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Empress Gets Some Sugar

09. Mar, 2010 0 Comments

Darlings, we are approaching spring rapidly, which is so welcome!, but it also means the Empress needs to discuss something she normally would prefer not to … namely, hair removal!!!. Now, I am one who counts among my blessings good genes, but I did inherit the unfortunate trait of my hair growing fairly quickly, which [...]

Three of NY Empress’s Favorite Cheap Eats

By Amanda Gordon

25. Feb, 2010 0 Comments

Hello darlings! Sorry that I have been so absent the past week … I’ve been busy doing my ab fab favorite thing, which is bargain-hunting in the city! Today’s topic – dining out on the cheap. While evenings at Le Bernardin are totally To Die For, they can quite literally be the cause of your budget’s [...]

Shopping Like a New Yorker

By Amanda Gordon

15. Feb, 2010 1 Comment

Hello Miss A fans! This is my first post as the NYC writer for Ask Miss A, and I am so excited to be a part of this fabulous website!
Since we are writing about New York, I thought we’d kick off this column with – what else? – fashion! Although we City girls rightly deserve [...]

Amanda Gordon was born and raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, spending summers at her family’s home on Cape Cod, and traveling internationally. Her mother was President of the St. Luke’s Auxiliary, elected to the Vestry of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, and was the recipient of numerous awards from the New York Junior League, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and several organizations dedicated to eradicating eating disorders. Her father is a retired surgeon who is passionate about his rose garden, the New York Yankees, and his membership in the Union Club. Amanda attended the Nightingale-Bamford School on the Upper East Side from K-9 and then Phillips Exeter Academy, from which she graduated in 1989. She was a debutante in 1989 in the New York Junior League’s Thanksgiving Eve Ball. She graduated from Trinity College with Honors in History and earned a joint JD/MBA from Boston College. A full-time corporate attorney, Amanda is back in New York after spending eight years in Washington where she was active socially with the University Club, Junior League of Washington, the St. Andrew's Society and the National Debutante Cotillion. In her spare time, Amanda continues her family's tradition of community service, skis, sails and writes for AskMissA.com. She is a self-taught chef who loves to cook and becomes despondent if she a week goes by without her hosting a dinner party. Her favorite colors are literally pink and green, and she sleeps between Lilly Pulitzer sheets. A dear friend calls her “the most un-ironically Preppy person I have ever met.” If you have a New York event, restaurant, boutique, art or cultural event you would like covered on AskMissA.com, please contact Amanda at ahgdelta@gmail.com.