He met Mr. Lyle for a long breakfast at an Upper East Side hotel, and the two hit it off.

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There's also an engaging image of the rooftop bar at the Ravel Hotel in Long Island City, where, based on the sparse crowd, long shadows and two female servers in little black dresses chatting idly, the evening cocktail hour is just getting going.

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Credit-card companies have long enticed users with an array of rewards programs, from airplane miles to hotel rooms and cash back.

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Later, at an Advanced Style party at the Ace Hotel, I met Lily, who in her long flowing skirts and collection of bags, bangles and scarves seems peacefully content with how she presents herself to the world.

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When I worked at an airport for a regional airline long ago in my 20s, and before that for a posh hotel in San Francisco, I would look for famous people to arrive.

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