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There are some real New York institutions that in spite of it all—gentrification, Giuliani-fication, new waves of Los Angelenos in town—will never die, because the town really couldn't function without them. One of those is Allison Sarofim and Stuart Parr's annual pre-Halloween party at their home. It even has a Wall of Fame; every year, Allison picks her top 10–15 costumes, and picture of those chosen guests are hung throughout the house. (I'm proud to say I've made the cut every year.

This year the theme was 80s. I dressed up as Prince Charles and my boyfriend, Jason Beckman, was Lady Di, on the couple's wedding day. I thought it was an original idea, but then I ran into another Prince Charles—although this one was a weekender, dressed as he was in tartan. I alrso ran into an amazingly inspired Carlos Mota, who was dressed some kind of French mime, with sequined spheres surrounding him.

Allison had set up a tent on the back of her townhouse. Breakdancers performed in the middle of the evening, and the entire thing was tagged. By the end of the night, even Lady Di got tagged.