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Shrinks, bodyguards, bloodmobiles and a “Taste of the Good Life”

Let’s be honest. New Yorker’s are different from everyone else. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a native New Yorker or a New Yorker by choice, we do have our oddities and peculiarities. Here are a few that caught our attention this week.

You know its fall in New York City. The air is getting crisp, the leaves are starting to turn and everyone’s neuroses are back from summer vacation. A friend of The Three Tomatoes recently had a crisis. Knowing that everyone in New York either has a therapist, or knows someone who does, she made a couple of phone calls and in a New York minute had a long list of possibilities. Now keep in mind that after California where the true whackos live, as opposed to NYC where we’re basically self-absorbed neurotics, we must have more therapists per capita than any city in the world. So imagine her dismay when it took phone calls to nine therapists before she could find one who’d see her within a week. Apparently so many New Yorkers have therapists “on call” that the poor tomato who wasn’t interested in harkening back to childhood (hey we’re mothers now too, so stop blaming us and just grow up), but who just simply wanted a couple of hours of professional counsel, didn’t fit the profile. (Note to Tom Cruise: You can stop by in person and we’ll discuss the merits of psychiatry.)

While we’re on the topic of self-absorbed, neurotic New Yorkers we laughed our heads off at recent “serious” article on bodyguard etiquette. Now The Three Tomatoes pretty much fly under the radar, so this hasn’t been an issue for us yet. But apparently in certain circles (celebs, high flyers, and corporate honchos) this is a topic of discussion. If you’re going to the Four Seasons for lunch for example, it is considered déclassé by the NYC social elite to have burly bodyguards who look like bouncers hanging around. Be sure instead to hire “secret service type” guys (the Kevin Costner look) who “meld” into the background. (Please resist the urge to thank The Three Tomatoes for passing along this invaluable tip -- we consider it a public service.)

And while we’re on the topic of public service , you may have noticed the Bloodmobiles parked around the City this month. According to Gawker.com (a very fun blog about all things NYC) when word got around that women who weigh less than 110 pounds and men who have sex with men are prevented from donating, the Bloodmobile was seen driving upstate New York. Hey you can’t make this stuff up.

Okay, so enough about all these self-absorbed neurotics. (Hey, it’s not always “all about us”). If you want “A Taste of the Good Life” while helping out a really good cause too, here’s the scoop on what promises to be a really fun evening. Proceeds help fund Partnership with Children, a wonderful organization that provides social and emotional services to NYC’s most at-risk children.

The “Taste of the Good Life Benefit” Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 6-8pm at the Kenshire Galleries (37 East 12^th Street) will feature tastings of fine wines (available for purchase, with a portion of proceeds donated to Partnership with Children). A very special feature will be food tastings provided by premiere New York City chefs, including Floyd Cardoz of Tabla, Scott Conant of L'Impero and Alto, Bill McDaniel of The Red Cat and Marcus Samuelsson of Aquavit. Individual tickets are $200. Click here to purchase tickets or to just learn more about this wonderful organization.