Betsy F. Perry is a Commissioner for Women's Issues in New York City
appointed by Mayor Michael R Bloomberg. Additionally, she is a
strategic branding and marketing consultant known for her strong
global connections. Formerly, she was East Coast Director of the
Milken Institute and also spent several years at Bloomberg LP. She was
senior editor at Cosmopolitan Magazine and most recently a columnist
for Jim Cramer's mainstreet.com writing "The Spy from the Upper East Side" column. Ms. Perry is the co-author of two books.

Blog Entries by Betsy Perry

Manhattan Does Drizzle: Rainy Days And Sarah Palin Make Me Cranky

1 Comments | Posted November 14, 2008 | 11:53 AM (EST)


Enough of Sarah Palin; I just knew she'd never be happy staying in Alaska after having been to all those other fun states, flown in a private jet, had hair and make up done and someone else to carry her Samsonite and baby sit those kids with room service chicken...

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Manhattan's Mood: And We're Back!!

8 Comments | Posted November 7, 2008 | 01:30 PM (EST)


The Mac is definitely not back and less than 12 hours after Obama's win, it was clear Manhattan's mood had lifted like a successful launch at Cape Canaveral. Gone was the fear of finding moose burgers on menus and hearing sentence structure so mangled that Strunk and White seemed the...

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Manhattan's Married Men - So Not Worth It

3 Comments | Posted October 30, 2008 | 02:08 PM (EST)


No more talk about being "estranged" from your wife: 'fess up, you just want some action on the side and you'll never divorce her. And yet single women still gravitate to married men often simply in search of a little attention and maybe, a warm body - holidays not included.

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Manhattan's Magic - Where Has It Gone?

12 Comments | Posted October 24, 2008 | 11:49 AM (EST)


It better be temporary because New Yorkers are used to a type A life and right now the oomph seems to have disappeared from the city. The only language you don't hear on Fifth Avenue is English and the only languages you do hear on Bergdorf Goodman's couture floor seem...

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No Credit Cards Accepted Here -- Wise Move!

13 Comments | Posted October 17, 2008 | 12:31 PM (EST)


I don't know what dinner at Sette Mezzo costs because my friend George obviously gets a bill sent home monthly. I never see cash nor do they take credit cards and mostly they recite the menu fortunately leaving off the price du jour for the turbot and truffles (this...

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It Isn't "Chic" to Cut Back -- It's Crucial

7 Comments | Posted October 15, 2008 | 02:50 PM (EST)


A super rich and very economically astute friend forwarded me Holly Peterson's Newsweek article on what's potentially happening in the dark underbellies of the bank accounts of those who frequent Swifty's, my favorite place for cheese soufflés and lemon meringue pie (yikes -- what a combination but oh so...

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Is There A 12-Step Program For CNBC Addicts? Nowhere To Hide

6 Comments | Posted October 10, 2008 | 01:58 PM (EST)


Tearing myself away from my OCD with CNBC I ran to lunch at Michael's the other day fearing I'm isolated now that my consulting work is vanishing faster than the puffy smoke at the Vatican that signals a new pope — or is it a dead one? Poof and there...

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