New York, May 21-27 – Lots of interesting things this week that we haven’t gotten to tell you about. The biggest, celebrity-wise, was the American Ballet Theater’s spring gala at Lincoln Center where Sarah Ferguson, plastic surgery queen Joan Rivers and the luminous Natalia Vodianova talked tutus and pirouettes. Who would have thought that tough guy actor Robert De Niro was a ballet fan? Maybe it was the bidding of wife Grace Hightower or business partner Jane Rosenthal, but there he was, but in a suit, no tights.

The next night we found ourselves at another esteemed New York arts hub, the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park, where we were humbled to be in the company of Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, who received the 13th annual gold medal for photography. Publisher Jann Wenner presented.

While spotting famous folks at Barney’s on Madison Avenue is a daily occurrence, rock star Bono and wife Ali Hewson weren’t shopping on Sunday; they were promoting their eco-friendly clothing line, Edun. And this time it wasn’t a private party, it was while the store was open and full of shoppers.

ABC Carpet and Home also hosted a promotional call this week, from Charles, the Earl Spencer, better known as Princess Diana’s brother. He’s hawking the Althorp Collection, reproduction furniture from his English estate.

If you want to learn how to make money from your name, take a course from the master of the genre, Donald Trump. At an early morning press conference, The Donald launched Trump University, saying that he’d been nurturing the idea for years, and his sold-out stints with the Learning Annex convinced him we’d pay to hear how he does it.