Finally, the night at Rao's sees print

Well, at least on a blog. 

Some of you might have read an earlier version of my night at Rao's here on this very blog.  However,  wanting the piece to have a larger life and a larger readership, I pulled it down in a matter of days. Recently, I took it out of the box, reworked it and sent it off to New York Magazine's GrubStreet.  I'm delighted it has a good home.