Experts
David Patrick Columbia
Founder, The New York Social Diary
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David Patrick Columbia: What is the most lavish party you have been to?
David Patrick Columbia recalls an early holiday party. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Arts & Culture
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Re: What do you make of the socialite phenomenon?
David Patrick Columbia, on the people who can afford to party without working. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Arts & Culture
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The Evolution of New York Society
David Patrick Columbia, on how New York Society has evolved through the years. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In History
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Re: If you had $100 billion to give away, how would you spend it?
First, a car. Then, setting about to feed and shelter the needy masses. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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Re: Are we living in the second gilded age?
A baffling gap in wealth. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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A more unrealistic sense of ourselves. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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Re: What are the challenges confronting the United States?
The dangers of debt... Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Are we in denial of global warming? Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Identity
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America's "can-do" attitude. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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The son of a chauffeur and a tenement superintendent, David Patrick Columbia came back to New York a different man. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In History
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Do you have a creative process?
David Patrick Columbia, on his lack of discipline. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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David Patrick Columbia sees his work as social observation. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Life & Death
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The difference between old money and new. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Re: How has New York society changed?
The difference today is a sense of entitlement. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Philanthropy and New York Society
The best part about New York society. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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Re: Why are we interested in the lives of others?
Columbia thinks it's because we're looking for the truth about our own lives. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Identity
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David Patrick Columbia talks about the media establishment attacking bloggers, and why he thinks this is wrong. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Media & Internet
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David Patrick Columbia talks about the joys, struggles and purpose behind writing NewYorkSocialDiary.com, which chronicles New York's high society. Read More
December 26, 2007 | In Media & Internet
David Patrick Columbia is the founder and editor of New York Social Diary, a website that chronicles the lives of the Big Apple’s elite. Since graduating from Colby College in 1962, Columbia has led numerous lives: he's been a stockbroker, an owner of a head shop in upstate New York, a sportswear designer, a freelancer (he wrote a firsthand account of one of Truman Capote's "lost weekends"), and a scriptwriter for a courtroom television show. In 1988, Columbia finally found his calling when he collaborated with Debbie Reynolds on her autobiography. In 1994, Columbia began writing the New York Social Diary for Quest Magazine (a condensed version of the website is still printed in Quest every month). The New York Social Diary website was launched in September, 2000. Columbia has since become something of social fixture himself: he's been the subject of articles and blog posts in New York Magazine, Gawker, and the New York Observer.
