed about cover story by former Gawker editor Emily Gould. The story is headlined Exposed and features three photos of Ms. Gould excluding the cover. (One photo shows just her hands at a laptop, an Instant Message window and a web page on the screen.)

The article (which is not online yet, but probably will be soon) is heavily diaristic; for a magazine that exists to explain "The Way We Live Now" every week, it's light in sociology or cultural grasping, focusing instead on the writer's relationships and her job.

Samples after the jump:  read more »

Tomorrow, a few more Democratic clubs in Manhattan will hold endorsement meetings on a bunch of local races, including the quiet, but incredibly competitive, Surrogate’s Court race in Manhattan.

How competitive is that race? Judging by the hired guns the candidates have, very. (Especially since most folks haven’t even heard of it).  read more »

Here's the post-Kentucky take from Barack Obama’s chief strategist, David Axelrod, on the notion that his candidate has trouble attracting support from white working class voters.

Speaking on NPR WNYC’s "The Take Away" this morning, Axelrod said, “Those numbers vary, of course, from state to state.”  read more »

Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily brings news that Frank Rich has been hired as a consultant for HBO.  read more »

Kristin Davis, whose character on Sex and the City downs Cosmos, often gets sent the cocktail at restaurants, but never drinks them because she is a recovering alcoholic. [P6]

More secret weddings! Jessica Alba and her longtime boyfriend, Cash Warren, wed on Monday before the arrival of their first child. [NY Daily News]  read more »

Michael Bloomberg is continuing to defend his close ally Christine Quinn from the public relations beating she took over the slush fund scandal at the City Council. Speaking at an event hosted by the Conflict of Interest Board this morning, Bloomberg said, according to a transcript forwarded by a reader:  read more »