Time Inc. managing editor Jim Kelly.

Quill Awards chairman/founder Gerry Byrne.

Richard Grausman, author, cooking teacher, and founder of the Careers Through Culinary Arts Program.

Original foodies Manny and Willette Klausner.

Publishing great Chuck Whittingham.

HarperCollins senior vice president and executive editor David Hirshey.

Estée Lauder chairman Leonard Lauder.

Literary agent Freddie Friedman.

SESAC chairman/CEO and Guggenheim trustee Stephen Swid.

CBS communications head Gil Schwartz (a.k.a. business humorist and novelist Stanley Bing) and writer Laura Svienty.

Micki Ateyeh, president of Prestige Brands Accessories Network.

Uber-agent Esther Newberg.

Little, Brown’s Michael Sand, editor of Welcome to Michael’s.

Famed photographer Tim Street-Porter with Kim McCarty.

Art attorney John Silbert and gallery owner Renato Danese.

Novelist and public Studio 360 creator/host Kurt Andersen and author Anne Kreamer.

New York Times cultural reporter and media columnist David Carr.

Business consultant Peter Miscovich.

Author/editor Myrna Blyth, photography curator Charles Scheips, and author Michael Gross.

Dick and Peggy Danziger.

Bear Stearns CEO John Howard.

PR honcho Jim Abernathy.

Photographer Jill Krementz and daughter Lily Vonnegut.

Michael J. and Annik Wolf.

Art experts Robert Hobbs and Jeannie Crutchfield.

Restaurateur and interior designer Barbara Lazaroff.

Author Paige Peterson and son Peter.

New York Times food writer Florence Fabricant and husband Richard Fabricant.

Gemological Institute of America head Ralph Destino.

Cablevision executive Barry Frey, Felicia Frey, and friends.

Uber-publicist and Savannah Film Festival founder Bobby Zarem.

Larry and Barbara Kirschbaum.

Robyn Levy-Wolf, Michael’s New York director of catering and special events.

Vinny and Jean Grimaldi.

Former HBO honcho and media exec Michael Fuchs.

HarperCollins president/CEO Jane Friedman.

Author Joan Jacobson.

TV producer Bud Yorkin.

Forbes and MacAndrews spokesperson Christine Taylor.

Showtime chairman/CEO Matt Blank.

Primetime Omnimedia’s president and CEO Marilyn Crawford.

IBM executive Joely Hunt.

Magazine publisher Don Welsh, Sports Illustrated editor Terry McDonnell, Media Bistro’s Diane Clehane, and partier.

John and Joan Jacobson and Jim and Kevin Abernathy.

Magnate Rand Araskog and Jessie Araskog.

Bettina Prentice, director of the Nicholas Robinson Gallery, with Kim McCarty.

Bloomberg exec Betsy Perry.

Richard Grausman, restaurateur Rita Jamet (La Caravelle), and restaurateur Barry Wine (The Quilted Giraffe).

Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey, Kurt Andersen, and Anne Kreamer.

Gourmet magazine editor-in-chief and author Ruth Reichl.

The legendary Liz Smith and Parade magazine executive editor Janice Kaplan.

Jesse Kornbluth (headbutler.com) and his wife Karin.

Hearst exec Eden Collingsworth.

Media mogul Herb Siegel.

TV producer Bud Yorkin, Michael Marocco, Lee Mellis, Hallmark head Henry Schlief, and media mogul Herb Siegel.

Fashionista extraordinaire Helen O’Hagan.

Top literary attorney Bob Barnett.

Legendary PR honcho Jim Mitchell.

Frank Lalli of Reader’s Digest.

Marvel Entertainment’s SaraBeth Shrager.

Artist John Alexander.

Producers Jacqui Safra and Jean Doumanian.

PR honcho Paul Wilmot and legendary columnist Liz Smith.

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Bova (Chas’s roommate’s grandparents!).

Andy Warhol Foundation president Joel Wachs.

Legendary HarperCollins editor Larry Ashmead.

Liz Smith and Hallmark’s Henry Schlief.

Internet entrepreneur Jack Myers and Liz Smith.

Author Lisa Bernbach with Michael and Kim.

Jamie Niven (Sotheby’s vice-chairman) and his wife Lee.

Michael’s New York general manager Steve Millington and family.

Big eater Lou Margolis with Kyle Millington.

Robert Berman of the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica.

Author/editor Myrna Blyth and bicoastal producer Beverly Camhe.

Author Pamela Clarke Keogh.

The legendary Liz Smith.

Journalist Phoebe Eaton.

Allure magazine’s Linda Wells and PR honcho/Literacy Partners chairman Peter Brown.

Barbara Austell, Liz Straight, Mary McCarty, and Mike’s mom Carol McCarty Austell.

Agent Shirley Lord and publishing legend Dick Snyder.

Music mogul Ron Delsner and Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander.

Worth magazine founder Randy Jones.

Parker Ladd of Literacy Partners, designer Arnold Scaasi, and Clancy McCarty.

Clancy McCarty and friends.

Magazine publishers Don Welsh and Joe “The Mayor of Michael’s” Armstrong, Mary Murphy, Ramon, and publishing/marketing expert Tony Hoyt.

Sony exec Rob Wiesenthal.

Welcome to Michael’s photographer Steve Pool and coauthor Judith Choate.

The Home Observer editor Annie Street-Porter.

Philippe and Paula Salomon, big bar eaters, with general manager Steve Millington.

TV sports producer Michael Weisman and his wife Carol.

Susan Sayre Batten, cookbook author and TV personality Sandra Lee, and Maja Thomas.

Kim McCarty, art dealer Nick Robinson, graphic designer Heather Perlman, and real estate executive Lisa Nederlander.

Michael and his mom Carol with famed fashionista Elsa Klensch.

Michael McCarty, executive chef Robert Ribant, and general manager Steve Millington.

Robyn Levy-Wolf, Michael, Robert Ribant, and Steve Millington.

Michael with Faye Wattleton of Planned Parenthood fame.

Michael, his mom Carol McCarty Austell, and the Austell family.

Rhett Austell IV, Rhett Austell Jr., and Rhett Austell III.

Susan Sayre Batton, deputy director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts; Hachette Digital Media VP/publisher Maja Thomas; Larry Kirschbaum, literary agent and former books division chairman of Time-Warner Book Group; and Barbara Kirschbaum.

Health guru Nikki Haskell.

Carol McCarty Austell and Rhett Austell.